Western Evolution: From Yojimbo to Unforgiven. Part One

In this 'Notes from the Sketchbook' series, I explore the Western genre through Clint Eastwood's rise from 1950s TV star to an iconic movie figure. Inspired by Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, I’ll review and create art based on these films, tracing Eastwood’s evolving image up to his deconstruction of the Western myth in Unforgiven. Before diving into A Fistful of Dollars, we first look to Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, the samurai film that heavily influenced Leone and reshaped Western cinema. www.basesketch.art www.basesketch.art/blogs/sketchbook/yojimbo-kurosawa-s-game-of-shadows-and-the-western-heist