Famous Figures

Coppola's documented investment in building an independent film infrastructure - his winery to fund independent film, American Zoetrope as a production company for non-Hollywood work - and his explicit belief that the purpose of his career is to create conditions for future American cinema, reflect a Legacy orientation.

Scorsese's documented decades of film preservation work - his advocacy for film archives, his investment in restoring neglected world cinema - alongside his filmmaking, and his explicit statement that preserving cinema is as important as making it, reflect a Legacy orientation in which the archive is a moral obligation.

Tarantino's documented revision of Hollywood genre conventions - his rewriting of history in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained so that the oppressed win - and his explicit statement that these films are acts of wish-fulfillment against historical injustice, reflect a Liberation orientation expressed through revisionist genre filmmaking.

Eastwood's documented investment in Carmel, California as both resident and mayor - his attention to the specific community rather than Hollywood's generic 'community' - and his consistent use of his platform to protect local character against development reflect a Community orientation.