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    Tough Ain't Enough
    New Perspectives on the Films of Clint Eastwood

    Lester D. Friedman (Edited by), David Desser (Edited by), Lester D. Friedman (Contributions by), David Desser (Contributions by), Stephen Prince (Contributions by), Jonathan Kirshner (Contributions by), Diane Carson (Contributions by), David Sterritt (Contributions by), Murray Pomerance (Contributions by), Lucy Bolton (Contributions by), Alexandra Keller (Contributions by), Charity Lofthouse (Contributions by)

    9780813586021

    Hardback, published 29 June 2018

    232 pages, 43 images
    22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.454 kg

    "The editors have assembled a diverse group of scholars and turned them loose to make sense of the vast array of contradictions that is Clint Eastwood. This is a unique and extraordinary collection with not a weak chapter in it."
    - Dennis Bingham (author of Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre) (Chronicle of Higher Education)
    "Highly recommended." 
    (Choice)

    Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular, recognizable, and respected filmmakers. He also remains a controversial figure in the political landscape, often characterized as the most prominent conservative voice in mostly liberal Hollywood. At Eastwood’s late age, his critical success as actor and director, his combative willingness to confront serious cultural issues in his films, and his undeniable talent behind the camera all call for a new and comprehensive study that considers and contextualizes his multiple roles, both on and off screen. Tough Ain’t Enough offers readers a series of original essays by prominent cinema scholars that explore the actor-director’s extensive career. The result is a far-reaching and nuanced portrait of one of America’s most prolific and thoughtful filmmakers.  

    Chapter 1: The Teller and the Tale: An Introduction to the Films of Clint Eastwood
    Lester D. Friedman and David Desser
    Part I: Crosscurrents
    Chapter 2: “
    I Don’
    t Want Nobody Belonging to Me”
    : Riding the Post-Leone Western
    Stephen Prince
    Chapter 3: “
    God/Country/Family:”
    The Military Movies
    Lester D. Friedman
    Chapter 4: “
    A Man’
    s Got to Know His Limitations”
    : The Cop Films from Nixon through Reagan
    Jonathan Kirshner
    Chapter 5: “
    I’
    m Not So Tough”
    : Melodrama and Performance in the Later Films
    Diane Carson
    Chapter 6: “
    Heroes are Something We Create: The Biopics”

    David Sterritt
    Part II: Controversies
    Chapter 7: “
    I Am a Camera”
    : Clint Eastwood’
    s Performative Gaze
    Murray Pomerance
    Chapter 8: “
    You ain’
    t ugly like me
    it’
    s just that we both got scars”
    : Women in Eastwood’
    s Films
    Lucy Bolton
    Chapter 9: “
    I know I'm as blind as a slab of concrete, but I'm not helpless”
    : Eastwood and the Aging Action Hero
    David Desser
    Chapter 10: “
    Seems like we can’
    t trust the White Man”
    : The Theater of Race in and out of Eastwood’
    s Films 
    Alexandra Keller
    Chapter 11: Play Music for Me: Eastwood’
    s Film Scores
    Charity Lofthouse
    Acknowledgments
    Notes on Contributors
    Index
     
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