Clint Eastwood

by Wil Mara

Overview

Iconic actor, writer, director, and producer responsible for films including The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Rawhide, Gran Torino, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627129480
Publisher:	Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	08/16/2014
Series:	Cavendish Great Filmmakers Series
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.39(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

1 His Own Man 4

2 Launching a Career 16

3 Home by the Bay 28

4 In the Director's Chair 34

5 Better with Age 48

Filmography 64

Glossary 68

Bibliography 70

Source Notes 72

Further Information 76

Index 78

About the Author 80

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2014
Gr 5–8—Written in a snappy, journalistic style, these texts offer rich, nuanced views of the filmmakers' lives. They especially shine when spotlighting the ways in which failures can lead to successes. For example, James Cameron believes he gained wisdom from a low point in his life when working as a school janitor, and Sofia Coppola feels that her acting—panned by critics—helped her become a better director. The Kathryn Bigelow book is especially full of winning and unexpected details; for instance, she once lived in a bank vault and drove a taxi. We learn that one of her artistic influences was Jackson Pollock, whose paintings are reproduced here. This series is more text-heavy than others, but the images included are knockouts. Students will come away with a strong cultural understanding both of film and the other art forms that shape it.

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