Clint Eastwood angry at Hollywood, its remakes and its uncreative franchises

Clint Eastwood wants to see new stories in cinema. The Hollywood star, who celebrated his 95th birthday on Saturday, is urging his fellow filmmakers to come up with new story ideas, noting in an interview with an Austrian newspaper that the film industry is now overflowing with remakes and franchises.

Asked by Kurier about the current state of the film industry, the actor of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and director of dozens of films, including Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby, "misses the good old days when screenwriters wrote films like Casablanca . When everyone had a new idea."

"I've made sequels three times, but I haven't been interested in doing them for a long time."

Clint Eastwood.

While he is currently in pre-production on another film, following his last film, Juror No. 2 , Clint Eastwood regrets this new trend of remakes and franchises. "I've made sequels three times, but I haven't been interested in them for a long time. My philosophy is: do something new or stay home," adds the actor and director, who turns 95 on Saturday.

The Oscar-winning director told the Austrian newspaper that he wants to continue working, saying he is still in good physical shape and that no one should worry about him "for a long time to come ." Asked about his source of inspiration, Clint Eastwood replied: "There is no reason why a man should not improve with age. And I have much more experience today. Of course, some directors lose their talent at a certain age, but I am not one of them."

He, who shot the World War II thriller Where Eagles Fly in Austria in the late 1960s, says the secret to his success lies in his ability to constantly innovate as a director and actor. "As an actor, I was still under contract to a studio, I was in the old system, and so I was forced to learn something new every year," he said. "That's why I'll work as long as I can learn something, or until I'm really senile."