I mean, for him it is recent but it probably reflects on my age too. I referred to Bruno Mars as a "newer" artist in my class one time a few years ago and my students all laughed at me
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 12:28 (two years ago) link
Hah, yeah, I think my point was that as far as Clint is concerned, "A Perfect World" was at one point a late career peak, but now it's more like a mid-career peak and the beginning of another imperial phase. Unforgiven, A Perfect World, In the Line of Fire, Madison County (take a breath for a couple of years), Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, the WW2 films, etc. He's been totally hit or miss for many years, but that's largely because he keeps cranking them out. Around 20 films in the last 20 years, half of which he stars in *and* directs!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
Actually, ITLOF aside, he only stars in movies he directs.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
Yeah, but not every movie he directs. Just about half, I think.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
oh I meant after Unforgiven, sorry. I remember an interview then where he made it clear it was his future.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link
You mean if he acts he only acts in movies he directs, you mean?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
He only has threesomes in movies he directs.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
by "Eastwood" Eric of course means "Scott."
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
Whoa Clint's a big fan of Christopher Guest movies and The Hangover pic.twitter.com/224ixkQjMz— Matt Prigge (@mattprigge) September 8, 2021
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 September 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990) was not as great as some of his earlier films like The Outlaw Josie Wales or High Plains Drifter, but it was a pretty good pre-Unforgiven film.
I kind of enjoyed the incessant gay panic humor from the super-straight military guys in Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
― Dan S, Sunday, 27 February 2022 01:15 (two years ago) link
Pale Rider (1985) was another great one
― Dan S, Sunday, 27 February 2022 01:33 (two years ago) link
I’ve been using my netflix dvd subscription to watch various directors’ films in order, to get a sense of the progression of their style and aesthetic
Eastwood has directed an amazing number of films! Unforgiven (1992) was a pinnacle obviously.
― Dan S, Friday, 13 May 2022 00:25 (two years ago) link
For the most part, I would have been fine with him stopping there.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Friday, 13 May 2022 00:45 (two years ago) link
One of his films that was not on my radar was A Perfect World. I don’t remember reading or hearing about it when it was released in 1993
― Dan S, Friday, 13 May 2022 00:53 (two years ago) link
thought it was a good film about the cinematic past, how law enforcement was irrelevant, how a boy was treated at the hands of a killer
― Dan S, Friday, 13 May 2022 01:23 (two years ago) link
I haven't seen it since it was in theatres. Given how its reputation has grown in recent years, I should probably give it a fresh look; I remember liking it just fine, though I did snicker along with the rest of the sparse matinee crowd at Costner complimenting the boy's penis.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Friday, 13 May 2022 01:52 (two years ago) link
I think I was going and seeing about 4 films a week when Perfect World came out. Most of the new ones in Dublin . Both mainstream and what was showing at the IFC. So caught that and think I have the end scene in my head. Or definitely one major still.
Think he's been quite good as a director.
Shame about the politics. I just heard he had an immediate reaction to the speech made by Marlon Brandos guest at the Oscars. Cropped up in the Behind The Bastards on John Wayne. I guess he's likely to support the cowboys but did seem a little cynical.& him funding searches for still captive Vietnam soldiers which I think was fruitless.
― Stevolende, Friday, 13 May 2022 02:04 (two years ago) link
Feel like a lot of the talk about him as a director - "in the Hawks school", "the last classicist" - is trying to get a positive spin on him just not making many interesting choices.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 13 May 2022 09:36 (two years ago) link
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― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 13 May 2022 16:23 (two years ago) link