Flacks of Our Fathers ; They Also Serve Who Only Sell a Just War
The Washington Times › October 20, 2006
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In what might be called the revisionist stage of his long career, filmmaker Clint Eastwood has scrutinized masculine violence and found it a poisonous defect of human DNA. In his Oscar-winning Western "Unforgiven" (1992), Mr. Eastwood attempted to dismantle the romantic underpinnings of America's frontier history. Next, "Mystic River" (2003) put demonic testosterone in the petri dish of a contemporary city. Most recently, "Million Dollar Baby" (2004), which earned Mr. Eastwood a second best director Oscar, somewhat oddly transposed this penchant for ambitious violence onto a female boxer.
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Flacks of Our Fathers ; They Also Serve Who Only Sell a Just War
Why, a World War II epic, of course.
With "Flags of Our Fathers" (see review at left), Mr. Eastwood tackles the mother of all American applications of violence. The movie, which opens today in area theaters, is based on a 2000 best- selling book by James Bradley, son of one of ...See the full content of this document
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