Okay, since this board is seriously lacking activity, here's a simple question: What's your favourite scene from Phantom of Liberty, and why?
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My favorite scene is during the dinner party when they guests all sit on toilets and then the one goes to the small room to have his dinner, the total reverse of the bathroom and dining room. I thought it was hilarious!
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A ridiculous absurdity, becomes reality.
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The toilet scene is really without equal, but my personal favorite moment is when the husband and wife are horrified by "indecent" photos that we later see are merely pictures of buildings (the Arc de Triomph was particularly offensive).
Missing person scene was hilarious too.
'you did well to bring her along, it helps' and 'is this her. Yes. Shuold I bring her along? No, just take a good look at her and get to work.'
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I loved the part of the man dreaming of the postman and the birds entering his room.
Later when his physician says he cannot help the man as it is a mental problem, the man says it wasn't a dream and he has the letter from the postman to prove it. Lol.
Everything concerning the monks was funny. Maybe because of the lightness in handling religious taboos gives it the sarcastic humour.
I agree. Missing child scene was hilarious. Especially where the police chief takes the description by looking at her and then tells her not to interrupt.
shareThe scene near the beginning where the guy is dreaming; time flies by, a rooster walks around the room, the postman delivers the bills @ 3am. This scene sets up the entire films, in terms of how it will be.
The toilet sequence was hilarious, though I wish I hadn't been told about it beforehand. The only sequence that didn't work for me was the missing child scene. It was kind of cute for a moment, then just went on forever.
Also, I didn't understand the ending. Who was being shot? Why?
All the sequence at the hostel (monks, s&m) is will stay as one of my favorite chunks of cinema ever.
sharehostel definitely,
it reminded me a little bit on '70s barbra streisand movie "what's up doc".
i always wanted to see similar film going on in a hotel - with various guest having funny story along
the postcards. personally i like it because it's reminiscent of the preceding (and imho, superior) 'discreet charm of the bourgeoisie'. it mixes in the same absurdity of domesticity, the danger of strangers, the frustrations of modern sensibilities, and it has muni!
"what is that, 'paraphernalia?'"
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"i wasn't lying, i was writing fiction with my mouth!"
yes yes yes!!!!!
muni is absolutely great! i loved the postcards part with monica vitti and the geometric spiders,and i also find the ending shot terrific at the zoo...but...muni,muni ,she's the best!
My favorite scene is the one where the police man, who had been skeptically talking to her dead sister by phone, entered his sister's tomb and finds a telephone besides her sister's coffin. It was absolutely brilliant because it was both, scary and funny at the same time.
shareI love the whole film, but I found the story of the police chief and his sister so comically bizarre it stands out in my mind most.
shareI love the part with the "missing" little girl.
I also love that, not only is the phone by the sister's coffin, but her hair is hanging out, as well.
Since it's not been mentioned, I liked the man who complains about cruelty to animals and then starts shooting people at random from a tall building.
At first I thought he represented Capitalism, but I'd recently seen a documentary on Bunuel where he'd said he despised cruelty to animals, and the sniper was described as "a poet", so maybe it was supposed to represent him. If so, probably a reference to the Academy Award he won for "Discreet Charm..."
I used to want to change the world. Now I just want to leave the room with a little dignity.
When I saw the army officer take a fancy to the statue of the lady, and he gets slapped suddenly by the statue of her husband, I thought I was watching Monty Python!
Plus I too like the guy who keeps slipping forwards in time, and has birds and postmen visit him in his bedroom!
When the monks are playing poker in that girls hotel room, and one of them asks "Which is higher, a straight or a flush?" you get the impression that his pals are going to clean him out - "I'll raise you 10 virgins and 2 relics"
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obviously the toilet scene is great, but I really dug the bit in the beginning with the indecent cards. Before it begins the father character is sitting in his nice house, staring off camera somewhere, and after a deep sigh he informs the audience that "He's had it with symmetry." He proceeds to get up and re-arrange his decorational pieces on the chimeny to de-symmetrify everything...
I find it cruel and hysterical at the same time. Only Bunuel...
The part that made me laugh the most is when the doctor diagnoses his patient with cancer and then offers him a cigarette.
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