Talking About Stuff, with Mike and Christiana

Now it seems to happen all the time that two movies about the same subject get released at nearly the same time, but this may be the first time that it happens intentionally.

Apparently, Clint Eastwood is making two different films about the WWII battle of Iwo-Jima, one from the American perspective and the other from the Japanese point of view. Then he will release the two films simultaneously.

Read about it here.

The two films show how that the battle, and the war in the Pacific presented a clash of cultures ... While Japanese officers believed that surrender was dishonor and that they had an obligation to die in defense of the island, the U.S. troops worked hard to stay alive, and died for their comrades in arms, the magazine said.

Even though I was decidedly underwhelmed... no that's too weak, I was thoroughly annoyed by Clint's last film, Million Dollar Baby, I do think he's a very talented director and this, I must say, is a really cool idea.

Here's hoping both films will be good!

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