Some of my favorites, ones that completely blew me away, are:
Julliet Binochet on water-skis
Fireworks along the river
Intoxicated dancing on the bridge
Stealing a boat with a head butt
Michele and Alex running naked on the beach, with Alex "in tow"
Missing posters of Michele on fire in the tunnel
What an amazing movie!
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When they get drunk on the bridge and appear very small and giggly,
When Michelle gets the repaired radio from Alex for the first time.
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Practically the whole movie, even the awful stuff at the beginning where he is messed up and nearly getting killed in traffic. But for me, a big part of this movie, there is a movie from 1934 called "L'Atalante" by Jean Vigo. When I saw "Les Amants du Pont Neuf", I did not know anyone who had seen "L'Atalante", even though I knew Francois Truffaut had . . . when I saw this movie, Truffaut was gone more than ten years, it took a good while for "Les Amants du Pont Neuf" to make it to America. The movie was a very emotional experience for me standing alone, but then seeing things like an old man and a cat or some cats, and a couple in the water, and a barge, I felt like "Maybe this man Leos Carax loves "L'Atalante" and is imagining that Juliette returns to Jean and they sort of live happily ever after on the barge . . ." "Les Amants du Pont Neuf" has some ugly or sick things to it, but we are so imperfect, and the idea that someone I had never heard of, named Leos Carax, might have imagined that the love of Jean and Juliette might endure, even on that barge on the Seine, well, this was quite a moviegoing experience to me.
shareI have to agree with Mr johnlynch4492 . The whole movie was absolutely enjoyable, from the begining to the end. I really like this movie
sharethe whole movie is amazing. i watched again for the first time last night. i saw it 3 years ago and it was my first carax film, who has since become one of my favorite filmmakers. i realized last night that it was the only carax film i'd only seen once. anyone ever notice this film is the only carax movie with an overtly happy ending? his next film "pola x" had the most depressing ending of all his work.
my favorite scenes are the fireblowing scene, any scene where denis lavent does something acrobatic, the fireworks and them dancing to music and the water skiing, the ending.
Although i love every single frame of the film, i actually like the beginning part of the film the best, with the bums on the bus and then at the shelter, the parts shot documentary-style. To me those scenes are among the pinnacles of realism in cinema. Even the non-realistic parts of the film are still great though.
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ya,it's great,but i like the scene of the seaside more. it's lover sweet time,but a bitter start.
shareMy absolute favorite: the dancing on the bridge.
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It reduced me to tears. With fireworks soaring above the night sky and jumping at their feet, the unfortunate duo danced across the bridge as if they were leads in a musical, limbs all out, hearts pounding to the beat of the ever-changing soundtrack, gliding, leaping, tumbling. They danced like there's no tomorrow until the world ceased to exist, and the affinity between them was all they had to live for. It was exciting, romantic, tragic, poetic, and above all else, beautiful.
Indeed. Several times during this movie I suddenly realized I had gotten to my feet, without realizing it. That's how strong my reaction to this movie was.
"I left everything, and everyone. But no one, no one has ever left me."
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Ah, yes...........Visually, this is one of the most powerful films I've ever seen. It's been years since I first saw "Lovers on the Bridge" and many of those images still haunt me.
"I left everything, and everyone. But no one, no one has ever left me."
Alex's pyrotechnic display
The painting of Alex when he first finds Michele and opens her portfolio
The paintings in Michele's studio when Alex breaks into Michele's house
The aftermath of Michele daubing yellow paint on Alex's portrait, she's covered in yellow and wearing a yellow shirt
When Alex and Michele run through the sand on the beach and the sand looks like snow
Michele touching the Rembrandt painting
The fireworks
When Michele water skies through a wall of fireworks
Shots of the sky
The posters of Michele burning along the subway wall
So many ...
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