HUD

HUD 1963

Paul Newman's tough, cool character is not the only reason to sit through this thing for there is much more going on then a first or even second glance might reveal.
The landscape presents itself as a dreamy, almost kind of post apocalyptic setting where the past has collided with a one time future turned now.
Its a story of old versus young, of values, principles and care versus the emerging "I could give a damn" wind that was starting to blow.  There is the father who blames his son for a certain tragedy and a son who wishes that father would forgive him.  There is blind youth which wants to admire the wild ways of an older brother who only offers a paradoxical uncertainty.  And there's a few spiritual crutches to help prop our players up.   Its a timeless tale of staunch tradition and its blatant disregard.  It's also a tale of lonliness. A lonliness of topography and a loneliness of the heart.

Released in 1963
Directed by Martin Ritt
Upon release, Paramount executives were unappy with the film as they felt it was too dark and were displeased by the black and white cinematography and Hud's lack of remorse and unchanged behavior.

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