So, I was just thinking about my single favorite scene from King Kong.
It's the "Scream for your life, Ann" scene aboard the boat, Denham directing Ann in her camera test. It builds such anticipation for what's to come, and, at the same time, is this marvelous metatextual comment on the fact that what we're seeing is all a fantasy, that this is all a performance; but then we have Jack and the other sailors watching, and we are reminded that, fantasy or not, we spectators are expected to engage with what we are seeing. It is the scene that gives the rest of the movie a blank check on suspension of disbelief.
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TALKBACK: King Kong (1933)
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by lhb412 » Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:40 pm
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by eabaker » Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:16 pm
Tokyo, a smoldering memorial to the unknown, an unknown which at this very moment still prevails and could at any time lash out with its terrible destruction anywhere else in the world.
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by eabaker » Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:34 pm
Tokyo, a smoldering memorial to the unknown, an unknown which at this very moment still prevails and could at any time lash out with its terrible destruction anywhere else in the world.
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by MouthForWar » Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:13 am
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by Psycho Soldier » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:31 am
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by MouthForWar » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:53 am
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by eabaker » Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:05 pm
Tokyo, a smoldering memorial to the unknown, an unknown which at this very moment still prevails and could at any time lash out with its terrible destruction anywhere else in the world.
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by canofhumdingers » Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:38 am
Awesome! Thanks. And here is the little photo gallery of the heights!
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2524/photos
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2524/photos
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by lhb412 » Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:22 pm
I'm in awe of the characterization of Kong. Here we are in a movie made in 1933 and an animated special effects character carries the whole second half of the film. Once Kong shows up there's no question that he's the star, even moreso than any of the Universal Monsters!
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