Scout Tafoya's video essay series celebrates Frank Perry's Play It as It Lays, as adapted from the book by the late Joan Didion.
Roger Ebert's essay on film in the 1978 edition of the Britannica publication, "The Great Ideas Today."
"I am your host! Und sagen..."
Here they are, eleven of the most famous opening shots in movie history, plus a bonus that I threw in just because I like it. Prepare to smack your head and say, "D'oh! I knew that!" But don't give up -- keep sending in your nominations for great opening shots, along with your explanations for why they set up the movie so well, to: jim AT scannersblog dot com.
Congrats to Daniel Dietzel, who got all ten right, but did not hazard a guess about the two bonus shots -- and to Jeremy Matthews, who got nine out of the top 10, but also correctly identified both the bonus/tiebreakers!
And come back Sunday for the answers to the original Opening Shots Pop Quiz.
Now, the answers to the Opening Shots Quiz 2: 10 Easy Pieces (+2):
Our film critic, Roger Ebert, steps out into the light, blinks his eyes and shares some of the good memories.
Great Movies
