Eastwood on envelope pushing
"Sometimes [directors] don't change with the times,. They don't reach out to material that they can change or grow with. I think if I had come back from Italy in the '60s and [only] knocked off a few westerns, I would have been out of business long ago. I think pushing the envelope, constantly changing, constantly searching for new material and new things to overcome, both as an actor and as a director -- that's the secret. Not being limited. And so you could say, a man shouldn't know his limitations." -- Clint Eastwood talking to N.Y. Daily News profiler John Clark.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 15, 2006 at 11:28 PM
comment #1
T. S. Idiot
says ...
Glancing at the erstwhile Rowdy Yates' post-Leone credits, I don't see much risktaking. Hang 'Em High, Coogan's Bluff, etc. are standard genre movies. Two Mules for Sister Sara and High Plains Drifter, both of which I love, are imitation Leones. From this period, only The Beguiled is truly risky, unless we count Clint's singing in the dreadful Paint Your Wagon.
Posted by T. S. Idiot
at October 16, 2006 8:41 AM
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Mike Schaefer
says ...
TSI: I think the point is that during that period he was also learning about writing, directing, producing.. "Play Misty" was, what, 1971? That was the beginning of the rest of his career. The genre pics he only acted in just payed the bills.
Posted by Mike Schaefer
at October 16, 2006 9:26 AM