What is the Directors Guild of America’s ‘Eastwood Rule’?
Clint Eastwood's outsized influence as an actor-director led the Directors Guild of America to introduce a rule bearing his name, though it was created as a rebuke rather than a tribute. The 'Eastwood Rule' dates back to 1976, during production of The Outlaw Josey Wales, when Eastwood clashed with director Philip Kaufman over pacing and…