White Hunter Black Heart
Hard-living, macho movie director John Wilson arrives in 1950s Zimbabwe to prepare for his next film. There he desires to film the process of hunting down an animal but it turns out that hunting is more interesting than filming.
2 April 1930, London, England, UK
18 April 1935, West Ham, London, England, UK
3 June 1957, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
26 April 1949, Marylebone, London, England, UK
15 February 1947, New York City, New York, USA
19 July 1945, Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany
8 June 1939, Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK
29 November 1952, Olean, New York, USA
6 December 1955, Lambeth, Central London, England, UK
27 February 1957, Battersea, London, England, UK
October 27, 2008
An ambitious and intriguing project that never amounts to anything more than the sum of its parts--a trait shared by many of Eastwood's other major project as an independent filmmaker, Bird.
March 16, 2007
Interesting, but a bit pretentious
June 30, 2008
An intelligent, affectionate study of an obsessive American film director...
January 15, 2005
One of Eastwood's finest achievements.
August 30, 2004
This material marks a gutsy, fascinating departure for Mr. Eastwood, and makes it clear that his directorial ambitions have by now outstripped his goals as an actor.
October 27, 2008
Especially for those who have pegged Clint Eastwood too quickly as a masculine traditionalist, White Hunter, Black Heart is a movie to conjure with.
January 28, 2004
A devastating portrait of self-deceiving obsession, and a notable improvement on Viertel's book in terms of economy and focus.
January 26, 2006
Ably aided by a fine cast and Jack Green's no-nonsense photography, Eastwood constructs a marvellously pacy, suspenseful movie which is deceptively easy on both eye and ear.
April 09, 2007
Clint Eastwood raises hell and finds his heart of darkness.
March 17, 2004
Slow-moving but gently engrossing.
December 29, 2014
Eastwood's subject is wasted lives and wasted talent; Wilson's charisma and Hollywood's money prove irresistible, and their sheer power brings noteworthy results-but they emerge from a needless vortex of ruin.
August 25, 2005
A fascinating character study about masculinity and the movies.
