Deliverance (1972, directed by John Boorman, DP: Vilmos Zsigmond)
“Machines are going to fail!” Lewis Medlock says in Deliverance, delivering a line that feels even more relevant today than it might have in 1972. Lewis is the athlete and self-styled alpha male who drags his friends on a canoeing trip that involves some dangerous rapids. When Lewis suffers a compound fraction, it’s a shocking moment because, up until that point, Lewis seemed invulnerable to harm. Even when they return to civilization and Lewis learns he might lose his leg, he remains defiant.
Lewis was played by the late Burt Reynolds, who born 89 years ago today. In this scene that I love, Lewis explains his philosophy to his best friend and eventual savior, Ed Gentry (Jon Voight).
Through the Shattered Lens 
This is a brilliant film, and Reynold was the perfect choice for the role. I read his memoir and he is so funny and self-deprecating – and was truly a great Actor who also knew how to just be himself and have a “good old boy” good time as well when he made his mainstream films
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