Cinema of Clint Eastwood - Chronicles of America

From A Fistful of Dollars and Dirty Harry to Million Dollar Baby and beyond, takes a close-up look at one of the screen's most influential and charismatic stars.

List of contents

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Play Mystic for Me1. Pros and Cons: The Case For/Against Clint2. A Fistful of Movies: Rowdy Yates and the Man With No Name3. The Rising Star: Clintus, Siegelini, and Company4. Any Which Way He Can: From Misty and Harry to High Plains Drifter and The Outlaw Josey Wales5. Portrait of the Artist as a Major Player: From Pale Rider to Bird6. Invictus: From John Huston to Jersey Boys7. Eastwood's Politics: 'Leave everyone alone'Epilogue: 'If somebody's dumb enough to ask me...'Filmography as DirectorIndex

About the author

David Sterritt is chair of the National Society of Film Critics, film professor at Columbia University and the Maryland Institute College of Art, and editor of The Quarterly Review of Film and Video. He has published books on Alfred Hitchcock, Terry Gilliam, the Beat Generation, and many other subjects, and he was film critic of The Christian Science Monitor for almost forty years.

Summary

From A Fistful of Dollars and Dirty Harry to Million Dollar Baby and beyond, takes a close-up look at one of the screen’s most influential and charismatic stars.

Product details

• Authors: David Sterritt, David Sterritt, Sterritt David
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2014
• EAN: 9780231172004
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17200-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Directors' Cuts; Directors' Cuts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Individual actors & performers, Individual actors and performers, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director