Hominid
10-07-2006, 08:05 PM
And I'm making htis...because nobody else cares about mundane lists like these.
I'm talking best shots. Not sequences, But the best htings captured (or computer enhaunced) in a single camera movement.
10- "Goodbye Horses"- The Silence Of The Lambs-1991- Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) does a simply pettrifying tribal-like dance to the tune of the techno/pop song "Goodbye horses". While it starts out with a series of close-ups, The last few parts of it are featured in a single shot of Buffalo Bill looking into the camera and slowly backing up until...well, anyone who's seen it (or Clerks II) knows what he does.
9- "Angel Eyes"- A Clockwork Orange-1971- Alex de Large (Malcom Mcdowell) and his "droogs" (James Marcus, Warren Clarke, And Michael Tarn) stare eerily into the camera while Alex narrarates the plans for the night. Alex never blinks and a syntheisizer slowly beats in the backround...Which just kinda freaks me the fuck out. Yeah, The rape scene is more famous, But something about this just perfectly sets the mood for one of the best movies you'll ever see.
8- "...Did that just happen?"- Being There-1979- After helping hte president through some rough times, turning down a young (hot) Shirley Maclaine, and giving out some ghandhi quality words of wisdome...on accident, Chane The Gardener (Peter Sellers) decides to walk on water, then fly, leaving an audience who just watched one of hte best movies of hte 70's thinking "Did we all just get fooled?". The ending in still highly interpreted and debated today.
7- "It's A Good Way to Live"-Goodfellas-1990- Henry Hill (Ray Liota) brings Karen (Lorraine Bracco) to a club through the back entrance. This extended tracking shot has been much duplicated since it was first shot. Boogie Nights and swingers (Both fantastic in their own way) have borrowed the shot. The simple genuis of Martin Scorsese is best displayed here.
6- "The Watch"- Pulp Fiction-1994- With so many amazing shots in Pulp Fiction, It's hard to say which was best. So I'll just pick my personal favorite. Vietnam vet Captain koons (Christopher walken in a short but brilliant part) gives a young boy his fathers watch, Which he explain in detail, he hid up his ass during his days as a POW. Pure genuis dialouge at it's best.
5- "Not Even A Fly"-Psycho-1960- Finally caught, The very insane Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) is taken over by the persona of his long dead mother. In custody, he (she?) assures himself (herself?) that they won't press charges against such an old harmelss woman. All with that sick smile on his/her face...
4- "You talkin To Me"- Taxi Driver-1976- Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) talks in front of a mirror to an invisible threat. Improvised by DeNiro himself, The scene quickly became a staple of pop culture and is often parodied.
3- "Man meets Machine"- 2001: A Space Odyssey-1968- The best transition Ive ever seen, A bone-weapon thrown is thrown high up in the air while music blasts, and on it's way down, the music goes silent and it becomes a spaceship. While the meaning behind it (Like most of the movie) is open to your interpretation, the sequence is proof no matter what your movie is trying to say, simple stuff like great editing can go a long way
2- "The Offer"- The Godfather- 1972- Producer Jack Woltz ( John Marely) wakes up with his horses head in his bed and goes absolutely insane. Don't mess with the mafia.
1- "We'll Meet Again"- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Learned to Love The Bomb-1964- Major "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) rides a nuclear warhead down to the apocolypse while he screams in joy. More relevant today then ever, this shot quickly became the most memeroble part of an already great film. and to think it was thought of after initial shooting.
Yeah...that's it. I'll admit I kinda broke my own rules with the Psycho one (The camera pans to a fly on Anothny Perkin's hand for a few seconds). Anyway, I probobly forgot some great ones (Jaws popping his head out of hte water not included). So now all call me a dumbass noob or an uptight jackass for not having anything from Fight Club.
I'm talking best shots. Not sequences, But the best htings captured (or computer enhaunced) in a single camera movement.
10- "Goodbye Horses"- The Silence Of The Lambs-1991- Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) does a simply pettrifying tribal-like dance to the tune of the techno/pop song "Goodbye horses". While it starts out with a series of close-ups, The last few parts of it are featured in a single shot of Buffalo Bill looking into the camera and slowly backing up until...well, anyone who's seen it (or Clerks II) knows what he does.
9- "Angel Eyes"- A Clockwork Orange-1971- Alex de Large (Malcom Mcdowell) and his "droogs" (James Marcus, Warren Clarke, And Michael Tarn) stare eerily into the camera while Alex narrarates the plans for the night. Alex never blinks and a syntheisizer slowly beats in the backround...Which just kinda freaks me the fuck out. Yeah, The rape scene is more famous, But something about this just perfectly sets the mood for one of the best movies you'll ever see.
8- "...Did that just happen?"- Being There-1979- After helping hte president through some rough times, turning down a young (hot) Shirley Maclaine, and giving out some ghandhi quality words of wisdome...on accident, Chane The Gardener (Peter Sellers) decides to walk on water, then fly, leaving an audience who just watched one of hte best movies of hte 70's thinking "Did we all just get fooled?". The ending in still highly interpreted and debated today.
7- "It's A Good Way to Live"-Goodfellas-1990- Henry Hill (Ray Liota) brings Karen (Lorraine Bracco) to a club through the back entrance. This extended tracking shot has been much duplicated since it was first shot. Boogie Nights and swingers (Both fantastic in their own way) have borrowed the shot. The simple genuis of Martin Scorsese is best displayed here.
6- "The Watch"- Pulp Fiction-1994- With so many amazing shots in Pulp Fiction, It's hard to say which was best. So I'll just pick my personal favorite. Vietnam vet Captain koons (Christopher walken in a short but brilliant part) gives a young boy his fathers watch, Which he explain in detail, he hid up his ass during his days as a POW. Pure genuis dialouge at it's best.
5- "Not Even A Fly"-Psycho-1960- Finally caught, The very insane Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) is taken over by the persona of his long dead mother. In custody, he (she?) assures himself (herself?) that they won't press charges against such an old harmelss woman. All with that sick smile on his/her face...
4- "You talkin To Me"- Taxi Driver-1976- Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) talks in front of a mirror to an invisible threat. Improvised by DeNiro himself, The scene quickly became a staple of pop culture and is often parodied.
3- "Man meets Machine"- 2001: A Space Odyssey-1968- The best transition Ive ever seen, A bone-weapon thrown is thrown high up in the air while music blasts, and on it's way down, the music goes silent and it becomes a spaceship. While the meaning behind it (Like most of the movie) is open to your interpretation, the sequence is proof no matter what your movie is trying to say, simple stuff like great editing can go a long way
2- "The Offer"- The Godfather- 1972- Producer Jack Woltz ( John Marely) wakes up with his horses head in his bed and goes absolutely insane. Don't mess with the mafia.
1- "We'll Meet Again"- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Learned to Love The Bomb-1964- Major "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) rides a nuclear warhead down to the apocolypse while he screams in joy. More relevant today then ever, this shot quickly became the most memeroble part of an already great film. and to think it was thought of after initial shooting.
Yeah...that's it. I'll admit I kinda broke my own rules with the Psycho one (The camera pans to a fly on Anothny Perkin's hand for a few seconds). Anyway, I probobly forgot some great ones (Jaws popping his head out of hte water not included). So now all call me a dumbass noob or an uptight jackass for not having anything from Fight Club.