Don Siegel’s film Dirty Harry was released in 1971 during an anxious decade in the United States as well as around the world. There was rebellion following the Vietnam War as well as an economic recession. The film Dirty Harry received mixed reviews because viewers gathered different themes with each viewing. Filled with action, style, and detail Dirty Harry displays the anxious behavior and feelings of the American people. Dirty Harry is about extremism, justice, and ethics and reveals through the portrayal of the main characters, Harry Callahan and Scorpio that the government has coined an unethical view of running society.
Siegel uses movement of the camera to emphasize the argument of ethics and extremism; the argument is that Callahan represents an ethical view of justice while fighting an unethical view represented by the government. The …show more content…
When music starts playing in a scene, a high-energy activity or some sort of confrontation typically follows. In the bank robbery scene, music is heard from the man’s car before the robbery occurs. As well as the music foreshadowing a high-energy event, the music in this scene is particularly peculiar because there are words heard in the snippet of music. The three words heard are “freedom is gone” which foreshadows Scorpio’s freedom being taken from him at the end of the movie. Music is again heard when Callahan is running through the woods which foreshadows the confrontation that is about to occur between himself and Scorpio at the cross statue in the woods. The only time music is played that does not follow this pattern of foreshadowing a confrontation is in the stadium scene when music is played after the action scene between Callahan and Scorpio. A track is played that sounds very similar to something that would be played in a horror film, which further emphasizes the extremism of the
Siegel uses movement of the camera to emphasize the argument of ethics and extremism; the argument is that Callahan represents an ethical view of justice while fighting an unethical view represented by the government. The …show more content…
When music starts playing in a scene, a high-energy activity or some sort of confrontation typically follows. In the bank robbery scene, music is heard from the man’s car before the robbery occurs. As well as the music foreshadowing a high-energy event, the music in this scene is particularly peculiar because there are words heard in the snippet of music. The three words heard are “freedom is gone” which foreshadows Scorpio’s freedom being taken from him at the end of the movie. Music is again heard when Callahan is running through the woods which foreshadows the confrontation that is about to occur between himself and Scorpio at the cross statue in the woods. The only time music is played that does not follow this pattern of foreshadowing a confrontation is in the stadium scene when music is played after the action scene between Callahan and Scorpio. A track is played that sounds very similar to something that would be played in a horror film, which further emphasizes the extremism of the