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سموكي🥹

سموكي🥹

Truly a great insight into the ways of the blue collar condition.

Actually enjoyed it as it went on, grew on me the more I got familiar with the mental murder, the drudgery, the division and separation used only to distract as the cogs keep turning and pumping money, but not for those in blue; Not for the workers who are treated like numbers, and it's apparent as the film unfolds that you get more and more understanding of the severity. Because to the union, or for the higher ups who really look down on the union, could care less about Smokey, or Jerry, or Zeke, because to them they're essentially nothing and their words mean as little as dirt. Zeke knew he couldn't do anything, not because he cared about Smokey or not because he was fed up with the living conditions (which he certainly did care and was sick with), it's because you can put a price tag on problems even if it's inhumane, even if it's murder. It's why he took the position. A genuinely nauseous final scene with Smokey, it's the killing of change and the hum of the reinforcement made by those who will do anything to keep things hush, even if it means murder..

Truly a great insight into the ways of the blue collar condition.

Actually enjoyed it as it went on, grew on me the more I got familiar with the mental murder, the drudgery, the division and separation used only to distract as the cogs keep turning and pumping money, but not for those in blue; Not for the workers who are treated like numbers, and it's apparent as the film unfolds that you get more and more understanding of the severity. Because to the union, or for the higher ups who really look down on the union, could care less about Smokey, or Jerry, or Zeke, because to them they're essentially nothing and their words mean as little as dirt. Zeke knew he couldn't do anything, not because he cared about Smokey or not because he was fed up with the living conditions (which he certainly did care and was sick with), it's because you can put a price tag on problems even if it's inhumane, even if it's murder. It's why he took the position. A genuinely nauseous final scene with Smokey, it's the killing of change and the hum of the reinforcement made by those who will do anything to keep things hush, even if it means murder..

What a fantastic debut feature from Paul Schrader, a film full of social class anger and corruption. This grimy and gritty neo-noir follows the story of three factory workers, who’re exploited by the factory and their union. They’re fed up of the same old system and want to rebel, they decide to rob a union safe and their lives are sent into a slow, bleak descent. The start of this film is rather light and quite funny, this tone is steadily corrupted by murder and paranoia. Schrader really knows how to make an intense, morally ambiguous film; something that’ll stick with you for awhile after the credits. While this film’s obvious message is to expose the brutality of the treatment of workers by the industries there’s also an underlying racial message that really shows the ongoing tensions and oppression against workers of colour, the last scene really highlights this point. The last scene also really accentuates the descent of the relationships and overall lives within the film, something Schrader does really well. What I preferred in this film compared to Hardcore 1979 was the rather abrupt and ruthless ending, rather than a pleasant (ish) conclusion. (I did love Hardcore though).
A terrific and very powerful film, with great performances from Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor.

What a fantastic debut feature from Paul Schrader, a film full of social class anger and corruption. This grimy and gritty neo-noir follows the story of three factory workers, who’re exploited by the factory and their union. They’re fed up of the same old system and want to rebel, they decide to rob a union safe and their lives are sent into a slow, bleak descent. The start of this film is rather light and quite funny, this tone is steadily corrupted by murder and paranoia. Schrader really knows how to make an intense, morally ambiguous film; something that’ll stick with you for awhile after the credits. While this film’s obvious message is to expose the brutality of the treatment of workers by the industries there’s also an underlying racial message that really shows the ongoing tensions and oppression against workers of colour, the last scene really highlights this point. The last scene also really accentuates the descent of the relationships and overall lives within the film, something Schrader does really well. What I preferred in this film compared to Hardcore 1979 was the rather abrupt and ruthless ending, rather than a pleasant (ish) conclusion. (I did love Hardcore though).
A terrific and very powerful film, with great performances from Harvey Keitel and Richard Pryor.

Very underrated

Very underrated