alt Hacker NewsI'd actually put one in for Clint Eastwood.
Although most popular knowledge about him revolves around his earlier acting career (Westerns, Dirty Harry), you'll notice a distinct change in many of his films once he started directing.
* Play Misty for Me
* Breezy
* Unforgiven
* A Perfect World
* The Bridges of Madison County
* Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
* Mystic River
* Million Dollar Baby
* Changeling
* Gran Torino
* American Sniper
* Sully
* The Mule
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assimpleaspossi • yesterday at 11:27 AM
Clint Eastwood didn't write any of those. He's an actor, director and producer of other people's work.
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srean • yesterday at 10:35 AM
Not to forget
Letters from Iwo Jima
Flags of our Fathers.
He certainly took me by surprise by the depth of his offerings, given that I used to know him as blondie with no name and for dirty harry.
The American medium is film/TV. The Godfather is the great American novel. A story about immigrants moving to America and starting a family business.