It’s really awful. Melodramatic all the way through, but also *seriously *racist. (Made by the same producer as Gone With the Wind.) Anyone who thinks thinks haven’t gotten better in that regard should watch this and see how far we’ve come (even with the obviously great problems we still have).
Good question about Scorsese.
It’s a little OTT for sure, but I don’t mind that one.
LOL, right? I guess they were trying to lean into the “in the Sun” part.
That producer, David O. Selznick, was trying to top “GWTW” was Duel in the Sun and ended up driving himself to the verge of a drug-induced nervous breakdown. As might be expected with this film, the story behind its making is far more interesting than the final product. If you’re curious, you may want to check out David Thomson’s biography of Selznick, Showman, or the compilation of Selznick’s memos that was put into book form. To say Selznick was a control freak would be a gross understatement.
I’ve also seen Duel in the Sun and … it’s mess. I was more bothered by the casting of Gregory Peck as the bad-boy son but that’s only because I’m more familiar with him playing stolid and quietly heroic characters like Atticus Finch. Duel in the Sun was an early role before his film image was set. (For the record, his Joseph Mengele in **Boys From Brazil **didn’t work for me either.)
I remember SMH at that one. Baby # 1 is delivered (using some kind of vacuum extractor that seems to eliminate the need for labor) and she gasps “Luke”, then baby # 2, she whispers “Leia” and then she just fades out.
I think we have the worst fight scene there too.
Paul Reubens (aka Vampire Peewee) in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The movie version. Buffy The Vampire Slayer 1992 Movie - Amilyn death scene and post credit scene - YouTube
Uh…best movie deaths?
Nut Tap of DEATH!
That would be this. Just a coincidence also one of my favorite deaths not already mentioned. Also top three ridiculous sarcastic death comments.
LOL, yeah. That was pretty funny, but it was clearly intended to be absurd and silly. I was thinking about deaths that are intended to be taken as seriously as the proverbial heart attack, but which are unintentionally self-parodying.
I wondered if that Turkish guy would ever die.
I always thought he should have said “Edith” with his dying breath.
The Turkish thing is an edit. The original scene in the movie didn’t repeat itself and use that same sound effect over and over. Still great though.
I like to imagine that that one is still going on.
Anthony Zerbe in License to Kill.
Pretty much any old movie that featured the heroine dying of consumption (tuberculosis) had the same formula. She’s lying in bed, speaking barely above a whisper, then coughs one little cough, slumps, and closes her eyes. Greta Garbo may have pulled it off in Camille, but that only proves what a great actor can do with bad material.
The entire part up to and including the death of Satine in Moulin Rouge! was the most weirdly over-the-top moment of excess in a weird, over-the-top movie stuffed full of excess. I’m undecided whether it was unbelievably ridiculous or unbelievably brilliant, but I lean toward the former.
That would win an Oscar for Best Visual Effects compared to Kananga’s death in Live and Let Die.
Whaaat? I used to like Roger Moore as Bond, but that is pretty silly.
He looks a little like Rowan Atkinson, so I can totally see this role played by Mr. Bean.
No hate for Jimmy Durante’s character’s death in It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ? He literally kicked the bucket.