James Coburn about Sam Peckinpah

Excerpt from the documentary "Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War".

[@vincentfisher1603]

Coburn was such a complete and cool man. I miss him so much. No one like him today.

[@mhos6940]

When it comes to actors the two that most deserve the moniker "Mr Cool" are Steve McQueen & James Coburn.

[@johnconway9882]

I was first introduced to James Coburn by the Schlitz Light commercials! kzbin.info/www/bejne/lajYp56bnq-YgqM

[@mongeantoine8949]

James Coburn is THE man !

[@albertchin1050]

This is a gem. James Coburn worked with some of the best. The stories he could tell!

[@maestroclassico5801]

Coburn was just. Plain. Cool. Jeesh. I wish he was still around.

[@jmorlar2852]

James Coburn and Sam Peckinpah: two amazing, irreplaceable men which are so bitterly missed...

[@omalone1169]

Coburn is Rugged Man?

[@mhos6940]

When it comes to actors that deserve the moniker "Mr Cool" none deserve it more than Steve McQueen & James Coburn.

[@jerryrichardson2799]

@@mhos6940 I agree and I believe they were friends, too.

[@LeonardGarcia-yn2ej]

Cocaine Buddies ❤👃❄️❤

[@varanid9]

"Cross of Iron" is one of my favorite war films ever.

[@omalone1169]

Haven't heard of it

[@ethanbradley2089]

@@omalone1169 watch it.

[@patdisaster8543]

When I was 5.... I was watching it with my father ....he told me look at how they put the mines on the tracks....of the T34....speaking of Sam Pekinpaw.....I was at Lollapalooza 94 and at sundown.... Smashing pumpkins was getting ready to play ....for 10... 13 ? Minutes....the Wild Bunch machine gun scene was playing in a greenish sepia....while some middle eastern music...woman wailed.....I was tripping on acid.

[@mhos6940]

"Corporal Steiner?" "I'm Lili Marlene."💋

[@frederickrobertson3913]

It is a masterpiece.

[@djd620]

I love Sam's last clip here where he talks about Orson Welles loving Cross of Iron. Respect mattered to him a great deal and you can tell how joyful he was to get a compliment like that from Orson who back during the time the film came out was not welcomed by Hollywood either (just as Sam wasn't). I love seeing his reaction. One iconoclastic artist saluting another.

[@dcikaruga]

All of Peckinpah's films are worth watching, even the weaker one, he just put so much life and depth into them.

[@rivafussball6719]

This is what makes KZbin great! That Coburn & Peckinpah will live forever!!!

[@Nukle0n]

This guy always had a great voice.

[@DerekLyons]

All the Cigars Helped !

[@cegb551]

And a great smile.

[@ARIZJOE]

James Coburn, a great actor, an intelligent man, and just about the coolest guy ever.

[@mred2071]

Coburn's performance in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is one of the very best I've seen and I've seen an awful lot of movies

[@ethanbradley2089]

Same here. I don't know if anyone has played Pat Garrett since. But after his performance why bother?

[@jakeroberts7435]

I still watch that movie on a regular basis, one of my favorite western of all times. Like all of his movies, times are a changing. What a good shoot um up

[@mred2071]

@@jakeroberts7435 I watched it again a couple days ago, good as ever!

[@jakeroberts7435]

@@mred2071 And the music, Dylan at his finest, Peckinpaw was genius. And the cast selection, damn. Nowadays they would have some strong wayman type dominating the roles, Sam would have said fook off.

[@DeanH92]

0:14 I quote this whenever someone asks if I’ve seen the latest superhero movie.

[@fredrickmillstead2804]

One of the finest actors of all generations

[@stephenp.farrelly2296]

THANK YOU Mr Coburn and ALL of your fellow actors and actresses, directors of your time / day. .........

[@wongsifu460]

2 geniuses that produce one of the greatest war movies of the 20th century

[@Stable_Genius]

JC, one of my all time favorite actors. Total badass.

[@nadeemmohammed6652]

James Top actor his films SUPER he was one of akind may u rest in peace my brother.....

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

Coburn is a legend from the days when the portrayal of a man in movies was about more than just physical vanity.

[@Gwaithmir]

I have over a dozen of James Coburn's movies in my collection.

[@jimw.4161]

"Tits and ass ..." "Commercial shit..." Brilliant exposition. Sam Peckinpah was a brilliant director and made some truly great movies. They don't make movies like that anymore - nor men like Sam Peckinpah. As a society, we are the worse for it.

[@kyleshiflet7932]

Sam Peckinpah the true Hollywood Rebel

[@dcikaruga]

There was a artist, a poet, a film director in the purest sense.

[@dickyboyryw]

Coburns Sgt Steiner is one of the most extraordinary characters in film production, ever. Genuis *

[@cegb551]

Imagine going to dinner with James coburn, and just listen to him telling stories about his career?

[@blkusa9864]

Coburn was totally on the money. Contemporary studios are simply not interested in making good film anymore. They care about foreign markets, merchandising, identity politics...but not the actual product. The cinematic equivalent of fast food. CGI crapfests about robots fighting, reboots nobody asked for, all pandering to the intellectual lowest common denominator. There are very few film makers today that are interested in actually telling high concept and original stories with interesting characters saying interesting things. All a director used to need was some talent, a little money, a good idea, and some room to move around. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. But at least there was the opportunity to try. A film with a budget of 10 million that ended up grossing 20 million was considered a moderate success. Studios weren't afraid to take a calculated risk on a promising story. In 2019 we have one brain damaged movie after another each costing over a hundred million, not including marketing, and if grosses are less than 600 million it barely breaks even. The general atmosphere that gave us young auteur directors like Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, DePalma, John Carpenter, etc. simply does not exist anymore. That renaissance is basically dead and now we're in the dark ages.

[@Hal9000ize]

What about studios like A24?

[@jacktheripoff1888]

Something about Stiener in that film that makes him so unique from any other soldier in a war film. Can't put a finger on exactly what. It's like what the one officer called him, a "myth". Like he has lived a thousand past lives and every one of them as a soldier.

[@payback_carter]

100% on target. Coburn captures perfectly how exquisitely tired and exhausted a soldier can be. Steiner is a myth, but soldiers like that are the "last hope" of any country when it comes to the gravest extreme. One of my favorite War Movies and one of my favorite characters.

[@keefwins04]

James Coburn and James Mason. Wow. It doesn’t get any classier. They have more class in their little finger than most actors do in their whole body.

[@Wolfsky9]

Well stated, James Coburn ; as a 72 y/o man, I am so sick of films aimed at 14 y/o boys! --------------------WolfSky9, 72 y/o

[@larryrobinson6914]

Coburn got him like nobody else.

[@JohnDoe-yr4wc]

Coburn's voice is dark chocolate hung in a smokehouse for a few years.

[@omalone1169]

Vinnie paz brings me here

[@jerryumfress9030]

James Coburn was the most UNDERRATED actors to ever hit the big screen

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

Underrated? You've got some serious homework waiting for you

[@leonhorder8979]

Love James coburn movies R.I.P Legend

[@Wolfsky9]

James Coburn was an actor's actor. --------The man had real presence onscreen, + he had that great voice, & he was always at his best . --------' Pat Garrett & Billy The KId " is a masterpiece, most of all thanks to Coburn's brilliant portrayal of a man who's soul has been sold to " civilization " , while The Kid refuses to give in. It's a conflict Sam Peckinpah dealt with in several of his best films. -------------------------WolfSky9, 73 y/o

[@castelodeossos3947]

And Pat Garrett knows it, says it when his companion criticizes BtK, and feels guilty about it when he's shot BtK.

[@artisaprimus6306]

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, starring Janes Coburn and Kris Kristofferson is still the best movie about that subject. The Young Gun franchise makes Billy the Kid look like a real punk. Kris Kristofferson played Billy like one of the cool kids. RIP, James and Sam.

[@balamurugan-ds8cg]

Voice matters to him and his fans, great voice he has , james

[@alfrankson7826]

Old Sam peckinpah one of the great directors, slow motion violence. But unmistakable brilliant stories. Classic wild bunch, cross of iron. And a few more

[@c.johnson1691]

I’d always loved his voice.

[@brianallsopp69]

I love Coburn... he was always a proper fella....

[@rfletch62]

Best war film! If Orson Wells said so, who am I to disagree?

[@stevenhall2408]

I was in the army at Ft. Lenard Wood in the winter walking thru head high snow drifts to see this Russian front movie and it was set in the summer in Crimea! How ironic.

[@dariosantinelli1620]

Wasn't Crimea, it was Taman Península (Kuban Bridgehead), May 1943

[@GeoHvl]

I have liked Mr. Tinseltown for years, the first time I saw him that I remember well was Our Man Flint. I was 11.

[@maxthepupp]

The worlds a fucked up place. But at least here we are and can just watch Jimmy Coburn talk Peckinpah...awesome.

[@keithdaniels5918]

He , Peckinpah , was brutal on his stunt men in the Cross of Iron.

[@jamesireland6606]

colburn is the best

[@pavlovshouse77]

No CGI, no green screen, no super heroes, hell no real heroes at all. No happy ending where everting is spoon fed to the idiots who can’t think for themselves. God I miss movies like this.

[@mata2nz]

Exactly.

[@simoncasson3327]

These guys were the "real deal"... and they brought stuff to the picture.

[@garymckee8857]

He was correct on new movies,I don't watch them they are garbage.

[@I_AM_BAYTOR]

How do you know if you don't watch them? That's just being deliberately ignorant. There's a ton of trash for sure but you can find a gem every now and then.

[@garymckee8857]

@@I_AM_BAYTOR you are correct every now and then something comes along that isn't totally retarded.

[@Grandmastergav86]

@@I_AM_BAYTOR There are very few films these days that possess the quality of those from previous decades. There are good films but one of the biggest problems in many of these is the script writing. On-the-nose dialogue is all too prevalent in every single genre these days, very little is left to implication or inference. Everything "has to be" explained...

[@jakeroberts7435]

Nowadays, most movies are "woke" push a political agenda, the super strong wayMEN types. But a lot of predictive programming symbolgy, they have to tell us..The Kinks wrote a song about it in '79, I'm Capt America im falling

[@casyatbat]

I agree and worst than others. On the plus side, when we were able to be in the theaters, one could go to the bathroom or buy popcorn without the fear of missing any of the plot, especially movies like Wonder Woman and so on. That was painful to watch and made worse by being so long waiting for the conclusion.

[@SnowGiant.9]

Good entry

[@rachelyoung7261]

James Coburn looks like the lead singer of metallica

[@B.B.Digital_Forest]

Those were amazing years. But now you can't have that kind of production anymore without somebody complaining about someone's behavior or someone's rights. Back then they could get away with pulling a lot of crap. Not so much anymore.

[@juniormike]

watch my full documentary on the CROSS OF IRON Blu-ray's (Germany / UK / US / Japan)

[@robberesford7939]

It's easy to act. Doing it well is another matter.

[@ValerioMansueti]

at the end of this video..I couldn't understand the audio well..so I ask to some of you..: what does he exacly say about Orson Welles?

[@sigourneyripley946]

Hi, Valerio.... Peckinpah about his film CROSS OF IRON: "And I got a telegram from Orson Welles saying, he thought it was one of the finest war films ever made, which was a particular enormous good kick in the ass for me."

[@ValerioMansueti]

@@sigourneyripley946 Hi Sigourney..that's kind from you...thanks a lot!

[@jimjam1719]

what year was this interview filmed? anyone? curious. thanks.

[@felipedandrea124]

He begins talking about action movies, of course. But you imagine if he was alive today what he would say about these superhero crap taking over films? Well, probably the same thing. 😂

[@mikeperez4819]

Set aside all this cool subject matter, this gent managed to make feature films with good script ideas and cast improvisations which are a no-no for the financial side. Why? Flicks like Killer elite are funny inadvertently upon release. Today, such an investment would be doa. So, however inconsistent, his work is solid like McQueen and Scott and McCrea and Hartley and McGraw and Kristofferson.

[@1fan164]

Didn’t care for the turgid dirge Knocking on Heaven Door until the Slim Pickens scene but the endings for his later movies disappointingly anticlimactic.

[@vickdisco]

Thank God he didn't live long enough to see the state of Hollywood today.....

[@theox8276]

Good old Sam, love him work to death. In these pussy times, he maybe would be drunk as shit, next to a gutter, not directing marvelous films. Bloody Sam Forever.

[@garymckee8857]

Coburn was correct.

[@robinceuleers]

He sounds like Mufasa xD

[@randalmcmurphy1893]

*****

[@danielesti]

I saw him yesterday. How could I ever see him if I didn't see him before? That is the question on everyone's lips that moves the world from its place into the light of grace and in every person's heart that he will be seen in the future beside the all mighty God the huge spaghetti monster of the other side of the galaxy. Remember him. Remember me my children for I will be remembered by the best and so will he in the grace of good and all that is holy - amen brother.