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Clint Eastwood - Anti Crack Cocaine PSA (1980s)

Clint Eastwood - Anti Crack Cocaine PSA (1980s)

What caused the apes to "rise"?

"It's Halftime in America" - Super Bowl 2012 Ad

bareboards2 says...

The Conservatives are MAD MAD MAD about this ad.

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/02/06/conservatives-never-liked-clint-eastwood-anyway

An example:
Thanks a lot, Clint, for moving to the dark side. Apparently, at 82, he isn't as aware as he used to be and didn't realize there was an undercurrent of politics in the ad. I can't imagine any other reason why a guy who seems to want the best for this country - a guy who was once a Republican - would appear in a pro-union, pro-Democratic. pro-Obama ad.


This is FUN FUN FUN!

"It's Halftime in America" - Super Bowl 2012 Ad

jonny (Member Profile)

J. Edgar -- Trailer

RedSky says...

I thought the main kid from Gran Torino didn't make much of an impression, but otherwise the story and direction were great. Also it's funny to see Clint Eastwood yelling at people to get off his lawn.

J. Edgar -- Trailer

shuac says...

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^shuac:
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that I do not think Clint Eastwood as a director is any great, special thing. The last good movie he directed was The Unforgiven and maybe Million Dollar Baby. And even those films, in my opinion, could have been as successful if helmed by just about anyone else.
What's my big complaint? Well, for one thing he's renown for his one-take-and-done thing. In other words, Eastwood shoots the first take and he usually doesn't ask for successive takes. This has the effect of making him popular in Hollywood for being ahead of schedule all the time (as well as for being fairly prolific) but unless you've got talented actors, such a method cannot work.
Case in point: Gran Torino. Terrible, terrible direction and it's all because his asian actors cannot act. They need a couple dozen takes to get it right and it's the director's job to get the shot. Further, it's the director's job to know when he didn't get the shot.
And even when you do have talented actors, it's still problematic. Any director who's okie-dokie with accepting the very first take can't have a very specific point of view, style, or solid narrative; all the things a good film has. It's like, "Yeah, that's good enough. Let's set the next shot up."
Ever wonder why Kubrick films are so goddamn watchable? Because he had a super-specific vision and he didn't let anyone go home until that vision was sated. Sure, that made him a pain in the ass to work with, no doubt, but just look at the results.

Very few people agree with you...have you considered the possibility that you could be wrong?


Of course not, don't be silly. Surely, you know how subjectivity works, yes?

J. Edgar -- Trailer

Yogi says...

>> ^shuac:

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that I do not think Clint Eastwood as a director is any great, special thing. The last good movie he directed was The Unforgiven and maybe Million Dollar Baby. And even those films, in my opinion, could have been as successful if helmed by just about anyone else.
What's my big complaint? Well, for one thing he's renown for his one-take-and-done thing. In other words, Eastwood shoots the first take and he usually doesn't ask for successive takes. This has the effect of making him popular in Hollywood for being ahead of schedule all the time (as well as for being fairly prolific) but unless you've got talented actors, such a method cannot work.
Case in point: Gran Torino. Terrible, terrible direction and it's all because his asian actors cannot act. They need a couple dozen takes to get it right and it's the director's job to get the shot. Further, it's the director's job to know when he didn't get the shot.
And even when you do have talented actors, it's still problematic. Any director who's okie-dokie with accepting the very first take can't have a very specific point of view, style, or solid narrative; all the things a good film has. It's like, "Yeah, that's good enough. Let's set the next shot up."
Ever wonder why Kubrick films are so goddamn watchable? Because he had a super-specific vision and he didn't let anyone go home until that vision was sated. Sure, that made him a pain in the ass to work with, no doubt, but just look at the results.


Very few people agree with you...have you considered the possibility that you could be wrong?

J. Edgar -- Trailer

shuac says...

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that I do not think Clint Eastwood as a director is any great, special thing. The last good movie he directed was The Unforgiven and maybe Million Dollar Baby. And even those films, in my opinion, could have been as successful if helmed by just about anyone else.

What's my big complaint? Well, for one thing he's renown for his one-take-and-done thing. In other words, Eastwood shoots the first take and he usually doesn't ask for successive takes. This has the effect of making him popular in Hollywood for being ahead of schedule all the time (as well as for being fairly prolific) but unless you've got talented actors, such a method cannot work.

Case in point: Gran Torino. Terrible, terrible direction and it's all because his asian actors cannot act. They need a couple dozen takes to get it right and it's the director's job to get the shot. Further, it's the director's job to know when he didn't get the shot.

And even when you do have talented actors, it's still problematic. Any director who's okie-dokie with accepting the very first take can't have a very specific point of view, style, or solid narrative; all the things a good film has. It's like, "Yeah, that's good enough. Let's set the next shot up."

Ever wonder why Kubrick films are so goddamn watchable? Because he had a super-specific vision and he didn't let anyone go home until that vision was sated. Sure, that made him a pain in the ass to work with, no doubt, but just look at the results.

J. Edgar -- Trailer

Barseps says...

Interesting, I wasn't even aware of this movie's existence up to now. Possibly another gold statue nod for DiCaprio & Eastwood.

On a sidenote:- I've seen many internet polls & "top tens" where J. Edgar Hoover has been voted America's no.1 "Asshole Boss Of All Time", looks like we're finally gonna get to see why

^Upvoted^

radx (Member Profile)

Country channel criteria? (Asia Talk Post)

AdrianBlack says...

Sure there is


>> ^marinara:

channels make a dumb interface anyway. We need tags like stackoverflow.com has.
The problem is, there are too many channels to help me browse videos, (i'f i'm looking for clint eastwood, most likely I WON'T find it in the Actionpack channel)
but not enough channels to label videos in any helpful manner. If i'm searching for animation from the iron curtain, there's no way to find it)

Country channel criteria? (Asia Talk Post)

marinara says...

channels make a dumb interface anyway. We need tags like stackoverflow.com has.

The problem is, there are too many channels to help me browse videos, (i'f i'm looking for clint eastwood, most likely I WON'T find it in the Actionpack channel)
but not enough channels to label videos in any helpful manner. If i'm searching for animation from the iron curtain, there's no way to find it)

You failed to maintain your weapon, son.



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