A custom image of Clint Eastwood as Preacher in Pale Rider and Alan Ladd as Shane in Shane
The Big Picture Every genre births stories that either blatantly rip off or reinterpret the material of a prior picture without being considered a traditional remake. No matter which fantasy worlds, sci-fi adventures, or action movies you're stepping into, more than likely, you've already seen something similar before. This is maybe especially true in the Western, a genre that thrives on either staying true to or subverting its own genre tropes to tell an impactful frontier tale.
But Shane and Pale Rider only really intersect in the basic plot itself. Both films follow a lone stranger who wanders into town on unfinished business only to find himself working for a local family struggling to make a living off the land they've settled on. These struggles have been made harder by a ruthless land baron who hopes to either drive the pioneers off the land completely or pay them to work for him instead.
But in Pale Rider, the mysterious Preacher is never presented as a gunslinger or any type of fighter. For most of the film, he doesn't even carry a firearm. When he first meets Hull Barret , he saves him with a simple bucket of water and a wooden beam. After that, he's just a hardworking man of the cloth. It's not until he decides to confront Marshal Stockburn himself that he retrieves his guns from safekeeping while leaving his clerical collar behind.
As is the case with most Western heroes, the Preacher arrives in Carbon Canyon from out of nowhere and later leaves without us knowing where he's going. Like a ghost, he wanders in and out of the lives of the local miners without hardly any fuss at all. Only this time, the Preacher actually is a spirit, one called from the great beyond by Megan's prayers. Though Pale Rider doesn't confirm this in the narrative, it masterfully clues us in throughout.
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