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‘Die Hard’ director weighs in on Christmas film debate

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Die Hard director John McTiernan has confirmed it is in fact a Christmas film.The filmmaker, weighing in on the annual debate about the film’s festive qualities during the holiday season, addressed the “controversy” in a 12-minute video posted by the American Film Institute.“We hadn’t intended it to be a Christmas movie, but the joy that came from it is what turned it into a Christmas movie,” McTiernan says several minutes into the video.He then expands on Die Hard‘s themes in connection to American politics, explaining: “There are genuinely evil people out there.”“My hope at Christmas this year is that you will all remember that authoritarians are low-status, angry men who have gone to rich people and said, ‘If you give us power, we will.

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