This isn't a poll because I suck at polls. :(
I have two favorites:
Clint Eastwood in The Man With No Name Trilogy
The part in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" when he lights the cannon with his cigarette is one of the most badass thing ever. :(
Johnny Depp in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
In the commentary, Gilliam praises Depp's ability to point the cigarette-holder at any corner of the screen.
Runner up:
The Penguin in any of the Batman movies, shows, or comics.
And yes, you fuckers, joints count. :(
WOLVERINE
Andrew "Dice" Clay....in Ford Fairlane...that guy knows how to smoke.
The scenes in "Hard Eight" with Sydney smoking, no question.
tony leung in any wong kar-wai film. especailly in CHUNGKING EXPRESS and IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE.
They don't call him Cigarette Smoking Man (or Cancer Man) for nothing:
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i think john travolta is a good smoker.
denis leary. hands down. nobody smokes a fucking marlboro like that man.
Denis indeed!
Mickey Rourke in Diner. And ol' Bogie.
this is funny cos I just watched The Man Who Wasn't There and Smoke yesterday.
Those are some smokin mothafuckin movies
Damn, Mac, I'd thought your reply would have coincided with mine. Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. The coolness of that man's worn out face while smoking makes me want to donate a liver to any possible cancer. Not just coolness, but an indefinite statement on a man's character like no other.
~rougerum
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetHumphrey Bogart
we got a winner
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetDamn, Mac, I'd thought your reply would have coincided with mine. Humphrey Bogart in Casablance.
Actually I think Bogey smoked better in "To Have And Have Not."
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I missed that one. My memory just serves of the behind the scenes adventures between Bacall and Bogart and that being her first major movie and Bogart having a love affair with her during it or afterwards. Not sure. I'm sure any lackey can beat me in Hollywood trivia.
~rougerum
Brad Pitt in Fight Club
one of the things that got me started :(
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Jean-Paul Belmondo in 'Breathless'. I love it. And of course, his Michel is infatuated with Bogart. I've never smoked but watching Belmondo as a Bogart gangster smoking... it always makes me want to start.
Quote from: CinephileJean-Paul Belmondo in 'Breathless'. I love it. And of course, his Michel is infatuated with Bogart. I've never smoked but watching Belmondo as a Bogart gangster smoking... it always makes me want to start.
Fuck...i change my answer...Breathless is THE smoking movie.
Best pot smoking, Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut.
Yes, the avatar prompted this post.
Christian Slater, especially when he lit his cigarette off the burn Winona Ryder just put on her hand in Heathers.
the pledge and casino.. i've found to be the best smoker films of recent times.
Crispin Glover in Charlie's Angels. It's just so funny how serious he looks....
Haha... caught you Pubes... you didn't notice it at first, did you?
anyway, I think one of the best is John Travolta in Pulp Fiction. I mean, sweet mother...
There's also a shitload of smoking in Usual Suspects.
Quote from: CinephileJean-Paul Belmondo in 'Breathless'. I love it. And of course, his Michel is infatuated with Bogart. I've never smoked but watching Belmondo as a Bogart gangster smoking... it always makes me want to start.
Yeah, you beat me to it. Hands down the best smoking.
Though Anna Karina is pretty good in My Life To Live.
here's a few.
juliet lewis in natural born killers, the jail scene.
gweneth paltrow in royal tennenbaums
pretty much any movie ever made in france
sharon stone in diabolique
Quote from: Pedro the WombatBrad Pitt in Fight Club
one of the things that got me started :(
u started smoking b/c of brad pitt in fight club?
Ian McKellen in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
Quote from: CinephileJean-Paul Belmondo in 'Breathless'. I love it. And of course, his Michel is infatuated with Bogart. I've never smoked but watching Belmondo as a Bogart gangster smoking... it always makes me want to start.
Yeah, I definetly agree.
Also Marcello Mastroianni in "8 1/2"
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Also Marcello Mastroianni in "8 1/2"
Oh hell yeah, that one kicks ass.
Also, The Man Who Wasn't There, not the coolest, but one of my faves.
The blunt Tyrone rolls in Requiem for a Dream, he puffs it, and it fades...very cool.
Another funny scene is in the 400 Blows when Doinel is in jail and makes his cig...I thought that was just cool.
And that guy in Breathless was WAY too hard to look at for me to enjoy his smoking.
But who could beat this:
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what about sam jackson in jackie brown, when he first meets robert forster and says "where can i put my ash?" with the smoke coming out of his mouth and nose...so fucking cool....can someone cap that?
When we first see Marla in Fight Club (slo mo) isn't she smoking? If so, her
Quote from: tremoloslothWhen we first see Marla in Fight Club (slo mo) isn't she smoking? If so, her
Yeah, she was smoking filterless, which is pretty badass. :(
Some more:
In Jackie Brown, in the climax, when she's in the dark room, she exhales some of the best-looking smoke ever.
The Coens had alot of good ones: The Dude, the bounty hunter in Raising Arizona, The Man Who Wasn't There, the bad guy who wasn't Steve Buscemi in Fargo ("He looked like the Marlboro Man, but maybe I'm just saying that cause he smoked alot of Marlboros. Ya know, kinda like a subconcious thing."), the bad guy in Blood Simple, etc :(
Also, the movie Reefer Madness :(
Sexy Beast
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The end.
I like those. Great movie.
Attorneys general call on film industry to reduce smoking in movies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys general from 24 states are asking the film industry to reduce the amount of smoking in films to prevent teens from taking up the habit.
In a letter Tuesday, the attorneys cited a June study from Dartmouth Medical School that said children who watch movies in which actors smoke heavily are three times more likely to smoke themselves than those exposed to less smoking on-screen.
The letter to Motion Picture Association of America President Jack Valenti did not offer any specific steps.
"We're not saying any law has been broken," said Tom Dresslar, a spokesman for California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, one of the officials who signed the letter. "We're just asking out of a concern for the health of our kids that the industry do what it can to ensure that kids don't start smoking."
MPAA spokesman Rich Taylor said Valenti had received the letter and would respond appropriately.
"Smoking is, if you'll recall, a legal activity," he said when asked what the MPAA was currently doing to reduce teen smoking. "That being said, he'll be reading carefully the letter and the study it references."
Brendan McCormick, a spokesman for Philip Morris USA, said the major tobacco companies agreed in the nationwide settlement signed in 1998 not to pay for product placement or to grant permission to films that want to feature their cigarettes. He declined to comment on the letter.
The Dartmouth study involved 2,603 children who were between 10 and 14 at the start of the study in 1999 and had never smoked when they were recruited. They were asked at the beginning of the study which movies they had seen from a list of 50 movies released between 1988 and 1999.
Investigators counted the number of times smoking was depicted and determined how many smoking incidents each of the adolescents had seen. Exposure was categorized into four groups, with the lowest level involving between zero and 531 occurrences of smoking and the highest involving between 1,665 and 5,308 incidents.
Twenty-two of those exposed to the least on-screen smoking took up the habit, compared with 107 in the highest exposure group, a fivefold difference. However, after taking into account factors known to be linked with starting smoking, such as rebelliousness, the effect was reduced to a threefold difference.
The letter was signed by the attorneys general of Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia, as well as the Northern Mariana Islands.
Lester Bangs. Almost Famous
buscapé in city of god, puffing a chick's phone number
that guy with the plane in 1941, chewing on a cigar
the end of escape from LA .....
Another favourite of mine:
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fuck yeah.
Leonard Smalls. Raising Arizona.
well,
no one probably cares about this thread anymore, but i'm new, so i'd have to say any french actress smoking is cool for some reason. example, my life to live, anna karina smoking over dude's shoulder as they hug. actually, it might be on the cover.
Vivre Se Vie is my top ten of all time. It's a tremendous film, and a great smoker's film as well.
Though I must admit, Tarantino is a terrific propogandist for smoking. Well, expect for Kill Bill. Madsen tossing away the cigarette before taping up Nash is one of my favorite cig moments.
yeah, like in reservoir dogs, the slo mo shot of the guys all walking together near the beginning; i believe at least one or two were smoking. and if not, it would have been cool if they were.
How bout in "Grease 2" where the principal comes up behind the student who is smoking and he does this cool thing where he flips the cigarette into his mouth to conceal it.
- Kevin Spacey in "American Beauty"
When he lits the joint in the garage. Very cool.
- Helena Bonham Carter in "Fight Club"
The introduction of her character kicks fucking ass!
- Some women whose name I don't know in "Detroit Rock City"
In Simple Simons office, there's a women which obviously assists him. She wears sunglasses and does one of the best smoking jobs in film history, IMO. I think she was Adam Rifkin's directing assistant.
- Bill Pullman in "Lost Highway"
The very first scene after the beginning credits kicks ass.
- Gwyneth Paltrow in "The Royal Tenenbaums"
Very, very professional smoking.
- Ralf Richter in "Bang Boom Bang"
I know, I know, nobody knows that little German gem, but it really rocks and the way one guy (Ralf Richter) smokes in this, is fucking hilarious!
By the way: I like the way PTA smokes. Really cool.
I think women in general smoke cooler than men in movies
Quote from: mollyI think women in general smoke cooler than men in movies
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...couldn't find any with her smoking, which is odd, seeing as how she apparently insisted that any character she depicted smoke so that she could smoke...
Tony Leung in In The Mood For Love
Belmondo in Breathless
Every time I see either of these two guys smoke in these two movies it makes me want to go buy a pack.
The best use of smoking scenes has to go to Lynch's Wild At Heart. Multiple close ups of Lula's hot burning tobacco stick being drawn through is kind of soothing yet burns at the same time. Lynch has some kind of fascination with smoking in most of his movies. Lost Highway is another example.
Denis Leary, without a doubt
Quote from: blackmambaDenis Leary, without a doubt
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I have to agree.
ahahahahahaha. i said denis leary a while back too, but i was thinking no cure for cancer. hahahahaha. funniest pic ever.
Quote from: godardian...couldn't find any with her smoking, which is odd, seeing as how she apparently insisted that any character she depicted smoke so that she could smoke...
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Coolest cigarette smoking by a guy who made movies films.
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Oh! Two of the very coolest in a row!
James Dean :twisted:
There is a scene in "In the Mood for Love" with the smoke rising to the light.
Hands Down, the best smoking scene ever.
It's not cigarettes, but it's good enough to post - Tony Montana's cigar smoking in "Scarface", ya gotta love it.
just stumbled across this thread. and after reading it, only one came to mind.
luckily, youtube had it (although they cut it short)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-SEnepk1lA
penelope cruz was an extremely sexy smoker in Vicki Cristina Barcelona.
Mel Gibson in Payback.
The Red Circle, so god damn cool. Melville films in general.
Jim Jarmusch - Blue in the Face
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FANQBrCg8vw
Speaking of Jarmusch...
Tom Motherfucking Waits...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Mw6b1T50U&feature=related
I know this thread is OLD AS FUCK... But I
have to bring it back to life... cuz sadly, none of you guys mentioned this:
This thread is depressing. A lot of this "smoking is cool" stuff seems really dated now and kind of ridiculous, right? Given the way the social acceptability of smoking has changed so dramatically. I can't help but find the "omg look at me smoking I'm so cool" scenes to be unintentionally funny. Or is it just me?
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on August 15, 2012, 11:46:15 PM
This thread is depressing. A lot of this "smoking is cool" stuff seems really dated now and kind of ridiculous, right? Given the way the social acceptability of smoking has changed so dramatically. I can't help but find the "omg look at me smoking I'm so cool" scenes to be unintentionally funny. Or is it just me?
I mean, you don't see many "look at me smoking, I'm so cool" scenes anymore. That's because they've become cliche and lame so no one wants to do one. But to see Deniro smoking while he thinks of Killing Maury, with "sunshine of your love" playing in the background is just STRAIGHT UP BADASS. Even if he had no cigarette, it would still be the shit.
The new thing now is to do the "Look at me, I'm doing drugs, I'm so cool" scenes... Now THOSE are (most of the time) unintentionally Hilarious.