Tough Ain't Enough : : New Perspectives on the Films of Clint Eastwood / / ed. by Lester D. Friedman, David Desser.
Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular, recognizable, and respected filmmakers. He also remains a controversial figure in the politic...
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. The Teller and the Tale: An Introduction to the Films of Clint Eastwood
- Part I. Crosscurrents
- 2 “I Don’t Want Nobody Belonging to Me”: Riding the Post- Leone Western
- 3. “God/Country/Family”: The Military Movies
- 4. “A Man’s Got to Know His Limitations”: The Cop Films from Nixon through Reagan
- 5. “I’m Not So Tough”: Melodrama and Performance in the Later Films
- 6. “Heroes Are Something We Create”: The Biopics
- Part II. Controversies
- 7. “I Am a Camera”: The Performative Gaze
- 8. “You Ain’t Ugly like Me; It’s Just That We Both Got Scars”: Women in Eastwood’s Films
- 9. “I Know I’m as Blind as a Slab of Concrete, but I’m Not Helpless”: The Aging Action Hero
- 10. “Seems like We Can’t Trust the White Man”: The Theater of Race
- 11. Play Music for Me: The Film Scores
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Contributors
- Index