Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood's latest, The Changeling, is getting mixed reviews, but what I noticed is the running time. The story sounds slight, but Clint takes 140 minutes to tell it.
His past few films:
Letters From Iwo Jima - 141 minutes
Flags Of Our Father - 132 minutes
Million Dollar Baby - 132 minutes
Mystic River - 137 minutes
In fact, Eastwood has shot 16 features in the past 20 years, and only 2 of them are under 120 minutes. I know Clint likes to shoot fast and cheap, but maybe he should stay in the editing room a few more weeks.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:10 AM
3 Comments:
The NYTimes' review said that Changeling would have been a good 90 minute movie -- after that, everything was pretty superfluous.
I think many directors want their films to be longer. They tend to fall in love with their footage. The difference with Clint, is he's got the clout to win those battles.
It'd be worse if it's a money-saving thing. Rough cuts are always too long. You need to keep trimming.
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