artist 80 years old today, and his vast experience has marked the film with hit movies as an actor and director. Far from retirement, Clint Eastwood has no time to rest, think about his legacy or rest on the laurels of his legend. He relies on the words of musician Jerry Fielding : "We came up here, do not ruin thinking ". Today a 80-year fight, as usual, to give integrity to his long career as an artist.
face image impenetrable rustic look would not be complete if the hand not carrying a gun pointing at the head of an outlaw. The Western owes Clint Eastwood their best times, phrases and moments. I acquired a mystical insurmountable. And it raised in 1992 with the Oscar-winning film Unforgiven .
The same picture was beyond our reality. Gender-dignified police during the decade of the 70 grasping this time, a 44 Magnum , on behalf of a San Francisco station . Thus was born Harry "Dirty Harry" Callahan , thanks to Eastwood is cynical cops, beloved and most feared, even today. That decade began as part of a litter of tough guys and big egos in the film comedy Kelly's Heroes war with Telly Zavala and Donald Sutherland.
western trilogy
Eastwood began to make a name in films series B to gain experience as a cowboy for a period of seven years in the popular series Rawhide , playing cowboy Rowdy Yates copy. By 1963 he was offered to do a western with Sergio Leone. Many actors series B were considered for the role, including Richard Harrison, who suggested to Leone to hire Clint Eastwood. In the western trilogy, Leone and Eastwood found a place in time, which can be accessed easily and not return. A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) are stories that no one can imagine someone else as the main actor. Eastwood put a poncho and a cigar in the left corner to its three characters Joe, Monco and Blondie, and dosed with a shadowy presence. We will never know what you think, or what they do. The only thing we understand is that justice prevails and imposes it, a character whose name will never know, an unsung hero of which perhaps only know the nickname, all immersed in the enigmatic and hypnotic quality.
The trilogy is amazing for his narration, landscapes, detail the lines of the faces of his characters, accompanied by a soundtrack by Ennio Morricone .
He is the law
The success came with the inspector Harry Callahan on tape Dirty Harry (1971) and had four sequels, the first three directed by Don Siegel and the latter by Eastwood. The speech Callahan gives the murderers before they die is another indelible mark on cinema. Callahan police is the stereotype of rude, cynical, always commanded the devil to his bosses, which is chaotic and does not recognize the authority. Harry down doors without warrants, ie, breaks every law known to man. But when Magnum wields his becomes an instrument of justice to capture the murderer. Has never held an anti-hero both as Dirty Harry . A Hard director
Few actors are lucky enough to form an intimate relationship with the viewer, and many managers are envied for having a level deemed acceptable by the film community. Eastwood owns both awards: it is a tough player with a heart and a director exploring feelings. His career as a filmmaker began with the 12-minute documentary The Beguiled: The Storyteller (1971), a work that was acclaimed in France. To this we would take their first feature film Play Misty For Me and whose work earned him the respect of the film community and critics.
By 1992 directs and stars in Unforgiven, and along with his close friend Morgan Freeman give life to two retired outlaws who try to redeem himself in the society that remembers a couple of murderers . Not until 2003 when Clint Eastwood sits Along with the great directors in the film Mystic River , which includes a star cast headed by Sean Penn , the film was a critical and box office success. Despite his career, Eastwood remains humble and reveals "the secret of life is really never stop learning" .
Two years later it appears Hits destination, which was announced a success. He plays a old coach, with many contradictions as an instructor and as a human. Going to church and not believe in God. Eastwood responded to this contradiction as honest as possible: "I'm not one of those guys who have been terribly active in organized religion. But do not disrespect them. Never try to impose my questions to another person. " It was not enough to make a film about a historical moment of the Second World War The Flags of our Fathers but made Letters from Iwo Yima , both in a space of 18 months on the same event, but from both sides of the story.
Continues Gran Torino (2008), a window into what Eastwood not be able to become a movie star.
In Invictus (2010) returns to work for the third time with Morgan Freeman . On this occasion, to tell the story of Nelson Mandela and the victory of the South African Rugby Stadium Invictus. Now Eastwood thriller prepares Hereafter, starring Matt Damon , and is in pre-production of film on the controversial former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
Eastwood, pop icon
In popular culture, Clint Eastwood has been the subject of several jokes and tributes. The best known is the Back to the Future III, when the character of Michael J. Fox appears as "Eastwood, Clint Eastwood" . Defeat your enemy Bufford Tannen with an iron as the character Joe in A fistfull of Dollars. Also, the character of MacGarnicle in Simpson is a parody of Harry Callahan .
Hundreds of movies with a gun-wielding characters recite lines Callahan inspector. This shows the weight of Clint , who at 80 is one of the lights that were not enough to leave a legacy, but that awakens emotions in world cinema and what lies ahead.
Interview subtitled film Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood Interview on director Sergio Leone
