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Which bit touched you the most?

posted 12 years ago by DeclanCochran
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For me, it was early on, when they were looking through the home videos. It had me crying like a baby and I don't know why; it just felt like there was all this beauty within the family, but then it ended when it all went to pot and Travis took off. It just touched me, deeply, and the whole film touched me deeply too.

Just wondered if anyone else had such a moment; where, within the film, it all connected?

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"A man who does not spend time with his family can never be a real man."

[–] bluesky84 12 years ago

Two bits:

When Jane talks to Travis about how much she missed him after he left.

When Jane reunites with Hunter.

The dust has come to stay. You may stay or pass on through or whatever.

[–] Mr_Ectoplasma 12 years ago

I have to second the end when Jane is reunited with Hunter. I NEVER cry during movies. NEVER. I don't shed tears on a regular basis to begin with, only under extreme situations (usually involving death of a loved one or the like). When she walks into the hotel room and he turns around and sees her and the two hug, I was almost bawling. I've never had that happen, so this movie is kind of monumental to me.

[–] FootOfDavros (6930) a year ago

It's lucky that you've clearly never seen The Wrath Of Khan...

[–] taumpy_tears 12 years ago

I thought the home videos thing was a bit cliche. it just seems like the go-to technique to invoke pathos. maybe it wasn't as cliche in the 80s but it still didn't move me.

the most touching was probably when he starts to recite his story to Jane in the strip club, though it goes on slightly too long for my liking.

[–] benGsboat 11 years ago

This film is just perfect. So well made and acted, so emotionally draining yet uplifting. Something you experience and feel.
Thank you Wim Wenders. One of my favourites.
As for the bit that really gets to me: in the diner, when Walt is talking to Travis about Hunter... Stanton's eyes say it all.

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[–] rrr_mehearties 11 years ago

The ending. Not when the mum and son meet but the final fade shot where the dad is staring up at the hotel. This film had tears in my eye the whole way and made me really sad. I'm a 17 year old boy as well. It just reminded me a lot of my own broken relationship with my parents

[–] chas437 11 years ago

You must be a smart kid, I don't think too many 17 year old kids could appreciate this brilliant film.

There are so many tragic, touching moments in the film, its hard to choose. I really like the scene where Travis and Hunter are at an all-night laundy mat, after Travis has been on a drinking binge. Their conversation in this scene is amazing. Hunter is amazingly smart for his age.

Who's High Pitch?

[–] Morbius_Fitzgerald 10 years ago

I thought the part where he recites his story to Jane in the strip club. That is a perfectly acted and directed sequence, you have him reciting the story with his back turned to her so he can't see her cry and just her face when she hears everything being told, Its a scene that was just well done in every single sense of the word.

"I have always valued my lifelessness."

[–] armanmarok 10 years ago

Definitely that one, though the home movie is a close second.

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I saw it. A thing that was cold and dry. It was me. - La Belle Noiseuse

[–] Porn_Flakes 10 years ago

I thought the part where he recites his story to Jane in the strip club. That is a perfectly acted and directed sequence, you have him reciting the story with his back turned to her so he can't see her cry and just her face when she hears everything being told, Its a scene that was just well done in every single sense of the word.

This. In fact, like most people, the scene where Jane was reunited with Hunter also had me bawling like a baby. The first time I saw this film, I didn't truly think it was special until that final half an hour or so. The scene where Travis confronts Jane was a big part of that. It transformed my opinion of the film and everything else slot into place and became majestic.

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[–] sacrednerve 10 years ago

Definitely the parts at the end with Kinski's character, especially her reunion with Hunter. It didn't move me to tears, but those were the most touching moments in the film.

http://i.imgur.com/DkQjqut.jpg

[–] magnusson293 10 years ago

Ending scene in booth.

When Jane reunites with Hunter.