I haven't read this yet but looking forward to it! I always loved Harry. Ok, edited - now I have. He had 5 Harry Callahan movies: Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact (filmed in Santa Cruz!) and the Dead Pool. As you can tell, I am a Clint Eastwood fan and I loved the character. I recently saw that YouTube clip that you feature and I thought he was quite reasonable. Did you ever see Tightrope? It is a quasi-Callahan movie in that he plays a guy just like Harry, but he has sexual kinks. It gives a whole different view of a Harry-like character. Here's an article about it: https://www.slashfilm.com/1692357/clint-eastwood-trick-direct-one-best-movies-tightrope/ I recommend that movie if you haven't seen it.
I overlooked The Dead Pool (thanks for the correction). Harry Callahan is an interesting character - and Clint Eastwood has had an amazing (and twisty) career.
Not sure how much Clint Eastwood had to do with the writing of The Enforcer, but it seems that every new thing I learn about him contributes to a picture of a very nuanced and complex individual.
Wonderful, Melanie, I need to go back and watch The Enforcer again. I love Emma Peel, too!
I haven't read this yet but looking forward to it! I always loved Harry. Ok, edited - now I have. He had 5 Harry Callahan movies: Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact (filmed in Santa Cruz!) and the Dead Pool. As you can tell, I am a Clint Eastwood fan and I loved the character. I recently saw that YouTube clip that you feature and I thought he was quite reasonable. Did you ever see Tightrope? It is a quasi-Callahan movie in that he plays a guy just like Harry, but he has sexual kinks. It gives a whole different view of a Harry-like character. Here's an article about it: https://www.slashfilm.com/1692357/clint-eastwood-trick-direct-one-best-movies-tightrope/ I recommend that movie if you haven't seen it.
I overlooked The Dead Pool (thanks for the correction). Harry Callahan is an interesting character - and Clint Eastwood has had an amazing (and twisty) career.
Very good article!
Not sure how much Clint Eastwood had to do with the writing of The Enforcer, but it seems that every new thing I learn about him contributes to a picture of a very nuanced and complex individual.
So agree that Eastwood is nuanced and complex.