tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post4898409706605344116..comments2024-01-13T09:04:12.471-08:00Comments on The Clint Eastwood Project: "High Plains Drifter:" Sometimes weird is good, DukeBrad Floryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09549338200559136209noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-78015526473078066252019-08-27T20:17:19.216-07:002019-08-27T20:17:19.216-07:00I read on wikipedia that the marahall getting whip...I read on wikipedia that the marahall getting whipped was Clint Eastwood's stunt double. So that it would look like him, but not exactly. I agree with the conclusion that the stranger is the ghost of the marshall.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02921608265742003149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-74661136906299619402019-01-07T20:29:06.271-08:002019-01-07T20:29:06.271-08:00I like that... especially lighten up FrancisI like that... especially lighten up FrancisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11867758833449491439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-40477356295052780892018-07-15T17:50:35.744-07:002018-07-15T17:50:35.744-07:00Your comments about Wayne say much more about YOUR...Your comments about Wayne say much more about YOUR mental capacity than Wayne's. John Wayne made EPIC, awesome westerns...so did Clint. Lighten up FrancisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-22969845679904182162018-04-10T15:09:51.620-07:002018-04-10T15:09:51.620-07:00Clint Eastwood's film High Plains Drifter (197...Clint Eastwood's film High Plains Drifter (1973)<br /><br />The first time I saw High Plains Drifter was probably in the late 1970s. Clint Eastwood stars in and directs the film. Most westerns are either about cattle drives or cowboys and Indians. High Plains Drifter is different: this is a God's-Judgment-on-the-wicked western.<br /><br />Clint Eastwood plays a stranger who rides into the town of Lago--and he has a really bad attitude. This stranger is also very good with a side arm. During the course of the film, the stranger ends up killing some bad guys and burning the town of Lago to the ground. There are a couple of flashbacks of one Marshall Jim Duncan being whipped to death. At the end of the film, the audience can see that the stranger was the Second Coming of Marshall Duncan:<br /><br />The stranger rides out of the town of Lago past the cemetery. This little guy named Mordecai is writing something on a grave marker. <br /><br />The stranger looks at Mordecai and Mordecai looks up and says, "I'm almost done here."<br /><br />Then Mordecai asks the stranger, "I never did know your name."<br /><br />And the stranger replies, "Yes, you do."<br /><br />As the stranger rides off, the camera shows the grave marker: "Marshall Jim Duncan."<br /><br />I have a short story entitled "High Plains Drifter" (Ethos, March & May 1995); I have a book entitled High Plains Drifter: A Hitchhiking Journey Across America (PublishAmerica, December 2008); I have a blog called "High Plains Drifter." So is this some sort of gunslinger fixation or is there method to my madness? The clue is in one Scripture: "In the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established."<br /><br />There is a lot of sin (unrepented sin) in the United States and in the world. When people continue to live in sin, eventually God's Judgment falls. The more people try to hide their sin, the greater God's Judgment. The people of Lago tried to hide the murder of Marshall Duncan, but their sin was found out. You can't hide from God.<br /><br />There is a scene in High Plains Drifter where this lady tells the stranger, "Ever since Marshall Duncan's death, the people in this town are afraid of strangers."<br /><br />There is another scene in High Plains Drifter where the people of Lago (the town of Lago reminds me of Algona, Iowa) are meeting at the church. One of the guys is speaking in the front of the church. The camera then pans to the right and shows a bulletin board with this Scripture:<br /><br />Isaiah 53: 3-4: "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." <br /><br />Marshall Jim Duncan was whipped to death; Jesus Christ was at least nine-tenths whipped to death. The stranger riding into Lago (the first scene of the film) is a symbol of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ: not as the Lamb of God, but as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.<br /><br />Isaiah 63: 1-6: "Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth."Tim Sheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07931913325290043598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-7632949304492218182017-12-31T02:59:54.134-08:002017-12-31T02:59:54.134-08:00Actually though Clint Eastwood didn't receive ...Actually though Clint Eastwood didn't receive credit, he played Jennings in Revenge of the Creature in 1955.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16163853154561855234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-59189571411609343212017-01-22T11:14:31.133-08:002017-01-22T11:14:31.133-08:00Just watched High Plains Drifter as part of my Cli...Just watched High Plains Drifter as part of my Clint Eastwood marathon, and I find it maddening that there's no real way of knowing The Stranger's real identity. I'm partial to the idea that he's Duncan's brother. That would be the most logical explanation, and because I've never seen Clint in any sort of supernatural/paranormal movie, one would have to assume The Stranger was a real human being. TJBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-38517313022447208042016-08-27T09:57:12.153-07:002016-08-27T09:57:12.153-07:00Coward. Coward. Shamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425340105986634717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-69688059942551121642016-05-31T17:36:07.642-07:002016-05-31T17:36:07.642-07:00This movie eats dick... Pale Rider is better. A bl...This movie eats dick... Pale Rider is better. A blog about manhood by pussies, how pathetic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01043064250085262260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-42437171915567746702015-08-09T14:43:22.005-07:002015-08-09T14:43:22.005-07:00Because if the phantom had come back with the dead...Because if the phantom had come back with the dead sheriffs face the town would say, you're dead. Thus he came back with a different face and body. So he truly was a phantom to them. Talljim01https://www.blogger.com/profile/16162696549518342533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-3470044680508778752014-10-13T22:45:13.533-07:002014-10-13T22:45:13.533-07:00I guess the whipped sheriff was the avenging angel...I guess the whipped sheriff was the avenging angel himself. Everybody thought he died but he didnt. And so he came back for revenge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-1141060669956172672013-09-30T01:17:40.395-07:002013-09-30T01:17:40.395-07:00That was actually Buddy van Horn, a stunt double f...That was actually Buddy van Horn, a stunt double for Eastwood.TheAmokzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333884246847341196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-90210207624736931502013-07-27T17:19:18.136-07:002013-07-27T17:19:18.136-07:00John Wayne was an idiot, just jealous because ever...John Wayne was an idiot, just jealous because everyone loved that film and he didn't get to make it himself. And I'm sorry to say the old west was like that and probably worst, just depends on what part you were from. So it's obvious John Wayne came from a nicer part of town, that's why he made such pussy ass films. That's exactly why Thomas Edison was a jealous worthless piece of shit also, Nikola Tesla was the real genius and that's why Thomas Edison STOLE all his work by his men. It's just another example of a jealous piece of shit, that destroys someone's talent and work like of Tesla'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-37556326388073290162013-02-13T11:21:00.004-08:002013-02-13T11:21:00.004-08:00 I must agree....Mr. Wayne was entitled to his... I must agree....Mr. Wayne was entitled to his opinion, but this was a completely different type of film than he was used to. <br /><br /> One of my favorite Eastwood films.-Alan D Hopewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588625423455924651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-65189559727768907432013-01-29T18:33:56.767-08:002013-01-29T18:33:56.767-08:00not sure what you mean, the flashbacks were clint ...not sure what you mean, the flashbacks were clint eastwood. maybe i'm missing something, please fill me in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-55377295362313067422013-01-25T17:56:03.016-08:002013-01-25T17:56:03.016-08:00Why does it show the dead Sheriff as a completely ...Why does it show the dead Sheriff as a completely different actor then in the flashbacks? <br /><br />Not doubting the conclusion, just confused by it really.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-2715618657805802762013-01-21T03:59:15.805-08:002013-01-21T03:59:15.805-08:00Hello! In your post did you use the data from any ...Hello! In your post did you use the data from any researches or these are totally your personal thought? Waiting forward to hear from you.BeatOfYourLifehttp://beatofyourlife.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45566344590263913.post-7560506933654471852012-10-19T08:59:01.196-07:002012-10-19T08:59:01.196-07:00Just watched this movie and I love it! Good reca...Just watched this movie and I love it! Good recap above<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com