Another movie thread (famous/best scenes)

[matriarch]

Re: bit late - but i am a scotsman

Seminal Film moments - Oh so many!

Think I'll just go with films(ish)

Just to contradict myself - the scene where Catherine Deneuve seduces Susan Sarandon in "The Hunger" exquisite

The dance sequence of frustration in "Billy Elliot" [COLOUR=red] I can watch that scene over and over and over. Stunning. [/COLOUR]

"Singin in the Rain" (still do it myself when its pissing down!) [COLOUR=red] I love that sequence, but I have to admit to a warm Brit love of Morecambe and Wise take-off. Has me giggling like an idiot. [/COLOUR]

The "Biggus dickus" scene from the "LIfe of Brian" [COLOUR=red]Snort [/COLOUR]

Mat

 

[matriarch]

Surely you've seen The Celluloid Closet, Charlus. The oldies are full of gay undertones for both genders. Think of Edward Everett Horton's roles (the "sissy"), Olivier and Curtis in "Spartacus", Dietrich in a tux, many of Jimmy Stewart's femme-y characters (vs. Gable's or Bogart's), Sal Mineo in "Rebel w/o a Cause", Claude Rains' fey "Invisible Man" (he says to his 'girlfriend', "The whole world's my hiding place. I can stand out there amongst them in the day or night and laugh at them."), Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train". Then there's a history of gender-play in vampire movies.

Perdita

P., Fantastic, self-affirming, emotional, wonderful film. I have watched this so many times.

TV over here, (Channel 4), held a special all-night marathon of gay/lesbian films, documentaries et al, and a big studio party, to celebrate Ellen's coming out episode (OK, a tenuous reason I admit, but I wasn't complaining). It was a fantastic evening/night, something like 10 hours of tv dedicated totally to 'coming out'. Celluloid Closet was one of the pieces they showed. And a film that I watch over and over.

Mat

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Dr. Strangelove There's the famous scene where Slim rides the bomb down to Moscow yelling yee-haw, but for distiling the essence, i'd have to go with the final chaotic scene of stupidity where the Good Doc finally stands and the military men are worrying about a mineshaft gap. Really captures the absurdity.

A Clockwork Orange "A bit of the ol' in-out, in-out, and a spot of ultraviolence."

Jacob's Ladder The evil hospital. And to a lesser extent the subway scene when the weird things start happening. (Note to all: if any of you are even slightly inclined towards psychological horror, you must see this movie. It defines the genre. It is the genre.)

 

[CharleyH]

Surely you've seen The Celluloid Closet, Charlus. The oldies are full of gay undertones for both genders. Think of Edward Everett Horton's roles (the "sissy"), Olivier and Curtis in "Spartacus", Dietrich in a tux, many of Jimmy Stewart's femme-y characters (vs. Gable's or Bogart's), Sal Mineo in "Rebel w/o a Cause", Claude Rains' fey "Invisible Man" (he says to his 'girlfriend', "The whole world's my hiding place. I can stand out there amongst them in the day or night and laugh at them."), Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train". Then there's a history of gender-play in vampire movies.

Perdita

I have, but it was so long ago, and not the kind of film typically found at my local blockbuster I did a paper on Dietrich, the whole construction of her androngynous persona. Fascinating.

Now that you have reminded me of Celluloid Closet, I will have to track it down again. Wonderful being reminded of things. Thanks.