the history of the western is often a history of legends, lly the kid, wyatt earp, e gunfht at the corralnothe real west, but a mythical place full oimages that are uniquely american: the en frontier, the outlaw the solitary often reluant hero. the western is also landapes; a unique stage on which dramas fm the american experience get played out. a younman rebels against his stepfather in "red river." an uncle becomes obssed with finding hisiece in "the searchers." a reformed killer is caught up in a vengeance out of control in "unforgiven." since "the great train robbery" of 1903, hundreds of westerns have been made. it's the great american form our equivalent of classic greek tragedy where we repy and reinterpt stories of america as eli wallach recounts for us in "the western." (clint eastwood) he's another person adrift on the great west's landscape. that's always en part of the fun of the game is that lone figure on this huge landscape. and what's it like to be out there? it's another world out there. (clintastwood) maybe he was just somebody who drifted along, happened by and maybe h