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Day 4: Unforgiven (1992)
Welcome back for Day 4 of our Clint Eastwood Spotlight Series! Today I have the privilege of discussing with you (what I consider to be) the greatest modern western made to date: Unforgiven (1992). According to Eastwood at the time, Unforgiven would be the last western he made, because he did not want to risk repeating himself or imitating someone else's work. Boy, did he go out of the genre in style. Not only did the film win Best Picture that year, but it also earned Eastwood his first win for Best Director. He wasn't exactly working with untested unknowns--when a…