The axiological blindness as a consecuence of the construction of the myth. The case of Unforgiven (1992) of Clint Eastwood
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2019.v2i19.6657Keywords:
Reality, Fiction, Western, Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood, MythAbstract
The American society, in order to satisfy its need to be entertained at the same moralize, found in the cinema the perfect tool to give solution to these two problems. It was the western, an American genus par excellence, who took care, in a simple and clear way, of transferring to the general public of the years 1920 what was right and what was not. For decades, the western has remained unchanged to the evolution of cinema. The main reason lies in its essence: the conquest of the West converted into myth; Its meaning is circular, ending always where it begins, unlike the chronological journey of progress that follows the ordinary history. Among many others, Clint Eastwood has been a great contributor to the legend created around the founding of the American nation. Throughout his life, he has participated and made countless audiovisual texts of the genus western. However, in Unforgiven portrays the Wild West as it was, by contrasting the stark truth of that time, with the fantasy that had previously been created.
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