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Clint Eastwood Says 'American Sniper' Is Anti-War
Eastwood spoke to students at the Loyola Marymount University School of Film & TV, where he took part in the ongoing Hollywood Masters interview series. Other guests this season have included Sean Penn, Kenneth Branagh, Gale Anne Hurd and Ethan Hawke.
He also discussed his more recent military foray, the Oscar-nominated American Sniper, which became the highest-grossing release of 2014 the day he was interviewed.
Asked if the picture glorified war, he replied: I think its nice for veterans, because it shows what they go through, and that life and the wives and families of veterans. It has a great indication of the stresses they are under. And I think that all adds up to kind of an anti-war [message].
http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/clint-eastwood-describes-his-near-death-experience-says-american-sniper-is-anti-war-exclusive/ar-AA9QfeV
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)liberal N proud
(60,349 posts)Empty chair, how could I forget?
Orrex
(63,247 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Orrex
(63,247 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)some of my wacko liberal and progressive friends have taken exactly this position with regard to the movie, while others saw it as justifying the war and de-humanizing the Iraqis.
Since I have no interest in exacerbating my PTSD in order to get a higher VA disability rating, I have no intention of seeing the movie to resolve this issue.
TeamPooka
(24,279 posts)all the gung ho's who drove the 300 million dollar box office would not have gone.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)but it was a lot better and anti-war than I thought it was going to be.
pansypoo53219
(21,005 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)are not a contradiction in terms.