directed by: Don Siegel
written by: Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Dean Riesner, Terrence Malick, John Milius
starring: Clint Eastwood, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson
seen on 17th January, 2019
I can't remember if I ever saw any of the sequels so I can't write any fancy comparisons, but I can write this: I very much appreciate that Dirty Harry is such a clean (he-he-he), direct and straightforward film without any diversions, without dissecting the personal lifes of neither the inspector nor the villain and without explaining any political inclinations or interpretations. Even when the characters discuss some laws being or not being completely useless their dialogue remains businesslike and does not suggest anything to sway the viewer one way or the other. The viewer can independently decide whether to agree with the characters or if the message offends him, but the film itself does not want to preach. But there is a lot of crosses and Jesuses around so I hope I'm not talking nonsense. Another thing that pleasantly surprised me was the fact that the film is not sexist or misogynist, because I always somehow expect films to be that way when Clint Eastwood is involved.
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