Flashbacks of a Fool - Can anyone think of more mesmerising scenes in a film

[Lawry1]

I watched this under-rated film on the TV last month and was hooked, not least by the two scenes featuring the Roxy Music tracts 'Is there somthing'. Some one has pasted these scenes together on YouTube if you have not seen them ( ). I have also bought the dvd and watched it several times.

Can anyone think of any other scenes from films that so capture that cathartic/nostalgic longing for the past/youth? And I don't mean soppy sentimentality. Ameican Graffiti has its moment after the car crash for example.

[Brett Sinclair]

Well, seeing as we are in General Film Chat I suppose you could look at Stand by Me and take the whole film as being cathartic, certainly nostalgic as the narrator (Richard Dreyfuss) takes us through that journey in one long flashback.

[Lawry1]

It is odd that what captivates one person in a film passes another by. There are some obscure scenes from other films that I have seen at least 50 times that others cannot see the point of, and I think that these scenes from Flashbacks of a Fool are going to join them. Some of the others include:
1. The duel in the gymnasium and the scene where the English and German soldiers must decide the etiquette of who should leave the nursing home exit first in 'The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp'
2. Many scenes from 'A Canterbury Tale' (1944)
3. Feeding the 'Alien in Dark Star'

[Nick Dando]

The large dog running along the banks of the bayou to the accompaniment of Jim White's "Still Waters" from the film/documentary "Searching for the Wrong-eyed Jesus". But I can't find a clip of the segment I'm referring to, only this trailer.



And here's a video to the "Still Waters" track.



A truly haunting song, and a fascinating film.

Nick

[jimw1]

The large dog running along the banks of the bayou to the accompaniment of Jim White's "Still Waters" from the film/documentary "Searching for the Wrong-eyed Jesus". But I can't find a clip of the segment I'm referring to, only this trailer.


A truly haunting song, and a fascinating film.

Nick

I know the scene you are referring to' Brilliant brilliant film and Music