Favorite scenes from TV and movies

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I’ve been collecting these for 20+ years. One of the reasons I started blogging… to have a place to collect these. I could have linked each of these directly to the post/video but it’s better if you just browse. Or you can use the search box at the top of the page.

  • 12 Monkeys (Consumerism)
  • Alien (Breaking quarantine)
  • Andy Griffith Show (“Is this good government!”)
  • Boiler Room (Ben Affleck speech)
  • Brazil (Ministry of Information)
  • Broadcast News (Keep it to yourself)
  • Carnivale (gas station shooting)
  • Charlie Chan (Mantan Moreland and Ben Carter)
  • Dave (budget cutting)
  • Dave (Commerce Secretary)
  • Deadwood (kidney stone)
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • Five Easy Pieces (diner scene)
  • Game Change (Concession speech)
  • Glengarry Glen Ross (always be closing)
  • Good Will Hunting (why not work for the NSA)
  • Inherit the Wind (creationism vs evolution)
  • Mississippi Burning (Gene Hackman grabs deputy’s balls)
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (assorted)
  • Network (Mad as hell)
  • Rainmaker (“You must be stupid!”)
  • Rambo III (Freedom speech)
  • Snowpiercer (axe battle)
  • Sorcerer (bridge scene; picking out a truck)
  • St. Vincent (Bill Murray sings Bob Dylan)
  • The Deer Hunter (fuck it)
  • The Deer Hunter (Russian roulette)
  • The Dentist (W.C.Fields)
  • The Memory Expert (W.C. Fields)
  • Time Bandits (understanding technology)
  • Shakespeare In Love (“It’s a mystery”)
  • Tarzan the Ape Man (pygmy scene)
  • The Shield (“yammy full of Georgia joy juice”)
  • Three Days of the Condor (final scene)
  • Time Bandits (understanding technology)
  • True Detective (Philosophy of Rust Cohle; Rust Cohle on religion)
  • True Romance (White Boy Day)