SADDEST MOVIE MOMENT (spoilers)

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pookiethecat

#60
June 13, 2003, 12:24:34 AM
you've really misunderstood what i initially said.  and you've made a dcent conversation into something snippy.  

i think his work resonates...it *does* make you think.  but it does so without a hint of auterism or artiness or quirkiness.  it provides entertainment...but with thought.  not thought...with entertainment (which many of our favorite directors do).   and he USUALLY pushes for the highest moment for the audience to gasp in terror, excitement, emotion, not the most intellectual one where its impact requires reflection and extensive thought.  to a large extent, robert ebert's review of last of the mohicans supports at least that film's status as something wich i'm talking about.
i wanna lick 'em.

MacGuffin

#61
June 13, 2003, 12:44:37 AM
Quote from: pookiethecatyou've really misunderstood what i initially said.  and you've made a dcent conversation into something snippy.  

"Friday Night Entertainment" to me says: 'date movie'. "Popcorn Entertainment" says: 'check-your-brain-at-the-door fun'. And I've never considered Mann in those catagories. That's why there was a misunderstanding. But your last explaination helped me understand.

And I don't know what you thought was 'snippy', but that was not the intent behind my comments. Read them with a 'question mark' tone and you'll see. I apologize if you felt I was attacking you.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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godardian

#62
June 13, 2003, 01:13:35 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin
Quote from: pookiethecati think the goals of his movies are foremost to provide friday night entertainment rather than advance or push the limits of filmmaking as an art.   but what he does he does spectacularly well.

Wow, you consider movies about two lonely men, on opposites sides of the law, and the rigors of their jobs, the tobacco industry and the stress of man who brought it down, and a bio-pic about the struggles of arguably the greatest boxer of all time "friday night entertainment"?

I think she may have been talking about his style, not his content. And I think she meant it as a compliment.

She'll correct me if I'm wrong, however...
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

MacGuffin

#63
June 13, 2003, 03:41:45 PM
Back On Topic:

The Zemeckis thread reminded me. In "Cast Away," two moments: when he finally leaves the island and when Wilson floats away.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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modage

#64
June 13, 2003, 03:42:46 PM
wilson.  :cry: *(tear)
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

godardian

#65
June 13, 2003, 03:45:24 PM
Just rented Love Liza. That had some pretty damn sad moments.
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

Fernando

#66
June 14, 2003, 04:55:27 PM
My Life *SPOILER*



It might be not sad but moving, when Kidman brings a circus in the backyard for Keaton.

Sigur Rós

#67
June 15, 2003, 04:07:56 AM
how could I forget this one! Edward Scissorhands! The scene where he's eatting peas!

Alethia

#68
June 15, 2003, 05:30:51 PM
"I don't wanna go, I can't do it this time...."

"You have to go Stanley, you're the smartest...."

modage

#69
June 15, 2003, 07:34:56 PM
in AI when his 'mother' leaves him in the forest and drives away.
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

modage

#70
June 16, 2003, 01:11:52 PM
forrest gump seems to be winning out for all the saddest moments here.  that is something i never wouldve expected, but i cant say i can argue with that.
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

Sigur Rós

#71
June 16, 2003, 01:16:21 PM
Quote from: mogwaiI don't know why this should be sad but it gets me everytime.


I want to watch Forrest Gump tonight but I don't own it. So 'mogwai' please throw your dvd-copy over Østersøen, and I will throw it back the moment I've watched it.

MacGuffin

#72
June 16, 2003, 01:17:41 PM
The end scenes of "Blow" between George and his daughter (breaking his promise, etc.) kill me with every viewing.  :yabbse-cry:
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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SoNowThen

#73
June 16, 2003, 01:19:34 PM
...or when he listens to the tape his dad made him. That's a killer, too.

Or was it he made his dad the tape? I can't remember now...
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

MacGuffin

#74
June 16, 2003, 01:21:52 PM
Quote from: SoNowThenOr was it he made his dad the tape?

That's the one.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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