Hey I'm back, but I should be in bed.
Well, here it is, my 100 favorite movie moments list. The list is actually a very honest representation of the sorts of films I've seen since the beginning of my 19 years on this Earth. A lot of scenes are favorites because the resonate with a certain memory. Some of the movies are excellent, some of them are, well... not very good. I learned two things: (1) I haven't seen that many films at all (or at least, not as many as I'd like) and (2), I like movies made in the 1970's. I consider this to be a work in progress. New favorites will come, and old ones will have to go.
1. George Harrison trips, causing Ringo Starr to plummet behind him at the beginning of ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ in A Hard Day’s Night (Richard Lester, 1964).
2. Joseph Brady (Gene Kelly) and Jerry Mouse dance together in Anchors Aweigh (George Sidney, 1945).
3. While battling Jack Quinn (Jean Clean Van Damme) and Yaz (Dennis Rodman) in the Coliseum, Stavros (Mickey Rourke) is mauled by a tiger, triggering the mine he was standing on to blow up him, the tiger, and most of the Coliseum in Double Team (Tsui Hark, 1997).
4. Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) cares for his baby son in Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977).
5. The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) and The Kid (Jackie Coogan) fuck shit up in The Kid (Charlie Chaplin, 1921).
6. King Kong gruesomely tears dinosaurs apart in King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005).
7. The climactic scene in Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003).
8. Those long, impressive shots in Drunken Master (Yuen Woo-Ping, 1978).
9. A woman attempts a very complicated suicide but fails in Delicatessen (Marc Caro; Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1991).
10. Ezekiel Cobb (Harold Lloyd) “beheads” several people in The Cat’s Paw (Sam Taylor, 1934).
11. Cheng Chao-an (Bruce Lee) eventually loses (despite winning the fights) at the end of The Big Boss (Wei Lo, 1971).
12. in Tom-Yum-Goong (Prachya Pinkaew, 2005).
13. The brief flash of a demon in The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973).
14.
in Le Samouraï, (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967).
15. Bob Dylan does some wordplay in No Direction Home (Martin Scorsese, 2005).
16. Navin Johnson (Steve Martin) takes everything he “needs” in The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979).
17. The Kid (Prince) redeems himself and performs the titular song in Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1984).
18. Dr. Heller (Tom Waits) distributes non-lethal weaponry to the Mystery Men in Mystery Men (Kinka Usher, 1999).
19. Fielding Mellish (Woody Allen) parallel parks the cross he bears in Bananas (Woody Allen, 1971).
20. Babe (Christine Cavanaugh) politely asks the sheep to herd themselves into the pen. They do so perfectly, and the titular hero wins the herding competition under the beaming pride of his owner, Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell) in Babe (Chris Noonan, 1995).
21. Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) orders a pizza for the hostages in Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975).
22. The capture and rescue of Bill Ubell (Bud Cort) The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson, 2004).
23. A plane falls on Ritchie Valen’s friend in La Bamba (Luis Valdez, 1987).
24. There aren’t any favorite moments in this film per se, but I found the narrative style in Hukkle to be intriguing enough to mention in a list of movie moments. (György Pálfi, 2002).
25. The heist in action in Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955).
26. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) cries because he “could’ve done more” in Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993).
27. Zaitoichi (Takeshi Kitano) reveals a devastating secret at the end of Zaitoichi (Takeshi Kitano, 2003).
28. Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) reveals Lois Einhorn’s (Sean Young) true identity [Ray Finkle], much to the disgust of Dan Marino and Tone Loc in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Tom Shadyac, 1994).
*28. Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) “sneaks” through a Cannibal Corpse concert in order to meet his eco-terrorist buddy in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Tom Shadyac, 1994).
29. Kuwabatake Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) demonstrates his skill in Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961).
30. (Begin at 2:00) in Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1993)
31. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is beaten in the rain in Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967).
32. Batman (Adam West) runs around looking for a place to put the bomb in Batman (Leslie H. Martinson, 1966).
33. (I don't feel like I should tell you to ignore the ridiculousness and cliches, but please do so) in Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (Prachya Pinkaew, 2003).
34. The Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke) runs his bike into Biff Wilcox (Glenn Withrow) for cutting his brother (Matt Dillon) in Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983).
35. The Master (Tom Neyman) watches as his many wives fight over him for what seems like 15 minutes in Manos: The Hands Of Fate (Harold Warren, 1966).
36. A man (Tomorowo Taguchi) fucks his girlfriend (Kei Fujiwara) with a drill, killing her, in Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989).
37. Clyde (Clint Eastwood’s manager and orangutan friend) shits in a cop car while Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) bareknuckle boxes a cop in Any Which Way You Can (Buddy Van Horn, 1980).
38. “A dog cannot make this journey alone. But, maybe, a wolf can” in Balto (Simon Wells, 1995)
39. A hilarious, timed fight in They Call Me Trinity aka My Name Is Trinity (Enzo Barboni, 1971).
40. Nathan Lane does a perfect imitation of John Wayne’s strut in The Birdcage (Mike Nichols, 1996).
41. Murdock (Kareem Abdul Jabbar) flips out on a little boy in Airplane! (David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, 1980)
42. A rapist gets his face beaten in with a fire extinguisher in Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002).
43. The climactic battle in Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954).
44. William Blake (Johnny Depp) rides the train for a good while in the beginning of Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995).
45. Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is sadistically shot multiple times in Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987).
46. A local TV anchor announces, “A local hotel tycoon’s son cheated his way through school.” Everyone is shocked, but Frank (Norm Macdonald) assures them by responding with, “Now now… Maybe it’s somebody else.” in Billy Madison (Tamra Davis, 1995).
47. A woman is slashed and hanged in Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977).
48. Aniki Murakawa (Takeshi Kitano) plays Russian roulette in Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, 1993).
49. The King of the New World’s (Peter Berling) horse slowly slips out of view in Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972).
50. The brief glimpse of burning anger in the eyes of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) when he fails to get through the last energy barrier, forcing him to watch helplessly as Darth Maul (Ray Park) kills Qui Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999). Shut up.
51. The thief inadvertently turns up in the middle of massive mechanical failure in The Thief and The Cobber (Richard Williams, 1995).
52. The masochistic Wilbur Force (Jack Nicholson) worries Seymour Krelboyne (Johnathan Haze) in The Little Shop of Horrors (Roger Corman, 1960).
53. The chicken plays the piano at the end of Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1973).
54. A photojournalist (Dennis Hopper) desperately tries to convince Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) not to see Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) in Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979).
55.
in Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
56. Harold ‘Brain’ Helman (Harry Dean Stanton), Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), Maggie (Adrienne Barbeau), and a cab driver (Ernest Borgnine) search for The Duke of New York (Isaac Hayes) in Escape From New York (John Carpenter, 1981).
57. ‘Cousins?’ in Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch, 2003).
58. Vincent Price argues with a bishop at the beginning of The Tomb of Ligeia (Roger Corman, 1964).
59. A woman’s eye is cut in Un Chien Andalou aka An Andalusian Dog (Luis Buñuel; Salvador Dalí, 1929).
60. Townspeople/government/Busby Berkley performers fight each other and horses in Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974).
61. Al Czerkic (Rodney Dangerfield) dances on the golf course while his golf bag blasts ‘Any Way You Want It‘ by Journey in Caddyshack (Harold Ramis 1980).
62. Though it did not contain any of my favorite moments, the film A Zed and Two Noughts is notable for completely throwing off my psyche for almost a week (Peter Greenaway, 1985).
63. A Vietnamese sniper baits the men in Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987).
64. The chase seen that looks like an Escher painting in The Thief and the Cobbler (Richard Williams, 1995).
65. A mouse is pictured before and after listening to the Ramones in Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (Allan Arkush, 1979).
66. French astronomers battle moon people in A Trip To The Moon (Georges Méliès, 1902)
67. in The Great Mouse Detective (Ron Clements, John Musker, Burny Mattinson, and David Michener, 1986).
68. El Topo’s (Alejandro Jodorowsky) 7-year-old son (Brontis Jodorowsky) must bury his favorite toy and a picture of his mother in the sand so that he may become a man in El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1971).
69. A man’s eyes are gouged out with a modified microscope in The Phantom (Simon Wincer, 1996).
70. The Joker (Jack Nicholson) defaces and destroys priceless art in a Gotham museum to the tune of Prince’s “Trust” in Batman (Tim Burton, 1989).
71. The climactic scene in Dirty Work (Bob Saget, 1998).
72. The Kid (Prince) finds his father’s music in Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1984).
73. Dwarves rig a truck to drive in circles while chaos ensues in Even Dwarves Started Small (Werner Herzog, 1970).
74. Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro) breaks down in prison in Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980).
75. Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) and JFK (Ossie Davis) spend a long time walking down a hallway in Bubba Ho-Tep (Don Coscarelli, 2002).
76. Jordy Verrill (Stephen King) is taken over by vines in Creepshow (George Romero, 1982).
77. The gambling scene in Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942).
78. Gale Snoats (John Goodman) comes up from the ground in Raising Arizona (Joel Coen, 1987).
79. An old leper writes, “The House Is Black” on a chalkboard in The House Is Black (Forough Farrokhzad, 1962).
80. in Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen, 1941).
81. The musical evolution of Spinal Tap in This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984).
82. Every scene with Benoit (Benoît Poelvoorde). Note: This is almost all of Man Bites Dog (Rémy Belvaux, 1992).
83. Buster Keaton orders a woman to dance for him in Beach Blanket Bingo (William Asher, 1965).
84. Peter Washington (Ken Foree) chooses to fight his way out rather than commit suicide in Dawn Of The Dead (George Romero, 1978).
85. The brave little toaster (Deanna Oliver) throws itself in the gears of the trash compactor to save the other appliances in The Brave Little Toaster (Jerry Rees, 1987).
86. Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed) defends himself in front of Cardinal Richeiu (Christopher Logue) and others in The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971).
87. Damiel (Bruno Ganz) talks with Peter Falk (much to Damiel’s surprise) at a hot dog stand in Wings Of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987).
88. The badass car chase in Bullitt (Peter Yates, 1968).
89. Basil fights Professor Ratigan in a climactic battle on Big Ben ala Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty’s battle atop Reichenbach Falls in The Great Mouse Detective (Ron Clements, John Musker, Burny Mattinson, and David Michener, 1986).
90. Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) and his homicidal passenger (Martin Scorsese) talk about the passenger’s cheating girlfriend in Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976).
91. Eugene Martone (Ralph Macchio) defeats Jack Butler (Steve Vai) in the climactic guitar duel in Crossroads (Walter Hill, 1986).
92. One (Ron Perlman) and Miette (Judith Vittet) await interesting death while a Cyclops witnesses his own death (video) in The City of Lost Children (Marc Caro; Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1995).
93. Everything in The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973).
94. Danny the Cat (Scott Bakula) is heartbreakingly and foolishly optimist in Cats Don’t Dance (Mark Dindal, 1997).
95. Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) gets shot INSIDE her rectum in Desperate Living (John Waters, 1977).
96. Kurt Russell tests everyone’s blood in John Carpenter’s The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982).
97. The crows gang up on the Scarecrow (Michael Jackson) in The Wiz (Sidney Lumet, 1978).
98. Liolen Cosgrove (Timothy Balme) takes the baby zombie for a walk in the park in Braindead aka Dead-Alive (Peter Jackson, 1992)
99. Police chase Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi) inside a building eventually holding them up, in The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)
100. Eddie Miller (Arthur Franz) writes, “To the police - stop me. Find me and stop me. I'm going to do it again” on the back of a box of M1 Carbine ammunition in The Sniper (Edward Dymytryk, 1952).
Chris, Glen and I played "Hey Jude" for the first time tonight. While we only played for a couple of minutes, it was definitely one of the highlights of the summer so far. Speaking of music, Man Man is putting on a free show at Back Booth tomorrow at 8. Summerbirds in the Cellar and Elf Power will be there as well.
I'm tired, so I'm going to get some sleep. A real post will be here in a day or three. Goodnight.
Recently seen,
-Designing Woman
EDIT: Pink Elephants On Parade is up.
1. George Harrison trips, causing Ringo Starr to plummet behind him at the beginning of ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ in A Hard Day’s Night (Richard Lester, 1964).
2. Joseph Brady (Gene Kelly) and Jerry Mouse dance together in Anchors Aweigh (George Sidney, 1945).
3. While battling Jack Quinn (Jean Clean Van Damme) and Yaz (Dennis Rodman) in the Coliseum, Stavros (Mickey Rourke) is mauled by a tiger, triggering the mine he was standing on to blow up him, the tiger, and most of the Coliseum in Double Team (Tsui Hark, 1997).
4. Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) cares for his baby son in Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977).
5. The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) and The Kid (Jackie Coogan) fuck shit up in The Kid (Charlie Chaplin, 1921).
6. King Kong gruesomely tears dinosaurs apart in King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005).
7. The climactic scene in Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003).
8. Those long, impressive shots in Drunken Master (Yuen Woo-Ping, 1978).
9. A woman attempts a very complicated suicide but fails in Delicatessen (Marc Caro; Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1991).
10. Ezekiel Cobb (Harold Lloyd) “beheads” several people in The Cat’s Paw (Sam Taylor, 1934).
11. Cheng Chao-an (Bruce Lee) eventually loses (despite winning the fights) at the end of The Big Boss (Wei Lo, 1971).
12. in Tom-Yum-Goong (Prachya Pinkaew, 2005).
Click to view13. The brief flash of a demon in The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973).
14.
in Le Samouraï, (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967).
15. Bob Dylan does some wordplay in No Direction Home (Martin Scorsese, 2005).
16. Navin Johnson (Steve Martin) takes everything he “needs” in The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979).
17. The Kid (Prince) redeems himself and performs the titular song in Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1984).
18. Dr. Heller (Tom Waits) distributes non-lethal weaponry to the Mystery Men in Mystery Men (Kinka Usher, 1999).
19. Fielding Mellish (Woody Allen) parallel parks the cross he bears in Bananas (Woody Allen, 1971).
20. Babe (Christine Cavanaugh) politely asks the sheep to herd themselves into the pen. They do so perfectly, and the titular hero wins the herding competition under the beaming pride of his owner, Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell) in Babe (Chris Noonan, 1995).
21. Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) orders a pizza for the hostages in Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975).
22. The capture and rescue of Bill Ubell (Bud Cort) The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson, 2004).
23. A plane falls on Ritchie Valen’s friend in La Bamba (Luis Valdez, 1987).
24. There aren’t any favorite moments in this film per se, but I found the narrative style in Hukkle to be intriguing enough to mention in a list of movie moments. (György Pálfi, 2002).
25. The heist in action in Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955).
26. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) cries because he “could’ve done more” in Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993).
27. Zaitoichi (Takeshi Kitano) reveals a devastating secret at the end of Zaitoichi (Takeshi Kitano, 2003).
28. Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) reveals Lois Einhorn’s (Sean Young) true identity [Ray Finkle], much to the disgust of Dan Marino and Tone Loc in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Tom Shadyac, 1994).
*28. Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) “sneaks” through a Cannibal Corpse concert in order to meet his eco-terrorist buddy in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Tom Shadyac, 1994).
29. Kuwabatake Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) demonstrates his skill in Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961).
30. (Begin at 2:00) in Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1993)
31. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is beaten in the rain in Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967).
32. Batman (Adam West) runs around looking for a place to put the bomb in Batman (Leslie H. Martinson, 1966).
33. (I don't feel like I should tell you to ignore the ridiculousness and cliches, but please do so) in Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (Prachya Pinkaew, 2003).
34. The Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke) runs his bike into Biff Wilcox (Glenn Withrow) for cutting his brother (Matt Dillon) in Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983).
35. The Master (Tom Neyman) watches as his many wives fight over him for what seems like 15 minutes in Manos: The Hands Of Fate (Harold Warren, 1966).
36. A man (Tomorowo Taguchi) fucks his girlfriend (Kei Fujiwara) with a drill, killing her, in Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989).
37. Clyde (Clint Eastwood’s manager and orangutan friend) shits in a cop car while Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) bareknuckle boxes a cop in Any Which Way You Can (Buddy Van Horn, 1980).
38. “A dog cannot make this journey alone. But, maybe, a wolf can” in Balto (Simon Wells, 1995)
39. A hilarious, timed fight in They Call Me Trinity aka My Name Is Trinity (Enzo Barboni, 1971).
40. Nathan Lane does a perfect imitation of John Wayne’s strut in The Birdcage (Mike Nichols, 1996).
41. Murdock (Kareem Abdul Jabbar) flips out on a little boy in Airplane! (David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, 1980)
42. A rapist gets his face beaten in with a fire extinguisher in Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002).
43. The climactic battle in Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954).
44. William Blake (Johnny Depp) rides the train for a good while in the beginning of Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995).
45. Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is sadistically shot multiple times in Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987).
46. A local TV anchor announces, “A local hotel tycoon’s son cheated his way through school.” Everyone is shocked, but Frank (Norm Macdonald) assures them by responding with, “Now now… Maybe it’s somebody else.” in Billy Madison (Tamra Davis, 1995).
47. A woman is slashed and hanged in Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977).
48. Aniki Murakawa (Takeshi Kitano) plays Russian roulette in Sonatine (Takeshi Kitano, 1993).
49. The King of the New World’s (Peter Berling) horse slowly slips out of view in Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972).
50. The brief glimpse of burning anger in the eyes of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) when he fails to get through the last energy barrier, forcing him to watch helplessly as Darth Maul (Ray Park) kills Qui Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999). Shut up.
51. The thief inadvertently turns up in the middle of massive mechanical failure in The Thief and The Cobber (Richard Williams, 1995).
52. The masochistic Wilbur Force (Jack Nicholson) worries Seymour Krelboyne (Johnathan Haze) in The Little Shop of Horrors (Roger Corman, 1960).
53. The chicken plays the piano at the end of Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1973).
54. A photojournalist (Dennis Hopper) desperately tries to convince Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) not to see Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) in Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979).
55.
in Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
56. Harold ‘Brain’ Helman (Harry Dean Stanton), Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), Maggie (Adrienne Barbeau), and a cab driver (Ernest Borgnine) search for The Duke of New York (Isaac Hayes) in Escape From New York (John Carpenter, 1981).
57. ‘Cousins?’ in Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch, 2003).
58. Vincent Price argues with a bishop at the beginning of The Tomb of Ligeia (Roger Corman, 1964).
59. A woman’s eye is cut in Un Chien Andalou aka An Andalusian Dog (Luis Buñuel; Salvador Dalí, 1929).
60. Townspeople/government/Busby Berkley performers fight each other and horses in Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974).
61. Al Czerkic (Rodney Dangerfield) dances on the golf course while his golf bag blasts ‘Any Way You Want It‘ by Journey in Caddyshack (Harold Ramis 1980).
62. Though it did not contain any of my favorite moments, the film A Zed and Two Noughts is notable for completely throwing off my psyche for almost a week (Peter Greenaway, 1985).
63. A Vietnamese sniper baits the men in Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987).
64. The chase seen that looks like an Escher painting in The Thief and the Cobbler (Richard Williams, 1995).
65. A mouse is pictured before and after listening to the Ramones in Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (Allan Arkush, 1979).
66. French astronomers battle moon people in A Trip To The Moon (Georges Méliès, 1902)
67. in The Great Mouse Detective (Ron Clements, John Musker, Burny Mattinson, and David Michener, 1986).
68. El Topo’s (Alejandro Jodorowsky) 7-year-old son (Brontis Jodorowsky) must bury his favorite toy and a picture of his mother in the sand so that he may become a man in El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1971).
69. A man’s eyes are gouged out with a modified microscope in The Phantom (Simon Wincer, 1996).
70. The Joker (Jack Nicholson) defaces and destroys priceless art in a Gotham museum to the tune of Prince’s “Trust” in Batman (Tim Burton, 1989).
71. The climactic scene in Dirty Work (Bob Saget, 1998).
72. The Kid (Prince) finds his father’s music in Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1984).
73. Dwarves rig a truck to drive in circles while chaos ensues in Even Dwarves Started Small (Werner Herzog, 1970).
74. Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro) breaks down in prison in Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980).
75. Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) and JFK (Ossie Davis) spend a long time walking down a hallway in Bubba Ho-Tep (Don Coscarelli, 2002).
76. Jordy Verrill (Stephen King) is taken over by vines in Creepshow (George Romero, 1982).
77. The gambling scene in Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942).
78. Gale Snoats (John Goodman) comes up from the ground in Raising Arizona (Joel Coen, 1987).
79. An old leper writes, “The House Is Black” on a chalkboard in The House Is Black (Forough Farrokhzad, 1962).
80. in Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen, 1941).
81. The musical evolution of Spinal Tap in This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984).
82. Every scene with Benoit (Benoît Poelvoorde). Note: This is almost all of Man Bites Dog (Rémy Belvaux, 1992).
83. Buster Keaton orders a woman to dance for him in Beach Blanket Bingo (William Asher, 1965).
84. Peter Washington (Ken Foree) chooses to fight his way out rather than commit suicide in Dawn Of The Dead (George Romero, 1978).
85. The brave little toaster (Deanna Oliver) throws itself in the gears of the trash compactor to save the other appliances in The Brave Little Toaster (Jerry Rees, 1987).
86. Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed) defends himself in front of Cardinal Richeiu (Christopher Logue) and others in The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971).
87. Damiel (Bruno Ganz) talks with Peter Falk (much to Damiel’s surprise) at a hot dog stand in Wings Of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987).
88. The badass car chase in Bullitt (Peter Yates, 1968).
89. Basil fights Professor Ratigan in a climactic battle on Big Ben ala Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty’s battle atop Reichenbach Falls in The Great Mouse Detective (Ron Clements, John Musker, Burny Mattinson, and David Michener, 1986).
90. Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) and his homicidal passenger (Martin Scorsese) talk about the passenger’s cheating girlfriend in Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976).
91. Eugene Martone (Ralph Macchio) defeats Jack Butler (Steve Vai) in the climactic guitar duel in Crossroads (Walter Hill, 1986).
92. One (Ron Perlman) and Miette (Judith Vittet) await interesting death while a Cyclops witnesses his own death (video) in The City of Lost Children (Marc Caro; Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1995).
93. Everything in The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973).
94. Danny the Cat (Scott Bakula) is heartbreakingly and foolishly optimist in Cats Don’t Dance (Mark Dindal, 1997).
95. Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) gets shot INSIDE her rectum in Desperate Living (John Waters, 1977).
96. Kurt Russell tests everyone’s blood in John Carpenter’s The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982).
97. The crows gang up on the Scarecrow (Michael Jackson) in The Wiz (Sidney Lumet, 1978).
98. Liolen Cosgrove (Timothy Balme) takes the baby zombie for a walk in the park in Braindead aka Dead-Alive (Peter Jackson, 1992)
99. Police chase Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi) inside a building eventually holding them up, in The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)
100. Eddie Miller (Arthur Franz) writes, “To the police - stop me. Find me and stop me. I'm going to do it again” on the back of a box of M1 Carbine ammunition in The Sniper (Edward Dymytryk, 1952).
Chris, Glen and I played "Hey Jude" for the first time tonight. While we only played for a couple of minutes, it was definitely one of the highlights of the summer so far. Speaking of music, Man Man is putting on a free show at Back Booth tomorrow at 8. Summerbirds in the Cellar and Elf Power will be there as well.
I'm tired, so I'm going to get some sleep. A real post will be here in a day or three. Goodnight.
Recently seen,
-Designing Woman
EDIT: Pink Elephants On Parade is up.