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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Patreon)

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2023-02-18 20:32:13
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Full link: https://youtu.be/dHq93N-GrnM

Ok, this is the last movie I recorded before I became violently ill and the absolute pointer for that is that I got ill after the movie so I couldn't come back to record an outro :') I will record one for tomorrows video on YouTube but just know that I loved this movie and thought it was incredibly interesting. Hope you like the reaction! :D 

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Anonymous

Ohhhh that one hits a little close to home for me…😳

ChickensAreRacist

So glad you did this movie! Watching your reaction now. One of my favorite movies.

Curaitis

I saw this film with the knowledge that it had been the second film in history to win the 'top five' Oscars (for Best Picture, Best actor, Best actress, Best director and best screenplay) and has been praised as "one of Jack Nicholson's finest roles" and "one of the classics of the 70's". Naturally, after hearing all this, I had high expectations for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. But nonetheless, I was surprised at how easily the film surpassed my expectations and easily led me to understand how it merited all that praise. A true Masterpiece, thanks Mary.

Anonymous

About Chief being described as "deaf and dumb"-- dumb is now an archaic term meaning "mute", as in he doesn't speak. It wasn't referring to his intelligence. Also, Jack Nicholson was younger than his character in the film (38). Jack was actually 37. Also, you didn't seem to recognize Christopher Lloyd (Taber) who was the scientist Doc Brown in the "Back to the Future" Trilogy, Vincent Schiavelli (as Bruce Frederickson) was the subway ghost who teaches Patrick Swayze how to move objects in "Ghost", and Scatman Crothers (Turkle, the black nighttime orderly at the end of the film) was Dick Hallorann, the chef who could talk telepathically to the little kid in "The Shining" (also with Jack Nicholson). The large "horse pill" that McMurphy didn't wanna swallow because as he put it, he didn't wanna be tricked into taking a "saltpeter". A saltpeter refers to potassium nitrate which was (and may still be) used to stifle sexual desire in men in large groups (in mental facilities, the military, prisons etc.). When I was in boot camp for the military, it was highly suspected that the water supply was laced with potassium nitrate to suppress everyone's libidos, as it would've been the first time that the tens of thousands of young men who were at boot camp would've been isolated from the opposite sex for an extended period of time (2.5 months in our case). Not proven of course but the practice is widely believed to still occur well into the 2000s/2010s when I was there. Also, the scars on McMurphy's head implies that he received a lobotomy, a procedure in which a portion of the frontal lobe of the brain is surgically removed. This results in very passive behavior in the patient and essentially robs a person of their identity, leaving them as a shell of themselves. Chief didn't wanna leave McMurphy there in that vegetative state. It's a sort of living hell. The expression "a rolling stone gathers no moss" (or as Jack put it in the film "it's hard for something to grow on something that is always moving") means that a person who constantly moves from city to city (or job-to-job, etc.) will not form any attachments like friendships or romantic relationships since they're always on the move and never stay put in one place for a long enough period of time for such connections to "grow" and develop. The phrase basically means if you wanna develop meaningful relationships, you need to settle down. Just like how moss only grows on a stone if that stone stays put in one place for a long period of time, hence a "rolling" stone would not gather ANY moss. That sums up Jack's character in a nutshell, a drifter/ex-con who was always on the move. Totally irrelevant scientific fact: but moss only grows on the north side of trees and rocks cuz moss needs moisture to grow. The north side of trees receive much less sunlight than the east and westard sides, allowing more moisture to build on that side (the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, right? so little sunshine comes from the north). The saying "moss grows on the north side of trees" is a helpful expression when navigating in the woods when you're lost.

Gary W

I'm sure you're aware by now that they performed a lobotomy on McMurphy after he attacked Nurse Ratched, as a means to make him docile. I guess the Chief decided his friend wouldn't want to live the rest of his life as a vegetable, so he smothered him, rather than let him suffer that indignity.

Anonymous

Also, the title of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', a phrase believed to mean ''to reject what society considers to be the normal, proper way to behave''. OR since the word ''cuckoo'' is also slang meaning crazy, so to ''fly over the cuckoo's nest'' may also mean to ''escape from the crazy house (a.k.a. the nut house)''. It may be a play-on-words with the phrase ''to fly the coop'', which means to escape, typically someone escaping from prison. Fly the coop refers to a chicken escaping from its housing (called a chicken coop). But instead of escaping from a prison (the coop), Jack's character escaped from the crazy house (the cuckoo's nest). In fact, thinking about it now, that's probably exactly what the title means. But the story is not so much about mental hospitals, it's just the setting of the film. The theme of the story is really about rebellion vs. conformity. The novel came out in the 1960s and the film in the mid-1970s when the counterculture had formed (consisting of the boomer generation). They rejected and rebelled against what society and what ''the establishment'' had deemed normal and acceptable behavior, regarding religion, sexual activity, gender roles, the experimental drug culture, corporate culture, rejecting the government's involvement in the Vietnam War etc. Nurse Ratched represented authority (or ''the Man'', a phrase meaning the establishment or the government) and Jack Nicholson's character represented the counterculture rebelling against the establishment. This is why the film was so popular in the 1970s, everyone understood the metaphor back then (the message is still universal but it may be a little lost today). Nurse Ratched wasn't so much about healing but about controlling the patients in the facility, so when a free spirit like McMurphy pushes back against that control and inspires the other patients to rebel as well, attempts are then made to repress the free spirit (as what happens to Jack throughout the film). The hospital again wasn't so much about treating mental illness, instead it's meant to create a psychological dependency on the facility itself (and its structured set of rules) within the minds of the patients who reside there. It's both a physical prison and a mental one as well. That was the point of the scene where it's revealed that most of the men at the hospital were there voluntarily and not actually committed. Even though they hate it there, they developed a psychological dependency on the hospital's rigidness to give structure to their lives (much like society itself does on all who live in it). It's why when McMurphy first suggests to break routine to watch the ball game, most of the men voted against it-- they became accustomed to their therapy circle discussions and did not want to disrupt their routine. And thus their dependency on the hospital's strict regimens keeps them from leaving the mental facility, even though legally they can just walk out the door. The hospital is trying to justify its own existence by artificially creating its own necessity, rather than having an authentic need for it to exist in society. It's very similar to the theme of institutionalization in ''The Shawshank Redemption''. Even though, the inmates hate it there, over time they become dependent on the system and dependent on the prison routines to structure their lives. Again it becomes a ''mental prison'' as well as a physical one. Also, if you haven't noticed, ''Cuckoo's Nest'' and ''Dead Poets Society'' are essentially the same story. In ''Dead Poets'', the boarding school is meant to represent society (or authority) who forces the boys to conform to a certain standard of what's considered acceptable behavior. That is until a free spirit like Robin Williams comes along and inspires the boys to shake off the shackles of society, to rebel, and to think for themselves again. Billy in ''Cuckoo's Nest'' and Neil Perry in ''Dead Poets'' are basically the same character-- a young kid who is inspired the most by the free spirit character to find his own voice and then commits suicide when their newly found voice is repressed again by the system. Billy's stutter was actually symbolism for him not having or using his own voice (just like Todd in ''Dead Poets'', the quiet introverted kid who's afraid to speak his own mind). It's subtle in the film but when Billy finally gets laid at the end, he no longer stutters cuz he found the confidence to be his true self. It isn't until Nurse Ratched threatens to tell his mother about it that Billy resumes stuttering-- Billy's mother was clearly a very dominating figure in his life, most likely extremely religious when it comes to romantic relationships, which is why Billy didn't tell his mother about the girl he proposed to. Billy found his voice but the system took it away again, just like Neil Perry. Anyway in both films, the free spirit gets punished in the end (Robin Williams is fired, Jack Nicholson is lobotomized), but their spirit lives on in the minds of the men/boys who they inspired. ''Dead Poets'' ends with the boys standing on their desks, rebelling against the boarding school's rigid structure, and expressing their own voice and identity (a metaphor in which they literally ''stand up'' for themselves on their desks). And then ''Cuckoo's Nest'' ends with Chief feeling ''bigger than a damn mountain'', and finally having the courage to escape from the hospital that is mentally imprisoning him and keeping him from being his true self. The ''bigger than a damn mountain'' line was a callback to earlier in the film where McMurphy tries to convince Chief to escape with him and Chief declined. McMurphy responds with ''it's easier than you think'' and Chief retorts with ''it's easier for you because you're bigger than me''. Obviously, Chief didn't mean McMurphy was physically bigger, but spiritually so. The line gives me chills to this day. And also note, Chief goes years without speaking until McMurphy comes along and inspires him to ''find his voice again''. And if you're thinking about it further, Andy Dufresne is the free spirit character in ''The Shawshank Redemption'' who inspires Red (Morgan Freeman) to break free from the shackles of his mental imprisonment. Also, the lobotomy that McMurphy receives, a procedure in which a portion of the frontal lobe of the brain is surgically removed, and results in very passive behavior in the patient, essentially robbing them of their identity, leaving them as a shell of themselves... the lobotomy is a metaphor of society taking away McMurphy's spirit and independence for good. All the other methods the mental hospital employs to ''treat'' the patients is just more means the establishment has to control them. Like the saltpeters used to diminish the men's libidos (controlling their sexual behavior). The electroshock therapy is administered to Cheswick, Chief and McMurphy after they have that huge violent outburst in the therapy circle (just another means for the institution to control the patients when they get out of line). Just like in ''Dead Poets'', when the headmaster paddles one of the students for acting out, simply as a means to discourage disruptive behavior. And same with punishing unruly inmates with solidarity confinement in ''Shawshank'' etc. It's ALL metaphorical and symbolism and sh*t, and it's NEAT! It's just such a universal theme and story that it can be molded again and again in just about any setting that imposes a rigid way of life upon those who reside within it. Like in a prison (Shawshank), a mental hospital (Cuckoo's Nest), a boarding school (Dead Poets Society) etc. These movies are prime examples of how great films are rarely ABOUT their subject matter. Great films merely use their subject matter as a backdrop, the setting, or as a jumping point to explore the many layered facets of the human condition. They're a testament to the thrill of beginning one's journey into self-discovery and the tragedy that results when the door is suddenly closed on that journey while having your individualism stripped away. Aren't metaphors, subtext and symbolism absolutely kick-ass? I should've majored in literature. :D

TheNeonRabbit

REQ: "Powder", (1995) Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jeff Goldblum I don't do spoilers but it's not about skiing or drugs, just a great original story that usually gets missed by reactors.

Anonymous
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Cuz Mary knows that it would fluff my ego tenfold. And also, complimenting me in such a public way is a danger to humanity. Cuz in doing so, she just unlocked Rustin Cohle Level 9000. Which means the End Times will soon begin. She screwed you all, I'm sorry. I warned her NOT to do it! But did this Belgian babe listen to me? No, of course not... she never does. Now excuse me while I awaken the ghost of Michael Jackson. It's not mentioned in scripture but it's actually Him who summons the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The only difference is that they ride in while moonwalking. So, we'll perish but at least we'll perish with rhythm and style! It's still Bad but... it's not soooo Bad.

Allen Bond
>>102244569

If this is your comment on "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", I can't wait for your comment and Mary's reaction to "Being There".

Anonymous
>>102244569

Ohhhh Marijke... if I unsubscribed or if my landlord drowned me in the toilet for not paying the rent or something, you wouldn't know what to do with yourself. You'd be baying at the moon louder than Two Socks in Dances with Wolves. ''Oh, Rustin, you're such a weirdo but I've grown accustomed to your acid wit and quirky, offbeat humor. Where are you?? Come back!! Awoooo!!!'' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNaMdnDP0Z8

Anonymous
>>102244569

@Allen Bond Oh no, the pressure! 😄. I better get on it now. I've not written one for Being There. I've written plenty of analyses for many other films though, including ones for Se7en, Rocky, No Country for Old Men, American Graffiti, The Graduate (which no one has reacted to yet), Dr. Strangelove, American Beauty, Unforgiven, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the parallel plots of (Dances with Wolves, Gran Torino, Some Like It Hot, and Witness) and the parallels of other films that I can't mention cuz Mari hasn't seen 'em yet. Just to name a few.