"It's a helluva thing to kill a man. You take all he's got...and all he's ever gonna have. Take another drink, kid."

It was an interesting touch that the Kid wasn't afraid of Will until after he'd killed a man himself. When they're on the hill after killing the second cowboy, the Kid has finally realized what kind of man Will must be if he had killed so many people, and is really scared of him.

Little Bill: “I don't deserve to die like this.” Will Munny: “Deserves got nothing to do with it.”

I consider this one of the best westerns ever made. It has extremely heavy and grounded vibe and the shootout in the saloon at the end is THE most badass scene in cinerma history.

it's interesting how the extent of Delilah's injuries are constantly overinflated to justify taking up the job, but when Will actually meets her he assures her that she's still beautiful.

"You just shot an unarmed man!" Well he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate your bar with my friend. "I'll see you in Hell, William Munny" Yeah.

"That's right I've killed women and children , I've killed just about everything that walked or crawled at one point or another...and I'm here to kill you Little Bill." Seen the movie countless times and that line still makes my skin crawl.

Clint Eastwood was incredible both in front and behind the camera. And could you cover Dracula from the adaptation by Francis Ford Coppola? I think it would make for an interesting video.

I never actually inferred that Ned might have also been constantly drunk as Munny was. I always thought he was just haunted by what he did which caused him to freeze when tried to kill again.

When the Kid, Quick Mike's murder still fresh in his mind, tries to assuage his guilt by telling Will, "...well, I guess they had it comin'" Will simply answered, "We've all got it comin', kid..." ...in that statement, it was almost as though Will is asking himself, "When will it be my turn?"

Interesting. I thought you'd just go with William Munny, but instead looked at all characters. Unforgiven shows that there are degrees of evil in all people.

I loved how in unforgiven nothing fit into a nice box. The girl who was scarred didnt want the punishment to be so brutal it was the other women who pressed it but because she didnt stand up against them the plot moved forward. Ned the most innocent of the Gang was killed. Little Bill who you could argue was enforcing stability over law was killed sending the town into chaos. And the overall theme of the danger of romanticizing violence as a solution is woven in without actually saying it.

It's interesting how the Scholfiled Kid turns out to be the heart after coming off as boisterous and seemingly kill hungry, the opposite of most of the other characters. And he too get his hands stained red but at least he unlike the others vows never to do it again, a small shining light in a dark and bleak film.

Theres a part where English Bob talks about Royalty and that if someone was actually faced with Royalty and the atmosphere of power that they exude, they couldn't pull the trigger on them. At the end of the movie Munny is leaving the saloon and 2 men have a shot on him, but they never take it. Just some food for thought

You should do Lee Van Cleef’s character “Angel Eyes” from the Good, The Bad And the Ugly. He was such an interesting character to see on screen and would make a good character to analyze.

Here are few suggestions for who to cover in the future episodes of the Analyzing Evil: -Gustavo Fring and Todd Alquist from Breaking Bad (separately of course) -Saruman from LOTR -Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs -Keyser Söze from Usual Suspects -Christof from Truman Show -Harry Lime from Third Man -Hank Quinlan from Touch of Evil -Victor Vega, aka Mr. Blonde from Reservoir Dogs -Rupert Pupkin from King of Comedy -Dr. Christian Szell from Marathon Man -Jack from House that Jack Built -Napoleon from Animal Farm -Duke, Magistrate, President and Bishop from Salo -Benny from Benny's Video -Peter and Paul from Funny Games -Lee Woo-jin from Oldboy -Indio from Few Dollars More -Tuco from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -Frank from Once Upon a Time in the West -Catherine Tramell from Basic Instinct -Euron Greyjoy from ASOIAF

Putting a bounty on a man's life for mutilating a woman was hardly beyond the pale at the time. Consider that the punishment for stealing a horse was hanging.

Unforgiven is truly a masterful film that in my opinion thoroughly explains the numerous atrocities and occurrences of the Old West. Clint Eastwood did an outstandingly superb job in showing that. Brilliant analysis. As a suggestion I'd like to see Lestat from "Interview With The Vampire" being analyzed in a video.

So basically, this movie is like how real life is sometimes; there are no heroes.

The greatest western ever made, the conversation about “killing a man” and the last interaction between Eastwood and Hackman are truly some of the most profound interactions put to screen.

This movie is simply a masterpiece. Everyone is at their best. Damn, I miss movies like this...

"You just shot an unarmed man." "Well he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend." IMHO - best two lines every spoken in a western.

There's not a single "Good guy" in this whole movie. William Munny tries to be a father and honest pig farmer but finds out with the death of his wife that he's only one drink away from being the explosive cold blooded killer of his youth.

This film is getting a lot of attention on KZfaq lately, and I for one couldn’t be happier. This is the film I point to whenever the subject of the real Old West comes up.

A continuing theme for Eastwood we saw in "The Outlaw Josey Whales" - violence damages the living even more than the dead. This isn't a fun movie but it is a great one.

My favorite Gene Hackman performance, which is saying a lot considering his prior impressive filmography.

"I've killed everything that walks or crawls at one time or another....now I'm here to kill you Little Bill..." Chilling and unsettling

Little Bill Daggett: I'll see you in hell, William Munny. Bill Munny: Yeah.”

Since we're on the topic of Westerns... How about Al Swearengen from the HBO series "Deadwood"? Al Swearengen was a historical figure too. And he is a very complex character in the show, deep into the moral grey area.

I always liked the idea that William munny is death, can't be killed, doesn't miss, pale horse etc

Will Munny is the most interesting shade of evil in this film. He doesn't appear to be evil when we first meet him and it's only when we learn of his past that we understand the monster within him. He doesn't want to kill anyone until he realizes that Ned was killed by Little Bill for what Will did. In my opinion, the most evil thing Will did was murder Skinny. The fact that Will returned to a peaceful life after the bar massacre indicates that despite being a deeply flawed man, Will isn't the most evil man and because of his wife, he does want to be a better man.

“William Munney rides off without answering for his sins.” He wakes up every morning, that’s punishment enough. Or so it is for those that live long enough to grow a conscious.

Bro, this is crazy, I was thinking just yesterday that it would be cool if you analyzed multiple characters in one film, and then I thought “what if he just analyzed a whole film” If you plan on doing more videos like this, I would love analysis on “Prisoners” with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhal

One of the greatest westerns ever! And it’s moral ambiguity makes it also one of the most thought provoking films ever! Definitely you should do one on Nina Myers from the tv series “24.” There’s tons of information on her to help in her back story.

Of course, there's the subversion of the audience in the shootout at the end. You know Munny's aims are evil, that he is a bad man, and the entire point of the film to that point is that killing isn't the answer, and the consequences of violence are steep. Despite everything you've seen, you *still* want to see the violent outcome, and to see Little Bill pay the highest price for killing Ned. Munny is in the wrong without question. He kills Skinny in cold blood, and it is his own choices and failings as much as Bill's actions that have brought us to this point. However, no one in the audience wants Little Bill to win at this point. Perhaps this was to illustrate how we're all corruptible by the desire for revenge, and the intoxication and finality of violence....or maybe it's just Eastwood finding a way to kick ass....

4:27 however, she has a legally binding contract to be protected while in the employment of skinny. and if he cannot deliver (which he did not) she is within her rights to receive compensation. it works both ways.

Excellent breakdown and analysis. Here are a few suggestions for future episodes. - Frank Underwood/ Francis Urquhart from House of Cards - Petyr Baelish from a Song of Ice and Fire, aka Game of Thrones - Light Yagami from Death Note - Dudley Smith from L.A. Confidential

Love this movie and I'm glad you called out Munny for being a villain aswell. It's strange, the whole movie is about how he's not a hero yet lots of people seem to come away thinking he is anyway. Being the protagonist or last man standing is not some blank check for moral superiority but apparently it is to some.

I absolutely love when Little Sue is telling Will they killed Ned and you could see her fear building through this exquisite dialogue: "He said how you was really Will Munny out of Missouri... an' Bill said "Same Will Munny dynamited the Rock Island and Pacific in '69 killin' women and children an' all?" An' Ned says you done a lot worse than that, said you was more cold blooded than William Bonney or Clay Alisson an' how if he hurt Ned again you was gonna come an' kill him like you killed a U.S. Marshall in '73" By the end shes so terrified of Will she starts to cry as if shes not expecting to come back down that hill alive just as the kid hints at when he says he`d rather be broke and blind than dead and Will reassures him hes not going to kill him.

Now this is a go one, I did this one for my film class and I truly love this movie. I am glad you picked it.

9:42 "The Schofield Kid never had a chance to read The Duck of Death..." You'd have made Little Bill proud. 😂

Here's one I think you should do: Lone Wolf of Shogun Assassin. It would be great because he begins the tale as an executioner and is literally forced into the anti hero role.

Well done as usual. Succinctly presented, even while juggling the evils of a whole cast of characters. You make it look easy.

This is the first time you took on a whole film full of characters who are or have done evil. That is why the title of the film is Unforgiven because your dark past will remain and will stay with you until death comes calling. My suggestions for the next villain are -El Sueno from Wildlands(video game) -Lord Voldermort from Harry Potter -Albert Wesker from Resident Evil(video games only)

Great film. Impressive that Clint Eastwood kept the option on this script by David Peoples all these years and shot it with no changes. Peoples also wrote Blade Runner. Brings to mind another one you might deconstruct: "The Missouri Breaks." Lots of meat in that one, and a great and scary villain, Robert E. Lee Clayton, played by Marlon Brando. John McLiam, Harry Dean Stanton and of course Jack Nicholson all do stellar work.

Outstanding choice! There are a few movies out there where it's hard to distinguish who's evil, or rather to what degree they're evil.

Congratulations man, and good idea expanding to the evils of a film. I live your stuff but sometimes I already know a character enough, but sometimes, smaller characters are not explored. I loved this.

This was fantastic. I still believe there is so much more to unwrap psychologically. This is why I absolutely LOVE this movie. There's so many layers. I've watched this for decades and each time I've walked away with new thoughts and things I need to digest and understand. Amazing film!!

Here are some suggestions……. The Kurgen from Highlander Ozai from Avatar: The Last Airbender Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones Tywin Lannister from Game of Thrones Ramsay Bolton from Game of Thrones Agent Smith from The Matrix Angel Eyes from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly The Penguin from Batman Returns The T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgement Day Raoul Silva from Skyfall Jim Moriarty from Sherlock Bojack Horseman from Bojack Horseman (Not evil, but he has done shitty things) The Gang from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia The Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Captain Hadley from The Shawshank Redemption The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad from Kill Bill

The point, the theme of this movie is that forgiveness is not merely an altruistic sacrifice to please a God who commands it, but when it is denied has real hard practical consequential effects, most of which are unintended, severe and unpredictable. Nearly everyone in the movie is some kind of offender of one sort or another and the fact that they remain unforgiven by society or by the people they have wronged produces consequences that nobody wants.

Towards the end, when he comes in to the bar and sets about getting ready to kill everyone, I dont know how they did it, but its like a dark cloud came in with him. You really wonder if he is not human, but in fact a demon walking the earth. No bullets are hitting him, no matter what. You cant quite see him clearly enough anymore, and every shot he fires, one of you goes down dead. And then when hes ranting as he leaves, again, its not the storm that makes it so dark, its the very air around him. The dialogue was brilliant from everyone. But the very atmosphere they made was chilling as hell.

I'm 21 and I'm a huge Clint Eastwood fan, he's one of my heroes, he will leave behind an everlasting legacy.

Another great film to analyze in whole, like Unforgiven, is The Hateful Eight.

Outstanding analysis if these various characters from a great movie. Love the details you bring to your channel.

The next episode should be called the "Nicest Episode of Analyzing Evil".

Apparently most of the characters in Unforgiven are villains. So instead of listing one character, he just uses the title of the movie.

Th Rock Island was a railroad line that ran from Chicago as its eastern most point to points as far south as Texas and west as California. It is probable that Willam Munny in robbing the train and dynamiting the safe in the mail car caused the deaths of multiple innocent passengers on the train with no remorse for doing it.

Thanks for this. This movie was so layered and I was struggling to wrap my head around everything it was doing. It was a problem that baffled me because I don't usually struggle with analyzing the themes of a movie in my own head. Your analysis helped me connect all of the dots. Cheers.

This is one of my all-time favorite movies. Thanks for doing this!!!

I'd love to see Gul Dukat from DS9 analyzed here. He would be a fascinating study.

Please do Toby Flenderson from The Office

Another great thing about this movie is every single main character is depicted with some level of redeeming quality. William Munny- was apparently a loving husband and just wants to provide for his children. He is also the only one that reassured Delilah that she was still beautiful in spite of her scars. Ned Logan- seemed to be the most calm and rational. The one that realized that he was no longer a killer. His older self had found a level of compassion that prevented him from taking life even if he felt it was just. The Schofield kid- although he puffed himself up as a killer he is revealed to be anything but and vows to renounce violence forever. Little Bill Daggett- a former gunslinger himself dedicated to keeping his town a safe and peaceful place even if it meant some unusual methods. The fact that he was often mocked for his poor carpentry skills had the desired effect of making him seem more relatable despite his sometimes menacing presence. The girls- They just wanted it to be known that they couldn't be pushed around, attacked and brutalized without repercussion. They wanted to remain safe in a world that hardly guaranteed that. W.W. Beauchamp.- As a writer he wanted to spread the mythos of the wild wild west to the wider world. To provide a little escapism and some proxy adventures to the people reading back east. If he made a little money off of it, so much the better. English Bob- although hardly the gentleman that his manner of dress and speaking would have you believe he was apparently also a gifted storyteller. Even through his arrogance his stories seemed capture the attention of all those around him. Quick Mike- clearly one of the most villainous characters of the film he is still shown to be a valued co-worker and loyal friend to those at the ranch. The fact that others would risk their lives to defend him shows they must have seen something in him that clearly we did not. Davey- a fairly young man, after initially being on board with Quick Mike's attack on Delilah he very quickly changed his trajectory once he saw how brutal the attack was and tried in vain to prevent it from going any further. Of the two he is also the one who seemed to show any remorse for the attack in his inability to stop it from being carried out. His death seemed to cause out and our distress to his friends as opposed to the death of Quick Mike which mostly just seemed to provoke anger.

Schofield kid “Well I guess he had it coming” William Money “We’ve all got it coming, kid”

When william starts drinking again I get chills. Its so subtle but so powerful

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Amazing analysis as always. Unforgiven is one of my favorite films of all time. It doesn't seek to be flashy or have anything artificial about it. Instead it tells an important tale complete with all of the classic elements of what makes a great story.

Another fantastic video. Great job mate! Keep up the great work.

Can't believe that you didn't mention Mike Ehrmentraut. He's my favorite character from 'Breaking Bad' (and certainly from 'Better Call Saul'); Gus and Todd are simply evil, true psychotic murderers. Mike is a killer so accomplished as to make either of the other two take an intimidated step back, but he is also one of the most complex, nuanced characters I have ever seen on television. Coldly lethal, wryly humorous, deeply empathic (even toward some of his victims), Mike is, above all, an honorable man, an honest man, a true archetypal warrior living in a world where he can never belong. Maybe he should have stayed in the 'Nam.

Beauchamp is one of the most interesting characters in the movie, and doesn't get enough credit in my opinion. There is alot to be said about what he represents (symbolically) and how fickle he is.

This was a well thought out and very insightful review of one of my favorite westerns. Well done, good sir.

You have many great high quality videos, and this may very well be your best yet. I hope you get to keep doing this for a very long time.

Can we get an Analyzing Evil of The Outlaw Josey Wales in the future?

I love the consistency of this channel giving us a new villain almost every week to analyze. It never ceases to be entertaining as it is informative

You are just an amazing content creator. I love these videos, thanks for doing them

One of the best movies ever made, that ending with W.Munny riding off slowly into the night is akin to the Devil being released onto the world….still gives me goosebumps

I think I'd like to see a Metal Gear villain, mainly Big Boss, Liquid Snake, or Senator Armstrong

I love this series! An aesthetic completely unique to itself. The vile eye’s voice over will surely become iconic. “And I will see you Soon”

I've been wanting you to do this movie as to the ambiguous nature of all the characters

One of the most legendary actors of all time. At least top 5. Here's one for you, if you haven't already done it; - Jack Torrance from The Shining.

I wonder if he’ll ever cover John Ryder from The Hitcher.

That was a wonderful exploration of a complex(and at times horrifying) film.. Thank you for it.

You just made my day with this one. This is in my top 5 all time movie's.

Clint Eastwood is really the best

"Unforgiven" is arguably the best western ever! The story is much more complex than presented since it's actually a commentary on race relations in Los Angeles. Race has been a running theme in Eastwoods recent films exposing the stereotypes created in past western. No hero dressed in White. No bad guy dressed in Black. No good hearted prostitute. No educated doctor left to tell the tale. The West was harsh and "unforgiving". The title doesn't say "The Unforgiven", but simply "Unforgiven". Each character is flawed. Little Bill beats The Duck of Death which resembles the beating of Rodney King. Just look at the camera angles Eastwood uses for a comparison. Little Bill is building a crooked house. A parody of the town and the people in it. I could go on. But, this is one great movie and Clint is a great story teller.

Just the look on Will's face in the saloon. Little Bill is respected and feared by the others. But to Will, he is absolutely nothing.

"It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever going to have."

The Sheriff is easily the most evil character ever featured on this channel. I mean, trying to take people’s guns? Still gives me shivers.

I would love to see Big Smoke and Officer Tenpenny from San Andreas analyzed Both are iconic GTA villains and really funny

Several of the lawmen of the west were in fact former outlaws in many parts. It was a job not many people wanted to take and you needed a certain set of skills and mentality to do it. That being said its no wonder some of them were less concerned with actually upholding the law while often just outright breaking it.

What a great treat! Excellent as always and so rare to have so much evil

Excellent! So glad you covered this film. I'd suggest Bill from Kill Bill for a future episode. Keep up the great work!

Im still only part way through the video, but I had to stop to say that I disagree with what you said about how the women should have just paid someone to bring the 2 guys to them so they could hurt them like they hurt Delilah. That would have never worked logistically. Had the woman attacked those men but let them live, either the men would return and do even worse to the women (most likely rape, torture, and kill), or they would have pressured the sheriff to do something similar, such as whip, jail and/or hang them. It was a misogynistic culture and those women were considered the lowest of the low. Sub-human. Property more than people. That left the women with the option of either doing what they did, or doing nothing at all. Maybe they took it to far by putting a hit on Quick Mike's friend, but I think, given the world they lived in, it was perfectly understandable for them to want Mike dead. He would have been a continual danger to those women anyway and who knows what else he might have done to other women over the years if he hadn't been killed when he was.

I like to imagine the movie where Mr. Beauchamp is the main character. Then it becomes sort of a morality play as he hops from one evil character to the next, trying to find the ultimate badass for his stories. But in a way, he is in fact descended into hell (metaphorically speaking) and the ultimate badass is in fact the devil, and he does not give a damn about Mr. Beauchamp and his pretentions.

The Schoefield Kid's repentance and Will Money's vengeance on Little Bill were the best moments to me. Ironic since one shows a man wanting to be evil turning away from it, and the other shows a man wanting to turn away from evil return to it.

I think you make a great point with the characters only being human. Never realized how much influence that trait has on the choices they make in the world.

Those gun ordinances were common back then. Remember that Tombstone had one too. It was because too many would drink while armed and start shooting in the streets.

Awesome man!!! So glad you did this one!

This was a really cool experience and I think it paid off, I’d love to see you try this with other films like Once Upon a Time In America or Pulp Fiction

I haven't watched a lot of Westerns, so it's easy for me to say that this is the best film of the genre. It was released when I was in high school and when I saw it back then, I was blown away. But never mind the genre -- this is one of the greatest movies ever made, for the reason that makes any film great: it puts a mirror in front of us and teaches us something about Life in an entertaining way. And it makes us want to share that lesson and that joy with others. Thanks again for analyzing and sharing, @The Vile Eye.

Like most Hollywood movies, it's an interesting take on an idea. Eastwood has said in a number of interviews that he made this movie, not to glorify violence and murder, but to speak out against it. I think this movie is a very progressive view of what killing another person means to someone. It's somewhat of a misguided perception based on morals and ethics that not everyone holds. There are people who have no issue gunning a person down. They aren't mentally ill and they don't always come from a poor upbringing. They can look the person in the eye, be stone cold sober and any of the other things this movie (and movies like it) claim people need to cope with the act of killing. There are just some people in the world that don't care about killing. They can do it and they can live their lives with indifference to their actions.