Tearjerker Tuesday: Raising Arizona
In the car Ben and I got to talking about Raising Arizona -- it was on television the other night, apparently. I've never been able to watch the final scene (H.I.'s dream) without crying. I don't even think I can describe the dream without crying.
So I decided to subject all you Voxers to it and christen today "Tearjerker Tuesday." What movie scene brings you to tears every time? Tag your post with "tearjerker tuesday."
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I always cry at the scene in The Sound of Music when the Captain is arguing with Maria, then first hears the children singing to the Countess. He goes into the other room and is amazed to hear music in the house for the first time since the children's mother died.
I had housemates in college who started a list of "Movies to Slit Your Wrists By". Their ultimate film was the Gerard Depardiue version of Cyrano De Bergerac. My choice is Heavenly Creatures.
(Or Wacky Wednesday or Funny Friday, not sure.)
I'm a big Coen brothers fan and Raising Arizona is one of my all-time favorite movies. Their writing in general is excellent but something clicked when they were writing this one. It's so full of the most unexpected poetry. The last scene is beautiful but I think my favorite passage in the movie is when H.I. writes the goodbye letter before going off to rob the bank with Gale and Evelle.
The movie came out in 1987 and my wife and I still find opportunities to shout at each other, "Turn to the Right!" at least once a month. Not sure what that says about us...
But to your question about Tearjerker Tuesday, the one scene that always makes me cry is from Casablanca. It's the scene where Victor Lazlo leads the cafe in singing the Marseillaise. It's weird, I know, but there's something about the passion and the weight of history in that scene that's just too much for me.
Either that or I keep getting something in my eye.
Ed: You mean you busted out of jail.
Evelle: No, ma'am. We released ourselves on our own recognizance.
Gale: What my brother here means to say is that we felt that the institution no longer had anything to offer us.
The movie that makes me cry is a little hard to find... the final scene of Everybody's All American. Everyone laughs at me but I can't watch that movie without hitching a few times!