TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARAH (DOS MULAS Y UNA MUJER)
(EN CASTELLANO DEBAJO) Recently I went to see, at Phenomena cinema in Barcelona, “Two Mules for Sister Sarah” (1969), directed by Don Siegel, with Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine. As I was a young kid when it was released back in 1969 and this was “an adult film” (though, seeing it nowadays, it’s as erotic as a chicken leg…), I didn´t get to see it until 1979 or 1980, when I was at University. I remember seeing it at the cinema, dubbed into Spanish. So I was curious to see it the other day in its original English version. Besides, the huge screen at Phenomena cinema made all the difference. Well, I think, this was the only occasion in an Eastwood film (as most of his films revolve around his character on the screen) where his partenaire, a superb Shirley MacLaine, really “countermanded” him at every moment. By this I mean, that usually in Eastwood´s films his female “partenaires” were more like playthings or just "objects of desire" for his on-screen c...