“never seen so many men wasted so badly”
the coolness of Eastwood does not just come from his looks, it’s about how he lives in the world of the movie.
In this world, the absurd is the norm, and history, politics, and morality become little more than costumes for the characters to wear as they circle each other in a dance of betrayal and survival. the characters walking on the edge of existing.
beside everything being so iconic in the movie…

some highlights in farsi for protesters in iran and there concerns:

"ما تا چند دهه نخواهیم دانست که این انقلاب نتیجه داده است یا نه"

"هیچ راهی وجود نداره که بتونیم اهداف این انقلاب :
،نان، آزادی، عدالت و شان اجتماعی را در عرض دو سال به دست بیاریم
تنها کاری که می شه انجام داد اینه که
.شرایط رو برای رخ دادنشون فراهم کنیم"

”ما بیش‌تر از اینکه دنبال یه رهبر باشیم، به دنبالِ یه وجدان آگاهیم. مگه اصن…

the movie happens beside the disasters we have in 2020 and it's not about alcohol. It's more related to people and getting out somehow and that’s sad. It's sad when your in a pandemic. Gets worse if your a teacher!
It's nice to go back and have a new look at right and wrong, Challenging the morals with an existential look in history.
But this works when you believe in what the characters do in the story. And at least…

don't miss peter watkins on Punishment park:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxb0ed9izis&list=PL7V5rqgVTRt_crYC-GIIRyuQXr5XqvYsZ&index=5

* I suggest NOT watching it if you are not briefly aware of the actions of the late 60s*
this is one of those movies that predicts the future without claiming it. 1971 was the time the USA was in the way of starting more wars and making more brutality even by teaching it to its society.
Watkins maybe is the best director of pseudo-documentary. although he does not make a masterpiece…