The 90-year-old star’s next project may not be his last, but can you imagine a Clintier, more Eastwoodian title?
Cinema as we know it stands in the balance. Everything is up in the air. Tentpoles are vanishing, screens are shutting and audiences are scared. And in times like this, we always find ourselves drawn to certainty. Something so rock-steady and reliable that you can set your watch by it. And so it is with some relief we learn that Clint Eastwood’s new film will be called Cry Macho.
Cry Macho, for crying out loud. It’s as if Clint Eastwood hired a marketing firm to distil the essence of his entire filmography into two words. Cry Macho. It’s the most brilliantly Eastwoodish title imaginable, so much so that you could close your eyes and jab a pin into his IMDb page, and whatever film you hit would be vastly improved by retitling it Cry Macho.
