Wednesday, October 30, 2024

10/30/24 A FEW SCENES FROM A DIVERSE SET OF FILMS SHOWING LIFE THROUGH THE LENS

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR - GETTING COLDER, LEAVES ARE FALLING, PRICES ARE UP, THANGSGIVING, THE ELECTION, ETC., ETC, ETC. SO, TODAY THE NOMAD ARCHITECT IS GOING TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD WITH A FEW MOVIE SCENES ALONG WITH SOME CLASSIC TV.

Classic movie scenes and entertaining TV shows give all Wanderers what they need just hanging out or on their way to that special place. Here are some great scenes from classic films and Television with romance, emotion, humor and truth.


Released in 1977, starring John Travolta, when he still had hair, this great film tells the story of a young Italian American who spends his time dancing and enjoying life at his favorite disco in Brooklyn. One of the greatest opening scenes in film history was created with the multi-award-winning Travolta, carrying a paint can, walking in rhythm to The Bee Gees singing Stayin' Alive


Saturday Night Live

Back when SNL, started October '75, was actually funny, here are Dan Akroyd and John Belushi as The Blues Brothers giving their audience and TV Land some great soul music with some crazy dancing as well. Performing this classic soul tune on SNL in 1978, these two funny, creative comics/actors give us their version of Soul Man.  Aykroyd ain't a bad harmonica player either.



Two multi-award-winning actors are featured in one of the most compelling fight scenes ever made. A smart aleck teenager and three buddies think they are in charge but realize pretty quickly that they are not in charge. This truth telling film,  features Robert Duvall as Uncle Hub and Michael Caine as Uncle Garth and Haley Joel Osment as Walter, who has been sent to live with Hub and Garth on their farm. This scene shows the acting skills of all the characters as the fight scene goes from bad to worse.



I have never been a horror film fanatic. I saw the Exorcist back in the day and slept with the lights on for a week! Most movie aficionados have seen the classics like Psycho, The Silence of The Lambs or Rosemary's Baby. I even liked the film Scream with its action and humor. Goblins, bogeymen and slashers make us squirm in our seats as we "enjoy"  any horror movie. Today, you can watch a scene from one of the greatest psychological horror films ever made - The great Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall take fear to a terrifying level in THE SHINING with one of the greatest lines ever uttered in a film - HERE'S JOHNNY! 


Here's Another Jack Nicholson Clip - FIVE EASY PEICES!

All he wanted was a simple breakfast. This early morning restaurant scene shows what can happen when things don't go right. Jack Nicholson solves the problem - Hold the Chicken says he!


One of the many Classics from SEINFELD - THE CAR RESERVATION

This classic TV Sitcom changed everything about comedy in the big world of television. All travelers can relate to this clip from SEINFELD - THE CAR RESERVATION!


Travel Humor at its best - PLANES TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES

Steve Martin and John Candy, two distinctly different travelers, find out what life can be when things go upside down. This classic scene from one of the funniest films ever made with an amazing take on life in the fast and slow lanes. Planes, Trains & Automobiles - MY DOGS ARE BARKING!


Romance in the Movie Capital of the World - The Good Rich Guy gets the Gorgeous Bad Girl!

Richard Gere, a really rich guy, hires Julia Roberts, a really gorgeous hooker, to be his escort for some parties and events he must attend. Then, Cupid comes a'-callin' and they fall in love. And the rest is a great romantic film. This final scene comes after a lot of twists and turns between this unlikely couple - The Ladder Scene - PRETTY WOMAN!


CLINT EASTWOOD - THE NEW WEST COWBOY 

Back in the day nobody imagined that Rawhide's Rowdy Yates would redefine the American Western with an Italian Director. And, of course, there's Dirty Harry. Clint Eastwood made movies that redefined the whole movie watching experience. From A Fist Full of Dollars as The Man with No Name - 1964 to Juror No. 2 - 2024 directed by Eastwood at the age of 94, his films make you realize why films are made - to tell great stories and entertain. The scene shown below is the final scene of what has become a classic with Eastwood (The Good), Lee Van Cleef (The Bad) and Eli Wallach (The Ugly). I've probably watched this great film over twenty times. It never gets old - THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY.


TOM HANKS on Eastwood

Award winning actor Tom Hanks gives a unique assessment of Clint Eastwood's methods as a director.



Released in 1939, this film received ten Oscars including Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awarded to the first Oscar honoring an African American. This film checked all the boxes - Great story based on a classic American novel that won a Pulitzer in 1937, Beautiful actors - Vivian Leigh as Scarlet Ohara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and a host of great supporting players/characters that made this very long film, at almost four hours, a classic. The setting during the Civil War, a great director, great music and unparalleled color filming makes this film stand out as one of the greatest ever made.  I never noticed the time watching this amazing film. This scene shows the final scene in the movie including the first curse word ever uttered in a film. Times have indeed changed!












Watch a movie and see life through that lens!

D.L.Stafford




No comments:

Post a Comment