Clint Eastwood - Out of the Shadows

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Summary: What an inspiring man Clint Eastwood is.
Review: I have recently regained my interest in Clint after re-watching Unforgiven again. It really is such a perfect film. So I got a copy of OUT OF THE SHADOWS to learn more about him (as I found most of the biography books way too dry). The doco is well paced and informative. It covers most of his films in alot of detail. Its first half is dedicated to him as an actor and the second half's focus is on his directing. I enjoed this half the most, a new director like myself could learn alot from old Clint. He is a very gentle and quiet director, who lets his actors find their character without stepping in too much. He is very matter of fact and down to the point and he just loves films. Like when he was being directed by Segio Leone and Don Siegel, unlike most actors, he never left the set because there was way too much to learn from watching these great directors work.

This DVD is great not only as a source of information on such an inspiring man, but also as a wealth of tips on how to direct.

I only deduct one star because there is not enough interviews with the mystery man himself and because I wanted to see way more of him actually working on his films (instead of finished famous scenes from his films).

This man deserves way more acknowledgement from the Oscars. They should definantly give him an honarary life time acheivement award real soon. Because whether he's acting or directing, nobody in film, can say so much with so little words.

Rating:
Summary: a total compendium of clint eastwood
Review: This is (for the clint, fans) a must have item,
and with all respect the man isn`t getting any younger so
make sure you by this piece and may the memories live forever.

A devoted Fan

Rating:
Summary: not that good
Review: This is more the opinions of the movie critics. They spend all this time talking with the movie critics and these people who are influential in the movie industry.
They should not have put that one lady critic in this because she hates his movies, especially his westerns, so that was out of place. She is totally anti-Eastwood, and she wrote these nasty reviews of his westerns when they came out!
Also, they didn't even show Two Mules for Sister Sara! They spent way too much time on Bird and Bridges of Madison County. In Bridges he's a wimpy reporter.
They did do an okay job of providing some rare stills of his early days in movies, though. One thing they said about Rawhide needs correcting. they said ' seven years of frustration'. that's not true! He loved Rawhide! It was only after the fourth year that he wanted to land other roles, but he always enjoyed that series, so that statement by itself is misleading.