Jack Nicholson: Five Easy Pieces ("Life You Don't Approve") Monologue

"Five Easy Pieces (1970)"
Movie Monologues
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065724/

Are you cold? I don't know if you'd be.. particularly interested in hearing anything about me. My life, I mean... most of it doesn't add up to much that I could relate as a way of life that you'd approve of. I move around a lot. Not because I'm looking for anything really, but, because... I'm getting away from things that get bad... when I stay. Auspicious beginnings, you know what I mean? I'm trying to imagine your half of this conversation. My feeling is I don't know that if you could talk we wouldn't be talking. That's pretty much how it got to be before I left. Are you all right? I don't know what to say... Tita suggested that we try to... I don't know. I think that she... feels that we've got some understanding to reach. She totally denies the fact that we were never that comfortable with one another to begin with. The best that I can do is apologize. We both know that I was never really that good at it anyway. I'm sorry it didn't work out.

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[CARDMAN365]

he is a great actor.

[TheGatorfan93]

Shows you how much depth nicholson has.Too bad as the 80's rolled around,directors just wanted him to reprise his mcmurphy character.But the 70's showed jack's true greatness.

[yh3e]

@aSnakeWithGunz Nope. thats just jack for ya, he's got really sharp features. he looks like a caricature with those eyebrows though haha

[baz5158]

great

[aSnakeWithGunz]

Is it just me or is anyone else noticing some flaws in his acting? I mean it kind of looks like he is exaggerating some facial expressions a little too much.

[nelsano3]

@2three7films I agree to a point, what of films like Social Network,There will be blood,A serious Man, Zodiac, No country for old men etc? They are all films produced in America and all challenge the veiwer to pay attention to a meaningful story. I agree whole heartedly that the 70's were a special time for American cinema, but we can't overlook the fact that there are some very talented people working in hollywood right now. Without doubt this is a classic though, It gets better every veiwing!

[SnarfBanks]

@SnarfBanks Hey man the shut the fuck up was totally uncalled for. Let it be an intelligent discussion.

[SnarfBanks]

@2three7films Twilight is not considered good cinema in modern times. Its a blockbuster, kids like it, that's about it.  This "oh what has become of cinema" panic is complete horseshit. Good movies stand out. They last forever. That's why old movies seem so great. They're the ones that stood out in the other MOUNTAINS OF SHIT that have always occupied American cinema. Do you know how many shitty movies came out in the 80s, the 70s, how about the 20s and the 30s? Shut the fuck up.

[bboots100]

@2three7films You are so right. This film would not have made it to the mainstream cinema, had it been written today. It would be an independent film production and would have limited distribution as a result. Film companies have always been interested in the big blockbusters, but it was never more evident than today, with producers, who have no business interfering with the creative machinery of film, calling the shots on what is made and what is not.

[EdwardCullenBabe95]

Why does Jack Nicholson have to be so fucking sexy

[UNDERGROUND2000]

An un forgettable scene in an awesome movie..jack rules..and this was b4 his personna was so molded

[tokiswartooths]

@2three7films a form of expression instead of impression.