Here's the two Russian roulette scenes that I'm aware of, could you post the one I've not seen please?
Heimeldir detailed it above before your initial interjection. There's an extended edition. You can go to Wikipedia which has a plot synopsis if you're that interested. As you said though, it's not a movie I particularly liked so can't be bothered researching for you.
Living rent free again, I see. Which of my TVs would you like to borrow? Another post you can tell is pathetic by who liked it.
Cheers. Never watched it right through, just caught bits now and again when it has been on TV. Apocalypse Now is another widely acclaimed film I have never managed to watch all the way through.
Heimeldir mention two, the same as me and you said the Russian roulette scenes were 'a recurring theme' through the film, they weren't. It seems the only person posting erroneously in this thread is you.
The earlier scene in the gambling den and the culmination of the film are separate scenes. I even acknowledged their similarity as a concession that it would be easy to mix them up. There's a scene early in the movie, in the middle and at the end. That to me is recurring through the film.
The AN shown on the various channels/streams these days is a different film from the edited one i saw on ITV (?) in the 1980s.. that whole scene with the French colonialists was cut out and a lot of the scenes with Brando. It was always a better and easier watch under the influence of something/anything. I've never made it all the way through of Easy Rider
As Clive James wrote, it was made easier for them as it appeared that the Germans had issued its troops with blanks. Multiple machine guns firing at them caused no problems whilst a single shot by our lot from a bouncing vehicle would always find its target.
I thought the stag scene was before they shipped out but honestly my memory is very poor so would not be surprised if it was the other way around lol. Literally everything you put I totally agree with and for me with the music layered over made it unforgettable
My wife struggled with it particularly the scene with the gun pulled on the young child (won't spoil it for those that haven't seen it) but I thought it was excellent.
Ye, it was... Not aged well for these times, when the hero is having a sexual relationship with a 12 year old, supposedly initiated by her. Today's audience would reverse it and see Gary Oldman working in the public sector, coping with addiction issues, and executing summary justice on a negligent family and then a *****phile.
My own take on it was that Leon was a father figure looking after someone that was literally down in the gutter. Gary old man was fantastic, I watched him recently giving a eulogy on David Bowie, obviously it was an old piece but he literally spoke for 20 minutes without one prompt, everything from his heart and his own response to Bowie’s passing. Now that is pure artistry and just an amazing human being…
