The Films of Clint Eastwood
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The Films of Clint Eastwood

Critical Perspectives

  1. 286 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 31 Dec |Learn more

The Films of Clint Eastwood

Critical Perspectives

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction by Matt Wanat and Leonard Engel
  9. Chapter One. The Eiger Sanction by Mark Maynard
  10. Chapter Two. Forced into Heroism by Edward Lamberti
  11. Chapter Three. Why are We Stuck in Low-Earth Orbit? by W. D. Phillips
  12. Chapter Four. Empowering the Victim by Raymond Foery
  13. Chapter Five. Manufactured in America by Craig Rinne
  14. Chapter Six. The Real War that Got Into the Movies by John Streamas
  15. Chapter Seven. Captain of My Soul by John M. Gourlie
  16. Chapter Eight. Cultural Hero-Systems in Shane, Gran Torino, and American Sniper by Glenda Pritchett
  17. Chapter Nine. “Life Takers and Heart Breakers”: Moral Injury in Clint Eastwood’s War Films by Kathleen Brown and Brett Westbrook
  18. Chapter Ten. Another Fistful by David Buchanan
  19. Chapter Eleven. The Legend by Landon Lutrick
  20. Chapter Twelve. With Some Trepidation, I Suggested that We See American Sniper Together by Dennis Rothermel
  21. Chapter Thirteen. American Sniper and the Critics by Leonard Engel
  22. Chapter Fourteen. “The First Cut Is the Most Important Cut”: An Interview with Joel Cox by Paul Seydor
  23. Afterword by Drucilla Cornell
  24. Filmography
  25. Contributors
  26. Index