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# Open Range
- URL: https://tombeaverbooks.ghost.io/open-range/
- Published: 2026-10-06T01:08:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T01:23:35.000Z
- Author: Tom Beaver
- Tags: Book: Movies And TV, #Import 2026-10-09 17:51

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STORYCONTEXT: **Open Range** (Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Diego Luna, Dir. Kevin Costner, 2003) 

  
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Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall in **Open Range,*  1973

Watched *Open Range* on DVD. Western (Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening). Directed by Costner. Loved it. Good dialogue, nice structure, good study of male relationships, some beautiful performances. Finds new things to explore in an old genre without being campy, anachronistic or leaving ouit what we expect to find in that genre. 

Watched it a second time listening to Costner’s commentary. He obviously loves the Western genre, the old-west days, and this movie in particular. I like that he doesn’t affect any false modesty or emotional detachment when discussing his own movie. Was interesting to hear what he was consciously attempting and what he found most worthwhile to discuss. Was equally interesting that he often didn’t comment on aspects of a scene that I was most impressed with. For example, I found the interactions between Costner’s and Duvall’s characters to be nuanced, authentic and fresh in one scene after another: it struck me that this represented many examples of very fine and deliberate writing, directing and acting—many choice achievements for Coster to touch on in his commentary: and he doesn’t. Makes me wonder if I’m seeing more than what’s there. More likely that the writing, the story, the actors (including Costner) and direction are so good here that the result is even better than the sum of these parts. The right soup of elements was there, and life emerged. 

Have you seen this film? I hadn’t even heard about it until I saw it sitting on the new releases shelf. *\~ Feb. 2, 2005 / Email to Rob McCaskill* (1)