Clint Eastwood Gave Us the Best 10 Minutes of Any Western Movie

In his magnum opus, and arguably the finest western of all time, Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood came back to his roots as a vengeful cowboy who relapses into his contemptuous past. With an Academy Award-winning turn from Gene Hackman, and stellar performances from Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris, the Best Picture of 1992 was nothing short of a cinematic masterpiece. Met with immense critical acclaim, and its influence radiating waves throughout the community of film, it presented a deconstruction not only of Eastwood's entire career, but also of the genre and its inherent glorification of the wild west. Despite its inherent poeticism as a whole, the picture manages to top its own artistry by presenting viewers with the best ten minutes in all of Western cinema.