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From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: memorable scenes
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Date: Sun, 18-Dec-83 16:04:48 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 18 16:04:48 1983
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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The execution at the end of Breaker Morant:
	"Shoot straight, you bastards, don't make a mess of it!"
and the song over the preparation of the bodies.

Various things in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, all too visual
to describe readily.

The scene in Gallipoli where the Aussies in fresh to the front are
swimming and enemy fire forces them to stay underwater (catching the
bullets as they spend themselves).

The end of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, where the lone survivor flees
shuddering into the road, uncomprehending that she's still alive.
(And I only am escaped alone to tell thee....)  I never understood
the idea of horror evoking the sublime until I saw that.

The original Dracula:  "Listen-- the children of the night.
	What sweet music they make!"

In Diva, when the diva first hears her own recorded voice, she and
her friend simply stand and listen amazed.  And the scene with the
elevator and the light switch in the same movie.

In Francois Truffaut's Wild Child, when the teacher discovers the
child ignores the load slamming of the door, but jumps at the slightest
sound of animal motion.

When Abel Gance's Napolean arrives to take command of the army of the
Italian campaign and in minutes transforms pettish antipathy into
admiration and enthusiasm.  "Ask me anything but time."

There's always the opening credits of Barbarella.  :-)

Actually, I find the cinematic-style scenes I remember with the most
clarity mostly come from books, not movies.
-- 
John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas
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