[quote]theBeth wrote:
Has anyone seen the film Antichrist by Lars Von Trier? The scene where Charlotte Gainsbourg takes a 2x4 to Willem Dafoe’s nuts then jerks him off while he’s mostly unconscious til he ejacs blood…I couldn’t find it on YouTube but the movie is on Netflix. Those of you on here who are misogynists will appreciate it, especially the ending.[/quote]
Oh well, I would like to think that my alleged misogyny has more class than a 2x4 to the balls…[/quote]
Antichrist is one of those movies that took me a very long time to make myself understand whether I infact loved or hated it, I ultimately settled on loved, I’ve grown fond of the Lars Von Trier controversy films after I saw Dogville.
The nutsack and clitoris scenes both haunt me, and the final shot is pleasantly disturbing, may revisit Antichrist soon, along with a couple other von Trier ventures.
[quote]BennyHayes wrote: SE7EN Scene - "The Box" - YouTube [/quote]
The movie “Se7en,” when Morgan Freeman’s character opens up the box, promting Pitt’s character to ask, “What’s in the box?”
I really love this scene, every time I watch American Psycho I laugh uncontrollably at this scene and quote along with it verbatim. I adore Bale’s Bateman and the genius behind his expressions and tone, I see this to be one of the prime examples of that in a more subtle and nonchalant manner. Honourable mention to the laundry scene and the quick smile that I absolutely love as he exits the door.
I wanna throw you off a bit BK…let’s get in to one or two little known GOOD movies big stars were in AFTER
they were already famous…and your theory as to WHY they never get airtime on TV, hardly EVER!
Case in point…ever hear of Dustin Hoffman in ‘‘Straight Time’’?
Likely not, even though it’s considered by his fans to be one of his best, but it’s always stayed ‘underground’
for some strange reason, and until fairly recently was not available on VHS or DVD for decades,
Only on VHS very briefly.
I’m an idiot and don’t know how to embed a video clip in a message but I had to throw a nod to the bar scene in Inglorious Basterds. I remember watching that scene for the first time and literally being on the edge of my seat. The tension rises at first as the Nazi major first starts to question the nationality of the British spy and then passes as he reveals he’s just joking with him.
And then, a few seconds later, just when you think the danger has passed, the Brit unwittingly calls for 3 glasses for the scotch in the British way to reveal his true identity to the Nazi. The look on the Nazi major’s face as he gestures for the glasses is priceless. Then, the 2 mins of dialogue that follows with the pistols pointed at each other’s testicles is excellent, only to be outdone by the bloody shoot out to cap the scene.
Absolutely amazing piece of filmmaking. Classic Tarantino at his best. Actually, this whole movie is unbelievable. From the acting to the storyline to the directing to the cinematography, excellence across the board. However, the piece de resistance is definitely Christoph Waltz’s performance as Colonel Landa. Never have I wanted to climb through the screen and strangle a character in the way that I do with Landa.
I think that the term is thrown around a little too liberally sometimes but, the only way to describe his performance is genius. Pure genius.
[quote]CMdad wrote:
I’m an idiot and don’t know how to embed a video clip in a message but I had to throw a nod to the bar scene in Inglorious Basterds. I remember watching that scene for the first time and literally being on the edge of my seat. The tension rises at first as the Nazi major first starts to question the nationality of the British spy and then passes as he reveals he’s just joking with him. And then, a few seconds later, just when you think the danger has passed, the Brit unwittingly calls for 3 glasses for the scotch in the British way to reveal his true identity to the Nazi. The look on the Nazi major’s face as he gestures for the glasses is priceless. Then, the 2 mins of dialogue that follows with the pistols pointed at each other’s testicles is excellent, only to be outdone by the bloody shoot out to cap the scene. Absolutely amazing piece of filmmaking. Classic Tarantino at his best. Actually, this whole movie is unbelievable. From the acting to the storyline to the directing to the cinematography, excellence across the board. However, the piece de resistance is definitely Christoph Waltz’s performance as Colonel Landa. Never have I wanted to climb through the screen and strangle a character in the way that I do with Landa. I think that the term is thrown around a little too liberally sometimes but, the only way to describe his performance is genius. Pure genius. [/quote]
Yeah, Landa’s performance was amazing.
And I also appreciated his later role reversal in Django Unchained.
CMdad that segment of IB is probably my absolute favorite scene of the last decade…you gotta give it up to for
August Diehl too, the little known but brilliant German actor that played the Nazi as well…a masterful sequence.
August played Angelina Jolie’s Boyfriend in ‘‘Salt’’, in a basic, very subdued performance that totally made me forget
he was the Nazi in IB…The sign of a fine actor.
IB is not perfect…I didn’t like Hitler’s stereotypical cartoonish ‘introduction’, ''Nein, Nein, Nein…!!!
I thought Hitler would be a somewhat menacing figure as well rather than a caricature…same too with “Goebells”,
role…Goebells had a more evil finesse about him if you will, and was almost as good if not a BETTER orator than Hitler was,
“Those men wanted to have sex with me” Louis Winthorp III being bonded out of jail in Trading Places. I don’t have time to find the clip right now sorry.
[quote]theBeth wrote:
Has anyone seen the film Antichrist by Lars Von Trier? The scene where Charlotte Gainsbourg takes a 2x4 to Willem Dafoe’s nuts then jerks him off while he’s mostly unconscious til he ejacs blood…I couldn’t find it on YouTube but the movie is on Netflix. Those of you on here who are misogynists will appreciate it, especially the ending.[/quote]
Oh well, I would like to think that my alleged misogynie has more class than a 2x4 to the balls…[/quote]
What I’m alluding to is her self castration scene and at the end where he kills her. It’s Orion-worthy.
[quote]Karado wrote:
I wanna throw you off a bit BK…let’s get in to one or two little known GOOD movies big stars were in AFTER
they were already famous…and your theory as to WHY they never get airtime on TV, hardly EVER!
Case in point…ever hear of Dustin Hoffman in ‘‘Straight Time’’?
Likely not, even though it’s considered by his fans to be one of his best, but it’s always stayed ‘underground’
for some strange reason, and until fairly recently was not available on VHS or DVD for decades,
Only on VHS very briefly.
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Ooh this is an interesting turn, I only remember hearing about Straight Time after searching for good Kathy Bates movies that weren’t Misery or Green Fried Tomatoes. May take me a while to think up some really great examples of this, but the first thing to jump in my head is Bill Murray in the Jim Jarmusch films.
Coffee and Cigarettes was reasonably good, but I think they hit their stride together with ‘Broken Flowers’. A great little flick that I’ve not heard a lot of people ever really talk about, probably fewer than have even seen it. Murray’s acting tied in with Jarmusch’s film-making is an excellent combination and one I’ve always been intrigued by. I recommend a viewing if you haven’t seen it, though I should warn about it’s ‘marmite finale’. I personally really enjoy the way the ending was handled, but I know a few people that do not.
I love your analysis of film. Quite a keen sense indeed. You should have your own blog or something.
I love the final sense from ‘The Game’ with When Michael Douglas’ character shoots Sean Penn’s character.
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Well thank you Brett, I appreciate that greatly.
I’m woefully under-learned at this point to start any kind of blog, I have some decades before I’d feel confident enough to think of myself as a full film ‘aficionado’. Maybe one day though.
I love Heat, I’ve met a surprising number of people that neglected to see it simply due to it’s length, which I find insane.
I know it’s cliche, but the diner scene where Pacino and De Niro meet for one of the few times that they ever do about halfway through the film and have that gentlemanly conversation about how far they are willing to go to do what they have to do and how neither man will ever give up the ghost.
Sadly I can only find a small portion of it for some reason, but the strict dialogue and tension is undeniable. With mutual respect for each other’s roles in this, between both the characters and also their respective actors.
It still excites me just to see De Niro and Pacino on-screen together.
Struck a chord with me and articulates many of my feelings over the past 4-5 years. I’m not religious, but many of the exchanges between the characters seem like they have been plucked straight from my mind.
Agreed Big K - I loved Heat. I really like Michael Mann’s films… It’s more than a scene, but the last 12 minutes of Last of the Mohicans is another of mine. This movie too, turned a lot of people off because of its’s lenght - but it is one of my top 50.
