Growing up, there were very few films which actually thrilled me. The "Dirty Dozen" with Donald Sutherland, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, John Casavettes and Jim Brown was one of them. "The Great Escape" with Steve McQueen and Bronson was another. You can all see a continuity there, which was the heroism of American soldiers fighting fascism in Europe.
I feel like every person in this country who thinks Democracy should win over Fascism needs to realize the heroic thing they need to do at this time in history.
Nobody is going to hand us our freedom from tyranny.
We need to take it from the hands of our oppressors.
To be on the right side of history and for the world to breathe a sigh of relief, we need to come together like never before and collectively save the country from the evil that is trying so hard to get us.
We need to ignore our differences and unite for the one thing we all want: Democracy.
On the day after the election I want to be proud of my fellow Americans and say, "Good job. We did it. Now, lets get to work keeping what we almost lost."
That is exactly my thinking about why to honor DS by highlighting this film in this context. History speaks to us, if we are listening. Thank you as always for keeping it real.
I feel like every person in this country who thinks Democracy should win over Fascism needs to realize the heroic thing they need to do at this time in history.
Nobody is going to hand us our freedom from tyranny.
We need to take it from the hands of our oppressors.
To be on the right side of history and for the world to breathe a sigh of relief, we need to come together like never before and collectively save the country from the evil that is trying so hard to get us.
We need to ignore our differences and unite for the one thing we all want: Democracy.
On the day after the election I want to be proud of my fellow Americans and say, "Good job. We did it. Now, lets get to work keeping what we almost lost."
That is exactly my thinking about why to honor DS by highlighting this film in this context. History speaks to us, if we are listening. Thank you as always for keeping it real.