The Studio

Wanted to add that Pam Weinberg suggests the ending of MICHAEL CLAYTON  and my  brother-in-law, to whom I also sent my original email, adds CASABLANCA , and he’s way right about that.

Some of you probably saw the article in Friday’s  Trib — about ‘great movie endings.’ I thought that would make for a fun exchange between the AV staff — what movies ended greatly for you?Though I had seen a good many of the movies mentioned, I didn’t agree that any of those endings was particularly terrific.  What comes first to my mind are BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI,  THE GREAT ESCAPE,  WOMEN IN LOVE,  and  THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

One favorite scene is from Ginger and Cinnamon. Dillo Con Parole Mie is the title in Italian. Here is a review that I wrote for our movie annotation database. It is a fun movie all the way through, but the last scene (no doubt inspired by Bollywood) is a delight.

Bande à part, Jean-Luc Godard’s influential film from 1964, has given me one of my favorite scenes ever to be committed to film stock. Godard (the narrator in this clip) was never too kind in his depiction of women. Yet Anna Karina, Godard’s erstwhile muse and spouse, sparkles in every movie in which she appears.

Walk Hard has many funny parts, and it’s a clever spoof on music biopics. But my favorite scene has a lot to do with the cameos.

–Dewey Cox meets the Beatles while in India visiting the maharishi.

Justin Long as George Harrison
Paul Rudd as John Lennon
Jason Schwartzman as Ringo Starr
Jack Black as Paul McCartney

I’d love to see these guys in a movie – as the main stars. Can someone ask Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan to make that happen?

“Oh my blog!”

From the movie Juno.

(Instead of “Oh my god!”)