Beard, W. (2011). Gran Torino: Clint Eastwood as Fallen Saviour . CineAction, 54-61.
"Gran Torino: Clint Eastwood as Fallen Saviour" is about the theme of the American Dream throughout the film, but it is not optimistic. It is about Walt's slow realization that he has simultaneously lost and found the American dream. He has lost it himself. After the war, he never had a chance at the typical American dream everybody lusts after. However, he sees the American dream he once wanted, ironically, reflected in the eyes of his young Hmong neighbor. Having once hated the Hmong people because of the war, this is at first perplexing to him, but Tao ...