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b"Clint Eastwood has cut an iconic on-screen figure for longer than almost anyone. The lean, sneering Western star made his name in front of the camera on TV\\u2019s Rawhide, and as The Man With No Name for Sergio Leone. His second career as a director, often directing himself, has made Eastwood an icon twice over and seen him helm more bonafide classics than almost anyone.\\n\\nOn the latest episode of Split Picks, Eastwood enthusiasts Bennett Glace and Michael Glover Smith discuss probably the two least-seen of Clint Eastwood\\u2019s many directorial triumphs: Bronco Billy (1980) and Honkytonk Man (1982).\\n\\nBoth films star Eastwood as struggling artists and send him out on the road alongside a makeshift family. Bronco Billy\\u2019s title character, William McCoy, serves as \\u201chead ramrod\\u201d for an old-fashioned Wild West Show fallen on hard times. McCoy and the film only ever briefly lose their unflappable sense of optimism as they tour the Western states and play to thinning crowds. Honkytonk Man puts a more pessimistic spin on similar material. Eastwood plays Red Stovall, an alcoholic, tubercular country musician with one last chance to be somebody. He hits the road with his nephew (Eastwood\\u2019s son, Kyle) to try out for the Grand Ole Opry before it's too late.\\n\\nThe discussion touches on films from throughout Eastwood\\u2019s long career as well as subjects including the Razzies, and, of course, the director\\u2019s infamous speech at the Republican National Convention."