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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

best opening scene ever

It's interesting that you mentioned Fellini but not the opening scene in 8 1/2.

I guess that's the difference in how writers and DPs view film. ;)


Now I have to go and see Absolute Beginners again. I completely forgot about that film. :smile5:
 
What about For Your Eyes Only when Bond scoops up Blofeld with the helicopter and drops him down that chimney LOL.
 
Brad Webb said:
2. Touch of Evil/QUOTE]

I second Touch of Evil, especially since it's one continuous shot and reveals a whole lot of setup action, ending with the explosion. Great directing.

I have always been partial to the opening (and closing) shot in The Searchers, the use of silhouette that ties the people to the home with in the landscape and the introduction of the main character in deep focus all in one shot.

My favorite edited sequence that begins a movie is probably from Cool Hand Luke, where the parking meters are in extreme closeup as they are being cut from the poles, flashing the yellow violation flags. Really cool abstract sequence to begin a great film.
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Being a Kubrick junkie (surely like many people on here) I've always been partial to the opening of A Clockwork Orange. The combination of that opening shot, the trance-like music, the set design, and Alex's narration sets the tone for the entire film (IMO). Within those first 30 seconds, of your first viewing, you realize that you're watching something that you have likely never seen before.

Just off the top of my head, the opening sequence of Sexy Beast jumps out a me as one of my favorites from recent years. I laugh a little harder each time I see it.
 
Eyes Wide Shut.

Anyone agrees?

-Frank
 
I always liked Intermission's opening, and funny games opening.
 
the latest star trek. i thought that first sequence was the best thing in the movie, and the intensity of it bowled me over.
 
Layer Cake

Layer Cake

Man the opening was that subtle cool touch; then
the part that goes into the Cult song in the background
with the incredible helicopter(?) shot following him into
the countryside club... magnificient.
 
Punch Drunk Love (my standard answer to most "best of" questions)

Matrix also
 
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