For any PT Anderson fans, he’s been mainly influenced with his tracking and long takes by Max Ophüls…. great camera work, constant movement.
the drug deal scene in boogie nights
You know what ? After you guys mentioned some kubrick films I’ll have to say…….Every scene in all of Kubrick’ movies. Just for the camera work alone.
Max Ophüls.. thanks.
Since I just talked about this in a short review… When Bill Murray blocked that little kid’s basketball in Rushmore! But being a little more serious, the end of Pepe Le Moke. Jean Gabin (in handcuffs) screams out to Gaby but she can’t hear him. So he commits suicide on the dock, damn cops couldn’t get Pepe! (Just another Jean Gabin film ending with defeatism)
I also love jimmy Stewart’s speech at the end of “rope”.
the birthday party in Pink Flamingos, any scene of Le Samourai, I especially love when he’s sitting in the stolen car trying every key on the ring and trying not 2 look suspicious, the suicide in Buffalo 66
The closing sequence for Sunset Boulevard is pure genius. Blows my mind. Perfect.
opening credits of once upon a time in the west
Millers Crossing where the old man blows up the car with a Tommy Gun.
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning” That whole bombing sequence is choice. That one camera movement from eye level to looking up at Duvall’s character has stayed with me since the first viewing years ago. Everything about that sequence is perfect.
De Palma’s Femme Fatale opening heist sequence set Bolero De Ravel scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto!(beautifully executed by the master)
the scene in Irreversible when Alex and Marcus are in the apt and are just waking up and getting ready to go out
when Alma catches Ennis and Jack kissing, the look on her face and how she tries to hold it together when Ennis is leaving w/ Jack
that spanking scene in Secretary and the bathing scene
ALL of Russian Ark, I mean it is all one shot it is very hard to choose a favorite. the film is just beyond gorgeous and actually brings me to tears(I’m a big sap and cry at the drop of a hat though)
the first time Y beats J in Lies
I watch To Kill a Mockingbird at least once a year, and there are a few scenes that never fail to move me: The minister in the courtroom, telling Scout, “Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passing,” and the simple voice of a child recognizing her mysterious savior with a “Hey, Boo.”
One of my favorite scenes from Pierrot Le Fou: Jean Paul Belmondo talks to that creep on the dock near the end of the film. The creep tells an entertaining story about three women and a song that’s stuck in his head. For some reason I get sucked into his story every time!
Sidney Poitier confronting the Moose in Shoot to Kill.
pickpocket-bresson- done!
The long walk scene in The Third Man.
Not in any particular order:
1 – The burning and its aftermath in The Passion of Joan of Arc. Someone shoulda shown this to Mel Gibson
2 – The entire hurricane sequence from Steamboat Bill, Jr. My favorite Keaton—transcendent
3 – The ET doll scene from Sheridan’s In America. No violence, sublime tension.
4 – Tuco running through the graveyard in The Good The Bad and the Ugly. Delirious!
5 – The last half hour of One Two Three. No time to even breathe!
6 – Mouchette’s suicide
7 – “No hay banda” from Mulholland. And yet, there is music.
8 – “Wise Up” from Magnolia. So just give up…
9 – The traffic jam from Weekend
10 – The trolley car ride to the city in Sunrise.
11 – The hall of mirrors in Lady from Shanghai
12 – The Pi Mei flashback and escape from the coffin in Kill Bill II
13 – The entwined lovers and the ashes in the opening of Hiroshima Mon Amour
14 – The hunting sequence from Rules of the Game
15 – Two million dollars blown away at the end of The Killing
16 – The first date to Coney Island in The Crowd
17 – The department store scene in Vertigo. Almost unbearable.
18 – Guido and the women in his life from 8 1/2
19 – “Tiny Dancer” from Almost Famous
20 – The final moments on the raft in Aguirre
Oh, and one more—the passover seder from Crimes and Misdemeanors. Best scene he ever shot?
Brando’s monologue over his wife’s corpse in LAST TANGO IN PARIS. Best piece of acting on film, ever.
-The opening scene and car chase of Amores Perros
-The newlywed bride having to deal with her husband’s stare after being attacked in Rashomon
-Almost anything in In the Mood for Love and 2046
-Scenes in L’Avvenura
-So much of Goddard’s work
the beginning of “une femme est une femme” especially the part where
anna karina winks at us lol
- The car chase in Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
- The final duel of Sanjuro
- The introduction of Marilyn Monroe walking to the train in Some Like It Hot — yowza!
fav opening scenes:
- Vertigo
- Citizen Kane
- Touch of Evil
- Once upon a time in the west
- Goldfinger
- 8 1/2
Other great scenes:
- the flying scenes of Sam Lowry in BRAZIL
- the odessa steps sequence in BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
- the train station shoot-out in THE UNTOUCHABLES
- Grace Kelly inside Raymond Burr’s apartment in REAR WINDOW
- CARLITO’S WAY chase across the subway and grand central station
– the final scene of VERTIGO, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, BICYCLE THIEVES, THE THIRD MAN, CHINATOWN, THE SEARCHERS, THE CONVERSATION, THE ITALIAN JOB, i can’t think of anymore right now…
What I can think of right now:
I am Cuba
8 1/2 – the beginning
Nostalghia
Shadows of our forgotten ancestors
Battleship Potemkin- the Odessa Steps scene
Weekens the traffic jam scene the ending
Pierrot le fou
Carabiniera- the ending
Alphaville- the love scene, and so many Godard films
Last year in Marienbad
The Pornographers- the ending
Hiroshima mon amour- the opening
Aguirre- the ending
Fata Morgana
Easy Rider- the acid trip
Persona
Stantango
The dance scene from Bande a part.
Best starting sequence in Orson Welles “Touch of evil”, the bomb in the trunk
While not my favorite sequence ever, I have always felt that Johnny Boy’s walk through the bar set to Jumping Jack Flash in Mean Streets is the definition of cool.
The ending sequence in Tarkovsky’s Solaris.
D. Voluntaryist
The end of “The Unforgiven” You know what I’m talking about. “You just shot an unarmed man”, “Well, He should have armed himself.” Also the end of the Coen’s Barton Fink when the hotel is on fire. The Tiny Dancer Sequence in “Almost Famous”.