Man of La Mancha

[axisares]

For most authors I think it would be fair to assume that their fictional characters have just as much substance as any living person, whether they can tell the difference between the two or not.

[JeffreySutton]

Brilliant scene.

[Hiraghm]

This is incorrect.

Miguel Cervantes was jailed because he was a tax collector who failed to collect taxes and was unable to make it up out of his pocket.

[redvsblue1caboose]

i have to preform this in drama class in two days i need to make a costume and memorize the part

[JackWild67]

This is a very great but sad story because this man had never reached his greatest dream. But i swear to you that I, I, I, I, I, I, WILL ! I will see that STAR that so many have dreamt of. I will see it and so will YOU. YOU who want to live to see that day. Yes YOU will see it to. And when you do you will know you have found paradise. YOU have found the perfect world. The one you have dreamt of since you were young. Spread this world wide because this is what is coming for all us dreamers.

[Hiraghm]

They movie has it wrong.

Miguel Cervantes went to prison because he was a tax collector and failed to collect the required taxes, and could not pay them himself.

Cervantes was an exceptional man who died in poverty.

Google him.

[fjccommish]

Hogwash. Seeing life as it is isn't madness. Seeing it as it is, accepting it, and finding joy in it, finding the places in life where it crosses with how it should be, or working to make it closer to how it should be while accepting what it is, is sanity.

[themadmallard]

@fjccommish - to a Christian, life as it is vs. life as it should be is a parallel to Earthly flesh and Christ.

[veladarney]

Yes, but look at life as it is. Life as it is IS madness. And no one in their right minds should accept life as it currently is. But strive to bring it closer to life as it should be.

[JackWild67]

These words are so me that every time i listen to this part of the play i am stunned. Absolutely stunned. It is like my life written down and on video. I don't know what else to say here. Except i dont know why i have always felt like this. Was it environmental or was i born like this. I dont know. I have only theories.

[warioman91]

yeah, Peter O'Toole was great and Sophia Loren was one fine lookin lady

[Jendellyn]

Peter O'Toole was certainly a perfect choice for this part: the man who had given another life to Lawrence of Arabia was ideal for Don Quixote...

[MichaelCrawfordsFan]

my favorite scene.

[Soosanah]

Jack, I have a dear friend who this fits as well. He is a wonder.

[JackWild67]

We are a rare breed for now i think but one day there will be many Don Quioxtes. Then we can all enjoy the fruits of our labor.

[JackWild67]

I love this part. I love this part of the movie. It is in the top three favorite parts of this wonderful soulful movie. I am a dreamer. I am Don Quioxte. Or at least that is the way i have felt my entire life. I really love this story.

[Dulcenaya]

Yes no one could save me from that.

[HiveRadical]

May I ask why my comments were deleted?

Thanks again for posting this.

[EthnoGnom]

Because there are users, who try to bomb democracy via the road of YouTube services. I think it´s worth a discussion, if deleting comments is an act of expressing a meaning or an act of censorship (remember Mc Carthy). Like in the film The man of La Manche there is a bunch of dlinquents, who try to burn the truth (remember the KKK).

[fjccommish]

McCarthy never censored anyone.

[Micky777]

My friend...i didn't delete your comments....i never saw them...maybe it was a YouTube clitch..

[GentleSoul1970]

Wow! Intriguing questions and there assumptions are literally ENDLESS. I enjoy they was in which you have presented yours in this piece.

Anyone who views this video would no doubt enjoy comparing it to the playlist on my channel "What the Bleep Do We Know?"

It poses the same questions Hive is pondering in this monlogue from the perspective of Quantum physicists such as: Alan Wolf, Ph.D.

I've posted a video response of the first ten minutes of the movie. It's a "must-see." Seriously!

[vampirealdys]

this is an AWESOME monologue... love love love it!

[Jonikiro]

Beautiful. This scene always gets me teary eyed.

[SaintSylvia]

"..and maddest of all to see life as it is, not as it should be..." a real classic. Thanks for the post, this one is hard to come by.

[rainbowspotter]

Wonderful Story. Absoutly amazing. I love this movie. Its a great story. *listens to Quixote speak*

[Lochsabre]

Brilliant! Thank you Micky777 for posting this. One of many classic moments of a great film. Do you have any more?