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The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Maybe one of the best scenes in film..
with Uta Hagen (Respect for Acting) and Olivier teaming up in the "prison scene." In those few minutes the acting, the dynamic, the hate, the revenge, the inter-play, OMG it's all there in spades! Watch Hagen's head gestures while she talks "decently" to this (In her opinion) "filthy Jewish swine" who can provide her with depositions to shorten her prison sentence. It's a master class on acting, flawless, like watching special guard marines perform their synchronized maneuvers. Any actor (current or future) can learn much from this scene.
The film is good, not great, there are memorable, unique scenes that any good film should have, the medical experiment on the little boy, the "ugly" woman being berated by Mengele in the "Blue Danube" scene. The absolute "snow-quiet" atop the Dam in Sweden.
Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
I NEVER liked Elvis...
Never understood his music, hated his movies and never even liked the mocking of him by the media. I went my whole life thinking this TILL one night (2003) this came on cable and I happened to watch it...Thank god I did, now I can't get enough!! I finally got it, he was perhaps the greatest entertainer of all time. (Non- band) They say before him only Jolson evoked that kind of energy during a live show. This film captures him at his best, the other live shows, (black leather, Hawaii, 50 shows 50 days) do not and can make a person cry when seeing what he did to himself and how tragic it all was.
The way he always had time to shake hands and acknowledge other people is poignant, the film captures this and his kid-like affection to his buddies, and band-mates and back-up singers. I can watch it over and over and only love it more and more.