AMERICAN BEAUTY ~ Plastic Bag Scene [HD]

"Do you want to see the most beautiful thing I ever filmed? It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing. And there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it, right? And this bag was just... dancing with me ... like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid. Ever. Video is a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember ... I need to remember...

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world ... I feel like I can't take it... and my heart is just going to cave in."

~Dialog and sound track from the movie "American Beauty." The soundtrack album was produced by Chris Douridas, Sam Mendes, and Michael Ostin, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in the year 2000, the first year to offer this award.

The soundtrack features two excerpts from the film's score, composed by Thomas Newman, which won several awards. Elliott Smith's cover of The Beatles song "Because" was the end credit for the film. The track "Dead Already" was later featured in the 2005 film Madagascar. Newman's 'Any Other Name' and 'Dead Already' were sampled by Jakatta for their house track "American Dream" in 2000. [source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American...]

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[ShiftingReality]

That awkward moment when the guy you thought was a creepy fucked-up stalker freak turns out to be this beautiful person who knows more about the meaning of life than you ever took the time to realize. (originally posted by gocody8080).

[VampFreakB4Twilight]

When you really put your heart into this and LISTEN you actually start to tear up! because you actually feel what he is trying to say. BEAUTIFUL SCENE! :,)

[John Smith]

Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag...... KATYPERRYGEHH D:

[lance cunningham]

That bag can really act. You really do believe it is a bag.

[pib712thesecond]

It's not even a particularly nice bag.

[george bui]

I remember watching this moving with some friends in the movie theater. After this scene, one of my friend's friend said "uhh... this guy is a weirdo!" For me, this scene represented someone that can see beauty and life in a different way. How beauty is not how pretty or good looking someone is. I can respect this character's insight on life and beauty...

[Merri Truchouette]

is that juste me or this scene is all about being high?

[citizenph1L]

Thomas Newman did compose those songs aswell ;)

[SupaFlyTNTRocknRolla]

Caught up in our daily lives, living inside our heads thinking about this and that; distracts us from the one thing we truly own, our experiences. Every day I wake up amazed that I'm still alive, even if its a shit day, its an experience you can never get back. To appreciate your life is a choice you make. Whether you are stuck in traffic or taking a shit enjoy it because you only get this life once.

[Noah Morgan]

The score in this sounds a lot like the score in The Shawshank Redemption.