Director: Clint Eastwood, Writers: Nick Schenk, Dave Johannson; Filmed: 13140 Charlevoix St, Detroit, Michigan
The cultural influence this movie had on its creator and genre: The movie is a great representation of intercultural communication and representing the barriers that are present in neighborhoods and changes that are happening around America today.
The cultural influence this movie had on its creator and genre: The movie is a great representation of intercultural communication and representing the barriers that are present in neighborhoods and changes that are happening around America today.
This movie was a great portrayal of ethnocentrism. Clint Eastwood is a great representation of how one cultures perspectives of another does not have an age limit. However, as the movie progresses, Walt begins to change and understand that with his neighborhood being a new population, cultural changes are starting to take place. He is more respectful of the cultural celebrations that the Hmong people have and appreciates the food and attention that he gets. Cultural changes also happen for Sue who lives next door, rather than staying in the kitchen like her mother and grandmother, Sue stands up for herself and adjust to American culture. The quote "girls go to college while boys go to jail" was not true in this movie, thanks to Walt, Toa gets the chance to break the barrier of the Hmong and continue in his education. Through cultural change and the ethnocentrism, this movie had a lot of important aspects on how the American society has been impacted by the incorporation of so many cultures existing in just one neighborhood. Walt grew over the course of the movie and his personally beliefs of keeping out of his neighbors business sure enough changed towards the end of the movie when he sacrificed his life for the good of his neighbors.
From a personal perspective, this movie was a great portrayal of change in time and how todays society has become more violent and misunderstood. The fact that this old school man who is very racist begins to know his neighbors and respect them for their beliefs and life choices is wonderful. I think of the barriers that there are today between the old school people and the 21st generation of rap music and profanity and through these, cultural changes are very evident. The ending was bittersweet, I am so glad he did not give his precious car to his obnoxious, disrespectful, and rude granddaughter, rather he gave it to the one person who would value it and appreciate all the hard work that he knew went into that car. Walt gave his life so his neighbors could sleep peacefully and know that the guys who mistreated the neighborhood for so long are gone for a very long time. This was a great ending to the journal entries and it tied in a lot of anthropological concepts that we have learned over the course of the semester.
From a personal perspective, this movie was a great portrayal of change in time and how todays society has become more violent and misunderstood. The fact that this old school man who is very racist begins to know his neighbors and respect them for their beliefs and life choices is wonderful. I think of the barriers that there are today between the old school people and the 21st generation of rap music and profanity and through these, cultural changes are very evident. The ending was bittersweet, I am so glad he did not give his precious car to his obnoxious, disrespectful, and rude granddaughter, rather he gave it to the one person who would value it and appreciate all the hard work that he knew went into that car. Walt gave his life so his neighbors could sleep peacefully and know that the guys who mistreated the neighborhood for so long are gone for a very long time. This was a great ending to the journal entries and it tied in a lot of anthropological concepts that we have learned over the course of the semester.