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Clint Eastwood: Biography and Films
Began film career as an actor
Instantly iconic in his role in Dirty Harry: Violent, strong silent type
Spaghetti Westerns: The man with no name, bent on revenge
Work as director
Play Misty For Me (1971): Story of a radio host being stalked
Bridges of Madison County (1995): Love story with Meryl Streep, adaptation of well-known romantic novel
Oscar-winning Unforgiven (1992): Eastwood directed an unconventional Western, after starring in so many himself. Film "functions as both a brilliant western and an examination of the genre as a whole and its patent unrealities" (Sims 1).
Million Dollar Baby (2004): The story of a female boxer, with Eastwood playing her coach as well as directing
Directorial technique
Eastwood has favored relatively intimate, character-driven films. Even when his films contain a great deal of action, like Unforgiven, ultimately it is the character that drives the work (such as Gene Hackman's memorable portrayal of the film's villain and Eastwood's haunted anti-hero).
B. Eastwood's eclectic choice of materials and genres has caused his technique to vary from film to suit the script.
C. Eastwood believes in trusting good material -- when the script for Million Dollar Baby was presented to him, he left it virtually unaltered. He places...
Director's films
A. Eclectic style: "Eastwood's directing career is a bizarre mish-mash of genre films, B-list popcorn material aimed at middle-aged audiences, serious and straightforward dramas, and sometimes genuinely adventurous material" (Sims 1).
B. Difficult to characterize Eastwood as a director although most of his films are character-driven 'actor's films' versus focusing on special effects.
V. Film analysis: Unforgiven (1992)
A. Both celebrates the traditional Western revenge drama and also critiques the genre
B. Film relates the revenge killing of two cowboys who mutilated a prostitute.
C. Despite a great deal of action, also many moments of contemplation. In one exchange Will (Eastwood) is asked by the Kid "is that how it used to be in the old times," underlining the contrast between the mythology of the old West and the present.
D. Kid reveals that he lied about killing five men before: "you sure killed the hell out of that man today," says Will while Kid is both boasting and drinking to ease the pain.
E. The exchange is set against the backdrop of a beautiful prairie, highlighting the ugliness of the act.
F. "It's a helluva thing, killing a man," says Will, piercing through the younger man's bravado.
G. Scene has no music, the focus…
Works Cited
"Clint Eastwood Directing Techniques." Cinemoose. 21 Jul 2008. Web. 18 Dec 2014.
Ebert, Roger. J. Edgar. Film review. 8 Nov 2011. Web. 18 Dec 2014.
Sims, David. "The Clint Eastwood Taxonomy: What Are His Best Films as a Director?"
The Wire 17 Jun 2014. Web. 18 Dec 2014.
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