Clint Eastwood, and Sergio Leone. How many people feel that after the Dollar trilogy westerns Clint Eastwood did in Italy with Sergio Leone he slipped back into the Hollywood System way of doing things and kind of shelved his real talents? Don't get me wrong, he's shown real originality, but something held back. I liked ' Heartbreak Ridge ' and a few others. But Leones' westerns were brazenly different, artistic, beautfiul affairs from a guy in love with the period. Nothing like that since and not even a pale imitation has surfaced.
2006-10-12 12:29:51 · 6 answers · asked by vanamont7 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I think Eastwood carried his character well into the dirty harry movies, but they were obviously set up more for an american audience.
but Leone's movies were set up as classics, and will always be done that way.
2006-10-12 12:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by aussiegeezer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really think of Eastwood as having slipped back into the Hollywood style. But in the early '90's, he had that secret service movie "In the Line of Fire" with Malkovich (sp?). That was a movie, however, that I thought fell into a typical Hollywood action mold. And as much as I love them, the Dirty Harry movies are all the typical super-cop stories. But he has done some interesting works, especially behind the camera. I'm looking forward to his Iwo Jima films. The first one is from the American POV, while the other was written by, and is filmed in Japanese, showing their POV. In my mind, that is a method that makes for a more well-rounded movie concerning this historical fight. It isn't just this "America vs. Everyone Else" that seems to be showing up in theaters today.
2006-10-12 19:39:51 · answer #2 · answered by atomicfrog81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Movies are a business.
Eastwood was typecasted from that day forward and taking the advice of Cary Grant never fought it. It kept him working and made him wealthy. The good thing for him is there is no shortage of roles for men who play tough well. I kind off wish he would become the crusty old man like Sean Connery and show off his stuff once more. Heck, I would like to see them together in a film. That would be an interesting pairing. They could play a pair of retired grandfathers who have the kids over the week to their retirement community and wind up having to blow the place up to protect the kids and kill the bad guys. It could be hilarious. They could even have the two of them fighting over some girls.
2006-10-12 19:51:10 · answer #3 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I think he is a far more talented director than actor. I wasn't a huge fan of the Dirty Harry movies or any of his spaghetti westerns. Personally I enjoy the work he does now far more!
2006-10-12 19:38:46 · answer #4 · answered by )o( 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's very rare for anyone who acheives success to remain very far outside the mainstream; Clint's problem in this respect is twofold:
A) he IS in the mainstream now, and it's difficult to get financing for really edgy material for a mainstream star
B) the films he makes himself tend to follow his own interests and tastes, which are, as he grows older, getting more mainstream.
2006-10-12 19:39:49 · answer #5 · answered by World Famous Neffer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, Okay.
2006-10-12 19:50:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋