amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (01/24/84)
Some of the most memorable scenes come from Alfred Hitchcock. There is a scene where Paul Newman and a woman playing his wife (Joanne Woodward ?) have to kill a spy in their house. Moreover, they must be quiet about it since the spy has henchpersons outside. After unsuccessfully stabbing him in the shoulder with a carving knife, they finally manage to cram his head into a gas oven and suffocate him. Another was a Hitchcock film about a sexual psychopath who can only get satisfaction from killing. We see him taking a woman into his room, then the camera pulls back from the door, down the stairs, out the front door, and across the street. How about the scene in 2001 when HAL kills the three men who are in suspended animation, and the only thing that we see are their faces and the computer readouts on their conditions, ending with "Life functions terminated". Or the scene in Bridge On The River Kwai, when Alec Guinness is hauled out of the "sweat box" and is told by Sessue Hayakawa that his demands regarding the prisoners' conditions are going to be met. Guinness pulls himself up, adjusts his jacket, and straightens his tie, then goes out to see his men, who realize what has happened ahd start cheering and running. And why hasn't anyone mentioned the Marx Brothers yet? Just ask yourself, "Do I feel lucky?" John Hobson AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, IL (312) 979-7293 ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2
hstrop@mhuxt.UUCP (trop) (01/30/84)
The Hitchcock film refered to starred Paul Newman and Julie Andrews It was called Torn Curtain and the scene refered to involved not his wife but the wife of an underground agent he had gone to meet. In an interview Hitchcock talked about this scene in detail. He wanted to show how difficult it is to actually kill another human being. That is, for anyone but a pyschopath. Harvey S. Trop mhuxt!hstrop
jab@uokvax.UUCP (01/31/84)
#R:ihuxq:-53300:uokvax:3900015:000:314 uokvax!jab Jan 27 16:34:00 1984 /***** uokvax:net.movies / ihuxq!amigo2 / 8:41 pm Jan 24, 1984 */ And why hasn't anyone mentioned the Marx Brothers yet? /* ---------- */ Okay, I will. I always enjoyed the scene in "Coconuts" where Harpo walks up to a candlestick telephone and takes a bite out of it. What can I say? Jeff Bowles Lisle, IL
woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) (02/01/84)
I love the Marx brothers. I think they are the best real comedians of all
time. I've got several: The scene (is it in Night At the Opera) where Harpo
plays with the hookah, the "mirror" scene in Duck Soup, and the cabin room
scene in Night at the Opera spring to mind. It's so tough to limit the
Bros. though. Remember, "That's the sanity clause".
GREG
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!hao!woodswombat@uicsl.UUCP (02/04/84)
#R:ihuxq:-53300:uicsl:7600044:000:312 uicsl!wombat Feb 3 10:51:00 1984 My favorite scene from *Torn Curtain* (the only scene I remember, in fact) is where somebody is watching a play and notices someone is coming to kill him. The players have just started a fake fire on the stage so the guy stands up, points to the fake fire, and yells "Fire!", escaping in the panic. Wombat