Cool Hand Luke Exposé
The movie Cool Hand Luke presents several different and interrelated existentialist themes on aspects of faith and belief. Luke is portrayed as a "good ol' boy" that is fun-loving and hard working. He seems bored and restless with life; he always seems to searching for something more and when he doesn't find it; he looks for ways to fill the void and the monotony of living: ". . . it's somethin' to do, ain't it?" This attitude well sets the tone for the aspect of faith as portrayed in Cool Hand Luke.
Cool Hand Luke
1967, starring Paul Newman
Throughout the movie, Luke displays a nominal faith. It is as though he has the will to believe in something moreon some level he undoubtedly doesbut it almost seems he is predisposed to believing that God is distant and uncaring. And he may well have good reason to feel this way: his father was absent in his own life.
Professor Paul C. Vitz (New York University) postulates an unusual theory in his article "The......
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