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Are westerns dying out?

The BFI is running a Clint Eastwood season where The Good, the Bad and the Ugly will take centre stage. Why don't film companies make good westerns anymore? Film critic Derek Malcolm and author Toby Young discuss whether any current genre gives us such an insight into the American psyche.

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