In his half-century career, Clint Eastwoodhas been deconstructing various facets of American culture and its long-standing institutions in film, particularly the Old West. As an actor-director, Eastwood demystified the Western genre with his sturdy, no-nonsense filmmaking that brought an unflinching level of grit and poignant reflection concerning the sociological backdrop of its milieu. In films like High Plains Drifter and Unforgiven, he strips the nobility from the West.