Great Cinema - Short Clips

[lactictac]

A fine film from a fine director: "Once Upon a Time in America" (1968) by Segio Leone.

"You brought two too many."

In this opening scene, music composer Ennio Morricone and Leone decided to use everyday sounds as the soundtrack, to great success. The scene is raw, real and I find it mesmerizing. The casting is perfect - these guys look like killers. Leone helms this to perfection:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_tt83itYA8

Enjoy!

 

[kingjr]

A fine film from a fine director: "Once Upon a Time in America" (1968) by Segio Leone.

"You brought two too many."

In this opening scene, music composer Ennio Morricone and Leone decided to use everyday sounds as the soundtrack, to great success. The scene is raw, real and I find it mesmerizing. The casting is perfect - these guys look like killers. Leone helms this to perfection:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_tt83itYA8

Enjoy!

You mean Once upon a time in the West.

and yeah, it's a great movie, probably my favourite.

 

[lactictac]

You mean Once upon a time in the West.

and yeah, it's a great movie, probably my favourite.

Yes, and my compliments and gratitude for pointing out my mistake. Leone also did Once upon a Time in America and I guess my subconscious worked its way.

And yes again, a great film and one of my top watches.

 

[Kristina Travis]

Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary

Hello, I don't know if this is the right thread to share this video. I love musicals and Miss Saigon is one of my favorites. This video is the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Miss Saigon. This sell-out Gala performance took place at the Prince Edward Theatre, London. Featuring the cast of the new production, and the original company, including Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga and Simon Bowman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvluIY5Yn4

 

[lactictac]

Different cultures.

I grew up in Brooklyn NY not far from where "The Chosen"(1981) by Jememy Kagan is set. In this scene of a joyous Hassidic wedding, Rod Steiger steals the screen with dance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAoMiZxQcSI

To round things out, the trailer for "El Topo" (1970) by Alexandro Jordowsky - a mystic east western:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uqb4Jy0GTg

Enjoy!

 

[lactictac]

"Sophie's Choice' (1982) by Alan J. Pakula from the novel by William Styron details the aftermath of a mother's choice to save one of her children and therby condemn the other child ... a veritable nightmare at the hands on the Nazis.

Meryl Streep's performance as Sophie is widely hailed as the pinnacle of female acting, elevating what might have been a "strong" female role into incomparabe art, complete with both power and vunerability. Amazing ... watch it.

This scene is ... the choice itself. Horror in the flesh as only humanity can be ... so inhuman. Watch @ 4:55 as the child's scream seems to emanate from the mother's mouth. This is all so rivettingly sad. Unthinkable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ9bht5H2p4

Tissues may be required.

 

[lactictac]

Such wonderful cinematography in "The Black Stalion" (1979) by Carroll Ballard.

In the first clip, a young boy who had befriended a stallion on board a now-sinking ship, is "rescued" by the stallion; the scene is stunningly shot. Caleb Deschanel is the d.p.

http://movieclips.com/u9Yc-the-black-stallion-movie-saved-by-the-stallion/

In the second clip, the boy, now an island castaway, is again recued by the stallion, this time from a snake:

http://movieclips.com/8XrQa-the-black-stallion-movie-the-cobra/

Enjoy!

 

[blackcat]

Bella Tar longish clip but genius so i am well excused

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5X2t_s9g8


its theatre stage on celluloid beckett does film

 

[Bustedknuckle]

Looking forward to this..great book.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462335/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1

 

[lactictac]

"Marathon Man" (1976) John Schlesinger and the infamous "Is it safe?" scene. Laurence Olivier plays a dentist torturing Dustin Hoffman. One word sums up this scene: Ouch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-OviftusB8

Enjoy?

 

[blackcat]

that scene from Bela Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5X2t_s9g8

with Nuri Bilge Ceylan the auteur of world cinema

nod to Haneke and Andrey Zvyagintsev

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

"Marathon Man" (1976) John Schlesinger and the infamous "Is it safe?" scene. Enjoy?

I saw that movie when I was about 14, and too young to be viewing such a film! It ended up branded into my brain, and not in a good way. This may also be because when as a boy I had a dentist who was a real torture expert, and I'm not joking. I recall being in excruciating pain as he drilled on me, and he kept harshly scolding me to hold still and that I was being a baby. I was about 9. If I ran across the bastard today I'd kick him right in the nuts.

I haven't seen the movie since, but will give one more comment on it's cinematic qualities. A lot of people complained that it was too confusing. I actually wasn't that confused by it, even as a teenager. I actually got the gist of it, and found it to be a compelling story and subject, and it's rather drab lighting (and gritty views of 70's NYC) compelling. And of course the acting is top notch. Now that I'm a grown up (and I have a friendly dentist!) I should consider watching it again.

 

[lactictac]

Re:

Bella Tar longish clip but genius so i am well excused

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5X2t_s9g8


its theatre stage on celluloid beckett does film

"Werckmeister Harmonies" (2000) by Bela Tarr.

Thank you, blackcat. This scene, this film is wonderful, a collaborative combination of both stage and cinema, with the camera making the stage setting cinematic. The opening scene is a masterpiece of collaborative effort on everyone's part. I must watch it at least one more time, as my first viewing was with the group where food, accompanied by drink, sometimes became the main characters.

Once again, thank you!

 

[lactictac]

"Marathon Man" (1976) John Schlesinger and the infamous "Is it safe?" scene. Enjoy?

I saw that movie when I was about 14, and too young to be viewing such a film! It ended up branded into my brain, and not in a good way.
....

Forgive me Alpe for the unintended impact on you. I, we all have sinister dentist memories, which. I imagine, is why this scene has so much impact. As you suggest, do consider watching this film again. Contemporary dental attacks are much more benign than those of the past.

 

[lactictac]

Comedy.

Caution! Neither of these is "politically correct."

"I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" (1988) by Keenen Ivory Wayans may not make the mark of great cinema but it sure has some laughs. This "Cherry" scene is ... funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-1C6QlvHl8

"Blazing Saddles" (1974) by Mel Brooks and the "Camptown Races" scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gj9uEeuDtQ

Enjoy!

 

[lactictac]

This clip is essential for viewing the TdF:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8yjNbcKkNY

 

[lactictac]

"Wild Tales" (2014) by Damián Szifrón is a film with six vignettes about ... revenge. Here is the first tale, "Pasternak," about a misanthrope who arranges to have all his "enemies" aboard an air flight of which he has taken control and is now the pilot. The elderly couple at the end is his parents. Think of the Germanwings crash. And see all of this odd, dark, humorous fine film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEDQKxep1eg

Enjoy!