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Disappointing DVD
This classic western deserves better than the studio gave. The digital transfer is very disappointing. There are dust, sploches and other artifacts that should have been "cleaned up" before releasing this DVD.

The film itself is enjoyable as ever, but the poor quality of the transfer is distracting. The studio should redo this.

"i never got your name." "i never gave it"
with those lines "stranger" settles the name game quickly. this is clint's second movie as director and his first try at a western. once again he shows he is equal to the task.
a stranger rides out of the desert into the town of lago and in less than 5 mins. is attacked and kills 3 men.after that the townspeople ask him to protect them from outlaws getting out of jail and coming to the town for revenge.how he protects the town and who he is (or was) makes for a very sharp western myth at its best.
no real extras(trailer and production notes), but film looks good,clear good sound,and even gives you both widescreen and pan and scan! very good disc

Great
It's the story is of a cowboy named "The Stranger" (Clint) that comes into a town full of cowardly people and takes over after being offered "anything he wants" in turn for him helping defend againest 3 outlaws that killed the local sheriff just a few years ago. While accepting the offer, The Stranger mocks the town by raping the women, drinking all the whiskey, and making a midget the town marshall.

This is one of Clint's most darker movies. Basically, everybody other than he and outlaw is feared and depressed. The acting is good.. But the best part is how it's shot, and you get a real chance to see how The Stranger views the townfolks and the other way around. It's a pretty simple movie, but very difficult to understand at the sametime.. The question is who is this Stranger? Is he a man that the outlaws new before? Was he just a great gunfighter that took advange of a town full of cowardly people?

Or perhaps he's the ghost of the marshall that was murdered just a short while before? Watch for yourself and decide=)

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