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11-03-2019, 12:38 PM
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I know that this scene from Gone With the Wind only has one actress, and is not very complex.
But it strikes a chord. I know we have all been that desperate and determined at one point in our lives, even though most of us would never admit it, much less talk about it.
"As God is my witness, I will never be hungry again!!!"
Brought tears to my eyes just watching it, to make sure I had the right video clip. Honestly I am bawling as I post.
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11-03-2019, 02:02 PM
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I couldn't agree more with all of these... please keep them coming.
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11-03-2019, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by T-Minus
Touch of Evil opening scene:
...a no-cut, no editing tricks, work of genius by Orson Wells. Well worth your time, even if the move is a bit...dated. |
I love these extended and (apparently) no editing scenes. A good recent example is the beginning of "Spectre" the 24th James Bond movie.
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11-03-2019, 02:41 PM
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Don’t know if it’s considered one scene or not. But the last 10 minutes or so of Unforgiven. From the time he rides into Big Whiskey in the rain through the shootout and as he rides out of town. So shocking, violent, ironic. It sure gives a unique perspective on the Western.
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11-03-2019, 02:46 PM
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These posts make me want to go watch all those films again. Here are a few more scenes.
Alien when the alien rips out of John Hurt’s chest.
Five Easy Pieces diner scene.
Charlie Chaplin The Gold Rush eating his shoe leather.
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11-03-2019, 02:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MuirWannabe
Don’t know if it’s considered one scene or not. But the last 10 minutes or so of Unforgiven. From the time he rides into Big Whiskey in the rain through the shootout and as he rides out of town. So shocking, violent, ironic. It sure gives a unique perspective on the Western.
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My favorite scene from that movie is when he and the kid are talking after the kid shoots a guy in the outhouse, with the famous line "It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he has and all he's ever going to be."
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11-03-2019, 02:57 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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11-03-2019, 03:04 PM
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Wyecrabber1's When Harry Met Sally and Midpack's A Tme To Kill scenes are 2 excellent choices, each with very memorable closing lines.
One more scene I'd like to add is the interrogation scene in Basic Instinct when Sharon Stone slowly uncrosses and recrosses her legs, revealing for a moment her you-know-what! 
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11-03-2019, 03:17 PM
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You can't handle the truth
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11-03-2019, 03:19 PM
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Then there is Vito Corleone playing with his grandson in the garden
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11-03-2019, 03:26 PM
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This is fun "here's Johnny!" Jack Nicolson at his best
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11-03-2019, 03:33 PM
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"aww...I wasn't gonna hurt him"...saw this movie at a young age, and quite a few times since. That line is still among my favorites. Crack a guy across the jaw with the barrel of a Winchester...and say "I wasn't gonna hurt him"...only The Duke.
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11-03-2019, 03:46 PM
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I don't remember the title of this foreign film from a few years ago. It's a murder mystery out of Uruguay or somewhere in South America. But it has this one fantastic scene that starts high above a soccer stadium, and for about ten minutes the camera slowly descends into and around the stadium until it focuses on the bad guy sitting in the crowd, who notices that the police have spotted him. So he takes off running thru the innards of the stadium--all while the camera follows him. It looks like one un-edited scene but it was actually the result of some CGI. It's a great scene, nonetheless. Anyone know that movie?
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11-03-2019, 04:19 PM
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I'm sure the PC police will want to use one on me, but I always liked "Sir!... Sir!... Here's a good stick, to beat the lovely lady."
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11-03-2019, 04:32 PM
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11-03-2019, 05:49 PM
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These get me every time: (Warning: spoilers ahead!)
Most satisfying (and chilling) final scene: Wyler's The Heiress (1949). Olivia de Havilland, who was jilted years earlier by the fortune-hunting Montgomery Clift when he mistakenly believed she wouldn't inherit her father's wealth, now coolly agrees to elope with him, but when he returns that night and knocks on the door, she dims the lights and tells her maid to "Bolt the door!", leaving him pounding and shouting her name. De Havilland (who is 103!) won an Oscar.
Saddest final scene: Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993). Daniel Day-Lewis, a widower, chooses not to visit his old love in Paris (Michelle Pfeiffer) because, he tells his son who had arranged the meeting, he is "old-fashioned" and too old. (He's probably 50-something & so is she - but she's Michelle Pfeiffer!.) He's outside her building, looks at her window, & you're thinking: Go! Go! But he slowly walks away. The End.
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11-03-2019, 05:56 PM
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There's a great scene from Children of Men where Julianne Moore is shot while driving a car. The camera slowly flies in from 30 feet away through the passenger side window, pivots around from the front seat to back seat and back again and flies out the other side amid all kinds of confusion. Amazing!
The same movie also has a shootout scene where someone's blood spatters just a bit on the camera lens. Again, a nice touch!
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11-03-2019, 06:06 PM
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My Cousin Vinny was a really silly movie. But the first time I watched it and saw Marisa Tomei on the witness stand spouting automotive statistics, I cheered! Very clever writing.
One of my favorite movies is Out of Africa. The scene with Robert Redford washing the hair of his lover Meryl Streep was really hot.
And lastly, the scene with Cher and Nickolas Cage in Moonstruck when she slapped him and yelled "Snap Out of it!" was wonderful.
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11-03-2019, 06:07 PM
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This is one of the most exciting scenes I can recall. James Bond gets pushed out of a plane with no parachute and glides toward the bad guy and takes his chute away. Much better on a big screen, of course.
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11-03-2019, 06:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Silver
My Cousin Vinny was a really silly movie. But the first time I watched it and saw Marisa Tomei on the witness stand spouting automotive statistics, I cheered! Very clever writing....
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Her "I'm positive!" answer signals to Vinny that she's on to his theory about "positraction."
That indeed is a great scene. Tomei hit it out of the park in that particular scene, with her timing and mannerisms, and throughout the movie in general. Her Oscar for that performance was well-earned.
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