Clint brought it home. His entire career I wondered if he was faking it with his blue collar movies, but ‘The 15:17 to Paris‘ and ‘Richard Jewell‘ proved he was for real. He has the best values. He “gets it” better than anybody. Just wish there was a way to tell him. Those 2 movies were an homage to the common man we’ll never see again come out of Hollywood. Its just the most beautiful thing when you realize what he’s done. Its very hard to put into words. Its clear Hollywood has no idea what he’s done, from them he receives criticism not accolades.

In these 2 movies he’s told the only story worth telling; the human existence. The good side of people. The wonderful side of people. The side of people that gives you hope not despair. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. He’s not remaking some trite tale from years ago. You don’t see this coming from ‘Dirty Harry’. You don’t see this coming from ‘Philo Beddoe’. You don’t see this coming from Clint Eastwood. He’s a rough and tumble guy. As a GI in the early fifties his transport plane crashes into the ocean off the coast of California and he has to swim miles in the open ocean to live. He is not some kind of sissy guy.

What Clint told was a real story of human triumph. He didn’t tell a story to get Oscar gold. To impress his Hollywood pals. To pad his bank account. He told a story of a real man doing his job. Doing it well. Living through the hell. Battling on in spite of the hell. Keeping his dignity. You get to watch a man whose wholesome values gave him a foundation built on rock, not sand. Jewell weathered the storm. He came out better because of it. Jewell showed himself to be light years better than his “betters”. For Eastwood it was a labor of love, his love for humanity.