CINEMATIC HOLY MOMENTS: 2007

by Toby

[re-upload from the now defunct thewanderingimage.tumblr.com]

my personal favorite moments from films to receive a 2007 U.S. release. Not all of which made my actual “Best Films of 2007” 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 2007 "Best of"

Fiona’s “You could have forsaken me” speech. **gut-wrenching last visit to the old folks home**

- AWAY FROM HER (Polley)

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The day of the big escape from camp 

  - RESCUE DAWN (Herzog)

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"This is the way the world ends." Levitation climax.

      **Roland Taverner's forgiveness, rocket launcher, etc.** 

- SOUTHLAND TALES 

            [the "Cannes cut"] (Kelly)

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Neville trying to retrieve his dog from the pitch black nest of the infected 

- I AM LEGEND [IMAX] 

                                   (Lawrence)

We finally hear Lieutenant Tawfiq's singing voice. **the band performing at the close of the film**

- THE BAND’S VISIT (Kolirin)

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Images of a submerged diving bell intercut with footage of crumbling glaciers 

- THE DIVING BELL

            & THE BUTTERFLY 

                           (Schnabel)

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Remy the Rat prepares Confit Byaldi 

 - RATATOUILLE (Bird)

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Detonation from within a "stellar" bomb

   - SUNSHINE (Boyle)

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climactic final 20 minutes. An expertly shot & cut chase sequence + some sweet sweet revenge 

- DEATHPROOF (Tarantino)

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Musical number w/watermelon umbrellas 

- THE WAYWARD CLOUD 

                 (Tsai Ming-liang)

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    The elation of victory; 

Ending celebration that pours out onto Bahrain's streets 

- OFFSIDE آفساید‎  (Panahi)

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Immigrants moving through a river of milk at the close of film 

 - GOLDEN DOOR 

[NUOVOMONDO] (Crialese)

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Chigurh's horrific motel murder spree 

- NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 

                      (Coen bros)

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Fourth of July 1969 intro murder. 

An innocent date becomes a nightmare

    - ZODIAC (Fincher)

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Molotov cocktails, flaming arrows, & a father's rage finally defeat the creature 

 - THE HOST 괴물 (Bong joon-ho)

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Train light illuminates a dark forest. The James gang prepares for a nighttime robbery 

- THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (Dominik)

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entire oil rig eruption & inferno sequence 

- THERE WILL BE BLOOD 

                     (P.T. Anderson)

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also this;

the ATHF movie did not come to mess around

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Toby’s Favorite Movie Moments

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