US EditionClint Eastwood Wants Filmmakers to Be Original
- Clint Eastwood, at age 95, urges filmmakers to create original movies rather than rely on remakes and franchises in a recent Kurier interview.
- He connects this call to Hollywood's past when studios contracted actors like him to learn new skills annually and foster original ideas on set.
- Eastwood launched his career as a director in 1971 with the film Play Misty for Me, and he believes filmmakers should focus on creating original work rather than relying on sequels or franchises.
- He stated, "You have a story, you make a movie of it," and said, "do something new or stay at home," rejecting sequel-heavy trends.
- Eastwood plans to keep working as long as he can learn, underscoring he will work "until he’s truly senile" with no retirement in sight.
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Cint Eastwood accused in an official press release an Austrian newspaper of inventing an interview in which the actor and director award Oscar claimed that the film industry today is made up of only remakes and franchises. (ANSA)
This weekend, Clint Eastwood, 95, dissected today's film industry in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Kurier. Now the film legend claims that the interview never took place.
Clint Eastwood Says Hollywood Has Too Many Sequels: Where Is the Next ‘Casablanca’?
Clint Eastwood wants Hollywood to only greenlight original films instead of relying on sequels and franchise installments. The auteur, who yes, did have his own franchise with five “Dirty Harry” films, clarified that after directing features for decades, he now sees the value in standalone works instead. The “Juror #2” director told Austrian newspaper Kurier, as translated by Reuters, that Hollywood has to exit the “era of remakes and franchises…
Clint Eastwood Bemoans “Era Of Remakes And Franchises,” Urges Filmmakers To “Do Something New Or Stay At Home”
After four Oscar wins, veteran filmmaker Clint Eastwood has picked up some nuggets of wisdom to impart on his colleagues. The venerated actor and director recently gave an interview to Austrian newspaper Kurier, per Reuters, urging fellow filmmakers to come up with original ideas and bemoaning the “era of remakes and franchises.” “I long for […]
Clint Eastwood wants filmmakers to be original
Hollywood star Clint Eastwood urged fellow filmmakers to come up with new ideas as he approached his 95th birthday this weekend. Oscar-winning director Eastwood told Austrian newspaper Kurier he planned to keep working, saying that he was still in good physical shape and hopeful that no one would have to worry about him in that regard "for a long time yet." Eastwood's most recent film, legal drama Juror #2, came out in the United States last yea…
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