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Some Men You Just Can't Reach
This here's Miss Bonnie Parker. I'm Clyde Barrow. We rob banks
1967 was a very good year for movies - "A Man For All Seasons", "Blow Up", "The Graduate". "Bonnie And Clyde" and "Cool Hand Luke" top a lot of people's lists as the best that came out that year, and they shared a theme that made them somewhat controversial, the attractive anti hero.
It was '67, after all, and rebellious change was everywhere. The anti hero was well established as a staple of american movies but these two took that to the next level, showing the protagonists in a sympathetic manner. Luke ultimately became a Christ like figure on a chain gang and even in the midst of bloody crime sprees B & C stayed attractive. You understood these characters, you knew where they were coming from.
Their disobedience won them battles but ultimately didn't win them the wars; authority nearly always triumphed back then from the Man in Luke to the ambush in B & C to, say, Nurse Ratchet in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Being rebels almost always lost it's luster before final defeat; it just wasn't too much fun after awhile. It's hard to think anyone walked away from these flicks with an optimistic attitude about change or reform and the ability to successfully challenge the establishment. But their stars shone brightly for awhile and a lot of these titles from '67 are being re released as 40 year anniversary editions.
Watching the men get teased by Luclle in Luke is worth the price of admission.
This here's Miss Bonnie Parker. I'm Clyde Barrow. We rob banks
1967 was a very good year for movies - "A Man For All Seasons", "Blow Up", "The Graduate". "Bonnie And Clyde" and "Cool Hand Luke" top a lot of people's lists as the best that came out that year, and they shared a theme that made them somewhat controversial, the attractive anti hero.
It was '67, after all, and rebellious change was everywhere. The anti hero was well established as a staple of american movies but these two took that to the next level, showing the protagonists in a sympathetic manner. Luke ultimately became a Christ like figure on a chain gang and even in the midst of bloody crime sprees B & C stayed attractive. You understood these characters, you knew where they were coming from.
Their disobedience won them battles but ultimately didn't win them the wars; authority nearly always triumphed back then from the Man in Luke to the ambush in B & C to, say, Nurse Ratchet in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Being rebels almost always lost it's luster before final defeat; it just wasn't too much fun after awhile. It's hard to think anyone walked away from these flicks with an optimistic attitude about change or reform and the ability to successfully challenge the establishment. But their stars shone brightly for awhile and a lot of these titles from '67 are being re released as 40 year anniversary editions.
Watching the men get teased by Luclle in Luke is worth the price of admission.
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