Cultural and Religious Reversals in Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino

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" Cultural and Religious Reversals in Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino "
Mark W. Roche

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1081542
Doc. No	:	LA125171
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852911X596273‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Mark W. Roche
Title & Author	:	Cultural and Religious Reversals in Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino [Article]\ Mark W. Roche
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and the Arts
Date	:	2011
Volume/ Issue Number	:	15/5
Page No	:	648–679
Abstract	:	Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino is one of the most fascinating religious films of recent decades. Its portrayal of confession is highly ambiguous and multi-layered, as it both mocks confession and recognizes the enduring importance of its moral core. Equally complex is the film’s imitation and reversal of the Christ story. The religious dimension is interwoven with a complex portrayal and evaluation of multicultural America that does not shy away from unveiling elements of moral ugliness in American history and the American spirit, even as it provides a redemptive image of American potential. The film reflects on the shallowness of a modern culture devoid of tradition and higher meaning without succumbing to an idealization of pre-modern culture. The film is also Eastwood’s deepest and most effective criticism of the relentless logic of violence and so reverses a common conception of Eastwood’s world-view. Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino is one of the most fascinating religious films of recent decades. Its portrayal of confession is highly ambiguous and multi-layered, as it both mocks confession and recognizes the enduring importance of its moral core. Equally complex is the film’s imitation and reversal of the Christ story. The religious dimension is interwoven with a complex portrayal and evaluation of multicultural America that does not shy away from unveiling elements of moral ugliness in American history and the American spirit, even as it provides a redemptive image of American potential. The film reflects on the shallowness of a modern culture devoid of tradition and higher meaning without succumbing to an idealization of pre-modern culture. The film is also Eastwood’s deepest and most effective criticism of the relentless logic of violence and so reverses a common conception of Eastwood’s world-view.
Descriptor	:	American identity
Descriptor	:	Christ
Descriptor	:	Clint Eastwood
Descriptor	:	confession
Descriptor	:	film and religion
Descriptor	:	Gran Torino
Descriptor	:	multiculturalism
Descriptor	:	redemption
Descriptor	:	self-sacrifice
Descriptor	:	violence
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852911X596273‬