Clint Eastwood's career is so fascinating. He's regarded as one of the greatest Hollywood stars of all time, but I think we don't celebrate his directing career enough. Eastwood has showcased a real talent behind the camera for over 50 years and has been directing interesting movies across many different genres. His directorial career is a masterclass in efficiency and thematic depth. He makes movies that are uniquely American, and all carry lessons for filmmakers. Today, I want to go over the ten best and pull apart what we can learn from each. Let's dive in. 1. Unforgiven (1992)This movie sort of encapsulates everything Clint Eastwood has done in his entire career, and what's funny is that he's worked consistently for 30+ years after it was made, so maybe it's time we got another one like it. Eastwood's deconstruction of the Western mythos he helped create is his magnum opus. Unforgiven subverts genre expectations in ways only someone entrenched in that world could understand. To do that, he used muted colors, added reality to the violence, and showed the dirtiness of the Old West. The film won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and won Eastwood Best Director. It solidified Eastwood's status as a top-tier filmmaker. 2. Million Dollar Baby (2004)This is one of the saddest movies I have ever seen, and yet, I go back to it. It's a gut-wrenching boxing drama that captures the brutality of the sport but also the brutality of our world outside the ring....
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