For today’s scene that I love, I decided to pick from the only Rob Reiner-directed film to be nominated for Best Picture of the Year, 1992’s A Few Good Men.
This scene features great work from two legitimate film stars, Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson. It’s also the type of potentially stagey scene that would have proved problematic for a lot of other directors. Rob Reiner, however, handled it perfectly.
Happy birthday, Steve Buscemi!
In today’s scene of the day, from 1992’s Reservoir Dogs, Mr. Pink explains why he doesn’t tip. Only Steve Buscemi could make a non-tipper named Mr. Pink into the film’s most likable character.
Today would have been the 99th birthday of actress Betsy Palmer.
Though Palmer started her acting career in 1951 and was a regular on television, she will always be best known for playing Mrs. Voorhees in 1980’s Friday the 13th. It’s a role that she took, in her own words, because she needed $10,000 to buy a new car. At the time that the film was first released, Palmer did not particularly care for the film but she also definitely also gave the best performance. It’s impossible to imagine that the film would have been as much of a success without her. The scene where she speaks in the voice of Jason inspired Harry Manfredini’s iconic score. Palmer eventually came to embrace her status of being a horror icon.
Today’s scene of the day comes from Friday the 13th. Here is Betsy Palmer as Mrs. Voorhees, an old friend of the Christys.
Today’s scene that I love comes from 1957’s Paths of Glory. In this scene, Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) fights a losing battle to save the lives of three soldiers who have been accused of cowardice after refusing to take part in a suicidal attack during World War I.
Douglas not only starred in this film but his also production company also helped to finance it. The film was co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
In this scene, from Sergio Corbucci’s Django, the film’s title character (played by my man, Franco Nero) reveals what’s actually in the coffin that he’s been dragging from town to town.
Today, in honor of what would have been the birthday of French director Jean-Luc Godard’s birthday, our scene of the day comes from Godard Alphaville, a 1965 film that mixed philosophy with science fiction and film noir.
Let’s talk about love.
Goodfellas is totally a Christmas movie!
RIP to the great actor, Udo Kier. He died yesterday at the age of 81, in Palm Springs, California.
Today’s scene that I love features Kier in the only version of Suspiria that matters, the original one directed by Dario Argento. In this scene, Kier discusses witchcraft with Jessica Harper.
Happy birthday, Martin Scorsese!
To this day, I cannot see a garbage truck without hearing the Layla piano coda.
I always feel bad for Frankie Carbone. He was such a loyal soldier.
In 1941’s Sullivan’s Travels, Joel McCrea plays a filmmaker who disguises himself as a transient so that he can experience what’s really going on outside of Hollywood. Veronica Lake plays “the Girl,” who ends up sharing his journey.
In today’s scene that I love, McCrea and Lake meet for the first time.
Through the Shattered Lens 