Birdman of Alcatraz Comments

  • Eloy 2023-09-13 14:31:18

    masterpiece. I like the sense of vicissitudes brought by the span of time and Lancaster's acting...

  • Kaelyn 2023-09-08 22:22:55

    7.5 Similar to the thinking about the death penalty, the abolition of the death penalty considers the issue of human rights, but here is the issue of human dignity. Obviously, according to the laws of some countries, breaking the law will deprive you of your civil rights. It also deprives you of your dignity as a human being. However, in such a situation, the authorities still hope that you can be a screw in society and want to transform you into a person who conforms to "social norms", and...

  • Westley 2023-09-01 10:54:10

    The unruly teenager eventually grows into a learned and gentle old man, and this is also a lifetime. 147 minutes is not short, but the sense of substitution is still strong. The prison guards are very kind, and the life of raising birds in those years is not like going to...

  • Weston 2023-08-19 02:59:24

    From a rude young man who was first imprisoned to an academic master at the end, the transformation of the male protagonist started from picking up the bird in the rain. The jailer's remarks about his character flaws were a strong push, and he devoted himself to researching birds and pharmaceuticals to bring his own benefits. Here comes hope and love. Burning the mother's photo is a big step towards spiritual freedom. Leaving the flock and transferring to Alcatraz is a final reconciliation with...

  • Malvina 2023-08-18 16:06:35

    A fairly mature biopic, which combines the fate of key characters with the times, so that the image of a bird breeder has changed from a bohemian to a thoughtful, without feeling cumbersome and procrastinating at all. Lancaster's acting has...

  • Kari 2023-08-17 00:14:03

    Male protagonist! !...

  • Kole 2023-08-14 16:50:52

    The protagonist should have grown up under the cultivation of a wealthy family and was a arrogant and aloof elite, but his words and deeds lacked mutual help, let alone gratitude. Even looking at the fact that the jailer made an exception to give him a bottle, it is easy to see that he is a very egoistic person, he does not adapt to the rules of mainstream society, and his temperament makes him almost never say thank you, including to him. Mother. There are many contrasts in the film. The male...

  • Susie 2023-08-11 07:06:02

    The deep game between freedom and...

  • Tobin 2023-08-08 16:40:26

    Adapted from real events. At first, raising birds may have been a condiment for boring prison life. As the plot progressed, a voice of prisoners' rights protection surfaced. The story of the bird, and its repercussions, appears to be a public provocation of the current political prison system in the United States. The film adheres to a documentary-style bridge, refills and releases the core power of biography. Life imprisonment is also a life. Outside the prison, it seems to be a bigger...

  • Taryn 2023-08-04 11:33:39

    In addition to being neat and tidy, it still retains the ambiguity in connotation. It is difficult for us to summarize the main theme of the film with only one or two words. It probably shows the perception at the level of life. The film is very well done in all aspects, and there is only one point in the text that I feel needs to be re-explored. As an audience, I will be curious about the ending of characters other than the protagonist, such as mothers, inmates, such as birds. The biggest...

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Birdman of Alcatraz quotes

  • Elizabeth Stroud: Sit down, Robbie. I want to talk to you about her.

    Robert Stroud: About Stella?

    Elizabeth Stroud: Your association with her will bring you nothing but trouble.

    Robert Stroud: I don't know what you mean.

    Elizabeth Stroud: I thought from the start she's the wrong kind of a woman for you to align yourself with.

    Robert Stroud: She's worked her heart out for me. She saved my bacon.

    Elizabeth Stroud: All right. She was of use temporarily, but she's served her purpose. And now if you'll follow my advice, you'll get rid of her.

    Robert Stroud: I don't understand what you're talkin' about, Mom. She's my wife.

    Elizabeth Stroud: Your trouble began with that other woman in Alaska. She's the same kind of a woman. She's a common adventuress.

    Robert Stroud: Don't say things like that, Mother. She's a good woman. And she's kind. And she'd do anything in the world for me.

    Elizabeth Stroud: It's disaster, Robbie. She'll bring you nothing but heartache. Besides, all she wanted was the publicity.

    Robert Stroud: Mother... you can't be serious. I can't believe this is happening.

    Elizabeth Stroud: Give her up, Robbie. Forget her.

    Robert Stroud: You act as though you wanted me here for all time. With you as my only outside connection.

    Elizabeth Stroud: Then you choose her instead of your own mother?

    Robert Stroud: Don't say any more, Mother. Please.

    Elizabeth Stroud: That's your decision? To desert me?

  • Robert Stroud: Why did you come 2,000 miles for nothing? Just to see me once a month?

    Stella Johnson: I came because I'm your wife, that's why. Bob, the only life I got is you.

    Robert Stroud: Then you've got a damned poor future, old girl. I'm never gonna get outta here.

    Stella Johnson: I could get a job in a factory. I could write letters every day. It would be like old times.

    Robert Stroud: You'd wither away and die waiting. Forget it, Stell. It's the end of the line.

    Robert Stroud: Please, Bob.

    Robert Stroud: Now, listen to me. Listen carefully. You fought your heart out for me. You fought your heart out for me, but the sun's gone down. And don't look for it to rise again. I want you to pretend that I'm a dead man. I want you to pretend... that you're standin' on my grave.

Birdman of Alcatraz

Director: John Frankenheimer

Language: English Release date: July 4, 1962