Rod Steiger looks at the explosion and apparently thinks "what about me?" as his lips don't move, but the voice is not even his! I like the version where he says nothing however.
Mace Windu got thrown out the windu!
I like the line. Because the title appears, and answers the question. "Duck, you sucker." In other words, stay the hell away from the Revolution. Hence the film's theme is revealed.
shareI like it, because it points out that for the 1st time in a long time, Juan is completely alone. He was wanting John to live so that he wouldn't be alone, but now that he was, he wondered, "What about me???", What am I gonna do NOW???
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It's a very compelling line, because he's lived his life doing things his way, raping, murdering, etc. But then when he joined the revolution and started doing some good, his family was taken away, he was let down, but continued on, with plans of going to America with John, but then John was taken away, sp the line "What about me" is very significant, it would've been better though if Rod Steiger did the voice instead.
The last line is brilliant because it reveals the moral of the story. To keep your head down. To mind your own business and don't get involved with other people's affairs. Hence the phrase, duck, you sucker. Juan would have been doing fine if he didn't shoot john's motorcycle and get involved with him. Everyone, his family, his father, his friends would have still been alive and he wouldn't have been left alone. But the fact that he didn't mind his own business and abosolutley HAD to get involved with John led to the whole massacre of his family, and Juan's isolation at the end. So that last line is to signify the moral of Duck you sucker. Don't get involved with other people's affairs, live your own life and handle your own problems, mind your own business.
shareI've got both the one disc and two disc versions of this film, the two disc ending with the 'what about me?' line and the title of 'Duck Your Sucker'. Howevever on the one disc version it ends just the same, albeit a few differences. After Juan leaves 'John' we see him shouting 'JOHNNY!' however it is not heard, instead we hear Morricone's music which continues non stop until the credits end. Juan just looks at the camera and the tittle 'A Fistful of Dynamite' comes on. Also the whole menage-a-trois scene is cut from this version.
Although both endings are brilliant, I still prefer the cut version. Quite simply because it was the ending that moved me. I think Juan's expression, backed up by Morricone's spectacular score, sums up his feelings about 'what he will do now'. However the 'Duck you sucker' ending is still good and still gets the message across.
I like the line but wish he had actually said it on camera and his lips had moved.
shareThat line is so important. Even if he didn'nt say it himself. I have tears in my eyes when he looks at the camera. Don't get involved. But people do get involved as people have a conscious and anybody would have gotten involved but maybe not in a violent way.
shareYeah, it's an absolutely necessary line that sums up the message of the film like the previous poster said. He asks what about me, then the title of the film Duck You Sucker appears as an answer to his question. Get down and don't get involved. If you do, your life will be ruined and everything you love will be destroyed.
shareI think we're meant to think the line might be John's in the flashback. The last time we see a flashback, isn't it John's friend kissing the girl, then an extreme close-up of John smiling? Then he says, "What about me?" -- meaning, I want some of that. :) This would explain why Juan's lips don't move, and why it doesn't sound like his voice. Of course, the idea that Juan might be *thinking* it also works. Love the movie either way.
share^ITA that it was John's voice in the flashback, when he was watching the girl and his friend make out. The words "What about me?" also apply to what Juan was thinking and feeling, while his friend John was being exploded to bits.
shareJuan's original motive to get involved with the revolution was out of greed about robbing the bank that was now a political prisoner. It was unattainable for Juan. I faraway dream. However, when he saw John, and realized that John had the dynamite and nitro as well as the fact that John was as callous as Juan, his dream might come true.
I think you and everyone else have completely misinterpreted what this film meant to say.
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I never actually noticed that Steiger didn't actually say the line. It impacted me that much. That last line is essential. It's the entire point of the film in one sentence! I just wish the original title had been kept, "Once Upon A Time... The Revolution".
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