All Ends Well That Ends With a Smile4 of 22
Luke's demise is his last victory because they killed him but never really "reached" him. And he still inspires the working chain-gang to believe that no chains are solid enough to stop them. Dragline, like Luke's apostle, reminds us of his legendary smile, and the last shot with the cross-shaped road junction and Luke grinning with the two girls, whether it was a fake or not, proves that whatever Luke's character communicated to the inmates, to us, he didn't fail.
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