Movie Summary And Film Analysis: The Cool Hand Luke

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I watched the "Cool hand Luke". When I watched this movie, I admired the rebellious spirit mind that Luke is a main character had. Especially, it is the scene where he breaks out of prison many times. He didn't lose the authority of prison guards and society.

A web site says, "the parking meter of the beginning of the movie was a symbol of absurd authority." If you park on the road, it is the parking violation. However, If you pay money, it isn't violation. I think so too.

After checking this movie, I knew that there is very famous word. The word is "What we've got here is a failuer to communicate." This is the word that the chief of the prison says to Luke. When it's translated literally, this means "I tormented him severely, but he escaped

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