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Seagoon’s New to me Movie. Today is “Dirty Harry”. ( I hadn’t seen it yet 😬)
What an incredible movie. The dialogue is a bit weird, the characterisation shallow. This is a dime store novel that could have been written in the 50s. It has a strange sense of unreality, it’s cartoonish, which is interesting when you consider the late 60s , early 70s had some very good realistic cop movies. eg, Serpico and French Connection.
Dirty Harry was made when there was a public fascination with weird killers like the Zodiac killer and the hippy culture of SF. It’s a bit voyeuristic. Like a dime store novel is.
But the look of the movie is what grabbed me. It has beautifully composed wide shots and some strange angles for interest. Ugly story against a beautiful backdrop, eh.
Yes! Agree.
So many night scenes, and really done at night too, not filters. Helicopter shots that zoom into and out from Harry, I suppose it’s his story.
These are quite common to a lot of Clint Eastwood westerns too.
I did wonder if this were a western set in a modern city, but no, while the urban environment certainly plays a part Harry is not bringing civilisation/justice to the town. He’s a cop in an already established justice system.
I thought the strange angles were more like Hitchcock, who also did weird angles for no reason other than to make the movie interesting to the viewer. I will take better notice of Eastwood movies now. :)