This movie has a good example of a petty tyrant.
Robert Redford plays a court-martialed general sentenced to a military prison. In the story he rallies the inmates in a takeover of the prison to remove the warden. Summary and reviews can be seen at IMDB (_http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272020/plotsummary) and Amazon (_http://www.amazon.com/Last-Castle-VHS-Robert-Redford/dp/B00005JKNU).
"Adventures" Chapter 7 (http://www.cassiopaea.com/cassiopaea/adventures046.htm) includes quotes from Castaneda's "Fire From Within" to illustrate what a petty tyrant is.
In the movie, Redford's character determines the prison warden must go. He has good rapport with the superior authority, and so is able to engage the petty tyrant. Other necessary ingredients as described by Castaneda include knowing your adversary's strengths and weaknesses, using their self-importance, and systematic harrassment.
There is a point made by Redford's character, how war is like a game of chess in that one's opponent often uses the same opening moves. Thus, if one knows those moves, counter-moves can be devised. Castaneda's Don Juan knows his petty tyrant's moves from his previous encounter. In the movie, the inmates stage a crisis to reveal the warden's responses. Then they develop counter-moves to be revealed as the story builds to its climax.
The movie ends a little differently than Don Juan's adventure, however the petty tyrant is exposed. As the movie demonstrates, a petty tyrant can be deadly. One does not take on a petty tyrant without serious preparation and, in the case of a psychopath, must be prepared to make every possible sacrifice.
Overall, the movie moves quickly enough to keep you involved. However, it also tends to give a false impression that the process is not difficult, in part because circumstances fall into place easily. More likely these events would transpire over a much longer period of time.
Robert Redford plays a court-martialed general sentenced to a military prison. In the story he rallies the inmates in a takeover of the prison to remove the warden. Summary and reviews can be seen at IMDB (_http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272020/plotsummary) and Amazon (_http://www.amazon.com/Last-Castle-VHS-Robert-Redford/dp/B00005JKNU).
"Adventures" Chapter 7 (http://www.cassiopaea.com/cassiopaea/adventures046.htm) includes quotes from Castaneda's "Fire From Within" to illustrate what a petty tyrant is.
In the movie, Redford's character determines the prison warden must go. He has good rapport with the superior authority, and so is able to engage the petty tyrant. Other necessary ingredients as described by Castaneda include knowing your adversary's strengths and weaknesses, using their self-importance, and systematic harrassment.
There is a point made by Redford's character, how war is like a game of chess in that one's opponent often uses the same opening moves. Thus, if one knows those moves, counter-moves can be devised. Castaneda's Don Juan knows his petty tyrant's moves from his previous encounter. In the movie, the inmates stage a crisis to reveal the warden's responses. Then they develop counter-moves to be revealed as the story builds to its climax.
The movie ends a little differently than Don Juan's adventure, however the petty tyrant is exposed. As the movie demonstrates, a petty tyrant can be deadly. One does not take on a petty tyrant without serious preparation and, in the case of a psychopath, must be prepared to make every possible sacrifice.
Overall, the movie moves quickly enough to keep you involved. However, it also tends to give a false impression that the process is not difficult, in part because circumstances fall into place easily. More likely these events would transpire over a much longer period of time.
