The icon and legend of classic Hollywood cinema — Clint Eastwood, has made a lasting impact on the film industry.
Eastwood’s success didn’t come on a platter, though. The ace actor rose to stardom from the humble beginnings of being a lumberjack, swim instructor, bouncer, and firefighter.
His is no doubt a “grass to grace story.”
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As an actor, producer cum director, his career has spanned an impressive 65 years, capturing the hearts of viewers with his unique style and unforgettable endings.
Known for his efficiency and precision, he directs his films with unwavering confidence, often taking on the lead role himself.
Today, we delve into the realm of Eastwood’s directorial and acting genius. Join us as we rank the top 10 best Clint Eastwood movies based on the verdict of the viewers.
10 The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
IMDb: 7.6/10 85K | Popularity: 3793 | Metascore:...
Eastwood’s success didn’t come on a platter, though. The ace actor rose to stardom from the humble beginnings of being a lumberjack, swim instructor, bouncer, and firefighter.
His is no doubt a “grass to grace story.”
Related: Top 10 Richest Actors in the World [2022]
As an actor, producer cum director, his career has spanned an impressive 65 years, capturing the hearts of viewers with his unique style and unforgettable endings.
Known for his efficiency and precision, he directs his films with unwavering confidence, often taking on the lead role himself.
Today, we delve into the realm of Eastwood’s directorial and acting genius. Join us as we rank the top 10 best Clint Eastwood movies based on the verdict of the viewers.
10 The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
IMDb: 7.6/10 85K | Popularity: 3793 | Metascore:...
- 5/31/2023
- by Dee Gambit
- buddytv.com
Clint Eastwood's work has spanned the sports, music, drama, and romance genres, but he's best known as the antihero who takes out the trash with fists, bullets, and a few quips to boot. Eastwood took the baton from John Wayne, his spiritual predecessor, and revitalized the western with laconic bravado. Then, with "Dirty Harry," the actor kicked off the loose-cannon cop trope, spawning countless imitators.
However, some critics were less than impressed, especially early on. Pauline Kael wrote, "[He] isn't an actor, so one could hardly call him a bad actor. He'd have to do something before we could consider him bad at it." According to the late Sonda Locke, Eastwood's former lover, the actor dismissed Kael's barbs as psycho-sexual vengeance.
Eastwood may not be one of the great actors, but he is one of our great stars, and there are many "great" moments to draw on, accordingly. So, from...
However, some critics were less than impressed, especially early on. Pauline Kael wrote, "[He] isn't an actor, so one could hardly call him a bad actor. He'd have to do something before we could consider him bad at it." According to the late Sonda Locke, Eastwood's former lover, the actor dismissed Kael's barbs as psycho-sexual vengeance.
Eastwood may not be one of the great actors, but he is one of our great stars, and there are many "great" moments to draw on, accordingly. So, from...
- 2/16/2023
- by Jack Hawkins
- Slash Film
Across the wide open spaces of Iowa, a stranger rides into view of an isolated farmstead. The stranger is played by Clint Eastwood, but, unlike his Man With No Name or High Plains Drifter, he rides a pickup truck and uses a camera instead of a six-shooter to capture his targets.
While the blurb of Robert James Waller's bestseller "The Bridges of Madison County" makes it sound more like a modern day version of "Brief Encounter" than a western, there are elements of the story's Robert Kincaid -- a wandering, rootless photo journalist -- that made Eastwood first choice for the part.
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The post Clint Eastwood Borrowed From His Western Heroes While Directing The Bridges Of Madison County appeared first on /Film.
While the blurb of Robert James Waller's bestseller "The Bridges of Madison County" makes it sound more like a modern day version of "Brief Encounter" than a western, there are elements of the story's Robert Kincaid -- a wandering, rootless photo journalist -- that made Eastwood first choice for the part.
Amblin Entertainment...
The post Clint Eastwood Borrowed From His Western Heroes While Directing The Bridges Of Madison County appeared first on /Film.
- 6/1/2022
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
John and Matthew are watching every single live-action film starring Meryl Streep.
#22 — Francesca Johnson, an Italian war bride-turned-American housewife who falls in love with a visiting photographer.
John: Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep) is sipping a beer in a bathtub while a charming stranger waits for her to eat dinner downstairs. Francesca’s husband and two children have left for a trip to the Iowa state fair, but her few days of solitude have been quickly interrupted by the welcome arrival of Clint Eastwood’s Robert Kincaid, a travelling National Geographic photographer on assignment to shoot Madison’s quaint covered bridges. With her brunette bangs and stray wisps of hair dangling out from her updo, Streep lounges in the bath, watching the water from the shower head above drip down into her hands. Robert has just showered, and, in voiceover, Francesca relates the eroticism of the moment, their sharing the bathtub only minutes apart.
#22 — Francesca Johnson, an Italian war bride-turned-American housewife who falls in love with a visiting photographer.
John: Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep) is sipping a beer in a bathtub while a charming stranger waits for her to eat dinner downstairs. Francesca’s husband and two children have left for a trip to the Iowa state fair, but her few days of solitude have been quickly interrupted by the welcome arrival of Clint Eastwood’s Robert Kincaid, a travelling National Geographic photographer on assignment to shoot Madison’s quaint covered bridges. With her brunette bangs and stray wisps of hair dangling out from her updo, Streep lounges in the bath, watching the water from the shower head above drip down into her hands. Robert has just showered, and, in voiceover, Francesca relates the eroticism of the moment, their sharing the bathtub only minutes apart.
- 5/31/2018
- by John Guerin
- FilmExperience
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