May his soul rest in peace indeed. I loved the name of the character he played "PRIEST", it is very suggestive, suggestive of knowledge he's forced to live contrary to. Ron O'neal/Priest a very deep and conscious Brother in his time, again Rest In Peace.
victors. George Lucas has spoken about how it was almost impossible to bring "Red Tails" to the big screen because of the all Black cast. Think about it; Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg can show a movie about WW II and make money, but George (Star Wars) Lucas, gets a hard time because of the cast? What does that say about our history and what America thinks about it? We need some "Black Power" in Hollywood.
It's the trick bag the Black American community is caught up in; control of our image by people outside of the community. 20 years before, we were mammies, half wits and coons. We went from Sambo to Supernigger and very little in between. Even now, Black actors and actresses are finding it hard to find meaningful roles in Hollywood, Tyler Perry notwithstanding. Until we, as Black people, control the means of production, for, about and by ourselves, we will continue to be victims rather than
@oldclips..the movie, the music, the time...man it was all good. What I hated is that people and some Black, tried to make it seem as though this movie created an epidemic, when it was aalaready out there, they just told the story. I am glad Superfly was made. I hate it messed up Mr. O'Neal's career at the time, but it is a classic, and like Max Julien of the Mack, they will live on forever. I still have the VHS and going to keep looking at it. Thank you for this clip, this too is classic. RIPRO
I find this film intriguing because it was released in 1972 yet nearly 40 years later it is still a film people talk about. Whether the discussion is about the drug aspect of the film, exploitation of blacks, or whatever the reason, this film struck a chord with people to such a degree that nearly four decades after its initial release, people are still analyzing some aspect of it. I could name major film releases from 1972 and you would never have heard of them. Superfly is still relevant today
So much more to Ron O'neal than people knew! I'm afraid like many black actors he was stereotyped by playing Priest. I was happy years later to see him play Whitley's father on Different World. I ran into his brother one time in Watts and stood there frozen because they look so much alike. lol Miss you dearly my brotha!
Superfly spoke to me as more than just a glorified drug-dealer wanting to escape but the embodiment of individual maturity in defiance of total social-economical and psyschological impediments.
Being born in 79' I missed out completely from the experience of the strong and morally ambitious minority in 60s-70's America and instead was fed a heavy dose of gangsta glorification since the 80's.
What more tragic is that because of this social conditioning, the great 70's films are misunderstood and worse yet unevenly compared wit the nonsense of today.
It's ironic that Ron Oneil was a Shakespearean actor! You can hear it in his voice! He played the hell out of that role though! I love that movie, and can quote every line word for word! Straight classic movie & soundtrack, ya dig!
Wow, I never knew the depth of Mr. Oneal's classical professionalism nor the depth of his passion for it, as he described here, rather eloquently. I never saw the movie when a kid (as, contrary to whites Hostile Fantasy State, most of us blacks at the time fiercely disaproved of those images. Hell, I sincerely thouht at the time the movie was some slick, modern pulp-styled super-hero. I didn't know what "fly" meant). It's tragic that Oneal was stereo-typed, and never found fame on the stage!
@Atomank68 He was an award winning stage actor. Unfortunately, after his transition to the screen, and such a powerful performance in Super Fly, Mr. the depth of Mr. O'neal's acting talent was not fully recognized, and apprecitated.
THIS MAN I COULD WATCH EVERYDAY HIS LOOKS,SMILE AND HIS VOICE,HE IS A SEXY MAN ,BUT NOW HE IS GONE BUT HE WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED AND LOVED,WONDERFUL ACTOR,I WAS WONDERING WAS HE EVERY MARRIED,MAY GOD BE WITH YOU RON ONEAL MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO YOU..MS.SYLVIA
Mr. Ron O'neal you are missed. Such a great actor, such a deep thinker, such a beautiful voice, and tall, dark & hadsome to boot. Those blind, deaf & dumb folks in Hollywood never wrote you a great role. You could have done anything. They say your "Othello" in England kicked a&& & knocked the Brits back on their boot. Oh, if only it had been filmed.
At first i thought that his perspective is most likely not realizing the whole black exploitation phenom that was to follow.
But then i read that according to his wife even up until his death that the image he wanted and felt he had magnified was that Superfly was a good guy stuck and trying to get out and not glorifying the image the way the majority took the film.
EXACTLY, thats why im glad I didnt see this film before I learned about the
Illuminati and the New World Order. If you really follow the story and can understand the message that its sendind its actually one of the best films out there
Ron Oneal was a classsically trained Shakespearean actor who could not otherwise find work. No disrespect to Mr. Oneal but observers of the day were adamant that Superfly undid in one year what had taken black Americans 25 years to build up. The movie made the image of black street hustlers en vogue. Of course young people who did not see nor participate in the Movement of the prior generation would eat this kind of image up wholesale.
social conditioning... that's the term you're looking for, it goes all the way back to the days of Plato, they even made slaves attend plays because the plays were a "tool of the state" so to speak used to push an idea or veiw...
You are outside of your mind, and reading the bullshit NAACP speech. Superfly is the absolute GREATEST black hero ever presented in motion picture history. Sure, he was a drug dealer--which unto itself is not immoral--but outside of that, what was wrong with his character?
He was heroic, ambitious, and one smart nigga with basketball sized balls, who always made the smart choices.
@hmorganman Sad but true. And many of the movies during that time were making a point only to become a stereotype and parody. Many miss the entire point in this movie and 'The Mack.' It wasn't about glamorizing drugs and pimping, but showing the harsh realities in the streets of Harlem, Oakland, Detroit, Chicago etc.
@hmorganman It was honest - bout black hustlers. But whether it was depicted as vogue is vague. The life of priest in the movie could've been close to real pushermen then.
We should not blame SUperfly, the black folks who turn back into niggers, had their own mind. The niggas missed the message.
medusa7ful 3 weeks ago
WHO THA FUCK U THANK U IS, RON O'NEAL OR SOMETHIN'. TALKIN BOUT I BETTER PAY OR ELSE!!!!!!! LOL.
fireantone 4 weeks ago
Ron is impressive. I was going to think he would be mediocre but what a role model. I never even saw Superly. Going to buy a copy soon.
theoryg 1 month ago
May his soul rest in peace indeed. I loved the name of the character he played "PRIEST", it is very suggestive, suggestive of knowledge he's forced to live contrary to. Ron O'neal/Priest a very deep and conscious Brother in his time, again Rest In Peace.
TheCelestialMEMkayah 1 month ago
victors. George Lucas has spoken about how it was almost impossible to bring "Red Tails" to the big screen because of the all Black cast. Think about it; Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg can show a movie about WW II and make money, but George (Star Wars) Lucas, gets a hard time because of the cast? What does that say about our history and what America thinks about it? We need some "Black Power" in Hollywood.
DAngelo136 1 month ago
It's the trick bag the Black American community is caught up in; control of our image by people outside of the community. 20 years before, we were mammies, half wits and coons. We went from Sambo to Supernigger and very little in between. Even now, Black actors and actresses are finding it hard to find meaningful roles in Hollywood, Tyler Perry notwithstanding. Until we, as Black people, control the means of production, for, about and by ourselves, we will continue to be victims rather than
DAngelo136 1 month ago
0:58 now if you don't get me my money TONIGHT
bolomite 1 month ago
DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW RON O' NEAL DIED?
lriles2000 2 months ago
@lriles2000 Pancreatic cancer.
gumbypiz 2 months ago
That actor @ 1:30 is the same guy who played Wilona's ex creepy husband who sexually harrassed Thelma on Good Times.
tigerwoman 2 months ago 2
@oldclips..the movie, the music, the time...man it was all good. What I hated is that people and some Black, tried to make it seem as though this movie created an epidemic, when it was aalaready out there, they just told the story. I am glad Superfly was made. I hate it messed up Mr. O'Neal's career at the time, but it is a classic, and like Max Julien of the Mack, they will live on forever. I still have the VHS and going to keep looking at it. Thank you for this clip, this too is classic. RIPRO
arlenerogerswilhite 3 months ago 2
I liked the 70's word " JIVE TURKEY"...lol
Yashaabakadawbra 4 months ago
I find this film intriguing because it was released in 1972 yet nearly 40 years later it is still a film people talk about. Whether the discussion is about the drug aspect of the film, exploitation of blacks, or whatever the reason, this film struck a chord with people to such a degree that nearly four decades after its initial release, people are still analyzing some aspect of it. I could name major film releases from 1972 and you would never have heard of them. Superfly is still relevant today
MikeCaiazzo1 4 months ago
So much more to Ron O'neal than people knew! I'm afraid like many black actors he was stereotyped by playing Priest. I was happy years later to see him play Whitley's father on Different World. I ran into his brother one time in Watts and stood there frozen because they look so much alike. lol Miss you dearly my brotha!
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KarlAntonioRosier 5 months ago
Superfly spoke to me as more than just a glorified drug-dealer wanting to escape but the embodiment of individual maturity in defiance of total social-economical and psyschological impediments.
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theFRACTALREIGN 5 months ago
Being born in 79' I missed out completely from the experience of the strong and morally ambitious minority in 60s-70's America and instead was fed a heavy dose of gangsta glorification since the 80's.
What more tragic is that because of this social conditioning, the great 70's films are misunderstood and worse yet unevenly compared wit the nonsense of today.
theFRACTALREIGN 5 months ago
SICK ASS BEARD if i could grow that shit i would and i would rock it all day long
BigXSmoke1 5 months ago
I did not relate to the dope, but I liked the style of the hats, the coats and the Eldo.
ARIZJOE 6 months ago
A talented Gorgeous Man! RIP
Specialdark23 7 months ago
It's ironic that Ron Oneil was a Shakespearean actor! You can hear it in his voice! He played the hell out of that role though! I love that movie, and can quote every line word for word! Straight classic movie & soundtrack, ya dig!
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Coolest movie ive ever seen PERIOD
santanaincubus 8 months ago
the only reason i searched this is cause menece 2 society looooool
123Krud 9 months ago
"If you lose don't ask no questions why..the only game ya know is do or die..!!!"
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hichcoc 10 months ago
Wow, I never knew the depth of Mr. Oneal's classical professionalism nor the depth of his passion for it, as he described here, rather eloquently. I never saw the movie when a kid (as, contrary to whites Hostile Fantasy State, most of us blacks at the time fiercely disaproved of those images. Hell, I sincerely thouht at the time the movie was some slick, modern pulp-styled super-hero. I didn't know what "fly" meant). It's tragic that Oneal was stereo-typed, and never found fame on the stage!
Atomank68 11 months ago
@Atomank68 He was an award winning stage actor. Unfortunately, after his transition to the screen, and such a powerful performance in Super Fly, Mr. the depth of Mr. O'neal's acting talent was not fully recognized, and apprecitated.
renaissanceman165 4 months ago
thanks for posting this
pww35 11 months ago
THIS MAN I COULD WATCH EVERYDAY HIS LOOKS,SMILE AND HIS VOICE,HE IS A SEXY MAN ,BUT NOW HE IS GONE BUT HE WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED AND LOVED,WONDERFUL ACTOR,I WAS WONDERING WAS HE EVERY MARRIED,MAY GOD BE WITH YOU RON ONEAL MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO YOU..MS.SYLVIA
msdeaconess1 1 year ago 4
1:27
MrPlayamade55 1 year ago
3:09 damn that nigga fast lol
slick1hit 1 year ago
Goldie loc sampled that hustler line in "hustle in my veins" from tha eastsideridaz album kool shit neva knew it was from ron oneal
1KillaSkrilla1 1 year ago
Mr. Ron O'neal you are missed. Such a great actor, such a deep thinker, such a beautiful voice, and tall, dark & hadsome to boot. Those blind, deaf & dumb folks in Hollywood never wrote you a great role. You could have done anything. They say your "Othello" in England kicked a&& & knocked the Brits back on their boot. Oh, if only it had been filmed.
esquibelle 1 year ago 2
I grew up on this movie and I have it in my library. This is one of the realest movies i've ever seen.
pecs2006 1 year ago 3
saw this yesterday ....."dat shit is cooooold"!
topholewhat0 1 year ago
Very nice interview with Ron Oneal . He died in 2004 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 66 on the same day Super Fly was released on DVD in the US.
Zari7000 1 year ago
Ron O'Neal was so sexy!!! R.I.P :(
He was so talented and a legend in the Black Community!
AppleTarts102 1 year ago 3
This was a "FLY" Interview! LOL!
4thletta 1 year ago
At first i thought that his perspective is most likely not realizing the whole black exploitation phenom that was to follow.
But then i read that according to his wife even up until his death that the image he wanted and felt he had magnified was that Superfly was a good guy stuck and trying to get out and not glorifying the image the way the majority took the film.
68NYC 1 year ago
@68NYC
EXACTLY, thats why im glad I didnt see this film before I learned about the
Illuminati and the New World Order. If you really follow the story and can understand the message that its sendind its actually one of the best films out there
lw62005 1 year ago
I would pay handsomely to go back in time and experience the late 60's to 70's.
Seems like a cool time to be alive.
The world today SUCKS
CoffySarai 1 year ago 4
@CoffySarai, Me too!
holywomen 1 year ago
@CoffySarai i know me to sometimes i wish i had a time machine, i would go back to the 70's and live life to the fullest
Cassie86R 1 year ago
@CoffySarai I definitely agree with you 100%
illinoisdemon 1 year ago
@CoffySarai It was...and you couldn't be more right.
reprobacious 1 year ago
Ron Oneal was a classsically trained Shakespearean actor who could not otherwise find work. No disrespect to Mr. Oneal but observers of the day were adamant that Superfly undid in one year what had taken black Americans 25 years to build up. The movie made the image of black street hustlers en vogue. Of course young people who did not see nor participate in the Movement of the prior generation would eat this kind of image up wholesale.
hmorganman 2 years ago 16
social conditioning... that's the term you're looking for, it goes all the way back to the days of Plato, they even made slaves attend plays because the plays were a "tool of the state" so to speak used to push an idea or veiw...
bottomsbaby 2 years ago 2
@hmorganman
You are outside of your mind, and reading the bullshit NAACP speech. Superfly is the absolute GREATEST black hero ever presented in motion picture history. Sure, he was a drug dealer--which unto itself is not immoral--but outside of that, what was wrong with his character?
He was heroic, ambitious, and one smart nigga with basketball sized balls, who always made the smart choices.
aquatiq 1 year ago
@hmorganman Sad but true. And many of the movies during that time were making a point only to become a stereotype and parody. Many miss the entire point in this movie and 'The Mack.' It wasn't about glamorizing drugs and pimping, but showing the harsh realities in the streets of Harlem, Oakland, Detroit, Chicago etc.
epics7 1 year ago 3
@hmorganman That is very very true. Unfortunately the movie was like a visual version of gangsta rap music.
glong86 7 months ago
@hmorganman It was honest - bout black hustlers. But whether it was depicted as vogue is vague. The life of priest in the movie could've been close to real pushermen then.
BuyBenco 2 months ago
@hmorganman
Better to be a hustler than a hating uncle-tom like you! Stop hateing on Oniel, tom!
djhivesdotcom 1 month ago
Rest In Peace Ron
omarfrancis 2 years ago 42
@omarfrancis
Man, I'm sorry to have hit the down button on you, but I was so mad at the comment below, that I hit yours by mistake.
aquatiq 1 year ago