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Name: Lucas
Subject: The reality of my dad
-- Jul 12, 2005 at 6:35PM
is it really just "vandalism" ; that gets luke tossed in jail?...or is he "decapitating the heads of state that tax the working man?" He did not, nor did he imply an intent to take the money from these things, but rather after each "decapitation&q uot;, he stopped, picked up the head and placed it neatly aside the body of the meters. I believe this was a metaphor for basically telling the government, be it todays or that of jesus' time, to go to hell. it was more of a rhetorical act than an act of vandalism...as was everything he did in the movie that "appeared" to break the law. He simply wanted to be, and have no laws, rules or regulations to guide him. and those who followed the rules, or conformed, put him on a pedestal for being "free", that which he was throughout the entire movie and in the end. There is so much more to this movie than all of these great comments state. my father wrote the screenplay and I am in the process of writing a book on EVEYTHING about the movie. basically, Dad had wrote a story about the bible and used it as a skeleton of an outline prior to polishing it and making it a story to take place in the present (at the time). The book will be published in summer 2006. thanks.
Name: Lloyd
Subject: Christ Metaphor
-- Mar 15, 2005 at 11:41AM
One of the most subtle metaphors that I have noted is the last scene of the movie (after the obvious torn picture) in which the camera pans the countryside from the ascention of Luke.
Name: Sally
Subject: Cool Hand Christ Metaphor
-- Apr 25, 2002 at 3:03AM
Thanks everyone for your intelligent commentary regarding the Christ Metaphor in 'Cool Hand Luke.' Searching the web for input for my paper on this subject you all outshine the Christians by far.
Name: Mark
Subject: Christ Metaphor
-- Apr 14, 2000 at 4:33PM
I first saw the movie Cool Hand Luke at age 17 - I am now 50. I have been aware of the Christ-references throughout the movie - but have never been able to understand them taken as a whole. What was the message - that Jesus was just a man made devine by human misconception? That is how I took it - Luke began to represent freedom from bondage for his fellow prisoners. Faith in Jesus 'frees' us from our own bondage.
However, I take the movie as a whole as a sendup of religious faith -- Luke is utterly human and contemptuous of human structures - he must die - he cannot live here. Only by 'getting his mind right' can he survivve - that is - buying in -- a metaphor for religious faith.
As an agnostic I find the movie utterly refreshing, and the Luke character to be a crucifix hanging on my mental wall.
Name: Bsparks
Subject: Christ Metaphor
-- Mar 22, 2000 at 1:42AM
Good post. I, too, find more and more to the parallel each
time I watch the movie. Brother is John, he is denied by the
prisoners who won't sing for him, help him up, flick their
smokes at him. The book of Luke has lots of passages that
are reflected in the movie. Such as Luke 12:25-26 "Who of you
by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot
do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?"
Remember Luke, cutting his chains, when Dragline says he was
planning to run again the whole time?
And of course, the crucifixion reference at the end at the end--
the road, the telephone poles, the picture torn perfectly on Luke's
outstretched arms overlayed on the road--is none too subtle.
Name: Robbie Moser
Subject: Christ Metaphor
-- Dec 14, 1999 at 4:43PM
There is more to the parallel drawn (deliberately) between Luke and Christ than the crucifix pose. He makes 3 prison break attempts, and on the last one, Dragline (St. Peter) 'denies him' of his freedom, by innocently making a deal with the bosses. The Captain is seemingly Pontius Pilate, washing his hands of any responsibility for Luke's suffering. Also, Luke's prison number on his jacket was 37. In the Bible, Luke 1:37 says 'for with God, nothing is impossible.' Luke's dependance on 'nothing' mirrors the solitude and anguish of Christ while he prayed before Judas betrayed him. Also, you mention a last supper scene in The Dirty Dozen - take the actual eating of the fifty eggs - weren't there fifty prisoners? Think about when Luke was beat so bad he couldn't eat, so each man took a piece of his supper for him. These two scenes seem to illustrate both Jesus taking on the body (bodies) of men, and in turn there feeding off of him, devouring his goodness, his worth to them. I have always been fascinated with the Christ metaphor in Cool Hand Luke, and it seems like I can pick out new similarities each time I watch it again.
Name: John Collery
Subject: Christ figure
-- Oct 16, 1999 at 2:05AM
I watched Cool Hand Luke tonight for the umpteenth time and once again, caught the Christ figure angle as he lay cruxified after downing his fifty eggs. Is this the biggest cliche of loner/rebel movies? I can't be the only one to notice. While on this religious theme, I watched The Dirty Dozen last night( about the same year as CHL and also featuring George Kennedy) and couldn't help but ponder the last supper bit before the suicide mission with the crazed Maggot(Telly Savalas)in the Judas position of the Da'Vinci painting.
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