First my opinion of the film generally: I liked it. It was a simple revenge story about a ghost of a marshall killed by the residents of a small town because the marshall wanted to turn the town's mining operation over to the federal government, because the mine was on federal land and if the feds controlled it they would have shut it down and thus bankrupt the town. I think the story's simplicity gave it narrative power and perhaps a degree of mythic power. Eastwood plays the same role he plays in everything, and he does it well. Everyone else was forgettable. I like that Eastwood's character was an anti-hero -- he raped and killed without moral compunctions.

On some level it is a dissident film, I guess (obviously it depends how one defines dissident). The town is corrupt and God in the guise of the Eastwood ghost punishes them for their sins. (However, the goody two-shoes marshall being on the side of the federal government doesn't really have the moral oomph to it in this age when it is so extremely corrupt, venal and disgusting. I guess it was seen differently 50 years ago.)

On another and deeper level, though, the film is entirely white pilled. In our reality the evil are rewarded and the good are punished, and it does not get righted on the material plane. The film acts as though it does or at least it can when Eastwood gets revenge on behalf of the marshall. This isn't true in life. Philosophical pessimism prevails; Schopenhauer is correct that this world is some kind of prison where punishment is meted out to all, especially the good.

Hegemon, as a man of action (hence his love of Schmitt) sees it differently. He thinks all is needed is greater backbone and the evils of this world, such as Spaceporn and EPAH, will be punished for their sins. Sure, one can mete out individual justice, but the bigger picture seems very clear to me to be the opposite.

The film was kind of slow despite a 1 hour 45 minute runtime, indicative of older films that aren't quick cut enough for modern audience blown-out dopamine attention spans.

I would rate it I guess a 6.5 out of 10 and not a dissident film.

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Did you even watch the movie or did you ask chatgpt for a dissident review based on wikipedia entry

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So they aren't taking any chances and instead want to get him when they're sure he's not prepared

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