Quentin Tarantino on Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry | Cinema Speculation
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- Explore the gritty world of Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" through the eyes of Quentin Tarantino. Diving deep into the iconic film that redefined the cop genre, we unpack Tarantino's unique insights and analysis from his book "Cinema Speculation." Join us as we discuss how this 1971 classic influenced not only Tarantino's own filmmaking approach but also the broader landscape of American cinema. Whether you're a die-hard Tarantino fan or a film history buff, this video offers a fresh perspective on the impact of "Dirty Harry" in the realm of cinematic art.
To be clear, this is an unauthorized fan-made video. The words are Tarantino's, but the voice is AI-generated. If you know Tarantino, please share with him; I'd like to make more, but only with his approval.
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"Dirty Harry" is a 1971 American action film directed by Don Siegel. The movie stars Clint Eastwood as the titular character, Inspector Harry Callahan, known for his unorthodox and ruthless methods in pursuing criminals. The film is set in San Francisco and follows Harry as he tracks down a psychopathic sniper named Scorpio, who terrorizes the city. The main cast includes Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan, Andy Robinson as the antagonist Scorpio, Harry Guardino as Lieutenant Al Bressler, and Reni Santoni as Inspector Chico Gonzalez. "Dirty Harry" is noted for its influence on the action genre and is famous for its iconic line, "Do you feel lucky, punk?"
"Dirty Harry" faced significant controversy and backlash upon its release in 1971, primarily due to its portrayal of police methods and attitudes towards law enforcement. The film was criticized for its apparent endorsement of vigilantism and the use of excessive force by its protagonist, Inspector Harry Callahan, played by Clint Eastwood. Critics and some audiences viewed the character's actions and the film's message as a reactionary response to the social changes and civil rights movements of the 1960s.
Additionally, the portrayal of the antagonist, Scorpio, and the sympathetic depiction of a police officer taking the law into his own hands raised concerns about the film's impact on public perceptions of justice and police conduct. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other civil rights groups criticized the film for what they saw as a glorification of police brutality and a disregard for legal rights.
The film also sparked debates about media violence, with some critics arguing that it could encourage imitative crimes and desensitize viewers to the seriousness of real-world violence. Despite the controversy, or perhaps because of it, "Dirty Harry" became a significant commercial success and has since been recognized as a classic in the action genre, spawning several sequels and solidifying Clint Eastwood's status as a major Hollywood star.
Written by: Quentin Tarantino* (taken from his book Cinema Speculation. Tarantino had nothing to do with the making of this video. This is a fan-made tribute to him and classic cinema.)
Edited and Produced by: Alan Berry
Narrator: AI Brown (Yes, it's an AI voice)
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00:00 - Start of Tarantino on Dirty Harry
00:54 - Don Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers
01:32 - Was the King a pod person?
01:46 - Harry Callahan, the baddest cop in SF
02:33 - The genius of Dirty Harry
02:58 - Was Dirty Harry the first cop serial killer movie?
03:23 - Dirty Harry’s prototype
03:41 - How Dirty Harry come to be
04:05 - Frank Sinatra injuries his wrist
04:41 - Jon Milius's contribution
04:55 - The skill of director Don Siegel
05:51 - Don Siegel’s biggest flaw
06:09 - Dirty Harry’s intended audience
07:03 - The Silent Majority
08:20 - Death Wish, Billy Jack, and Shaft
08:46 - Was Harry Callahan a racist?
09:22 - Dirty Harry was reactionary
10:07 - What about Magnum Force?
11:11 - Dirty Harry clones
12:56 - Casting three black men as bank robbers
14:47 - Black Millitants
15:59 - Do you feel lucky?
16:31 - Dirty Harry has a dubious morality
16:45 - Don Siegel’s lead protagonist
18:27 - Critics response to Dirty Harry
18:52 - Don Siegel's fear of his liberal friends
19:30 - Pauline Kael, the harshest critic
19:53 - Sam Peckinpah's thoughts on Dirty Harry
20:34 - The critics are the reactionary ones
21:07 - The absurd liberal argument
21:39 - Don’t tick off Billy Jack
21:50 - Why does Dirty Harry fail to outrage anymore?
23:09 - Praise for Any Robinson’s character
24:13 - Young Quinten Tarantino goes to the movies
24:28 - More on Pauline Kael’s criticism
25:05 - People can be sick and evil
25:33 - Jerry Lewis on Pauline Kael
26:10 - Credits
Highlander 2?...😅 or maybe Death Wish movie series?
The combination of Tarantino's writing and insight and the clever storytelling of the editing was fantastic! You have yourself a subscriber, and yes, I want more of this; not just Tarantino, but any good storyteller accompanied by this additional storytelling. I keep saying F for Fake is as influential on online videos as Citizen Kane was on cinema, and this is a great variation on that style
5:12 LOL, the greatest transition I've ever seen from a YT creator.
what is the news footage they are watching at 09:45
Dude, absolutely phenomenal so far, haven't even reached mid point but had to say, brilliant video, a much needed breath of fresh air. Subscribed. 😎🗽
If Tarantino did a 100 part series for a network titled 'The History of Film' - with cuts and commentary like this, I'd watch every episode.
Tarantino never made this either, this is voiced by AI
@@dafunken oh shit? i was feeling a bit let down already by the formal teleprompter style but they did fool me in that case
The text comes from Tarantino’s book where he reviews movies, so it’s his words with a.i. voice.
@@dwezel No, it is probably read by Tarantino. It is from the audiobook.
@@AiMR "The words are Tarantino's, but the voice is AI-generated" A quote from the video blurb above.
Andy Robinson never gets credit, he’s played one of the best villains in movie history.
That one time Garak felt lucky, but he wasn't.
He and Harry's PD partner are later in 1986 Cobra 🐍 .
Plays a great part in the 7Ups as well.. it's on youtube
Scared of guns as well. Shows how good his performance was.
He should have been cast as a Batman villain---that's who he reminded me of
"Harry doesn't play any favorites ...Harry hates everybody" 😅😅 great line ❤❤❤
...followed by a list...that usually gets edited out....
My list is even longer
How does he feel about Mexicans? ;)
The line is great and all but the question was why they call him "dirty" and I don't see how this response explains that. I thought it was self-evident why he's got that nickname, given the bold and aggressive way he engages criminals, and it needed no further explanation.
Q was wrong about DH movie. He was not racist.
One things I’ve always loved about Quentin is his love of films and his homage to great classic films. It’s not just his perspective from being behind the camera but from a fans perspective. He appreciates the work and delves into how the audience is experiencing the film.
I will never, ever tire of this masterpiece of a film. An absolute classic which still stands up today.👌🏼
agreed
Forgot to mention the incredible soundtrack by Lalo Schifrin
Yeah man, those funky beats.
I'm with you. I almost added some more info but felt I should keep it to just QT's words.
I lost count of how many times I played Dirty Harry just for the soundtrack.
YES - it was a major star in this film too. Top notch - even if it borrowed from Zeppelin. Well, in fairness, Zeppelin borrowed too.
The movie was smashed into the stratosphere with that masterpiece
Andrew Robinson's performance as Scorpio is one of the most convincing psychopaths ever seen on film.
HE was wonderful.
When I was a teen I used to put bandages on my head an go around singing " Row Your Boat " in a manic voice . Not all the time of course !
@@DrTWG I still do it, and i'm 69!
@@joemarshall4226 LOL ! Brilliant !
Yes. Right up their with Steve Railsback as Charles Manson in the TV movie "Helter Skelter"
Andrew Robinson is an amazing actor, which is why Scorpio was so memorable and gets under the skin. He was amazing as Garak in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - that character may be one of the most interesting TV characters I've ever seen.
Interesting? He's just a simple tailor
@@clash79plain simple Garak
lol I almost forgot about that. Garak is awesome. He almost single-handedly redeemed Cardassians from looking like all evil bastards, and even he was messed up😆😆
Bashir: Out of all the stories you told me, which ones that you told me were true and which ones weren't? Garak: My doctor, they all were true. Bashir: Even the lies? Garak: Especially the lies
@@rhetorical1488 My favorite line of his.
You hit the nail on the head regarding Andy Robinson. Who can forget the howl he let out when the knife went into his thigh. He stole the movie, unforgettable performance.
He was so convincing in every scene. It's time the Academy of arts gave him some kind of award for that performance.
It is very disturbing that the description of San Fransico in the 1970's is spot on with the 2020's.
except it's leagues worse today
@@zeppelinboys
Not according to FBI crime figures.
@@kristofaxelson5088 Anyone can throw down statistics.
I was thinking the same. The parallels between then and now are very close.
@@bfulks2001 American cities have always been madhouses,but never as bad as now,and getting worse by the day.
The only pushback I'd give QT is on his comment regarding DH's "shoddy sequels" -- they weren't 'shoddy', in my opinion. They gave Detective Callahan different villains to go up against, rather than merely re-hash the 'Scorpio' character. Callahan ends up being the only (type of) cop who's capable of ending the exploits of the murderer-cops in MAGNUM FORCE who genuinely go "too far" -- what he had been accused of, by others in the 'system' as well as by his movie critics. Teaming him up with the Tyne Daly character in THE ENFORCER was a brilliant way to address the Women's Lib movement -- where her death is genuinely tragic and noble, and the audience KNOWS that Harry feels the full weight of it, he being the kind of cop who tends to lose partners through on-the-job violence. Sure, none of the sequels were as great as the 1st film, but they were all worthy sequels, even if not as inspired. 'Shoddy' they were not.
I agree. They didn't go downhill as badly as for instance the Firstblood sequels. But still the original (Dirty Harry) has a style none of the sequels could match, especially with that night-time in the city cinematography.
Magnum Force is outstanding. Almost as good as its predecessor. Almost.
These aren’t Tarantino’s comments, this entire video is voiced by AI
@@dafunken The voice is AI-generated, but the words are supposedly his, taken from his book "Cinema Speculation" (as is mentioned in the descriptor passage above the Comments section.
@@patricktilton5377I refuse to listen to AI
Torturing Scorpio does not qualifies as "fascist", it qualifies as human. There isn't a parent alive who didn't sympathise with the emotion and motivation portrayed there and fascism isn't it.
Very few people know the true definition of "fascism"; the Mandela effect is that its usage is as meaningless as the over usage and misusage of the word "racist".
I dig Roger Ebert (RIP) but he would have changed his tune if his life was threatened and Dirty Harry had saved his ass! He would have called him a hero! People live in a Glass Bubble.
Facism is the working together of corporations and the government, which is what we currently have in the USA
Bad guys are step ahead, because they don't follow rules. Serial killer get's justice at court, but who gives justice to the lives they take? We love Batman and Dirty Harry, because we can elaborate to them by; giving justice that society can't deliver.
Actually hard-boiled communists would describe parental emotions as fascist.
They want to destroy EVERY bond that isn't the state or the Party.
To follow up, Harry is no more a racist or a fascist than a vigilante, no matter what Siegel's directing patterns were, and identifying with Harry doesn't make anyone "complicit" with anything. The tension in the character is that he has the potential to make the choices that would make him as bad as those he opposes, yet he doesn't make those choices and draws back from "the ends justifies the means" thinking. What many found "troubling" about the character was that neither the left nor the right could neither completely honestly condemn him nor embrace him as one of their own. The real problem was that he made people think in an era, much like today's, of polarized over simplifications. One simply can't make Harry into something he's not by invoking other characters in other movies or by invoking their own politics.
Liberals in the 70s were not as bad or annoying as today but it was still there and many of them called everyone or everything racist/f@scist if it didn't follow their hippie BS mindset. Roger Ebert said a lot of dumb lefty nonsense over the decades. Hollywood used to have guts and not be so one sided which I miss. It's not like I'm a hardcore Conservative or anything but Hollywood for the last 15 years or so have been so boring and it's sad that a movie like Dirty Harry would never get made today.
Very well said. And the motorcycle hit squad in Magnum Force were actually what Harry had been accused of being, and he went head-to-head against them, rather than joining them. It shows that his stance was much more nuanced than the liberals assumed it was.
This this this. Great insight. Thank you.
Agreed. And I'm not sure about the assertion here that the bank robbers play as Black Nationalists or Panthers so much as it's just a depiction of criminality across the spectrum in a film with a white serial killer and white Irish borderline renegade cop. Yeah it was '71 so the Panther thing could fit but not sure that was intended or that it read that way to most audiences. It felt more balanced and realistic than specific in that particular regard.
@@ocan1033- Yes, I thought the Black Panther thing was interesting, and accurate in terms of the costuming, but if the movie really wanted to make a point about the politics (if any) of either the robbers or Harry, it certainly had its chance yet did nothing with it.
Harry takes on two hijackers at the beginning of Magnum Force and a group of terrorists holding up on Alcatraz in The Enforcer. In the latter, Harry actually bails a black militant leader out of the jail to get a lead on the terrorist group (which appears to be modeled somewhat on Baader-Meinhof and the Symbionese Liberation Army), so it's difficult to argue that Harry somehow cares about race or politics as opposed to just stopping crime.
Everybody uses the term "fascist" without understanding it.
In bitter irony, it seems to be most used by those who applaud big business and gov't getting together.
@@EdwardWLynn There is no denial the Democrat Party adopts the Communist spirit and tactics to its operating apparatus. Right Chum?
@@EdwardWLynn In bitter irony, you’re one of the people that clearly doesn’t understand the term.
Because if you did, you’d know that it is most used by know-nothing-idealist, immature “activists” most typically on the radial left. You know, the people that claim to champion “equity” and “inclusion” yet don’t extend those principals toward those that disagree with them. I’d bet 10:1 that you’re part of that group.
There's nothing to understand anyway. It's a historical term more than an ideological one. Self-ascribed modern "fascists" are mainly after the aesthetic. Many of them are infused with Liberal ideology to the core, like Richard Spencer.
Historical fascism was just a collective term for reactionary movements in a specific region and cultural context at a point in time. When people try to pin it down, listing things like "strong group identification", "rejection of liberalism and democracy", "emphasis of hierarchy" and "militarism", they end up casting a net that applies to many, if not most pre-modern societies.
It's a term libshits use to defame anybody who doesn't agree with them. It hides the fact that instead of describing something specific, it's an accusation against people not conforming to the specific, i.e. Western Liberal Democracy. Which itself constantly changes. It's like when Rabbinics call others "goy". It just refers to people who aren't part of a very specific and weird self-identification.
Good example
The "I know what you're thinking" line is the most creative way of counting to 3 that has ever been put on film, in my humble opinion.
Great great discussion. The black guy in Dirty Harry where Harry is pointing his gun at him when he says the, "I know what you're thinking" speech... his name was Poppy Popwell. I would see him at church all the time in LA where I grew up. Last time I saw him was 1999 at the Ralph's super market at the corner of Western and Sunset. Not long before he passed away. He remembered me and we talked about Clint Eastwood
That’s wicked cool, did he have any stories from the set of the movie?
Nice anecdote ❤
He was in all of the Dirty Harry films, except possibly "The Dead Pool". He was the pimp in "Magnum Force.", the leader of a black militant group in "The Enforcer" and a fellow cop in "Sudden Impact".
"I gots ta know!"
@@UnityAgainstJewishEvil He did but I can't remember them right now. He did talk about how Clint would always call him for movies. He was also in a movie called Cleopatra Jones. Part of it was made down the street from my grandparent's home. A lot of movies were made in that area of LA when I was a child. Dolomite was one of those movies filmed over there
So glad that Eastwood got the role and Personified Dirty Harry.
Dirty Harry is a bona fide classic. Andy Robinson was superb as Scorpio.
Andy Robinson has been great in several roles. Ds9 hellraiser and I think they would have been half as good without him.
@@coinopanimator Yes for sure I didn't know he was in Star Trek my brother pointed it out lol.
so good was he that it stunted his career because it was felt he couldn't be used in other roles without his Scorpio character over whelming anything else he played.
Agreed. What I didn't get is where QT says we didn't see him again until Hellraiser. Robinson was in Seigel's very next film.
@@TheTapesArchive Yes. He was in Charlie Varrick in 1973 with Walter Matthau plus i remember he popped up in the Sylvester Stallone film Cobra in the 80s as well.
Met Robinson at a horror convention in Vegas once. Nicest guy Ive ever met. I never realized why he was listed as the lead in Hellraiser until then. Pinhead, Julia and Frank were the antagonists. Kirstie was the protagonist. Andrew was just the nice dad and naive husband. Wrong!!!
He autographed a photo from the movie where Frank was wearing the skin of his characters, Larry's face. He signed it Andrew Robinson "Larry, Frank". I then realized he was such a great actor that you forgot it was him doing Frank in the films final showdown. Fantastic scary performance. The 2 big lines " Jesus wept" and "cat and mouse s### were improvised by him. Amazing!!!!
I liked him a lot as "Harmon" ("harmin'") in "Charley Varrick." He's so evil and proactive... 'til Joe Don Baker's "Molly" finds him. Then he becomes a whiny wimp.
Quentin -- this was fantastic.
I was your electrician on Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Hope You are well?
So many people would be grateful if you made this creation into a series, I would be one of them.
The writing of this episode was great to listen to, even the AI did a great job. It was AI narrating , wasnt it?
I'd like to see an episode where you discuss some foreign classics like Man Bites Dog, Mystery Train, The Postman, or Kurosawa's films and how they influenced American film makers and how the stories were turned into big box office hits as American films. You could go into the Westerns that changed film making, not just the Western genre but film making.
Thanks for the work on Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. I worked more hours on that film than any other film I've worked on in the last 12 years. It started at the Der Weinerschnitzel in Long Beach on the first scout in May and I was finishing the Hero House around Christmas. Transforming Hollywood Blvd was crazy. Changing the Hologram back into The Pussycat Theater, getting the neon signs on the rooftops of Musso & Frank, The Supply Segeant, all the theaters, The Dome, Vogue, Bruin?, the drive in , I was on multiple locations almost every day from every corner of the County.
@Ac0ustics0ulMaybe he'll watch the video and see the comment.
I'm glad the humour was mentioned. When Gonzales says he has another theory about why he's called Dirty Harry after looking at Hot Mary through the window, is downright hilarious.
Andy Robinson should have won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role as Zodiac.
You mean Scorpio but who cares. Andy stole the movie.
He's just a humble Taylor running a small shop on DS9.
Like Andy, being typecast from that incredible role, for me. Anthony Perkins is Norman Bates no matter film I see him in...
Andys performance was way better than Eastwoods.
Indeed, Andy should have won a best supporting actor Oscar. But Andy wasn't even known in the business until Dirty Harry, and Hollywood wasn't ready to give performers who played such evil, reprehensible characters the recognition they deserved even when they did it as well as Andy did. It took Hollywood considerable time to give even well-established actors their due when they played entirely credible evil characters, such as Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter. Here's an interesting clip of an interview with Andy on his iconic performance: th-cam.com/video/u21z1vl4Qys/w-d-xo.html
Kinda surprised Quentin never cast Andrew Robinson in any of his films. He's an amazing actor, but would have been relatively cheap.
Man, that's a great point.
@@TheTapesArchive He got Michael Parks, though.
I can see where maybe Eastwood thought it might take the audience out of the movie he's making if they see them paired on screen.
Robinson should have gotten an oscar.
Probably because, as he said, you look at Andy you see Scorpio. Even made up as Garrick in DeepSpace 9 I still saw Scorpio every time I looked at him lol
To answer this guy's critics, he explains everything in the description of the video - he's not concealing anything or trying to deceive us....
Tarantino trivia: There are clips throughout this piece from the movie Charley Varrick, also directed by Siegel and featuring Andy Robinson. There's a line in that movie - "a pair of pliers and a blow torch" - that QT lifted for use in Pulp Fiction. I've read that QT is a big fan of Charley Varrick and that was basically a tribute to the movie. It's a grossly underrated flick, and anyone who likes this genre should check it out if you haven't seen it already. Really great filmmaking.
Dirty Harry is way more relevant now than when it was originally made.
Here in Belgium it was a smasher. When i was a kid back in the early 80s it was already almost a household name. Having said that, half my country is good with English bc we got the original sound with subtitles. Same for Holland.
Germany, France, Itally, Spain and other European countries had the dubbing going on and were more into movies of their own country... The stuff many American movie world people very much looked up to but i was to young too realize and still, i hardly ever watch these European classics. I am brainwashed... lol;
I didn't like "The Enforcer" that much but the scene where he interviews Tyne Daly in the beginning is brutally true. The "authority" cares about appearance, not making a difference while Harry actually makes sure she is prepared to be on the force. Brilliant writing even if Eastwood isn't for you.
Just shows how history repeats itself. Generations, ie “new people” go through the same scares and cultural changes compared to their youth. Another 20 years and it’s again the same thing with new clothes. 🤷♂️ But it’s a triumph of a movie. Saw it as a probably too young a kid, but it’s been with me since 😀
@@clipsolo No, it's the slippery slope. We're on the same decline that was characterized in the film, but much, much further down. Not every generation drifts into the sunset leaving behind more or less what they found, except for the clothes. And some point, you really do cross the rubicon, and when that happens, there's no going back.
@@wildcardartsent loved that LAW's rocket!....actually managed to get my hands on one or two....did a real number on a dumpster!
Funny things that happened 40yrs ago with society is happening today but Dirty Harry was a great movie
What makes you think they ever stopped happening then?
Funny how describing 70s San Francisco sounds just like what’s happening today.
History repeats itself self. The 1930s also had radicle movements that were born in the 1920s.
Go look up Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence.
Nailed it
SF is nothing like this today. Turn off the cable news, dude.
@@AdamOMcMurphynah just shit in the streets 🙄
This is wild. I was like, where is there a recording of Tarantino just waxing poetic in long form about movies like this I'd love to watch it -- should've realized it was AI voice narrated because there was no emotion in his voice, and Tarantino ALWAYS has emotion in his voice. But this is a really well made video essay. Brilliant editing/video splicing job partner!
The editor on this video is fantastic. They put a black-and-white old movie filter on the clip at 15:10 and none of you noticed it was that scene from Key and Peele. 10/10
I did instantly think Key and Peele when that black and white clip flashed by, but my brain discounted that because it was in black and white, shown alongside of actual 1960's black and white news footage. Hilarious to read your posted comment pointing it out, because you were spot on correct. :)
I saw it immediately and then checked to see if anyone left a comment.
"Dirty Harry" stands up. Maybe the others don't so much but the original is a classic. Changed cinema.
Yes, I agree. The sequels were a bit contrived but I still enjoyed them. The first one was a classic.
Magnum Force is worth watching. The rest? Meh.
@@MrSloika Agreed. I like Magnum Force and the first half of Sudden Impact. But The Dead Pool and The Enforcer are pretty forgettable.
The plot of magnum force is pretty good and would play great today.
Magnum Force is great too including the music (also by Lalo Schifrin)
But Magnum Force isn't really a counterpoint sequel any more than Harry is a vigilante. If Scorpio had surrendered to Harry, he would have lived, while the death squad in Magnum Force would have shot him, armed or unarmed, regardless. It's a fine distinction, but one that the sequel renders very well. Harry throwing away his badge at the end of Dirty Harry isn't symbolic of him giving up on the idea of law and order; it's an acknowledgment that, whether the shooting of Scorpio was righteous or not, his career is probably over, given the history and circumstances.
I have noticed that many people with about the same views as Dirty Harry, also have a huge respect for "law and order" and really legitimate authority. I think the vigilante corps are really stand ins for those believing that the first movie was fascist, and they are wrong...
@@steinarvilnes3954 - Yeah, the sequel goes out its way to show how wrong the death squad is; they're willing to kill other cops to fulfill their 'ends justify the means" agenda.
In the series, Harry's frequently in as much conflict with the bureaucracy above him, and with the limitations of the law itself, as he is with criminals, but its criticism of that bureaucracy and those limitations doesn't really propose any solutions to the situation either, no matter how understandably frustrated Harry is with it.
In the original movie, Scorpio is justifiably released after his arrest at the football stadium because Harry violates the law over search and seizure. Some would argue that it comes across as a criticism of the law itself, but Harry clearly IS in the wrong even though he has the right guy, so it's shown that the ends don't justify the means.
I'd argue that the series should have really ended with Sudden Impact because it's the movie where Harry betrays his principles by allowing Sondra Locke's revenge vigilante character to go free. Harry essentially caves in to the idea that Locke's character can do whatever she likes in pursuit of justice, yet that's not an argument that he would ever previously make, even for himself.
It's the movie where Harry's character really changed, perhaps understandably, but he shouldn't be a cop anymore either.
@@Malt454 I do not remember Sudden Impact that well, but it seems I need to watch it again now.
Is this AI Tarantino?
@@steinarvilnes3954 be thankful people are still willing to take that job...in many cases they are human garbage men....
So glad that Newman & Sinatra passed and backed out respectively. I can’t imagine any actor from that period having the same presence onscreen as Eastwood. The iconic image on the train trussle stands the test of time. Great job Alan! Well done as always.
Steven Seagal?
A Sinatra version would have been interesting. In the original script, Harry was an aging, burned out cop nearing retirement. Sinatra could have been compelling in that role if the original script was good.
Newman was too pretty. Sinatra? I think his Jersey accent would have been distracted considering how the character was suppose to be a long time California resident.
Right on! I agree Eastwood was the right person. But maybe Steve Mcqueen could have pulled it off.
@@djquinn11 hahaha
I think we need more protagonists in film like Dirty Harry where you have conflicted feelings about them.
People can be complicated, life is rarely black and white/good guy bad guy as it is depicted in movies. And anyway Callahan’s Magnum kicked ass!
Audiences burned out, after a couple decades of constant anti-heroes... but yeah, young people today would probably eat it up
What's so amazing is all the great clips of movies I may or may not have seen! The man is an encyclopedia of American movie history!
Andy Robinsons villain made the movie for me. Everything else I’d seen elsewhere… he stood out
you ever watch deep space nine? he's the best in it.
@@SMacCuUladh Also the actor who plays Gul Ducat as well. Both were dynamite
@@nunyabizness6595
*DY-NO-MITE!*
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He was definitely one the most despicable villains in film history. The audience clapped and cheered when Harry was stepping on his wounded leg at the football stadium. The funny thing was that Robinson was a pacifist in real life. He really acted the hell out of that part.
Amen brother. Andy Robinsons Scorpio killer and KurtWood Smiths Clarence Boddicker in Robocop really made the bad guy genre of their time.
I've always wished that Andy Robinson had gotten to play The Joker.
Yes, he wouldnt need facepaint.
When Dean Wormer started speaking Spanish, I laughed a lot. Thanks for that edit.
History repeats itself. We are right back where we were.
Not really
Spectacular overview, including deep cut asides that show a breadth of film knowledge that was even above the high bar I was already expecting.
Wow Roger Ebert was an idiot back then also. I guess he was too busy angrily scribbling and not noticing what happens in the movie.
We have the "Harry hates everyone scene" - but the fact he delivers his "I hate them the most" while winking making it clear NONE of what was said is true.
His Hispanic partner shares the same views on criminals and when he gets attacked for spying on "Hot Mary" he lets the perpetrators go free because they were protecting a neighbour.
And right after that, he rescues a guy from committing suicide in a scene that's essentially stolen and refactored in Lethal Weapon.
Then you have the scene when he has to look at the body of ten year old Charlie Russell and his mother is there and you see the pain in his face.
The torture scene, pivotal to the movie in many ways, isn't a fascist act. In fact Harry is so ashamed of what he's about to do, he tells his partner to go somewhere else. It's not like h later hides he's done it. He just doesn't want his partner to see him do it. Remember, they enter together and he tells him to leave. He knows it's wrong. You'd have thought all the musical queues from Lalo Schifrin might have made Roger wake up. But... nope.
Roger Ebert went into this movie with a predetermined view of how he was going to react to it and ignored all the queues that this was a far more complex movie than he was going to give it credit.
Although Ebert wrote plenty of good reviews, he also had a lamentable tendency to inject his tedious church-lady moralism into his reviews of movies that dealt with the more fringe aspects of society or culture in ways that challenged the prevailing liberal interpretation. His defamation of movies like Dirty Harry or Blue Velvet unfortunately fit this pattern.
Brilliantly put Mate. 100% agree.
Gotta give props for the lifted line about “blowtorch and pliers” to Don Siegel’s “Charlie Varrick” with a handful of other Harry co-stars.
Tarantino's movie knowledge is unbelievable and listening to him talk about it is great
I dont think it is him, rather AI reading his writings.
@@hincksman Yep, this is correct.
@@TheTapesArchive Good grief! This AI thing is scary. It didn't even occur to me it wasn't him.
@@TheTapesArchive Presumably that's how the long dead John Vernon was delivering alternative dialogue. In another video there is a long dead Edward Hermann reading a Civil War memoire. (Insert shudder here)
@@TheTapesArchive So really the title should be "AI voice of Quentin Tarantino on Clint Eastood's Dirty Harry". Thanks for wasting our time.
We need another Dirty Harry now
This became one of my favourite films as a kid. Being a young teen in 1990s Australia, i was utterly ignorant to any of the political or societal undertones. It was the music, the badass imagery, the comic book characters, that blew my head clean off. It's been more than a few years since i last watched it... After seeing this, it might be time to plug in the old VHS player and revisit it with older eyes. Spoiler alert: I'm gonna love it just as much...i can already hear the funky drums playing as the scope homes in on the sexy topless swimmer. Different times, man.
While I agree that "Dirty Harry" is, by far the best film in the series, the first two sequels are excellent action movies. Sudden Impact starts well as an action movie, then tries to become a deeper film before trying to be an action movie again but never really completing the transition or successfully being the juxtaposition of tropes it briefly tries to become. The Dead Pool is almost its own knowing self parody.
7:19 this is actually from a Canadian documentary shot in and around Toronto, circa 1967-1968. the young lad attached to the guitar is Aleksandar Živojinović later known as Alex Lifeson of Rush
I've rarely heard a dialogue misuse the term "fascist" so frequently (which Tarantino finally gets around to when criticizing the critics).
It's a strawman argument against the constitution. That's one element of fascism. Then there's the racism, box checked. Then the adulation of militaristic violence three strikes. That's enough for me.
The thing that makes Tarantino such a notable filmmaker, isn’t so much that he has undeniable vision, but the fact that he is outrageous enthusiast of film. All film. He appreciates the direction and nuance of almost every filmmaker that came before him. A true artesian.
These Cinema Speculation videos have been outstanding. keep up the good work!
Now i want to hear Quentin talk about ANY FILM!!
This video is based on his book called Cinema speculation which talks about the films of the 1970s
Andy Robinson is a great talent. In the great tv series Deep Space 9, he stands out amid a large cast of true gems.
Andy Robinson may have backed away from the industry.
That edit at 5:13 of Jaws to Carrie was friggin amazing.
Incredible video. Thanks for taking the time to find the perfect clips to go with Quintin's great analysis.
it's AI QT
Mr. Brown AI.
@@TheTapesArchive Can we get a Mr. Purple AI?
@@simonhandy962 Let me work on that.
@@nem447It's still Tarantino's analysis taken from his book.
7:15 Ha. That long-haired kid went on to be one of the most respected guitarists of his day and made millions doing it.
Yep, Alex Lifeson of Rush. Great "deep cut", Alan!
I was soooo hoping someone would catch this. That doc is great. Alex arguing with his parents how he wants to play music etc.
Yes I recognized that clip too, awesome addition!
I didn't but I'm glad you guys pointed it out ❤
Classic film Dirty Harry,the scene when the flood lights light up,love that scene.
This video is incredible. I had assumed Tarantino took part in it till the end. I thought videos like this were the next phase of his career.
I’m convinced this is better than reading the book. Bravo my man
Frustrated older Americans when they looked out their car door windows, read their daily newspapers, and watched the evening news, didn’t recognize their country anymore.
Sounds like today for those of us 40+
Mind blowing that a cop who is committed to protecting the public is considered 'Fascist' by Liberals. Just bizarre. Do they want criminals to victimize innocent members of the public?
Its this mindset that made me give up being a Liberal. There is something seriously wrong with them.
Yep. The media polluted the Boomer's brains and we can see the Boomer's are still brainwashed. Oct 7th proves the theory of brainwashing.
No, today is different, today's younger people are just dumb bratts who have never heard the word NO. If they didn't have phone cameras, they'd get their butts whupped Left and Right.
AI is scary. I thought that was Tarantino speaking!
Daamn thanks for confirming my suspicions I thought he was reading from text but was like why the hell would he do that
whatever your opinion of Tarantino, he understands film and culture the way very few do. In my opinion he earns every accolade he gets and is one of the very best directors ever.
This and your other Tarantino video are brilliant, it must've taken you ages but the editing is perfect as is the use of clips and music. Please do more of these if you can!
6:15 "didn't recognize their country anymore' ...I'm there now.
Why, because you're old, insignificant, and tired?
@@SullenMorbius if all you have is ageist derivatives, it would be better to keep silent so we don't all think you're a fool. Instead you could say "that's because you've been too sheltered, i's what America has always been and now it's being rubbed in your face". But no, you typed up bullshit instead.
@@SullenMorbiusNo. Because he has common sense.
@@ScooterOnHisWay2024 talking 'bout you, lil guy
Back when movies mattered. Nobody gives a flying F what comes out of Hollywood anymore.
Agree
Don’t worry. This happens every once in awhile. You’ll get some kickass new voices soon.
You're just getting older.
@@AdamOMcMurphyI can't stand Hollywood today and i'm 31 with an actress girlfriend. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
@@wildcardartsent 18-34 demographic is what always matters in Hollywood, and the entertainment industry in general. Sounds like you're just aging out of "Hollywood" a little early.
My point is to not hurt your feelings, but to point out (or remind you) that the entertainment industry does not grow up with you. Once you get to a certain age you will just stop identifying with pop culture like you used to. And yes, your peers will likely feel the same way and you will peel off and find other interests. This is why you don't see Baby Boomers at Drake concerts, or Xers at Olivia Rodrigo concerts. Also why you probably think "SNL isn't funny anymore". Lol
I remember sneaking it on as a kid. The knife in the leg scene was so satisfying.
When I saw that scene as a kid, the scream that Scorpio let out scared the living shit out of me lol
those kind of knives are finally legal now....
Oh yeah the Dirty Harry hot dog scene is pure gold!
I’m 60, and in my history and the history of entertainment, the critics are rarely related to the audience. Dirty Harry was iconic. And thanks to this video I need to find a path to chat with David Finch.. thanks for a great video.
This is simply amazing. You are a curatorial genius and the editing is whip-fast. Obviously Tarantino's essay is great on the page, but your visual accompaniment amplifies his words and makes the whole more than the sum of it's parts. It reminds me of some of the great stuff that Rodney Ascher has done, and he's one of the best around. Excellent! -- I look forward to checking out more of your stuff!
Very interesting. I don't think that the sequels were shoddy though. Whatever the motives for the characters, to most viewers I think it was largely just good fun, never taken seriously. As for claims from some of racism or fascism, these are laughably inaccurate. They are as classic today as they were then.
sequels were purely for $ as all sequels are, squeezing the last dollar out of a franchise
Good essay. 22:31 The actor who played Gonzales was also Poppy (who peed on the couch) in Seinfeld.
Poppy’s a little sloppy.
Reni Santoni
Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite actors!
Wow. What an articulate, insightful, and interesting film analysis. I enjoy most Tarantino films, but this is another side of him that you don’t get from his films nor interviews.
Dude this man’s mind must be preserved in history. What a genius.
Dirty Harry is much better cinema then today's junk.
Absolutely. No contest. Best action movie ever made in my opinion.
There's lots of good watches from that era, right before shit went sideways in the 80's.
I remember 1970s movies and they wouldn't make that stuff today. House head anyone?
Ya know I love Clint and the Dirty Harry films but man is the lighting just not even considered in the scenes that take place at night. Really hard to watch some of the scenes in that film.
Old people good. Young people bad. Rinse, repeat
So what have we learned? First off, we learn Ebert was a goof, way in the beginning. And we learn 'liberals' never knew the meaning of 'fascism', not then, not now. Dirty Harry Rocks!!!
You’re a little old to still be wearing the brown shirt and shorts, aren’t you fatty?
How’s your pronunciation of Kristallnacht coming?!
These Cinema Speculation documentaries are fantastic!
Thank you! TBH, I was thinking of moving on from it until I heard if Tarantino is cool with it. Not sure.
Damn! That was probably the most astute analysis of a film and subsequent genre as I've ever heard. Bravo Quentin!
throwing the chum onto jaws into the cut of carrie was nice, quentin would approve.
That was the most rewarding 25 minutes I've ever spent on TH-cam
Agreed. I'd easily watch 25 more of these.
was and still is one of the greatest movies ever created
Damn, he's describing the current world though most of this
Man, Tarantino sees everything!
I'm no film student, though do love film, but the way he assesses is so unbiased, holistic and articulate. His finger is right on the pulse of the time and is able to see the ripple effects the films cause in a wider social context. Bravo 👏
Is it any wonder his films feel perfect for the medium of the big screen!?
It's an AI voice.
@Zakhiel -
Yes, but speaking his (written) words, I believe.
Doing a smidge of homework before making a permanent attempt at being a smarty pants might be advisable ... 😉
That was amazing! Quentin Tarantino did a great job with that.
Slash operating a harpoon at 12:36
What film was that? I thought the same. Now we know his inspiration
It's the whole band. It's one of the DH movies.
@@twicket5 I believe it was from The Dead Pool, the last sequel. A few of the guys from Guns n Roses were in it.
Dead Pool. Came out in 87 I think? Jim Carey was in it too.
This is great! An entertaining blend of Tarantino's thoughtful prose and expert weaving of iconic film scenes. Bravo!
I've got another one if you're interested. th-cam.com/video/krQ3YfGX4AI/w-d-xo.html
@@TheTapesArchive Oh, I've seen it already and really enjoyed it. I hope you can do more of these. I know it's got to be a lot of work but you're VERY good at it!
Such a well made video. Great, great work. Kudos to you. Really hope this catches QT's attention. Good luck.
As someone that was born and raised in the SF Bay Area and remembes what it was like, there were other reasons to have the Bank Robbers as Black in DH.
The Black Panthers were an inspiration because there was a faction that had become MORE militant and were committing major crimes.
The SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army) were an offshoot of the BPs.
Also, the BPs were in Oakland so a trip over the Bay Bridge into San Francisco would have been the perfect cover for a Bank Heist Crew since you wouldn't see them "hanging out" in San Francisco...
It's far too simplistic to say that the Bank Robbers in DH were Black because the BPs were "scary" at the time to Whites.
I wish Tarantiono would do a Dirty Harry movie with Clint Eastwood before he is no longer with us. Imagine a Retired and even angrier old Callahan with a Tarantino twist, I would pay for it!
We're 20 years too late for that. That would have been glorious though.
And we’ve come full circle since this movie.
According to internet memes, you mean 😂
These are very, very good! I would've been fine without a weird AI Baby Quentin.
Couldn't tell this wasn't actually QT narrating it until I read the credits, seriously impressive.
QT shows off his grammar skills here, which you can tell he wrote down and edited, where sometimes he’ll fumble on the absolute correct way to use a high falutin word, here he is perfect. Also, laying down the historical backdrop of how Eastwood replaced Wayne as the top action hero, and Siegel previously directing Invasion of the Body Snatchers, this was just masterful. Thanks for the upload!
Edit! Wow, I was reading the description because I was impressed with the editing and visual elements of this video, and come to find out: the voice is Ai generated, though the words are QT’s. Thanks for your work, buddy!
I definitely would like more documentaries like this one. Your a badasses, Mr. Tarintino. Don't stop making films, they inspire me and countless others. Stay cool.
Alex Lifeson at 7:15. Kudos. And that AI voice sounds good. QT read only two chapters for the audiobook, right?
He read the whole thing
Also what was inaccurate about the critical assessment of Harry Callahan was the idea that Harry was a vigilante cop.
That's why Magnum Force is a perfect sequel to Dirty Harry a n d has unfortunately been overlooked since its release.
Magnum Force deliberately places Harry in opposition to the death squad troika , what one would normally think is that Callahan would be sympathetic to these rogue cops considering the original Dirty Harry .
Harry however is ornery and distrustful. He is also first and foremost a lawman concerned with order.
Thus cops who are brazenly or even cryptically executioners and murderers are no better than criminals who are murderers.
You have absolutely lost your mind.
Please get some expert professional help as soon as possible.
@@KevinFarrell-hc3wn
You just described yourself.
Follow your own advice, Scorpio.
@@writeralbertlanier3434 "SCORPIO" is a tattoo on my arm that I got in 1991, while in law school in Boston.
Very clever, Al.
@@KevinFarrell-hc3wn Dirty Harry festivals are becoming more common...where they show them all one after another
The Tarantino might be AI, but that cut near 5:11 from Roy Scheider chumming the water in Jaws to the bucket of blood dropping in Carrie was inspired.
AI? QT put out an audiobook of Cinema Speculation. This looks like whoever made the video just clipped it.
Thanks for catching that edit there. I don't hide the fact the voice is AI.
The voice is AI. QT only did a small part for the audiobook.
@@TheTapesArchive Yeah, no shade from me intended. I was addressing the people focusing on the narration, instead of content, production and editing. Liked and Sub'd.
@@chriskev5663 Right on! Some people throw heat for just the AI voice. Thank you for the sub. 🍻
Re-watching these and marvelling at the amount of research, archive footage, and top-notch editing work you put in.
You really enhance the source materials with your skill and time. Keep up the great work, these will be treasures for the annals.
Thank you Travis! It's incredibly rewarding when I read comments like yours. TBH I alway get a bit bummed when I see other low-effort channels doing so much better than mine. But then I read a comment like yours and think I just need to keep making them. Are you wanting more QT videos? I was think of moving away from them and doing something different.
Just finished reading the book - which is FANTASTIC - but these videos are a great accompaniment. Great work! I hope you do the entire book! No joke - I'd watch every second of it.
1971 , the first year Dirty Harry fought against general WOKE Culture. 2024 onwards, Harry you're needed again and how ! .
No such thing as 'woke'. Certainly not in 1971 either.