Thank you for a fascinating analyses of the 'business'. What the future holds - who knows. Personally I'm of an age I saw movies in those big, ornate single screen movie palaces, with plush curtains sliding open over the movie studio logo as the main feature started. It was magical and a far cry of the sterility of the multi plexus. Great channel. Keep up the good work!. Michael - SA.
@FilmJournal
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, I’m with you Michael as far as the classical movie palaces go- but with the cinema landscape what it is today- I’ll take what I can get. Thanks for watching!
@waltervanlille2263
3 жыл бұрын
Sooo... Billy Jack is the reason why we have so many "activist actors" preaching to the masses non-stop in movies nowadays? Good to have someone I can focus my irritation on. Very informative and entertaining. Well done. I hope this one bags you a thousand subscribers.
@jorgezarco9269
5 сағат бұрын
Billy Jack appeared in the 1967 biker film The Born Losers. Laughlin played a surfer in Gidget(1959).
@taylorhall2028
Жыл бұрын
Is this the most under-valued video on KZitem? The editing and production are great and the research is fantastic. How does this not have more views? It's wild.
@FilmJournal
Жыл бұрын
I’m playing KZitem on hard mode dude I swear! Thanks so much!
@moserfugger6363
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it is. So glad I stumbled upon it and actually learned something new. Thanks a lot! Greetings from Germany 😍
@battlestarmarc
Ай бұрын
Billy Jack was a great film. Stallone's rambo seemed to copy many of Billy Jack characteristics.
@FilmJournal
Ай бұрын
Good point- especially in the first movie. Can’t remember if Billy Jack is a Viet Nam vet or not but certainly has that vibe
@jarom3163
Жыл бұрын
Nice ancient footage. Brought back memories.
@FilmJournal
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@nitrateglow2087
10 ай бұрын
What a fantastic video! I'm shocked there aren't more views.
@FilmJournal
10 ай бұрын
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully it will catch on bc it’s one my favorites too. Very fun to research and produce!
@matthewTobrien
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent work on this, George. I thought I knew a lot about how this stuff worked…. Ummm, no. I had never heard about Billy Jack, either. Really loving the content, and I’m excited to hear more about the feature on the channel. New “set” looks great, too!
@FilmJournal
3 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate that Matt! Let’s get a beer back in CB sometime!
@matthewTobrien
3 жыл бұрын
@@FilmJournal For sure! Hit me up on Instagram or Twitter and I can get you my info. In the meantime, get to work on your next vid!
@BangPotential
7 ай бұрын
Great vid! Had to bail on the Batman and Logan’s Run eps because I got too excited to actually watch them… for the first time.
@BobbyD262
3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating about BILLY JACK's connection to the modern summer blockbuster. Where'd you get all that info? Literally never heard anyone talk about this before.
@FilmJournal
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bob, I’ve got some links to a few articles and books that might be worth your while to read. Especially “Open Wide”, which is available free on the Internet Archive.
@LeandelDeFate
Жыл бұрын
Great job, man. You just got a new subscriber.
@FilmJournal
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@snoo333
Жыл бұрын
I remember watching his first movie on tv.
@thebigv75
3 жыл бұрын
Great analysis!
@FilmJournal
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro 🥲
@moserfugger6363
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting and eye opening. Thank you! Greetings from Germany 😍
@FilmJournal
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! I hope to return to Germany one day. Very much enjoyed my visit to Bavaria and Berlin
@chanceotter8121
3 ай бұрын
Laughlin was an amateur Jungian, not a Freudian, and his knowledge of the collective archetypes within narrative myths allowed him, years before George Lucas or George Miller did with their franchise creations, to tap into a specific hero story relevant to the audience of the early seventies. It is hard to explain how important Billy Jack was to us young folks in the early ‘70s because their appeal doesn’t transcend their era, like Star Wars and Mad Max were able to.
@FilmJournal
3 ай бұрын
Very interesting to hear. I was flabbergasted by all the testimonials in those ads about 'crying' during Billy Jack bc now it's this kind of cringe Captain Planet style anti-racism narrative, but- I had someone probably your age over to my place and he was flipping through my record collection, saw that I had the Billy Jack soundtrack (bc One Tin Soldier is a fire song) and talked about how much he loved BJ as a kid and how he "cried". I was blown away. Now, cut me some slack, I did research for this video like 2-3 years ago and I'm fairly certain I read he was into Freud. Maybe he landed on Jung ultimately- as I have. But, I mean- you've got to start with Freud right? Lot of respect for Tom Laughlin. Thanks for the comment.
@chanceotter8121
3 ай бұрын
@@FilmJournal you got all the slack you need. No disrespect meant. Billy Jack the movie was so profitable because people went to see it over and over. Those testimonial ads, and the ad with the clip of the characters of Jean and Billy, were often done to remind people of their emotional attachment to see it again, since the film would often recycle back as a double feature or at a drive-in. What is also unique about Billy Jack, the character, is he became synonymous with Tom Laughlin, the actor/auteur. They were inseparable in public imagination. Also, can’t underestimate Laughlin’s use of martial arts in bringing kids my age at the time (10-12) to the matinees weekly. Billy Jack may have been many kids first exposure to it. Anyway, I think The Exorcist also used testimonial ads, but the reactions weren’t the same😏.
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