There are very few Hollywood legends left, but standing tall over all of them is Clint Eastwood. The actor, director, and producer has been active in this town for over seventy years, and has seen many different ages of Hollywood. As he preps to make another movie at 95, he was asked to reflect on the current state of this town and how things are going. Eastwood chatted with Austria-based publication Kurier (reported by Reuters) and said of Hollywood, “I long for the good old days when screenwriters wrote movies like Casablanca in small bungalows on the studio lot. When everyone had a new idea,” he said. “We live in an era of remakes and franchises. I’ve shot sequels three times, but I haven’t been interested in that for a long while. My philosophy is: do something new or stay at home.”I think a lot of people feel the same way as Eastwood. I mean, look at how Sinners exploded at the box office. It was an original movie made for the biggest screen with even bigger ideas at play. As a writer, I would love to be working in a bungalow instead of on my couch. But times have changed, and everyone is figuring out how to make their mark in Hollywood and make original things while the studios are focused on shareholders and franchising different ideas. That's dangerous because with so many sequels or corporate schlock, artists can have trouble evolving. Eastwood sees that trend and worries that...
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