Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to actress Linda Hamilton.
This scene that I love is the haunting conclusion of the original Terminator. Even with the Terminator (momentarily) vanquished, there’s still a storm coming.
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Scenes That I Love: “Greed is Good” from Wall Street
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy 81st birthday to actor and producer Michael Douglas!
For today’s scene that I love, we have a scene from Oliver Stone’s 1987 film, Wall Street. In this scene, Michael Douglas plays Gordon Gekko. Gekko is supposed to be the film’s villain but he’s actually a lot more compelling and, at times, sympathetic than the film’s heroes. He’s not a judgmental jerk like the union leader played by Martin Sheen. Nor is he a snitch like his protegee, played by Charlie Sheen. Instead, Gordon Gekko is honest about who he is.
This is the scene that won Michael Douglas an Oscar. Watching him in this scene, it’s easy to see why Douglas’s performance supposedly inspired a lot of people to get a job working on Wall Street. Douglas is so charismatic in this scene that he makes this movie, directed by a future supporter of Bernie Sanders, into one of the best advertisements for capitalism ever filmed.
Scenes That I Love: Coyote Shivers and Renee Zellweger perform “Sugar High” in Empire Records
It’s not Rex Manning Day but it is Coyote Shivers’s birthday!
Here, he and Renee Zellweger do their part to save the store by performing Sugar High on the roof.
Scenes That I Love: Giovanni Lombardo Radice Dances in The House on The Edge of the Park
Today, the Shattered Lens celebrates what would have been the 71st birthday of the great Italian actor, Giovanni Lombardo Radice!
I’ve shared this scene before but I’ll happily share it again. In Ruggero Deodato’s The House On The Edge of the Park, Giovanni Lombardo Radice shows a bunch of rich jerks how he can dance. Dancing with Radice is his frequent co-star, Lorraine De Selle. And, wearing the yellow suit, is David Hess.
Scenes I Love: Anna Karina in Bande à part
Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina
With today’s scene of the day, we pay tribute to Anna Karina, who would have been 85 years old today.
From 1964’s Bande à part:
Scenes That I Love: The Shock Scene From Ghostbusters
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to Bill Murray!
Here he is in today’s scene that I love, from 1984’s Ghostbusters! This perhaps the most realistic portrayal of an ESP test ever put on film.
Scenes I Love: The Honeymoon From Barefoot In The Park
In this scene from 1967’s Barefoot in the Park, Robert Redford and Jane Fonda show us how to enjoy a honeymoon.
Scene That I Love: Garrison Meets X in JFK
Today is Oliver Stone’s birthday so, for all conspiracy-loving readers, here is a key scene from Stone’s 1991 film, JFK! In this scene, Kevin Costner’s Jim Garrison meets the mysterious man known as X (played by the much-missed Donald Sutherland). X explains the conspiracy to Garrison.
This scene certainly convinced a lot of people. Personally, I think Oswald acted alone but one cannot deny Stone’s talent as a filmmaker.
Scenes I Love: Carrie Blows Up A Car
When it comes to the 1976 film, Carrie, we tend to focus so much on what Carrie does at prom that we forget about what she does while she’s walking home.
The prom scene, to me, is disturbing because Carrie not only kills her bullies but also a lot of people who probably weren’t actually laughing at her. The floppy-haired photographer wearing the dorky fake tuxedo? That dude did not deserve to die in a fiery inferno!
However, the scene in which Carrie blows up Chris and Billy is extremely satisfying because there’s no doubt they deserved it.
Scenes that I Love: Anna Chlumsky has a meltdown on Veep
Today’s scene that I love is one of the greatest television moments of the past ten years.
Through the Shattered Lens 