Paul Schrader directed his first movie 45 years ago. Here's itismitchell on the excellent Blue Collar, its powerful trio (Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto, and Harvey Keitel), and its deep rage:
“I used to be an artist who never wanted to leave this world without saying ‘fuck you.’ And now I’m an artist who never wants to leave this world without saying ‘I love you.’” It was a touching sentiment from a man who has spent the last 50 years wrestling cinematically with the aching realization of how little we all matter in a world built to destroy us.
It’s no surprise why the tension would mount to fever pitch in an environment this bleak—not only between Zeke, Smokey and Jerry with their union but also with each other.
The dramatic tension that bellows through those final moments echoes Schrader’s “fuck you,” and it’s further cemented by the tension that occurred between the actors on set. Schrader has spoken at length about the vitriol that flew between his three primary actors, stating “I hired three bulls and asked them to come into a china shop, and I promised each of those bulls that they would be the lead actor… It became a real ego struggle about who would win the day.
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