favorite (technical) part of a film

I am a very big movie fan, as I'm sure you all are. But I really enjoy the technical side of films... eg, good editing of a scene, a really great shot, cinematography, costume, music, etc
So here are my favorite "technical" bits from movies:

25 Watts (Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll, 2001)
There is a scene where a character puts on a vinyl record. The camera is sitting upon the player & moves around in a circular motion. It looks very good technically.

Desperado (Robert Rodriguez, 1995)
The scene where Tarantino's Pick-Up Guy walks in & tells the piss joke. The music, the editing... Marvelous!

Once Upon A Time In America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
When the phone is ringing near the start of the film.

Pups (Ash, 1999)
There is a scene in the film where Cameron Van Hoy's character is standing up on the bank counter & the camera is looking up at him & gradually moves upwards... Cool effect.

Trois Couleurs: Blanc (Three Colours: White) (Krzyzstof Kieslowski, 1994)
When Julie Delpy's character has her orgasm, the screen good white... Nice.

Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
Any part of this film is technically awsome. The music, the frantic editing, the choreography, the costumes... WOW!!!!


Thats mine (for now)... Now you...

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The Family Stone (Thomas Bezucha, 2005) ***1/2
Rocky III (Sylvester Stallone, 1982) ***
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Anything in Death Becomes Her.
Alien
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars

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Mean Streets - i loved the camera angles in this film, also the acting is great.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 'Nuff said.

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princess mononoke - at the beginning when you how the grass actually shimmers in the wind and looks like waves.
lost highway-gorgeous use of shadows and single colors
fantastic planet- all the visuals
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Thought of some more:

Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002)
Has to be on the list. The first film in the world to be made in one single take... One shot. Plus the location is simply amazing.

Undead (The Spierig Brothers, 2003)
This Australian made debut from two twin brothers is totally awsome!!! Made for just under one million Australian dollars, it looks soooo cool. They did most of the special effects on their home computer & they editing using Adobe Premier (I used that to edit my 7 minute school project), some of the scenes took eleven hours to render! Wow!


Will think of more...

evil dead pioneered in crap-ass budget horror movie film-making for its time. all of the camera tricks were pretty interesting to read about in bruce cambell's autobiography too.

I agree with whoever said "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

Panic Room - I love the huge sweeping camera movements from floor to floor.

The Colour of Money - The scene where the camera follows Tom Cruise round the pool table, the shot lasts for ages, choreographed to the music, great scene.

The City of Lost Children - Everything

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I've always loved stop motion, so I'd like to mention Ray Harryhausen, and also The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb.

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Luc Besson's "Léon"
Just as Léon is walking through the tunnle at the end of the movie, it has to be one of the best scenes in cinematic history!

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The opening scene (after the teaser) in the Matrix, where the camera pans out from "Search"

Plus the part in Ghost in the Machine where the bad guy has Josh, saying "the fun has yet to begin" and he makes that scary face.

The first fight scene in Blade I (in the bloodsoaked club)

I could really understand what's going on (the fight moves, etc)

very well stoyboarded IMO.