What's your favourite film begining? It's an important point because the film wants your attention. Mine is the Max Von Sydow-voiced intro to von Trier's 'Europa'.

I've no idea how to post the clip but the url is above. Please excuse my lack of technical knowledge and post your favourite film beginnings.

Edit: jeez - no idea how I did that! ...

Edited September 22, 201312 yr by Spudulike

 

This is mine, cinematic perfection.

I love the opening scene to Lost in Translation. I'd have been happy if it had lasted for the duration of the film>

 

I'm sure there are loads but the one that immediately comes to mind is Die Hard With a Vengeance.

 

.... I love me a bit of Die Hard. 

Pulp Fiction.

 

"Any of you f**king pricks MOVE, and I'll execute every motherf**king last one of ya!"

 

That whole scene is brilliant. An amazing start to a film as you'll ever see.

Pulp Fiction.

 

"Any of you f**king pricks MOVE, and I'll execute every motherf**king last one of ya!"

 

That whole scene is brilliant. An amazing start to a film as you'll ever see.

 

That's a pretty good pick! 

 

Most QT films have a pretty good opening, doesn't Inglorious Basterds start with the scene on the French diary farm with Christophe Waltz sniffing out the jews hiding under the floor with him switching from speaking English, German and French throughout. 

That's a pretty good pick! 

 

Most QT films have a pretty good opening, doesn't Inglorious Basterds start with the scene on the French diary farm with Christophe Waltz sniffing out the jews hiding under the floor with him switching from speaking English, German and French throughout. 

 

Yes! It's my favourite QT film and that opening is both tense and moving. Watching the dairy farmer silently leak tears as he points to the positions under the floor where the jews are hiding...love it.

 

I'm ashamed this one slipped my mind!

Yes! It's my favourite QT film and that opening is both tense and moving. Watching the dairy farmer silently leak tears as he points to the positions under the floor where the jews are hiding...love it.

 

I'm ashamed this one slipped my mind!

 

 

I love it when Waltz pulls out his pipe which is ridiculously larger than the dairy farmers. 

 

I have two:  a)  The slow motion walk at the beginning of 'Reservoir Dogs', and b) the camera pointed at the feet during a walkup to the stage in 'Stop Making Sense'.

Good thread. A few of my faves in no particular order:

 

Goodfellas

Apocalypse Now

Betty Blue

The Searchers

Blue Velvet

The Conversation

The Searchers: very good choice. Was second on my list. Not a long enough clip - will find another.

Edited September 23, 201312 yr by Spudulike

Great call on The Searchers - how's about Once Upon A Time In The West?!

And of course ... Raiders....

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p383/barnyd/F2DCC7C6-A8C6-46B4-908E-476962F1040B-1271-00000186C8F78ED3_zps4e894df2.jpg

I forgot this - Chisum - the music, paintings and John Wayne on his horse under that tree...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwE5-ecnH8g

 

Battle Royale - never seen an intro so magnificently epic yet so matter-of-fact.

I feel like this needs to be mentioned

Just because they are indented into pop culture you would have to say the start of the Star Wars films.

"Lost in Translation" Thankyou, what a wonderful start to my day

 

Edited September 24, 201312 yr by fishCFC

saving private ryan

A Clockwork Orange, the opening is fittingly sinister.

 

Alien (original), when I first saw this it scared the sh*t out of me from the beginning.  The opening sequence really set the tense atmosphere continued throughout the movie.  I wish they still made horror (or scifi) movies with such elegance, in stead of relying on wowing us with special effects.

The Dark Knight bank robbery scene

 

 

Beautifully shot on IMAX cameras and a wonderful introduction to the madness that is Heath Ledgers The Joker. 

saving private ryan

Good choice. I must have seen that start over twenty times and it remains dramatic, shocking. The frames where you get a German machine-gunner's view as he fires his MG42 into the open ramp of the landing craft is appalling but feels real. The film peaked there for me - the remainder wasn't bad but it couldn't live up to that start.

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For pure sensory overload, the opening credits for Enter The Void can't be beaten.

 

Edited September 24, 201312 yr by bluedave

I love it when Waltz pulls out his pipe which is ridiculously larger than the dairy farmers. 

 

 

My 1st thought when I saw this thread was Inglorious Basterds. Waltz's performance is one of the best I've seen in any film, gripping and hilarious at the same time.