Clint Eastwood turns 80: An Appreciation

[Mashinka]

The American people might forgive you for being a communist or an atheist. But they would never forgive you for saying you did not like Clint Eastwood.

I remember this actor from his Rawhide days, but I suppose he has moved on to the status of 'national treasure' now. Good piece on the whole.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/apr/26...astwood-profile

[dirac]

Thanks for posting this article, Mashinka. It's a good article as these unabashed fan letters go and Queenan has been careful to add a fair number of qualifications.

At the risk of turning the American populace against me, I'll say I've never been a big fan of Eastwood's acting or directing and the Eastwood movies I've enjoyed tend to be outliers like The Beguiled or In the Line of Fire. Certainly as a director he's built up an impressive body of work on challenging subjects, even if I tend to think his pictures are a tad overrated, and he deserves a lot of credit for that.