The Films of Clint Eastwood

Critical Perspectives

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Edited by Matt Wanat and Leonard Engel

Type

Film Reviews

Subject

Director > Clint Eastwood

Keywords

Clint Eastwood, director

Publishing date

2018

Publisher

University of New Mexico (UNM) Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 288 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-0-8263-5952-0

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Book Presentation:
The indefatigable Clint Eastwood, the great old man of American film, is still controversial after all these years. Many of the critical essays in this collection focus on Eastwood's 2014 American Sniper, a particularly controversial film and a devastating personal account of the horrors of war. Additional essays within the collection address his films that deserve more recognition than they have received to date.

The chapters vary by topic and identify themes ranging from aging, race, and gender to uses of Western conventions and myth to the subtleties of quieter themes and stylistic choices in Eastwood's body of cinematic work. As a collection, these essays show that none of these themes account for Eastwood's entire vision, which is multifaceted and often contradictory, dramatizing complex issues in powerful, character-driven narratives.

See the publisher website: University of New Mexico (UNM) Press

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