Went through Iraq and Syria in 2015 and this is exactly how Bedouin chiefs are; it’s a matter of honor - honor is everything, it establishes a man’s reputation
It's a Greek thing too: my Godfather passed away a few years back and at the reception to his Wake, his grandsons and I chatted about our memories of him. One of them said 'Grandfather told us all we REALLY ever have is our name; we should never do anything to 'damage' it.
Trying to think of an actor that could have done that scene better than Anthony Quinn, and can't come up with any...along with Peter O'Toole, and Omar Sharif...the casting was excellent as is the film...a true classic for all time... great story, great talent, great film
The movie has so many interesting themes. Auda as character and as subplot is one such. He is shown as a magnificent leader, warrior, archetype...larger than life in every way. But as he progressively moves from his little world within a world to the larger stages of the world, he is shown as more and more petty and irrelevant and anachronistic and hindering. At last--yawning--he exits the stage, without a witness and (doubtless) without being missed; he and the Arabs having outlived their usefulness to their exploiters, the warring imperialist/colonialists, and being discarded by them.
So I work in a secure environment (no phones). I brought in decades worth of DVD movies into work and shouted "I AM A RIVER TO MY PEOPLE!!!". Nobody got it. I'm wasted here.
Bolt was a genius. When Quinn lists the tribes and says he has never heard of the Arabs he is inspired by the words of Joseph De Maistre when he said he'd heard of Frenchmen, Germans etc but never heard of the thing we call human.
We, Polish people, have got the word: "watażka". It came from another word - "wataha" which means: "pack". So, "watażka" is the leader of the pack. Somebody between the warlord of a group of regular troops, the chieftain of a warlike tribe, and the ringleader of a gang because "watażka" can be all of them. The charismatic leader of a group of fearless thugs who are ready to do everything he requires. It seems this word was created to describe the performance of Anthony Quinn as Auda Abu Tahai.
Lawrence told this story so naturally it glorifies him. He actually said that his superiors ordered him and by the time the movie came everything was his idea alone. Granted the movie is VERY accurate considering but the little tid bids.
Because it is my pleasure..! 🍷 In the early days the Arabs for long time did not see themselves as one but as separate tribes each to their own, if not for King Abdulaziz who after many tribal wars and winning independence from the turks / British finally united the Arab tribes into the great Arab nation today!
Is it me the only one who thinks that when the servants are taking away that big plate over the heads of the guests, and Auda moves to one side, he blows this massive fart?
Só mesmo Antoni Quim para interpretar o terrível chefe beduíno Auda Abu Tay. Inclusive fisicamente ficou incrivelmente parecido com o próprio Auda Abu Tay.
Auda may have been a river to his people, but whether T. E. Lawrence actually said what followed there is no question he thought it, or of its truth: "So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy , barbarous and cruel." Those were hard words, but no one who had spent real time with them will ever have to eat them. On a one to one basis an Arab is as generous o person as one could meet. But too many hold grudges. And theirs is an unforgiving culture. They may have once been great, but that was 800 years ago. And none of their current unhappiness is caused by Israel. It is equal parts Western meddling and local (even national corruption). I have lived with and among Arab people and countries. I have spent my entire life studying to understand them. I love Arab people, their history, their culture, their religion, their language and their music. One problem I have yet to figure a way out of is how they will successfully make the best of the modern world when they have 15 centuries of past weighing them down.
What do you mean by modern exactly? If you expect Arabs to work like those robots in Japan and Germany then my Ass this is not happening But we still can be like Dubai or Saudi or turkey which is not the most modern but still great
@@Ahmed-Bin-Koshari don't sell us short. While the esthetic of the modern chinamen or german does not appeal to you the substance is still there. It was done before . arabs can be intellectual leaders too. Dubai is nothing to be proud of, quite the contrary.
Anthony Quinn was part Irish part Mexican! Born Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca April 21, 1915 Chihuahua, Mexico Died June 3, 2001 (aged 86) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Occupation Actor, painter, writer, film director Years active 1936-2001 Spouse(s) Katherine DeMille (m. 1937; div. 1965) Jolanda Addolori (m. 1966; div. 1997) Kathy Benvin (m. 1997) Partner(s) Friedel Dunbar Children 12 Parent(s) Jose Francisco Ysabel Quinn and Manuela Oaxaca Pallares Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1953 Viva Zapata! 1956 Lust for Life Honors Hollywood Walk of Fame ALMA Award Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca
lmao what? is that youtuber, u talking about then no i mean That guy is Auda Abu Tayi born in 1874 one of most important figures in Middle Eastern Theatre of First World War alongside Lawrence of Arabia died in 1924 (50 Age) so yeah idk u being sarcastic or ignorant
Like that's any different from the modern political landscape, at least they lived free. Hostile lands breed hostile people, just look at the early Mongols and Turkic tribes, yet globalism eventually comes for all.
David Lean was very possibly the most overrated director in cinematic history. He was lionized by the supposed intelligentsia because of the beauty of his cinematography, but really, the guy couldn't make a decent movie if his life depended on it. In this one scene, old school Hollywood jobber Anthony Quinn blows the entire Lean legend out of the water, rips the movie right out from under the young lions, O'Toole and Sharif, and shows the arty set how you make a fucking movie. He and Claude Rains are the only two things that make this film worthwhile.
*The turks pay me a golden treasure, yet I am poor!!!*
*Because I am a river to my people!!!*
That's truth. my friend. (*__*)
shivers down my spine.
best monologue in motion picture history!
GANGSTA!
Went through Iraq and Syria in 2015 and this is exactly how Bedouin chiefs are; it’s a matter of honor - honor is everything, it establishes a man’s reputation
It's a Greek thing too: my Godfather passed away a few years back and at the reception to his Wake, his grandsons and I chatted about our memories of him. One of them said 'Grandfather told us all we REALLY ever have is our name; we should never do anything to 'damage' it.
@@nickmitsialis
very different
I am arab and i can tell you that auda abu tai are real warrior and i am from same tribes like him i am proud to be from huwaitat
A man of HONOUR.
same!! and im from saudi arabia huwaitat
والنعم
I have a photograph of the real man, and I should say that Anthony Quinn looked a lot like him!
The wahab and al sahuds hijacked you lot
Don't forget it was the al sahuds who butchered the entire bloodline of the sharif of mecca Faisal
Anthony Quinn is a great actor, this is my favorite scene in the movie
He was also good playing Aristotle Onassis.
@@myhotmacandhi7260 I’ll have to find that one. I don’t know if I’ve seen it
what a great film and what a great scene......what better analogy for a Bedouin chieftain to say he is a river to his people.
we should elect him!
I am a river to my people!
Yeah, right you are.
woooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ( thunderous roar)
@@borinakoune1803 Como Peron
What a GREAT actor was Anthony Quinn ! We french love him !
I am not french but I like him too. Had some great roles.
and British
Trying to think of an actor that could have done that scene better than Anthony Quinn, and can't come up with any...along with Peter O'Toole, and Omar Sharif...the casting was excellent as is the film...a true classic for all time... great story, great talent, great film
Audah Abu tayah's sons still live nowadays in aqaba and they are by thousands
Still gives me chiils and goosebumps and tears in my eyes all in one feeling
Exactly.
Cheers Anthony Quinn... The Greek-est Mexican I've ever seen (yes, I know he's playing an Arab here lol)
I know, right? Like Omar Sharif. An Egyptian playing an Arab, and then a couple years later a Russian doctor. Fine, talented actors.
I don't know about an Arab, but he kind of looks like a Howeitat to me.
Auda is one tough old boy…old school badass…he’s the OG of the Bedouin, and no mistake…
One of Anthony Quinn's best roles!
It's when one speech defines the entire character. This is screenwriting...this is filmmaking.
The movie has so many interesting themes. Auda as character and as subplot is one such. He is shown as a magnificent leader, warrior, archetype...larger than life in every way. But as he progressively moves from his little world within a world to the larger stages of the world, he is shown as more and more petty and irrelevant and anachronistic and hindering. At last--yawning--he exits the stage, without a witness and (doubtless) without being missed; he and the Arabs having outlived their usefulness to their exploiters, the warring imperialist/colonialists, and being discarded by them.
Discarded into wealth and decadency while the colonists shrink with all of their colonies seperated from them.
Don't fault the exploiters for exploiting smaller exploiters.
Such a powerful scene
Lightning in a bottle to have such great writing and to have just great actors portray it. Quinn at his best, salud and cheers great man!
Thy mother mated with a scorpion.
So I work in a secure environment (no phones). I brought in decades worth of DVD movies into work and shouted "I AM A RIVER TO MY PEOPLE!!!". Nobody got it. I'm wasted here.
Lmao!
Only someone else who's been in that environment would understand...this is in tje category of "you just had to be there"
'' I have even heard of the Harith... '' Hahhahahahaha
The trolling in this scene is epic
Bolt was a genius. When Quinn lists the tribes and says he has never heard of the Arabs he is inspired by the words of Joseph De Maistre when he said he'd heard of Frenchmen, Germans etc but never heard of the thing we call human.
when el'lawrence says no. He loves it. He was baiting Auda to be more declarative and it worked. He's excited to feel the energy of the followers.
If my leader would say and do that, I would die for him!🙇
This is why we arabs love our countries and tribes
@@hamadalhmmady Ah! "I am poor, because I am a river to my people!" 👏👏👏👏👏🧔
Anthony Quinn is fantastic.
We, Polish people, have got the word: "watażka". It came from another word - "wataha" which means: "pack". So, "watażka" is the leader of the pack. Somebody between the warlord of a group of regular troops, the chieftain of a warlike tribe, and the ringleader of a gang because "watażka" can be all of them. The charismatic leader of a group of fearless thugs who are ready to do everything he requires. It seems this word was created to describe the performance of Anthony Quinn as Auda Abu Tahai.
History says Auda Abu Tayi came up with the idea for attacking Aqaba from the desert.
Lawrence told this story so naturally it glorifies him. He actually said that his superiors ordered him and by the time the movie came everything was his idea alone. Granted the movie is VERY accurate considering but the little tid bids.
The few interesting scenes are not worth 4 hrs of desert landscape
Auda’s descendants also say he was a passionate Arab nationalist rather than a mercenary
auda abu tayi was a boss!
Abu Tayi is one of my direct ancestors!
Oh then you should read about a guy with brass balls who pirated on British ships and get this he wore an eyepatch.
And a river to his people never forget that;)
@@SYF-xc1ec cool!
Because it is my pleasure..! 🍷 In the early days the Arabs for long time did not see themselves as one but as separate tribes each to their own, if not for King Abdulaziz who after many tribal wars and winning independence from the turks / British finally united the Arab tribes into the great Arab nation today!
Keep dreaming
Is it me the only one who thinks that when the servants are taking away that big plate over the heads of the guests, and Auda moves to one side, he blows this massive fart?
We do not sow.
best lines from the movie!
Só mesmo Antoni Quim para interpretar o terrível chefe beduíno Auda Abu Tay. Inclusive fisicamente ficou incrivelmente parecido com o próprio Auda Abu Tay.
Auda may have been a river to his people, but whether T. E. Lawrence actually said what followed there is no question he thought it, or of its truth: "So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy , barbarous and cruel." Those were hard words, but no one who had spent real time with them will ever have to eat them. On a one to one basis an Arab is as generous o person as one could meet. But too many hold grudges. And theirs is an unforgiving culture. They may have once been great, but that was 800 years ago. And none of their current unhappiness is caused by Israel. It is equal parts Western meddling and local (even national corruption). I have lived with and among Arab people and countries. I have spent my entire life studying to understand them. I love Arab people, their history, their culture, their religion, their language and their music. One problem I have yet to figure a way out of is how they will successfully make the best of the modern world when they have 15 centuries of past weighing them down.
What do you mean by modern exactly?
If you expect Arabs to work like those robots in Japan and Germany then my Ass this is not happening
But we still can be like Dubai or Saudi or turkey which is not the most modern but still great
@@Ahmed-Bin-Koshari don't sell us short. While the esthetic of the modern chinamen or german does not appeal to you the substance is still there. It was done before . arabs can be intellectual leaders too. Dubai is nothing to be proud of, quite the contrary.
Serve?
I am a river to my people. - good stuff
Anthony Quinn was part Irish part Mexican!
Born Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca
April 21, 1915
Chihuahua, Mexico
Died June 3, 2001 (aged 86)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation Actor, painter, writer, film director
Years active 1936-2001
Spouse(s)
Katherine DeMille
(m. 1937; div. 1965)
Jolanda Addolori
(m. 1966; div. 1997)
Kathy Benvin (m. 1997)
Partner(s) Friedel Dunbar
Children 12
Parent(s) Jose Francisco Ysabel Quinn and Manuela Oaxaca Pallares
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1953 Viva Zapata!
1956 Lust for Life
Honors Hollywood Walk of Fame
ALMA Award
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca
Part this and part that ..100% bad ass!
@@nelsonzambrano5788 amen!
he ripped off Mathew Collville!
lmao what?
is that youtuber, u talking about then no
i mean That guy is Auda Abu Tayi
born in 1874
one of most important figures in Middle Eastern Theatre of First World War alongside Lawrence of Arabia
died in 1924 (50 Age)
so yeah
idk u being sarcastic or ignorant
0:29-0:30 That looks like a large pizza.
LoL
This is KABSA
Or MANSAF it’s rice and meat
It's is Kabsa, and once you have the pleasure of savouring Kabsa, it will make you forget Pizza / Tortillas. 🍷BON APITITE..
That fart was awsome!
I remember this …..
soy un *RIO* para mi pueblo
There's the last part where Auda says to them that speak like women!
the mindset of gangstalkers and peasants in one simple scene explained follow your leader of the flock huh
most of the rivers are polluted specialy those god like ones have a mindset stuck in mentally ill sources
Like that's any different from the modern political landscape, at least they lived free. Hostile lands breed hostile people, just look at the early Mongols and Turkic tribes, yet globalism eventually comes for all.
Stilgar Ben Fifrawi.
Humby harith humbly ha:))
عز يا الحويطي
1:47
could've managed to do a better job on quinn's nose...
He looked like the real Auda.
Please someone do a meme with will Smith. I am a river to my people
at :35 does he let out a fart?
he had a good fart
he is the boss
Al huweittat
auda abu tai is dog of english
David Lean was very possibly the most overrated director in cinematic history. He was lionized by the supposed intelligentsia because of the beauty of his cinematography, but really, the guy couldn't make a decent movie if his life depended on it. In this one scene, old school Hollywood jobber Anthony Quinn blows the entire Lean legend out of the water, rips the movie right out from under the young lions, O'Toole and Sharif, and shows the arty set how you make a fucking movie. He and Claude Rains are the only two things that make this film worthwhile.
@@benisrood You may be right, but since you can't be bothered with an argument, go fuck yourself.
fuck you
To quote the Dude, ‘yeah, well, that’s just like your opinion, man.’
You must be a very hard person to please.
I disagree but you have a point
I heard that the bedu can be extremely hospitable.
Anthony quinn is awsome
Thy mother mated with a scorpion.