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The Ethical Vision of Clint Eastwood

Author : Sara Anson Vaux
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802862950
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Ethical Vision of Clint Eastwood written by Sara Anson Vaux and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood icon, with five Academy Awards, five Golden Globes, and numerous other accolades for his work as an actor, director, producer, and composer. Yet because he rose to fame in "spaghetti westerns" and Dirty Harry shoot-em-ups, few critics have ventured to explore Eastwood's philosophical, ethical, and artistic agenda as an intellectual filmmaker. Addressing this void, film scholar Sara Anson Vaux analyzes fifteen of Eastwood's best-known films from narrative, artistic, and thematic perspectives. She traces the nuanced development of Eastwood's unfolding moral vision over a forty-year continuum, showing how this vision has grown more sophisticated even as many of the motifs expressing it -- justice, confession, war and peace, the gathering, the search for a perfect world -- have remained the same.

Clint Eastwood's America

Author : Sam B. Girgus
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 074565648X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Clint Eastwood's America written by Sam B. Girgus and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The steady rise of Clint Eastwood’s career parallels a pressing desire in American society over the past five decades for a figure and story of purpose, meaning, and redemption. Eastwood has not only told and filmed that story, he has come to embody it for many in his public image and film persona. Eastwood responds to a national yearning for a vision of individual action and initiative, personal responsibility, and potential for renewal. An iconic director and star for his westerns, urban thrillers, and adventure stories, Eastwood has taken film art to new horizons of meaning in a series of masterpieces that engage the ethical and moral consciousness of our times, including Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, and Mystic River. He revolutionized the war film with the unprecedented achievement of filming the opposing sides of the same historic battle in Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, using this saga to present a sharply critical representation of the new America that emerged out of the war, a society of images and spectacles. This timely examination of Clint Eastwood’s oeuvre against the backdrop of contemporary America will be fascinating reading for students of film and popular culture, as well as readers with interests in Eastwood’s work, American film and culture.

Clint Eastwood

Author : Sara Anson Vaux Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Clint Eastwood written by Sara Anson Vaux Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clint Eastwood—actor, director, composer, musician, and politician—is undeniably one of the most prolific and accomplished celebrities of the modern age. This book provides insights into Eastwood's life and entire career, from early television appearances to recent award-winning films. He established himself early in his acting career as "the strong silent type" and became known as the "actor's director." In a career that spans seven decades, Eastwood's work has been influential for multiple generations of film audiences as well as actors, directors, and producers. This biography investigates the man who made his characters' lines such as "Go ahead—make my day" and "Get off my lawn" unforgettable, and shows why his movie roles and the films he directed are honored, studied, quoted, and remembered. The book describes everything from Eastwood's formative years and early days as a struggling actor to his family and personal life to his lifelong love of jazz music and his political leanings. The chapters describe not only his tremendous accomplishments and countless successes but also his notable failures—coverage that will intrigue readers interested in the film industry, in the acting craft, and in enduring popular cultural icons.

The Films of Clint Eastwood

Author : Matt Wanat
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826359531
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Films of Clint Eastwood written by Matt Wanat and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Philosophy of Clint Eastwood

Author : Richard T. McClelland
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813142644
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Clint Eastwood written by Richard T. McClelland and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Fashioned explores the history of the “original cocktail” through its ingredients and accessories—a rocks glass, rye whiskey or bourbon, sugar, bitters, and orange zest to garnish—and the many people and places that have contributed to the drink's legend. Featuring a handpicked selection of recipes along with delicious details about the particularities that arose with each new variation, this spirited guide is an entertaining read.

Clint Eastwood

Author : Clint Eastwood
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617036633
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Clint Eastwood written by Clint Eastwood and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2013 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interviews with the Oscar-winning director of Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby

Screening American Nostalgia

Author : Susan Flynn
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476680744
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Screening American Nostalgia written by Susan Flynn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines American screen culture and its power to create and sustain values. Looking specifically at the ways in which nostalgia colors the visions of American life, essays explore contemporary American ideology as it is created and sustained by the screen. Nostalgia is omnipresent, selling a version of America that arguably never existed. Current socio-cultural challenges are played out onscreen and placed within the historical milieu through a nostalgic lens which is tempered by contemporary conservatism. Essays reveal not only the visual catalog of recognizable motifs but also how these are used to temper the uncertainty of contemporary crises. Media covered spans from 1939's Gone with the Wind, to Stranger Things, The Americans, Twin Peaks, the Fallout franchise and more.

Scripture, Cultures, and Criticism

Author : K. K. Yeo
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666797855
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Scripture, Cultures, and Criticism written by K. K. Yeo and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of nineteen representative essays is a Festschrift written by former colleagues and students in honor of Prof. Dr. Robert Jewett (1933–2020) and his legacy. Our hope is that future generations of Bible readers will find this textbook on biblical interpretation helpful for navigating through the strong winds of exegetical, theological, and hermeneutical methods. Jewett’s expansive research interests have inspired each author in this tribute volume, each of whom has witnessed to the ways that helmsman Jewett has navigated through the often-choppy ocean waters of biblical interpretation—as well as the complex, changing world of religion, sacred texts, films and popular culture, psychology and sociology, politics and Pauline studies.

Tough Ain't Enough

Author : Lester D. Friedman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813586038
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Tough Ain't Enough written by Lester D. Friedman and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular, recognizable, and respected filmmakers. He also remains a controversial figure in the political landscape, often characterized as the most prominent conservative voice in mostly liberal Hollywood. At Eastwood’s late age, his critical success as actor and director, his combative willingness to confront serious cultural issues in his films, and his undeniable talent behind the camera all call for a new and comprehensive study that considers and contextualizes his multiple roles, both on and off screen. Tough Ain’t Enough offers readers a series of original essays by prominent cinema scholars that explore the actor-director’s extensive career. The result is a far-reaching and nuanced portrait of one of America’s most prolific and thoughtful filmmakers.

Film and Redemption

Author : David Rankin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000613283
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Film and Redemption written by David Rankin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-22 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the representation of the idea or theme of redemption in contemporary, popular film. The discussion focuses primarily on the work of three directors – Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese and Kore-eda Hirokazu – but also considers a few films from other directorial hands. David Rankin divides the notion of personal redemption into transactional and transformational aspects, differentiating between redemption, understood as that which is external to the person but impacting on their being and environment, and that which is internal to the person. Redemption is viewed broadly as a journey from brokenness to wholeness, from imprisonment to release, or from some form of slavery to freedom. Both secular and religious (especially Christian) understandings of the notion are discussed, and consideration is given to how the former might inform the latter.

Dirty Harry's America

Author : Joe Street
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813063485
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Dirty Harry's America written by Joe Street and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Street provides a crucial critical and cultural service by not only studying Eastwood’s individual films in sharp detail but also by providing a close and serious analysis of the cultural and historic times of the films.”—Sam B. Girgus, author of Clint Eastwood’s America “By far the most comprehensive, sustained, and detailed discussion of the Dirty Harry phenomenon. A thorough and engaging account of how a fictitious renegade cop became an enduring icon of the angry conservative backlash that sought to halt 1960s liberalism in its tracks.”—Nick Heffernan, author of Culture, Environment and Ecopolitics Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry became the prototype for a new kind of movie cop—an antihero in pursuit of his own vision of justice. The Dirty Harry series helped cement Eastwood and his character, Harry Callahan, as central figures in 1970s and 1980s Hollywood cinema. In Dirty Harry’s America, Joe Street argues that the movies shed critical light on the culture and politics of the post-1960s era and locates San Francisco as the symbolic cultural battleground of the time. Across the entire series, conservative anger and moral outrage confront elitist liberalism and moral relativism. Paying particular attention the films' representation of crime, family and community, sexuality, and race, Street maintains that through referencing real events and political struggles, the films themselves became active participants in the culture wars. Unapologetic carrier of right and might, Harry Callahan becomes America’s Ur-conservative: “unbending, moral, incorruptible, and most important, always right.” Long after the series, Callahan’s legacy remains strong in American political discourse, cinema, and pop culture, and he continues to shape Eastwood’s later political and cinematic career.

The Collar

Author : Sue Sorensen
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718842766
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book The Collar written by Sue Sorensen and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2014-12-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining thematic analysis and stimulating close readings, 'The Collar' is a wide-ranging study of the many ways - heroic or comic, shrewd or dastardly - in which Christian clergy have been represented in literature, from George Herbert and Laurence Sterne, via Anthony Trollope, G.K. Chesterton, T.S. Eliot, and Graham Greene, to Susan Howatch and Robertson Davies, and in film and television, such as 'Pale Rider', 'The Thorn Birds', 'The Vicar of Dibley', and 'Father Ted'. Since all Christians are expected to be involved in ministry of some type, the assumptions of secular culture about ministers affect more than just clergy. Ranging across several nations (particularly Britain, the U.S., and Canada), denominations, and centuries, 'The Collar' encouragescreative and faithful responses to the challenges of Christian leadership and develops awareness of the times when leadership expectations become too extreme. Using the framework of different media to make inquiries about pastoral passion, frustration, and fallibility, Sue Sorensen's well-informed, sprightly, and perceptive book will be helpful to anyone who enjoys evocative literature and film as well as to clergy and those interested in practical theology.

Focus On: 100 Most Popular United States National Medal of Arts Recipients

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 : 4057664149
Total Pages : 2015 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular United States National Medal of Arts Recipients written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 2015 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Focus On: 100 Most Popular English-language Film Directors

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2028 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular English-language Film Directors written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 2028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Godly Heretics

Author : Marc DiPaolo
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476602409
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Godly Heretics written by Marc DiPaolo and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When computers freeze, they are "rebooted" and soon working properly again. Similarly, legendary thinkers throughout history have argued that Christianity should start fresh by recapturing the humanitarian spirit of Jesus' original message. These include such disparate individuals as Thomas Jefferson, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Leo Tolstoy, George Bernard Shaw, and the religious leaders of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Surprisingly enough, even classic television shows and films meant to be entertaining--Lost, Battlestar Galactica, It's a Wonderful Life, Groundhog Day, Decalogue, and A Charlie Brown Christmas--are attempts to apply the basic principles of Christianity to modern times. This book offers new essays by scholars of literature, film, history, theology and philosophy examining how various thinkers and storytellers over time have conceived of a reinvented Christianity. In confronting this controversial idea, this book examines how unorthodox interpretations of the Bible can be some of the most valid, how visions of Jesus as a revolutionary may be the most historically sound, and how compassionate Christians such as Origen have wrestled with the eternal questions of the existence of evil, the gift of free will and the promise of universal salvation.

Promoting Peace, Inciting Violence

Author : Jolyon Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136512209
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Promoting Peace, Inciting Violence written by Jolyon Mitchell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how media and religion combine to play a role in promoting peace and inciting violence. It analyses a wide range of media - from posters, cartoons and stained glass to websites, radio and film - and draws on diverse examples from around the world, including Iran, Rwanda and South Africa. Part One considers how various media forms can contribute to the creation of violent environments: by memorialising past hurts; by instilling fear of the ‘other’; by encouraging audiences to fight, to die or to kill neighbours for an apparently greater good. Part Two explores how film can bear witness to past acts of violence, how film-makers can reveal the search for truth, justice and reconciliation, and how new media can become sites for non-violent responses to terrorism and government oppression. To what extent can popular media arts contribute to imagining and building peace, transforming weapons into art, swords into ploughshares? Jolyon Mitchell skillfully combines personal narrative, practical insight and academic analysis.

While I Have Being

Author : Kenneth L. Vaux
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1620323370
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book While I Have Being written by Kenneth L. Vaux and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This diary is a fine-grained, often daily, theological reflection on the author's final ponderings on his ordeal with a serious illness, a concluding sabbatical, a last year of teaching, a culminating lecture, presiding at Eucharist, and summarial notes about "what God is doing in the world." Amid all these meanderings it holds the lectionary of the biblical and liturgical calendar in one hand and the newspaper in the other (K. Barth). Events during this time span were transformative and world shaking--and found resonance in my personal drama. One finds art and music, faith and politics. The reader will easily slip one's own story into this narrative. My purpose is precisely this--to offer symbiotic and symbolic story on life and its meaning.