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- The Seven Year Itch (1955)
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- Who dunnit? What did they do? Who cares? – Anatomy of a Murder
- Vertigo (1958)
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William Powell:
- Man of the World (1931)
- Evelyn Prentice (1934)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Libeled Lady (1936)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- Double Wedding (1937)
- Another Thin Man (1939)
- I Love You Again (1940)
- Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
- Love Crazy (1941)
- The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
- Song of the Thin Man (1947)
- Mister Roberts (1955)
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Hereafter and the storytelling Clint Eastwood
You might think focusing on the story when making a movie would be a no-brainer but, as quite a few movies seem to illustrate, it’s not. One of things I’ve always liked about Clint Eastwood is his insistence on the … Read more
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Hereafter (2010)
Directed by Clint Eastwood When you see the name Clint Eastwood associated with a film you immediately have a problem because there are so many ideas, preconceptions (including misconceptions) and images that come into play. No matter how you resist, … Read more
American Rebel: Eastwood bio a disappointing read
While I remember the song from Rawhide I don’t recall ever having seen it. For me, Clint Eastwood’s career would have begun with A Fistful of Dollars (1964).
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Sergio Leone and a good, odd western
I’m currently reading Marc Eliot’s Clint Eastwood: American Rebel and it inevitably got me thinking about the earlier Eastwood movies, the spaghetti westerns, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Below is my lengthy rambling about it from quite … Read more
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Is Shane too aware of itself as a western?
I wrote the bit below about 8 to 10 years ago after seeing Shane for the first time. It’s strictly a gut response and an attempt to figure out that gut response. But I think it may be time for … Read more
Shane (1953)
Directed by George Stevens I’ve never seen Shane before. I haven’t discussed it in Film Studies classes. I haven’t spent hours in bars or cafes talking about it. I just like westerns, knew it was considered one of the best, … Read more
Unbreakable (2000)
Directed by M. Knight Shyamalan Endings are incredibly important to successful stories, some more so than others. Two examples that immediately come to mind are Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby, where the third act takes a very unexpected direction, and … Read more

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