7. John Huston
In some ways, his legend was greater than his films. Huston fashioned himself as a Hollywood Hemingway: a cussing, hunting, artistic man’s man. Huston’s film career lasted at least 57 years. He started acting at the end of the 1920s, writing scripts in the beginning of the ’30s, and made his directorial debut in 1941 with the excellent “The Maltese Falcon” — a film that renewed the whole genre of detective films.
He was a painter, bullfighter, poet, gambler and filmmaker. He adored life and took risks. This can be seen in his films; no genre was impossible for him. The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Asphalt Jungle, The African Queen, The Misfits, and The Man Who Would be King are just a few examples of his range.
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