Jan 10 2006Clint Eastwood: Un-American
Clint Eastwood is currently shooting the feature Flags Of Our Fathers, a World War II feature focusing on the American soldiers who famously raised the flag on Iwo Jima, and now the Oscar-winning director has announced it will be a two-part series. While the first focuses on the American side, the companion piece, Red Sun, Black Sand, will focus on the Japanese side of the battle. Iris Yamashita, a Japanese-American writer, will pen the script, with Ken Watanabe mentioned as a possible star.
While I'm glad a director finally has the courage to show the other perspectives of World War II, I worry about his rumored third film in the series, Hitler: Not Such A Bad Dude. Lofty concepts from a man still best known for asking a "punk" if he's lucky.
The Far Eastwood [Empire Online]
Reader Comments
1. clarkehead - January 11, 2006 10:18 AM
They took this same approach when they made Tora, Tora, Tora! and it made the film all the better. I'm excited to see these two films, actually. With Clint directing and Spielberg producing, how could they really go wrong?