15:00
Favorite Film Moms: Beatrix Kiddo from Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2.
Favorite Film Moms: Marge Gunderson in Fargo
“So that was Mrs. Lundegaard on the floor in there. And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper. And those three people in Brainerd. And for what? For a little bit of money. There’s more to life than a little money, you know. Don’tcha know that? And here ya are, and it’s a beautiful day. Well. I just don’t understand it.”
07:29
Ender’s Game trailer
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Here’s the opening scene from Breaking News, a 2004 Hong Kong action film. It’s a single tracking shot nearly seven minutes long.
It’s fun to watch even without subtitles, but here’s an explanation from the description on YouTube:
A special investigation team is observing a group of bank robbers who are about to pull a heist. When the robbers want to leave, some regular cops appear and start talking to the robbers about breaking some traffic law. The investigation team creates a diversion to get the attention of the cops, but one of the cops asks the robbers about a bag in their car and all hell breaks loose.
It’s just a teaser for the teaser trailer for Ender’s Game but STILL—actual movie footage, guys.
13:30
Sean Bean is 54 today.
“What color is the boathouse at Hereford?”
09:24
“I never did mind about the little things.”
THE 50 BEST OPENING SCENES OF ALL TIME
Creating the right opening scene may not always be the most difficult part of making a movie, but it’s invariably the most perverse. Every film ever made begins with the same sense of endless possibility, the infinite canvas of the universe at its disposal, and then — in a flash — limits it all to just. One. Thing.
