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There was a time when you couldn’t make a Hollywood film without some sort of montage that moved the action along, covered the passage of time in a couple of minutes, and featured a song the producers hoped will become a hit for the film soundtrack. Some were re-releases of existing songs; others were first heard in the movie.
Whether you love or hate seeing montages in movies, there’s no denying that they are an effective story telling tool – even if they were way overused throughout the ’80s. Regardless of how you feel about montages though, it’s hard to deny that they can easily ruin an otherwise good song by creating a scene so memorable that you can’t think of anything else but the movie whenever you listen to the track. Here are a few songs that are impossible to listen to without getting montages stuck in your head.
Rue The Day has seven such songs, plus a bonus song that’s about movie montages. Link
This montage nicely blends a musical score with excerpts from movies of the film noir genre. The resolution is good enough for full-screen viewing.
This is the sort of tribute that will make film buffs want to see the movies they’ve missed, so thankfully RubyTuesday717, who assembled the clips, has listed the 35 component films in the sidebar at the YouTube link.
Via J-Walk.
the films of the 2000s from Paul Proulx on Vimeo.
A compact look at what the 2000′s provided for movie fare. At the link, check comments for titles. Thankfully Mr. Proulx only used one iconic scene from the Star Wars prequels.
-via BuzzFeed
Montage-maker Paul Proulx’s work has been featured on Neatorama before, but I just couldn’t resist myself again: Proulx has recently put together a 2-minute clip that features moments from his 100 favorite films. At first I didn’t feel like this clip was particularly creative but as I watched it more, I realized that aside from the juxtaposition of similar beats/events/lines here, there’s a rhythm to the way these moments are edited together…and I like it. What do you think?
Also, can you name all the films?
