A Moral Right (The Politics Of Dirty Harry)

Movie Documentary

[@BattlestarDamocles]

Harry was right. Just look at San Franshitsco now.

[@samuelland8669]

Very true.

[@paulsuprono7225]

Fran . . . shit . . . co . . . . I get it ! 💀

[@ray.shoesmith]

Robo Redneck As Mark Twain (Google him) once said "It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt". You might not have recognised it because of all the big words, but you got burnt bad. I'm slightly disappointed your response wouldn't knock the skin off a custard, usually when your type get wiped all over the floor you respond with an indignant spray of mindless invective with no connection at all to the actual point. So I decided to write this and give you a second chance to prove the stereotype. See you in my notifications 👍

[@davidgriffiths7696]

Robo Redneck surely it wouldn’t be San Fran without all the liberal druggies and scum? It’s the American home of quirky amenities and old fashioned curiosities...you would have to flatten the place to wipe out the sort of low life hipster spawn to which you object....

[@jasoncrandall73]

Every city has issues. I love the Dirty Harry films. It made it's own point during the time it was made. You were able to see all the actions of the bad guys to help establish who was right and who was wrong. But reality is not like that.

[@robertdoherty2001]

The Dirty Harry films were modern urban westerns, and Clint is just the guy for the job.

[@AntonyThorburn]

100th

[@michaelward9880]

Excellent way of putting it.

[@JohnDoe-zu2cm]

@@michaelward9880 Kenosha Kyle is essentialy the modern day Dirty Hairy, Wyatt Earp, and if convicted: Billy the Kid. Just wait. Looking back on history is like waking up the next morning from a blackout night with the boys.

[@curtismoon5316]

Good point. Never looked at it that way

[@traysutherland8491]

@@JohnDoe-zu2cm write his movie. Strike while the irons hot

[@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl]

Best Smith & Wesson Model 29 salesman ever.

[@robertmorris8997]

And Death Wish 3 is the best Wildey .475 Magnum salesman ever.

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

Any warfilm will make you buy an old battle rifle, I know, It helped convinced me

[@HumphreyHorsehead]

I've heard from multiple first hand sources that back in the day after Dirty Harry there was a glut for lightly used Model 29s from guys who bought them thinking they were Harry and then returning them after the recoil of .44 magnum told them they were not Harry.

[@lawrencet83]

@@HumphreyHorsehead Then, you never have shot a .500 magnum. It makes the .44 magnum feel like a .357 magnum.

[@brooceleroy79]

@@robertmorris8997 Someday I hope to have both. :)

[@SvendleBerries]

So, even back in the 70s people screamed "Fascist!" when they heard something they didnt like? lol I guess that old saying is true,"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Will wonders never cease?

[@notforsale5967]

When Reagan was elected President all hell broke loose. Media and the Left were screaming Fascism.

[@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090]

"Liberals use Black People as a political football in their on going war with Conservatives" Malcolm X Boy if it was true back in the 60's, Then it's just as true today.

[@dashcam26]

It is the Liberal thing to want to tie labels on things so that they are identified. Racist, Fascist, Nazi etc. Their heads are now "happy" because they have pigeon holed their victim

[@MannyScoot]

We will never change !

[@SvendleBerries]

@uncletigger Whats fascistic about Dirty Harry?

[@BlackProfessor1990]

When the average person throws out the words fascist and racist and you ask them to properly define those words, they will fail miserably.

[@IRHasDiabetes911]

What about Commie?

[@rumpraisin]

Dirty Harry (Inspector Callaghan) applies his law to every one, black or white. The movie starts with him killing a gun toting black and ends with him Killing a gun toting white. That's equality and fighting fire with fire.

[@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090]

Not only that but they use a made up definition of Racism and Sexism today that by the actual definition of those words would make them Racists and Sexists. These are the Sheep of the media and their hypocrisy is so great that they are exactly what they call others and they call other's this to pretend to be superior. What a Load of Crap the West has become.

[@dhlhthriwdhskissos9606]

Average my ass, those are the sub20 iq leftist idiot

[@1958Shemp]

There are several people on both ends of the political spectrum that are simply full of shit.

[@leebrowwski]

I grew up with Callahan. I identified with Beddoe. I became Walt from Gran Torino. I cried when they busted Earl in Mule. Life is not black and white, left and right. Eastwood deserves a lifetime oscar!

[@mikechevreaux7607]

Cried At Grand Torino 🔚?

[@KevinSchwinkendorf]

"Everything was political then (1971)" Huh? Its a lot worse now (2019)!

[@AntonyThorburn]

2021.. ermmmm

[@Lancia444]

it's certainly getting worse...

[@duncan4260]

About similar I would say in both the states and UK in the 70s.

[@TheOrangeRoad]

Greetings from the future! It got worse!

[@williamweb9782]

Try 2024! The first 3 dirty harry films are really interesting. I can now recognise that, far from being just action movies, a lot of political thought went into them.

[@windwind3170]

"It was the style in those days to categorize people conservative people were calling liberals communists and liberals called them fascist" This here quote still remains true to this day.

[@davem5333]

Today the liberals are communists.

[@Cryptonymicus]

@@davem5333 And the conservatives are Russian collaborators.

[@gregstewart6973]

@@Cryptonymicus lol how?

[@dhruvkabirpara8733]

Dave M feeding into the quote

[@SavageAudits]

Haha! A moron here believed the corporate media about the Russian collusion BS. Here we are a year later and it was shown to be nothing but unsubstantiated nonsense. Aren’t liberals supposed to distrust big corporations? What shame that we lost the Left to corporatism, which is what El Duce himself called Fascism.

[@flyoverkid55]

Well done. The Harry Callahan figure is fairly straightforward, he saw wrong and wanted to make it right. None of the recipients of his intercession were even remotely innocent.

[@RogalloShaolin]

I wonder how Dirty Harry would react when he walks into a restroom at Target

[@flyoverkid55]

Dre Zee I'm thinking he would use the men's room, I pity the fool that would be in there wearing a woman's dress.

[@milton7763]

Yeah, but that’s where the movie makes its simplification: in real life, there’s such a thing as a fuck up and going after the wrong guy. Or is Johnny Depp a malicious wife beater that deserves to be at the wrong end of a Magnum 44?

[@flyoverkid55]

@@milton7763 I didn't say he was a role model for policing. And no, we don't shoot people for marrying idiots.

[@mikespence8956]

SOID! THE! MAN!!! THE! LEGENDARY!!! CLINT!!! EASTWOOD!!! IS! THE! MAN!!! SOID! WHO! SHAPED! THE! WORLD!!! SOID! FOR! THE! GOOD!

[@milton7763]

Love how they’re interviewing the actual writers, not just the directors

[@donaldjoy4023]

Despite all the angles hyped about Inspector Callahan, if one really examines the films, he never actually broke the rules, he merely did his job effectively within the law. It's just that the filmmakers made it SEEM like he was a rogue.

[@jimmyjarrett939]

Donald Joy Mostly, but I'd say him torturing someone is slightly against the rules? He steps on the guys gun shot wound, that is forbidden, well at least I imagine it would be, then again I don't live in the States so maybe I'm wrong!

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

Jimmy Jarrett That's literally the only time he arguably breaks the law. And it was more to find the girl than anything else. But the girl was already dead, so his action was shown to be ultimately futile.

[@BOORAGG]

Very true. Most of his shooting was a reaction to threats.

[@KevinSchwinkendorf]

Hard boiled - but that was pointed out to Harry in the movie, and as he said, he didn't know that at the time.

[@Haikuss123]

Driving with your convertible through a glass pane into a room iwth 4 hostiles and 4 hostages is NOT working withing the law.

[@MutantsInDisguise]

We need more cops like Harry.

[@chuckhoyle1211]

Not really. You need some, but you don't want every cop to be like him. 99% of the time you want rules-following goodie two shoes as cops. However, when things get sideways and murky, you need a Dirty Harry to sort things out.

[@stryker214]

One important fact that this video leaves out, regarding Harry torturing "Scorpio", is that "Scorpio" ambushes Harry while he is playing ransom errand boy, confesses his crimes to Harry, and attempts to murder him; Chico Gonzales (Harry's rookie partner) saves Harry but is wounded in the process. So let's recap: we have an asshole who confesses to the crime before trying to murder the officer who he confessed to, shoots another officer , and escapes. Harry tracks him down and does the best he can to save the victim. Since "Scorpio" was not under arrest when he confessed...in fact he gloated and his intentions before attempting to kill Harry, it would be a stretch to claim that Miranda rights applied...

[@patrickoxford682]

Well said, sir. Well said.

[@1smallstep]

It has been a good 20 years since I saw Dirty Harry but when Scorpio was confessing, didn't he say that he decided to let the girl die? If that memory is right, it definitely changes the picture on how he acted at the stadium.

[@kevindickson2178]

"i have rights"

[@MichaelGriffey6969]

@@kevindickson2178 Indeed. These days with our fuller understanding of Miranda, Harry could have laughed while explaining the "spontaneous statement" exception to Miranda, lol. "You gave up your rights when you admitted to the crimes, scumbag."

[@kevindickson2178]

@@MichaelGriffey6969 well I’m all broken up about his rights.

[@coiledsteel8344]

My favorite line -"Nothing wrong about shooting, as long as the right people get shot."

[@jmvm31]

That's great unless the one that's says it considers YOU as the right PPL to shoot

[@rebelbaron7003]

Gun control IS hitting your target.

[@hughjazzole2037]

No one should complain when you point a gun at a cop & he/she shoots back. IF people are allowed to carry open ly,,then cops shouldnt shoot black people carrying when they let white carry openly,,

[@blakeswanson1322]

@R A R fuck yea!

[@mikespence8956]

SOID! THE! LEGENDARY!!! CLINT!!! EASTWOOD!!! HAS! NO! FLAWS!!! SOIDS! CLINT!!! IS! PERFECT! SOIDS! AREN'T!

[@richardimon468]

Clint Eastwood is truly an American Icon and living National Treasure for this Country!

[@nonelost1]

Callahan: "I never hear the ACLU complaining about criminal brutality. And I've yet to hear a victim of criminal brutality complain about police brutality."

[@kennyd7195]

Clint Eastwood was one of my biggest heroes growing up and i always learned from him. It is important a man always follow his moral compass and do what is right, god bless dirty harry!

[@BattlestarDamocles]

Because if you do it the "system's" way, the criminals win and nothing gets done.

[@Triggerhawk]

13:24 no no no. We dont cheer because he was brutalizing a suspect for the crime he committed. We say thank fuck he's actually putting the girls life above this mans 'legal rights'. Its about doing what needs to be done to save a life. If the guy had just said where the girl was he wouldn't have been stood on. 16:13 spot on

[@stevem6711]

Yes, Harry already knows he has the right man with his hobbling run. Harry is the one who stabbed him in the leg in the park.

[@mrsleep0000]

In Dirty Harry you find out he isn't racist, in Magnum Force you find out he isn't sexist, in The Enforcer you find out he isn't a homophobe.

[@williamweb9782]

Yes the end of The Enforcer was thought provoking. It was like seeing something that you can't unsee.

[@richleviness4621]

Clint is the man!!!

[@jimmyjarrett939]

Rich Leviness Can't imagine many people disagreeing with you mate, Clint, certainly is, the man!!!

Clint is now the Leni Riefenstahl of Hollywood, see American Sniper and The 15:17 to Paris as examples.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

Hollywood should continue this series today with an actor (maybe his son?) carrying a .500 Smith n Wesson!

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

Rich Leviness Clint has been my hero ever since I was a kid. My father and I went to see Gran Torino in the theaters. My father and I then watched hours of Clint Eastwood movies when we got home.

[@mikechevreaux7607]

​@@MikeBrown-ii3pt Nope. His Son Kyle, IS Nothing Like Him.

[@Redmow51]

I was living in San Diego at the time. I don't know what these people are talking about. It was a good movie. It was seen as a movie. Not a political statement. If everything was political, it was political to those who lived like everything was political. The rest of us were just trying to live life.

[@themadlad8540]

sad day when Clint dies

[@JohnWarlop]

One of the few in Hollywood that has his head screwed on right.

[@raptorbadger3131]

John Warlop have you seen his son? he was on a Joe Rogan podcast and is a cool dude.

[@ronaldmcreynolds7345]

Old actors never die, t*ey just audition for a new part.

[@PhenomProductions23]

He acted in the movie. The Writer is the true genius.

[@AnnaLVajda]

He'll be like my Dad and remain in spirit.

[@demoskunk]

Meanwhile, LA mayor Garcetti refers to ex-cons as "justice-effected individuals".

[@defenstrator4660]

The horrible thing is this everything is political bullshit is coming back.

[@theothertroll]

coming back? it never left

[@halo091]

Defenstrator history repeats itself.

[@halo091]

Defenstrator and everything is affected from politics, especially the police. They're a hand of the government

[@losronin3875]

I don't think it ever left lol

[@BillySinnz]

Not coming back, its here!

[@cathan75]

The Banking system requires a Dirty Harry character to clean it up.

[@BRO77TX]

Not just the banking system... Politics and Entertainment as well!!!

[@milton7763]

Yes, yes yes yes yes yes! Particularly in the US with the Federal Reserve presidency being a revolving door for Wall Street bank execs

[@lordandrak]

I think the chaps at 16:40 hit the nail on the Head, Dirty Harry is better described as a Libertarian with Conservative views.

[@Cosmicblast77]

Andrak Heriot I believe in real life Eastwood is that way to.

[@tommyhill7645]

Cosmicblast77 that's exactly what he is

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Andrew Higgs that is what I thought as soon as I understood what libertarian ideas were

[@Damndrrtyapes]

I just read about this featurette/documentary that is on a DVD of “Magnum Force,” which examines the themes of the Dirty Harry movies as well as the political climate at the time the movie was made. I just got to say that history repeats itself, 46 years later, and the political differences between Left and Right are still very big.

[@antgrkh588]

the force is strong in Harry

[@chrismc410]

Tong Gorokh a powerful Sith he became. Henceforth he became known as Darth.....Dirty Harry

[@chrismc410]

Tong Gorokh Police Chief Palpatine: Have you heard legend of Darth Harry, The Dirty? Rookie Officer Anakin: No Palpatine: I thought not. It's not a story the punks would tell you...It's a cop legend Darth Harry was a Dark Lord of the Sith who was so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midicholrians to create...A magnum. He had such a knowledge of the Dark Side he could even protect the city he cared about from crime. Anakin: He could protect cities from crime? Palpatine: The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. Anakin: What happened to him? Palpatine: He became so powerful the only thing he was afraid of was losing his Magnum. Which eventually of course he did. Unfortunately, he tried to teach his apprentices everything he knew, then his apprentices died on duty. It's ironic. He could save others from crime, but not parts of himself Anakin: Is it possible to learn this power? Palpatine: Not from the punks.

[@pcmanim]

This is amazing depiction of how history repeats itself. Many parallels to today's mode of thinking on all sides. And I thought today's politics were unique.

[@richardhamblen5526]

..NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE, JUST MORE ADVANCED TCHNOLOGICALLY, DEFINITELY NOT WISER..TRUTHFULLY ' DUMBED DOWN'..

[@DonMeaker]

When people cry "Fascist!" they usually mean "Shut up!"

[@theothertroll]

people? you mean fucking ignorant Liberals - and that's exactly right.

[@DonMeaker]

theothertroll It isn't that they are stupid or ignorant. They just know so much that isn't so.

[@vicmackey8282]

Oh...and Conservative Jesus Freaks really know what time it is when it comes to facts, history, etc? Really dude.....Conservatives/Religious people are the ones who believe in The Earth being 6,000 years old/that females came from a man's rib/that a man lived for 3 days in a whale's belly before being regurgitated/that a spirit touched a virgin, resulting in her giving birth to 'god's son' (what a joke)....I could go on and on! When conservatives start believing in actual facts (like the story that the fossil record/archaeology/the story the images The Hubble Telescope sends to Earth about The Universe/DNA/evolution/etc......then maybe I'll ponder your position about Liberals. Until then......SHUT THE FUCK UP! Anyone who believes in A MADE UP GOD/PRAYER is a STUPID MOFO who deserves nothing but to be ridiculed!

[@jamesgonzalez8113]

DonMeaker The truth is hard to swallow

[@DonMeaker]

Way back in the 1970s, when I was a student at Evangel College, in Springfield Missouri, one professor asked how many believed in creation vs. evolution. All the students elected evolution. Oh, the Catholic Church also holds with evolution. Once again, the liberal has it wrong.

[@coldmetal7931]

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." ― Winston S. Churchill Callahan understands this, and does his job.

[@RogalloShaolin]

Who would you want as Police officer when a Muslim is driving that bus towards a crowd of people? Dirty Harry, or a Stylish affirmative action hire?

[@kellykitkat40]

How about Jesus?

[@RogalloShaolin]

Kelly KitKat That wasn't one of the options. And I actually wouldn't want him there, he would be too busy pinned to a couple 2x4s

[@RogalloShaolin]

BrownHawk2 It was the options within the movie

[@PSunProductions]

Why does it have to be a Muslim driving the bus? If any crazy person is driving a bus towards a crowd of people I'd want Dirty Harry

[@RogalloShaolin]

PSunProductions Was a comment on recent events in Europe

[@oliverallen5324]

It’d be cool if Dirty Harry had a nephew who was a cop in LA or something addressing the same issues and the new ones of today.

[@EroomYrrah]

check out a la cop named Michael Rupert... he has stuff out here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4WYfoxpeJ1pmM0

[@CoolArrow78233]

They need a new york version

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

Phil Mcahkiner no a Chicago version

[@fmaren]

When this movie premiered in San Fran in the predominantly black neighborhoods, the people cheered and didn't think he was racist, he just cut through all the bullshit and dealt with the bad guys, regardless of race.

[@robertmorris8997]

2014: "Everything was political in those days." 2020: Not even close.

[@pigboykool]

Love Clint Eastwood film and his fight with PC correctness since the 70s.

[@khav11]

nowadays he's anti trump, a fraud.

[@MutantsInDisguise]

​@@khav11pfff, Trump is an idiot, as are his slaves.

[@oldmanballer5088]

Many young people today don’t know the meaning of the word fascist or fascism!

[@g0atboy207]

Man, seeing as this people talk "You wouldn't believe it, but it was a really crazy time!" and nowadays it's a million times worse. A Dirty Harry-like film wouldn't even get made. And that's just in the USA. I live in Europe

[@jonsmith5824]

right now you go to jail in the UK if you say anything about immigration. Paris, Brussels and London's locals are minority's in there capital cites. Germany proudly touts the German people will be minoritys in their home land and then state that's a good thing... The USA soon will be over whelmed with our African american brotheren and Hispanics. Which shouldn't be a bad thing BUT is there a strong economy safe country in South America or Africa? No, Rhodesia, Tanzania and now South Africa have fallen on had sides once the Africons gave over power to the Majority.. Saying I live in Europe means losing ur country with a fight at least Americans have the comfort of know they did this shit to themselves.

[@troywright359]

@@jonsmith5824 lol that's not true. Why do you overexaggerate? The government is looking to reduce immigration.

[@franciscotorres7221]

I have watched Dirty Harry dozens of times and it seems that the movie most people talk about is not the actual film on screen. In Dirty Harry we see a character going through a complete change, so much that at the end he throws his badge into a cesspool. That ending makes clear that there was no way Callahan could have stayed in the police, the hunt for Scorpio made him a broken man who suffered the consequences of his actions. In that it is a rare Hollywood film because we see the whole process of revenge and the toll it takes in those who find themselves involved in it. In this it may be compared to Ethan's quest in The Searchers.

[@junior227ification]

He’s called Dirty Harry because he does “dirty” jobs that nobody else wants to do. He does that because he’s a true cop through and through. While everybody else just cares about protecting their careers, he only cares about doing what’s right; even to the point where hes willing to work around the clock but doesn’t care about overtime (as alluded to in the first movie). His pursuit of “right”, is what pushed him towards using the dirty techniques that he’s become known for

[@waukivorycopse2402]

Well said. The film people talk about is not the film on screen. Perfectly put.

[@FistfulOfGabagool]

i don't feel that he went through any significant change as a character. he seems to be exactly who he has always been from the very beginning and his colleagues all know what to expect from him. he has his own ideas of justice and morality which he struggles to reconcile with his job as a subordinate. the scorpio case was the last straw, he realizes that moving forward he won't be able to get away with doing things his own way and he refuses to acquiesce, so he resigns. it's his refusal to change that is so conflicting.

[@danlee8598]

I grew up during that period...Dirty Harry was cool then as it is now. But his 'style' of law enforcement was not realistic. However, he remains my hero...

[@philippefrater2000]

Too much leftists... I'm French and i'm a gun owner. Nobody's gonna tell me what's good for me... I know what's right or wrong. I 've choosen the "Right" way. 🖖🏻😎🇫🇷😇👍🏻

[@DutchDalton956]

Love what you say. I'm a American so I love

[@DutchDalton956]

Love it

[@JDMatthias]

Better an AR10 than a guillotine

[@Rosebudbublegum]

Pov'beauf

[@kritikitti3868]

Mais oui, Dude. There would be no America if not for France. I love these flicks. I'm feelin' lucky.

[@HaywardEntertainment]

Politics of the 70s Still relevant to this day...

[@johnrechtoris9796]

You'd think from the way they say "neo-fascist icon" they were talking about Judge Dredd.

[@HouseholdDog]

Actually the Judge Dredd comics was intended to be a critique of fascism. It just backfired because he ended up being so cool in the kids eyes. I wasn't into comics in the 80s but I did buy a couple of Dredd almanacs.

[@BigBWolf90]

The problem with that is Joseph Dredd himself isn't anything really close to a fascist. He's just a guy doing his job. Now the system may be fascist but like in the Dirty Harry films with Dredd the system is what they have and until something better comes along it's what they got. Plus in the Dredd comics if you wanted to see a real fascist system look at the Dark Judges

[@Brettskei]

“I am THE LAW”

[@DravenG96]

Frank Miller’s Batman also comes to mind

[@charlesdignam780]

Great documentary about Harry Callahan, I grew up in those days. Many young people like myself were very discouraged by all the events of our time. Harry gave us hope for a better time. He knew what was right and he did it. Damn the consequences...

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

Harry wasn’t trying to make political change. He just took murderous scumbags off the streets, and if they refused to surrender, he took them out! It wasn’t political, it was good vs evil! Some people will never surrender, and won’t stop killing others unless they are taken out!!!

[@firefker]

This documentary and these films have become more pertinent these days.

[@steyraug96]

Check the original Death Wish with Charles Bronson, you'll see it also is still valid and appropriate - the causes are still here, the arguments still the same.

[@SirSartome]

"It was the style in those days to categorize people. Conservative people were calling liberal people communists. Liberal people were calling conservative people fascists." Ahh, yes. That old chestnut. Well, at least we don't do that anymore...

[@KrimsonStorm]

Sadly both terms have been overused and now we have some unironic fascists and a lot of unironic communists

[@tlcity]

we need a dirty harry right now in uk

[@eugenemurray2940]

We have one.... Jack Regan!

[@williamweb9782]

@tlicity Juliet Bravo!

[@markwhelan4483]

Dirty Harry Got The Job Done.

[@markwhelan4483]

Dirty Harry Would Be Dead.

[@markwhelan4483]

As Dirty Harry Films Show System Does Not Work So Harry Does Things His Own Way Within Law.

[@ZoSo1973]

Thomas King He didn’t miss. The guy turned around and fired his shotgun from the hip. Harry got a piece of buckshot in his leg, clearly you weren’t paying attention. The point is that Harry was a good shot because Harry HAD to be a good shot and therefore practiced regularly. Not any schmuck can confidently carry and use a .44 magnum.

[@JimmyTVu]

Gotta admit, even though I am liberal, I wouldn't be afraid to use some of Harry's tactics to enact some justice

[@CeeLiberty]

Damn...we need a Dirty Harry in every city in the USA!!!!

[@branshatch6862]

Ah, the days when the TRUE color of crime was allowed to be represented on film.

[@billysinge8977]

I was born in San Francisco, and God how I wish it was home to more Inspector Callahan’s. Mens’ men who care about human cost and not figures. Men who are not afraid to be masculine, and to state their case without fear.

[@majesticvillasphuket.7190]

Jack Webb was the real dirty Harry, may he rest in peace .

[@sid2112]

My dad went to college with him and remained friends with him for decades until his passing.

[@johnrock241]

@@sid2112 my dad when he was detective commander west valley division LAPD he would drive jack webb around so he could get stories for his show dragnet.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

14:07 During the recent "defund the police" riots, there's a video of some of them yelling stuff like "dismantle the police, we don't need them", 20 seconds later, gunshots can be heard, and the SAME people start screming "call the police".

[@PANICBLADE]

Callahan's entire character is a commentary about the growing frustration with criminal justice. The first movie shows how toothless the police and law can be when it comes to certain breeds of criminals. The second movie shows how corrupted the police can be when they put themselves above the rulebook. The criminal justice system has been frayed at both ends, and Harry himself is not equipped to do anything about it systematically. He can't change the system on his own, and he can only be a part of it. That's incredibly frustrating for him and for the audience. All he can do is, on a case to case basis, rectify injustice when he sees it, whether it's coming from criminals or other cops. Another anti-hero similarly pigeonholed as a fascist, for many of the same reasons, is the Punisher. Again, when you actually look at the character's actual principles, there's way more nuance there. They both scratch an ethically unscratchable itch. Our laws are designed to protect the innocent and those that, not the guilty. When those laws protect the guilty, you can't help but feel anxious and frustrated. The catharsis both Callahan and the Punisher provide is a bittersweet relief to both the audience and the characters. Even after they get the bad guy, there's no restoring what those villains took away, and nobody is closer to a system that is both effective and fair.

[@squirrelsyrup1921]

GET THREE COFFINS READY

[@specialk9424]

Your mistake. Four coffins.

[@SoullessAIMusic]

watching this in 2020 blows my mind.

[@Jayskiallthewayski]

"I'm afraid you've misjudged me."

[@williamweb9782]

@Jayskiallthewayski This is the line where he reveals his character in Magnum Force. It is a fascinating film

[@christophermcclave6337]

I love the line, " Go out and get some air fatso".

[@zoemlk9687]

Ask yourself if you were in trouble would you want him with you or not ? 99 percent would want his help

[@OarsmanPower]

That .44 sure sounds good, just like it always has!

[@strodtbeckr]

"You shouldn't just throw those words around."

[@sambaritone]

The liberals were wetting their pants and name calling. The rest of us were cheering him on.

[@timheslin9185]

13:18 - I laughed like hell when I just watched this. 1971 I was 11, I saw this movie with my Father, against my Mothers wishes. At this part I remember him laughing like hell. RIP Dad

[@robertwilliams4682]

"It's not Mary Poppins, it wasn't meant to be."- well there you go

[@j.s.martin9362]

It is a fantasy though

[@bullmastiff9991]

Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry) Movies gave hope to us.

[@meyaenyo2593]

Sounds like 2020's climate now lol

[@Brigade35]

Nothing ever changes

[@KrimsonStorm]

Can't wait to see what the right wing controversial movie will be, like dirty harry was when my parents were kids

[@TheNewRiflemanBob]

The last clip reminds me of Batman looking over Gotham city.

[@1111boone]

The Left needs to watch this segment!

[@Mitchx42]

It's like today with all these virtual signalling SJW's

[@logancox6548]

Good video, bad comments. "Man's got to know his limitations."

[@Cryptonymicus]

@@jamiemoffatt50 Tell it to Putin, Igor.

[@paulsuprono7225]

I've heard that somewhere ! 💀🇺🇸🎭

[@milton7763]

@@Cryptonymicus Hahahaha, literally stepping into the fallacy discussed in the video: “Don’t agee? Must be a commie!”

[@stevebojo4378]

"why that's mighty white of you"

[@hyacinthlynch843]

Take heed Mr Biden.

[@BillySinnz]

The world needs more Dirty Harry's

[@thecovidprisoner]

Pale rider and The Unforgiven are two of the best Western movies ever. Clint doesn't care weather you like his movies, his characters don't care either. Not being bound by political correctness gives alot of space.

[@boy18inva]

Love these kinds of movie documentaries. Thanks for posting!

[@spuriouseffect]

So basically we are back in the 70's. We deserve better than this Left/Right yo-yo society.

[@sid2112]

Yeah we should just have a nice capitalism based economy and an unobtrusive government.

[@PECOSO0]

Seems like we are reliving the 70's all over again...nothing has changed, just a lot worse now.

[@josephruiz7233]

I think slighty worse back then. Violence and violent crime in the 1970s was astronomically worse back then.

[@vincentanguoni8938]

That is correct...

[@vikingrobot4179]

Harry Kalahan, Paul Kersey, Billy Jack and Chuck Norris were my childhood idols as a kid. I couldn’t get enough of the good guy vigilante heroes. To this day I could sleep like a baby at night after ridding the world of killers, child molestors and crooked scum bags. These heroes will forever live on in my heart and mind.

[@jeff3putt]

Today, they would make the movie with Harry Callahan would be gay, sensitive, seeking a way to rehabilitate, or incompetent, or a combination everything weak.

[@beatlecost]

18:20 That's why I love John Milius. The guy just gets it. And I think wrote the best Dirty Harry movie, the first one being very close.

[@scottspooner6070]

This is not just Dirty Harrry , This is very John Wayne. Think McQ...

[@PhenomProductions23]

The role of Dirty Harry was offered to John Wayne & he refused it. So it went to Clint. Wayne then later regretted saying no when the movie was a hit. So he did his own version & they called it McQ.

[@joelellis7035]

Actually, the original actor they wanted for Harry Callahan was Frank Sinatra.

[@PhenomProductions23]

Frank just wouldn't look right holding a big .44, he was a .38 special snub nose kind of guy. Only other guy I can think who would have played a good Dirty Harry at the time in his prime would have been James Garner, basically Rockford but with a Cop Badge and a .44 Magnum.

[@PhenomProductions23]

McQ was made because John Wayne turned down the role of Dirty Harry before it was offered to Clint, and when it was a big hit, he regretted not taking it, so he did McQ,, although Dirty Wayne did look funny and so out of place without a Horse in a Car wearing Modern Clothes.

[@ZoSo1973]

Scott Spooner John Wayne was an idiot compared to Clint Eastwood, also McQ was just a failed attempt to cash in on the success of Dirty Harry

[@brandonbryant8027]

Harry Callahan: "That's just fine, but how does murder fit in? You know, when police start becoming their own executioners, where's it gonna end? Huh, Briggs? Pretty soon, you'll start executing people for jaywalking, and executing people for traffic violations. Then you end up executing your neighbor 'cause his dog pisses on your lawn" That statement reigns true to this day!

[@jaysmith3041]

More cops like DH wouldn't be a bad thing, and more respect for them would be a GREAT thing. He protected the innocent and weak, and he brought justice the wicked

[@woodwaker1]

We need him in the BLT riots - the problem would be gone

[@someguy5492]

Wait what the fuck who the hell is rioting about sandwiches

[@troywright359]

@@someguy5492 egg mayonnaise is sick and tired of BLT

[@MichaelGriffey6969]

I defy you to say the Tuna Salad riots weren't worse!

[@TheDruidKing]

Oh, how absolutely nothing has changed. 1971-2017.

[@JoeTheVenezuelan]

"Scorpio is a left-wing villain" He might have been, but he sure as hell seemed to hate blacks

[@MeesTW]

Left wing people can be racist too.

[@CaptainScorchMane]

They are, today, towards white people and any person of another race who disagrees with them. Those people are "Uncle Toms" unless they agree that they are oppressed.

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

GTS Revolution well the KKK was founded by the Democratic Party so I wouldn’t be suprised.

[@RaphaelDuncanSD]

The Nazis were leftists, too.

[@Jar0fMay0]

@@RaphaelDuncanSD yup. They're racist socialists

[@jeremiahdansereau2950]

Dirty Harry and Death Wish were the best Conservative films of the 1970s

[@dausk675]

wow, amazing, never knew there was philosophy behind these movies, always used to think, this is just a good action movie.

[@coiledsteel8344]

Firdaus Khambatta. Very good politics. Watch - "Magnum Force" And "The Enforcer" for examples.

[@waukivorycopse2402]

Harry's politics or worldview are perfectly encapsulated in , of all DH films, The Enforcer. Big Ed Mustafa says to Harry: " Callahan , you're on the wrong side. You put your ass on the line for a buncha dudes who wouldn't even let you in the front door, anymore than they would me!" Harry:" oh, I don't do it for them.' Big Ed:" Who then?" Harry: " you wouldn't believe me if I told you!" Harry means Ed and Hot Mary and Anne Mary Deakin and Charlie Russell and Alice and all the little people who need a protector. He is the guardian of the downtrodden. That is the clearest political statement of these films.

[@PaulDakers]

very good docu this - i didn't realise the films had caused such a stir in the states

[@UsGal65]

Yes, the first opus did, and that's where I want to say that "Magnum Force" HAD to be "softer" because of the public opinion. When Harry says "I'm afraid you misjudjed me, he says it to the people, not only to the "bad" cops in the movie...

[@PaulDakers]

you could be right - never thought about it like that . . .

[@unhandmeprrriest4601]

Taking a rapist and/or murderer and blowing a hole in his chest is anything but fascist, its justice.

[@markharrington8988]

"To be a great man, you can't be a good man" - Sir Winston Churchill

[@CaptainScorchMane]

Well, he did help pull Germany out of a dangerous economic rut, and lower unemployment, as well as promote affordable vehicles for all people, and promote the bad health effects of smoking and drinking. If he hadn't been such a genocidal lunatic, and had just let people be people, he would have done fine. However, a government like the Nazis needed enemies for the people to unify against, and Hitler chose the Jews, Gays, Blacks, and Gypsies. People will remember him for being a horrible man in terms of the mass murders and war, and they should: They're utterly deplorable parts of history which hopefully never need repeating. But they should also remember that he effectively 'saved' Germany at the same time. Two sides to all coins, even the shit-covered ones.

[@IRHasDiabetes911]

" as well as promote affordable vehicles for all people" I wouldn't say for "all people"....

[@l337pwnage]

+Thomas _zing_ gotta love it when their propaganda backfires. :)

[@davegeorge2307]

Most people like the idea of a Savage who stands on the side of the right, and shouts back at evil...

[@coiledsteel8344]

Magnum Force Dirty Harry has a way with the ladies.

[@coiledsteel8344]

Very sexy long hair Asian asks him what she has to do to get him to go to bed with her in Magnum Force. Harry says "go to my door and knock."

[@ArenaOfTheAncients]

Nails'em hard!

[@paull4858]

I have to go back and watch these now that I'm red pilled

[@susandarcypeake6238]

Welcome. Better late than never

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Really, what most people of good intentions hate is authoritarianism. When it's from the right, it's fascism, the left, communism. But they both practically amount to the same thing. Harry was anti-authoritarian. He hated people who were taking away the rights of others, and he hated the authoritarians who were trying to keep him from stopping them. It's the basic attitude any cop should have. What made the movies fantasies--really enjoyable ones--is that all of Harry's instincts were right, and all the crooks and bureaucrats were monsters. But in reality, a cop who follows every hunch and scoffs at procedure is going to get innocents and himself killed pretty quickly, and the laws and "the brass" do protect the "good" people, not just the criminals. None of us would want to live in the Old West. It was very messed up and dangerous--nearly all bad and ugly. Westerns and Urban Westerns are great fantasies for men: we all imagine we could be Harry or James Bond. But it just ain't so.

[@jimparsons6803]

I recall seeing the film when it first came out. A good set of questions, relevant questions then and now.

[@Mksteele747]

Dirty Harry was a brilliant film! Suck it up snowflakes .

[@doubtingthomas6146]

The ultimate irony about people that scream 'fascism' is that they embrace one of the most insidious forms of fascism themselves. Insidious, because it's cloaked in moralism, and irony, because they don't even realise it.

[@Sc0tt69]

We need more Dirty Harry's - Period

[@scottspooner6070]

When the motor cycle cops tell Harry what they want to do, Harry says "I think you have misjudged me." Very John Wayne.