tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883899214355622864.post4514357200991683209..comments2023-10-06T00:04:18.327+11:00Comments on The Angriest: Pale Rider (1985)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883899214355622864.post-36652789545517947782012-08-01T14:28:47.160+10:002012-08-01T14:28:47.160+10:00Pale Rider really is fucking fantastic. I see it a...Pale Rider really is fucking fantastic. I see it as Eastwood's homage to the Westerns that came before his oeuvre - Shane, as you said, but also the films of Ford and Hawks and all that crew. He doesn't reach right back to the white hat/black hat oaters of the '30s, but the shadow of the '40s and '50s lies heavily on this one - particularly in the cinematography and the somewhat restrained moral ambivalence. Good review, amigo.Travis Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10496412344871411161noreply@blogger.com