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Post by [beej] on Jan 20, 2010 0:03:44 GMT -5
Post those moments in movies that you'll never forget...
P.S. It goes without saying that their may be some spoilers here and there...remember to use the spoiler tags if such is the case
My first moment comes from one of my all time favorite films...
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Post by curbside on Jan 20, 2010 2:15:37 GMT -5
Spoilered for size, and cause I'm delirious and can't figure out if any of these moments spoil the plot of the movies. Not really a moment... More like an entire scene.
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Post by Harry on Jan 20, 2010 6:10:18 GMT -5
I still remember going crazy in the theater as this happened.
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Post by AD on Jan 20, 2010 7:52:27 GMT -5
That is the best large-scale shootout in movie history. If only Michael Mann had followed his own example when making Public Enemies. Anyway, my favorite moment from one of my favorite movies... Never fails to bring a tear to my eye.
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Post by curbside on Jan 20, 2010 11:10:25 GMT -5
I still remember going crazy in the theater as this happened. I just sat staring when I first saw that. Evidence that Scorsese is the greatest living director, as well as one of the absolute masters in all of cinema history. The Third Man
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Post by [beej] on Jan 20, 2010 11:28:00 GMT -5
That is the best large-scale shootout in movie history. If only Michael Mann had followed his own example when making Public Enemies. Anyway, my favorite moment from one of my favorite movies... Never fails to bring a tear to my eye. That's a beautiful scene...I'm embarassed to say I've never seen the whole movie. Another for me...it was only a matter of time before I posted this. I'm pretty predictable...
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Post by rocketfromthetombs on Jan 20, 2010 12:35:11 GMT -5
Kind of cliche now, but when I saw it in the theater...
Always loved this one too!
There's lots more, but that's all I'm going to post for now.
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Post by [beej] on Jan 20, 2010 23:36:31 GMT -5
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Post by Her 69 Eyes on Jan 21, 2010 1:59:20 GMT -5
Good call on the reveal in "The Third Man"! I'd also include the ferris wheel scene from that movie, such incredible dialogue. I can't narrow down my all-time favorite, but it's between the following two: 1. Disabling HAL in "2001: A Space Odyssey". 2. "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" - I will wait for you. The clip doesn't include the subtitles, but they're not necessary. I love the music, the passion, and Catherine Deneuve looking more beautiful than anyone has ever looked. The shot i'm specifically referring to ends at around 1:35. Others I love: Young@Heart covering Coldplay's "Fix You". The song, sung by Coldplay, seems a bit manufactured to me. Sung by this group... dear lord. Given the circumstances of the performances, as well as the beauty of the voice, this is overwhelming. The library sequence from "Wings of Desire". What strikes me, beyond the incredible ambiance and the sheer grace of the camera movements, is the setting itself. I've never seen such a spectacularly rich space - it's straight out of a dream. Peter Dinklage's rant about dwarfs in dreams in "Living in Oblivion". This whole sequence from "Waking Life" - both the ukulele player and the guy explaining the tricks to identify a dream. The last scene in "Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno". It's long-missing test footage by Clouzot - no narrative purpose to any of it, but just incredible to look at. This is where the picture in my signature comes from. Define "dancing". And, of course, the brilliant montage from "Up".
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Post by HY2J on Jan 29, 2010 0:02:28 GMT -5
Considering that he didn't actually write that himself, I don't think that counts as sufficient evidence. To call him the greatest living director is rather preposterous too when the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Paul Thomas Anderson and Charlie Kaufman are still actively working just to name a few.
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Post by [beej] on Jan 29, 2010 1:49:58 GMT -5
Elizabethtown- " Free bird, huh?" Before Sunset- " Let me sing you a waltz..." High Fidelity- " My desert island, all-time top 5 most memorable break-up's in chronological order..." Adventureland- " Linger on, your pale blue eyes." (500) Days Of Summer- " You make my dreams come true." Love Actually- " To me, you are perfect." Clerks 2- " There's only one return, okay? And it ain't of the king, it's of the Jedi!"
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Post by curbside on Jan 29, 2010 1:51:20 GMT -5
Considering that he didn't actually write that himself, I don't think that counts as sufficient evidence. To call him the greatest living director is rather preposterous too when the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Paul Thomas Anderson and Charlie Kaufman are still actively working just to name a few. To each his own... I think that Scorsese is one of the best of all time and most likely the best going today (this is a very biased opinion, however, as I just seem to love all of his works. I'm not sure what draws me to them, but there is definitely something that does). Also, writing and directing are two different things. Many great directors didn't write all of their films. Doing work-for-hire doesn't cheapen a director's importance.
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Post by HY2J on Jan 29, 2010 3:14:51 GMT -5
Doing work-for-hire doesn't cheapen a director's importance. While I understand this, I feel like you could have gathered better evidence or Scorsese movie moments to carry your point across. Anyhow, back on-topic: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - "What do we do? Enjoy it." The Science Of Sleep - Parallel Synchronized Randomness segment. Synecdoche, New York - "But I have to die." Pierrot Le Fou - "Ma ligne de chance." A Bout De Souffle - "It makes me want to puke." Rushmore - Montage of extra-curricular activities. The Royal Tenenbaums - Needle In The Hay segment. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou - "Let me introduce you to my boat." There Will Be Blood - Oil rig explosion scene when H.W. loses his hearing. The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford - Shooting the fish scene. Signs - Brazil birthday party scene. Magnolia - Sing-along scene. Half-Nelson - "I don't know!" Doubt - "You blew out my light" Brick - Straw squeezing scene + high school chase scene. Fantastic Mr.Fox - "We don't take kindly to cider poachers." Hotel Chevalier - "If we fuck, I'll feel like shit." Withnail And I - "We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!" More to be added later.
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Post by Her 69 Eyes on Jan 29, 2010 12:31:58 GMT -5
I don't buy that you can't call Scorsese a master for that particular scene. "The Departed" is clearly lesser Scorsese, but that's a fantastic sequence. The directors you listed all largely work from their own scripts, but you can't dismiss directors who don't have complete authorship over their material. Orson Welles didn't write Citizen Kane on his own.
Oh, and curbside, I think telling Scorsese "The Departed" was simply work-for-hire would be insulting to him!
Anyway,
Watched "Paris, Texas" for the first time and was absolutely floored. The scene below is among the best in the film, but there's a monologue that appears a little later in the movie that's widely considered one of the best in cinema history... i'm inclined to agree.
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Post by curbside on Jan 29, 2010 15:18:24 GMT -5
Doing work-for-hire doesn't cheapen a director's importance. While I understand this, I feel like you could have gathered better evidence or Scorsese movie moments to carry your point across. Anyhow, back on-topic: The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou - "Let me introduce you to my boat." I didn't post that scene. I think HJA did; I was simply commenting on it. I did a scene from "Mean Streets." Wes Anderson gets a lot of shit, and honestly I haven't seen enough of his films to possibly feel the same as a lot of others, but I do love the Life Aquatic, and that is a fantastic sequence. And Eric, you are right. Calling "The Departed" work-for-hire is kind of insulting, considering the man puts so much into all of his films. I take that back.
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