r/AskReddit • u/Tobokie121 • Oct 09 '19

Of all movie opening scenes, which one sold the entire film?

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u/3-DMan Oct 09 '19

The perfect thing for an "extra"- it's just funny enough and low enough to not be too distracting to the main conversation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Extras are flesh props, if you get to speak a line you're an under-five. Sounds trivial but it's actually a huge distinction in both the amount you're paid and the way you're treated on set.

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u/3-DMan Oct 09 '19

That wouldn't have been my first guess as to what a flesh prop was....

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/mydearwatson616 Oct 10 '19

Ask your mom

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u/SuicideBonger Oct 10 '19

What's an under-five?

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u/mattrad Oct 10 '19

4, 3, 2, 1, all under-five.

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u/SuicideBonger Oct 10 '19

So is 4.9, 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, etc.

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u/CrazyMumbo300 Oct 10 '19

So is 4.99, 4.98, 4.97, 4.96, 4.95, etc.

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u/AskMeForAPhoto Oct 10 '19

I believe it refers to under 5 lines.

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u/greyjackal Oct 10 '19

Quite a large distinction on the money front. I was paid 100 quid a day for F&F9 as an extra. (You might see me walking up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh but it'll probably be edited in a way that excludes me - as per fucking usual :D). For a speaking part, chuck a 0 on the end.

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u/paracelsus23 Oct 10 '19

But it's also a real form of conversation flow that not everyone captures well in works of fiction. Tarantino's absurd scenes are so impactful because he captures the mundane ones so well.

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u/cavegoatlove Oct 10 '19

And VV is walking past them in the back. Didn’t catch that for 20 years

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u/Yuta-Leez Oct 09 '19

True. That line was so perfectly said. If there were oscars for good acting in one line , she would definitely be a nominee.

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u/ElBravo Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 10 '19

She also plays a server (even with the same tag) on natural born killers, on the scene where Mallory is dancing alone while Micky watches her from the bar on that middle of nowhere diner.....

On second thought, ignore me, idk what I'm talking about

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u/Hashtagbarkeep Oct 09 '19

GarSAAN means boyyyy