In honor of the late Charlton Heston, here's what may very be the greatest scene ever committed to film, at least from a purely retrological standpoint.
Heston. Vincent Price. John Derek. Flagellation. A fight to the death. If the actual scripture hewed closer to what Cecil B. DeMille presented in The Ten Commandments, I might not have discarded my faith.
"His...powers...of hammy acting...are greater...than...my own...aarggh!!!!"
Rest in peace, Chuck. Fuck Conor Oberst, you'll always be the one true Bright Eyes in my book.
Jerry Goldsmith - Main Title (from The Planet of the Apes OST, 1968) - The disconcerting minimalism of Goldsmith's score sounds downright avant-garde after decades spent listening to John Williams's signature bombast and Danny Elfman's whimsical gothica.
(See also this post.)
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The new & improved Soylent Green, chuck full of goodness.
some great films, shame about the rabid NRA convictions, "you'll get my gun when they pry my cold dead hand from it" was not one of his better lines, "get your paws you damn dirty ape" was much better
IT'S A MADHOUSE!!! IT'S A MADHOUSE!!! AAAAAA MMMMAAAAAAADDDHOUSSSSSSSSE!!
I remember the first heston movie I watched on tv many years ago. He played Cardinal Richelieu in the Three and Four Musketeers back in the 70's. Only later in life did I see his full range of characters. From the tough as leather types like in Midway to the devious venom dripping types like the above Cardinal.
Another silver screen legend gone, but the movies play on.
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