{"product_id":"clint-eastwood-filmmaker-and-star","title":"Clint Eastwood: Filmmaker and Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor nearly thirty years, Clint Eastwood has had an unchallenged position as one of Hollywood's biggest and most enduring stars. Always able, it seems, to work within the Hollywood system on his own terms, Eastwood has created a gallery of heroes, many clearly descended from his laconic Man With No Name for Sergio Leone, as well as more vulnerable characters such as the DJ in Play Misty For Me, or even the redneck of Every Which Way But Loose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, in serious critical discussions of 'seventies and 'eighties cinema, Eastwood's work has mostly been relegated to the sidelines as being \"simple\" and\/or politically reactionary popular entertainment. All this has changed since the rapturous critical reception of Unforgiven (1991), which won Eastwood a well-deserved Academy Award.\u003cbr\u003eThis book presents Eastwood's work as a body of filmmaking with a crucial place in the mainstream American cinema of the past two decades. It deals with the films in which he starred for other directors, notably Dirty Harry and his other movies with Don Siegel, and films such as Bird of which he was director but not star, as well as his frequent work in both capacities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than giving a chronological account of Eastwood's career (the approach of most other books about him), Edward Gallafent groups his movies for consideration within the genre or cycle to which they belong, setting them among other, comparable filmmaking of the time. Instead of attempting either to demonize or to elevate Eastwood, the book stresses his position within an American cultural and historical framework, relating it to current issues in American cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward Gallafent","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47243080695977,"sku":"9780826406651","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780826406651.webp?v=1783225990","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/clint-eastwood-filmmaker-and-star","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}