Tuesday, September 21, 2021

CINEMATIC HOLY MOMENTS: 1998

by Toby

[re-upload from the now defunct thewanderingimage.tumblr.com] 
my personal favorite moments from films to receive a 1998 U.S. release. Not all of which made my actual “Best Films of 1998” list, but at least had incredible segments that stayed with me since first viewing. Scenes that I’m sure I’ll want to re-visit again and again.

+ = was actually featured on Toby's 1998 "Best of"
Mrs. Parker's bathtub orgasm 
- PLEASANTVILLE (Ross) 
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LSD hotel sequence. Giant reptiles in the bar 
- FEAR AND LOATHING 
     IN LAS VEGAS (Gilliam)
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Intro train rooftop number. "Chaiya chaiya" 
    - DIL SE... (Ratnam)
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the Hitchcock/Saul Bass shower stabbing. Re-shot frame-by-frame by Christopher Doyle. **the knife stabs splicing in frames from other films, etc.** 
- PSYCHO [remake] (Van Sant)
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Maj. Chip Hazard activates the Commando Elite in their boxes 
- SMALL SOLDIERS (Dante)
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BMW & Peugeot car chase through Nice, Italy
  - RONIN (Frankenheimer)
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The blood rave that begins the movie + 1st vampire slaughter
  - BLADE (Norrington)
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The parting of the Red Sea 
- THE PRINCE OF EGYPT 
    (Chapman/Hickner/Wells)
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Intro Omaha beach sequence; June 6 1944
- SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 
                          (Spielberg)
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The Max Fischer Players present 
"Heaven & Hell"
- RUSHMORE (Wes Anderson)
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"Gutterballs" 
the Dude’s Busby Berkeley-esque bowling dream
- THE BIG LEBOWSKI 
                          (Coen bros)
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Dinner scene at Billy’s parent’s home
  - BUFFALO ‘66 (Gallo)
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Pvt. Witt recalls memory of his dying mother. 
(the "Immortality" monologue)
- THE THIN RED LINE (Malick)
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Babe is chased by angry dogs. Then chooses mercy when the tables are turned
- BABE: PIG IN THE CITY 
                            (Miller)
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Fog & chaos.. The entire "Journey to the Line" sequence
- THE THIN RED LINE (Malick)
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also;
Nasty Nate needs to chill
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Toby’s Favorite Movie Moments
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