INTERVIEWER: It seems as though Flint’s love for Silver was stronger than his good sense towards him. He seems to have known, deep down, that Silver was going to betray him, and yet he stood by his side anyway. Did Flint ultimately care more about Silver and their partnership than Silver cared about him?
STEINBERG: I think that relationship is meaningful to both of them. It is singular, for both of them. We’ve never seen Silver invest in someone, in this way. So for him, it’s very new. It’s the first one of these relationships that we are aware of. We’ve seen Flint invest in people before, but not in this way, where he has allowed himself to be both Flint and McGraw, openly, and found some measure of comfort in that state. So for him, it’s new, also.I would argue that it’s not a contest, as to which of them felt it more deeply, but I think it was definitely meaningful. Personally, there wasn’t ulterior motives in their affinity for each other. It is genuine and it is complicated, in the way that it’s always complicated when you love someone. You don’t always make the best decisions when that thing is threatened. It’s very hard to conduct a post-mortem when relationships like that are involved, in terms of figuring out what promoted you to do what. That felt true and right, and I think we resisted the urge to simplify it, when given opportunities to, because it felt like it suddenly became less interesting.
Are there any moments (in films, or tv shows, or whatever) where the characters say or do something completely, totally non-sexual, which nevertheless turns you on? One example from my experience. In the Israeli film Walk on Water, an Israeli man (he’s a Mossad assassin, but that’s irrelevant) and a younger German man (he is the grandson of a Nazi general, but that’s irrelevant) are talking about pop songs. The German mispronounces a Hebrew word. The Israeli corrects him. And I have frissons every time I remember.
Would be delighted to hear whether anyone else has these incongruous moments.
I started watching Black Sails recently (thanks @mcicioni-blog) and I was immediately hooked on the show and completely smitten by Flint. Now i stumbled upon an interview with Toby Stephens (who plays Flint) …
“The character of Flint was very much like someone Clint Eastwood would’ve played. There’s something quite austere, enigmatic and charismatic about him. You kind of like him but you don’t really know what he’s about. He reminded me of when Clint Eastwood did those spaghetti westerns, ‘the man with no name…’ you’re not quite sure if he’s a good guy or a bad guy but you kind of know that you like him. That is what interested me initially about Flint.“
Bonus info … Toby Stephens played the younger self of Clint’s character in “Space Cowboys“.
So… Flint is somehow just Clint?! What is my life
There are even Clint/Flint comparison pics on the internet -_-
Good heavens. He’s RIGHTRIGHTRIGHT. The men Eastwood plays in Italian (and in his own) Westerns, and many of the self-contained Men With Pasts (I am barely awake, but can I just list Jonathan Corbett / Ryan / Harmonica and Cheyenne (Once Upon a Time in the West) in Italian Westerns, and of course Shane, and most of the Magnificent Seven. Not to mention Gil Favor. Men With Pasts, some on revenge quests, who need someone they trust, with whom they can eventually unburden themselves. Thank you so much, @clinteastwood-blog.
p.s. I would not like to HAVE Flint (desire), but I would so much like to BE a (slightly less madly driven) version of him (identification).
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