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TWISTS

Today's NYTimes 1176 Best Film was Clint Eastwood's

The Outlaw Josey Wales

This seems like a conventional western/revenge plot. It has the usual Clint Eastwood loner character.

But there are many twists and turns in the plot. You do not always get what you expect.

It is enjoyable.

Eastwood says in a blessedly brief introduction that it was during the time of the Viet Nam War and he wanted to say something about it.

I am not sure that he met that objective, actually.

Incidentally these brief intros are getting more common. I really like them. They are surprising and sometimes, even, fun.

I don't know what to say about the film. There is a lot of action. Eastwood is an extraordinarily good shot.

Oh! Chief Dan George is in it. Always enjoyable.

I will give it a 4 out of a Netflix5. Maybe a 3 as I think about it.