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- Region Code: 2
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You're an unprincipled man, Hud.,
By Spike Owen "John Rouse Merriott Chard" (Birmingham, England.) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Hud [DVD] [1963] (DVD)
Hud is directed by Martin Ritt and adapted to screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., from the Larry McMurty novel Horsemen, Pass By. It stars Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal and Brandon de Wilde. Music is by Elmer Bernstein and cinematography by James Wong Howe. Hud Bannon (Newman) doesn't care for much outside of himself, life is to be enjoyed by drinking, fighting, bedding women and basically anything as long as he avoids responsibility for it. This greatly upsets his father, Homer (Douglas), a very principled man who is tormented that a son of his could turn out so rotten. Troubling him still further is that his grandson, Lonnie (de Wilde) is getting closer to Hud and he's in danger of being corrupted to Hud's unprincipled ways...... I done my time with one cold blooded bastard, I'm not looking for another. It may filmed in Panavison, with sumptuous black and white photography by Howe (Academy Award for Best Cinematography), but this is a dry dust bowl set drama, thriving on dialogue and propelled by a mean spirited protagonist. Film is essentially a four character piece, with those four characters confined to small town Americana and a family ranch that is going under now that the livestock has contracted deadly foot and mouth disease. Bannon's senior and junior battle it out for the soul of young Lonnie, with Patricia Neal's smouldering older woman house keeper simultaneously playing mother, wife and potential girlfriend to all three Bannon men. It's a hot-pot combination given great edginess by Ravetch and Frank's screenplay. There's very little action, except some brief bar room brawling and speedy car driving, but there's terrific literary drama in the narrative. As Hud Bannon strips off each self-absorbed layer, so the film shifts up another gear. Old people get as hard as their arteries sometimes. But be warned, this is no happy picture. This is not a case where the supremely handsome face of Paul Newman will ultimately warm your heart, picture is dealing in grimness and there is trouble waiting for everyone involved. Even Bernstein's score is on the reflective side of the fence, tenderly blending with Howe's melancholic images captured in and around this small Texas town. The four principal actors turn in wonderful performances, with Neal winning an Academy Award for Best Actress (though it's a relatively small role!) and Douglas also winning for Best Supporting Actor. While nominations went to Newman for Best Actor, Ritt for Best Director and also the screenplay and art direction was up for awards too. As a production and execution of moody story, Hud is up with the best of them. That is? If you don't mind sombre dialogue driven stories? 8/10
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Provocative and damnignly Powerful,
By usman "usman latif khawaja" (london -havering -u.k) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hud [DVD] [1963] (DVD)
Guilt,old redundant traditions ,loose morality ,drunken binges are the superficial vices of Hud, played by Paul Newman in his most charismatic and stylish turn ever in an act which is almost a textbook performance,he defines the soul of a tough,hard Texan cowboy with harmony and honesty in a world hard to survive ,his aging old-fashioned moral father is clashing with his rebellious son and their quarrels are explosive ,caught in the middle is Lon as the grandson admiring his uncle Hud for his multiple talents and persona with both winning rodeos and a reputation at wild sex bouts as a local stud . Everyone has to find their own niche here and the truth is grey as the characters collide hrad-on in a battle of wills ,caught in the middle of them is Patricia Neal, As the housekeeper on a Texan ranch -she is the fragile link between the three men presenting three generations and eras . The dialogues and the camera are totally in control of the headstrong wild characters,this is easily Newman at his peak and the cinematography is superb,from the brutal "herd massacre" to the night time brawls and Car drives . Texas looks surreal and at times like a desolate kindom where Newman rules the roost,this movie shows Paul is just as good if not better than Brando. This is just one of the most unusual and intellectually challenging puzzles Hollywood has ever made and even today it shocks you with it's radical view of the Texan society . The conventions,traditions and culture assume a parody in the sense that the characters are too cool to let themselves be provoked by the environment ,the sangfroid just carries on as if their insouciance will correct every wrong and if not then they do not give a damn ,i suppose that is the gist of life anywhere and this movie portrays that absolute truth in every detail in an iconic turn .
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Greats.,
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This review is from: Hud [DVD] [1963] (DVD)
Newman certainly picked great dramas or the producers picked him, but I think he was the greatest American film actor of last century. His intelligence and passion comes through in every role, and he was always willing to play the bad guy, the flawed guy. Hud is one of the worst he played I think - a contemptible character, but what a film!
Not only Newman, but every actor here turns in a great performance. And Martin Ritt directed a string of brilliant films - Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Long Hot Summer and this. Hit me hard when young this film and unlike many such films enjoyed as a teen it hits me hard again 30 years later. One of the all time greats. And at the heart of it is Paul Newman. Buy it, see it.
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