revolverhelden

zondag 17 februari gezien: The Magnificent Seven (1960)

The Magnificent Seven is een mythe over dapperheid. De Griekse helden zijn vervangen door Amerikaanse helden, het zwaard door de revolver, spierballen door reactievermogen. Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen en Charles Bronson spelen de ultieme revolverhelden: geen woorden maar daden.

magnificent seven
The Magnificent Seven
You think I am brave because I carry a gun; well, your fathers are much braver because they carry responsibility, for you, your brothers, your sisters, and your mothers.

O’Reilly (Charles Bronson)

Don’t you ever say that again about your fathers, because they are not cowards. You think I am brave because I carry a gun; well, your fathers are much braver because they carry responsibility, for you, your brothers, your sisters, and your mothers. And this responsibility is like a big rock that weighs a ton. It bends and it twists them until finally it buries them under the ground. And there’s nobody says they have to do this. They do it because they love you, and because they want to. I have never had this kind of courage. Running a farm, working like a mule every day with no guarantee anything will ever come of it. This is bravery. That’s why I never even started anything like that… that’s why I never will.
 
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The Magnificent Seven [ imdb.com ]