Which movie has the best scene where the title of the movie is mentioned ?
for me thats "Full Metal Jacket"
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JSul3 · 70-79
Can't forget the '31 James Whale Frankenstein....where the name is spoken numerous times.
Before the story is presented, Edward Van Slone, who plays the role of Dr. Waldman, steps out from behind a curtain and speaks directly to us, the audience:
"How do you do? Mr. Carl Laemmle [the producer] feels it would be a little unkind to present this picture without just a word of friendly warning. We are about to unfold the story of Frankenstein, a man of science who sought to create a man after his own image without reckoning upon God. It is one of the strangest tales ever told. It deals with the two great mysteries of creation - life and death. I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even - horrify you. So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now's your chance to - uh, well, we warned you!"
In a meeting with Victor and Elizabeth, Dr. Waldman, who was Henry's professor provides them with some troubling insight:
"Herr Frankenstein is a most brilliant young man, yet so erratic, he troubles me." Frankenstein's research in "chemical galvanism and electro-biology were far in advance of our theories here at the University" and had reached dangerously advanced stages - "they were becoming dangerous":
Waldman: Herr Frankenstein is greatly changed.
Victor: You mean changed as a result of his work?
Waldman: Yes, his work, his insane ambition to create life.
Elizabeth: How? How? Please tell us everything, whatever it is.
Waldman: The bodies we use in our dissecting room for lecture purposes were not perfect enough for his experiments, he said. He wished us to supply him with other bodies and we were not to be too particular as to where and how we got them. I told him that his demands were unreasonable. And so he left the University to work unhampered. He found what he needed elsewhere.
Victor: Oh! The bodies of animals. Well, what are the lives of a few rabbits and dogs?
Waldman: (leaning forward ominously) You do not quite get what I mean. Herr Frankenstein was interested only in human life - first to destroy it, then recreate it. There you have his mad dream."
I will remind you that this was '31....cinema was in its infancy, and sound on film had only recently become a reality. Audiences were unaware of what they were about to see....well, because nobody had ever 'seen' it before. It was all new, it was different, and exciting....and sometimes 'new and exciting' becomes 'new and scary!' By today's standards, these films are quite tame....and to many, perhaps silly, but I will defend them on the merits of stories well told, with characters that were believable due to the skills of the actors, and the skills of the many directors, make up artists, scene and costume designers, camera men, and music composers....who take us into 'another world' for awhile.
Before the story is presented, Edward Van Slone, who plays the role of Dr. Waldman, steps out from behind a curtain and speaks directly to us, the audience:
"How do you do? Mr. Carl Laemmle [the producer] feels it would be a little unkind to present this picture without just a word of friendly warning. We are about to unfold the story of Frankenstein, a man of science who sought to create a man after his own image without reckoning upon God. It is one of the strangest tales ever told. It deals with the two great mysteries of creation - life and death. I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even - horrify you. So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now's your chance to - uh, well, we warned you!"
In a meeting with Victor and Elizabeth, Dr. Waldman, who was Henry's professor provides them with some troubling insight:
"Herr Frankenstein is a most brilliant young man, yet so erratic, he troubles me." Frankenstein's research in "chemical galvanism and electro-biology were far in advance of our theories here at the University" and had reached dangerously advanced stages - "they were becoming dangerous":
Waldman: Herr Frankenstein is greatly changed.
Victor: You mean changed as a result of his work?
Waldman: Yes, his work, his insane ambition to create life.
Elizabeth: How? How? Please tell us everything, whatever it is.
Waldman: The bodies we use in our dissecting room for lecture purposes were not perfect enough for his experiments, he said. He wished us to supply him with other bodies and we were not to be too particular as to where and how we got them. I told him that his demands were unreasonable. And so he left the University to work unhampered. He found what he needed elsewhere.
Victor: Oh! The bodies of animals. Well, what are the lives of a few rabbits and dogs?
Waldman: (leaning forward ominously) You do not quite get what I mean. Herr Frankenstein was interested only in human life - first to destroy it, then recreate it. There you have his mad dream."
I will remind you that this was '31....cinema was in its infancy, and sound on film had only recently become a reality. Audiences were unaware of what they were about to see....well, because nobody had ever 'seen' it before. It was all new, it was different, and exciting....and sometimes 'new and exciting' becomes 'new and scary!' By today's standards, these films are quite tame....and to many, perhaps silly, but I will defend them on the merits of stories well told, with characters that were believable due to the skills of the actors, and the skills of the many directors, make up artists, scene and costume designers, camera men, and music composers....who take us into 'another world' for awhile.