dyin' ain't much of a living, boy

last night jeremy made us peppercorn steaks and we watched 'the outlaw josey wales' which is a western from the 70's directed by and starring clint eastwood. for those of you who do not know that clint eastwood was the most attractive man on earth when he was younger, i suggest you watch this movie and get ready for your pupils to turn into little hearts.

i think steph might have already written about this film and/or clint's almost offensive attractiveness. this movie reminded me of her a lot so either i have a memory of her commenting on this material, or she just loves cowboys so much that whenever anyone shoots anyone and has a stubbly beard, i automatically think steph.

here's 8 more reasons to watch.

1) many many people die. and it's not like i'm all YEAH DEATH! i just think a western movie should have its fair (large) share of shoot em up and this has a plenty.

2) the bum's costumes. kinda like clowns? without the bright colours? ha ha this is probably just how transient folk dressed back in the olden days but i liked it. they did nice work with layers. and top hats.

3)clint eastwood spitting chewing tobacco on everything (travelling salesmen, scorpions, dogs etc)

4)chief dan george!! this guy is so cool and canadian and never studied acting but clint eastwood really loved him so he hired him anyways and when chief dan george would forgot his lines which apparently was often, clint eastwood would mouth them to him. clint eastwood is so nice!! (and handsome).

5) how pretty sondra locke is. she's like a deer crossed with mia farrow crossed with sunshine. i found it hard not to stare at her when she was on camera but you can stare all you want really cause she's on the tv and you're on the couch eating potato chips.

6) "well you gonna pull your pistols, or whistle dixie?"

7) all the drums in the score. this movie made me want to march around in a serious and dangerous fashion.

8) the olden days. more than once in this movie jer and i found ourselves envious of people's simple lifestyle, (not including the parts where their homes were being burnt by the union soldiers). it may have also been a filming technique but the colour of the land and how the homes and the people and the horses all seemed to be part of each other, rather than clearly defined others, was so harmonious in a live-off-the-land kinda way. the little cottage they go to towards the end of the movie is so cute i want to tear my nose off, sell it on e-bay, and make one just like it with the proceeds.

so saddle up your quarter horse, shine up your spurs, and put this movie in ye olde dvd player! tell your boyfriend you're sorry about the drool.