Tea and a Movie

Heat (Michael Mann, 1995), Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004): It occurred to me recently that both Heat and Collateral have the same ending.

Cornered near or on a form of transport, a face off between two foes, and a gun fight. The antagonist has the jump but a moment of luck in the environment saved them: In Heat the lights produced a shadow, in Collateral the lights went out in the train car. Both antagonist die slumped in a seating position.

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Independence Day (Roland Emmerich, 1996), Rampage (Brad Peyton, 2018),

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Godzilla (Gojira) (Ishiro Honda, 1954), Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson, 2018).

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Predator (John McTiernan, 1985), Rampage (Brad Peyton, 2018).

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Heat (Michael Mann, 1995), The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008).

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The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991), Heat (Michael Mann, 1995): Ted Levine dies in the same way in two different movies.

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Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941), Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson, 2018).

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Predator (John McTiernan, 1985), Rampage (Brad Peyton, 2018): Helicopter full of sassy military/military-types.

The music even sounds similar.

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Godzilla (Gareth Edwards, 2014), Rampage (Brad Peyton, 2018).

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King Kong (Merian C. Cooper, Ernest  B. Schoedsack, 1933), Rampage (Brad Peyton, 2018).

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In the Shadow of the Moon (David Sington, 2007), First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018).

First Man appears to depict the flash burn during launch rehersal that killed the three astronauts, Virgil Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee, on January 27, 1967. Footage of the aftermath is shown in the documentary In the Shadow of the Moon.

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In the Shadow of the Moon (David Sington, 2007), First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018).

Another look at First Man compared to historical footage, here is Neil Armstrong ejecting from the lunar module during testing. The documentary recounts the incident and Armstrong’s nonchalance at nearly dying.

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In the Shadow of the Moon (David Sington, 2007), First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018).

I will be looking at Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong biopic First Man this week, specifically in relation to movies. That is, documentaries with actual footage or films depicting real space missions.

Above we have a still from the documentary In the Shadow of the Moon of the external camera as the Apollo 11 lander was descending onto the Moon, compared to the version in First Man.

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The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman, 1983), First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018).

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The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman, 1983), First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018).

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Apollo 13 (Ron Howard, 1995), First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018).

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The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman, 1983), First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018).

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