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High Plains Drifter
1973 · Film · 106 min
Directed by Clint Eastwood
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
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I punched in 1972 and there were some fantastic movies that year (The Godfather, Deliverance, Cabaret, Solaris, Jeremiah Johnson, Aguirre - the Wrath of God, The Last House on the Left, Silent Running, The Heartbreak Kid, Fat City, etc.).
Also tried 1973 — same (The Day of the Jackal, Soylent Green, Westworld, The Wicker Man, Papillon, American Graffiti, The Sting, Serpico, Mean Streets, High Plains Drifter, Don't Look Now, Badlands, The Long Goodbye, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Three Musketeers, Fantastic Planet, etc.).
I think they simply made better movies decades ago.
Razors[1] must have been horrible if safety razors have the word “safety” in it, but needs practice and care to avoid cuts and nicks. Modern razors make it nigh impossible to hurt yourself, but point taken.
[1]I can picture old western movies, ala High Plains Drifter, with grizzled characters cleaning up before/after some event.
I just spent some time in the Owens Valley. This summer it is much greener than previous summers -- a faint echo of what the valley must have been like before the LADWP started sucking water out of the valley.
For those of you who have never done it, take Highway 395 north to Reno. The landscape is amazing. Old western movie landscape. Go to Mono Lake (after eating at Mono Cone in Lee Vining). That's where High Plains Drifter was filmed.
Then go north and visit Bodie, a well-preserved ghost town. Take sun block. :-)
I personally hope the eminent domain strategy works. It would be wonderful to see a lush valley between two massive mountain ranges with snow-capped peaks. Green valley floor, cattle grazing beneath tall cottonwoods. That's what we lost.
But then, I do not live in the City of LA so I would not be directly hurt.
The problem of course is money. These are not wealthy counties. Mono County has 25 or 26 deputy sheriffs to patrol the entire county. :-0 Can the counties fund the purchase price -- and the litigation costs? I don't know.