The scene that always gets talked about is where Jack clears the table in the cafe, but this scene in the field with his father is my favorite in the movie. I think it's very moving and as well acted as anything I've ever seen in a film. Thanks for posting the story behind it.
The scene with his father is the dénouement that shows the crux of Bobby' torment, and self-censure. The final scene with Catherine where she gives her sound reasons for rejecting him confirms the worst with awful finality.
Funny, insightful, and VERY moving. Two geniuses made an unforgettable scene together: Rafelson and the actor who played Bobby D's mute, uncomprehending father both turned aside and let Jack find the moment and the words. Thanks, Chief, for posting this
Only watched this movie once but it made scary sense to me, and everytime i see it mentioned i remember how it made me feel. I don't want to watch it again because I'm afraid that feeling will get messed up. Maybe someday.
Only saw movie once, a long time ago, but remember this scene well. What I took from it was the utter futility of the outburst (from the character himself) because the father is too senile to even register the proffered olive branch let alone embrace it. A familiar case where you have to accept that some family issues will never be resolved and even if broached earlier the result would probably have been the same. What you can’t change, you’ll have to learn to live with. The other scene I remember is the ending. I won’t spoil it for anyone, but I’ve seldom seen something so harrowing. Letting the credits roll over continued action adds real poignancy. The same technique is used at the end of Midnight Run, though to different effect.
@@jesseowenvillamor6348 Hey, lighten up! I love Nicholson and that scene, of course, who doesn't? The whole somber, introverted, hard to understand mystery angst, passive/aggressive thing along with the love interest and piano...at snail's pace. I dunno, I didn't like "On Golden Pond" either, I probably am 'the problem' whatever that means.
@@jesseowenvillamor6348 do we all need to agree with you that this movie interesting, profound, or fascinating? It's okay for different people to like different things.
The reason Jack didn’t want to do this scene is because he was loyal to the writer for this particular film (he said he’d usually be loyal to the director but this was the exception). He was close friends with the writer and they both felt this scene wasn’t necessary as it was spoon feeding the audience. She’d written this film and character with it being loosely based on her own family, but on Jack and his family as well (what she knew anyway). This was the second film they had worked on together. He wanted to stay true to her vision and script and also agreed with her. Judging by some of the comments maybe they were both right?
Actually, this is not correct. Hollywood has always been full of "actresses" that could cry effectively on cue. Unfortunately, for most of them that's pretty much all they could do in front of a camera. Wanna watch a magnificent crying scene that will have you reaching for tissues, stream "The Kid", Charlie Chaplin's 1921 silent masterpiece.
Some of these comments seem to confuse Jack Nicholson with Robert Eroica Dupea the character he portrays. This is a fairly sophisticated movie, not for everyone.
@@randolphpinkle4482 If you mean that Nicholson was miscast, I disagree. Note that "Bobby", Robert Eroica Dupea, though he came from a cultured family of musicians, was an alienated, estranged dropout from his family's circle and lifestyle. There is nothing in the movie to indicate that he was ever a concert pianist, though that presumably is what his parents hoped for him. He is a messed up, conflicted, and maladjusted man, and Nicholson displays that convincingly.
Jack is an amazing actor, near the top of all time. But that scene is evidence that there is a gap in his skills. You're correct, Bob should have listened.
That was the first thing I thought when they cut to the film. At the very least there would have been an operator and focus puller watching. And booming whilst not watching where the actor was moving, hmmm. Lets be polite and say he is remembering it wrong after all these years.
Ironically, it looks like the dad's close-up reaction shot (where Jack is not in the frame) was done with a locked off camera. Maybe that's what Bob is remembering.
Okay, my comment may shock you __ but many of these film production stories are lies or partial lies. In fact, probably almost everything we hear or see about every actor, celebrity, director, etc. are mostly bs.
I’ve seen a lot of men look and act like that when they’re getting emotional for the first time in their adult life. Bobby and Jack crossed paths in that scene. It was supposed to look pathetic.
Great film. Saw it when it came out. A few misgivings. No one plays the Chopin fm Fantasy on a broken down upright after not touching the piano for years. Especially after months of oil rig work outdoors. But it's a film of course, and you accept the premise for the sake of the story.
I tend to disagree. The whole thing? No. Flawlessly? No. But you practice songs and particular parts so much that some of it just stays in the hands. Overtime there are a few pieces of parts of songs you always go to when you sit down at a piano for the random playing session and these remain in one’s memory.
Sudowoodo Dave - That’s inaccurate. I am a professional Motion Picture Camera/Steadicam Operator for 30 years. If you go back and watch the scene as played within the video, you can see the camera moving, following Jack’s movements. 2:44 Jack’s head (and emotional moment) would have gone out of the bottom of the frame if someone hadn’t tilted the camera down along with him. Bob said he was holding the “boom” microphone, so it couldn’t have been him. 👍🏻
The actor who played the Roman soldier in that Ben Hur scene with Christ - he goes through several emotions - ending in shame - all within a minute. i don't know his name ua-cam.com/video/tVlf7OiiTJE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=kevinrspBelieves at 2.50
He let's loose a full cry in The Crossing Guard, allowing himself to be completely vulnerable. The wife is so cruel to him there. Can't help thrinking there was an underlying message about how even some women support men repressing their emotions. Good theatre makes us think and discuss these important matters. As much of an ass his character may have been, he should have been comforted then.
But let's not forget Bruce Dern in The King Of Marvin Gardens an actor who mined his manic type cast vs Jack. Another fascinating Rafalson. Black Sunday 1974 stands out as a stunning expliotation film about the Palestinian vs Isreal conflict. Dern totally maniacal / Marthe Keller ( raise a dead man) and bonkers Robert Shaw doing an absurd accent as the Mossad agent in an insane 007 plot. 😂 A film for our time. 😂 Jeez they don't make em like the 70s anymore.
@@hetmanjz yeah she was also another 70s star who was f... massive but unlike Black she had a better slow burn after the peak 70s. If you say US indie it's totally her silhouette on it. Amazing quality. But she still did the big ones as well 😊
It's an excellent film which I've seen a few times over the decades, but I've absolutely no recollection of that scene. As per the discussion with Rafeson, it was forced on Jack and he just caved.
Of course how could I forget China Town and Antonionni's the Passenger jeez massive films of the 70s. Jack was really the first actor I noticed who just dropped any pretense to acting and was just Jack. Really far more original than Pacino Dinero. His face off with Brando in The Missouri Breaks and I gotta say Brando won it. Some one once said Alain Delon worst actor in the world ( vs Vincent Cassel) But the point about Delon - he wasn't actin. Never went anywhere near an actin school. Jack was his level ect.
I saw it as any man about crying. Your emotions balance on a rim, teeterin around trying not to fall in. Jack had to bring that emotion but did not want to fall in.
One of the great American movies, and Nicholson was terrific. But the relationship with his father seemed a notch down from the rest of the movie to me.
Always remember the hitch hike ending when he abandoned Karen Black. Truck Driver : Haven't you got a Jacket? Dupea: No Truck Driver : Were we're going is cold as hell ( Truck drives off End Credits)
@@PokeySoggybottom maan it's a Jack f... er 😂 Special fact Jack hanged on to the film rights for 31 years! It wasn't a DVD or Video Tape ect. Jeez - kept it as his private Mona Lisa 😂 A maan of wealth and taste - que that song 😂
Spoiler alert: when he sneaks away from Karen Black at the end of the movie - she knows where his family lives so she could likely have access to him again (or his family).
i'm sure you're right. And when you're right, your right. C'mon Curly, you can't eat the Venetian blinds. Contrived? Were you there to see that scene in person? no, I don't think so.
@@ellenrosenblatt5463 "How'd you find out about it? You don't drink it; you don't take a bath in it... They wrote you a letter. But then you have to be able to read."
It’s a nice story but rather embellished. The camera isn’t locked off, you can see that it pans and tilts to follow Nicholson. Why make crap up instead of just telling what really happened?
Noticed the same thing, also it would’ve been foolish not to have an AC there to pull focus if need be. Whole take could’ve been soft and useless depending on what Nicholson decided to do in the frame. I’m sure he sent 98% of the crew away tho.
I see this is only from a day ago. It's the beauty of it. Nobody sees the same movie. I respectfully disagree with both you and @mikejohnson2638. It worked for me. Thought it was brilliant acting. Merry Christmas. :D
I can´t recall off-hand a crying scene that´s ever truly convinced me, especially this one, though it´s the great Jack Nicholson who´s one of the finest and one of my favorites of all time. I think Rafelson and Jack are trying to sell us a bill of goods here, and I'm not buying it.
I have to say it struck me as awkward, but not false. I felt like his character - tough, loner, man's man type - would actually have to force that kind of emotional display so it would be something he might only dare to reveal in front of his father, and that only after years of his accumulated shortcomings. So for me, it works because of its peculiarities.
There's a another credited writer to Five Easy Pieces not mentioned here, which is Carole Eastman. Wonder how much of the script she wrote and what's her take on this scene. In any case, Jack was right, the crying while monologuing comes across as insencere.
Truly great acting would be able to tap into that. Jack knew his abilities and limits; a softened tone of voice in sincerity would be perfect for him and just enough emotion.
I saw the movie in college and remembered that scene when I again look at it maybe 20 years latter.. I was right, it was forced acting all the way!! Jack was not that good yet!!
I don't recall the film well, tough I saw it. I just watched the clip and I see why you say it looks fake. But the thing to remember is the character has lived his life to not show emotion, and with that in mind, the uncomfortable crying might be the discomfort of the character, not the actor.
I love Jack, one of the best, the man knew his limitations but was coerced to do a crying scene, which, in my opinion, was downright terrible, hard to watch.
Exactly. He’s pretending this is “cinema at its best” when the scene is embarrassingly bad. It’s like talking Clark Gable into playing a gay dude. Some things just aren’t going to work.
It’s always more powerful to see someone try to *not* cry rather than to cry.
Yes, at that time men was not suppose to cry
Absolutely love this film. One of the All-Time greats.
I just watched the movie again tonight. I managed not to shed a tear, however, the scene with his father was a real tear-jerker. Loved the movie.
The scene that always gets talked about is where Jack clears the table in the cafe, but this scene in the field with his father is my favorite in the movie. I think it's very moving and as well acted as anything I've ever seen in a film. Thanks for posting the story behind it.
My favorite scene is where he fights with the man that was in his sister's bedroom.
The scene with his father is the dénouement that shows the crux of Bobby' torment, and self-censure. The final scene with Catherine where she gives her sound reasons for rejecting him confirms the worst with awful finality.
Jack Nicholson is one of the greatest movie actors ever
In other news, water is wet
One of Jack's greatest films.
Truly great actor. I've enjoyed most of his work. Chinatown still one of my favourites.
The most underrated movie of all time! We love you, Jack Nicholson! 🎉
Underrated by who? It isn't remotely underrated - it's clearly one of the best films Nicholson ever made. All of his best films were done by 1980.
Funny, insightful, and VERY moving. Two geniuses made an unforgettable scene together: Rafelson and the actor who played Bobby D's mute, uncomprehending father both turned aside and let Jack find the moment and the words. Thanks, Chief, for posting this
My pleasure!
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If you will really see a genius actor you should see the Swedish actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård ❤️
I do recall Jack crying at the end of About Schmidt, and it broke my heart.
that whole movie was a set up to sucker punch you at the end
A masterful actor
Jack has to be recognised as one of America's great actors.
My favorite Nicholson movie
Same here.
Only watched this movie once but it made scary sense to me, and everytime i see it mentioned i remember how it made me feel.
I don't want to watch it again because I'm afraid that feeling will get messed up.
Maybe someday.
This movie grew on Me. And now as an adult I totally get it.
One of the top 10 greatest American movies from the seventies.
Also in that Top Ten list: Mikey and Nicky (1973-1976)
perfect voice
great movie...just watched it today
Jack Nicholson ❤
Jack is extraordinary talented actor. So talented he made you think he was crying 😂
Only saw movie once, a long time ago, but remember this scene well. What I took from it was the utter futility of the outburst (from the character himself) because the father is too senile to even register the proffered olive branch let alone embrace it. A familiar case where you have to accept that some family issues will never be resolved and even if broached earlier the result would probably have been the same. What you can’t change, you’ll have to learn to live with. The other scene I remember is the ending. I won’t spoil it for anyone, but I’ve seldom seen something so harrowing. Letting the credits roll over continued action adds real poignancy. The same technique is used at the end of Midnight Run, though to different effect.
Agreed. The ending is absolutely beautiful.
Thank you, someone who gets it. The dunces in these comments have no clue.
Nicholson at his best. It might be the only time he got into the heart of a character.
Of course the scene most people remember is the restaurant scene with the chicken salad sandwich.
Only reason to watch this snooze-fest.
@@carlsaganlives5112You're the problem, then.
@@jesseowenvillamor6348 Hey, lighten up! I love Nicholson and that scene, of course, who doesn't? The whole somber, introverted, hard to understand mystery angst, passive/aggressive thing along with the love interest and piano...at snail's pace. I dunno, I didn't like "On Golden Pond" either, I probably am 'the problem' whatever that means.
@@carlsaganlives5112 Yes, you are.
@@jesseowenvillamor6348 do we all need to agree with you that this movie interesting, profound, or fascinating? It's okay for different people to like different things.
The reason Jack didn’t want to do this scene is because he was loyal to the writer for this particular film (he said he’d usually be loyal to the director but this was the exception). He was close friends with the writer and they both felt this scene wasn’t necessary as it was spoon feeding the audience. She’d written this film and character with it being loosely based on her own family, but on Jack and his family as well (what she knew anyway). This was the second film they had worked on together. He wanted to stay true to her vision and script and also agreed with her. Judging by some of the comments maybe they were both right?
Great film, one of Jack's best, which is saying something.
Great film, great anecdote.
I love this film!
I would think crying for a scene has to be one of the hardest things to pull off believably.
Actually, this is not correct. Hollywood has always been full of "actresses" that could cry effectively on cue. Unfortunately, for most of them that's pretty much all they could do in front of a camera. Wanna watch a magnificent crying scene that will have you reaching for tissues, stream "The Kid", Charlie Chaplin's 1921 silent masterpiece.
Yes. This didn’t work at all.
"I Said ! I'm Not Gonna Hurt Ya Windy . . . I'm Just Gonna Bash Your Brains In."
A truly great film.
Some of these comments seem to confuse Jack Nicholson with Robert Eroica Dupea the character he portrays. This is a fairly sophisticated movie, not for everyone.
I just didn't buy Jack's character. A concert pianist? Right.
@@randolphpinkle4482 If you mean that Nicholson was miscast, I disagree. Note that "Bobby", Robert Eroica Dupea, though he came from a cultured family of musicians, was an alienated, estranged dropout from his family's circle and lifestyle. There is nothing in the movie to indicate that he was ever a concert pianist, though that presumably is what his parents hoped for him. He is a messed up, conflicted, and maladjusted man, and Nicholson displays that convincingly.
@randolphpinkle4482
Hopefully the comment made by @tonygumbrell22 clears up your astounding confusion regarding Nicholson's character in the movie.
Karen Black is time-machine worthy.
Same, I've always been into cross-eyed women.
@@chiefscheider The Seven-Ups. 70s cinema the bestest.
Ever seen Sorcerer? It's my best film
@@chiefscheider ooh, Friedkin. Will seek it out.
@@ChristianGustafson Well...? Have you watched it yet?
p.s. when I said Sorcerer is my best film, I forgot to add "if you don't count Jaws." 😁
Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story. That was NOT a locked down camera.
Was about to say
Thanks for the clarification, Mr. Hitchcock...
"Wendy, baby, I think you hurt me bad"
Great heroes of American cinema. Too bad movies are dead now. Thanks to Marvel
So true... I gave up comic books at 14-15 years old. Idiocracy has taken over.
Pop music is shit nowadays. Movies are still good; some years better than others. Ignore the comic book fare.
The Academy Awards are a joke.
Nah. Shut up. Marvel rules.
Bob should've listened. Jack is not a cryer
Jack is an amazing actor, near the top of all time. But that scene is evidence that there is a gap in his skills. You're correct, Bob should have listened.
at the beginning of five easy pieces Jack Nicholson has a southern accent but when he goes home he doesn't. check it out.
Loved Billy Greenbush in this film. The casting was a very good all around.
Not one tear shed by Jack on this one.
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@@chiefscheider he rubbed bleach in his eye
So the camera was in a box and only the director was around with him facing the other way but the scene has the camera moving? What the?
That was the first thing I thought when they cut to the film. At the very least there would have been an operator and focus puller watching. And booming whilst not watching where the actor was moving, hmmm. Lets be polite and say he is remembering it wrong after all these years.
Ironically, it looks like the dad's close-up reaction shot (where Jack is not in the frame) was done with a locked off camera. Maybe that's what Bob is remembering.
Okay, my comment may shock you __ but many of these film production stories are lies or partial lies. In fact, probably almost everything we hear or see about every actor, celebrity, director, etc. are mostly bs.
I’ve seen a lot of men look and act like that when they’re getting emotional for the first time in their adult life. Bobby and Jack crossed paths in that scene. It was supposed to look pathetic.
Great film. Saw it when it came out. A few misgivings. No one plays the Chopin fm Fantasy on a broken down upright after not touching the piano for years. Especially after months of oil rig work outdoors. But it's a film of course, and you accept the premise for the sake of the story.
I tend to disagree. The whole thing? No. Flawlessly? No. But you practice songs and particular parts so much that some of it just stays in the hands. Overtime there are a few pieces of parts of songs you always go to when you sit down at a piano for the random playing session and these remain in one’s memory.
Maybe the five easy pieces are
1. Bobby
2. Rayette
3. Sister
4. Brother
5. Father
These are the characters Bobby is trying to run away from.
Maybe
No, it's about the music
The five easy pieces is in reference to the classical piano beginners learning book which consists of "five pieces of music".
Only one problem with Bob's "I was the only one with Jack" story is that the camera is being operated by someone...
It was a locked camera, he was operating it, just locking it in place.
Sudowoodo Dave - That’s inaccurate. I am a professional Motion Picture Camera/Steadicam Operator for 30 years. If you go back and watch the scene as played within the video, you can see the camera moving, following Jack’s movements. 2:44 Jack’s head (and emotional moment) would have gone out of the bottom of the frame if someone hadn’t tilted the camera down along with him. Bob said he was holding the “boom” microphone, so it couldn’t have been him. 👍🏻
@@KOZGERFWAD I am non-professional director for 20 years and it can be done.
@@martinvanburen4578 what…can be done?
@@KOZGERFWAD anything if you put your mind to it
the greatest actor of all time.
I really like Jack but prime De Niro, Pacino, and Day-Lewis are tops in my opinion.
The actor who played the Roman soldier in that Ben Hur scene with Christ - he goes through several emotions - ending in shame - all within a minute. i don't know his name
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@@chiefscheiderk
"From two of the people who gave you 'Head'."
Of course, there's the diner scene, but can we hear it for Jack's fit in the front seat of the car?
Loved Jack is the best in The Witches of Eastwick, The Crossing Guard, The Pledge, The Shining and About Schmidt
He let's loose a full cry in The Crossing Guard, allowing himself to be completely vulnerable. The wife is so cruel to him there. Can't help thrinking there was an underlying message about how even some women support men repressing their emotions. Good theatre makes us think and discuss these important matters. As much of an ass his character may have been, he should have been comforted then.
EASY RIDER is my fav JN flick
Love the hate love relationship there
Well said
Karen Black great act
If the camera was locked then why does it follow Jack when he moves his head?
I think maybe the film of the film moves to capture it for the smaller screen.
If the camera was fixed, how does it track him while he's performing??
Good question.
Camera was fixed, shooting at his direction - no big deal, since there are no camera movements in this scene.
The camera operator was floating the camera with Jack's movements
@Kieron Evans it's easy to zoom
When we find someone or a few people who we can be "naturally" creative with magic happens. We compliment each other as we work off each other.
How much does your's charge?
It's because most people are robots of the second chakra.@@sgt.thundercok4704
But let's not forget Bruce Dern in The King Of Marvin Gardens an actor who mined his manic type cast vs Jack. Another fascinating Rafalson. Black Sunday 1974 stands out as a stunning expliotation film about the Palestinian vs Isreal conflict. Dern totally maniacal / Marthe Keller ( raise a dead man) and bonkers Robert Shaw doing an absurd accent as the Mossad agent in an insane 007 plot. 😂 A film for our time. 😂 Jeez they don't make em like the 70s anymore.
Ellen Burstyn is incredible in The King of Marvin Gardens.
@@hetmanjz yeah she was also another 70s star who was f... massive but unlike Black she had a better slow burn after the peak 70s. If you say US indie it's totally her silhouette on it. Amazing quality. But she still did the big ones as well 😊
WHAT WERE THE FIVE EASY PIECES?
Check the opening credits, or head on over to the movie's Wikipedia page, under "Music". 🙂
Heeeeeeeere’s Johnny!!!
To carve you into five easy pieces.
@@David-ve5iq lol
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Wendy... darling... LIGHT of my LIFE!
It's an excellent film which I've seen a few times over the decades, but I've absolutely no recollection of that scene. As per the discussion with Rafeson, it was forced on Jack and he just caved.
Of course how could I forget China Town and Antonionni's the Passenger jeez massive films of the 70s. Jack was really the first actor I noticed who just dropped any pretense to acting and was just Jack. Really far more original than Pacino Dinero. His face off with Brando in The Missouri Breaks and I gotta say Brando won it. Some one once said Alain Delon worst actor in the world ( vs Vincent Cassel) But the point about Delon - he wasn't actin. Never went anywhere near an actin school. Jack was his level ect.
2 huge personalities!
I saw it as any man about crying. Your emotions balance on a rim, teeterin around trying not to fall in. Jack had to bring that emotion but did not want to fall in.
Man, that was poetic.
Wonderfully humane movie
Seeing Jack cry is so poignant
Does he mean by "cracking up" as in: laughing or weeping in tears?
Weeping
@@edgarfriendly8808 - Thanks.
Crying his arse off, mate
Jack Nicholson has not aged at all since Anger Management and the Shining.
This is from 2010.
i love jack but you lost the plot if u think he hadn’t aged since the shining in this video 😭😭😭😭
Hmm, yes he has
One of the great American movies, and Nicholson was terrific. But the relationship with his father seemed a notch down from the rest of the movie to me.
That may be apropos of most father/son relationships: A big letdown
Great scene
I think I watched The Shining too often.
LOIS SMITH is 93.
Always remember the hitch hike ending when he abandoned Karen Black.
Truck Driver : Haven't you got a Jacket?
Dupea: No
Truck Driver : Were we're going is cold as hell
( Truck drives off End Credits)
RIP Bob Rafelson.
When did Bob pass?
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Jack was right.
Listen to his commentary on the The Passenger Dvd totally blow your mind his voice is even more double Jack than his film Jack 😂
Just watched it with his commentary. I loved every minute of it. That's the closest we'll ever get to hanging out with Jack!
@@PokeySoggybottom maan it's a Jack f... er 😂
Special fact Jack hanged on to the film rights for 31 years! It wasn't a DVD or Video Tape ect. Jeez - kept it as his private Mona Lisa 😂 A maan of wealth and taste - que that song 😂
Spoiler alert: when he sneaks away from Karen Black at the end of the movie - she knows where his family lives so she could likely have access to him again (or his family).
The crying seemed forced in the scene. Contrived
i'm sure you're right. And when you're right, your right. C'mon Curly, you can't eat the Venetian blinds. Contrived? Were you there to see that scene in person? no, I don't think so.
@@ellenrosenblatt5463 "How'd you find out about it? You don't drink it; you don't take a bath in it... They wrote you a letter. But then you have to be able to read."
Wow.
It’s a nice story but rather embellished. The camera isn’t locked off, you can see that it pans and tilts to follow Nicholson. Why make crap up instead of just telling what really happened?
Noticed the same thing, also it would’ve been foolish not to have an AC there to pull focus if need be. Whole take could’ve been soft and useless depending on what Nicholson decided to do in the frame. I’m sure he sent 98% of the crew away tho.
The scene looks phony. Jack was right not to want to do it.
Sorry.
I never bought Jack Nicholson in that scene.
It felt untrue to me.
The emotion was not coming from inside him.
It was false.
yeah, not very convincing, he's ok playing a certain type of character but when he has to do something completely outside of his talent he's lacking.
I see this is only from a day ago. It's the beauty of it. Nobody sees the same movie. I respectfully disagree with both you and @mikejohnson2638. It worked for me. Thought it was brilliant acting. Merry Christmas. :D
I can´t recall off-hand a crying scene that´s ever truly convinced me, especially this one, though it´s the great Jack Nicholson who´s one of the finest and one of my favorites of all time. I think Rafelson and Jack are trying to sell us a bill of goods here, and I'm not buying it.
Watch 'Manchester by the sea' and you'll see a crying scene like no other, by Michelle Williams @@jaelge
I have to say it struck me as awkward, but not false. I felt like his character - tough, loner, man's man type - would actually have to force that kind of emotional display so it would be something he might only dare to reveal in front of his father, and that only after years of his accumulated shortcomings. So for me, it works because of its peculiarities.
I agree with Wow.
A great film, but was never convinced by Jack’s crying scene, close, but no cigar.
There were much better scenes in this movie.
The ending was poignant to say the least
is susan anspach married to the male cellist ?
It seems that she is going with him, Carl Fidelio Dupea, and they will likely marry.
There's a another credited writer to Five Easy Pieces not mentioned here, which is Carole Eastman. Wonder how much of the script she wrote and what's her take on this scene. In any case, Jack was right, the crying while monologuing comes across as insencere.
Truly great acting would be able to tap into that. Jack knew his abilities and limits; a softened tone of voice in sincerity would be perfect for him and just enough emotion.
Love Jack to pieces but to me he didn't get it. (the crying) it doesn't feel honest.
Probably because he never believed in the crying scene to begin with. It was pretty much forced on him. Hard to blame Jack here.
WRONG.
Like your the DP? Wrong@@vittoriostoraro
When he got in that truck i always wondered what happened to him and where he went
I don’t believe his crying one minute; Not under the spell of Jack Nicholson at all.
Have you ever heard the expression "Let sleeping dogs lie"? Sometimes you're better off not knowing.
I saw the movie in college and remembered that scene when I again look at it maybe 20 years latter.. I was right, it was forced acting all the way!! Jack was not that good yet!!
He isn't a great actor. When he was given less to do and could just "perform" he looked great. But that's film.
that cry scene was garbage. jack was right.
A couple of good scenes in the movie, but the airhead girlfriend was beyond annoying. And Jack's character as a pianist didn't convince me.
"that moment in that film had as much impact as easy rider had". So he thinks it's his greatest masterpiece, not garbage.
@cruiser6260
Easy Rider is a cultural phenomenon, but a minor work in terms of cinematic artistry.
that was terrible 😂
driest crying I ever saw.......should have used some onion on the glove
Really? Seemed pretty laboured to me.
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Jack's crying is not really authentic is it?
I disagree. The way his emotions come up to surfice like that is very authentic.
Have you watched this film?
I understand why Jack didn’t want to do it now, it looks contrived and fake!
I don't recall the film well, tough I saw it. I just watched the clip and I see why you say it looks fake. But the thing to remember is the character has lived his life to not show emotion, and with that in mind, the uncomfortable crying might be the discomfort of the character, not the actor.
I never thought I'd say this about Jack, but that was some shitty acting
Totally agree. I'm trying to remember watching the great man cry on film and I can't recall a single instance. Jack didn't do crying.
Jack was right. Shit aged like month old milk.
he balls his eyes out in about schmidt @@yiranimal
I love Jack, one of the best, the man knew his limitations but was coerced to do a crying scene, which, in my opinion, was downright terrible, hard to watch.
@yiranimal He did in the Bucket List !
Never met a guy who pushed his glasses up on his forehead who wasn’t full of himself.
Sounds scientific. Are you a scientist?
Clearly you've never worn glasses, or shades, for that matter.
That was shit acting at best. Horrible. Should've never been in the movie. Jack was right.
Agree 100%
Bob Rafelson is like a comedic sketch of what a pretentious artist seems like😂
Huh?? What are you basing that on?
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Exactly. He’s pretending this is “cinema at its best” when the scene is embarrassingly bad. It’s like talking Clark Gable into playing a gay dude. Some things just aren’t going to work.
Jack should stuck to his guns, that scene was forgetable