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So I know you have favorite songs in movies but what movie had a song that nailed what was going on in the movie at the time. One that really made an impression on you. Mine is in "Shampoo" when Jimi Hendrix "Manic Depression" is playing. A movie moment I will never forget. I think I was 14 when I first saw it. I saw it last night on TCM unedited and in letterbox again. Hal Ashby is incredible.
As it all starts falling apart for Beatty's character the tune comes on. He runs to try to catch up to different people trying to get away from him to no avail. I love the chaos portrayed as he goes back in the house through the party after not "catching" anyone of the two he ran after. The strobe lights flashing during the songs guitar solo so you just get a few shots of the disgust and frustration on his face. The whole "Party" scene is great. It became my standard for "cool".
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That was a stunning, unforgettable use of music, as was the Lygetti as the theme of the slab artifact.
Scorsese's movies are full of wonderful correlations, contrasts and commentaries between pop music and screen image...starting with Mean Streats. Goodfellas, the whole darn film is a great soundtrack commentary. I also loved "Stardust" playing during the midnight plane ride in The Aviator, and the Bach during the test flight.
I've also got a soft spot for Say Anything - Lloyd Dobbler's (John Cusack) midnight boombox serenade of Diane Court (Ione Skye) with Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes".
There are tons more.
That's it.
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as well as the use of various Ludwig Van scattered throughout."Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal
or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures!"Plus W. Carlos' pieces.
I have many favorite usages of music in specific film scenes (many are already mentioned in this thread) -
and the music in ACO may not be my "favorite", but one could write a thesis on the use, effect and symbolism of it in "A Clockwork Orange".Someone probably has, over and over...
Mind you, I haven't seen this film in nearly 25 years, but the effectiveness of the music in it... resonates.
"...You're all welcome to stay for the next set...we're going to play all the same tunes, but in different keys..." -Count Basie
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Thats was ...unforgettable.
...saw it on the big screen as part of a revival at the Indy Film Fest.
Still very powerful, has not lost its power to shock. The music is integral.
I won't argue with anything you've said.
Right right.
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Who is gonna forget Audrey anyway?
" Mieux vaut une tête bien faite qu'une tête bien pleine."
a Classic
GW
..."Lolita Ya Ya's" in Kubrick's "Lolita" always brings a smile.Honorable mention for Jerry Goldsmith's "The Sand Pebbles" and "Chinatown" scores.
Popol Voh's "Wehe Khorazin" in Hezog's "Fitzcarraldo" was perfect for schlepping a steamship up a mountain.
John Barry's "Frances" theme; and of course the hydrofoil boat finale music in "Thunderball".
Amost forgot: Final duel scene in Kubrick's "Barry Lydon".
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I dare anyone to not start banging their head at the appropriate time!
Baba-Booey to you all!
GW
the haunting lyrics and vocals by Jim Morrison captured the mood and sentiment of the film perfectly
thanks
Phil
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!"
As shattering as "The End" was in Apocalypse, the Wagnerian helicopter raid was pretty heady stuff too. Awesome and terrifying and thrilling and horrifying all at the same time.
of those horns!!! I bet they had 1960's solid state amps too!!!! OUCH!
That's what the villagers were scared of...
:^)
Just kidding... it was awesome!!!
thanks
Phil
... I think the music does it every bit as much as the lyrics.
In fact once the chorus has gone through it's all been said.
the Doors are really good in The End
thanks
Phil
Partly because I'm not good at remembering these types of connections.
walking around the hay rake with Toto on the seat. The other one is Alec Guinness as Jacob Marley in SCROOGE; the walk up the staircase in chains and into Scrooge's bedroom. That man could play anything. Another good one is Burt Lancaster as ELMER GANTRY shouting hell and damnation "...when I get so old and don't have any teeth...I'll gum him." Ray Hughes
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without an intervening culture." Frank Lloyd Wright
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
One day, years ago, I ditched church so I could watch the movie and enjoy this song on TV. Being the typical overworked college student, I fell asleep and missed the song. This was long before DVR and videos were a luxury.
Worry not, Sarah Palin will fix it all in '12
nt
Great line at the end - "I F*CKED THEM ALL!!!!"
Yes a great line. His uneasiness those couple of minutes before he finally gives in and tells the truth is great. Also the line is a precursor to the line in Raging Bull delivered by Morairty. Her "speech" of course includes the famous " and I sucked your brothers cock, it's bigger than yours."
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specifically the "Blow-up" party scene. Not to demean "Shampoo---" it belongs with the best American films of that decade. Julie Christie was sensational (as usual) and what makes the film more delicious is the fact that the onscreen triangle (Goldie, Beatty, Christie) was mirrored offscreen.
I will agree to a point. There is the difference that it is the first look at upscale American suburbia where we see the "estate-like" home with valet parking, acreage, jacuzzi's and tennis courts and so on but with young party people not rich old fogey's. Also no live band just some great tunes of the time.
ET
Mr. Soul, Lucy, Sgt Pepper to name a few.
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