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The Cinema of Clint Eastwood: Chronicles of America
David Sterritt
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Description for The Cinema of Clint Eastwood: Chronicles of America
Hardback. Series: Directors' Cuts. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 598.
He became a movie star playing The Man With No Name, and today his name is known around the world. Measured by longevity, productivity, and profits, Clint Eastwood is the most successful actor-director-producer in American film history. This book examines the major elements of his career, focusing primarily on his work as a director but also exploring the evolution of his acting style, his long association with screen violence, his interest in jazz, and the political views - sometimes hotly controversial - reflected in his films and public statements. Especially fascinating is the pivotal question that divides critics and moviegoers ... Read more
He became a movie star playing The Man With No Name, and today his name is known around the world. Measured by longevity, productivity, and profits, Clint Eastwood is the most successful actor-director-producer in American film history. This book examines the major elements of his career, focusing primarily on his work as a director but also exploring the evolution of his acting style, his long association with screen violence, his interest in jazz, and the political views - sometimes hotly controversial - reflected in his films and public statements. Especially fascinating is the pivotal question that divides critics and moviegoers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
Directors' Cuts
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231172004
SKU
V9780231172004
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About David Sterritt
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 ... Read more
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[A] perceptive, reader-friendly study. Choice