At the age of 30, Clint was starred in the film by the director Leonie, as the male lead in his Western movie A Fistful of Dollars. The film was exceptionally successful. Clint became an instant hit, and the subsequent two sequels were equally exciting. , These three movies, also known as the Red Dead Trilogy, let people remember the image of the resolute western cowboy, and he also established his position as a leading male movie star in Hollywood.
Clint's career development was not smooth before, and he has been playing some small roles, some of which did not even have a line. However, when he was about to withdraw from this industry and find another way out, the god of destiny favored him. Lionel later recalled that the wrinkles that Clint had in his twenties were his advantage.
In the 1980s, with the development of Hollywood, Western films were gradually abandoned by people. Clint has made many other films in transition, but they are not favored by people. This period is a gray period for his career development. Then by chance, he took up the job of assistant director and became obsessed with it.
In the early 1990s, Kevin Costner's Dancing with Wolves was successful, and Clint seemed to see the hope of Westerns again. However, the subsequent films were neither well received nor popular. Western films were once popular throughout the United States. In the 1960s, the genre films that Hollywood used to enter the world market seemed to have really entered the historical showcase.
In 1992, Clint, who had gradually matured his director skills, decided to fight another Western film, and this unforgivable was born. We saw old Clint go into battle in person; as well as Oscar actor, Angelina Jolie's father, old drama bone Gene Hackman; and Morgan Freeman, who became popular for driving Miss Daisy.
Three senior citizens starred in westerns. Clint discarded the original image of tough and tough cowboys, and interpreted a more humane old cowboy for us. He picked up a gun that he hadn't touched for many years in order to make a living, and was kicked out of the pub by Gene Hackman. Then he suffered a serious illness and gradually recovered under the care of a prostitute.
We see that cowboys are no longer invincible and invincible. He will also be vulnerable, will be injured, will be stepped on under big leather boots, and will be kicked in the butt without making any noise.
Where is the cowboy spirit? Where is the spirit of the West?
At the end of the film, such as letting the bullet fly to the last stage, Old Wood went back to the tavern alone, facing an enemy more than ten times his own, and avenged his old friend in the small space of the tavern. When he walked out of the tavern alone, more people gathered outside. He threw down his gun and said: I don't want to kill you. You are not allowed to treat the prostitutes in the town roughly, otherwise, I will come back. In the end, no one dared to shoot at him. He rode an old horse and silently disappeared into the darkness on the edge of the town.
At the end of the film, the cowboy spirit appeared, and the western spirit returned.
So we know that being cast aside and not understood is a symbol of the status quo of Western movies. Old Wood cleverly made a joke of himself. Then, he told everyone with iron facts that the spirit of the West and the cowboys are not dead. These Things still live in people's hearts. And in the end, the grey ending hints that the western movie will go to sleep like an old cowboy on the verge of death. However, you have to walk with dignity and not be driven away by others, and I will come back when necessary. This twists and turns of the plot formally Old Wood's trick, tricked the audience into the cinema, and the votes of the Oscar judges.
As a result, the US$15 million investment created a box office of US$100 million and became the big winner of the Oscars that year. And he put a stop to this as a western genre, which has not been surpassed to this day.
Looking at the back on the poster, I seem to hear him again saying: I'll be back, baby.
But who knows.
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