like 1939, 1967 gave us many monumental films. including: "cool hand luke," "bonnie and clyde," "the graduate," "in cold blood," "the dirty dozen," "to sir with love," "the valley of the dolls" (so bad its good), "the born losers" (the first billy jack movie), "riot on the sunset strip," "the flim-flam man," "our mother's house," "wait until dark," "the producers," and "bedazzled." it was a very fine year for film indeed.
🤔 ummm I would say 1930 - 1970 had some serious film masterpieces not just 1939-1967 !!!! All Quiet On The Western Front , Frankenstein , The Public Enemy , Bride Of Frankenstein , Angels With Dirty Faces , The Invisible Man, Dead End , Night Of The Living Dead & Easy Rider are all masterpieces that came out before or after the years u chose specifically!!!!
@@maralinekozial9131 ... i think i'm in love. you mentioned "dead end." one of my favorite bogart movies. (and i have a lot of them.) i was talking about 1939 and 1967 individually not the years in between. of course there were great films going all the way back to the 1910s silent era through the 1990s. but 1939 and 1967 are noted by film historians like myself as being exceptionally good years for american film releases. all the films you listed i have in my 500+ dvd collection. i have at least one movie from every year from 1896 to 1999. but i have more films for the years 1939 (12) and 1967 (9) than from any other year.
@@cjmacq-vg8um u should definitely make others know about those masterpieces ❤️ Edit* I also forgot to mention Charlie Chaplins early 30's films too like The Gold Rush , Modern Times & obviously his magnum opus City Lights ❤️
Luke hates convention, he doesnt fit in, and it bothers him when he sees others mindlessly following. So he breaks the rules because the rules exist. He doesn't know what is next and doesn't really want to. He is a loner and doesn't want to fit in. Nothing is a real cool hand, no burdens, no expectations, nothing to lose. After the egg scene, when they boil up every egg in the pantry; literally and figuratively put all their eggs in his basket. He now has the burden of their expectations and it becomes too much for him.
Yep this movie is definitely attractive ❤ its sooo good of a movie & im only 20 years old even tho this film was made in the 60's so that should already tell u how good this film truly is & how legendary Paul Newman is especially his salad dressings u buy at Walmart!!!! This movie deserves all the awards 💯
I was born and a child at a time when Paul Newman was arguably at a lower ebb of his career. In the 80’s, he was semi-retired/a supporting actor. I knew him, respectfully, much more for his Newman’s Own brand salad dressing. So, when I finally saw Cool Hand Luke for the first time in my late 20’s, the natural relaxed flavor of Paul’s acting was extremely impressive.
Ahh .. didn't know his career trajectory was such .. but yes! his charisma in this film is so enjoyable to see, the role, although it wasn't, seems to be tailored for him 😆
I grew up with family and friends singing the ditty “I don’t care if it rains or freezes/ Long as I got my plastic Jesus “/. But, I wasn’t sure where they’d heard it. So again when I saw Cool Hand Luke, the connection dawned on me.
I went to work in the Florida prison system in 1976 and the slang was exactly the same. The boxing matches had just been phased out which I think increases convict on convict violence.
Appreciate the insider perspective! And yes, I'd imagine having public bouts of showdowns would be better than suppressing all the anger for when they are inside
Cheers. IMO key elements are... * The opening scene wherein the world is a symbolic 'prison' Luke 'chooses' to enter despite the personal cost (presumably) to help (enlighten) ease the prisoner's existential burden. * Luke converting his enemy (George Kennedy) into his right hand disciple ('Peter') by enduring all his punches (ie: Turning the other cheek). * Luke symbollically taking in the sins of the world by eating all the eggs (because eggs are traditional symbols for the human soul - See Robert De Niro in 'Angel Heart'). * Luke's paradoxical/miraculous MO (turning 'nothing' into 'everything' in the eponymous poker game). * His emphasis on a lack of 'communication' (ie: empathy) as the prisoner's (humanity's) core dilemma. * The fact his spirit IS momentarily broken (when he's crying in the grave) and all his disciple's turn on him 'cos they unjustly expect him to be superman. (IMO thisparralels the moment on the cross when Christ asks 'Why God has forsaken him'. * But then against all odds his spirit 'resurrects' and he escapes the prison momentarily for the third and final time. * Culminating with his recapture and final dialogue with 'God' inside the church. * But IMO the most profound parralel is him transforming the daily grind of the prisoner's lives into an joyful unifying game by inspiring them to out-race the cement layer when they're laying concrete, thereby investing meaning (teleology) in the obstensibly meaningless lives. * And IMO this doubly profound because Luke achives this 'miracle' via changing their 'perception' (hermaneutics) of their condition rather than the physical 'facts' of their conditoion. Because in a classical christian narrative (where the prison symbolises the 'world' and the outside Luke enters from represents heaven/the afterlife) you would expect a Luke to teach the prisoners to finally 'escape' their condition. But in this revisionist he teaches them to instil their lives with meaning within the inevitability of that prison. (ie: The human condition). * And hence when Luke does die it inspires his key disciples to confront their own worst fears (themselves) which have been eternally reflected back to them by the oppressive sunglasses of 'The Man'. * And once George Kennedy confronts his demons and crushes that black mirror underfoot he's liberated into a whole new inner life without DESPITE ever escaping from the prison. Hope all this helps frame your re-watch. Then be cool to hear your thoughts. ...@@latenightswithsammy
I saw this movie when it came out with my older brother, in a double feature, Sat. matinee..The other movie is also a classic.."Wait Until Dark."..Great movie!..A Thiller...Someone should react to that one!..So many great movies from that time period..You'd be shocked the amount of good films that get overlooked from back then.
"sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand" he was saying sometimes you just have to take what you get and make the best you can out of it and things turn out really well. its like saying dont be like everybody else be like luke but dont be like luke be different be an individual dont follow others make your own path. that one line is the best movie line there has ever been he is saying so much with one line. this is my favorite movie ever it makes me think and contemplate everytime i watch it maybe because im kind of like luke and i just feel like i cant find my purpose. it cant be this bullshit society tells me to do and has put me in.
Good to know people are discovering this great film - so much to comment upon. Luke is a Jesus figure in many ways and images starting with the opening scene. Beheading parking meters is equivalent to tipping tables of money changers… tax collectors. His disciples literally feed off him and in the end he is made a martyr to be remembered; he gave them life. The author of the book had spent time in a work camp and heard of a man named Luke who played poker well and ate 50 eggs on a bet… and here I am writing about him, myth or man. Many great actors with good moments. Dennis Hopper as ‘Babalugats’ places a model airplane in his personal locker as all head off on work detail. He runs back to briefly press an ear to the box hoping for a motor sound. He is of limited mental means, in a somewhat different world and fellow inmates give him no ridicule - an ongoing act of empathy. Individual songs by actors fit well and the score by Lalo Schifrin has pathos and power. The magazine photo of Luke with women is the kind of thing ‘men’s magazines’ did for a fee. Very much a man movie, it is a must see. And Morgan Woodward, ‘the man with no eyes’ , was a warm fellow in the real world.
i was watching movies with mary watch one flew over the cuckoo last night, and she mentioned having noticed a string of movies shes watched lately that have main charactors that fight authority, and wind up coming out on the losing end of it in the end.. often inspiring or benefitting others along the way, of course i always think of cool hand luke in times like these.. she didnt say much more about it in her reaction, but i went on recalling a similar idea id heard this past year in something i was watching, the idea being of this kind of person always loses and draws all the wrath from those they are fighting, yet open up opportunities to those around them that are a little more wise or i guess you could say middle path types of people.. the second man, you know.. the one that keeps the target off his back in life.. but, im not really championing either kind of person, per say.. there is a certain nobility to the cool hand lukes of the world, and in some ways its the path i take when it comes to things that may make things harder on me.. but life is short, right.. i guess id say that im more of a number 2 guy all in all.. you know, im not going to be getting shot by any cops out there, but im not going to be smooching anyones butts either.. that being said, theres also a certain contempt for people that dont know when enough is enough.. a certain pleasure, as a guy i was listening to earlier today was saying, in seeing some bold person get whats coming to them, after pushing their luck, and crossing every line
True! I think by the end of the film, there's something about Luke's character to aspire to ... more so than the fight against tyranny, it's the idea of taking action over words, at least to my immediate knowledge, a lot of the inmates always had ideas, and visions of the "outside," and Luke was one for few words, but really committed to the actions they could only imagine, hence the line "stop feeding off me, get out of here." Although he "left," for good, there seemed to be something that was imparted onto all the inmates closing in on the end of the film; hope, encouragement, gratitude, rebellion ...
Anyone that watches these old classics is a lucky gangsta !!!! There also was no reform in those days ...they wanted to keep criminals down & just punish them out of hate ....& that ain't rice they're eating either back in those days that they steal off of Luke's plate...its boiled chopped up pig brains from a aluminum big can , I've ate it on accident one time thinking it was rice when i was a kid💯
"What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men." Fun Fact: Luke's prison number (37) is a reference to the Bible, Luke 1 : 37: "For with God nothing shall be impossible." Working Together Fact: In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county. Egg-cellent Scene Fact: Two hundred hard-boiled eggs were provided for one of the film's most famous sequences. Due to clever editing, Paul Newman only ate about eight altogether. The rest were consumed by the cast and crew, which led to extreme cases of flatulence the next day. Location Location Fact: The opening scene in which Luke is cutting off the heads of parking meters, was filmed in Lodi, California. After the filming, the city did not replace the meters, and for many years afterward, you could go there and see a block-long row of metal posts without the meters.
WHAT!?! Wow .. I guess it would have been easier for them to do the actual work, as opposed to acting out the "road-tarring" sequence .. brilliant stuff!
i went to prison at a young age im known for runnin could be due to watching this movie tons of times as a kid but funny thing on my NCIC criminal record im classified as a rabbit they use words like that to describe personalities rabbit was one among many that i remember seeing cause i thought it was kinda funny
yo in the egg scene it is foretelling him being betrayed by his judas he is laying in the crucified position im glad you caught that you seem to really understand this movie alot of people dont, mostly only men get this movie but yea luke is Jesus he is thier light and he gets betrayed by dragline who is portrayed as judas
like 1939, 1967 gave us many monumental films. including: "cool hand luke," "bonnie and clyde," "the graduate," "in cold blood," "the dirty dozen," "to sir with love," "the valley of the dolls" (so bad its good), "the born losers" (the first billy jack movie), "riot on the sunset strip," "the flim-flam man," "our mother's house," "wait until dark," "the producers," and "bedazzled."
it was a very fine year for film indeed.
In Cold Blood is fantastic. Still holds up today. Its criminally underappreciated
🤔 ummm I would say 1930 - 1970 had some serious film masterpieces not just 1939-1967 !!!!
All Quiet On The Western Front , Frankenstein , The Public Enemy , Bride Of Frankenstein , Angels With Dirty Faces , The Invisible Man, Dead End , Night Of The Living Dead & Easy Rider are all masterpieces that came out before or after the years u chose specifically!!!!
@@maralinekozial9131 ... i think i'm in love. you mentioned "dead end." one of my favorite bogart movies. (and i have a lot of them.) i was talking about 1939 and 1967 individually not the years in between.
of course there were great films going all the way back to the 1910s silent era through the 1990s. but 1939 and 1967 are noted by film historians like myself as being exceptionally good years for american film releases.
all the films you listed i have in my 500+ dvd collection. i have at least one movie from every year from 1896 to 1999. but i have more films for the years 1939 (12) and 1967 (9) than from any other year.
@@cjmacq-vg8um u should definitely make others know about those masterpieces ❤️
Edit* I also forgot to mention Charlie Chaplins early 30's films too like The Gold Rush , Modern Times & obviously his magnum opus City Lights ❤️
This movie is often considered to e the best motion picture ever made.
I can see why ... for such a simple film, and quiet film, I'm amazed how much this film as stuck with me. Pure Cinema 😆
A famous line from Cool Hand Luke: “What we’ve got here is…failure to communicate.”
Yes! What a scene that was
i love the "YOUR HELPING HIM CHEW" line its sucha realistic bullshit argument someone would have
I think you need to go back and re-watch the scene with Arletta. That scene more than any other explains Luke.
I can't wait to re-watch this film, and that specific scene too, quite haunting
@@latenightswithsammy its brilliantly acted and deeply moving. And IMO really gets to the heart of why Luke is the way he is.
Luke hates convention, he doesnt fit in, and it bothers him when he sees others mindlessly following. So he breaks the rules because the rules exist. He doesn't know what is next and doesn't really want to. He is a loner and doesn't want to fit in.
Nothing is a real cool hand, no burdens, no expectations, nothing to lose.
After the egg scene, when they boil up every egg in the pantry; literally and figuratively put all their eggs in his basket.
He now has the burden of their expectations and it becomes too much for him.
Very on point take! Thanks for sharing this Jerry :)
Yep this movie is definitely attractive ❤ its sooo good of a movie & im only 20 years old even tho this film was made in the 60's so that should already tell u how good this film truly is & how legendary Paul Newman is especially his salad dressings u buy at Walmart!!!! This movie deserves all the awards 💯
George Kennedy, who plays Dragline, was acting with Leslie Nielsen in the 80’ and 90’s in The Naked Gun movie series.
Ahh .. now I know where I've seen him .. the Naked Gun franchise 😆
I was born and a child at a time when Paul Newman was arguably at a lower ebb of his career. In the 80’s, he was semi-retired/a supporting actor. I knew him, respectfully, much more for his Newman’s Own brand salad dressing. So, when I finally saw Cool Hand Luke for the first time in my late 20’s, the natural relaxed flavor of Paul’s acting was extremely impressive.
Ahh .. didn't know his career trajectory was such .. but yes! his charisma in this film is so enjoyable to see, the role, although it wasn't, seems to be tailored for him 😆
@@latenightswithsammy I don’t know. I think they are going for the feeling of a nice/good guy wronged by the blindness/failure of The System.
As iconic as the egg scene are the prison yard fights. Luke keeps getting up and coming. Keeps going.
Completely! Had no idea he was going to keep trying for an escape
I can remember watching Cool Hand Luke with my dad in the 70's! A great classic!
WOW .. what a great experience! Thanks for sharing ☺
I grew up with family and friends singing the ditty “I don’t care if it rains or freezes/ Long as I got my plastic Jesus “/. But, I wasn’t sure where they’d heard it. So again when I saw Cool Hand Luke, the connection dawned on me.
I went to work in the Florida prison system in 1976 and the slang was exactly the same. The boxing matches had just been phased out which I think increases convict on convict violence.
Appreciate the insider perspective! And yes, I'd imagine having public bouts of showdowns would be better than suppressing all the anger for when they are inside
It's a genius Christ allogary.
Absolutely! Can't wait to rewatch the picture with that in mind :)
Cheers. IMO key elements are...
* The opening scene wherein the world is a symbolic 'prison' Luke 'chooses' to enter despite the personal cost (presumably) to help (enlighten) ease the prisoner's existential burden.
* Luke converting his enemy (George Kennedy) into his right hand disciple ('Peter') by enduring all his punches (ie: Turning the other cheek).
* Luke symbollically taking in the sins of the world by eating all the eggs (because eggs are traditional symbols for the human soul - See Robert De Niro in 'Angel Heart').
* Luke's paradoxical/miraculous MO (turning 'nothing' into 'everything' in the eponymous poker game).
* His emphasis on a lack of 'communication' (ie: empathy) as the prisoner's (humanity's) core dilemma.
* The fact his spirit IS momentarily broken (when he's crying in the grave) and all his disciple's turn on him 'cos they unjustly expect him to be superman. (IMO thisparralels the moment on the cross when Christ asks 'Why God has forsaken him'.
* But then against all odds his spirit 'resurrects' and he escapes the prison momentarily for the third and final time.
* Culminating with his recapture and final dialogue with 'God' inside the church.
* But IMO the most profound parralel is him transforming the daily grind of the prisoner's lives into an joyful unifying game by inspiring them to out-race the cement layer when they're laying concrete, thereby investing meaning (teleology) in the obstensibly meaningless lives.
* And IMO this doubly profound because Luke achives this 'miracle' via changing their 'perception' (hermaneutics) of their condition rather than the physical 'facts' of their conditoion. Because in a classical christian narrative (where the prison symbolises the 'world' and the outside Luke enters from represents heaven/the afterlife) you would expect a Luke to teach the prisoners to finally 'escape' their condition. But in this revisionist he teaches them to instil their lives with meaning within the inevitability of that prison. (ie: The human condition).
* And hence when Luke does die it inspires his key disciples to confront their own worst fears (themselves) which have been eternally reflected back to them by the oppressive sunglasses of 'The Man'.
* And once George Kennedy confronts his demons and crushes that black mirror underfoot he's liberated into a whole new inner life without DESPITE ever escaping from the prison.
Hope all this helps frame your re-watch.
Then be cool to hear your thoughts.
...@@latenightswithsammy
‘Dour’ is an excellent word for this movie.
I saw this movie when it came out with my older brother, in a double feature, Sat. matinee..The other movie is also a classic.."Wait Until Dark."..Great movie!..A Thiller...Someone should react to that one!..So many great movies from that time period..You'd be shocked the amount of good films that get overlooked from back then.
Thanks for sharing your experience, and the recommendation! Looking forward to exploring more of the classic films from the 1960s 😀
"sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand" he was saying sometimes you just have to take what you get and make the best you can out of it and things turn out really well. its like saying dont be like everybody else be like luke but dont be like luke be different be an individual dont follow others make your own path. that one line is the best movie line there has ever been he is saying so much with one line. this is my favorite movie ever it makes me think and contemplate everytime i watch it maybe because im kind of like luke and i just feel like i cant find my purpose. it cant be this bullshit society tells me to do and has put me in.
I love watching your reactions!
Ahh, thank you for this :)
Love movie sooo.. many great actors in it🥰
Yes! Great picture 😆
The sunglasses on the police officer/guard also dehumanizes the officer.
Completely! Really enjoyed the use and framing of the sunglasses 😀
Good to know people are discovering this great film - so much to comment upon. Luke is a Jesus figure in many ways and images starting with the opening scene. Beheading parking meters is equivalent to tipping tables of money changers… tax collectors. His disciples literally feed off him and in the end he is made a martyr to be remembered; he gave them life. The author of the book had spent time in a work camp and heard of a man named Luke who played poker well and ate 50 eggs on a bet… and here I am writing about him, myth or man.
Many great actors with good moments. Dennis Hopper as ‘Babalugats’ places a model airplane in his personal locker as all head off on work detail. He runs back to briefly press an ear to the box hoping for a motor sound. He is of limited mental means, in a somewhat different world and fellow inmates give him no ridicule - an ongoing act of empathy.
Individual songs by actors fit well and the score by Lalo Schifrin has pathos and power.
The magazine photo of Luke with women is the kind of thing ‘men’s magazines’ did for a fee. Very much a man movie, it is a must see. And Morgan Woodward, ‘the man with no eyes’ , was a warm fellow in the real world.
Wow ... Thank you so much for expounding Michael! Many things you listed I've either not thought of or had known, so thank you for that ☺️
From back in the day when filmakers respected their audience.
Agreed, masterful filmmaking 😀
i was watching movies with mary watch one flew over the cuckoo last night, and she mentioned having noticed a string of movies shes watched lately that have main charactors that fight authority, and wind up coming out on the losing end of it in the end.. often inspiring or benefitting others along the way, of course i always think of cool hand luke in times like these.. she didnt say much more about it in her reaction, but i went on recalling a similar idea id heard this past year in something i was watching, the idea being of this kind of person always loses and draws all the wrath from those they are fighting, yet open up opportunities to those around them that are a little more wise or i guess you could say middle path types of people.. the second man, you know.. the one that keeps the target off his back in life.. but, im not really championing either kind of person, per say.. there is a certain nobility to the cool hand lukes of the world, and in some ways its the path i take when it comes to things that may make things harder on me.. but life is short, right.. i guess id say that im more of a number 2 guy all in all.. you know, im not going to be getting shot by any cops out there, but im not going to be smooching anyones butts either.. that being said, theres also a certain contempt for people that dont know when enough is enough.. a certain pleasure, as a guy i was listening to earlier today was saying, in seeing some bold person get whats coming to them, after pushing their luck, and crossing every line
True! I think by the end of the film, there's something about Luke's character to aspire to ... more so than the fight against tyranny, it's the idea of taking action over words, at least to my immediate knowledge, a lot of the inmates always had ideas, and visions of the "outside," and Luke was one for few words, but really committed to the actions they could only imagine, hence the line "stop feeding off me, get out of here." Although he "left," for good, there seemed to be something that was imparted onto all the inmates closing in on the end of the film; hope, encouragement, gratitude, rebellion ...
The music makes the movie the guitar work is amazing
Totally agree! So eager to re-watch this picture :)
Great movie with a great cast across the board, thanks always enjoy your reac and analysis
Indeed! Thanks for tuning in, and the kind words ☺
I think it was after the fight and he wouldn't go down, there's a look on the faces of the guards that they knew they would have to kill him.
Yes! It was quite remarkable how he got everyone to be on his side by the end of it all
Anyone that watches these old classics is a lucky gangsta !!!! There also was no reform in those days ...they wanted to keep criminals down & just punish them out of hate ....& that ain't rice they're eating either back in those days that they steal off of Luke's plate...its boiled chopped up pig brains from a aluminum big can , I've ate it on accident one time thinking it was rice when i was a kid💯
"What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men."
Fun Fact: Luke's prison number (37) is a reference to the Bible, Luke 1 : 37: "For with God nothing shall be impossible."
Working Together Fact: In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county.
Egg-cellent Scene Fact: Two hundred hard-boiled eggs were provided for one of the film's most famous sequences. Due to clever editing, Paul Newman only ate about eight altogether. The rest were consumed by the cast and crew, which led to extreme cases of flatulence the next day.
Location Location Fact: The opening scene in which Luke is cutting off the heads of parking meters, was filmed in Lodi, California. After the filming, the city did not replace the meters, and for many years afterward, you could go there and see a block-long row of metal posts without the meters.
WHAT!?! Wow .. I guess it would have been easier for them to do the actual work, as opposed to acting out the "road-tarring" sequence .. brilliant stuff!
It would seem so, my dude.
Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
The biblical parallels are intentional
Ahh .. interesting! Enjoyed it a bunch 😆
i went to prison at a young age im known for runnin could be due to watching this movie tons of times as a kid but funny thing on my NCIC criminal record im classified as a rabbit they use words like that to describe personalities rabbit was one among many that i remember seeing cause i thought it was kinda funny
yo in the egg scene it is foretelling him being betrayed by his judas he is laying in the crucified position im glad you caught that you seem to really understand this movie alot of people dont, mostly only men get this movie but yea luke is Jesus he is thier light and he gets betrayed by dragline who is portrayed as judas
Strother martin is responsible for the line. what we have here is failure to communicate.
Hello Sammy, how's it going?
Well Aran, thanks for checking in ☺