Its weird that he uses Dog Day Afternoon as his example to criticize the lack of realism in Hollywood since that movie was based on a true story. Not to mention this movie is about as realistic as Harry Potter. Were they trying to be ironic here?
I think he was talking about a more realistic sensibility in the way the characters acted as opposed to what actually transpires. In this way I think this movie is interesting in that it juxtaposes the two different aspects.
Okay, dumbass that put this together. You have to include the part when he gets up and the other guys follow him with the automatic weapons. That way, whoever is watching this gets completely hooked in to watching this. Right now it seems like some high rolling, holllywood power brokers pontificating about cinema. Way to fuck it up.
This dialog is fantastic. Thought provoking, intelligent, controversial. It allows the audience to form their own answers to what he is saying. Brilliant.
(3:07) In one of the outtakes on the DVD, Travolta sips from an absolutely giant cup, like a soup bowl with a handle, totally straight faced. It's quality
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@Blahgahbleh Yeah, but with how he took a few puffs. I don't think there would be enough skin cells deposited on that stogie to do an effective test. The same thing with the coffee cup.
which part in fight club again? i haven't seen it for ages... the beginning when he's got the gun to his own head?
i think this monologue would be more understood (in anybody acting it out) where as the fight club one would be confusing cos it relies on you not knowing that he's pointing the gun at his own head essentially. plus, IMO, this monologue is much more dark.
Even though the movie as a whole is just OK, I must say when I watched this scene for the first time I thought this was gonna be by far the best movie I would ever see.... best monologue/intro.
My God this was a bullshit! Who wrote the script? So the ending of Dog Day Afternoon is happy end? So it's not real? For Christs sakes.... The reality is the key to that film, something you never see in present day Hollywood movies - with all their happy ends. Happy ends are unreal and good movies, real movies always have inevitable ending!
Though this scene is well shot, color correction is quite pleasant and Travolta's acting is splendid! Yet the script ruins it....
i have always loved this intro, its so cool. He is using hollywood as an analogy to say "dont fuck with me, this isnt a film and it isnt gonna have a hollywood ending so dont try anything because i will fuck with these people" he says it so calm and so cool its more powerful than any ranting lunatic
This is the most complicated part of the film harder than the matrix to film. I love john travolta in this movie one of my favs the realism of his character is amazing the movie itself has an all star cast halle berry is one of my fav actresses. Love this movie if u havent seen it its a must c!
How funny that Gabriel says 'the problem with hollywood is that they make shit", in a movie that comes from hollywood.
I think it's safe to say that 99% of movies made today is total crap, just shallow light weight junkfood for the brain without any meaning whatsoever.
However, swordfish was pretty good, i actually bought it on dvd.
@harlequin2262 i didnt mean from that point of view i was on about the deeper meaning of black ops, agencies using subversive tactics thats why i mentioned mossad, i didnt mention that the hacking was realistic
This is one of my FAVORITE ALL-TIME movies. The realism on John Travolta character's opening dialogue is uncanny. It completely blows away the fantasy of good vs. bad. Or good vs. proposed evil. It brings reality to the forefront, by saying that an incompetent good guy can NEVER beat an intelligent and thought out villain. This is the absolute truth in life. No matter what parents may want to brain-wash their children into believing. Thats why this film is in my collection.
I completely disagree with you on this. The film is one of the most realistic stories ever i.m.h.o. Apart from the fact it is actually based on a true story (search google for the real swordfish) its best aspect is that is f*cks with the viewers sense of morality: the bad guy, the innocent killer, gets away. Sometimes in real life this is also the case.
You know what is ironic about this scene? That every thing the character states he hates about Hollywood is exactly what this film is. Lacks realism, plot, prose and is shit. "Unbelievable, unremarkable shit."
well, when he twists the cigar one way it goes out of focus, then he twists it back and the focus comes back. so it's like the cigar controls the focus.
John Travolta is awesome man... this guy is so good at what he does & this intro proves that perfectly!... I liked his role in this movie.... basically just a stylish dude who got it all, money, girls and he knows what to get however it has to be captured.... !
unless this speech was a commentary on the rest of the film (a negative foreshadowing, if you will), someone screwed up real bad. this is the only redeeming part, everything else is generic, unrealistic and just ridiculous.
oh that was john travolta? He got on my nerves so bad. >_> I don't really watch these kinds of movies but my cable is broken and all I could watch was local channels. was watching TBS and this movie came on and I got hooked. =_=;
i must admit.....this is one of my most fav 'speech' from hollywood movie after the 'vengeance' speech by samuel l jackson's in pulp fiction. great act by travolta.
"He exists in a world beyond your world. What we only fantasize, he does. He lives a life where nothing is beyond him. But you know what? It's all a facade. For all his charm and charisma, his wealth, his expensive toys... he's a driven, unflinching, calculating machine. He takes what he wants, when he wants... and disappears."
Travolta's hair is like that because he is impersonating the Israeli terrorist (found in the wine cellar). At the end of the movie Travolta again changes face and acquires a new costume/hairstyle.
I agree. I've memorized the just of this scene. I like the part when he said,"Realism: Not a pervasive element in Today's modern american cinematic vision". Very Intelligent scene.
I really like this intro, but it's kind of flawed. Dog Day Afternoon was based on a true story. The screenwriter should have used something else as an example.
You're right, but his first argument is that realism is non-existent in Hollywood cinema. Since John Wojtowicz (Sonny) didn't actually do that in real life, it means the movie was realistic in that sense.
This intro is very captivating, but it doesn't look like the writer (Skip Woods) knew much about their reference material.
True, I never really looked at it that way. So, what he's trying to say is that the closer Hollywood tries to get to realism, the farther away they get?
travolta is cool , look at his movements and face expressions when he checks the watch and when he said thanks for the coffee ( only cool guys do that )
iv worshiped travolta since a was bout 3/4 year old n am 18 now and nuthings changed face off av seen litraly over 100 times fuking amazing i no every word also like this film i no every word the film script acting the lot all top noch lol this time holly wood didnt make shit lol they made a classic
Fuck. This is the best Travolta ever - this intro. Nothing like it - just the delivery. The charisma, the acting, the ruthlessness of this part of the script. Fuckin' magic. Classic. Goddamned classic.
Who actually looked up the movie "Dog Day Afternoon" He was speaking of?
pupentaco 2 months ago
Going against the governments doesn't make you the bad guy, it makes you a fucking hero and a patriot !.
Dreez76 4 months ago
Its weird that he uses Dog Day Afternoon as his example to criticize the lack of realism in Hollywood since that movie was based on a true story. Not to mention this movie is about as realistic as Harry Potter. Were they trying to be ironic here?
Hellblazer311 6 months ago
@Hellblazer311
I think he was talking about a more realistic sensibility in the way the characters acted as opposed to what actually transpires. In this way I think this movie is interesting in that it juxtaposes the two different aspects.
EvolutionaryLoophole 5 months ago
Okay, dumbass that put this together. You have to include the part when he gets up and the other guys follow him with the automatic weapons. That way, whoever is watching this gets completely hooked in to watching this. Right now it seems like some high rolling, holllywood power brokers pontificating about cinema. Way to fuck it up.
catshavesouls 7 months ago
This dialog is fantastic. Thought provoking, intelligent, controversial. It allows the audience to form their own answers to what he is saying. Brilliant.
sunnchilde 8 months ago 6
he hardly smokes his cigar lol...he just waves it along like a magician's wand
Kingopersia 8 months ago 3
@Kingopersia it is nice and long, could be a nice smoke. And coffee - nice- but he does not finish either.
maciejwrotek 7 months ago
He never inhaled the smoke or anything. Lit the cigar and that was it
MrZeroCide 9 months ago
this is a blatent dig at the matrix. this movie had one special effect and halle berry's tits and nothing else to offer. bilge
PeterZeeke 9 months ago
@PeterZeeke And it obviously went over YOUR head big time.
catshavesouls 7 months ago
Dark Machine.... that shit makes you jig, you can't help yourself.
Snargifer 9 months ago
(3:07) In one of the outtakes on the DVD, Travolta sips from an absolutely giant cup, like a soup bowl with a handle, totally straight faced. It's quality
Th3Z0ne 11 months ago
It's ironic that he talks about realism in movies when this movie is far from it. PIle of crap!
gamesmaster90 11 months ago
great movie
houssem2011 11 months ago
the problem would be that they would have stormed thebuilding had they started killing them
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erickdircks 1 year ago
Travalota's just jealous that Dog Day out performed Grease!! LOL
metalgta4xcon 1 year ago 2
I disagree with all 3 of these guys. It wouldn't work because Dog Day Afternoon is based on a true story. Period.
wmcdow85 1 year ago
You know what I don't get?
The guy is supposed to be untraceable. But he leaves a cigar with his DNA all over it in front of a bunch of cops.
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AlCarbony 11 months ago
@Blahgahbleh Yeah, but with how he took a few puffs. I don't think there would be enough skin cells deposited on that stogie to do an effective test. The same thing with the coffee cup.
victorrain 9 months ago
¥T
AlphaMistafiedOmega 1 year ago
"Y'know the problem with Hollywood is they make shit; unbelievable, unremarkable shit."
FINALLY, someone tells it like it is!
wolfpackleaderalpha 1 year ago 3
His critique is, eerily, spot on
JRheartsatlanta 1 year ago 3
@kels1726 Damn dude, Fight Club would be way better imo anyway. This is great too, but FC oh man.
Whatisright 1 year ago
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which part in fight club again? i haven't seen it for ages... the beginning when he's got the gun to his own head?
i think this monologue would be more understood (in anybody acting it out) where as the fight club one would be confusing cos it relies on you not knowing that he's pointing the gun at his own head essentially. plus, IMO, this monologue is much more dark.
jmaer91 1 year ago
Even though the movie as a whole is just OK, I must say when I watched this scene for the first time I thought this was gonna be by far the best movie I would ever see.... best monologue/intro.
jmaer91 1 year ago
This is a spectacular scene. Travolta has really come in to his own as a real actor.
sunnchilde 1 year ago
My God this was a bullshit! Who wrote the script? So the ending of Dog Day Afternoon is happy end? So it's not real? For Christs sakes.... The reality is the key to that film, something you never see in present day Hollywood movies - with all their happy ends. Happy ends are unreal and good movies, real movies always have inevitable ending!
Though this scene is well shot, color correction is quite pleasant and Travolta's acting is splendid! Yet the script ruins it....
AikiNickAMV 1 year ago
Great scene! Classic. Yo wat cigar is he smoking??
arlpoon 1 year ago
i have always loved this intro, its so cool. He is using hollywood as an analogy to say "dont fuck with me, this isnt a film and it isnt gonna have a hollywood ending so dont try anything because i will fuck with these people" he says it so calm and so cool its more powerful than any ranting lunatic
atleast thats my take on it
Smitamas101 1 year ago 3
This is the most complicated part of the film harder than the matrix to film. I love john travolta in this movie one of my favs the realism of his character is amazing the movie itself has an all star cast halle berry is one of my fav actresses. Love this movie if u havent seen it its a must c!
TravoltaLover14 1 year ago
That was a good movie. Reminded me of Matrix in the style and colors...
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talyaeden 2 years ago
Irony at it's finest.
Michael Bay is one of the worst directors ever.
nayee9 2 years ago
How funny that Gabriel says 'the problem with hollywood is that they make shit", in a movie that comes from hollywood.
I think it's safe to say that 99% of movies made today is total crap, just shallow light weight junkfood for the brain without any meaning whatsoever.
However, swordfish was pretty good, i actually bought it on dvd.
tsprojects1 2 years ago
@tsprojects1 the x men movies? star trek incredible hulk alot of movies are good ironman four brothers.
mayhem9024 1 year ago
So wolverine, War machine, and Bolt walk into a coffe shop.....
Deadxman616 2 years ago 3
Hahaha loved your comment ;).
Emmalala123 2 years ago
cappuccino escapes, with the money, has sex with his girlfriend, no?
xfilesmanson 2 years ago
Faceoff and this movie is the best out of travolta as far as the role perception goes.
windowlicker752 2 years ago 4
Well bad guy can win...
0elwray 2 years ago
one of the top best movie quotes of alltime.
weapondrift 2 years ago 4
"...The cinematography, the acting, the screen play all top-notch....But...... *lights Cigar*.... they didn't push the envelope." = Pure Awesomeness
jmaer91 2 years ago 20
@jmaer91 agree
WarChiefs2012 2 weeks ago
Check out Mossad etc, this is a very realistic movie.
Sobanski87 2 years ago
Yeah, after all, anyone can 'break into the pentagon' that has 512 bit encryption by typing really quickly...
harlequin2262 2 years ago
@harlequin2262 i didnt mean from that point of view i was on about the deeper meaning of black ops, agencies using subversive tactics thats why i mentioned mossad, i didnt mention that the hacking was realistic
Sobanski87 2 years ago
This is one of my FAVORITE ALL-TIME movies. The realism on John Travolta character's opening dialogue is uncanny. It completely blows away the fantasy of good vs. bad. Or good vs. proposed evil. It brings reality to the forefront, by saying that an incompetent good guy can NEVER beat an intelligent and thought out villain. This is the absolute truth in life. No matter what parents may want to brain-wash their children into believing. Thats why this film is in my collection.
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Jam3zWall 2 years ago
Loved it to. Don't you know where to find it?
RichardKleiner 2 years ago
godfather part 1 of course...
jrojeezy 2 years ago 3
ive used this scene for 2 auditions
cenarules222 2 years ago 4
I completely disagree with you on this. The film is one of the most realistic stories ever i.m.h.o. Apart from the fact it is actually based on a true story (search google for the real swordfish) its best aspect is that is f*cks with the viewers sense of morality: the bad guy, the innocent killer, gets away. Sometimes in real life this is also the case.
kuanimal123 2 years ago 5
You know what is ironic about this scene? That every thing the character states he hates about Hollywood is exactly what this film is. Lacks realism, plot, prose and is shit. "Unbelievable, unremarkable shit."
Sidepocket2600 2 years ago
it's not too bad a movie. there's way worse out their...but I'll admit...this scene is probably the best thing that comes from this movie.
jmaer91 2 years ago
so true. BUT good scene tho.
V4lkz 2 years ago
I agree. From the intro, I actually thought it would be a good movie.
RichardKleiner 2 years ago
hte only part that lacks realism in a way is the hacking
SkyDiver17 2 years ago
Excellent speech....!
asbv1 2 years ago
does anyone know what cigar / cutter / lighter he's using?
arlpoon 2 years ago
I Love this part in 0:54, as if Travolta is setting the focus in the camera that is filming, cameramen knows what exactly Im talking about.....
zift3ala5er 2 years ago 3
good observation!
arlpoon 2 years ago
what are you talking about? all i see is the camera go out of focus for a second.
JupiterRoom 2 years ago
well, when he twists the cigar one way it goes out of focus, then he twists it back and the focus comes back. so it's like the cigar controls the focus.
arlpoon 2 years ago 2
John Travolta is awesome man... this guy is so good at what he does & this intro proves that perfectly!... I liked his role in this movie.... basically just a stylish dude who got it all, money, girls and he knows what to get however it has to be captured.... !
illmatik85 2 years ago 2
No! Fuckyou bannabread... this movie was KICK-ASS AWESOME!
pervertedphil 2 years ago 23
So Cool This Intro....Could be a tarentino.....Alas......!
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bananabread119 2 years ago
I wish Travolta wasn't in that ridiculous religion.
WereAllApes 2 years ago 3
in your world, IT IS REDICULOUS.
novoare 2 years ago
unless this speech was a commentary on the rest of the film (a negative foreshadowing, if you will), someone screwed up real bad. this is the only redeeming part, everything else is generic, unrealistic and just ridiculous.
TheOriginalMaverick 2 years ago
I agree the rest of the movie sort of fades into the background, this scene was what made me go, "Oh, this will be good."
AngelOmega777 2 years ago
can someone PLEASE post the whole movie
movi3srock 2 years ago
But he wasent the bad guy!
pervertedphil 2 years ago
From what I watched, he was. Though movies that play on TV over here are cut up pretty bad. If not him then who was the bad guy?
BudgieOwner07 2 years ago
what i mean is that he was doing it for america - not himself.
sounds like a good guy to me.
pervertedphil 2 years ago
oh that was john travolta? He got on my nerves so bad. >_> I don't really watch these kinds of movies but my cable is broken and all I could watch was local channels. was watching TBS and this movie came on and I got hooked. =_=;
He was getting annoying though, really.
animefreakk0425 2 years ago
i must admit.....this is one of my most fav 'speech' from hollywood movie after the 'vengeance' speech by samuel l jackson's in pulp fiction. great act by travolta.
beg3464 3 years ago 6
Amazing film, loved it.
RabidSpatulaPaul 3 years ago
Gabriel and Snake Plissken would make a great team
jamiespagnola 3 years ago 2
Amazing movie.
LoneWolf281 3 years ago
could i do this as a monologue for auditions?
shakaama 3 years ago
"He exists in a world beyond your world. What we only fantasize, he does. He lives a life where nothing is beyond him. But you know what? It's all a facade. For all his charm and charisma, his wealth, his expensive toys... he's a driven, unflinching, calculating machine. He takes what he wants, when he wants... and disappears."
katLent 3 years ago 22
Amazing scene. Brilliant movie.
Mojito133 3 years ago
nice film, but travolta's hair. c'mon hollywood, you can do better than that
zec988 3 years ago
Travolta's hair is like that because he is impersonating the Israeli terrorist (found in the wine cellar). At the end of the movie Travolta again changes face and acquires a new costume/hairstyle.
iamryan771 3 years ago
My favorite line: "Im not some grungy, wannabe film maker searching for exatensialism through a haze of bong smoke or something..."
Oblivion1775 3 years ago
it's your favorite scene? why, because you don't understand what existentialism is?
sannin3 3 years ago
best scene of the movie
BRILLIANT
aramiris 3 years ago
I agree. I've memorized the just of this scene. I like the part when he said,"Realism: Not a pervasive element in Today's modern american cinematic vision". Very Intelligent scene.
jasonkioke 3 years ago
He has a point you know, just look at 300, Shoot'em Up, and Windtalkers (Nic Cage killing six with one burst from his tommy-gun is a bit farfetched)
sharpe4295 3 years ago
I really like this intro, but it's kind of flawed. Dog Day Afternoon was based on a true story. The screenwriter should have used something else as an example.
KDogg017 3 years ago
I think what Gabriel Shear is trying to say is that if Pacino's character wanted to 'get away with it,' and possibly could, why couldn't he do it?
JinxHexhazard 3 years ago
You're right, but his first argument is that realism is non-existent in Hollywood cinema. Since John Wojtowicz (Sonny) didn't actually do that in real life, it means the movie was realistic in that sense.
This intro is very captivating, but it doesn't look like the writer (Skip Woods) knew much about their reference material.
KDogg017 3 years ago
True, I never really looked at it that way. So, what he's trying to say is that the closer Hollywood tries to get to realism, the farther away they get?
JinxHexhazard 3 years ago
Travolta is a great actor. I like his performance in this movie.
DNY21 3 years ago
Rich, cultivated and ressourceful ex-mossad agent, and philosopher!
Ichirin145 3 years ago
Awesome movie, Travolta rocx. For once the bad guy wins..
DjJokerr 3 years ago 5
^^ true ,but john doe also won in se7en
texasB666 3 years ago
3 minutes of pure fucking talent!!!!!
satchito 3 years ago 7
Is Travolta a smoker???
and if he's not, How come a non-smoker do smoking? U have to get used to it.
doesn't hurt him?
majidman7 3 years ago
Its a cigar... he wont inhale.
FaTaL305 3 years ago
who cares?
ABeans07 3 years ago
I always thought this was one of the best movie monologues/scenes ever.
dms813 3 years ago 3
Tarantino flashback anyone? Bloody copy-cat is what I say
diddeliduddi 3 years ago
This movie is a masterpiece. Not like the ones where the protagonist enters a room full of bad guys and shoots them all dead without sweating.
Good job on your character, John Travolta.
Ichirin145 3 years ago 7
OMG travolta was phenomenal in this role. Not a phenomenal movie tho...but he is a very convincing bad guy
tongeliyah 3 years ago 6
travolta is cool , look at his movements and face expressions when he checks the watch and when he said thanks for the coffee ( only cool guys do that )
quiqsand 3 years ago 2
My english is not very good.
Can anyone write the text to me?
I would like to do an text animation about this scene soon.
thanks
Marcossaura 3 years ago
hey, im sorry i only speak english but id like to see your video
GonzoFilmer 3 years ago
course.
The animation will be in english. I'm planing to do a text animation like the pulp fiction one.
do a search here in youtube about this, and you will know what I'm talking about.
Marcossaura 3 years ago
I love this scene =)
MohamedAlaa12 3 years ago
one of the best movie openings.... EVER!
neoldd1 4 years ago 8
Thanks for the coffee
abachachacha 4 years ago
iv worshiped travolta since a was bout 3/4 year old n am 18 now and nuthings changed face off av seen litraly over 100 times fuking amazing i no every word also like this film i no every word the film script acting the lot all top noch lol this time holly wood didnt make shit lol they made a classic
CaPTIndJrYRy 4 years ago
travolta was great in face off
yGandalfy 4 years ago 2
men travolta is the ultimate bad guy take for example sean archer (castor troy) in face off
cats46meo9w 4 years ago
probably my favorite speech of all movies
m3trx 4 years ago 3
Fuck. This is the best Travolta ever - this intro. Nothing like it - just the delivery. The charisma, the acting, the ruthlessness of this part of the script. Fuckin' magic. Classic. Goddamned classic.
askvargen 4 years ago 5
like the intro!...You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit...
katLent 4 years ago 4
i like it...cool
blackink78 4 years ago 2
one of the most real e great monologues i've ever seen/heard!
vladtepes14 4 years ago 3
best intro ever, excellent script.
DariusFamily 4 years ago 6
the part where it shows him leaving with all the police survillence on him is better, do u have it?
metaltronic 4 years ago
nope
GonzoFilmer 4 years ago
Cool Shit Dude
PHUCKCCDP 4 years ago