JoeRoccoCassara Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 In the movie Cook Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman, a War Veteran is sentenced to work in a chain gang for two years, he only lives a couple of months before a guard kills him. In that movie he goes from questioning God's existence in a lightning storm, to singing the song Plastic Jesus after his mother dies, to asking God for his purpose in life. This film's message is clear, we need faith to help us cope with the vastness of death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Binghi Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 In the movie Cook Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman, a War Veteran is sentenced to work in a chain gang for two years, he only lives a couple of months before a guard kills him. In that movie he goes from questioning God's existence in a lightning storm, to singing the song Plastic Jesus after his mother dies, to asking God for his purpose in life. This film's message is clear, we need faith to help us cope with the vastness of death. Yer not been torturing some one there eh, morg's gard :) ( i can see when i wake up in the mornin, my alt self will have a different view on this. via, Paul Bloom, Yale university) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffy Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Quite the contrary: many analyses of the film (like this one) basically see Luke as believing God just doesn't care, and the increasing desperation that he undergoes proves it and is made *ironic* by the elements you cite! The author of the book that became the movie Donn Pearce had quite a rough life and had no strong religious beliefs at the time he wrote the book (and ironically was tortured by society in much the same way as his character for years afterward!)... What we've got here is... failure to communicate, :lol:Buffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenBond Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Whether Cool Hand Luke believed in God or not, it would not have changed his life or his ordeals. He would have still died at the hands of the guard. He could have been questioning atheist utopia and still got killed. Both his father and the guard are examples of what can happen when humans follow their blind impulses and lack humanity and self restraint. They are the problem. His dad left his family, not to find god. He was actually closer to the modern free choice of the atheist, than to religion. This started a chain of problems for many other people. Luke more than likely did the opposite of his dad, by acting more responsible and trying do good by his mother. God was part of that opposite, or he would not have gone back to that when times got tough again. But in the end he is killed while trying to resolve his faith. He was blaming god for not interceding against the godless behavior of humans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 In the movie Cook Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman, a War Veteran is sentenced to work in a chain gang for two years, he only lives a couple of months before a guard kills him. In that movie he goes from questioning God's existence in a lightning storm, to singing the song Plastic Jesus after his mother dies, to asking God for his purpose in life. This film's message is clear, we need faith to help us cope with the vastness of death. A bit of the "Plastic Jesus song" I seemed to have missed it. God made Christ a Holy JewGod made Him a Christian tooParadoxes populate my carJoseph beams with a feigned elanFrom the shaggy dash of my furlined vanFamous cuckold in the master plan Naughty Mary, smug and smilingJesus dainty and beguilingKnee-deep in the piling of my vanHis message clear by night or day My phosphorescent plastic GaySimpering from the dashboard of my van When I'm goin' fornicatinI got my ceramic SatanSinnin' on the dashboard of my Winnebago Motor HomeThe women know I'm on the levelThanks to the wild-eyed stoneware devilRidin' on the dashboard of my Winnebago Motor HomeSneerin' from the dashboard of my Winnebago Motor HomeLeering from the dashboard of my van If I weave around at nightAnd the police think I'm tightThey'll never find my bottle, though they askPlastic Jesus shelters meFor His head comes off, you seeHe's hollow, and I use Him for a flask ALT CHORUSPlastic Jesus, plastic Jesus Riding on the dashboard of my carRide with me and have a dram Of the blood of the Lamb Plastic Jesus is a holy bar There is nothin that is cuterthan a smilin Jolly Buddha,Ridin on the dashboard of my car,I don't have no idol cuter,comes in plastic, bronze and pewter,Take him with me when I go afar. Jolly Buddha, fat and squattin,on a pad of aspirin cotton,He's with me wherever I may roam,When it's late and I start to hurry,I know he ain't gonna worry,He looks at me and all he says is, "Oooommmmmmm." There is nothing that is gaucherThan eatin food that isn't kosher,Right in front of my smilin Moses' face,I'm afraid that he'll awakenWhen I'm eatin ham or bacon,And throw them Ten Commandments in my face. I don't care if I'm broke or starvin'As long as I've got a fish named DarwinGlued to the trunklid of my carGod, I'm feeling so evolvedDrivin' with my problems solvedProclaiming what I think of what we are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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