Clint Eastwood’s critical‚ box office and Academy Awards juggernaut tells the tale of Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper)‚ a prolific‚ er‚ American sniper‚ and his endeavours on and off the battlefield during the Iraq war. It’s a heavily lethargic adaptation of a heavily controversial book about a heavily divisive ‘American Hero’. Not to say that the flick itself is wildly patriotic – though the ending tries its best to disprove that – but nor is it an anti-war film‚ as director Eastwood haplessly attempts
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development throughout the film Gran Torino? Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino (2008) is a portrayal of human sacrifice and the racial intolerance that still exists in modern America. The film is set in a poor neighbourhood of Detroit. Clint Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski‚ a war veteran who has brooded over his experiences in the war for decades. Past trauma has caused him to believe that he cannot trust anyone‚ and he has therefore developed a deep racism. Eastwood uses many different techniques‚ including
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Matthew Magill Mr. Kearney American Hero (6) 12 November 2012 The Outlaw Josey Wales In The Outlaw Josey Wales‚ the viewer finds the hero‚ Josey Wales‚ representing Christ to a world of sinners. It is unclear whether Clint Eastwood intended to direct the movie in mind with such similarities between Christ’s role as a savior and Josey’s actions. Christ is an archetypal‚ mythological hero figure that the well-read viewer finds often. From the physical wound in Josey’s right rib‚ to the fact
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generated the most personal feeling a movie can cultivate. Chris Kyle is known for having the longest recorded kill in US history‚ and this movie provided a marvelous show of that. The eyeline matching that Eastwood used was just as if you were there next to Kyle. An example of this is when Eastwood used the aerial shot from over a mile away to show the magnitude of Chris Kyle’s feat. The Navy Seals are trained for battle but this situation proves why Kyle was name the Legend. This movie clearly falls
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As shown in the beginning scenes of one of the older racial cinemas Gran Torino‚ Walt Kowalski‚ the movie’s hero‚ is the most Scrooge‚ Grinch like character you can think of. Walt‚ played by the notorious Clint Eastwood‚ smokes on his porch‚ mows his lawn‚ drinks excessively‚ and cares for his dog. He is an old‚ bitter‚ and grudge-like Korean War veteran with a recently deceased wife. Ironically‚ his old Polish neighborhood is taken over by Hmong people in the middle of the Detroit ghettos. When
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The movie‚ American Sniper‚ has definitely been one of the most anticipated and controversial films of 2014. The movie is directed by Clint Eastwood‚ and stars Bradley Cooper. This movie tells the unique and complicated story of former navy seal‚ Chris Kyle. Chris Kyle is mostly known as the most lethal sniper in U.S military history. Chris had 160 confirmed kills in total of all of his tours of duty. Unfortunately‚ Chris Kyle was killed at a gun range by a former marine who had a history of mental
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Chris Abernathy Block 1 5/19/13 Gran Torino ECR In the movie Gran Torino‚ by Clint Eastwood‚ Eastwood plays a racially bitter and lonely war veteran that doesn’t really have a soft side at first for anyone after his wife dead. He treated everyone the same‚ with a grumpy attitude. He would keep to himself cause he felt it was the best thing of him to recover from his lost. He wouldn’t take any hand outs or help from anyone cause he believed he could do it all by himself and didn’t need
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explore the realism and entrainment value that is portrayed in these stories and understand what level of dedication is present within these interpretations to maintain historical accuracy. Letters from Iwo Jima: Letters from Iwo Jima was Clint Eastwoods critically acclaimed epic story of the World War Two battle for the pacific island in 1945 released in 2006. The film tells the opposite side to
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Literature: An Inspiration for Film Masterpieces ought to have a muse. A muse doesn’t always need to be a beautiful woman femme fatale‚ either‚ as popular belief might suggest. It simply must be an inspiration; a child with a watering can for Renoir‚ a quarrel with a woman for Ray Charles. Inspiration can be everywhere‚ so why not in words? Literature can be- and often is- a grande muse for people. One of the most popular ways literature embraces it’s splendid inspirationalism is through the big
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able to find two of the three students‚ Steven Crum who is now a Professor of Native American Studies at UC Davis and Ms. Geraldine Keams who is storyteller‚ actress‚ and author who got her first acting break in The Outlaw Josey Wales starring Clint Eastwood. As we have learned through this course‚ Native American people are known as the first people or the first nation as they have been documented the first to live in the America’s (North America‚ South America and Latin America). Our culture since
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