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The only real resemblance to Shane I could see is the story of a weary gunfighter trying to settle down, but both are caught up in violence again. Shane had no choice. But Clint Eastwood's character did -- he chose to go on one final run. But what both movies do very well is show us that violence and murder, no matter who you are, has consequences that will follow you.
I think one excellent scene in Unforgiven is when the biographer hear's the true story behind English Bob's notorious past. English Bob is diminished from a mythic legend to a feeble, fallible, yet ultimately human character. And I see that scene as an example of the theme of this movie -- to dispel the myths and legends and tall tales fed to us for generations and depicted in movies. Unforgiven couragously gives us a glimpse of an old West where the people were real and acted and reacted (like The Schofield Kid crying after killing a man) in a way not far from any of us today.
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With fronds like these, who needs anemones?
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