Clint Eastwood: ‘We are killing ourselves’ with political correctness – Washington Times

Legendary actor and film director Clint Eastwood told a crowd at the Cannes Film Festival Sunday that political correctness is killing the entertainment industry.

The Western film icon, who was visiting the festival in southern France for a 25th anniversary screening of his 1992 film Unforgiven, said Americas obsession with political correctness started around the time of the release of his 1971 movie Dirty Harry,according to The Hollywood Reporter.

It was far-out at that time, so I brought it to [director] Don [Siegel], and he liked it, Mr. Eastwood said. A lot of people thought it was politically incorrect. That was at the beginning of the era that were in now with political correctness. We are killing ourselves, weve lost our sense of humor. But I thought it was interesting and it was daring.

Mr. Eastwood made the comments during a master class conducted by Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan. Mr. Eastwood, who went to Cannes to introduce the screening of Unforgiven, said he initially hadnt planned to sit through the entire movie.

I thought Id just sit through the first five minutes, but after a while I thought, This isnt so bad, so maybe Ill stay for it, he said, THR reported. I enjoyed it. I saw a lot of things that Id forgotten.

Mr. Eastwoods current movie project is The 15:17 to Paris, the Warner Bros. Pictures retelling of the 2015 heroics of three Americans who stopped an Islamic State attack on a train from Brussels to Paris.

Mr. Eastwood, who describes himself as libertarian, has been outspoken against political correctness in the past.

He told Esquire magazine in August that then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had been so successful in his campaign because everybodys getting tired of political correctness, kissing up.

Thats the kiss-ass generation were in right now. Were really in a p- generation. Everybodys walking on eggshells, the director said at the time.

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Clint Eastwood: 'We are killing ourselves' with political correctness - Washington Times