Movie Moments 1.1 -FAIL SAFE
''In films, what everyone is striving for is to produce moments'' - Jimmy Stewart
Fail Safe
Originally uploaded by rhettrospective.Sidney Lumet's stunning nuclear film, made the same year as Doctor Strangelove, about the same idea contains one of the most chilling cinematic moments.
It's rare that I react strongly to a scene enough to let out an audible gasp, but I did so near the end of Fail Safe.
With Henry Fonda as the American President, he must convince the Russia Prime Minister that the 'bombers' heading for his country are an error caused by an electrical error and that they can't be called back as no contact can be made. With the accidental bombing of Moscow imminent, Fonda decides on an extraordinary course of action, both courageous and savage.
You must, under all circumstances, witness this film, to see the decision Fonda makes. It is a decision that reverberates so much through the film, into the viewer, that you are left shuddering and shaky , long after the film ends.
Originally uploaded by rhettrospective.
It's rare that I react strongly to a scene enough to let out an audible gasp, but I did so near the end of Fail Safe.
With Henry Fonda as the American President, he must convince the Russia Prime Minister that the 'bombers' heading for his country are an error caused by an electrical error and that they can't be called back as no contact can be made. With the accidental bombing of Moscow imminent, Fonda decides on an extraordinary course of action, both courageous and savage.
You must, under all circumstances, witness this film, to see the decision Fonda makes. It is a decision that reverberates so much through the film, into the viewer, that you are left shuddering and shaky , long after the film ends.
posted by Rhett (rhettrospective@hotmail.com) at 8:33 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home