I’ve seen this scene many times in movies and on TV: somebody lunging forward in slow motion in order to stop something bad from happening, while mouthing the word “No-o-o-o!” in a voice that sounds like a 45rpm record played at 33. It seems that it’s usually played for laughs.
My question is, is something being parodied? Was there a famous scene from some movie where this occurs? There are some well-known slow-motion scenes in movies such as Bonnie and Clyde and Platoon, neither of which has any dialogue. Any ideas?
The movie that comes to my mind is Risky Business. In the end when the
hooker throws the glass objet d’art and Joel has to run and dive for it he screams “Noooooo” in a slowed voice.
AFAIK, Cruise said nothing when he jumped to grab the glass globe in the movie.
I think it was highly influenced by Charlton Heston in the final scene of “Planet of the Apes.” While I’m not sure if he actually says says, “Noooo,” that’s pretty much the gist of things and people turned “Noooo” into a shorthand reference.
The first time I can remember seeing it is in House of Dark Shadows which was around 1970. It is in a climactic moment and stayed with me for weeks. In fact the confrontation scene in that movie is really good.
Don’t quite remember that, paraphrasing here but didn’t it go a bit more like; “you blew her up, you blew her up,” with much teeth gnashing? I think it was impassioned not slowed down IIRC
