1.14 Author Interview with Ian Nathan

1.14 Author Interview with Ian Nathan

Author: Jonathan Ytreberg August 15, 2023 Duration: 30:40

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In this author interview, I speak with Ian Nathan, the author of Stephen King at The Movies, Ridley Scott: A Retrospective and James Cameron: A Retrospective, and biographies of The Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, and Wes Anderson. He is the former editor and executive editor of Empire, the world's biggest movie magazine, and a regular contributor to newspapers, magazines, and TV. He joins me today to talk about his new book coming out September 7th, Clint Eastwood: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work

Listen to hear about how Eastwood fits in to both the old star tradition of Hollywood and the upstart filmmakers that came in the 1970s, how Eastwood can be considered a feminist filmmaker, and whether Eastwood will ever truly retire from filmmaking.
 
Books mentioned in this episode include:

Films mentioned in this episode include:

  • Dirty Harry directed by Don Siegel
  • Play Misty for Me directed by Clint Eastwood
  • The Gauntlet directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Million Dollar Baby directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Bird directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Flags of Our Fathers directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Letters From Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Invictus directed by Clint Eastwood
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Mystic River directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Rawhide (television series)
  • A Fistful of Dollars directed by Sergio Leone
  • For a Few Dollars More directed by Sergio Leone
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone
  • High Plaines Drifter directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Pale Rider directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Juror #2 directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Cry Macho directed by Clint Eastwood
  • Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott
  • Paris, Texas directed by Wim Wenders
  • Miller’s Crossing directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
  • E.T. The Extraterrestrial directed by Steven Spielberg
  • Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock
  • Quo Vadis directed by Mervyn LeRoy
  • The Godfather

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