Why Were They Always Running? - Cooley High (1978) Discussion

[–] MrsMonroe74 16 years ago

they had a lot of energy.

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[–] JoeLoebner 16 years ago

And they were having a great time!

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[–] nsavage3-1 16 years ago

People always ran alot more back in the 60's/70's. Before cable T.V. and video games.

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[–] JoeLoebner 16 years ago

Yeah, there sure wasn't much back then, lol.

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[–] RRPounder 16 years ago

Wouldn't that make them look suspicious of doing stuff?

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[–] JoeLoebner 16 years ago

In these days, you know it.

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[–] ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch 16 years ago

It was just to show that they were young and carefree. Theres a great reprieve to this in Preach's poem that he reads at the end of the movie, kinda brings it all full circle.

"A commitment to cinema means to lead a technically deviant lifestyle."

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[–] Melissax1972 16 years ago

Wow lol u took the words right out of my mouth. I asked my uncle the same thing the other day while we were watching the movie(he was about the same age they were at the time) He told me your legs back then were like having a car, running was the fastest way to go lol

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[–] tomloft2000 15 years ago

i would think the same thing.these were inner-city kids and they weren't going to be catching cabs to go somewhere.

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[–] RRPounder 10 years ago

It's on MGM right now.

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[–] liscarkat (19398) 5 months ago

The running was to illustrate their youth and energy. The same way the Beatles were always running in their movies, and the Monkees were always running in their tv show.

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