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Added 2021-07-21 19:27:28 +0000 UTCWhat is your favorite shot in a film and why? Topic video to follow.
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It might be the dream ending in the first Friday The 13th when the last victim gets attacked by Jason from the lake when he reaches up and pulls her off of the boat. That scared me the first time I watched it.
davis376 .
2024-10-10 01:35:28 +0000 UTCIn teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when April O'Neill was attacked by the foot clan & it goes all shaky cam to symbolize Raphael's rage as he comes around the corner to surprise them & save her.
Pulse RELOADED
2021-07-26 01:04:03 +0000 UTCMy favorite shot is when King Kong sucker punches Godzilla on top of an aircraft carrier. It’s the perfect opening to one of the biggest showdowns in cinema history with each monster’s full power on display. A close second is the Harry Lime reveal in The Third Man.
Emerson B
2021-07-24 15:26:16 +0000 UTCIf you can make it through that movie without falling asleep...
Manuel Johnen
2021-07-24 14:38:57 +0000 UTCThe nine minute long shot at the end of Tarkovsky's Nostalghia, where he is trying to walk across the drained pool with a burning candle. I think it's a massively underrated film, and that long take is so beautiful and you are so emotionally involved in that walk, almost out of nowhere. And it somehow feels so cathartic when he finally succeeds.
Soumyadeep Som
2021-07-24 06:45:29 +0000 UTCI really like the burning house shot from Tarkovsky's Mirror. It's a vivid impression that burns throughout the rest of the film, much like how our most significant memories affect and stay with us. One of the few scenes in cinema that I'd truly describe as spellbinding.
Nick Lembo
2021-07-23 21:26:13 +0000 UTCAgreed. This is a good one
Stephen
2021-07-22 19:32:14 +0000 UTCThe ending shot of The Searchers. Ethan takes Debbie home to the Jorgensen family, who then escort her inside the home and followed closely by Martin and Laurie, leaving Ethan outside. His mission is over and now he’s realizing he’s alone and has no place in the world anymore. He looks into the home one last time before turning and walking away as the door closes on him. Without saying anything, Ford wraps up Ethan’s story with one shot.
Shaeffer Holt
2021-07-22 19:30:27 +0000 UTCYeah I put a YouTube link in there. I guess that's a big no-no
Michael Smith
2021-07-22 19:09:26 +0000 UTCO Captain, My Captain! - As the boys rebel and stand upon their desks. I saw Dead Poets Society one evening when I was was 13 and it changed how I view the world, it affected me to such an extent that the next day I went to school and in one lesson the teacher had to leave for a few minutes, I got up and stood on my desk, a girl asked me what I was doing and I replied 'looking at the world from a different point of view'. A lesson never forgotten.
Ross Skilton
2021-07-22 18:42:56 +0000 UTCThe shot of Hidetora walking out of his burning castle in Ran
Jay Yay
2021-07-22 16:46:46 +0000 UTCOverly zealous Patreon algorythm, probably, happens all the time...
Manuel Johnen
2021-07-22 13:46:45 +0000 UTCThe house burning in badlands
jared Clarke
2021-07-22 09:22:34 +0000 UTCIn Le Petit Soldat by Goddard there is a beautiful shot of Ana Karina walking around and around a room without talking while Michel Subor rambles on and on off camera about random things. The shot is not cut for quite a while and we gaze on Ana Karina's reactions to his speech. It is a tour de force performance that helps to define the absurdity of a French woman and an Algerian man falling in love at the height of the War of Independence. As the side note, The famous line " What is cinema? Truth at 24 frames a second," is part of Subor's dialogue.
Edward Eiffler
2021-07-22 06:06:22 +0000 UTCThat last shot of "Resident Evil" is pretty neat...
Manuel Johnen
2021-07-22 04:26:07 +0000 UTCA good (but impossible) question, ha. I'm a fan of anything painterly or sculptural/statuesque, so it's no surprise I love Lynne Ramsay and Alain Resnais. If pressed, I might go with this one in a tunnel from Kogonada's "Columbus," as Jin walks away from Casey. https://dotorg-prd-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/images/webpage/inline/case-study/columbus4.jpg The film is all about architectural symmetry, and this shot not only frames that but contains a wealth of emotion (desire, uncertainty, regret) without any visible facial expressions. Of course, narrative context is needed for its full resonance, but it's still an amazing shot. I also think the final shot of "Vive L'Amour" is one of the best of all-time, but that's too much for me to consider right now, haha.
Grant Phipps
2021-07-22 03:56:50 +0000 UTC"The World Is Yours” scene in Scarface. I remember it just feeling surreal the first time I watched it. You get that shot of Pacino smoking and staring out at the blimp over the dark Miami sky, and you know he just hit the point of no return. Such an effective climax point.
David
2021-07-22 01:25:47 +0000 UTCThe only comment I've seen is your first one. But I haven't touched anything.
Deepfocuslens
2021-07-22 00:30:22 +0000 UTCLooks like it disappeared on my side but it's all good.
Michael Smith
2021-07-22 00:29:07 +0000 UTCI don't see any issues.
Deepfocuslens
2021-07-22 00:26:16 +0000 UTCIs my comment being marked as spam?
Michael Smith
2021-07-22 00:24:11 +0000 UTCThis comes as no surprise (and is hackneyed at this point) but I’ll go ahead and say it....For me it’s the “Hit me!!” scene in The Dark Knight, specifically when Batman narrowly misses the Joker and both characters are in the shot side by side. Batman has a grimace and the Joker calmly and unflinchingly peeks over his shoulder. The Joker has Batman dead to rights -- kill him and go against his rule of not killing, or let him live and allow future deaths of innocent people….The shot beautifully displays the backdrop of the Gotham (Chicago) metropolitan area. It also showcases the daring, visceral and grounded practical effects/stunts of the film. Finally, it shows two iconic men: one with physical power, power on the exterior, power to end the other’s life. The other with mental/spiritual power, power on the interior, power to break the other emotionally. The dark (Joker) vs the light (Batman).....the dark (Batman) vs the light (Joker)…..Are they truly that different?
Michael Smith
2021-07-22 00:12:10 +0000 UTCThis is so hard to answer definitely so I'll just go with what first popped into my head. The shot of the oil derrick engulfed in flames at night in There Will Be Blood. The orange and white of the flame against the black and blue of the evening sky is gorgeous. Plus the heat almost looks like it's affecting the film stock as there's this amber vignette around the whole frame that I think just adds to the Biblical size of this event and shot.
Tyler Shobe
2021-07-21 22:55:23 +0000 UTCI was tempted to go with something more famous, but the one that has always stayed with me was the final shot of the climactic motel shootout at the end of L.A. Confidential, where Guy Pearce, having just gunned down his corrupt police captain, stands over his body with his badge in the air as a wave of police cars comes rushing towards him, their flashing sirens framing him in silhouette. I love that shot because it visually serves as a fulfillment of a very ambiguous destiny for Pearce’s character. For the first time in the film, he finally gets to show himself as a cop, but he’s literally got bodies at his feet to show what he had to do to get there.
Bennett Oliver
2021-07-21 22:25:12 +0000 UTCthe corridor glance in In the Mood for Love is imprinted in my brain
nick moose
2021-07-21 22:13:26 +0000 UTCIt’d have to be the shot of Carrie covered in blood while she wreaks havoc on the prom. Not only is that still frame of her on the stage iconic, but Sissy Spacek’s eyes are so piercing and full of murder I almost feel like she’s gonna start moving shit around in my room. It’s one of the most famous shots in horror history and it’s easy to see why.
Anthony Murray
2021-07-21 20:46:26 +0000 UTCThis comes as no surprise (and is hackneyed at this point) but I’ll go ahead and say it....For me it’s the “Hit me!!” scene in The Dark Knight, specifically when Batman narrowly misses the Joker and both characters are in the shot side by side. Batman has a grimace and the Joker calmly and unflinchingly peeks over his shoulder. The Joker has Batman dead to rights -- kill him and go against his rule of not killing, or let him live and allow future deaths of innocent people….The shot beautifully displays the backdrop of the Gotham (Chicago) metropolitan area. It also showcases the daring, visceral and grounded practical effects/stunts of the film. Finally, it shows two iconic men: one with physical power, power on the exterior, power to end the other’s life; the other with mental/spiritual power, power on the interior, power to break the other emotionally. The dark (Joker) vs the light (Batman).....the dark (Batman) vs the light (Joker)…..Are they truly that different? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV9yhawo7Ec
Michael Smith
2021-07-21 20:09:53 +0000 UTCIn the Best Years of our Lives when Harold Russell is playing the piano with Hoagy Carmichael. Them and Frederich March are in the foreground while Dana Andrews is in a phone booth in the background but is in focus with the rest of the characters. It's a beautiful contrast of the characters who are having fun and enjoying themselves while the other one is alone and saying goodbye to the girl he loves and yet the incredible Gregg Toland, who did Citizen Kane's cinematography, makes him just as, if not more, important than the others even though he's in a small portion of the screen. I'd argue this film as a whole rivals Citizen Kane with its camera shots and deep focus photography.
Wolfman Brandon
2021-07-21 20:02:36 +0000 UTCMy personal favorite will always be the first full image of the Alien Queen. That was both haunting but awe-inspiring and just so much detail that went into the whole puppetry and artistry of that thing!
Tony Moro
2021-07-21 19:49:13 +0000 UTCIndiana Jones running from the boulder os my all time favorite! You know exactly what you're getting from the character, the set pieces, and what's to come in the rest of the film! Probably the most iconic shot for that great adventure we love to go on!
Tony Moro
2021-07-21 19:47:44 +0000 UTC
