Making A Scene - Favorite Film Clips

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Re: Making A Scene - Favorite Film Clips

Postby AhabsOtherLeg » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:55 pm

justdrew wrote:I guess it's this that I'm wondering about, there's three subtypes of RP:

Researchers generally distinguish between three different forms of RP: Conservative, General, and Advanced. Conservative RP refers to a traditional accent associated with older speakers with certain social backgrounds; General RP is often considered neutral regarding age, occupation, or lifestyle of the speaker; and Advanced RP refers to speech of a younger generation of speakers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation


The three questioners would be considered as Conservative RP speakers, I think, though they probably wouldn't consider themselves as such, and might well loathe RP itself as a vulgar "modern" invention - even in the 80s. They would just say they spoke the Queen's English - or the King's English (since the King's supreme position is eternal, even if he's dead) if they happened to be insanely conservative even amongst their peer group of insane conservatives.

There will be people on here who know a lot more than me on this stuff, though (I hope). Wish they'd chime in.

In the meantime:



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Wish that wasn't subtitled. In arabic too. Kind of spoils the point.

EDIT: Series was made in 1985, btw.
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Re: Making A Scene - Favorite Film Clips

Postby Jeff » Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:10 pm

Calls itself the trailer, but it's not. It's the opening title sequence.

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Re: Making A Scene - Favorite Film Clips

Postby AhabsOtherLeg » Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:47 am

EDIT: I think one or more of these might've been posted before. My cerebellum tells me it was Seamus that posted them before, but I could be wrong. Anyways - topical relevance...







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Postby Project Willow » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:57 am

A vapid little movie that still managed to make me feel uncomfortable about being an artist.

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Re: Making A Scene - Favorite Film Clips

Postby MacCruiskeen » Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:20 pm

One of the best and most unexpected endings in film history, from one of the most under-recognised movies of the last 20 years:



I was delighted to find this scene online, but you really have to watch the whole film to get the full flavour of it. This slow and nearly silent coda is only half as powerful without the high drama and low comedy of the huge, noisy, climactic scene that precedes it. Big Night is a wonderful American movie about the things that really matter in life: love, work, family, and food. (And music.*) It's fantastically well acted and often very funny.

*e.g.,the amazingly beautiful "Stornelli Amorisi", sung by Claudio Villa:

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Re: Making A Scene - Favorite Film Clips

Postby Belligerent Savant » Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:44 pm

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Wait -- no credit to me for posting 2 other clips from this movie in the last couple pages?

:wink:

"I was delighted to find this scene online, but you really have to watch the whole film to get the full flavour of it. This slow and nearly silent coda is only half as powerful without the high drama and low comedy of the huge, noisy, climactic scene that precedes it. Big Night is a wonderful American movie about the things that really matter in life: love, work, family, and food. (And music.*) It's fantastically well acted and often very funny."

-- agreed.
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