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Top 10: Improvised Scenes in Movie History

As wonderful as a carefully crafted script is, some of the best movie moments are simply made up on the fly.  CineFix returns with another great movie list – Top 10: Improvised Scenes in Movie History.  Some directors hate improv and some barely require a formal script.  I think erring on the side of having a Nolan-esque literary script in place is probably the prudent route, but as those are a handful a year, there’s something seriously admirable about an actor/director collaboration that just spontaneously generates magic on the spot.  While improv is most associated with comedy, a good portion of the spots on the list go to famous dramatic scenes from Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, A Clockwork Orange, and The Breakfast Club.  Improv is a staple of comedy, and a lot of your favorite comedy moments, be they from Judd Apatow, Bill Murray, or Chris Guest, also make the list.  Rather than picking a scene for #1 though, CineFix made the very wise choice of simply sticking Robin Williams’s name up top.  If you’re going to have a list heralding lack of structure, Robin deserves to sit atop it with his whole body of work. Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting

 

Trailer Time: The Wolf of Wall Street Trailer #2 (2013)


The Wolf of Wall Street made a brief foray into 2014 from it’s original release date (which was this Friday).  Then, once Monuments Men left a gaping hole in the Oscar race, the Scorcese financial thriller came back into 2013 and will now open on Christmas Day.  I have no idea what to think about this one.  Sometimes to cheer myself up, I’ll watch the buck-toothed Matthew McConaughey pound his chest in the first trailer.  I suggest it for quick therapy.  Official synopsis below.

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. 

Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorcese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Trailer Time: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)


DiCaprio has become Scorcese’s new DeNiro, it appears.  The Wolf of Wall Street pairs them again, and-given the pedigree-I think it’s safe to say this will factor into the 2014 Oscar race.  I know it’s blasphemy for film buffs, but I hated Scorcese’s work until the last few years.  I’m the one guy on the planet who hates Raging Bull and Goodfellas.  But then, in one year, he did Shutter Island and Hugo and I loved both and now I’m forced to actually reckon with enjoying his films.  We’ll see how this one goes when The Wolf of Wall Street opens November 15, 2013.

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. 

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street, Oliver Stone