You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover, or its Father!
I love the posters of Errol Flynn, and looking at the poster of Sean Flynn in "The Son of Captain Blood", one cannot help but reflect how handsome and charismatic Sean Flynn was.
I believe that many things said about Sean Flynn were not true. Too many people compared him to his renegade yet charismatic father. And while Sean inherited the looks and the athleticism, he definitely was not his father in any manner.
The tragedy of his life was that he died too soon, before he could be recognized for what he had to offer to the world. While he made many movies that he probably wished he had not made, he did this to help support himself, as he found his identity in this world.
When he went to Viet Nam as a photojournalist, he found his passion and his strength. He also became a devout Buddhist towards the end of his young life. Those who know him often say what a deep, kind and caring person he was when he felt close to you. It would be understandable that he could not trust people easily, as they always saw him as, "his father's son".
I find Sean Flynn very much like Robert Capa. Robert Capa was also a war correspondent and one of the first to go to Viet Nam in the very early days. Robert Capa also covered World War II. It was said that Robert Capa and Ingrid Bergman loved each other, but that Ingrid needed a fulltime lover, and Robert was a true war correspondent, and needed to go where his work was.
While Robert died young also in the early 50s, both men, Capa and Flynn, were true heroes and should be recognized as such. Sean Flynn was a hero who was never acknowledged as one. But to his family and friends who loved him, and to those who got to see his photographs of the war, he should be recognized as such.
I believe that many things said about Sean Flynn were not true. Too many people compared him to his renegade yet charismatic father. And while Sean inherited the looks and the athleticism, he definitely was not his father in any manner.
The tragedy of his life was that he died too soon, before he could be recognized for what he had to offer to the world. While he made many movies that he probably wished he had not made, he did this to help support himself, as he found his identity in this world.
When he went to Viet Nam as a photojournalist, he found his passion and his strength. He also became a devout Buddhist towards the end of his young life. Those who know him often say what a deep, kind and caring person he was when he felt close to you. It would be understandable that he could not trust people easily, as they always saw him as, "his father's son".
I find Sean Flynn very much like Robert Capa. Robert Capa was also a war correspondent and one of the first to go to Viet Nam in the very early days. Robert Capa also covered World War II. It was said that Robert Capa and Ingrid Bergman loved each other, but that Ingrid needed a fulltime lover, and Robert was a true war correspondent, and needed to go where his work was.
While Robert died young also in the early 50s, both men, Capa and Flynn, were true heroes and should be recognized as such. Sean Flynn was a hero who was never acknowledged as one. But to his family and friends who loved him, and to those who got to see his photographs of the war, he should be recognized as such.
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