Indeed, watching Clooney’s character, George L. “ The American,” starring Clooney as a taciturn hit man, owed its reflective mood and brooding silences to Antonioni both “ The Ides of March” and “ Argo,” the latter being their biggest hit to date, recalled the taut political thrillers of the 1970s. Their first film, “ Leatherheads,” was a screwball comedy inspired by Depression era classics “ The Men Who Stare At Goats,” which Heslov directed, was a gonzo war comedy. Working with lean budgets, deferring their own salaries and asking their actors to work for fractions of their going rates, Clooney and Heslov have specialized in the kind of movies that studios have largely abandoned in favor of comic-book franchises and cartoons. “Our whole theory has been, let’s try to force-feed the kind of films that aren’t gonna get made unless we make them,” Clooney explained. Inspired as much by the wartime capers of the 1960s and 1970s as by true events, “The Monuments Men” represents the kind of film that Clooney and Heslov have been dedicated to making since forming their company, Smokehouse Pictures, in 2006. The film marks Clooney’s fifth directorial effort, and he also stars, heading up a cast that includes Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Bob Balaban, Jean Dujardin and Cate Blanchett. Army’s Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives unit that, in the waning days of World War II, sought to rescue millions of pieces of art looted by the Nazis. On this day, Clooney has joined his longtime producing partner, Grant Heslov, to talk about their latest film: “ The Monuments Men,” about the U.S. There might not be another actor alive who so thoroughly personifies movie stardom, or deploys it so adroitly - as commodity, means of production and public trust.
But even looking like a civilian, Clooney, 52, manages to exude preternatural charisma and self-assurance. He’s dressed in jeans, a chunky gray knit sweater and the weather-proof boots that everyone is slogging around in on this dreary, slushy Wednesday.
Meeting someone for the first time, he brushes right past an extended hand and instead delivers a warm embrace, a gesture that somehow suggests both the proprietary confidence of celebrity as well as its utter dismantlement. Fun fact about George Clooney: He’s a hugger.
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