Do you feel lucky, punks? Then download this critical roundtable podcast on Clint Eastwood
In the spirit of Changeling being this year’s Centerpiece selection at the New York Film Festival–and that Clint Eastwood will most likely gain a bunch of Oscar nominations for Gran Torino–Film Comment decided to host some of New York’s leading critics in a discussion about Eastwood’s career as a director. Film Comment’s Evan Davis led a distinguished panel that included:
- Ed Gonzalez, Film editor, Slant Magazine
- Akiva Gottlieb, Contributor, The Nation & Slant
- Kent Jones, Editor-at-large, Film Comment
- Kevin Lee, Director, Shooting Down Pictures
- Karina Longworth, Editor, SpoutBlog
The wide-ranging discussion covers such topics as the (de)merits of Changeling, the reckoning of Eastwood the director with Eastwood the icon, Eastwood and class, the racial complexities of Gran Torino, Eastwood’s relationship to music and structure, and the director’s ultimate place within American cinema.
[Download the MP3 podcast now]
Many thanks to Glenn Raucher, Paul Brunick, and our sound man, Don Schul!
Explore posts in the same categories: Film Comment, Filmmaker interviews, new york film festival, Oscar Watch, quotables, what's onTags: Akiva Gottlieb, Changeling, Clint Eastwood, Ed Gonzalez, evan davis, Film Comment, gran torino, Karina Longworth, kent jones, Kevin Lee
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January 5, 2009 at 10:59 am
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January 15, 2009 at 2:45 am
Clint Eastwood did a great job of using his outward crankiness to come across as mean as well as somehow heroic this newest film of his