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Well, Billy Jack was certainly independent.

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In Reply to: OK the guesses are gettin' good! But my answer is: posted by clarkjohnsen on June 02, 2001 at 11:10:54:

t was independent of any semblance of:
Directorial skills
Plot
Script
One scene I dearly love, I can't remember if it was the first or second Billy Jack film (they seem to blur into one big repressed memory) was where the kid
with the prosthetic claw-like hand gets taught how to play the guitair ! LOL!!!! Was that just before the police opened fire in a Waco frenzy? Anyway,
there are few films where I cheer, but when the "baddies" opened fire I openly said "hoo- fucking -ray!" along with many others in the bemused audience.
One (or two?) to forget.

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Re: Well, Billy Jack was certainly independent. TAFKA Steve 15:36:56 06/03/01 (1)
But if Tom Laughlin would have winked his "brown eye" and eaten fresh dog poop, it would have been an artistic achievement, right?
And Coven's "One Tin Soldier" stole the melody from Pachebel's Canon.
This is why I chose "Sweet Sweetback": to show how THE MAN took advantage of a brother.
- The big studios would never buy it. john dem 15:50:11 06/03/01 (0)
  "But if Tom Laughlin would have winked his "brown eye" and eaten fresh dog poop, it would have been an artistic achievement, right?"
  Hmmm...I don't think anyone has ever accused John Waters of artistic achievement.
  But the thought of Billy Jack Vs Divine, co- directed by Waters and Laughlin, now that I would have paid good money to see !
  Damn the studio system ! There's a huge market for Indie- crossover films but alas we can only dream....
That's just a typical right-wing kneejerk reaction... clarkjohnsen 14:01:00 06/03/01 (1)
...to a film that beautifully portrayed the radical (if slightly hippy) resistance to the government's repressive protocols, the centerpiece of which was a "free school" a la Summerhill that didn't inculcate the sort of non-thinking you and your reactionary, bomb-tossing, doctor-killing buddies engage in.
There, that felt good!
clark
- LOL- It wasn't their politics I didn't like ! john dem 15:07:57 06/03/01 (0)
  It was the crappy acting !
  Or was it the self- indulgent preaching ?
  Or was it the "make love not war" sentiments while Billy karate- kicks the crap out of people ?
  Or was it the kid playing guitar with the claw- hand ? Yep, it was the kid- I was sure the strings would break and put out someone's eye- my hostlity reflects my disappontment at this potentially gruesome scene being overlooked.
  Plot Summary:
  GOVERNMENT/ COPS= BAD
  HALF INDIAN, EX GREEN BERET, KARATE EXPERT, VIOLENT PSYCHOTIC WITH PEACENICK PRETENSIONS= GOOD

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