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New Clint film shows futility of war

Fri 20 Oct 5:30 PM

Clint Eastwood says he chose to direct new World War II movie Flags Of Our Fathers because he wanted show the futility of war.

The veteran actor/director is saddened by the regularity of war and so wanted to make a film that was the opposite to the multitude of action films that make up his CV.

The 76-year-old says, "As a young man I started out in a lot of action movies, but now I have reached that stage of life where I just felt it is time to address a lot of different things that are more important to me than fantasy characters.

"It is important to realise that war is a futile exercise at best.

"It doesn't speak so well for mankind that we keep on having wars, but we have had wars since the beginning of mankind. I don't have the answer."