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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 07/11/2007 : 19:59:55
Damalc's inclusion of Sexy Beast in the previous thread got me thinking about scenes shimmering with anger. Kingsley's diatribe in SB was one of the most powerful I've seen.
Here are some other fav rages:
Warren Beatty losing it as Bugsy
Joe Pesci's Do I amuse you? speech
Kathy Bates in the carpark in Fried Green Tomatoes
Nicholson getting what he wants in the diner
Brando in One-Eyed Jacks - "get up you scum-sucking pig"
Sally Field refusing to be taken for granted in Norma Rae
What are yours?
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| damalc |
Posted - 09/15/2008 : 20:00:42
we had a blast at Glengarry. one thing that i thought was kinda odd -- on stage, some of it was pretty funny, especially from the Aaronow character, while the movie wasn't funny at all.
the actor who played Levene was great. here's a preview posted by the theater:
Glengarry Glen Ross at Actors Theatre of Louisville
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| RockGolf |
Posted - 08/27/2008 : 20:32:21
Mapother has a rather well-known relative too. |
| damalc |
Posted - 08/27/2008 : 19:10:43
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Originally posted by ragingfluff
For cold, controlled anger laced with pure contempt, try Alec Baldwin's pep talk in Glengarry Glen Ross, which you can watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI
i didn't wanna start a new Glengarry thread, so i figured this was as good a place as any to talk about it.
a local theater is putting on Glengarry Glen Ross on stage. we have tickets for excellent seats and i'm as tickled as can be. my girlfriend has never seen the movie, so i think she's in for a treat. and i refuse to let her watch my dvd before the play. she has been warned about the liberal use of profanity.
one thing i found out while reading up on the play -- Baldwin's character, Blake, was not in the play and was added to the screenplay by Mamet. i wonder if they've incorporated him into live performances. the play here will feature William Mapother, don't know which part, who has appeared in 'Lost.' |
| randall |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 19:28:36
quote:
Originally posted by ragingfluff
quote:
Originally posted by Randall
quote:
Originally posted by ragingfluff
For cold, controlled anger laced with pure contempt, try Alec Baldwin's pep talk in Glengarry Glen Ross, which you can watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI
How about Al Pacino going off on Kevin Spacey later in the same movie for letting the fish off the hook that Al had been reeling in ever so slow? "You fairy!"
"You c**t!
You fucking child!"
Brilliant, brings to mind the old joke about David Mamet:
William Shakespeare: To be, or not to be,--that is the question:--whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?
David Mamet: Fuck You!
Actually, I heard it a little differently. Try this take next time:
BUM ON A STREET CORNER: Spare change, mister?
SUPERCILIOUS WALL STREET TYPE: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be. William Shakespeare."
BUM: "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you. David Mamet." |
| damalc |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 18:16:21
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"You fairy!"
that's a good one. Roma also asks him, "Who ever told you you could work with men?"
also a couple of good ones by Denzel. from "Man on Fire": "I'm gonna kill 'em. Anyone that was involved. Anybody who profited from it. Anybody who opens their eyes at me."
and "Training Day": "You disloyal, fool-ass, bitch-made punk."
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| ragingfluff |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 18:08:54
Paul Giamatti to Thomas Hayden Church in Sideways;
"I am not drinking fucking Merlot!"
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| ragingfluff |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 18:06:50
quote:
Originally posted by Randall
quote:
Originally posted by ragingfluff
For cold, controlled anger laced with pure contempt, try Alec Baldwin's pep talk in Glengarry Glen Ross, which you can watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI
How about Al Pacino going off on Kevin Spacey later in the same movie for letting the fish off the hook that Al had been reeling in ever so slow? "You fairy!"
"You c**t!
You fucking child!"
Brilliant, brings to mind the old joke about David Mamet:
William Shakespeare: To be, or not to be,--that is the question:--whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?
David Mamet: Fuck You!
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| ragingfluff |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 17:58:25
quote:
Originally posted by turrell
quote:
Originally posted by ragingfluff
For cold, controlled anger laced with pure contempt, try Alec Baldwin's pep talk in Glengarry Glen Ross, which you can watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI
r-f thanks for posting this - its my favorite venom moment on film!
You're welcome...it's one of my favourite movie scenes; another Angry Alec baldwin moment can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElCQrfFSrh8 
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| randall |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 17:07:21
quote:
Originally posted by ragingfluff
For cold, controlled anger laced with pure contempt, try Alec Baldwin's pep talk in Glengarry Glen Ross, which you can watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI
How about Al Pacino going off on Kevin Spacey later in the same movie for letting the fish off the hook that Al had been reeling in ever so slow? "You fairy!" |
| turrell |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 16:47:37
quote:
Originally posted by ragingfluff
Has anyone noticed how many of these films/scenes feature men (not including Kathy Bates, obviously)?? Can anyone think of a movie scene with a lot of really angry women (besides things like Caged Heat)?
2 Days in the Valley - although not a little of talking, just cat fighting. Also in Kill Bill - Uma lets her sword do most of the talking as she kills the other vipers.
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| turrell |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 16:46:25
quote:
Originally posted by ragingfluff
For cold, controlled anger laced with pure contempt, try Alec Baldwin's pep talk in Glengarry Glen Ross, which you can watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-AXTx4PcKI
r-f thanks for posting this - its my favorite venom moment on film! |
| ragingfluff |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 15:22:58
Has anyone noticed how many of these films/scenes feature men (not including Kathy Bates, obviously)?? Can anyone think of a movie scene with a lot of really angry women (besides things like Caged Heat)?
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 07:18:12
One of my favourte angry scenes is from Adam's Rib, when Tracey pushes Hepburn with his fake gun to admit that she was basically wrong. Classic - especially when he takes a bite out of the barrel! |
| MisterBadIdea |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 04:40:54
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Originally posted by Se�n
De Niro to Bridget Fonda in Jackie Brown "Don't say another word". Suppressed rage, but I just knew something was gonna happen...
Oh man, that scene is fantastic. It's like the counter to all the scenes listed so far, DeNiro says so much with so little. Trying to make every word count like Norton in 25th Hour has to be grueling, but I think what DeNiro does in that scene might be even more impressive. |
| Sean |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 01:17:15
quote:
Originally posted by Joe Blevins
... and finally cleaning out the car in Jimmie's garage ("I'm Superfly TNT!").
Actually the first time I saw Pulp Fiction I thought that Travolta was the one who was gonna 'blow' when on 'brain detail'. He wasn't screaming or shouting but it had been made clear that he had a low tolerance for criticism or disrespect. But then Jackson made it clear who was the angriest.
I think Tarantino movies are jammed full of 'shimmering anger' scenes. Ving Rhames in the gimp dungeon for example, he wasn't shouting either, but man, was he gonna make Zed pay.... |
