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Whats everyone's favourite scene?


just curious :-)

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Hans's performance. One of my favorite scenes in cinema.

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Funny, the only two scenes I really don't like are the robbery and some of the tenemant house stuff -- largely because they're muddled and not terribly well structured.

Yet for a movie that doesn't always work, I like almost every scene.

But Keanu's delivery of Shakespeare is the real problem.

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I just watched it for the first time.
I love so many parts:
The opening oral scene. The scene in the rich lady's house with River listening to the shell. The pretending to have sex part during the police raid. The part in the hotel with the man singing with the lamp. The gorgeous campfire scene (which evoked many scenes from Stand by Me). When he wakes up in Piazza del Popolo surrounded by Italians. Finally, when the main character finds out his mother isn't there and cries, clinging to Keanu.

I especially loved how River Phoenix was almost caressed by the camerawork in this film. I love it when directors do that. I'll probably get a lot of hate for saying this, but watching the new Dunkirk trailer, I can't help but notice that (to me anyway) Harry Styles reminds me of River, and the close up shots of him are very beautiful.

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