@@michaeldiehl2458 The way he delivers the line 'what were you a drummer boy you must have been 10 years old?' is so funny. Douglas by all accounts you would've predicted not to have turned out to be a truly brilliant actor. He was born to insane wealth, and to a legendary icon. By all accounts you'd expect him never to be able to replicate or in some ways outshine his father. Yet he did. He's superb in this, and all around has a superb resume.
@@patriceaqa288 You are absolutely right. He evolved. To be honest, in my opinion Michael Douglas really wasnt great in ''streets of san francisco'' , and he wasnt even great in Basic Instinct, in my opinion. Probably because of his weatlh, and in which situation he was born, he didnt needed to be good as actor... but then he got passion for acting .. real passion, and probably he got even good advices from his father all the time. Both things helped. He clearly saw his acting more and more serious with the years, and got better and better. In this movie ''Falling Down'' he is really top notch!
So poetic. He gives the bum food, not money or valuables. An act of kindness that would only be rejected in bad faith, but also a sign of him leaving behind the normal part of his life.
When I panhandled, I often didn't request money but that the person buy me a meal. I found they were more apt to buy the meal since they knew I wasn't using the money for booze or cigarettes.
He had his own food…see the sandwich? Guy was just trying to scam. “I haven’t eaten in 3 days” and they both look at the sandwich and he even rejected the apple from the case. Sob stories. Got what he wanted but finds nothing so he’s mad
@@denisenoe1534 A homeless man asked me for some money to buy food while I was walking in Philadelphia's *Gayborhood* one time. I told him that I didn't have any cash, just a card, and he responded that restaurants take cards, so I walked him into the pizza shop that we were in front of and bought him and myself two slices of pizza each. He molested that pizza.
@@prince-solomon the film never got the recognition it deserved because of when it was released. This was dangerously close to the timeline of the L.A riots, civil unrest was rife. Some of it was even filmed near riot spots. The story of an angry white male lashing out against urban society was not subject material people in hollywood were too keen on. It's been reappraised massively in later years, justifiably so.
Yeah Oscar for sure.... His best film..... Epic📽️Perfect Combo of Humor, Suspense, Violence and Action.... 1993.... Wow.... I rented it in Picayune Ms on video TAPE AND WATCHED IT IN CARRIER...
You sure about that? The little black kid was by far the luckiest. How cool is it to be in an active shooter situation with his father in the morning, then play with his friends later and meet with that active shooter who has been nothing but nice to him, watch him blow up a crane AND get to keep the LAW that he used. I would have loved to be in his situation, best day of his life i imagine~
Just another reason not to give money to bums, he gave him his lunch and the bum threw the food back at him because he wanted cash for drugs. Junkies are often thin as a stick because they have no appetite. I used to give donations to the Bowery Mission and I stopped after reading their newsletter called the red door which showed pictures of residents at the Mission and in their own word they revealed how they became homeless:drugs, over 99% percent. To beat the homeless crisis we first have to beat the war on drugs.
When you see someone approaching you like that, get the jump on them by saying first "hey buddy, you have any spare change I can have?" It fucks them up every time.
+Christopher Howell Mental problems? More like bullshit problems. That leech knew he was lying and he got caught (twice). Blabbing about how he needed money for food. D-fens gives him a briefcase with food in it, the bum completely bypasses it while digging through the pockets for money, and throws the apple away when he finds nothing else. What a selfish, ungrateful parasite. If he is or was homeless, he problem blew it all away gambling, and was set to do it again.
MirrorDimly that was exactly the point. People like this bum are leeches. They want all the reward without putting in the work. The problem is is that this behavior has been normalized. If u say that the bum was an ungrateful piece of shit, people look at u sideways because u have no compassion. Compassion went out the door the day U decided to lead a life of debauchery. Not saying people don't lose jobs & are down on their luck but more times than not a job provides severance, then u get unemployment, & hopefully u have saved a little for hard times. All those savings are to give u time to next job. During that time maybe u go back to school for a 2 year degree or if u get a good severance, a 4 year degree. I have no patience for people that don't make the effort. Nether should our government.
My Grandfather who actually did serve in Vietnam has told stories exactly like this, of bums begging for money or posing as vets trying to get money from the VA. And a common theme was how young they were. I think bums were just trying to capitalize on the controversy of the war and the newfound sympathy towards vets and understanding of PTSD.
I love how in this film Michael Douglas's character had an answer for absolutely everything he was confronted with! Some of the finest dialogue and acting ever seen.
The 2 bags are metaphors. The briefcase represented his old responsible 'playing it straight' life and the gym bag represented his new 'I don't care anymore, I don't take no shit from anyone' life. He had the opportunity to keep one and give up the other and he chose to give up his old life.
p 28 how can you be beyond spot on? If you are on the spot, that you were trying to be on.. What's the point in being beyond it? If you were beyond the spot, wouldn't that be missing the spot? He went beyond the spot! So he missed the mark? He over acted. He over shot. I'd think he'd rather be on the spot than beyond it.
Good thing he didn't accidentally hit someone on the head with that apple starting ANOTHER full blown scale riot like in Police Academy. LA gone through ENOUGH riots as it is during that time... 😕
Literally gives him a meal and a suitcase he can easily pawn off for some decent cash. Calls him an SoB and throws a perfectly good apple after telling all those lies and begging. He deserved comeuppance more than the guys trying to rob him.
Lot's of these areas have been gentrified like crazy and are actually really nice as well as expensive to live in. The homeless problem still persists, which is why I love it when conservatives talk shit because in the 90s they ran the state. California didn't fully become a blue state until the mid 2000s.
1993 LA was much better. It was a filthy crime ridden cesspool, but it seemed like it wouldn't get much worse and could even get better. It's like a sinkhole pulling down the surrounding areas now with the constant invasions.
Hilarious scene. Love how D-Fens promptly dispels all this guy's lies. Let me see your driver's license, matter of fact let me see your car 😂 He wasn't falling for that guy's crap
When you're the only Normal Person in the room. Trust me. He's poor too. And yet, he still got hounded by an Addict. Sure put him in his place, though 🤣 Rule #1: Don't give Poor People, a bad name. We have enough problems, to deal with.
You know what's also interesting? He said alright instead of "thank you" or "god bless you". Even more details is you can notice how when he opens the case, he ignores the food inside and goes for the pockets looking for money, then throws away a perfectly good apple indicating he's not concerned about food, he wants money for booze or drugs.
he also throws away the apple, and not the pb&j sandwich, indicating that he has no concern at all for healthy matters and that apply represents the last of a dying breed... alright alirhgt enough bull
You also can notice that its day time, and hes walking and that means once its night time the chance of him walking actually decreases by the hour. This movie never fails to fascinate me, even after all these years.
My buddy used to run this channel but he passed away. I bet hed be blown away that this has almost 2 million views. Me and him loved this movie. May he rest in peace.
Absolutely right. In my hometown, I am sick to death of people who stop / approach me asking for some money or a cigarette. You DO NOT approach someone you don't even know to ask for money. You just don't do it. Unfortunately there will always be bums who think that the world owes them a living.
I'm sorry but your nonsensical, abusive reply makes no sense to me at all. reply back when you are sober or not on drugs, you fuckin piece of juvenile shit.
***** he was probably a crackhead. We have plenty of crackhead vagrants promenading around downtown Cleveland. You offer to take them someplace to get them food and they eschew it cause they'd rather have the cash to get some crack or booze.
+Zain844 I won't. I donated several dozen grand to their shelters and I used to be homeless. There's no shortage of food. The other day, some person ate 2 pieces of sushi and left the rest outside a store. Well, I picked it up and finished it off. America has no shortage of food. (It does have a shortage of beds for the homeless, though.)
Reminds me of when I was young and went over 200 miles to London for a job interview. On arrival at the coach station a tramp approached and told me he hadn't eaten for days. I gave him my packed lunch. He just stared at me like I was an idiot and threw it on the ground. That was back in the days when I took people at their word. I am still thankful for the lesson.
@@Hellwyck ... well, the point is that human construction in this case is the other way around, God is the creator himself, not humanity, humanity itself is derived from God's creation ....
@@Hellwyck Well, smarter men than you figured out that most of humanity is too stupid, cowardly, and evil to be reasoned with. So, they told the baby-eating marauding primates that if they didn't stop being evil scum, that the sun would swallow up the Earth. It worked. Even you, in your abject ignorance, are shaped by the ethic instilled by religion whether you like it or not. All your notions of right and wrong, you didn't conceive of them. They were conceived for you and instilled in you. See, if there is no God, then there is no objective morality. And if there is no objective morality, then you have absolutely zero basis for even indicting religion - any religion at all that ever existed (though I'm sure Christianity is the one you despise most. Always is with Western atheists) - as there is no such thing as right and wrong, just your emotionally driven opinions. Hell, you don't even have a basis for declaring that controlling you remedial primates, by any means, is wrong. All you can do is declare that you don't like it, and that's absolutely meaningless in the Godless universe you believe in.
You know what's also interesting? He said alright instead of "thank you" or "god bless you". Even more details is you can notice how when he opens the case he ignores the food inside and goes for the pockets looking for money, then throws away a perfectly good apple indicating he's not concerned about food, he wants money for booze or drugs.
like so many of 'em, they jus lazy, lying, belligerent little punks that got little to no ass whippins' as a child and they now run amuck thru the streets of your city.
It’s kind of a strange line because he doesn’t look too young for 1993 to have served in Vietnam. He looks around late 30’s/early 40’s which is what many Vietnam vets were around then.
The fact that he sports a short military style buzz haircut and a pocket protector white shirt was a classic representation of the aerospace and military contractor industry that grew up in California and yet felt out of place for Californian sensibilities. I am an aerospace engineer and I was taught by a a roomful of guys that look just like him. In fact one told me I would never make it in aerospace because I had an earring. That is what makes this movie a masterpiece along with dialog like in this scene. It’s gives off the stifling heatwave of a summer day on California just like Spike Lee presented New York in “Do the Right Thing”. Obviously the message is different but the oppression, the inability not to breath without it hurting was masterful.
@@strangelee4400 ever hear of freedom maybe you would prefer the phrase freedumb either way you give me your email and i will fly you out to sky harbor so i can meet you in the parking lot just in case you wanna talk about norms instead of laws
Yeah... this was shot before they changed the emissions laws in CA, you can really get a feel for that awful oppressive filthy LA Summer skyline so many little local details that were of the time in LA that won't register or many people now.
@@Terminalsanity ran x-country in HS in that stuff; can't believe how blue LA is today!!! but all the money STILL lives right off the onshore breeze coming from the Pacific.
No I would guess that the scene was shot many many times to get that nonchalant dismissive kick to the Apple. Brilliant directors like of this movie know exactly what little accents to put in a scene however small
What would have been better is if he showed an appreciation for the apple that was thrown at him by picking it up and saying, "hey, thanks for the apple"
That’s how homeless people act.. they robbing people... lying to people, they don’t want to work, they don’t want food but your money, so they can buy alcohol and drugs and be lazy.. they think you’re a fool.
@Jason Strom I once had a guy come to me and said a just smoked a bowl and only have enough money for this cup cake can I get $2 buy some milk to wash it down with. I gave him $5. I also had a guy said I need money to buy a can off beer. I bought him the beer he wanted.
This movie promoted too many negative stereo types, anyone group who could give it an award would be acknowledging the negative stereo type performances. This movie is like Kryptonite for those reasons. Michael Douglas is well aware. Remember the early 90"s ? Holy S.
It deserves many awards but it was controversial and not in the way Hollywood likes. Besides awards now are meaningless and anyone who knows movies knows this is a top tier film.
This is pretty much my experience with panhandlers. I know they aren't all druggies, but if you offer to buy them what they claim they want (food) they always decline.
I had a guy quite graciously accept my offer to buy him something to eat and drink when he approached me at a gas station. He didn't try to argue or quibble, I pointed at the area with the hot dogs and "nacho" fixings and told him to choose. His thanks seemed pretty genuine too...
not always. middle of the night me and some friends were headed to get some food and a guy stops us and ask for money for a burger we offered to buy him a meal and he almost squealed at the offer we drove back around after getting him a large everything and the dude tore into it in front of us guy was starving for sure so sometimes they really are looking for food. had another instance i see a dude with a sign and a few black guys pull up in a bmw the panhandler pulled out a bag of white powder and they gave him a wad of cash soooo yeah...
When I was younger me and my mom were approached by a homeless guy in front of a supermarket. He asked for food. My mom, knowing how they scam you on the street, said she can go inside and buy him something and what he wanted. The guy was super thankful and said he was happy with anything. My mom went in and bought him stuff that would keep him fed for a few days without going bad and some stuff like ham and bread. The guy was so happy, kept thanking her. It was during a winter in Poland and winters there are known for being deadly to homeless people, so it feels nice knowing someone helped him. When a homeless person asks you for food, just ask if they want food and are willing to wait for you while you get it. It'll be pretty obvious when they'll be after money for alcohol/drugs.
@Happy Shitkicker Says the man who doesn't understand a rhetorical question. The "the bags represent his old life and his new life" metaphore can be understood and thought out by a child. It's just that it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
@Happy Shitkicker Dude, you're an idiot, stop pretending that you're smart, no one's buying it. The question was rhetorical, not the comment, as the answer is obvious. Explain where I'm actually wrong, otherwise you're just proving that you're projecting your own fallacies on me.
@@angrydad1279 I agree, but it's strange that someone with a Best Actor Oscar is actually underrated. Most often the Oscar is a culmination of a career's body of work, but Douglas continued to turn in great performances for a long time after his Oscar.
@micksilva6028 He may be a psychopath, if you paid attention to the movie he's the only one making sense amongst all the liars and people taking advantage of others in certain situations. That's how a lot of people relate to him. He seems to have had a good job and play by the rules yet the world does not tolerate one that plays by the rules which goes to show you where our society going.
@micksilva6028 I had a two week vacation and went north to Canada in 1977. I left in 1978 because I didn't want to BECOME this guy. Two weeks was all it took, along with driving into LA and the Valley from the coast, my nostrils started filling up with snot. I had been gone long enough for my filters to clean clock. Now, I was back and the reminder right then and there: I had to leave. Within a year, I did it.
I used to have this problem all the time when I was in the military. I didn't have a vehicle at the time and would take a bus home sometimes on the weekends as my family only lived about 3 hours away. Panhandlers like this were always in the bus station worrying the crap out of folks. One time someone approached this man and his wife who were sitting near me. The man already told him no a couple of times, but he kept on aggravating them until he finally got pissed stood up and flipped out his badge because he was an off duty cop. That dude couldn't get out the door fast enough then.
im actually kinda surprised that Nam was already seen as a war older people had been in in 1993, the homeless guy did not look that young to have been in it seeing as nam had ended only 20 years prior..
From my experience with bums, I think I found a simple way to determine if these people are bums or just simply down on their luck and in need of help. Bums ask you how you’re doing. They don’t care, they just want you to reciprocate so they could segue into asking you for money. I just say “good.” And lately, I just feel like saying “good as long as nobody asks me for money.”
I had a homeless man flip on me for not giving him a cigarette. Was having a stressful day (similar to this movie) and needed that one moment of relaxation from a cigarette that I couldnt even get. Guy comes up “excuse me, can I have a cigarette”, I said nah and he flips, I then flip back and flick the cig at him and yell “if this is how you react to no then you don’t deserve yes, fuck off”. Anyways he did, hope I learned but probs not with these bums
So your wives left you and stopped You from seeing your child and you had an undiagnosed mental illness?? Pleeeeease 😂 you just relate to him having a breakdown is all
Nice to see bums are the same now as they were 30 years ago. I remember I gave this one guy some food in Atlanta and he threw it away. Said he wanted money.
This movie had so many metaphors and paradoxes in it. It's definitely a classic and one of the more memorable films I've ever seen. I don't know why it isn't better heralded.
Years ago at a store I worked at, this dude comes in and didn't directly ask for money but said he would do anything we needed at the store like cleaning, tanking out the trash, etc as long as we could pay him some cash. My manager (a really great guy) explained he couldn't do that for insurance reasons. The dude kept begging and saying he had not eaten in days so my boss went out to his car and gave him all the change he had in his ashtray which was actually a lot- maybe $7 or $8. A few hours later I stop at a ransom gas station to get fuel before I go home and lo and behold who is in line buying a couple of 32 oz beers? Same guy.
All of you trying to defend the hobo. He wasn’t buying beer to survive, dumbfucks, he bought it because he was a loser bum and was also probably a junkie.
"Underrated." It was a huge hit and continues to be discussed to this day. There isn't a single video on youtube without a comment from some idiot calling the contents of that video "underrated."
@@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178 I am not sure if you were around when this movie was released, but I was. I follow movies closely and I don’t recall this moving being the talk of the town as other Micheal Douglas movies like Fatal Attraction and Wall Street were. Not even close actually.
@@antonio8897 I was there. It was a big hit and was one of those movies Time and Newsweek would write about, analysing it, and I remember debates about it on CNN etc.
There’s a guy not too far from Raymond James stadium that does this out of gas scam and has for years. He was a jerk when I asked him why he was always running out of gas at the same place.
I hear ya, Don. Years ago, the same guy was asking people for money EVERY DAY in front of the Sav-On drug store in West Covina, CA. I could hear him giving the same BS story that his "car broke down, and he needs money to call a tow truck." He knew I was on to him, so when he saw me, he turned away.
Drove to FL to visit my Dad for Thanksgiving. Stopped for gas in Columbia, SC near Fort Jackson. Dude at pump begged me for $20. His “wife was waiting for him at a roofing job; he was on his way to pick her up...”. Gave him $2 just to get rid of him. On the way back north, I stopped at the same station and guess who was begging for more gas money...... F’ing hysterical when I asked him if his old lady was still waiting at the roofing job..... said she must be getting pretty hungry......
Where I live I get asked for money at the gas station once or twice per week. These people hang around like scavengers waiting for the next person to ask for free stuff. Some of them get mad if you say no. The entitlement mentality is really unbelievable.
That’s how homeless people act.. they robbing people... lying to people, they don’t want to work, they don’t want food but your money, so they can buy alcohol and drugs and be lazy.. they think you’re a fool.
I got asked for money at a gas station once by a woman. I pointed out that she is driving a nicer, newer car than me. She mumbled something about the car not being hers and backed off.
They dont even squigee & still ask for $$ funny how some work and they are far from home & most panhandle & live there... sorry stereotyping again!!
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take a shit or use your dogs, wear gloves and smear the shit all over about 20$ worth of change, while still wearing gloves walk by the usual spots they hang out at and drop the change around, also this ones the best, buy a cheap pack of cigs and smear the filter with shit and take some of the tabacco out and put pieces of shit inside the cig and put tabbaco back in and hand them out like candy when they ask . havent had anyone ask me for either sense
"I haven't eaten in three days...well, I mean except for this." Lulz. I saw this movie again recently after many years. I had forgotten how many funny parts there were.
Now that you mentioned it I realize Michael Dougles constantly meets people who think they own the place. Not only that just because they own it they think they can treat others like sh*t in "their" kingdom. (the golf player, the gang members, and now this one, a king without a horse)
"You got two bags, I don't got any, is that fair?" That guy was certainly ahead of his time. Maybe this scene should be shown to any entitled brats out there, so they can see their groundbreaking hero.
@@nguyentrung1711 He wasn't actually a veteran, he was just saying that for sympathy. Homeless people say that shit all the time, but when you ask what their MOS was they get real quiet.
It’s crazy that there were only 1.4 million recorded people that fought in Vietnam yet over 6 million claims of Vietnam veterans. That’s only by record. The people claiming to be Vietnam veterans in person must be a lot more than that number
Hahaaaaaaa the bum gets pissed of cuz he got a suitcase (which he can sell) a sandwich, some M&Ms and an apple, which he threw away. UNGRATEFUL. That's why I never give bums jack shit.
In the US they have plenty of access to food. Lots of it given away at charities and shelters. But they don't give away cold cash for a specific reason.
Sounds like the panhandlers in my town.. Gives a sad sad song and when you say no to giving money they turn and ask someone else aggressively..
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take a shit or use your dogs, wear gloves and smear the shit all over about 20$ worth of change, while still wearing gloves walk by the usual spots they hang out at and drop the change around, also this ones the best, buy a cheap pack of cigs and smear the filter with shit and take some of the tabacco out and put pieces of shit inside the cig and put tabbaco back in and hand them out like candy when they ask . havent had anyone ask me for either sense
@ that's actually illegal. Like, honestly, that's not only legally wrong but it's morally bankrupt. You play with shit because you ARE shit - right down to your rotten core.
@@thetman0068 interesting that i cant read the deleted comment. i wonder who is lacking in empathy and morality? the bum? he needs help but is a poor communicator. the businessman? with his entitled privilege? only pieces of shit rise to the top.
@Fuck Trump How the FUCK is trump a nazi? ok you don't like him, whatever, but how fucking dare you call him a nazi when unemployment for everyone in the us ( that includes blacks, jews and women ) is the lowest it has ever been in modern times, explain to me how the hell he is a nazi otherwise fuck off.
The views, the comments. Just goes to show how real and important this movie was. My dad never let me watch r movies growing up. Falling down was the exception. He knew how important it was to see.
I used to be pretty generous with these people because I remembered being poor (never homeless but my family didn't have a lot). Then one completely scammed me and that was it. I'll never hand out money to anyone again.
Don't cease all together man, just be a little more picky... your a good soul and the unfortunate people who are true to the cause would be SO grateful for your generosity and kindness... When we die Im sure what we did for others is what ultimately mattered.
The easy way to tell is to give somebody a little change. If they are truly homeless they will say thank you/God Bless, and let you go about your business. The panhandlers will always ask for more no matter what you give them.
I was homeless once. It took me two days to find a job. Fuck those people, more than half of them were too fucking lazy to even walk a block away from the shelter before they started begging.
That’s how homeless people act.. they robbing people... lying to people, they don’t want to work, they don’t want food but your money, so they can buy alcohol and drugs and be lazy.. they think you’re a fool. Hope you doing better now.. I used to be poor too but I made my way up and build myself. I’m subscribing to your channel, my friend.
I hate when people ask me for a smoke.A pack cost $ 6.82.That's 34 cents each.I had a co worker bumming 3 to 4 a day.I put an end to that fast.I said were not in high school,buy a fucking pack or quit.
I actually had this situation happen to me in London. A bum came up to me and said he needed money for food. I really didn't have any money on me (we live in a cashless society these days, you can pay even small amounts via card)... but I did have an apple which I'd not eaten at lunch and was still in my bag. So I offered him the apple... but he just got all whingey and said he wanted a "hot" meal.
I love how incredulous he gets when D-Fens gives him the briefcase. “Are you serious?” He begs from people that are barely above him on the social ladder and gets next to nothing. He gets that case and it’s like finding hidden treasure. Money, something to pawn but it’s just a shitty, hot sandwich and an apple.
After working in a psych hospital mostly filled with homeless who abuse the system for 3 hots and a cot. This is very much how they are, even down to the bs story about the friend who owes you money not being home. It’s always everyone else’s fault but your own.
What were you ? A little drummer boy . You must have been 10 years old ha ha ha lol 😂 just amazing dialogues on this movie . It can captivates people’s mind . A classic !!!!
I lived in Seattle and I had a job in the downtown area. Almost daily I would be approached by people asking for money, cigarettes or food. One time I had some extra money and I felt like doing a good deed, so when somebody approached me looking for food I offered to go to the store with them and get them some stuff. About halfway to the store he randomly is like "oh you know? I'm ok actually nevermind." The dirtbag couldn't even accept the free food and pretend to be a decent human being.
He fought so hard to keep his briefcase. Which is a metaphor for his humanity. Then he gives it away for free, only for us to find out there was nothing in there to begin with.
This reminds me of a guy that always stood near a road I used to go to work on when I was young.. He always had a sign asking for money/food etc. I remember a buddy of mine collected a bunch of cans/foods (probably enough food for a week) and the guy said "Ehhh I dont want peanut butter, or this, or that. I already got 6 jars of that".. He then took the box and stashed it some place. In about 20 mins he was back with his sign on the side of the road. I sadly realized that this is a job for some people.
That drilling of construction work near the end of this scene is really haunting. People are building yet everything around them is in a state of decay. Nobody notices the loud banging chipping away at their sanity. They think it's normal.
He also was holding a sandwich when he said that, said he drove from Santa Barbara without a car or license, and served in Nam as a kid and later in the Gulf War.
culversketch Yeah. " Entitled people". That's his true colours. No one is entitled. Glad of my day to day good luck and have to accept the shit life throws at me. Nothing i can do except try harder. All the best from Scotland.
Uh, Kelly, he was L-Y-I-N-G. Homeless people make up that bullshit all the time. They think it fools people. They don’t want food - they could get food at any of dozens of shelters or church missions. They want money. Why do they want money? Because they want DRUGS.
This scene represents society’s battle of employed vs. fake homeless aka cockroaches. You see them on every street corner with their fake signs and begging for money while walking in new Jordan’s and having a designer backpack and jacket. If you stay with them long enough, you can see the car they came in. Later in the week, you might even see them having a beer and steak dinner outside the ballpark in a nice restaurant. 💯
My dad told me about this couple that had been begging at a highway on ramp for 20 years. He said he'd given money to them a couple times. One day, when traffic was terrible, he took a side street. He saw that same couple enter and drive away in a Porsche sports car...
I was approached by two guys once wearing clean leather jackets and shiny bling asking me and my co-workers for change then one of them wanted to get a bite of my Subway sandwich. These guys were not homeless just two lazy punks on welfare and refuse to work.
"that's a horrible way to treat a vet, man."
"what, you're an animal doctor?"
lol
I've actually used that one on omperaturs. They do not find it funny.
Which makes it very funny.
Lol
@@michaeldiehl2458 The way he delivers the line 'what were you a drummer boy you must have been 10 years old?' is so funny. Douglas by all accounts you would've predicted not to have turned out to be a truly brilliant actor. He was born to insane wealth, and to a legendary icon. By all accounts you'd expect him never to be able to replicate or in some ways outshine his father. Yet he did. He's superb in this, and all around has a superb resume.
@@patriceaqa288 You are absolutely right. He evolved. To be honest, in my opinion Michael Douglas really wasnt great in ''streets of san francisco'' , and he wasnt even great in Basic Instinct, in my opinion. Probably because of his weatlh, and in which situation he was born, he didnt needed to be good as actor... but then he got passion for acting .. real passion, and probably he got even good advices from his father all the time. Both things helped. He clearly saw his acting more and more serious with the years, and got better and better. In this movie ''Falling Down'' he is really top notch!
@@patriceaqa288well said. And he still is.
3 decades later and LA has cloned this guy 1 million times.
Yea, they're called Mexicans
Yes they're called White Bums
@@TheRicekrispes Yes, in an attempt to reduce the statistics on Mexican crime, the Federal government lists them as "white".
They're of every race now, I've even seen Romanis aka gypsies in LA.
I think he’s the mayor.
So poetic. He gives the bum food, not money or valuables. An act of kindness that would only be rejected in bad faith, but also a sign of him leaving behind the normal part of his life.
He gave him advice too "Why don't you get a job ?".
Pinche lismonero i con garrote. What a fool!!.
When I panhandled, I often didn't request money but that the person buy me a meal. I found they were more apt to buy the meal since they knew I wasn't using the money for booze or cigarettes.
He had his own food…see the sandwich? Guy was just trying to scam. “I haven’t eaten in 3 days” and they both look at the sandwich and he even rejected the apple from the case. Sob stories. Got what he wanted but finds nothing so he’s mad
@@denisenoe1534 A homeless man asked me for some money to buy food while I was walking in Philadelphia's *Gayborhood* one time. I told him that I didn't have any cash, just a card, and he responded that restaurants take cards, so I walked him into the pizza shop that we were in front of and bought him and myself two slices of pizza each.
He molested that pizza.
Michael Douglas should‘ve gotten an Oscar for this. Brilliant performance.
Wrong John fleck should've gotten if u don't know him check it out
Lol
the oscars are meaningless. the fact that his performance stuck with you and you share your opinion is reward and recognition that has actual value.
@@prince-solomon the film never got the recognition it deserved because of when it was released. This was dangerously close to the timeline of the L.A riots, civil unrest was rife. Some of it was even filmed near riot spots. The story of an angry white male lashing out against urban society was not subject material people in hollywood were too keen on. It's been reappraised massively in later years, justifiably so.
Yeah Oscar for sure.... His best film..... Epic📽️Perfect Combo of Humor, Suspense, Violence and Action.... 1993.... Wow.... I rented it in Picayune Ms on video TAPE AND WATCHED IT IN CARRIER...
Dude should realize he’s the luckiest man in this movie
Because he missed with the apple lol
@@migueeeelet Considering thugs had threatened him with baseball bats, even if the apple hit him it is doubtful he would get pissed off at that.
You sure about that? The little black kid was by far the luckiest. How cool is it to be in an active shooter situation with his father in the morning, then play with his friends later and meet with that active shooter who has been nothing but nice to him, watch him blow up a crane AND get to keep the LAW that he used. I would have loved to be in his situation, best day of his life i imagine~
@@corvidconfidential8826 that was a different kid
@joey burger well he actually didn't intend to kill the golf guy.... Dude suffered a heart attack seeing him pull out his shotgun.
One of the best depictions of LA ever put on screen. This whole film is dripping with atmosphere and has an amazing sense of place.
@Jorge Camposcan I have whatever you're smoking?
I'll cancel my trip to LA.
Dripping. More like reeking.
@@alexscott8950 I can almost smell it/LA, just by watching. Reeking does seem more appropriate.
@Matt Polzkill there is absolutely zero reason this movie would ever be "banned" from TV.
This movie was so waaay ahead of its time. A classic.
Way ahead of its time? Are you saying that rage and street bums didn't exist in the 90's?
Glitcher2000 Ahead of its time in its darkly humorous portrayal of the working white man's rage and discomfort with postmodern society.
TK Yang We are not economically viable
GenerationYBother that was still happening back then, even since the 60s so no, it’s still not ahead of its time
Just another reason not to give money to bums, he gave him his lunch and the bum threw the food back at him because he wanted cash for drugs. Junkies are often thin as a stick because they have no appetite. I used to give donations to the Bowery Mission and I stopped after reading their newsletter called the red door which showed pictures of residents at the Mission and in their own word they revealed how they became homeless:drugs, over 99% percent. To beat the homeless crisis we first have to beat the war on drugs.
Two reasons that I don't give money to homeless people...
1: They need it for alcohol.
2: I need it for alcohol.
Are drugs OK too?
Lol no they don't use it on alcohol they use it for gambling or drugs..
They use it for alcohol and also hard drugs too.
@@True_Christian And sometimes for soft drugs, like say cannabis.
ha-ha i vote for second :-))))
When you see someone approaching you like that, get the jump on them by saying first "hey buddy, you have any spare change I can have?" It fucks them up every time.
Wow, cool line,
Thats fucked up
Mf Tripz na, it’s hilarious
Never just start caughing super loud to get someone to avoid you because that's gross and I'm more likely to beat someone's ass for doing that
I always say do you take credit because I don’t carry cash they leave every time 😂
The guy asking for money told like 18 lies in 30 seconds.
Natty Bumppo almost as fast as Trump wdym a dem?
@@beastmode3870 he only watches fox news so pretty much anything negative said about trump or republicans is a lie to him.
@Natty Bumppo sad at how brainwashed you are. Typical american that thinks they know the politics that govern their life
You’re just trying to sound interesting. This movie was not ahead of its time
@@beastmode3870 you're fucking stupid
"I was in Nam man !" "What were you a little drummer boy? You must have been 10 years old!! Lol He quickly deduces his bullshit
+Captain Hook Proof that bums and derelicts also have mental problems, too.
I don't think that bum served in the military at all.
+Christopher Howell Mental problems? More like bullshit problems. That leech knew he was lying and he got caught (twice). Blabbing about how he needed money for food. D-fens gives him a briefcase with food in it, the bum completely bypasses it while digging through the pockets for money, and throws the apple away when he finds nothing else. What a selfish, ungrateful parasite.
If he is or was homeless, he problem blew it all away gambling, and was set to do it again.
MirrorDimly that was exactly the point. People like this bum are leeches. They want all the reward without putting in the work. The problem is is that this behavior has been normalized. If u say that the bum was an ungrateful piece of shit, people look at u sideways because u have no compassion. Compassion went out the door the day U decided to lead a life of debauchery. Not saying people don't lose jobs & are down on their luck but more times than not a job provides severance, then u get unemployment, & hopefully u have saved a little for hard times. All those savings are to give u time to next job. During that time maybe u go back to school for a 2 year degree or if u get a good severance, a 4 year degree. I have no patience for people that don't make the effort. Nether should our government.
My Grandfather who actually did serve in Vietnam has told stories exactly like this, of bums begging for money or posing as vets trying to get money from the VA. And a common theme was how young they were. I think bums were just trying to capitalize on the controversy of the war and the newfound sympathy towards vets and understanding of PTSD.
I love how in this film Michael Douglas's character had an answer for absolutely everything he was confronted with! Some of the finest dialogue and acting ever seen.
The 2 bags are metaphors. The briefcase represented his old responsible 'playing it straight' life and the gym bag represented his new 'I don't care anymore, I don't take no shit from anyone' life. He had the opportunity to keep one and give up the other and he chose to give up his old life.
ur kidding me no way
+HELLH0WND That is deep
Wow. That is so true
+HELLH0WND good catch
+HELLH0WND BULL SHIT
Michael Douglas got the Oscar for the wrong film.
Not that he wasn't very good in Wall Street. He was.
But in this he was beyond spot On!!
He said many times that this was his favorite movie he did...
p 28 how can you be beyond spot on? If you are on the spot, that you were trying to be on.. What's the point in being beyond it? If you were beyond the spot, wouldn't that be missing the spot? He went beyond the spot! So he missed the mark? He over acted. He over shot. I'd think he'd rather be on the spot than beyond it.
@@sammyborhap I think he was exaggerating when he said that. It's like when someone says "beyond perfection..."
McGannahan Skyjellyfetti I just don't understand that terminology. Why go beyond? I think we need to stop going beyond
@@sammyborhap I think you two need to get a life. Your comments are very much beyond.
Dear oh dear.
That's no way to treat an apple
stg5ive 100 likes 👊😂
Especially when he claims that he was hungry.
Applejack wants to know your location...
I'm a brony, shut the fuck up!
Good thing he didn't accidentally hit someone on the head with that apple starting ANOTHER full blown scale riot like in Police Academy. LA gone through ENOUGH riots as it is during that time... 😕
Dude, that apple...it fell down the stairs.
Literally gives him a meal and a suitcase he can easily pawn off for some decent cash. Calls him an SoB and throws a perfectly good apple after telling all those lies and begging. He deserved comeuppance more than the guys trying to rob him.
No pawn shop will give you any money for that suitcase!
if I was the homeless guy, I would have been very thrilled to get that food, its just as valuable as money in that instance
LA resident in 1993: "LA is a filthy crime ridden cesspool"
Same LA resident in 2020: "I miss 1993 LA"
For sure! It's gotten a whole lot worse over the years.
i miss 2020 LA
I wish I lived through early 2000s LA
Lot's of these areas have been gentrified like crazy and are actually really nice as well as expensive to live in. The homeless problem still persists, which is why I love it when conservatives talk shit because in the 90s they ran the state. California didn't fully become a blue state until the mid 2000s.
1993 LA was much better. It was a filthy crime ridden cesspool, but it seemed like it wouldn't get much worse and could even get better. It's like a sinkhole pulling down the surrounding areas now with the constant invasions.
Hilarious scene. Love how D-Fens promptly dispels all this guy's lies. Let me see your driver's license, matter of fact let me see your car 😂 He wasn't falling for that guy's crap
Ruairí Ó Sé D-FENS!!!
When you're the only Normal Person in the room.
Trust me. He's poor too.
And yet, he still got hounded by an Addict.
Sure put him in his place, though 🤣
Rule #1: Don't give Poor People, a bad name.
We have enough problems, to deal with.
Have a Coke and a smile
An apple a day keeps the homeless people away!🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
@@davidgeoghegan8506 That part bothered me. Why waste a perfectly good apple?????
You know what's also interesting? He said alright instead of "thank you" or "god bless you". Even more details is you can notice how when he opens the case, he ignores the food inside and goes for the pockets looking for money, then throws away a perfectly good apple indicating he's not concerned about food, he wants money for booze or drugs.
A very good observation. I actually failed to pick up that one. Well done!
he also throws away the apple, and not the pb&j sandwich, indicating that he has no concern at all for healthy matters and that apply represents the last of a dying breed...
alright alirhgt enough bull
He also fails to shove the entire briefcase up his ass, meaning he’s not concerned with companionship or love or anything like that
pyropulse Did someone spit on your soup?
You also can notice that its day time, and hes walking and that means once its night time the chance of him walking actually decreases by the hour. This movie never fails to fascinate me, even after all these years.
My buddy used to run this channel but he passed away. I bet hed be blown away that this has almost 2 million views. Me and him loved this movie. May he rest in peace.
Uh huh. Except it's Michael Douglas getting the channel views, and the channel is puuuuushing the Creative Commons. Parasite.
@@gaynzz6841 Get outa the kitchen if you can't take the heat, ya whiner - truth sometimes hurts, doesn't it...
"My buddy used to run this channel" XD
When a "homeless" person approaches you WITH food in their hands already........all credibility goes out the window.
Absolutely right. In my hometown, I am sick to death of people who stop / approach me asking for some money or a cigarette. You DO NOT approach someone you don't even know to ask for money. You just don't do it. Unfortunately there will always be bums who think that the world owes them a living.
I'm sorry but your nonsensical, abusive reply makes no sense to me at all. reply back when you are sober or not on drugs, you fuckin piece of juvenile shit.
***** he was probably a crackhead. We have plenty of crackhead vagrants promenading around downtown Cleveland. You offer to take them someplace to get them food and they eschew it cause they'd rather have the cash to get some crack or booze.
***** Once my friend did that and buy the bum kebap the bum throw it at him a yelled ....
+Zain844
I won't. I donated several dozen grand to their shelters and I used to be homeless.
There's no shortage of food. The other day, some person ate 2 pieces of sushi and left the rest outside a store. Well, I picked it up and finished it off.
America has no shortage of food.
(It does have a shortage of beds for the homeless, though.)
Reminds me of when I was young and went over 200 miles to London for a job interview. On arrival at the coach station a tramp approached and told me he hadn't eaten for days. I gave him my packed lunch. He just stared at me like I was an idiot and threw it on the ground. That was back in the days when I took people at their word. I am still thankful for the lesson.
so sad!-....but u try to do the right thing, be proud of yourself!! Dont forget that God see your good actions :)
@@nicedoppy2077 If "god" existed and wasn't a construct made by man to control humanity.
@@Hellwyck ... well, the point is that human construction in this case is the other way around, God is the creator himself, not humanity, humanity itself is derived from God's creation ....
@@Hellwyck Edgy atheist comment :o
@@Hellwyck Well, smarter men than you figured out that most of humanity is too stupid, cowardly, and evil to be reasoned with. So, they told the baby-eating marauding primates that if they didn't stop being evil scum, that the sun would swallow up the Earth. It worked. Even you, in your abject ignorance, are shaped by the ethic instilled by religion whether you like it or not. All your notions of right and wrong, you didn't conceive of them. They were conceived for you and instilled in you.
See, if there is no God, then there is no objective morality. And if there is no objective morality, then you have absolutely zero basis for even indicting religion - any religion at all that ever existed (though I'm sure Christianity is the one you despise most. Always is with Western atheists) - as there is no such thing as right and wrong, just your emotionally driven opinions. Hell, you don't even have a basis for declaring that controlling you remedial primates, by any means, is wrong. All you can do is declare that you don't like it, and that's absolutely meaningless in the Godless universe you believe in.
I love that bum. He should've won an Oscar for that performance. "Alriiiiiight" Cracks me up every time. Very underrated film.
Huh?
"Son of a bitch"
You know what's also interesting? He said alright instead of "thank you" or "god bless you". Even more details is you can notice how when he opens the case he ignores the food inside and goes for the pockets looking for money, then throws away a perfectly good apple indicating he's not concerned about food, he wants money for booze or drugs.
If he ever wanted to go undercover as a panhandler, he's got it down pat.
not only underrated. this movie is a forgotten masterpiece!
"I'm a vet!"
"Like an animal doctor?"
So good.
"i havent eaten in 3 days bro"
3 seconds later he throws an apple
...not to mention the fact that he says that, WHILE he was munching on a sandwich! 🤣
People didn't say "bro" back then... don't sully what was then, a great generation.
@@supercooled yes they did say bro. Why do so many TH-camrs say false things?
like so many of 'em, they jus lazy, lying, belligerent little punks that got little to no ass whippins' as a child and they now run amuck thru the streets of your city.
And he has a sandwich in his hand.
"What were you? A drummer boy, you must have been ten years old!!!"
My favorite line of the scene. Classic!
It's a good line but I can't believe that tops "it's out of order" or even "that's not our policy" for you
It’s kind of a strange line because he doesn’t look too young for 1993 to have served in Vietnam. He looks around late 30’s/early 40’s which is what many Vietnam vets were around then.
@@TheMahonj That guys is early 30's tops. He would have been about 10 in Vietnam.
The fact that he sports a short military style buzz haircut and a pocket protector white shirt was a classic representation of the aerospace and military contractor industry that grew up in California and yet felt out of place for Californian sensibilities. I am an aerospace engineer and I was taught by a a roomful of guys that look just like him. In fact one told me I would never make it in aerospace because I had an earring. That is what makes this movie a masterpiece along with dialog like in this scene. It’s gives off the stifling heatwave of a summer day on California just like Spike Lee presented New York in “Do the Right Thing”. Obviously the message is different but the oppression, the inability not to breath without it hurting was masterful.
It's been 2 years...I hope you got rid of the earring.
@@strangelee4400 ever hear of freedom
maybe you would prefer the phrase freedumb
either way you give me your email and i will fly you out to sky harbor so i can meet you in the parking lot
just in case you wanna talk about norms
instead of laws
Yeah... this was shot before they changed the emissions laws in CA, you can really get a feel for that awful oppressive filthy LA Summer skyline so many little local details that were of the time in LA that won't register or many people now.
@@Terminalsanity ran x-country in HS in that stuff; can't believe how blue LA is today!!! but all the money STILL lives right off the onshore breeze coming from the Pacific.
@@Terminalsanity It's worse now. Emperor nusum & puppet brandon have made sure of that.
Is no one going to talk about what incredible improv it was that Michael Douglas kicked that thrown apple without breaking his stride?
No I would guess that the scene was shot many many times to get that nonchalant dismissive kick to the Apple. Brilliant directors like of this movie know exactly what little accents to put in a scene however small
Kicking the apple and dumping the briefcase: he's no longer the regimented 'Mr Nice Guy'.
Nope. No one.
Incredible improv? He kicked an apple.
What would have been better is if he showed an appreciation for the apple that was thrown at him by picking it up and saying, "hey, thanks for the apple"
He obviously wanted money for drugs.
SharksRule86 wrong. He wanted it to pay college fee
Most bums are like this. There only a handful that are trying to better themselves.
@@cleofaspingarron 😂
Captain obvious
That’s how homeless people act.. they robbing people... lying to people, they don’t want to work, they don’t want food but your money, so they can buy alcohol and drugs and be lazy.. they think you’re a fool.
This is a great educational video at how to deal with dishonest panhadlers
I've dealt with that in my lifetime. They always have a story on why they need money.
I don't even talk to them.
If I can, I will offer to buy them a sandwich or a cup of coffee. I won't give them money. Surprisingly, most of them have taken me up on it.
@Jason Strom I once had a guy come to me and said a just smoked a bowl and only have enough money for this cup cake can I get $2 buy some milk to wash it down with. I gave him $5. I also had a guy said I need money to buy a can off beer. I bought him the beer he wanted.
Not really. It would have been better if he had opened the second bag and blown his god damned worthless brains out.
I still can't believe this didn't win any awards. That's how I know the awards aren't fair. Douglas is a great actor. Top 5 actors ever
This movie promoted too many negative stereo types, anyone group who could give it an award would be acknowledging the negative stereo type performances.
This movie is like Kryptonite for those reasons.
Michael Douglas is well aware. Remember the early 90"s ? Holy S.
It deserves many awards but it was controversial and not in the way Hollywood likes. Besides awards now are meaningless and anyone who knows movies knows this is a top tier film.
Ever? Nope.
@@CobraMJD debatable
@@Ashe1827 Good points!
“You drove all the way from Santa Barbara without a license.“… kills me! 😂😂😂
I think D-FENS might have been impressed by that.
Apparently his car wouldn't start without him having one.
This is pretty much my experience with panhandlers. I know they aren't all druggies, but if you offer to buy them what they claim they want (food) they always decline.
shamgar001 every time I give a homeless person food they accept and eat it without asking me for money instead. I don't ask what they prefer.
I had a guy quite graciously accept my offer to buy him something to eat and drink when he approached me at a gas station. He didn't try to argue or quibble, I pointed at the area with the hot dogs and "nacho" fixings and told him to choose. His thanks seemed pretty genuine too...
and that guy became gavin non nuts the bum of gov of crapifornia
not always. middle of the night me and some friends were headed to get some food and a guy stops us and ask for money for a burger we offered to buy him a meal and he almost squealed at the offer we drove back around after getting him a large everything and the dude tore into it in front of us guy was starving for sure so sometimes they really are looking for food. had another instance i see a dude with a sign and a few black guys pull up in a bmw the panhandler pulled out a bag of white powder and they gave him a wad of cash soooo yeah...
When I was younger me and my mom were approached by a homeless guy in front of a supermarket. He asked for food. My mom, knowing how they scam you on the street, said she can go inside and buy him something and what he wanted. The guy was super thankful and said he was happy with anything. My mom went in and bought him stuff that would keep him fed for a few days without going bad and some stuff like ham and bread. The guy was so happy, kept thanking her. It was during a winter in Poland and winters there are known for being deadly to homeless people, so it feels nice knowing someone helped him. When a homeless person asks you for food, just ask if they want food and are willing to wait for you while you get it. It'll be pretty obvious when they'll be after money for alcohol/drugs.
The moment he gave that briefcase away, there was no returning to his old life.
Very deep
He got fired from his job a long time ago and had a restraining order taken out by his ex. What "old life"?
@Happy Shitkicker I think you're the one who doesn't get it.
@Happy Shitkicker Says the man who doesn't understand a rhetorical question. The "the bags represent his old life and his new life" metaphore can be understood and thought out by a child. It's just that it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
@Happy Shitkicker Dude, you're an idiot, stop pretending that you're smart, no one's buying it. The question was rhetorical, not the comment, as the answer is obvious. Explain where I'm actually wrong, otherwise you're just proving that you're projecting your own fallacies on me.
Michael Douglas was great in this. So intense.
Vastly underrated actor mate.
It was the last time he played a decent role. After this, he became a fucking Hollywood libtard moron.
@@peacefuljeffrey Who then got throat cancer smoking cigars
@@peacefuljeffrey How 'bout The Game? Wasn't he brilliant in that one?
@@angrydad1279 I agree, but it's strange that someone with a Best Actor Oscar is actually underrated. Most often the Oscar is a culmination of a career's body of work, but Douglas continued to turn in great performances for a long time after his Oscar.
Watching this in 7th grade I thought this dude was just crazy. Now that I'm older understand his pain.
@micksilva6028
He may be a psychopath, if you paid attention to the movie he's the only one making sense amongst all the liars and people taking advantage of others in certain situations. That's how a lot of people relate to him. He seems to have had a good job and play by the rules yet the world does not tolerate one that plays by the rules which goes to show you where our society going.
@micksilva6028 Although in the scene with the neo nazi guy, he was the good guy there.
Society is the real villain.@micksilva6028
@micksilva6028 I had a two week vacation and went north to Canada in 1977. I left in 1978 because I didn't want to BECOME this guy. Two weeks was all it took, along with driving into LA and the Valley from the coast, my nostrils started filling up with snot. I had been gone long enough for my filters to clean clock. Now, I was back and the reminder right then and there: I had to leave. Within a year, I did it.
I'm in my 50s and watch this movie for a good laugh now.
I used to have this problem all the time when I was in the military. I didn't have a vehicle at the time and would take a bus home sometimes on the weekends as my family only lived about 3 hours away. Panhandlers like this were always in the bus station worrying the crap out of folks. One time someone approached this man and his wife who were sitting near me. The man already told him no a couple of times, but he kept on aggravating them until he finally got pissed stood up and flipped out his badge because he was an off duty cop. That dude couldn't get out the door fast enough then.
"What were you a drummer boy you must have been 10 years old!" Hahaha
That was comedy 🤣
im actually kinda surprised that Nam was already seen as a war older people had been in in 1993, the homeless guy did not look that young to have been in it seeing as nam had ended only 20 years prior..
"I haven't eaten in three days. Well, except for this." lol
Classic bull💩
Michael Douglas’s one liners in this film are hilarious and very underrated
what were you a drummer boy?
Yes, I recall a few of the drummer boys of Bravo 6 in la Trang now that I think of it!
He was joking about age
@@Rando.515 yeah we know
@@Rando.515 Thanks, Captain Obvious. By the way, what colour is the sky? I forgot.
@@SalvableRuin Green
From my experience with bums, I think I found a simple way to determine if these people are bums or just simply down on their luck and in need of help. Bums ask you how you’re doing. They don’t care, they just want you to reciprocate so they could segue into asking you for money. I just say “good.” And lately, I just feel like saying “good as long as nobody asks me for money.”
At 18 I liked this movie. At 38 I feel this movie.
At 55, I AM him
@@robertlodge5297 Im him now in my 30s
I had a homeless man flip on me for not giving him a cigarette. Was having a stressful day (similar to this movie) and needed that one moment of relaxation from a cigarette that I couldnt even get. Guy comes up “excuse me, can I have a cigarette”, I said nah and he flips, I then flip back and flick the cig at him and yell “if this is how you react to no then you don’t deserve yes, fuck off”. Anyways he did, hope I learned but probs not with these bums
Falou tudo
So your wives left you and stopped You from seeing your child and you had an undiagnosed mental illness??
Pleeeeease 😂 you just relate to him having a breakdown is all
Nice to see bums are the same now as they were 30 years ago. I remember I gave this one guy some food in Atlanta and he threw it away. Said he wanted money.
I really hate homeless people, I don't feel bad for them in the slightest.
Some just go in to a place without enough money and beg for discounts and get aggressive if you say no
This movie had so many metaphors and paradoxes in it. It's definitely a classic and one of the more memorable films I've ever seen. I don't know why it isn't better heralded.
Because it's not PC in the least
Paradoxes?? Say what??
Certain people's heads would explode in 2022 with "RAY-CIST!" chants, and it was even too politically incorrect for 30 yrs ago
Years ago at a store I worked at, this dude comes in and didn't directly ask for money but said he would do anything we needed at the store like cleaning, tanking out the trash, etc as long as we could pay him some cash. My manager (a really great guy) explained he couldn't do that for insurance reasons. The dude kept begging and saying he had not eaten in days so my boss went out to his car and gave him all the change he had in his ashtray which was actually a lot- maybe $7 or $8. A few hours later I stop at a ransom gas station to get fuel before I go home and lo and behold who is in line buying a couple of 32 oz beers? Same guy.
Youre telling me he took several hours to go buy some beers and just happened to be doing so right when youre there? Cool story
Beer was invented trying to preserve wheat's nutrition, that's why some people call it liquid bread or out soda. So he was eating his daily bread.
MastaSmack "GIVE US this day out daily bread!"
@Starscream91 It's been proven to be counter- beneficial for keeping warm, you're more susceptible to hypothermia after drinking booze.
All of you trying to defend the hobo. He wasn’t buying beer to survive, dumbfucks, he bought it because he was a loser bum and was also probably a junkie.
Very underrated movie. It’s one of those films to be appreciated decades later.
one of the best movies ever made the cinematography and the placement and angles of the cameras in this movie are top notch
"Underrated." It was a huge hit and continues to be discussed to this day. There isn't a single video on youtube without a comment from some idiot calling the contents of that video "underrated."
@@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178 I am not sure if you were around when this movie was released, but I was. I follow movies closely and I don’t recall this moving being the talk of the town as other Micheal Douglas movies like Fatal Attraction and Wall Street were. Not even close actually.
@@antonio8897 I was there. It was a big hit and was one of those movies Time and Newsweek would write about, analysing it, and I remember debates about it on CNN etc.
One of the best movies of all-time and one of my favorites!!
"Alright!!" This creep should've won an oscar. The guy never gives up. Cracks me up every time. Wicked underated movie.
There’s a guy not too far from Raymond James stadium that does this out of gas scam and has for years. He was a jerk when I asked him why he was always running out of gas at the same place.
I hear ya, Don. Years ago, the same guy was asking people for money EVERY DAY in front of the Sav-On drug store in West Covina, CA. I could hear him giving the same BS story that his "car broke down, and he needs money to call a tow truck." He knew I was on to him, so when he saw me, he turned away.
@@JimD-jr3xe I just quote my uncle Ralph at them I say I won't give to 10 cents I won't give you no sense!!!
the gas scam is in italy also. lol
Drove to FL to visit my Dad for Thanksgiving. Stopped for gas in Columbia, SC near Fort Jackson. Dude at pump begged me for $20. His “wife was waiting for him at a roofing job; he was on his way to pick her up...”. Gave him $2 just to get rid of him. On the way back north, I stopped at the same station and guess who was begging for more gas money...... F’ing hysterical when I asked him if his old lady was still waiting at the roofing job..... said she must be getting pretty hungry......
@@JimD-jr3xe Old Town West Covina is one of my favorite spots!
This movie is by far my favorite. Nothing else touches its vibe.
That was a great scene, especially the comment, 'were you the little drummer boy in Vietnam, you must have been 10 years old'! Classic!!
Where I live I get asked for money at the gas station once or twice per week. These people hang around like scavengers waiting for the next person to ask for free stuff. Some of them get mad if you say no. The entitlement mentality is really unbelievable.
That’s how homeless people act.. they robbing people... lying to people, they don’t want to work, they don’t want food but your money, so they can buy alcohol and drugs and be lazy.. they think you’re a fool.
Half of them bat shit crazy. So don't draw much from it (about entitlement and stuff).
I got asked for money at a gas station once by a woman. I pointed out that she is driving a nicer, newer car than me. She mumbled something about the car not being hers and backed off.
They dont even squigee & still ask for $$ funny how some work and they are far from home & most panhandle & live there... sorry stereotyping again!!
take a shit or use your dogs, wear gloves and smear the shit all over about 20$ worth of change, while still wearing gloves walk by the usual spots they hang out at and drop the change around, also this ones the best, buy a cheap pack of cigs and smear the filter with shit and take some of the tabacco out and put pieces of shit inside the cig and put tabbaco back in and hand them out like candy when they ask . havent had anyone ask me for either sense
"I haven't eaten in three days...well, I mean except for this." Lulz. I saw this movie again recently after many years. I had forgotten how many funny parts there were.
Great acting by the guy playing the homeless character.
He's freddy in nypd blue
John Fleck. And he's an awesome actor in everything I've ever seen him in!
I have met countless "Pan Handlers" just exactly like this guy.
Bum at the beginning: "Hello sir how are you today?"
Bum at the end: Hey this is my park I live here! Who the fuck are you walking through my park!?"
"I'm doing alright, how about you?"
Everyone likes you when you're on their side.
Now that you mentioned it I realize Michael Dougles constantly meets people who think they own the place. Not only that just because they own it they think they can treat others like sh*t in "their" kingdom. (the golf player, the gang members, and now this one, a king without a horse)
I like how this film captures the steamy, seedy , summer underbelly of LA in the 90s. Great camera work.
"You got two bags, I don't got any, is that fair?"
That guy was certainly ahead of his time. Maybe this scene should be shown to any entitled brats out there, so they can see their groundbreaking hero.
lol that guy even said he was in Nam, meant he fought against communism and now he's practicing communism
@@nguyentrung1711 He wasn't actually a veteran, he was just saying that for sympathy. Homeless people say that shit all the time, but when you ask what their MOS was they get real quiet.
@@Khoros-Mythos yep. Although there is an issue with homeless vets. Most you bump into weren't there.
You're an animal doctor? 😂
U guys know this is John fleck is a very talent actor he act in star track the next generation as suliban silik
It’s crazy that there were only 1.4 million recorded people that fought in Vietnam yet over 6 million claims of Vietnam veterans. That’s only by record. The people claiming to be Vietnam veterans in person must be a lot more than that number
EVERYTIME I’m depressed I watch this to cheer me up
What?? This scene only pisses me off
Hahaaaaaaa the bum gets pissed of cuz he got a suitcase (which he can sell) a sandwich, some M&Ms and an apple, which he threw away. UNGRATEFUL. That's why I never give bums jack shit.
In the US they have plenty of access to food. Lots of it given away at charities and shelters. But they don't give away cold cash for a specific reason.
Sounds like the panhandlers in my town.. Gives a sad sad song and when you say no to giving money they turn and ask someone else aggressively..
take a shit or use your dogs, wear gloves and smear the shit all over about 20$ worth of change, while still wearing gloves walk by the usual spots they hang out at and drop the change around, also this ones the best, buy a cheap pack of cigs and smear the filter with shit and take some of the tabacco out and put pieces of shit inside the cig and put tabbaco back in and hand them out like candy when they ask . havent had anyone ask me for either sense
@ that's actually illegal. Like, honestly, that's not only legally wrong but it's morally bankrupt. You play with shit because you ARE shit - right down to your rotten core.
@@thetman0068 interesting that i cant read the deleted comment. i wonder who is lacking in empathy and morality? the bum? he needs help but is a poor communicator. the businessman? with his entitled privilege? only pieces of shit rise to the top.
yup i have been there. guy was really "polite" holding the door for me and then tired to give me a sob story i told him no he was like cursing me.
@@lolwtnick4362 So basically, stay below and get stepped on, or you're a piece of shit? You're very, very stupid.
His best movie for me. The writer was on the money years ahead to make this. A classic, wish they would show it on TV . 2 Thumbs UP
That bum reminds me of politicians who want more tax money because they burnt through the surplus.
They're called "republicans."
That's just what no good P.O.S. tax & spend Dirty Democrats obviously do best too! (L.M.A.O.!)
@Fuck Trump How the FUCK is trump a nazi? ok you don't like him, whatever, but how fucking dare you call him a nazi when unemployment for everyone in the us ( that includes blacks, jews and women ) is the lowest it has ever been in modern times, explain to me how the hell he is a nazi otherwise fuck off.
U mean after the Governator blew it away!!
@@Cryptonymicus Fuck you talking about, the Democrats are the ones who burn through the tax money, hell they're the ones increasing the margins
I haven't eaten in 3 days. Classic! Haha. Great movie.
...he says as he was munching on a sandwich! 😕
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti1663 lol
A laid off defense contractor who was told by a h.r. generalist during his exit interview, "You are no longer economically viable."
The views, the comments. Just goes to show how real and important this movie was. My dad never let me watch r movies growing up. Falling down was the exception. He knew how important it was to see.
“You’re an animal doctor?” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hahahahahaha I was in Nam man
I used to be pretty generous with these people because I remembered being poor (never homeless but my family didn't have a lot). Then one completely scammed me and that was it. I'll never hand out money to anyone again.
Rubycon99 dumb to generalise.
Don't cease all together man, just be a little more picky... your a good soul and the unfortunate people who are true to the cause would be SO grateful for your generosity and kindness...
When we die Im sure what we did for others is what ultimately mattered.
The easy way to tell is to give somebody a little change. If they are truly homeless they will say thank you/God Bless, and let you go about your business. The panhandlers will always ask for more no matter what you give them.
I was homeless once. It took me two days to find a job. Fuck those people, more than half of them were too fucking lazy to even walk a block away from the shelter before they started begging.
That’s how homeless people act.. they robbing people... lying to people, they don’t want to work, they don’t want food but your money, so they can buy alcohol and drugs and be lazy.. they think you’re a fool. Hope you doing better now.. I used to be poor too but I made my way up and build myself. I’m subscribing to your channel, my friend.
"I was in Nam!"
"...what were you, 10?"
lol!
"What were you a drummer boy?" 🤣
"I meant to say the Gulf"
Falling Down is really a work of art dripping with social commentary - really about the forgotten man a modern ‘death of a salesman’
This movie is so much more relevant now than when it was released. I got this movie when it came out and always remembered it.
I hate when people ask me for a smoke.A pack cost $ 6.82.That's 34 cents each.I had a co worker bumming 3 to 4 a day.I put an end to that fast.I said were not in high school,buy a fucking pack or quit.
roll your own. its like 90 cents a pack.
eighdy fih cent👍🥳
Here in Australia 🇦🇺 they are 30$, 40$, 50$, 60$, Or MORE for a packet of SMOKES and roll your OWN is even dearer
You're an animal doctor?😂😂😂
Michael Douglas was so god dam good in this movie. Still one of my all time favorites
This is pretty accurate portrayal of walking through downtown LA.
Hands him the suitcase "Alllriiiight!!!"
Greatest "Alllriiiiight" in cinema history.
McConaughey's got nothing on this guy.
Hes like me after I have been woken up by my wife.
NICK SMITH what the hell did he think was gonna be in that brief case? A pile of cash?
I actually had this situation happen to me in London. A bum came up to me and said he needed money for food.
I really didn't have any money on me (we live in a cashless society these days, you can pay even small amounts via card)... but I did have an apple which I'd not eaten at lunch and was still in my bag. So I offered him the apple... but he just got all whingey and said he wanted a "hot" meal.
He wanted booze.
Shit I gave a bum half of a take home deep dish pizza in Chicago. I walked away and after a bit looked back. The ass threw it in the trash.
They want drugs and or booze, not food.
They want drugs and or booze, not food.
Well, tough shit for 'em, 'cause they ain't gettin' neither one. So there.
The best way to piss off a beggar is to give him food
He didn’t care about the briefcase just didn’t like someone lying about being a vet. Then realized the bag full of guns was his new briefcase.
I love how incredulous he gets when D-Fens gives him the briefcase. “Are you serious?” He begs from people that are barely above him on the social ladder and gets next to nothing. He gets that case and it’s like finding hidden treasure. Money, something to pawn but it’s just a shitty, hot sandwich and an apple.
gives him food! and after supposedly giving thanks, that guy throws curses at D-fense ....
and carrot stix😆
“We’re you a animal doctor?”
HAHAHAHAHA!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
Watching it back in 1990 I thought about leaving the cinema after one hour, today it sems to me one of the most brillant movies ever
Love how he kicks the apple and his tie flaps In the wind when he turns like a duster 😂😂
After working in a psych hospital mostly filled with homeless who abuse the system for 3 hots and a cot. This is very much how they are, even down to the bs story about the friend who owes you money not being home. It’s always everyone else’s fault but your own.
I love how the bum just creeps up to him, great scene, I quote it all the time, this movie is A grade. 100%
What were you ? A little drummer boy . You must have been 10 years old ha ha ha lol 😂 just amazing dialogues on this movie . It can captivates people’s mind . A classic !!!!
Michael Douglas's best role imo.
Mr. Clapton, i really agree with you on that..
Wall Street was good
He said so himself too.
I lived in Seattle and I had a job in the downtown area. Almost daily I would be approached by people asking for money, cigarettes or food. One time I had some extra money and I felt like doing a good deed, so when somebody approached me looking for food I offered to go to the store with them and get them some stuff. About halfway to the store he randomly is like "oh you know? I'm ok actually nevermind." The dirtbag couldn't even accept the free food and pretend to be a decent human being.
“What where you a drummer boy” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He fought so hard to keep his briefcase. Which is a metaphor for his humanity. Then he gives it away for free, only for us to find out there was nothing in there to begin with.
This reminds me of a guy that always stood near a road I used to go to work on when I was young.. He always had a sign asking for money/food etc.
I remember a buddy of mine collected a bunch of cans/foods (probably enough food for a week) and the guy said "Ehhh I dont want peanut butter, or this, or that. I already got 6 jars of that".. He then took the box and stashed it some place. In about 20 mins he was back with his sign on the side of the road.
I sadly realized that this is a job for some people.
😂
“I haven’t eaten in threes days” while he’s talking with his mouth full then throws the food in the brief case lol 2:34 Alriiiiiiiiiiiiight
That sandwich in the briefcase looked pretty good!
So did the apple... 🍎
That drilling of construction work near the end of this scene is really haunting. People are building yet everything around them is in a state of decay. Nobody notices the loud banging chipping away at their sanity. They think it's normal.
Living in a city that is constantly changing this feels more real now.
he says why don't you get a job at that moment. meaning job is right there but the bum doesn't want to work.
Wtf? Guy said he hadnt eaten. He gets food then throws it at the guy?
He also was holding a sandwich when he said that, said he drove from Santa Barbara without a car or license, and served in Nam as a kid and later in the Gulf War.
culversketch Yeah. " Entitled people". That's his true colours. No one is entitled. Glad of my day to day good luck and have to accept the shit life throws at me. Nothing i can do except try harder. All the best from Scotland.
Uh, Kelly, he was L-Y-I-N-G. Homeless people make up that bullshit all the time. They think it fools people. They don’t want food - they could get food at any of dozens of shelters or church missions. They want money. Why do they want money? Because they want DRUGS.
I live in a small town in central Cali and we have a lot of bums here who behave like this too
in LA food is not hard to come by...
I visited Atlanta once and this was the norm on every corner of every street.
Same when I was in Daytona beach, bums everywhere
This scene represents society’s battle of employed vs. fake homeless aka cockroaches. You see them on every street corner with their fake signs and begging for money while walking in new Jordan’s and having a designer backpack and jacket. If you stay with them long enough, you can see the car they came in. Later in the week, you might even see them having a beer and steak dinner outside the ballpark in a nice restaurant. 💯
I'm in the UK and I saw one of them begging while wearing a North Face jacket.
My dad told me about this couple that had been begging at a highway on ramp for 20 years. He said he'd given money to them a couple times. One day, when traffic was terrible, he took a side street. He saw that same couple enter and drive away in a Porsche sports car...
@@michaelbread5906 I believe it. They are liars mostly.
@@michaelbread5906 in a Porsche....wow!...no way!!
I was approached by two guys once wearing clean leather jackets and shiny bling asking me and my co-workers for change then one of them wanted to get a bite of my Subway sandwich. These guys were not homeless just two lazy punks on welfare and refuse to work.
A great classic movie with story lines still striking a chord & still relevant in today's world.
he did a good job of throwing that apple and hitting his foot while he was walking
He's had many years of beer pong to practice.
That probably took at least 15 shots lol