The Bandit and the Snowman... together again at last.
In The Longest Yard, Burt showed us how to drive a Citroen while drinking alcohol, listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd, totally rocking a 1970s-era jumpsuit-like outfit and white loafers, and running from the cops.
In Deliverance, Burt Reynolds taught me everything I need to know about "the system," particularly its facade-like nature. His question to Ed--and the answer that never comes but still must be considered by any man who feels that our slick, modern, convenience-filled world is missing something important and fundamental--is more-or-less the whole existential premise of the movie. "Why do you come on these trips with me?" Deliverance isn't about hillbilly rape. Especially with a director like John Boorman at the helm. It's basically a dark, tragic bildungsroman. Not one of my favorite movies, but still brilliant, and perhaps Reynolds's best work.
R.I.P., Bandit. :(
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