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[The main point of this sequence is that Cushman's dad is an opportunist, not that he is a racist.]
Agreed.
[ the filmmakers didn't want to distract us with complexities, such as the idea that a disloyal person might otherwise be a good person ]
Complexity?
Someone who breaks a promise that involves millions of dollars and someone’s career is not “disloyal.” He is a despicable POS.
So you think if he drops a few coins in the Salvation Army cup at Christmas or adopts a stray dog he would still qualify as “otherwise a good person”?
Completely agree.
You don’t “do contracts”?
Well the rest of us “do reality,” pops.
What a POS.
A central theme is that he is nearly her equal, or at least that she sees him as such.
They both have the same “basic instinct.”
Yes but not so much for that. This was a massive hit and she was much of the reason for that.
She had had only had minor film and TV roles previously.
Jerry Brown.
“Are there really that many people out there, that are being help back from doing horrible things, simply because they are afraid of the legal consequences?”
Yes.
It’s a thin line between society and chaos.
As each day of news now aptly shows.
Had same reaction.
I’m a pianist and found that poece especially effective.
I knew he was NFG right from his first scene at the store holding the gun.
Obviously a dog having his day, sizing them up for how he might take advantage.
Really?
I guess learning how to harvest and eat wild berries, plants, and wild boar doesn’t count.
Agreed. Overly dramatic and not very smart, especially in drenching rain with a baby.
But it does support the movie’s theme — that we have become way too dependent on modern conveniences (electric power, internet, packaged food, and arguably even housing) that really serve more to imprison us. As one sister points out, man did just fine for 200,000 years without most of them.
He does well here with one of my favorite character types, a smart, hard-working, ethical, young but naive career climber willing to do anything to show management his capabilities, yet totally blind to the reality of who and what he works for. The gradual stripping away of his beliefs as he is slowly ground down by Denzel's unpleasant revelations is really fun to watch.
Actually in the first ten minutes we have the couple searching for the house in the fog.
Petty thief boyfriend mentions his frustration in being unable to find it.
“Gettin’ down wid his mama!”
— actual patron reaction, California Theater, January 1975
Actually, the movie and hit versions of the the theme are the same performance, but the film version contains an extra track of Gaye doublng the lead an octave lower. Since the movie came first, this extra vocal was simply not used (muted) in the soundtrack release. I’ve not heard it in the late-90’s multichannel 5.1 remix either.
Gaye also plays drums on the track — and quite expertly.
Great for 1978, yes.
Made me go see it.
But it wouldn’t work today as there are at least 100 other posters just like it.
It would need something more specific (and stars’ faces) to stand out.
Agreed.
[ the army are clearly an allegory for the Italian fascists and the Nazis ]
True that.
Several of the “uniforms” seemed clones of the Nazi villains in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
[I think of the song "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who]
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
[The ideals of revolutionary change are actually supported in this film, it just critiques many silly and unrealistic notions of revolution.]
As it critiques characters like Juan himself. He’s really an idiot — delusional, incompetent, and a thug who murders people for their possessions. Just a street criminal who pretends to do it for a cause.
Really?
DYS is the ONLY title I ever saw for a theatrical release in the US.
Saw huge full-page ads in the Los Angeles Times in 1972.
Glad I didn’t see it, as it was cut to a PG and much shorter.
But not HD.
One of the most obnoxiously perennially unavailable early 70’s titles.
There are so many (why?)
Amazon offers a lousy square-screen transfer on demand for $2.99 (rental), but that’s about it.