[NightWoundsTime]

A few nights ago I watched Buffalo '66. I was hit by a strange combination of elements that can only be defined as random. And by random , I mean a completely unexpected turn that has a high amusement factor. Suddenly it was like the hand of God or fate or just the King of Randomness reached down into the movie and spoke to me, in an intensely personal way.

The elements of the scene were: Christina Ricci, tap dancing, and King Crimson. Two out of three are things I like very very much, and if there's gotta be dancing I can appreciate some tap. This brief interlude in the movie was not a complete non-sequiter, but close enough. As I heard the first few notes of King Crimson's Moonchild, I started to laugh euphorically. I had to rewind a few times to make sure I hadn't fallen asleep and dreamed the whole mess.

So I present to you, from the fine film Buffalo '66, the most random scene from any movie, ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RSTABtTMrY

 

[agile_one]

Matt ... you left out the best part - it takes place in an empty bowling alley.

Wonderful clip, thanks for the link.

 

[NightWoundsTime]

Gene, had you seen the movie before?

Boomana dared me to post this just to see the reactions, which have been pretty slow so far. I guess she's got her answer.

 

[agile_one]

No, Matt, have not seen Buffalo '66, but just added to my NetFlix queue.

hmmmmm, maybe Vicki goes from Saint to Devil on this one.

 

[SysteX]

That is strange. I'll have to check out the entire movie sometime. Seems like it could be an interesting watch.

 

[Comfy]

"I no longer know who I am and I feel like the ghost of a total stranger."
NSFW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Xcur6_xww

 

[SysteX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Comfy /img/forum/go_quote.gif "I no longer know who I am and I feel like the ghost of a total stranger." NSFW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Xcur6_xww

What a fantastic stream-of-consciousness clip from a great movie.

 

[only500made]

Harold and Kumar goes to white castle -

I think it was when Kumar was having a leak and some dude stood beside him and took a leak too ... for no reason.

 

[NightWoundsTime]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SysteX /img/forum/go_quote.gif What a fantastic stream-of-consciousness clip from a great movie.

Yeah I was trying to think of any other solitary random scenes from good films and forgot about this one. Did the director ever make a complete movie out of this scene, as he'd planned?

I just watched Black Snake Moan tonight and it's sad to see Ricci go from a healthy looking beautiful girl to an anorexic twig. I know she most likely did this just for the role but that can't be healthy.

VS.

It was hard not to use the full on half naked picture from Black Snake Moan but that gives you the basic idea. Shows commitment to do that for a role in a movie. She looks like damned Brittany Murphy but she acted about 100 laps around what BM could have pulled off. Very well acted movie but the premise/script were fairly off. Sammy Jackson belting out the blues was worth the rental though.

 

[Marados]

Dr Strangelove, or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb ending.

Absolutely fantastic.

Warning: Video contains spoilers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxrWz9XVvls

 

[shigzeo]

i suppose you have not seen 'naked space' with leslie neilson where a big monster is hooked up to translation equipment and dances and sings 'i want to eat your face' before it kills everyone.

but, then again - that was not necessarily a 'good' movie

 

[Lazarus Short]

What comes to mind for me is a truly great scene in an otherwise eeeeh movie: "Adventures in Babysitting." Yes, it's that scene where the white kids from the 'burbs are running from some bad guys [don't remember why] and stumble onto the stage of a black nightclub, where they are told, "Nobody leaves here without singin' the blues!" Christina Applegate, if memory serves, begins to nervously explain who they are, why they are there, etc, and she about freaks at the first blues riff. Before long, they are all into it, doing a brilliant and spontaneous song-and-dance. They then exit, the bad guys come on stage the same way, and are told the same thing.

Flash: It's on Youtube, type in "Adventures in Babysitting - Babysitting Blues". I can't do the link thing with my one-button iMac mouse - may have to go back to the IBM optical. Oh, it's not Christina Applegate, but Elizabeth Shue. Now, who's that fellow playing lead guitar? Looks familiar - off to IMDB...

Bingo: Albert Collins

Laz