Which bit touched you the most?
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Porn_Flakes — 11 years ago(August 20, 2014 07:42 PM)
I thought the part where he recites his story to Jane in the strip club. That is a perfectly acted and directed sequence, you have him reciting the story with his back turned to her so he can't see her cry and just her face when she hears everything being told, Its a scene that was just well done in every single sense of the word.
This. In fact, like most people, the scene where Jane was reunited with Hunter also had me bawling like a baby. The first time I saw this film, I didn't truly think it was special until that final half an hour or so. The scene where Travis confronts Jane was a big part of that. It transformed my opinion of the film and everything else slot into place and became majestic. -
sacrednerve — 11 years ago(September 23, 2014 08:18 AM)
Definitely the parts at the end with Kinski's character, especially
her reunion with Hunter.
It didn't move me to tears, but those were the most touching moments in the film.
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eighties_rule — 11 years ago(October 17, 2014 11:33 AM)
Probably the scene where Travis is talking to Jane, in the phone booth. One of my favorite scenes ever, just amazing.
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tarmacadam — 10 years ago(August 20, 2015 05:00 PM)
Maybe not an obvious choice, but when Hunter is trying to explain relativity to Travis over the walkie talkie. It was such a brilliant glimpse into Hunter's fascination with the universe and his simultaneously clumsy and advanced understanding of some pretty complex principles. Beautifully acted and shot, too.
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fentress — 10 years ago(November 16, 2015 02:34 PM)
The home movie scene is the one that touched me the most. The whole scene is moving. But especially when Hunter says "Goodnight, Dad" to Walt, then turns to Travis and says "Goodnight, Dad". It sounds corny describing it, and I'm not usually a person moved by easy syrupy bits. But I have to admit that one gets me every time. I'm getting a tear in my eye just sitting here writing about now!
A close second: a few moments after that, the conversation Hunter has with Anne as she puts him to bed. Hunter says about his real mother (paraphrasing) "That's not really her though. That's only her in the movie a long time ago in a galaxy far far away."
The "galaxy far far away" line is so natural, so much like something a real little boy would say. Hunter Carson must have said it spontaneously. No writer would think of that.
