Favorite images ....

Since Hugh Hudson was famously an advertising director (and a brilliant one at that) and this was his very first film, Chariots of Fire is full of wonderful images and striking visuals.

What are some of your favorites?

One of mine, off the top of my head, happens to be the close-up shot right directly into the hole of the tuba, when the marching band music is heard at the Olympics. The camera stays on this odd and puzzling image for a while while the music plays, and then the tuba moves sideways and we see what it was -- not just an odd, striking black whole surrounded by a multi-color silver circle, but a tuba.

I've since seen this trick used in a few other movies. I don't who invented it, but I love it, and it fools me every time I watch this scene.


What are some of yours?
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