Just realised I have to honour George Armitage’s death by posting two terrific scenes from Grosse Pointe Blank. The first uses Mirror in the Bathroom to score a very memorable fight & then it segues into 99 Red Balloons for a very funny body disposal scene. youtu.be/H0ScNLt2zNc?... 1/2 - ThreadSky

rufustsuperfly.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Just realised I have to honour George Armitage’s death by posting two terrific scenes from Grosse Pointe Blank.
The first uses Mirror in the Bathroom to score a very memorable fight & then it segues into 99 Red Balloons for a very funny body disposal scene. https://youtu.be/H0ScNLt2zNc?si=otyNOKUGNSYQCbON
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catchafire.bsky.social•1 day ago

I love this film. “Growth industry”. Classic.

john-hurley.bsky.social•1 day ago

SUCH a good film

sineadnico.bsky.social•1 day ago

One of my very favourite films and that scene is one of the reasons! Also, what a tune!

mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social•1 day ago

After your earlier post I toddled off to watch GPB for the infinityth time. It’s very possibly a perfect movie, and it served as my regular reminder that I need to marry Minnie Driver.

caiross.bsky.social•1 day ago

I hadn’t realised that he’d passed. I utterly adore GPB, a film made almost entirely out of sublime little touches. I have a lot of time for Miami Blues too.

rufustsuperfly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good way of putting it.

jamcam80s.bsky.social•1 day ago

What a film 🙌❤️

noiseclinic.bsky.social•1 day ago

Excellent film.

betterpolo.bsky.social•1 day ago

I mean it's a good film anyway, but using some of my favourite music of the time in a really smart way really does elevate it

rufustsuperfly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Totally. The music’s massively important. No surprise Cusack went on to make High Fidelity.

rufustsuperfly.bsky.social•1 day ago

‘A thousand innocent people get killed every day but a millionaire’s pet gets detonated and you’re marked for life’ https://youtu.be/fgkq9qK_yEo?si=Yf-INm-qOtILb1Z6
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couchpetito.bsky.social•1 day ago

i love how many times throughout the movie cusack has to explain himself hurriedly: “so im a professional killer”

stephensmith.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s such an amazing movie. Loved it. Seems like a good time for a rewatch.

This is me breathing.

216-eliot-ness.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Popcorn!"

formalandy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Such an underrated movie.

abbo17.bsky.social•1 day ago

He’s just passed on?
RIP George
And kudos to the greatest fight scene on film.
It’s a brutal ballet between two skilled individuals

abbo17.bsky.social•1 day ago

I should also add my little sister has moments that kinda remind me of John’s sister in this film.

okrossbara.bsky.social•1 day ago

Will forever cherish the bit of Martin listening to Live and Let Die then going into the convenience store which is playing the muzak version. Brilliant.

rufustsuperfly.bsky.social•1 day ago

LOVE that moment

okrossbara.bsky.social•1 day ago

Now my brain is on the Grosse Pointe Blank train. I often tell myself, clip your string Chatty Cathy nobody needs to know! LOL

rufustsuperfly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Haha

okrossbara.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don't paw at me with your dirty little guild!