As «The Disaster Artist» progresses, you notice the separation in his performance: Franco allows himself to play into the jokes when Tommy is off - camera, and he rejects all of his comedic instincts
when filming scenes from «The Room.»
Stanley Kubrick made news a couple of years before
when he filmed scenes for his Barry Lyndon only by candlelight; Malick and Almendros routinely films in pre-dawn shadow and post-sunset darkness, and come up with magical - looking footage.
When filming that scene, the director got Bruce Willis to wear a blank sandwich board and act out the scene, where he is saved by Zeus.
When filming the scene, Preminger insisted on repeated takes of Mitchum slapping Simmons.
Not exact matches
The screening was praised by advocates as a milestone in Saudi's modernization efforts, but attendees were reminded of the country's conservative laws
when crucial
scenes in the
film were censored for modesty.
One of the biggest surprises in «Avengers: Age of Ultron» occurs about halfway through the
film when our heroes break away from the action for a more light - hearted family - centric
scene on a farm.
Her
scenes establish Wakanda's technological superiority over the rest of the world and amplify the
film's examination of how and
when to share prosperity.
In the most haunting
scene in the
film, sometime in the middle of the wintry night after he drives by Akron, Ohio, where he knows his two - year old child lives, whom he until recently thought was aborted, Davis encounters one of those cats again, apparently one he abandoned,
when it darts out in front of his car.
CSW said church members living close to the church rushed to the
scene when the church was being demolished, but were prevented from taking photos or
filming.
The sense of being outside of time did not change
when they departed two days early from school,
when they spent three hours on the bus to Eugene staring out the window with their Walkman headphones on,
when they wandered through the swirly paisley carpeted hotel hallways, or went in street clothes to have a walk around Autzen Stadium, where a sex
scene in Animal House was
filmed.
Wojech Szczesny was once again blameless, and made a stunning save from Hoilett at 2 - 2
when Arsenal's attempts at an offside trap were again worthy of that famous
scene from the
film, The Full Monty.
Arriving on Familienwochenende (family weekend,) the last weekend of Oktoberfest
when parents traditionally take their children to ride on the fair ground attractions and gaze at the traditional costumes, the
scene was definitely more children's theme park than the stereotype presented in the
film Beerfest.
When the issue was reported to the NPP Deputy General Secretary, Sam Payne upon his arrival at the
scene, he retorted that, «no one asked him [the reporter] to come and
film» and walked away.
It's these
scenes which have the most emotional truth and where the
film's most successful portions lie, especially
when Streep and Jim Broadbent light up the screen with a portrait of a particularly British and unfussy kind of romantic longing.
Making the propaganda video provided his final disillusionment
when he saw how many times they recorded each
scene in the five - minute
film.
And to add insult to injury,
when the incident was reported to the NPP's Deputy General Secretary, Sam Payne, upon his arrival at the
scene, he retorted that, «no one asked him [the reporter] to come and
film» and walked away.
Perhaps the most famous example of making do is the
scene immortalized in the 1995
film «Apollo 13,»
when ground - based engineers figured out how to make a carbon dioxide filter that would keep the astronauts from suffocating — using only parts available to the astronauts aboard the spacecraft.
San Francisco - based sex therapists Danielle Harel, PhD and Celeste Hirschman say their favorite
scene comes from this 2006
film:
when Norton and Biel's forbidden lovers reunite after being separated for 15 years.
While
filming in Italy, I was cooking fish, and
when I went to plate it for an eating
scene, the entire fish fell on the floor.
She told the Insider that
when she was
filming Interstellar, the action - packed
scenes overwhelmed her.
On those steps at the entrance was
filmed the latest 007 movie and I even remember that
scene when he came down these steps with the car, such an epic
scene (check the 3rd pic from this post).
Despite the sinister
scenes of this thriller, The Talented Mr. Ripley, the 1950s
film set offers some serious inspiration
when it comes to packing for a summer vacay.
Here's one of the best
scenes from the first
film,
when Mark Darcy and Daniel Cleaver fight it out over Bridget.
My single favorite
scene, though, comes early in the
film,
when Michelle's daughter asks, «Mom.
The
film's most joyous musical
scene comes not at the big climax performance (which is definitely pretty great), but rather about halfway through,
when the campus» four a cappella groups meet at the bottom of an empty swimming pool (just go with it) and have a battle.
It also has one of the best
scenes in all of the Star Trek
films when Lily and Picard argue over blowing up the Enterprise and he gives his fantastic we draw the line here speech.
It's one of those rare and unfortunate cases
when a single
scene nearly ruins the entire
film.
We also have Catherine Denueve's lonely housewife who is so starved of any meaningful connection in her life, that she falls in love with a gorilla and enters into a relationship with it - leading to the
films most hilarious
scene when her husband walks in on them post coitus.
And
when the
film slows down to take an emotional beat, those are perfectly handled too, with one
scene in particular that should have the entire audience wiping away a tear.
I can't even describe what happens in the
scenes he has with the mystery - baby in a non-profane way, but
when that kid grows up he's going to be either really embarrassed or totally popular for having been in this
film.
The
film does falter
when Letts and Friedkin choose to take it outside of its theatrical origins, especially in a motorcycle
scene that feels like it came from another movie, but it's a minor complaint.
Daniel Radcliffe portrays Harry Potter in a
scene from «Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,» the final movie in the eight -
film series that began with «Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,» released in 2001,
when the actor was 12.
Even
when the
film is dragging and airless, he comes into a
scene and knocks it out of the park every time with a word, a gesture, a line delivery.
One of the
film's key
scenes shows the village assembly in Hirut's area carefully debating her case, and
when Meaza attempts to leave a meeting with Hirut's parents without staying for a meal, she is brought up short by a mother who insists, «you must not forget our culture.»
The
film's best
scene is
when Scully announces she'll perform a stem cell transplant that afternoon and immediately rushes to Google it.
When the freedom of the press is most directly addressed, largely in the climactic
scenes, the
film's rocketing momentum slows to a crawl and gives way to hoary declamation.
In fact, the
film's most powerful moments occur
when other characters show empathy toward the boy — most notably in a
scene where he is caught trying to dine - and - dash, and his fate is decided by a waitress.
Some of the banter between Ruth and the jaded cop named Det. William Bendix (Gary Anthony Williams, TMNT: Out of the Shadows — yes, William Bendix, like the classic
film actor) on the case offer some insights on where the
film could have found its comedic spark, but even those
scenes lose flavor
when we see that cop break down in anguish because of his own personal relationship issues bubbling up to the surface.
Good things tend to come
when Michael Winterbottom works with star Steve Coogan (24 Hour Party People, Tristram Shandy, The Trip), so we're happy to see Coogan starring as infamous British pornographer, club - owner, real estate developer, multi-millionaire, and so - called «King of Soho» Paul Raymond in a dramedy that spans decades and includes
scenes shot in black - and - white and color, constantly changing to match the
film styles of each period.
The
film had plenty of potential to being great, but instead it suffers from long, tired
scenes of painful dialogue and the
film's story just lingers and goes no where and
when there's something that actually is interesting that happens, it's too little too late.
While Gens can splatter gore with the best of them — early in the
film, a human body packed with C4 goes off in graphic detail — he fails to stage so much as a single rousing action
scene, even
when he has four double - fisted swordsmen facing off inside an abandoned subway car.
Wiig has been the funniest person on the planet for a while, ruling SNL
when she was on it, stealing
scenes in movies like «Knocked Up,» and now, in this script she co-wrote with Annie Mumolo, who plays her airplane seatmate in the
film, she's front - and - center in all of her awkward glory.
That
scene sets the stage for the plot of the
film, which surprisingly, takes place over a very concentrated point in time — only a month, really —
when the Civil War was limping to an end, and Lincoln was rushing to pass the 13th Amendment to ban slavery.
When Tommy's misogyny is on display during a
scene of
filming — laughing about a woman getting beat up and sent to the hospital, despite being told over multiple takes not to — «The Disaster Artist» doesn't question what's underneath it.
Perhaps because it promotes traditional values - respect women, crime doesn't pay, family comes first - the
film shines in those rare
scenes when it plays with received wisdom.
The story of what went on behind the
scenes was as interesting as what ended up on the screen — if not more so — as the world learned
when Greg Sestero, a star of the
film and compatriot of Wiseau, pulled back the curtain in his 2013 book The Disaster Artist, in which he chronicled his life as a friend to Wiseau and the ridiculously lengthy and taxing production of The Room, while also trying to shed some light on the legend of Tommy Wiseau.
(It's never explained how exactly Elena helps the men...) Jean Renoir returns partially to the
scene of «Rules of the Game»
when part of the
film takes place in a country estate with the gentry and servants cavorting together.
Though we are largely spared Leonard Nimoy's stentorian presence as a performer, we must endure his miscalculations as a director: the dialogue
scenes are often hilariously turgid; the action
scenes —
when Nimoy can be bothered to descend from his podium and
film them — are zanily maladroit.
There's a
scene in Bryan Bertino's
film «The Strangers» that handily encapsulates the
film's nervy brand of terror, one so good and simple that it served as the
film's poster image
when the 2008 feature first hit theaters: it's Liv Tyler, standing alone in her kitchen, looking out into what seems to be — what should be — an empty house.
There are nods to previous Mission: Impossible movies, including the famed wire - drop from the first
film when Hunt and company decide to... get this... infiltrate the Vatican (a
scene that is accompanied by a charmingly amusing performance of Cruise going all Italian), and even a small homage to «Top Gun».