BelugaJames

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

That’s capitalism for ya!

BelugaJames

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Hits like a freight train, even on rewatch.

nathansnook

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

“..𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘺?” Human endurance has always been a spectacle. But when pitted against the backdrop of the Depression era, you have America at its wits end, fraying with desperation. What does hunger look like? What does crazy in the eyes look like? Jane Fonda is a swirling performance of incredible one liners with a stance that stays indignant in profound earnestness until the very end. It’s funny that contemporary America must look to the future of science fiction to tell us doom already exists, that human civilization has already collapsed, when Pollack looked to the past to show us that human civilization way before we even got to thinking about the future. Incredible that this was made in ‘69. Felt nauseous throughout. A migraine. Wondering how we even got here through all the pain and poverty. Life is a rate race, perfectly depicted in this forgotten picture as people glorify 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 and 𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘺?”