Monday, September 13, 2010

Top Ten Famous Scenes (And the Movies They Were Inspired By)

their favorite movies or directors.  Whether it is a replicated character type, location, editing technique, or even entire scene, modern filmmakers keep the past alive with through mimicry and recreation.  Sometimes the influences are subtle.  Other times, they are more blatant.  Here are ten great examples of famous scenes inspired by earlier works.

10.  The Scene: Jack Nicholson chopping down the door in The Shining.

Everybody knows this scene: Jack Torrance and his family take care of an inn in the Rocky Mountains for several months.  Jack comes down with cabin fever and starts to be influenced by sinister forces in the inn.  At one point, he angrily takes an axe to a locked door separating him from his family.  One of the main reasons for its popularity was the infamous line,

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