ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST | How to create a Cathartic Ending
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One flew over the cuckoo's nest | How to create a Cathartic Ending: This has always been one of my favourite films of all time. Jack Nicholson’s performance is clearly amazing but its the narrative that is so masterfully crafted that guides an audience towards the powerful pay-off at the end. In this video I explore how the themes, character and structure contribute to make a cinematic masterpiece.
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I could imagine Chief and McMurphy living in Nurse Ratched's head rent free after the ending.
Yes! Rather than the other way around before. Some payback!
I can imagine ratched getting admitted after a year or two of rebellion and being put at the mercy of the people she played goddess. Sadly, with the reality around the 1950s, it probably meant she got reassigned to another facility or lived a long healthy life never facing any legal punishment while torturing mcmurphy's friends knowing that they would want to escape but Mildred still having control of them.
One of the big things for me that’s touched on in the film is when we come to find out that most of the men there could leave at any time they wanted to, and some of those same people are seen actively hating their time there, but are too docile/complacent and unwilling to do anything about it. To me it’s a look at how the system works in real life, there’s so much that we “hate” about our government, way of life, etc. etc. and yet, we do nothing to actually change anything, instead ultimately rolling over and submitting at our own expense, accepting more and more that continues to hurt us as a whole.
Yeah that is a great reveal, its amazing how timeless the themes of this film will always be.
It has the most perfect ending that crushes you and lifts you at the same time
I know its so bitter sweet and its deliberately designed to do so which is so masterful of the filmmakers! One of the bets films ever!
@@_MUSTSEEFILMS_ It's a great clip you've written here. Really appreciate it. Each slight shift away from the conventional/ superficial interpretation is stimulating and gratifying to listen to.
@@alicetremain7366 Thanks Alice, this is a personal favourite film and always wanted to do something on the film, but took a long time to figure out the angle.
Lot nad kukułczym gniazdem albo Eksperyment Rosenhama.
(...) Socjolog amerykański, Erving Hoffman prześledził kolejne etapy etycznej i psychiatrycznej kariery " umysłowo chorego". Wedle niego podlega ona ściśle rozplanowane ostracyzmowi. Rosenham, profesor
psychologii i prawa na Uniwersytecie Stanford w Kalifornii, symulował szaleństwo (Początek lat 70tych). Zadał sobie kilka podstawowych, a prostych pytań: "schizofrenia", "zdrowie psychiczne" ? , a także o wartość stawianych diagnoz i pożytek ze szpitali psychiatrycznych.
Aby rozwinąć dyskusję, przyjął osiem "normalnych" osób do różnych instytucji psychiatrycznych. Ci pseudo - pacjenci podczas badań wstępnych skarżyli się na słyszenia głosów: owe głosów. Skarżyli się na objawy egzystencjalne, mówiąc ich życie jest puste, bezcelowe, próżne.
Co się tyczy reszty, pseudo-pacjenci starali się nic nie zmieniać w opowieści o swoim życiu. Dzięki swej prawdomownosci umacniali zdecydowanie szanse na diagnozę "zdrowia psychicznego": ich biografia i zachowanie nie miały w dobie rzeczywistoście nic patologicznego. Dodajmy, że natychmiast po przyjęciu przestawali utrzymywać, że słyszeli głosy.
Hospitalizacja była dla nich tak męcząca, iż wszyscy z jednym wyjątkiem pragnęli opuścić szpital.
Mieli wiec w tym swój interes, by zachowywać się jak najnormanbiej
i być wzorem dobrego sprawowania.
Mimo to owi pseudo - pacjenci nie zostali nigdy za takich uznani. Wszyscy poza jednym, zostali przyjęci z rozpoznaniem schizofrenii i zwolnieni jako "ustępujący schizofrenicy".
Ich hospitalizacja trwała od tygodnia do dwóch miesięcy.
Wg. Rosenhama diagnoza psychiatryczna jest fałszowana nie tylko przez dążenie do wykrycia chorób tam, gdzie ich nie ma,
lecz również przez nałożenie etykiety - np. schizofrenika - która raz przylgnawszy do pacjenta wpływa dogłębnie na psychiatryczne interpretacje związanych z nim faktów i gestów.
Pseudo pacjenci często robili notatki. Nikt nie pytał co pacjent pisze. Uznawano je za nawyk obsesyjnie zachowania, które często idzie w parze ze schizofrenia. W szpitalu wszyscy pacjenci odczuwają przejawy depersonalizacji. Przepisywano im niezwykle zróżnicowaną gamę lekarstw psychotropowych, co nie
omieszkało wprawić ich w zakłopotanie, zważywszy identycznych występujących u nich objawów.
Rosenham pisze, że diagnozy psychiatryczne nie były najczęściej ani pożyteczne dla pacjenta ani
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The ending is maybe my favorite in cinema history but also the scene when McMurphy does the improvised baseball play by play and you see the joy and happiness in all the guys around him just living and having fun. So beautiful
I know - I can feel the eye rolls - but as good as this movie is - and it is one of my all time favorites for sure - the book is a subtly different thing. The themes talked about in this video - about the individual as opposed to "the system" is far more prevalent in the book - mainly because the Chief is the narrator. It's his internal thoughts that we hear - how he's fighting his own war for freedom to be himself - how the world has suffocated him into being a shell of who he feels he is. The scene when McMurphy calls the game on the dead television in the book - to me - is one of the funniest and most powerful passages in any book I've read. This is a great analysis - very spot on. I really feel that if you love this movie, you should really read the book. It adds a whole other level to what is going on with the characters. It will also make more sense when the Chief tells McMurphy that he's "big as a mountain" at the end of the film. It should also be noted that Ken Keesy worked in a mental hospital for a time when he got the inspiration to write the book - and it's publication helped set in motion changes to the mental health care system. This film stands as one of the great adaptations of all time - taking source material, keeping what makes is great, but also building upon it. I hope this post doesn't make me sound like an ass.
Iv never fully read the book, but I would like to at some point, epically since the chief is the most fascinating character for me, I would like to explore more of his inner world!
No man you are quite accurate
I consider this to easily be one of the top one or two movies ever made. So bittersweet at the end.
Definitely in the top 5-10 films all time.
There's something very 'of-the-moment' about this film in 2021... the way it dances along that fine line between madness and sanity, and questions who gets to decide what's sane... and that realisation that the system of control is itself warped, really speaks to the forces at work in the world right now.
Yeah definitely, its the same with the king of comedy, these are films that are more true today. Yeah I agree that the systems of control are warped, it really can make you scared, or more honestly, you need to start thinking for yourself.
The only difference between "them" and "us" is whoever holds the keys.
Lot nad kukułczym gniazdem albo Eksperyment Rosenhama.
(...) Socjolog amerykański, Erving Hoffman prześledził kolejne etapy etycznej i psychiatrycznej kariery " umysłowo chorego". Wedle niego podlega ona ściśle rozplanowane ostracyzmowi. Rosenham, profesor
psychologii i prawa na Uniwersytecie Stanford w Kalifornii, symulował szaleństwo (Początek lat 70tych). Zadał sobie kilka podstawowych, a prostych pytań: "schizofrenia", "zdrowie psychiczne" ? , a także o wartość stawianych diagnoz i pożytek ze szpitali psychiatrycznych.
Aby rozwinąć dyskusję, przyjął osiem "normalnych" osób do różnych instytucji psychiatrycznych. Ci pseudo - pacjenci podczas badań wstępnych skarżyli się na słyszenia głosów: owe głosów. Skarżyli się na objawy egzystencjalne, mówiąc ich życie jest puste, bezcelowe, próżne.
Co się tyczy reszty, pseudo-pacjenci starali się nic nie zmieniać w opowieści o swoim życiu. Dzięki swej prawdomownosci umacniali zdecydowanie szanse na diagnozę "zdrowia psychicznego": ich biografia i zachowanie nie miały w dobie rzeczywistoście nic patologicznego. Dodajmy, że natychmiast po przyjęciu przestawali utrzymywać, że słyszeli głosy.
Hospitalizacja była dla nich tak męcząca, iż wszyscy z jednym wyjątkiem pragnęli opuścić szpital.
Mieli wiec w tym swój interes, by zachowywać się jak najnormanbiej
i być wzorem dobrego sprawowania.
Mimo to owi pseudo - pacjenci nie zostali nigdy za takich uznani. Wszyscy poza jednym, zostali przyjęci z rozpoznaniem schizofrenii i zwolnieni jako "ustępujący schizofrenicy".
Ich hospitalizacja trwała od tygodnia do dwóch miesięcy.
Wg. Rosenhama diagnoza psychiatryczna jest fałszowana nie tylko przez dążenie do wykrycia chorób tam, gdzie ich nie ma,
lecz również przez nałożenie etykiety - np. schizofrenika - która raz przylgnawszy do pacjenta wpływa dogłębnie na psychiatryczne interpretacje związanych z nim faktów i gestów.
Pseudo pacjenci często robili notatki. Nikt nie pytał co pacjent pisze. Uznawano je za nawyk obsesyjnie zachowania, które często idzie w parze ze schizofrenia. W szpitalu wszyscy pacjenci odczuwają przejawy depersonalizacji. Przepisywano im niezwykle zróżnicowaną gamę lekarstw psychotropowych, co nie
omieszkało wprawić ich w zakłopotanie, zważywszy identycznych występujących u nich objawów.
Rosenham pisze, że diagnozy psychiatryczne nie były najczęściej ani pożyteczne dla pacjenta ani
pewne (...)
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@@maciej5578 Thanks for the interesting insights into the blurred (or nonexistent?) lines between mental health and illness. Given the notebooks you mention that patients often have, it's ironic (and probably a good sign) that journaling has become so much more popular in recent years!
I am also reminded of Jung's investigations into dreams, symbols and James Hillman's descriptions of "image-sense" and how the imaginal (healthy) mind manifests...
Thank you for a well constructed narrative of the film. Brilliant. Yes without a doubt one of the the very best films of all time. Seen it many times and am always in floods of tears. Watching what you presented, reminded me that he could have got away but instead went to check on Billy. I think I would have reacted the same. I have ADHD and it hasn't been said, but I believe he had this condition too. We feel things very deeply. He was a good man with an enormous personality and for that he was punished.
My favorite films which I like to rewatch every once in a while are-
The Prestige
A Clockwork Orange
Inglourious Basterds
The Grand Budapest Hotel
There Will Be Blood
Goodfellas
The Revenant
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
In The Loop
Interstellar
Great list, I could really go for a rewatch of The Prestige, I forget how killer the film is!
I hate violence so much that I refuse to go see any sporting event in which there is probable as it gets closer to the all important trophy being awarded going to be sloppy referees and way more than just one in the audience there cheering while someone on the field continues to be getting beaten up by his opposing team. And I refuse to watch the most violent movies around like Clockwork Orange or one of those horrible martial arts movies in which there is more than one scene in which there is a whole lot of blood letting.
no inception?
That Spiritual transcendence concept was actually mind blowing.
Good Work !
Thanks. It seemed to make sense for me anyway, glad to hear someone else connect with the idea.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is an incredible film with an amazing ending. It’s both a sad, yet a happy ending all at the same time. Whenever films are able to have endings that give you a mixture of feelings like that, and do it right, those creating the film have made something that will be remembered for years to follow.
I know its so complex and yet emotion despite all the building narratives. Such a masterpiece and I'm really happy I finally covered it!
BitterSweet
just saw this movie for the first time and WOW i am absolutely blown away.
Yeah it is one of the best, I can't even imagine watching it for the first time, how amazing that would be!
This is one of your best and most nuanced videos yet, thanks and keep up the amazing work 👍
Thanks man, appreciate the positive feedback. Iv been meaning to cover this film for a long time and its been such a favourite of mines that I hoped it would turn out okay.
This is my all time favourite it cant be beaten imo
I'm fascinated by the junior nurse that follows Ratchet. You can see that she is appalled by the senior nurse but is powerless to stand up to her.
Made me wonder what type of nurse did she become later in life. Did she follow in Ratchet's footsteps? Did she fall in step...or did she have a heart and become a kind nurse.
To be real, I think eventually she became like Ratchet in the end. She became part of the system. Most likely she wasn't as devious as the senior nurse but she still enforced the same rules of order because she felt it was her duty. Would she quit her job on principle? Maybe she was not that courageous?
This is a weird angle, I've never really thought about it before, but I have noticed how she was always bit stand offish with Ratchet and got the sense that they had different natures. I bet after witnessing the climax of the movie she quit.
Nurse Pilbow was a rather strange character. Beautiful and young, but easily startled and without a personality
If you have ever dealt with someone close-up and personal having a true debilitating mental illness - you would have your answer.
I find the younger nurse interesting too. She is another pawn of the system that is submissive and also believes in order also, after enough training, I think she would also become like Ratched.
What I find interesting is the 2 black guys that both smiled when seeing Billy with Candy in the room. They were silently smiling and internally congratulating Billy inside, but they are also trying to get a paycheck, so don't express resistance.
This is the best film ever made. Over 40 years old and still stands the test of time to this current day. Everyone plays such brilliant parts in this movie its so well wrote and the parts so well acted by all actors. This film is epic its legendary and so sad at the end I cry. This is a brilliant film it is truely awesome a all time classic that will stand the test of time forever
Totally agree. It was rereleased at the cinema a few years back and I went to see it, soooo amazing on the big screen.
@@_MUSTSEEFILMS_ oh its an epic film mate we will never see a movie as Good in our Earthly Life times
McMurphy and Rached might be the best hero and villain duo in film history...but I still think Billy and the Chief are the real main characters of this film, since all the main emotional moments revolve around them and their reactions to what's going on. The reveal that Chief can talk, Billys triumph then horrible fall, and chiefs final action are the true third act of the film.
Excellent stuff, I really should revisit this film. I saw it quite a long time ago, and I definitely enjoyed it but it didn't strike me as GOAT material, this video is making me reconsider!
Oh man, its up there for me, would be worth another watch! thanks for checking it out!
Its too deep for people to understand as kids. You need to rewatch it as an adult.
I have a love/hate relationship with this movie, I find it hard to watch because nurse Ratchett makes me seethe and seeing McMurphy lobotomized kills me! That aside though I think everyones performance is stellar and the movie was very thought provoking! Ya fooled em all Chief!
The novel is really great, the film is an absolute masterpiece. And I always have tears in my eyes when the film ends. Nicholson at his very best, and the rest of the cast is perfect.
As great a film as this is, I never listed it as one of my favorites even though it’s in my favorite period of American films: 1965 to 1975… However, I just re-watched it again the other day and it left me hungry to understand what the main message of the film was. Thank you for this great analysis.
Films I enjoy watching every year or two include: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Dirty Harry, The Driver, Platoon, The French Connection, The Verdict, Vertigo, The Deer Hunter, Bullitt, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle, Days Of Heaven, and others...
Great list, and The Verdict!!!!! Such a masterpiece, watched it again recently too and feel in love with it even more!
The film is a masterpiece, the book is an absolute classic.As terrifying as it is inspiring.
I watched this film a few decades ago, just by chance, aired on TV. I had no idea what a fantastic film it was, but I was totally caught by it. In the last minutes of the film, my older sister came home, entering the living room, and was noisy. I asked her to leave for a few minutes so I could watch the ending. She kept being noisy, and I at least saw the action, even if heard nothing.
We had no VHS back then, there was no way to rewatch it except wait one or two years for it to be repeated on air.
Took me long to forgive her.
lol there nothing worse than getting interrupted at the end of a great film.
One film that had a major impact on me as kid when I first watched this beautiful film on video, and it still moves me to this day.
One of the best movies ever made. The ending gets me every time. So many emotions.
Agree, the mastery involved in this masterpiece is staggering!!
Shawshank redemption is one of those that if it is on TV I will watch it every single time. Brilliant film.
Im with you there, such a classic and another film with a great ending!
Its weird how it has that power right?
Another classic I don’t watch enough.
Excellent opinion and review. I too must watch this once a year around my birthday. My mom was a supervisor at a state hospital in washington state and she took me to this movie and explained it. This movie was the action piece needed to abolish the practice of lobotomies!
Thats intense, I could see this film having a positive impact on how that practice was used.
It the one of th Greatesr Films of All Time ❤
Imagining mcmurphy as a hero in a western was a brilliant conceit by Kesey. Makes me think of Unforgiven. Loved your comment on the best villains: they have a self- righteous vindication, gene hackman plays that role beautifully. Come to think of it, Eastwood has a few flicks involving crushing blows with a glimmer of hope, million dollar baby, gran torino, even Bridges of Madison Cty. Thanks for your analysis. Great vid as always
Thanks Nathan, I love all those films with Eastwood, especially Gran Torino, I was almost gonna do that next, has been on my mind for a while!
ive said it before, you are the best analysis for movies. i dont trust anyone else like this channel. i wish i could just talk hours with you about my favorites.
Thanks man appreciate the kind words! It really took a while to figure out how to tackle this film, it was such a classic and favourite of mine so wanted to try and get it right. Let me know some of your favourites and I can see about covering them in the future!
i would love to see you do seventh seal. greatest thing about it in my opinion is that i always thought it was going to be a pretentious b+w film but i actually laughed a few times. bergman knew how to have fun with his movies
Yeah that would be a classic worth visiting, I'm not as familiar with it so would be an interesting one to research!
The Thing, Escape from New York, terminator, Bloodsport, predator, alien, The Fog, The Godfather, taxi Driver, cape fear, The Shining, One flew over a cuckoo's nest, Scarface, Serpico. A lot of good movies. The Exorcist, The Mask, The Cable Guy.
‘Little Children’ has always been mine. It resonates with me in many ways because there are so many interesting aspects threaded throughout. I feel I can watch it and see something or learn something different every time.
Awesome, thats when you know its a special film when it reveals more to you over time!
The Breakfast Club. I really like rewatching that one for the performances and great positive feeling it gives you in the end. Also Sixth Sense is always emotional. Groundhog Day is another great one for rewatching. North By North West. So many others i could mention.
Groundhog Day is so awesome! Could pretty much watch that any time.
Bennie and Joon is another one
Best review so far. What a great film. Thanks for the review
Thanks Andy, iv always wanted to cover this film, but was never sure how to tackle it, so pretty pleased with how this turned out. Glad people are enjoying it.
A truly great film. Questioning what is sanity verses insanity, as well as the people that make that determination.
I watched this film 40 years ago as a teenager and my teacher tolt us that Milos Forman studied the native American culture, One of the grate mithos of it is that the messiah come at dawn, save one soul and died, his spirit roll into the person that he save and this person become the massiah. That is the narrative of the film. The music is native american, the opening screen at dawn, the shift from Mcmurphy to the chief , the escape of the chief at dawn. The next film of Milos also built on a same narrative: "Hair" . Burger is the messiah and hi save the soul of Bocowsky
Wow this is very interesting to think about, and so true, very strong themes and archetypical storytelling!
Darren, I love your analysis of this film! You have an incredible gift of dissecting films I’m very unique and interesting ways, i.e. Punch-Drunk Love! Never would have seen that film from that perspective!
My top 10 films are:
1.) The Godfather Trilogy
2.) The Shawshank Redemption
3.) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
4.) Predator (1987)
5.) Aliens
6.) The Apu Trilogy
7.) Judgment at Nuremberg
8.) Vertigo
9.) Chinatown
10.) Memento
Thanks Ryan, solid list right here. Awesome to see Predator is so high up, I think its a killlller film, great entertainment but also fantastic storytelling, suspense and filmmaking!
Good list; Predator is one of the best Sci-fi/ action films ever made! RIP Carl Weathers.
Great comparison with whiplash.
Now I know one of the reasons why I love this movie so much
Structurally very similar films. Both masterpieces.
This is a very indepth study of one of my favorite films and also the powerful ending which makes the most impact.Thanks man,you are doing a great job on these videos by helping us see the favorite characters and our favorite films with new perspective and that is the great beauty of cinema,each takes something different out of a movie.This is the best channel in accomplishing this.Keep it up!
Thanks man, thats really awesome feedback, because that my highest aim really to deliver that kind of response, so really happy to see that these videos are connecting! thanks man!
In one of the group scenes we also see to the left of nurse Ratchets shoulder the word “cooperation!”, explicit yes but the underlying subversion is clear
Everyone in this film could have won an Oscar for supporting actor....Chalie Chezwick, Hardon, and Billy Boy....kid shoulda been out bangin beever and ridin in convertables! But obviously this is Jacks crowning achievement. A brilliantly acted part in a character that shows how the human spirit can tanscend the bonds of life and prison/mental illness. The beauty in the chaos. Great fuckin flick
I know its a masterpiece of a film! Billy is my next favourite performance after Jack, I just feel for him so much.
@@_MUSTSEEFILMS_ yeah, its gut wrenching, to see the fear and agony come across his face after finally feeling a little bit of freedom....you can just tell his mother is just like Nurse Ratched.....condescending, overbearing, wicked! (amazing performance, and great review. Subscribed!)
@@NoNameNo.5 Thanks man! Hope to cover some more of my personal favourite very soon, but first finishing a video on William Goldman!
I've got a list of 100 favourite movies that I keep pretty well updated. Here's my top 10:
1. Harakiri
2. The Godfather
3. North by Northwest
4. Apocalypse Now
5. Rashomon
6. Vertigo
7. Raging Bull
8. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
9. The Godfather Part II
10. Another Round
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is 46th on this list, I really do love it!
Awesome, this makes me want to watch Harakiri, I've never seen it, but just had a google and it looks awesome!
I have just finished this masterpiece and found your perspectives fascinating and thought-provoking! Thank you very much for making this video. It would be great if you could have one episode talking about The Dark Knight, which is definitely one of my favourite movies of all time.
5:24 She knows exactly what she is doing the last scenes are the whole point it took her getting strangled to almost death and seeing Billy die to make her be a better person who actually cares about the patients again
Perfect birthday present!!
Happy Birthday!!! hope you enjoy and glad the timing worked out!
She won an Oscar for this movie for a reason! Great actress
Yessssss!!!!!! My number one favourite film of all time. Thank you!
This as to be number 1 on a lot of peoples list. which is weird because it never gets talked about as one of the greatest films of all time, its always citizen Kane and vertigo, godfather and shawshank redemption, which amazing but this one is money for me!
this is brilliant explanation.
Thanks man, its such a dense and layered film that it really took a while to figure out how to present all of this, I'm happy with how it turned out though!
Came to know about your page from Cinema Beyond Entertainment few weeks ago.
Now you are my top favorite page.
Thats awesome! Thanks! Cinema Beyond really helped me out there, much respect!
my all time fave JACK film!!!!!
not the face i had in my head lmao
lol sorry, I'm stuck with my face and voice.
Wanted to watch this video since it came out, but hadn't seen the movie then. Today I watched it on a big screen. And now it also is in my favourite movie list. Can't stop thinking about it. And as always great analysis in this video.
Thanks man, really glad that it helped encourage you to see it for the first time, such a great film, everyone should get to see it!
an immense film
Its an absolute classic!! Its been on my dream list to cover for a looooong time, just needed to figure out the right angle for it. Im pretty happy with how it turned out.
MUST SEE FILMS You should be. Bravo. I keep revisiting your vid on There Will Be Blood. Quality content.
Thanks man, appreciate the positive feedback. TWBB is another one of those epic classics that are up there for me. glad to here you enjoy the videos.
1975 was a golden year for cinema: Barry Lyndon, Jaws.. and then this Masterpiece!!
damn why do i only see these uploads when im drunk, i need to rewatch. and its in my top 3, a favorite of mine as well. the best of the 3 to sweep
No better time to discover this! lol
It IS my favorite film of all time! Thank you for this @MustSeeFilms
Well you made it very clear to me why I loved Whiplash lol. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is one of my favorite films of all time and Whiplash mirroring its narrative structure to lead us to an explosive and cathartic ending makes perfect sense why I was so drawn to it! Great analysis!!
Thanks, I'm a massive fan of both these films, and the writing and the structure are definitely reasons why they work. Also the script for Whiplash is soooo tight and strong!
Another wonderful essay!
Zodiac is the film I most often revisit, I get instantly hooked on the story and performances every time.
Just watched this and subscribed.
Films I watch every few years are;
Shirley Valentine
Jeremiah Johnson
A lot of John Waters' films
12 Angry Men (the original version only)
One Flew Over (naturally)
Network (one of the best films ever and most prescient to what has happened to society over the past 40 years and also the first Academy Award ever awarded post homously)
I love this video tonight and your take on it.
I will be watching the rest of your content.
I hope you have, or will, cover the films I have mentioned.
Thank you for this one tonight.
12 angry men is a masterpiece! I love it, I cover parts of it briefly in a video I did on visual storytelling. Thanks for the kind feedback. Also great film recommendations, Network is great, it reminds me of The Verdict which iv wanted to cover at some point.
I would like to thank you for this review , and to propose a film "HAIR" , that is also my favorite. ❤
Thank you and you have my support for great job 👍 !
It's my favourite film ever also..
I have watched it about 10 times.
Other films I like to watch over and over would be Goodfellas, the prestige, apocalypse now, the Godfather 1 and 2, the aviator.
All brilliantly crafted and well made films.
It has been such a long time ago. Thanks for reminding me of this classic.
No problem, always glad to have people return to the master works!
Awesome, one of my top 10 def. This one takes you thru the complete spectrum of emotions with ease and accuracy.
Yeah its so powerful and amazing to hear it ranks so highly in other peoples lists.
Most people only imprison themselves in their own minds.
Perhaps it's a safer place for them.
As Richard Bach wrote in Illusions, "Argue for you limitations and they are yours."
Loved the breakdown. Reminded me of a time when this movie used to really personify who I thought I was. I think I am going to try and convince me girlfriend to read the book, then watch the movie.
Wow, once again, your ability to carefully deconstruct the true essence of a film and convey its impact is enlightening and inspiring. I wholeheartedly agree that as more time goes by the real magick of film-making impresses me more and more; I can think of very few things that can do this in life without becoming stale or predictable. Thank you again.
Regarding my Top 10 favorites as of this writing that I have watched multiple times, in no particular order:
A River Runs Through It
August Osage County
Blue Velvet
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fences
Infamous
Once Were Warriors
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Salton Sea
Whiplash
Most are American films for convenience, but some of my major favorites are foreign films; will have to get a list of those together sometime for another video.
Stay Strong & Prosper.
Thanks man, appreciate the kind feedback and I'm glad these videos are reaching like minded people. Thats a solid list, some of my own favourite there too. Yeah I'm constantly blown away but when a good film works and how masterfully told they are when everything works!
Congrats on the baby boy Darren! Thank you again for this video!
Amazing video! Thank you for giving more clarity and depth to One of the Greatest Movies of all time.
Thanks man, I really enjoyed exploring it, its one of my all time favourites and rightfully so, so masterfully told!
Thanks for the analysis. Very well explained.
Not only one of my favorite movies, but books as well. Because they have different perspectives of the narrative you can keep enjoying each on their own without one replacing the other...you lost me at the Whiplash comparison though...Cuckoo's Nest is a masterpiece, but in Whiplash, I can't accept the motivation and methods of the character as I do not think they reflect a young, contemporary jazz drummer. As such the drama, tension and relationships that the director builds, fall flat as they lack a foundation of believability and relatabilty.
Thanks for the excellent video essay.
awesome, great job...thanks for this video
Definately in top three for me.Cuckoos Nest,Godfathers 1,2,and original Walking Tall.Great analysis.I subscribed.
Thanks Paul, yeah its a personal favourite of mine too. Was planning on doing a video on it for years but was never sure how to tackle it. It was great rewatching this again to make the video!
Beautiful.
Everytime I feel a therapeutic effect by watching this movie all my inner demons or let's call it " stress " get wash away everytime a patient goes on a cathartic rampage, it's like feeling so alive by doing erratic movements and bursts of rage, like dancing ...
What a wonderful film!
Totally agree its a masterpiece! Happy when other fans of this film can find this video.
Cathartic...best way to describe this film's ending!
Just saw this film on the big screen this week, Fathom Events. I was the only one in the theatre. At the end, I sunk my fingernails into the seat - totally cathartic. Was a great experience.
And yes, like all of my favorite movies, I don't like to watch them too often.
Great review...
Paul
Thanks Paul. I also got a chance to see this on the big screen in Glasgow for the films anniversary and it was an amazing experience.
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Cool. I was only 10 years old when the movie came out, so I was too young to see an R-rated movie. My parents saw it @ the time, and I remember my Mother telling me about it.
I appreciate this movie more & more every time I see it.
@@PaulTesta Yeah totally agree, its why I always like going back to this one.
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Darren, just Subscribed to your channel, with full notifications. I really do enjoy, not just watching films, but studying them, piercing inside the film, appreciating the direction, screenplay & editing.
I look forward to more great content on your channel.
@@PaulTesta Thanks Paul, appreciate the support. If you like digging into the screenplay you'll like my next video on William Goldman, still in the works just now but it will be next in line!
it's a absolute beauty
Thanks for the amazing review
Beautiful work in this review as always
Great! 🇵🇹👍
Thanks man, its such an amazing film to dig into that it gave me lots of material to share! glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. I keep going back to Goodfellas, Whiplash, There Will Be Blood, Django, Unbreakable, The Matrix, Memories of Murder. List goes on
All those are classics, I was trying to think of other films with the kind of weight of Cuckoo's nest and There will be blood came to mind!
It really is the perfect movie.
Great video, dude. Thank you.
Thanks Alexandru, its such an amazing film, really wanted to dig into why it always moves me when I watch it.
Great video analysis on a masterpiece.
Thanks man, its a personal favourite of mine, god you enjoyed it.
Regarding your question on what movie you come back to and watch every year or so, for me it is definitely Worlds Greatest Dad. I don't really know why tho. Just something about it that I love so much. I love Robin Williams in the movie, I love the acting I love the emotion in the movie. It does not seem like a top film, but it is one of my favorite movies, probably my most watched movies which is weird since I usually do not watch the same movie more tan 2 or 3 times, but worlds greatest dad probably about 6 times in the past couple years or so.
Yeah its really weird how movies have that effect. I had that experience with Punch drunk Love and thats how this whole channel started.
Great movie
Well done,narrating. I have always adored this movie and as a 53 year old going through life..I find parallels uncanny...with that said there was a movie that coinsides for me the beginning of trying to understand exactly what you described in this one..I have often referred back to it because of the two main charactes of good and evil and pulled from both equally for I found them both to be the same as only on different sides... I would love you to critique this childhood film for me it would give me a lot of insight on different things through the years that I gravitated to and why just like one flew over the cuckoo's I hope the endings not the same but my struggle is the same in for me the movie Streets of fire started my journey on being aware of yin and yang of life and its importance to both good and bad for the balance is what we desire, I very much enjoyed your video in would like it very much if you would do short critique on the movie Streets of fire with William Dafoe Michael Pete.... I hope I touched bass enough regarding your critique of one flew over the cuckoo's nest I understood what you were trying to say and what you were experiencing and what you were saying it was deep emotional and I understood......,.......👍
Thanks again.and well done...
I watch this once every week and a half.
That's the best commentary I've watched on this movie. Cuckoo's nest is probably one of the best movies ever made and it's the number one on my favorite movies list. It's followed by Green mile and Shawshank redemption and I was wondering could you make a video on one of these?
Thanks its 100% one of my favourite films too, and id been waiting to do a video on it for ages! Iv been meaning to rewatch the green mile for a while now, so its definitely been on my mind. Both of those are great films though, would enjoy covering them in the future.
One of rhe best movies I've watched! Superb!
What a parent feels forever sometimes when they lose a child
Once again an amazing video! Can you please make a video on moonlight? Probably one of my favorite movies ever and I noticed that you seem to be very interested in the film. Would love to see a video on it!
Yeah I loooove Moonlight, and would love to cover it, screen prism covered it very well but there is a little more id like to add so may cover it in the future.
Yead they did do an awesome job on it. cant wait to see yours :D
Thanks man, got the dvd on my desk right now.
Hey man, for every video I choose someone in the comments who iv enjoyed engaging with to send some channel stickers to. I'd like to choose you in this video and if you'd like me to send you some MUST SEE FILMS stickers then email here with your details: darrenf87@hotmail.co.uk Thanks again for getting involved.
It’s a great story that has a great message. It reminds me of 1984 but less extreme and obvious.?
Yeah its a much more internal narrative, and much more so in the book too.
MUST SEE FILMS - definitely going to read that! 😅😄
3:50, interesting
The end of Brazil reminds me of this..
I haven't seen Brazil in years and years, I can even really remember the end, maybe ill need to rewatch it again soon!
I thought this was a joke about the 7x1 for a moment 😅
I love that movie
Mi 2
Thank you
You're welcome! Such a killer film and definitely worth digging into!
The sad truth is that it is not the Chief or McMurphy or the head nurse winning that is important - it is the other men. Mental health can be so real and debilitating that the complexity of each man's situation is incomprehensible.
Yeah I agree, MCMurphy's impact on the men is the real victory.
Would've never compared this movie with Whiplash. Very interesting.
Yeah I'd studied Whiplash alot for a previous video so I was quite familiar with the structure and constant 1v1 between the main characters and crescendoing of the dramatic action seemed to mirror each other. Not thematically but structurally.
@@_MUSTSEEFILMS_ Yeah man, it's a spot on comparison. I dig it.
Great work, question as somebody who has watched your work for a few years now. I view you as a new age film teacher along with others. Will we ever get a chance to see your shorts/films in the future? If that’s even an option. I ask to see what more I can learn to see you in action. Thanks!
Thanks man, I'm doing a lot of screenwriting at the moment, for future bigger projects, iv made a whole bunch of little things but never the leap into features yet. Yeah id like to share the finished film and also a sort of vlog style series about my learning which I think would be interesting.
MUST SEE FILMS I would be looking forward to that and yeah that’s sounds like a great idea!
Will keep you updated on the progress!
Another fuckin brilliant video...he's got to have a vimeo channel or sth where he shares his short movies....c'mon..i wanna see a movie he directed.
Sir Please make a Video on "Story Structure"
I'm obsessed with it
I want to listen more about it from you.
Please don't forget to make a Video on
"The Wind Rises" my favourite movie.
Loved this Video ♥️
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it. Iv been learning a lot about story structure recently, would need the right movie to use to describe it but was thinking about covering it in relation to a Pixar film soon. Also The Wind Rises is awesome, I went to see it at a film festival years ago and loved it!
I always wanted to know who the musician was that was playing in the ending song.
i didnt think nurse ratched was malicious until rn