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Pale Rider is a 1985 American Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the lead role. The title is a reference to Death as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, described in the Book of Revelation as riding a pale horse; in the film, Eastwood rides a pale horse. The film took in over $41 million at the box office. It is Eastwood's only Western of the 1980s.
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Western and Bitcoin have something in common. Both were pronounced dead on numerous different occasions. Such prediction in case of western nearly came true in in early 1980s when major Hollywood studios, still reeling from the cataclysmic failure of *Heaven’s Gate*, wouldn’t dare to touch the genre with proverbial ten-foot pole. It took major western icon like Clint Eastwood to change that. He did in 1985 by produc…More
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This is a cross post of @nazirullsafry/noob-film-review-pale-rider-1985-clint-eastwood by @nazirullsafry. Hi guys! Good to be here. Here's my recent review of the classic, Pale Rider.More
"The hero’s death and resurrection is a model for the casting off of the old life and moving into the new." - Joseph Campbell A young girl, Megan Wheeler prayed for a miracle after her dog got killed in a raid. John Wick cometh? Not even close. It’s Clint Eastwood as the Preacher. A classical Hollywood Western, "clean up town" themed film. Yes. But not a generic one. On top of the brilliant screenwriting lies some r…More
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MoreThe Clint himself directs this classic western plot, largely in the spaghetti western style, but with a more introvert feel. The nameless avenger is a character that nobody can portray better that Clint himself and despite the undercurrent of religion and mysticism in this case, I cannot but be attracted to it. After a community of goldpanning, prospector families are attacked by a larger, competing gold digging cor…More