It's a modernist western. It's too grounded to be classical - it's not SHANE, it's not a John Wayne vehicle. It tries to reflect something closer to reality. But it is still tucked in to the western mythos and doesn't really challenge the conventions or the historical revisionism, the way a LITTLE BIG MAN or UNFORGIVEN would. More @Wikipedia
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