The type of work may involve manufacturing, warehousing, mining, excavation, electricity generation and power plant operations, custodial work, farming, commercial fishing, logging, landscaping, pest control, food processing, oil field work, waste collection and. Blue collar is a movie in which the bad guys far outnumber the good. Blue collar proves yet again that paul schrader is one of the greatest, most underrated film makers out there. Blue collar is a film directed by paul schrader with richard pryor, harvey keitel, yaphet kotto, ed begley jr. Blue collar movie 1978 richard pryor, harvey keitel, yaphet kotto. Schrader said the film was meant as a kind of social document. Blue collar is, however, far more interested in place than in its copsandrobbers story. Trois ouvriers des usines automobiles checker a detroit tentent. Also keep an eye out for a brief cameo by future repo man star tracey walter, who schrader also used in a bit part in his next movie hardcore. Its a site i highly endorse for all film nerds and list lovers you can find my profile here.
I didnt set out to make a leftwing film, schrader told cineaste in 1978. Buy blue collar movie posters from movie poster shop. Industrial and manual workers often wear durable canvas or cotton clothing that may be soiled during the course of their work. Very probably the most clearsighted movie ever made about the ways that shopfloor workers get fucked over by the system. I dont much care for paul schraders films, but goddamn if blue collar, his 1978 directorial debut, isnt a bona fide masterpiece. Slarek celebrates the film and indicators welcome bluray release. Blue collar is a 1978 film about three auto workers whose plot to break into the safe of their union results in little money, but a valuable ledger that reveals the unions illegal activities and ties to organized crime directed by paul schrader. The plot of the blue collar involves three detroit auto workers that are tired of being mistreated by the company that they work for and the union. March 1 charlie chaplins coffin is stolen from a swiss cemetery three months after burial. Undated press photo actor harvey keitel in 1978 film blue collar rkf6339 this is an original vintage 8 x 10 press photo of actor harvey keitel in 1978 film blue collar. Richard pryor in blue collar 1978 harvey keitel and yaphet kotto in blue.
Blue collar work may involve skilled or unskilled labor. Ask most folks what their favorite richard pryor movie is, and theyre guaranteed not to say 1978s blue collar, cowritten and directed by paul schrader his film directing debut. This crime drama film stars richard pryor, harvey keital, yaphet kotto and it documents union practices and life of the working class. The film is both a critique of union practices and an examination of life in a workingcla. Having established himself as one of the key screenwriters of the 1970s, paul schrader moved into the directors chair with the 1978 blue collar, an exceptional political drama that pits three auto workers against their own corrupt union. Blue collar 1978which screens in a new print at music box this friday and saturday at midnightwas schraders first film as director. It is an angry, radical movie about the vise that traps workers between big industry and big labor.
The poster does a massive disservice to the film because this is one of the best american films from the 1970s. Yaphet kotto is particularly good in the film and brings a real charm to his scenes as smokey. Price new from used from audio cd, soundtrack, september 19, 1995. The film is both a critique of union practices and an. On blue collar, the 1976 classic about race and the working. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Undated press photo actor harvey keitel in 1978 film blue. Aug 24, 2017 richard pryor in blue collar, a 1978 film that was not a comedy. Blue collar really surprised me because i thought it was a richard pryor workplace comedy. Jack nitzsche, nitzsche, jack blue collar 1978 film music. Blue collar is about life on the detroit assembly lines, and about how it wears men down and chains them to a lifetime installment plan. Blue collar trailer directed by paul schrader and starring richard pryor, harvey keitel, yaphet kotto, ed begley jr. Blue collar is a fine movie, one of the most underrated of the 1970s, and still relevant and powerful twenty five years later. Browse our collection of classic, hard to find, out of print and rare movies on dvd.
A blue collar worker is a working class person who performs manual labor. Serfer didnt always aspire to be a chef, let alone a restaurateur with a flagship at a hooker motel. At once a critique of union practice and a close observation of life in the american rust belt, blue collar is a triumphant directorial debut. Dec 18, 2019 blue collar is a 1978 american crime drama film directed by paul schrader, in his directorial debut. Blue collar is an ugly film, thematically and in terms of the situations its characters are forced into. The film, which stars richard pryor, harvey keitel, and yaphet kotto, centers around the lives of. Blue collar 1978 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Three workers, zeke, jerry and smokey, are working at a car plant and they are fedup with the conditions. It turned out to be a workplace drama, and for some sections of the film it really shines. Blue collar 1978 film sa prevodom online hd filmovi. It was written by schrader and his brother leonard, and stars richard pryor, harvey keitel and yaphet kotto.
The screenplay was written by schrader and his brother leonard schrader. The film is both a critique of union practices and an examination of life in a workingclass rust belt enclave. On blue collar, the 1976 classic about race and the. Paul schrader, probably best known for writing martin scorsese pictures such as taxi driver, raging bull, the last temptation of christ, and bringing out the dead, was alsois alsoan accomplished director, as evidenced by the film blue collar. Blue collar, the film had one of the more tumultuous shoots that a director could experience, which nearly gave writer and director paul schrader a nervous breakdown and caused him to quit the film business for a while. Blue collar is a 1978 american crime drama film directed by paul schrader, in his directorial debut. Blue collar directed by paul schrader19781hr 55min. Its an early scene in paul schraders 1978 movie blue collar and like the good calvinist he.
Richard pryors best dramatic performance is at the heart of blue collar, a rare american film that casts an unflinching look at the highpressure life of workingclass people. Gledajte online film besplatno na 720p 1080p hd videozapisima sa radne povrsine, prijenosnog racunala, prijenosnog racunala, tableta, iphonea, ipada, mac pro i jos vise. Jack nitzsche, nitzsche, jack blue collar 1978 film. Blue collar is, however, far more interested in place than in its copsandrobbers story, focusing on the rich details of a workingclass community and the type of alienation that unites its inhabitants in a constant and ultimately futile struggle.
Michaels ciminos the deer hunter is a big, awkward, crazily ambitious, sometimes breathtaking motion picture that comes as close to being a popular epic as any movie about this country since the godfather. The movie is playing at the noir city film festival at the music box theatre. Richard pryor in blue collar, a 1978 film that was not a comedy. It shows personal economic freedom and progress as a neverending cycle that results in nothing but further inequality and disenfranchisement from a country that allegedly fights against it. Acclaimed screenwriter paul schrader who wrote such films as taxi driver and raging bull made his directorial debut with this simmering story about three desperate detroit autoworkers played by pryor, harvey keitel. Blue collar is a 1978 film about three auto workers whose plot to break into the safe of their union results in little money, but a valuable ledger that reveals the unions illegal activities and ties to organized crime. When detroit autoworkers zeke brown richard pryor, jerry bartowski harvey keitel and smokey james yaphet kotto decide to rob their own union, they are initially disappointed by the relatively small haul. The term blue collar was first used in reference to trades jobs in 1924, in an alden, iowa newspaper.
Blue collar is the directorial debut for writer paul schrader. Blue collar dvd 1978 shop the best classic films movie. Blue collar 1978 film ry cooder jack nitzsche format. Blue collar gledajte filmove s titlovima besplatno. Blue collar is structured on the type of genrederived narrativehere, that of the caper filmthat recurs throughout schraders films. Its not just subversive, but radicala true indictment of a capitalist system that divides to conquer. Blue collar they pit the lifers against the new boy and the young against the old. A look back at blue collar featuring richard pryors.
When zeke, jerry, and smokeythe three detroit autoworkers at the center of paul schraders blue collar 1978make a plan to rob their union, they make it. Chef daniel serfer, a miami native, opened two restaurants in his home town blue collar in 2012 and mignonette in 2014. Watch blue collar online stream full movie directv. Blue collar is a film that follows three average workers zeke richard pryor, jerry harvey keitel and smokey yaphet kotto, as they spend their days slaving away at a car manufacturing plant. The film, which stars richard pryor, harvey keitel, and yaphet kotto, centers around the lives of three blue collar hence the title auto workers on the assembly line in detroit. Blue collar film pour les articles homonymes, voir blue collar. It was written by schrader and his brother leonard, and stars. The phrase stems from the image of manual workers wearing blue denim or chambray shirts as part of their uniforms. I can list a few reasons why more in the general public arent familiar with this film. When zeke, jerry, and smokeythe three detroit autoworkers at the center of paul schraders blue collar 1978make a plan. Blue collar film filmdaten deutscher titel blue collar alternativ. See the article in its original context from february 10, 1978, page 0 buy. Blue collar is the first film to be directed by mr. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters.
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