True Crime

In July 2020, I watched the movie True Crime on my television set. The drama movie was released in 1999 and is based on the novel of the same title written by Andrew Klavan. Clint Eastwood wrote and directed it. I watched it once years ago.

The story follows a capital inmate who will be executed on the following night. It includes the issue of racism. The film was fun.

Clint Eastwood gave a good performance as a journalist named Steve, the main character. Eastwood was 69 years old at the release. Steve apparently looked quite old but he came on to his colleague, a young woman, toward the begging, which made me chuckle. Like him, I want to have a crush on a woman even when I get older. The aged journalist confirmed the death-row inmate innocent and began to make every effort. 

Speaking of a false accusation, I remembered the movie Richard Jewell released in 2019. Then Steve's bad mouth reminded me of the stubborn aged man played by Eastwood in Gran Torino released in 2008. By any chance, those two Clint Eastwood films could have not shown wonderful workmanship if Eastwood had not filmed the 1999 movie. In terms of that, the older movie might have played the important role. 

Frances Fisher appeared in Eastwood's film for the first time since she acted in Unforgiven. Her daughter whose father is Eastwood played Steve's daughter in it, too. As well as Sondra Locke, Fisher looked strong minded. The former two Eastwood's lovers made me think that the Academy Award-winning actor and director was fond of aggressive women very much. Eastwood also had married and divorced two women, moreover, he allegedly had affairs with many women. He seems to embody the Japanese proverb, "Great men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures."

Lucy Liu, who acted in the TV series Ally McBeal and the movie Charlie's Angels, appeared as a toy shop girl toward the ending when Steve tried to pick up the girl like toward the beginning. That made me chuckle again.