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Cool Hand Luke. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg Screenplay by Donn Pearce. An FYS Final Project by Holley Cahill. Starring…. Paul Newman as Luke. Starring…. George Kennedy as Dragline. Starring…. J.D. Cannon as Society Red. Starring…. Strother Martin as The Captain. Starring….
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Cool Hand Luke Directed by Stuart Rosenberg Screenplay by Donn Pearce
Starring… Paul Newman as Luke
Starring… George Kennedy as Dragline
Starring… J.D. Cannon as Society Red
Starring… Strother Martin as The Captain
Starring… Jo Van Fleet as Arletta
Starring… Clifton James as Carr
Themes • Antihero- Luke defies authority, tries to change the way things are. • Religion- Luke questions God, faith, etc. • Individuality- Luke is trying to be his own person within the prison. In the end he becomes tired with the men rebelling vicariously through him.
Film Technique Close Up: When the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively large scale. *Shows emotions, important details, etc.
Film Techique Long Shot (wide shot): Shows all of something. Helps viewer get a sense of “place” *Follows Luke’s primary escape
Film Techniques *See Luke at work in field. Medium Shot: Helps place a subject in context.
Film Techniques *Hear dogs barking before you see them in their cage Sound Bridge: A transitional sound device in which the sound from shot A is carried over for a few seconds into shot B, or, more commonly, the sound from shot B begins a few seconds before the end of shot A. Sound
Film Techniques Montage: rapid succession of different shots *Luke’s smiles