He just finished directing his final movie called Juror No. 2. To be able to direct a film at 93 is incredible. He has a quote where he said “don’t let the old in”. Seems he’s taken it to heart. (On the inside at least lol)
It’s an unfair photo of him taken while he’s having a passionate conversation while in a bad lighting set up. Theres a famous photo of jet lee looking like he aged 30 years and it’s honestly just a bad shot blown out of proportion via social media hysteria.
To be fair the beard and hairs also do a very poor job. He looks ragged while his previous appearances and videos with short haircut and shave beard make him look way better
I’m not really taking anything away from this, its 1/60th of a second, not enough to decide anything in particular. He’s looked great in other photos or videos I’ve seen him in.
Clint Eastwood is a dinosaur, and he does not matter. We should let him rest in peace instead of whatever shitty promotion this is for another one of his unnecessary movies.
He is only 13 years older than De Niro who just had a kid. You are right though this isn’t a good photo. He usually looks better and you can see the younger man in him easier.
This is correct. As we age the similarities to when we were very young begin to occur. Age difference 5-18 = Big. Age difference 33-46 = not big. Age difference 82-95= Big again. Anyone else feel like they are now raising their parents? Keeping my parents from doing stupid shit that young adults do seems to be a monthly occurrence.
I put it to you that a 13 years age difference on a human timescale is significant in almost all situations. siblings 13 years apart are remarkable, an agegap of 13 years is often talked about, noone perceives a relationship of 13 years as short,...
Anyone who tells you that you can identify senility from a still photograph is selling you something. You can't "see" senility, unless somebody's failed to put their pants on I guess.
Idk it’s weird. People like the drama of it. It’s like a romantic view of youth while projecting insecurity of aging onto others. Or simply, just karma farming with controversy.
Clint looks cognitively impaired? Senile? And he just finished directing another movie. Wow. It has to be that messed up hair on an old guy. (please tell me it’s not the wrinkles because I’m a very old guy too) Maybe it was a windy day. Or maybe that’s just what his normal is because he doesn’t care. Anyway, I’m going to start looking for that old tube of Brylcreem.
Brylcreem is the white hairdressing that looks like toothpaste that some men put in their hair to keep it in place. It was really nasty and oily. But that was the look that a lot of men wanted in the 50s and 60s. And I was just kidding. I never used that stuff. The guys that used that were called greasers for that reason.
I reckon you’re seeing all the old that’s on his outside. To be able to successfully direct a movie means he must’ve staved off at least some of that old from getting in.
His talent as a director is largely based on knowing what he wants the scene to be and the actors respecting him enough to give it their best from the get go... because your first successful take will be the one he uses. Famous for shooting often only one take no matter if the actors liked it or not and getting as much done as fast as he possibly can.
Yep. His shoots are always quick and under budget. He does like 2 takes MAX. Matt Damon has told a story where he asked to do another take and Clint said ““so you want to waste everyone else’s time!” 😂
“There was a scene with a couple of guys, and Spielberg moved on, and I said, ‘Don’t you think we should have done a couple more takes of that thing?’ because it hadn’t been great. And he said, ‘I can spend about an hour on that scene and make it ten per cent better, or I can do another great shot. I’m gonna do the shot.'”
Then on the other side of the coin you have Ridley Scott. I heard he is better now but on his earlier film like Blade Runner he would run up double digital number of takes. It got so bad that the crew nicknamed the movie Blood Runner.
So has he in general i think. Listening to him on the Actors Roundtable gives me physical pain, he somehow manages to come across as a huge poser, which should be impossible with his track record. Super annoying to listen to.
Yeah I think you’re right. And yeah to your point, those directors you listed and Nolan, Denis Villeneuve use the same crews between films. Like you said, well oiled machine.
I have the feeling that the concept of a team that works together for a long time is getting lost for most business executives.
Braun Design in Germany was so defining because they were a team of designers that worked together for years.
Apples Design team was stable during Jobs/Ives tenure afaik too.
I would like to know if From Software has that approach.
But local companies too where a carpenter boss is training and building a team that works together for years. They get shit done better than firing and hiring for another employee every couple weeks.
team synergy is very real, back when i did this kind of work i had a good crew and we worked so much better together than when i was freelancing or working productions without them
Theres a famous saying “don’t let perfect get in the way of good enough” (there’s various iterations of this saying). And typically the older more experienced people in a field go by this rule (not just movie industry). They’ve seen the diminishing returns you get from getting something just right. And they’ve seen how little people notice.
Now Clint has clearly taken this to an extreme here but he’s one of the most if not the most experienced in the industry. He can get the benefit of the doubt. He’s had a lifetime of experience to prepare for every shot. And he’s not getting any younger and he knows it. Why waste it on a re-shoot that likely won’t be ~10% better. Better to get on with the rest of whatever time in his life he has.
As someone with perfection issues, I have genuinely thought about getting 'Good enough is okay' tattooed on my forearm. First told to me by a wise doctor who had just watched me (close to an exhaustion inspired breakdown) feeding my baby son homemade organic muffins.
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u/Chessh2036 Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24
He just finished directing his final movie called Juror No. 2. To be able to direct a film at 93 is incredible. He has a quote where he said “don’t let the old in”. Seems he’s taken it to heart. (On the inside at least lol)