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Post by mrmeadows on Dec 8, 2010 1:21:54 GMT -5
Great "fake" 1920's Charleston-esque dance song from Woody Allen's flawless mockumentary ZELIG. (If you haven't seen the movie, it may not make a lot of sense out of context.):
There's also a good song by Mae "Betty Boop" Questel from this film called "Chameleon Days", but I can't find it anywhere online.
Here's another good number from the film I AM CUBA. It's really just the first 3 minutes or so of the clip, and then it gets into some poorly acted dialogue. But I love the song and the camerwork in this scene...like listening to The Platters in Spanish:
And then there's one of the funniest opening songs and sequences ever in a movie, from TOP SECRET!:
But like Inlovewithcrow, I could do this all night. Maybe I'll stop for now.
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Post by mrmeadows on Dec 8, 2010 2:19:21 GMT -5
I must add that one of the most beautiful marriages of image and song that I've seen in recent years was featured in a movie I really didn't like all that much: Lars von Trier's ANTI-CHRIST.
The opening prologue to the film is shot in stunning black-and-white, and sets up the movie's story with no dialogue, as the images play out under Handel's "Lascia ch'io pianga" aria. Unfortunately, while I actually did manage to find it online (not on YouTube, at least not chopped up), I don't think I'm going to post it since it is extremely NSFW. But if you don't mind a little nudity and bumpin' uglies, I recommend checking this sequence out. (But not so much the rest of the flick.)
Warning: some nudity is of Willem Dafoe, so be careful.
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Post by callipygias on Dec 9, 2010 1:09:25 GMT -5
The song is just the first 2-and-a-half minutes of this clip. When I first saw Frida I didn't even know for sure if this was a woman singing, but it still completely blew me away.
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Post by lilacetoile on Dec 14, 2010 13:50:23 GMT -5
From "Back to the Beach"
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Post by callipygias on Jan 2, 2011 20:35:35 GMT -5
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Post by callipygias on Jan 6, 2011 22:43:10 GMT -5
I heard this on the radio on my way home. I've never seen the movie, but the opening theme is phenomenal. I love the changes when the title comes up, then especially when they change to a close-up of the wagon wheel.
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Post by callipygias on Feb 6, 2011 18:16:06 GMT -5
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