I Could Do Nothing | THE PAWNBROKER (1965) | Movie Reaction
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- First time watching and reacting to THE PAWNBROKER (1965) movie.
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I have had my eye out for a DVD of this for years. Rod Steiger was a great actor.
I was young when I first watched this incredible movie. Although, I didn't
fully understand it at the time, for the most part, I was able to comprehend what the director wanted to convey. I think it is an excellent portrayal of a Jewish holocaust survivor's inner struggles & torments. So deep, so well crafted, yet so simple. You hit it on the nail.
I saw this in the theater when I was 15 and never forgot it.
Even when laws are in effect, not everyone feels constrained by them. Such is the nature of Murphy's law.
Thank you for tackling this dark and painfully rendered look at the continuing effects of the Holocaust on survivors. I think it's the best of the three I've seen, the others being Judgement at Nuremburg and Schindler's List, both excellent but flawed. There is no flaw in Lumet's Pawnbroker, least of all one of the most amazing performances in cinema history by Rod Steiger. I hope you get to Lumet's Network, if only to see what happened to Joe Gillis after he woke up from the Sunset Blvd dream ;)
I have another director to recommend...the socially conscious Elia Kazan, who's got a great list of films over two decades, my favorites being On the Waterfront, A Face in the Crowd and Splendor in the Grass.
Great, hard, uncompromsing, essential.
There's a long way to go for this Wilder / Lumet / Lang rotation. When it ends, I'll ask for director suggestions again in a TH-cam community post. Keep an eye out for it! 😉
I'd say "Sophie's Choice" is, by far, superior to Judgment & Schindler's in terms of this subject matter, that is also a flawless, incredible movie. Meryl Streep's greatest performance, Kevin Kline's greatest performance, bar none. "Pawnbroker" and "Sophie's Choice", top of the list. (Schindler's List is the least of them, by far).
@@TTM9691 I completely forgot about Sophie's Choice. Only saw it once, should probably watch it again.
I think your concept of rotating between directors is tremendous. Charles Dierkop - the bashed-in nose gunsel that pulls the trigger in the final scene - has 'only' 119 credits on IMDB but seems to pop up in so many bad-guy roles. With his very distinctive looks, his was a face that was about impossible to not notice. I'd say his role in 1973's THE STING could be his most recognizable, as mobster Doyle's card deck-switching gunsel (TH-cam's clip: at the 8min 05sec mark, we begin a great study of Dierkop's face... so excellent!): th-cam.com/video/_mrNhIxOGzw/w-d-xo.html
I am so disappointed to learn that Charles Dierkop passed away recently, in Feb 2024! I can't believe notices didn't register with me - he's on my list of most memorable faces. I was also disappointed IN MY OWN RESEARCH to learn that he wasn't a short actor (5'4 or less) but 'towering' in the world of Bogart/Cagney/Edward-G at 5'8.
Charles and Dick Miller have been two of my most-recognizable faces of the '50s, '60s and '70s supporting actors. Dick of course had the starring role in Roger Corman's 1959 BUCKET OF BLOOD, a seemingly innocuous film that - because of Dick's hang-dog perennial-loser character - is still reaping new fans. Along with his gun-store character in THE TERMINATOR - "Hey... you can't do that."
16:00 Germans would certainly rape the women, if they were so inclined. They even had a part of at least one camp for it called the Joy Division. I'm sure there were rules against it, but I'm sure soliders broke the rules as that tends to go with the territory of war and conquering people. / Love the idea that you rotate between the directors, very cool! Very intelligent reaction, as usual!
I suppose that does make sense. They break the rules at their own risk.