Analysis Of The Film Cool Hand Luke

Many situations can make a man lose his mind, or make him more insane. Between the movie Cool Hand Luke and the novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, sanity is questioned. These two pieces of literature also question the jurisdiction and methods that take place in prisons and mental wards. Both stories demonstrate the idea of strength, making your own happiness, and the symbol of fear or punishment.

Cool Hand Luke directed by the reputable Stuart Rosenberg and nominated for four Oscars is a tragic tale of an ordinary individual rising up the courage to oppose the establishment, thus becoming a hero. Cool Hand Luke weaves a rich tapestry of the prison life on both sides of the establishment and the injustices of the system. In short Cool Hand Luke is a movie that focuses on the struggles of a single courageous man and his quest for freedom.

The film “Cool Hand Luke” Directed by Stuart Rosenberg was released in 1967. It was about how Luke goes through his time in prison. The other film that relates to this film is “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” directed by Miloš Forman was released in 1975. It was about how Randle was put in a psych ward because everyone thinks he’s crazy but helps the other patients and like Luke, Randle both films had Propp's theory on narrative structure where there are the traditional seven characters and the main characters were “heroes” but they don’t seem like heroes. They use camera angles to show how the characters in both films can be known as role models and not heros.

Another scene that had a similar theme of crucifixion was when Luke boasted he could eat fifty eggs in the span of an hour. All of the inmates gather around him while Dragline fed him the eggs. Luke was taking this challenge in order to prove himself to the inmates, as well as to make money from all the bets placed on him. After he finishes eating the fifty eggs, he lies on the table with his arms outstretched. The camera zooms out and focuses on Luke on the table for a few seconds, which further reinforces the image of the crucifixion. Although there are not many direct implications from this scene as to what Luke was sacrificing himself for, it may have been for the fifty inmates at the jail. Perhaps Luke was sacrificing his stomach to stimulate the small economy in the prison, since everyone seemed to be profiting in some form after his challenge. The image of the crucifixion also occurs at the end of the film, when Dragline is reminiscing about Luke’s actions, and a photograph of Luke is placed on crossroad which creates a cross. The camera focuses away and this image

There is a long shot of a man crouching in an alcove of a corridor. He

One big thing that Rosenberg did to show that Luke was supposed to be Christ in the film was how he was lying on the table after eating the 50 hard-boiled eggs. His ankles were crossed and his arms were spread out. This is the symbolic pose of when Christ was crucified (Ebert). The second large symbol that gives Luke a Christ-like reputation in this film is his Prison number. His prison number is 37 and this number actually has a meaning. In the bible, in Luke chapter 1 verse 37 says, "For with God, nothing shall be impossible (Nixon).” This is making Luke appear to be that Christ-figure, in the movie. Luke makes everything appear to be possible, from winning a card game without any good cards, to escaping the prison, even with two chains on his legs. This verse directly relates to what Luke says while playing a card game. “Sometimes coming back with nothing can be a real cool hand” (Cool Hand

Released in 1967, “Cool Hand Luke” continues to be one of the most popular movies in American history. (Belton, 2008) The movie starred famed actor Paul Newman and was based on the trials and tribulations occurring inside a Florida prison camp. One of the main reasons why Cool Hand Luke continues to be relevant today is due to its incisive observations regarding the criminal justice system. While the movie was released over forty years ago, the relevance of Cool Hand Luke continues today. This paper will provide a synopsis of the movie and character analysis of Cool Hand Luke; in addition, the paper will analyze the movie from the perspectives of someone unfamiliar with the criminal justice system as well as a professional in the

The Movie “Cool Hand Luke” is about a middle-aged man who gets put into prison after getting caught cutting off the heads of parking meters. You view his experience in the prison and how he refuses to conform to the standards held by the jail and the rest of the current prisoners. Unfortunately at the end, Luke ends up getting shot and killed. After viewing the movie “Cool Hand Luke” there were three main psychological themes that were very prevalent on the basis of the film. The three Psychological themes consisted of Obedience to Authority, Conformity, and Nonconformity meaning that it will be addressed how society affects the way individuals behave, think, and feel.

Mahatmas Ghandi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the South Africans all have used disobedience in order to change an unjust norm or law(s). The most common form of disobedience which have been used in history is to simply not obey the officials of higher authority and protest in order to get the point across. These protests have been successful because of the mass numbers of supporters but also because they set out to change an unjust rule or norms. In the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke featuring Paul Newman, Lucas (Luke) has been sent to jail for "beheading" parking meters while intoxicated. During his time in jail, he disobeys both the de facto inmate leader and the wardens simply because he did not like to conform to their rules. Luke's,

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