In Godfather II when
Michael confronts Fredo at the Havana New Year’s Eve party and gives him the kiss of death after telling him, “I know it was you Frodo. You broke my heart.”
(Damn it! That’s what happens when the previous topic you were in was a L.O.T.R. thread.)
In Godfather II when
Michael confronts Fredo at the Havana New Year’s Eve party and gives him the kiss of death after telling him, “I know it was you Fredo. You broke my heart.”
(Damn it! That’s what happens when the previous topic you were reading was a L.O.T.R. thread.)
MMMHMMM. Had to read it for class last week, and I think I’ve got a new entry in my list of favorites.
“It’s an old Gondorian message–it means Boromir sleeps with the fishes.”
May I offer an Australian film?
It’s quite highly regarded. It’s called “Picnic at Hanging Rock” and I refer to the scene where the school’s headmistress begins to ‘lose it’ after some of her charges go missing in the nearby mountain ridge on a day trip in the bush.
The renewals for the upcoming semester start to dwindle and she realises the school (and all her world that goes with it) is facing a disaster.
It’s a dreamy, almost non fulfilling film - and yet it stays with you. Interestingly, like “The Truman Show”, Peter Weir directed that one too… as well as “Witness” too didn’t he? Obviously, he’s good at that sorta thing.
Dark City. If you’ve seen it, you know. If not, it’s a spoiler, so just go see it.
When you do, however, remember to
fast-forward past the pointless first couple of minutes to the scene with Rufus Sewell in the tub. Otherwise, it really will be spoiled for you.
Blah. There are many better examples, some already pointed out in this thread. Requiem for a Dream perhaps the best one. Eeesh. FAR more disturbing than Hammill’s little whiny wail in Empire Strikes Back.
Oh, and for Fear Itself a minor nitpick… Morgan Freeman opened the box. The fit didn’t hit the shan until Brad Pitt learned what he saw in it. evil grin
For my own choice, I’d have to throw in for my all-time favorite film, Fearless. Depending on which chronology you use (real-time or movie-time), the world-altering scene is either at the beginning or the end of the story, but either way it’s an emotionally-wrenching doozy, set to Gorecki’s “Symphony #3”. Wow. It always leaves me breathless.
Oh the joy’s of someone recognizing the origin of my nom de plume!
First one that comes to mine is the look on Ray Liotta’s face in Goodfellas when he picks up the morning paper in the WPP.
Other movies with similar scenes include
Shallow Grave
Thelma and Louise
A Place in the Sun
Dog Day Afternoon
Indecent Proposal
Of Mice and Men
and perhaps Boy’s Don’t Cry.
Every scene in Memento.
I think Pleasantville represents a reality that falls apart and fades away.
A damn beautiful movie.
A weird little movie starring Elliott Gould, called Inside Out, about an agoraphobic who leads a very busy life from inside his apartment, using all the latest high-technology devices of the mid-1980s snort.
In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, when Chancellor Vallorum is nailed with a vote of no confidence. Man, does he look bummed.
Superman: The hero finds Lois Lane’s dead body.
Inherit the Wind: WJ Bryant’s character (his fictional name is escaping me right now) has his beliefs blown apart during Darrow’s interview of him.