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MiddleFingerMom

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1. The performances by both him and Walken might make that whole scene...

Reply to Callmecrazy (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 01:27 AM

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... one of the best in cinema history.
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And I've always thought that Hopper's character realized that Walken and his men would probably
torture the location of his son from him and he decided to commit SBM -- "suicide by Mafioso". I'm
pretty sure that you can see a very subtle exhibition of the moment of his decision.
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IMHO the greatest monologue in movie history...(NSFW) [View all] Callmecrazy Mar 2013 OP

The performances by both him and Walken might make that whole scene... MiddleFingerMom Mar 2013 #1

Absolutely. Callmecrazy Mar 2013 #2