Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Book Review: Clint Eastwood: Icon

Clint Eastwood Icon: The Essential Film Art Collection, David Frangioni, essays by Thomas Schatz, Insight Editions, San Rafael, CA, 2009.

This is a book of an individual showing off his collection of Clint Eastwood movie posters and handbills.  It is a coffee table book.  It is interesting to see the progression of Eastwood’s career over time.  Some of the movie posters have some very good art.  The posters have a progression, from Eastwood being in shadow or not fully developed in the pictures of his early movies.  However over time he becomes very clear and the focus of the posters.  Then his career takes another turn and he shares the poster with other actors, such as with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris in “Unforgiven.”  Of course Eastwood also has a very significant career as a director,  Clint Eastwood’s career has spanned over five decades, and during that time he has help create many good movies.  I have not seen them all.  I do not see R rated shows, but many of the other shows I have seen, from “Paint Your Wagon” to “Outlaw Josie Wales” to “Million Dollar Baby.”  This book was fun; I like to look at pictures.  However the writing was not very entertaining unless you might are really into collecting this stuff.

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Director: Sergio Leone

Movie Review: 1966 ****The Good the Bad and the Ugly

This movie is a classic Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood spaghetti Western.  This bits three con-men style bandits against each other and thus the title has three characters.   This movie shows one of the classic three-way gun fights.  Great fun.  This movie is confusing, as there is an R rated  version.  However no inappropriate sex,  but there is violence.

1970:  Two Mules for Sister Sara: Maclaine stars as Sister Sara and Clint Eastwood as Hogan.  This is set around the French invasion of Mexico, and the repulse by the Mexicans.  (See Cinco de Mayo which was in 1862.)  It is a Sergio Leone film and has that feel.  MacLain starts as a nun, but in reality is much different.  The face the French with a group of Mexican soldiers.