False Writer
02-16-15, 02:59 PM
This is something that to my knowledge has never been done before. A one-shot scene is a scene where a single shot from a gun is fired that dramatically changes the story.
A warning before reading that these picks contain major spoilers, most of them reveal the ending.
Enjoy!!!
5: Shooting the Rabbit - Donnie Darko (2001)
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A very deep journey that is impossible to fully understand on the first try. The film is about a troubled teenager who is stalked by a giant rabbit that tells him when the world is going to end. When Donnie realizes that the giant Rabbit that has been haunting him just ran over his girlfriend. He shoots him in the eye. When this scene transpires, the true meaning of Donnie's destiny begins to unravel.
4: Gun Malfunction - La Haine (1995)
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La Haine is a French film that follows three minorities; Vinz, Saïd, and Hubert (A Jew, Arab, and African respectively) as they spend a day in the French ghetto. Near the end of the film, despite some trouble with police, they get back to their neighborhood mostly unscathed. Vinz then gives Hubert the .357 Magnum Revolver that he found on the ground after a riot broke out.
When Hubert begins to split from the three, Vinz and Saïd get stopped by two policemen they ran into earlier and get harassed by them. One of the cops slam Vinz up against the car and starts pointing his gun in his face. The cop's gun accidently goes off as he's pointing it and Vinz is shot through the head, one of the main characters we follow throughout the movie is dead in an instant. Then Hubert points the gun Vinz gave him moments before at the cop. A standoff ensues just before the film fades to black.
"Now that you've called me by name..." - Once Upon a Time in the West (1965)
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Early on in Sergio Leone's western epic we see a gang of outlaws led by Frank—who is played by Henry Fonda, one of the greatest screen legends of all time—kill a man and his children as they await the arrival of their step-mother. There is a lengthy pause in the shooting when all that's left of the family is the young boy. One of the members of Frank's gang asks what to do with the boy. When Frank says that since now the boy knows his name, he takes out his revolver and points it at the boy. We see the gun fire right before the scene ends.
Realizing too late - American Beauty (1999)
http://www.owlishcommunications.com/thewisdomzone/wp-content/uploads/KEVIN-SPACEY-American-Beauty.jpg
American Beauty follows Lester Burnham, a middle-aged man going through a mid-life crisis and begins obsessing over his daughter's friend. At the end of the film, he gets over his obsession and stares at a family picture of his wife and daughter. While he's staring at the picture, seemingly content, a handgun presses against the back of his head. We don't see the gun fire but hear it as blood sprays on the wall. We are lead to believe that Lester's wife Carolyn, who is seen moments before with a gun, shot him. But it is revealed that next door neighbor Colonel Fitts, who revealed to Lester about his homosexuality earlier in the night, is in his house covered in blood with a gun missing in his collection.
1. The Death of Fredo Corleone - The Godfather: Part II (1974)
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The Godfather: Part II shows one of the most shocking deaths in Hollywood cinema. In the final moments of the film, Fredo Corleone goes out fishing with a friend in Lake Tahoe, it is soon revealed to be an assassination ordered by Fredo's brother Michael, the Don of the Corleone family. He carries it out because of Fredo's supposed involvement in a failed assassination attempt on Michael near the beginning of the film.
On the placid lake, the camera zooms in on Fredo, but just before it fully zooms in on Fredo we see the friend pull out a gun behind him. When the gun fires, we see Michael Corleone standing in the window of his Tahoe home, looking out at the lake while his brother gets dumped to the bottom of the lake.
How do you like the list? Any one-shot scenes you want to mention? Let me know!
A warning before reading that these picks contain major spoilers, most of them reveal the ending.
Enjoy!!!
5: Shooting the Rabbit - Donnie Darko (2001)
http://media.tumblr.com/8eebeaf4bdb8d04c8d65aeb24e5f7a05/tumblr_inline_n1ohpqOWKJ1r0a5pd.gif
A very deep journey that is impossible to fully understand on the first try. The film is about a troubled teenager who is stalked by a giant rabbit that tells him when the world is going to end. When Donnie realizes that the giant Rabbit that has been haunting him just ran over his girlfriend. He shoots him in the eye. When this scene transpires, the true meaning of Donnie's destiny begins to unravel.
4: Gun Malfunction - La Haine (1995)
https://thecelluloidsage.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/lahainescenefinale-600.jpg
La Haine is a French film that follows three minorities; Vinz, Saïd, and Hubert (A Jew, Arab, and African respectively) as they spend a day in the French ghetto. Near the end of the film, despite some trouble with police, they get back to their neighborhood mostly unscathed. Vinz then gives Hubert the .357 Magnum Revolver that he found on the ground after a riot broke out.
When Hubert begins to split from the three, Vinz and Saïd get stopped by two policemen they ran into earlier and get harassed by them. One of the cops slam Vinz up against the car and starts pointing his gun in his face. The cop's gun accidently goes off as he's pointing it and Vinz is shot through the head, one of the main characters we follow throughout the movie is dead in an instant. Then Hubert points the gun Vinz gave him moments before at the cop. A standoff ensues just before the film fades to black.
"Now that you've called me by name..." - Once Upon a Time in the West (1965)
http://videos.videopress.com/FGeObjfr/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-fonda_scruberthumbnail_0.jpg
Early on in Sergio Leone's western epic we see a gang of outlaws led by Frank—who is played by Henry Fonda, one of the greatest screen legends of all time—kill a man and his children as they await the arrival of their step-mother. There is a lengthy pause in the shooting when all that's left of the family is the young boy. One of the members of Frank's gang asks what to do with the boy. When Frank says that since now the boy knows his name, he takes out his revolver and points it at the boy. We see the gun fire right before the scene ends.
Realizing too late - American Beauty (1999)
http://www.owlishcommunications.com/thewisdomzone/wp-content/uploads/KEVIN-SPACEY-American-Beauty.jpg
American Beauty follows Lester Burnham, a middle-aged man going through a mid-life crisis and begins obsessing over his daughter's friend. At the end of the film, he gets over his obsession and stares at a family picture of his wife and daughter. While he's staring at the picture, seemingly content, a handgun presses against the back of his head. We don't see the gun fire but hear it as blood sprays on the wall. We are lead to believe that Lester's wife Carolyn, who is seen moments before with a gun, shot him. But it is revealed that next door neighbor Colonel Fitts, who revealed to Lester about his homosexuality earlier in the night, is in his house covered in blood with a gun missing in his collection.
1. The Death of Fredo Corleone - The Godfather: Part II (1974)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UHMx5bVmn-c/TtR2YhRbLzI/AAAAAAAAJOs/kcFsSPWja0U/s1600/Picture+19.png
The Godfather: Part II shows one of the most shocking deaths in Hollywood cinema. In the final moments of the film, Fredo Corleone goes out fishing with a friend in Lake Tahoe, it is soon revealed to be an assassination ordered by Fredo's brother Michael, the Don of the Corleone family. He carries it out because of Fredo's supposed involvement in a failed assassination attempt on Michael near the beginning of the film.
On the placid lake, the camera zooms in on Fredo, but just before it fully zooms in on Fredo we see the friend pull out a gun behind him. When the gun fires, we see Michael Corleone standing in the window of his Tahoe home, looking out at the lake while his brother gets dumped to the bottom of the lake.
How do you like the list? Any one-shot scenes you want to mention? Let me know!