Hud, Paul Newman, Pink Cadillac, 1958 Series 62, Convertible
by Thomas Pollart
Title
Hud, Paul Newman, Pink Cadillac, 1958 Series 62, Convertible
Artist
Thomas Pollart
Medium
Mixed Media - Mixed Media, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolors, Digital
Description
Original art & design.
There are two stars of Martin Ritt’s movie: Paul Newman and a 1958 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible. Out there in the ranchlands of the Texas Panhandle New-man looks just fine — big hat, jeans, cowboy shirt and boots — but the car looks all wrong. It is long, low and wide with an absurd pair of tailfins. Moreover it is pink. Though the film is in black and white, the Caddy’s pinkness is mentioned twice in the dialogue. It should be like everybody else’s vehicle in those parts — a Dodge truck, bouncing over the ruts in the dusty roads. The Caddy doesn’t bounce, it wallows and slithers round corners. It is a terrible car and it is no surprise that, in one of the final scenes, it fails to start.
Hud, Paul Newman, Pink Cadillac, 1958 Series 62, Convertible, original photo, art & design, mixed medias.
But it’s a seducer’s car and Newman’s character Hud is, above all, a seducer. He is first seen leaving the house of a woman just as her husband arrives. Hud is a drunk, a rebel, a cynic and a cold-hearted manipulator, a very 1960s hero. There are many such characters in films; here Newman is the best of them all.
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June 6th, 2020
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