10 Moments That Literally Stopped Movies

When movies grind to an absolute halt.
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[@keeloraz9452]

You missed space balls, the scene where they watch their own movie to find out what’s gonna happen next lol

[@WallNutBreaker524]

how does a comment get highlited? what does that even mean?

[@gameaddict2744]

Fully expected to see this too. Spaceballs was full of 4th wall breaks, but the fast forward scene was classic!

[@wingnut7266]

That was the best

[@LeDameMarciana]

and in that case Men In Tights, when they pulled out the script coz they couldn't figure out how Robin would've lost an archery contest.

[@keeloraz9452]

@@LeDameMarciana oooh yeah

[@iainjames03]

Honourable mention to Monty Python And The Holy Grail - Dingo breaking the fourth wall to discuss the merits of her scene, the narrator getting sidetracked talking about swallows when introducing Scene 24, the fake 'intermission' in the middle of Arthur and Bedivere crossing the Bridge of Death and the final battle scene stopped by the police turning up and knocking the camera. Even the opening credits stop multiple times when the subtitles - and later credits themselves - are overrun by references to the Swedish moose. The Meaning Of Life also grinds to a halt in the middle of the film to point out that it's The Middle Of The Film - complete with a game of Find The Fish.

[@mook_butt8037]

A fish, a fish, a fish, a fishy, oooooh

[@BossReo]

Get on with it!

[@markreynolds1436]

Get on with it!

[@iainjames03]

@@BossReo @Mark Reynolds "Oh anyway - on to scene 24 which is a smashing scene with some lovely acting in which there aren't any swallows although I think you can hear a starli- *_whurgh!_*

[@gamleskalle1]

Why is the tiger in Africa?

[@dbijenhof]

When I watched Mars Attacks in cinema, about halfway through the movie stopped, and everything went dark, just as the aliens were wreaking havoc all over the planet. For a minute, everyone thought this break was hillariously part of the movie. But when nothing continued to happen, someone noticed that the lights had gone out all over the city. Definately added to the experience of Mars Atacks! Best movie break ever.

[@wallacelang1374]

To think that "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" actually has two different cutaways depending on whether one is watching VHS video tapes (John Wayne) or DVD video discs (Hulk Hogan) is truly unique.

[@loudambiance]

Now they need new ones for DVD/Blu-ray, and Streaming :D

[@dianeneedham6703]

Thxs for clearing that up, because I truly didn't remember that scene with Hulk Hogan because I never owned a DVD player, pathetic I know, I still don't BTW. The John Wayne reference is barely, vaguely familiar, it sad that old brains just don't work like they used to.

[@Lewcifer586]

My copy of the VHS has hogan....didn't know anything about Wayne at all.

[@alanmtbuk]

Cinema/home releases hulk hogan's was set in a cinema/theatre

[@AtmxDawg24]

I didn’t know about the John Wayne cut a way, just saw Hulk Hogan. In the Movie Theater and on VHS. Also the Tv Version too.🧐

[@cactusjack7614]

No Emperor's New Groove? When the story focuses too much on Pacha and Kuzco literally stops the film and draws all over it with a red marker

[@lynnevetter]

Love that part! 🤣🤣

[@traviscansler223]

Literally.

[@bradmclean4988]

That doesn't apply quite as much since the first part of the movie is his story anyway

[@kipblass2131]

You forgot Clue. "It could have happened that way, but how about this?" and "here's what actually happened."

[@shawnnoyes2776]

They may have chosen to leave it out, because originally in the theatre you only saw 1 of those endings, not all of them. -Shawn

[@richardrowdyrichlanford2063]

Tank Girl! At the theater when she was knocked out, it was about 5 minutes of black. People were hollering "reel change" before the comic balloon came up that said "this is me knocked out".

[@philipwhitcomb5358]

Reading this, it sounds funny as hell.

[@richardrowdyrichlanford2063]

@@philipwhitcomb5358 it was. One of those "you had to be there" moments.

[@Serftie]

In 'the big short' they stop it several times to explain several things about stocks and housing market in very simple language for everyone to understand, some of the best stops in movie I've seen

[@retrocausality6159]

The Big Short is a great movie, however it is also a documentary of sorts. It looked as though govt & Wall Street were just incompetent until the end when we learn the incompetency is intentional to fleece the tax payers. The same game is going on now, but few can let go of their cognitive dissonance to see.

[@zapkvr]

@@retrocausality6159 I think you're right.

[@Sernik86]

I think that in one Asterix move there was intermission not to show "violent fight"

[@goodlooksmcgee2059]

yeah ill be honest theres no way i would've understood that film without that

[@Mripoststupidstuff]

The scene is Ghost in the Shell is one of the best things in any movie ever... That music, those images... It's far from an intermission, it's one of the most important parts of the film, and also where she sees someone who looks identical to herself and begins to question her nature. Wonderful film.

[@damc8415]

"Gremlins II" breaking the fourth wall with projection-room chaos and threats from pro wrestler Hulk Hogan was amazing -- my favorite part of the film.

[@PoeticProse7]

Almost every single Mel Brooks film also did this; The Emperor's New Groove, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Tank Girl has an insane comic-book animated sequence that does nothing except reference the source material a little and show them riding their respective vehicles.

[@kateapple1]

Don’t forget to showcase the song it wasn’t allowed to be on the soundtrack 🤓

[@mirandastewart3544]

That’s interesting.

[@davidsergeant4488]

Men in tights: "wait a minute I'm not supposed to lose, let me check the script!"

[@OldGeezer55]

"Tank Girl"! An underappreciated fun film that was way better than it had to be. As stated, some of the source material put into the movie and it works just great!

[@SAMTYLER1974]

The Gremlins 2 sequence was actually taken even further in the novelisation of the movie (remember them?) Yeah, long before Tarantino’s recent literary take on Once Upon A Time In Hollywood bookshelves were frequently packed with novelisations of the latest blockbusters. Not only did they offer a fascinating look at the films and, because the authors wrote them based on original shooting scripts, frequently feature sequences that were absent from the final cut but, in the case of Gremlins 2, added a third ‘novel’ take on the intermission sequence that saw the Gremlins take the author hostage in his bathroom whereby Brains, the ‘civilised’ Gremlin from the film, took control of the next passage until the author successfully broke free and once again took over for the following chapter.

[@jkcarroll]

I remember in the novelization of "The Last Starfighter", there is a scene that would have added maybe 20 seconds to the film but would have made it much more enjoyable. In the movie, Centauri shows up in a fancy sports car, tells Alex that he (Centauri) is the game's designer and invites Alex to get in the car, which Alex does with no further objection. It's like Centauri said, "Get in the car, kid. I have candy!" and Alex just gets in. In the novelization, after Centauri invites Alex into the car, Alex asks him about the screen layout in one of the higher levels of the game, and Centauri immediately gives the correct answer -- something only the game designer could have done. Only after checking this guy's story does Alex get in, showing that he's not just some dumb hick from a trailer park. Having those two lines in the final cut would have made me much more sympathetic to Alex's character.

[@recht_voor_zijn_raap5506]

What about Fight Club? The narrator literally stops the movie dozens of times... including THAT scene when Tyler Durden literally does to the movie what he told he does on his dayjob as a cinema operator?: Including a (ahum) male organ in one of the frames?

[@paulbabcock2428]

I used to work as a projectionist in collage and I was accused of doing just that once or twice. When in reality t only thing going on was that t print I was running was overly used, crappie, and having lots of t sprocket holes wallowed out and frayed.

[@jerempyboy9040]

It's a, it's a...rocket ship!

[@derekblack2000]

How could you not mention spaceballs or blazing saddles

[@sopcannon]

NOW. You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now

[@raychat2816]

-what's this ?? -it's called instant streaming sir, the movie is predicted by AI, rendered and streamed before the movie is finished !!! just imagine the writer/director changing his mind throwing the AI off and they end up following a deleted scene

[@brucethen]

I came here just to say spaceballs but you beat me to it

[@geeareuu]

The exact two missing movies I was here to point out

[@lynnevetter]

Yes, they should also mention Robin Hood Men in Tights... "it worked in Blazing Saddles!" 🤣

[@johnharris6655]

What about the Simpson's movie, where Home is left floating on a hear shaped ice flow that breaks and the screen goes dark and says "To Be Continued..." and then it says "Now" and the movie starts up again.

[@thefifthGV]

I actually said out loud 'What?!' in the cinema when that happened and made two people laugh 🤣

[@Elleisfrustrated_2]

I'm sure someone has already written this but that "nearly 3-minute intermission that does nothing" in GTS is actually REALLY important to the Major's character. It's supposed to be a reflection, no pun intended, on her identity within her world. There are some actually great essays/video essays about this film's ideas and feature that section as a crucial aspect of the movie.

[@marc.lepage]

Here here.

[@RunDub]

She even sees another person with the same body as hers, causing her to wonder about her existence as an individual.

[@Thisisreallystupid]

I actually got upset that this video got that so wrong… almost everything shown in that 3 minutes had importance and weight. Even the basset hound had a level of importance beyond it being the director’s “trademark”.

[@MrPainAndSorrow]

Surprised Wayne's world wasn't on this list lol

[@iainjames03]

It had loads of fourth wall breaks but I wouldn't say any of them made the movie stop - they were more like the parts in Ferris Bueller or High Fidelity where the character explains things to the audience. The movie isn't actually paused like in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

[@somethingclever4563]

@@iainjames03 good point

[@MrPainAndSorrow]

They stopped the movie at the end to choose a preferred ending lol bad ending good ending and of course, Scooby-Doo ending lol

[@somethingclever4563]

@@MrPainAndSorrow Damn. You're right. I was wrong to disagree lol

[@augustoortiz1254]

Probably too predictable

[@Dimitar_Tsanev]

That sequence in Ghost in the Shell is super important for understanding the character and themes of the whole movie what do you mean?...

[@adambill8706]

Shut up you fucking weeb

[@punishersnake4888]

yep i agree with you... people dont understand anime anymore... this channel has become lazy over time...

[@scottylewis8124]

@@punishersnake4888 piss off

[@hokutology1718]

@@adambill8706 Undersranding and appreciating a great film does not make you a "fucking weeb".

[@marc.lepage]

Exactly.

[@davidrust3169]

Oh, and you can't forget the genius that is "Run, Lola, Run", can you?

[@davidrust3169]

@@consolewench6639 - You have excellent taste!

[@horatioyen256]

yes

[@babaarcuszatir]

Jean-Claude Van Damme’s monologue in JCVD, breaking the fourth wall was epic.

[@TheManInTheLongBlackCoat]

How did you forget Blazing Saddles stopping the film by bursting through it? 🐎

[@MurderMostFowl]

We used to say “cool beans” in elementary school in the 80’s

[@rhynelinker7922]

We said that when I was growing up in the early 90's lol.

[@dvldrvr420]

Can confirm.

[@junglecity]

I heard it from creed bratton

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

Yup

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

90s

[@stephenhergest3653]

In the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine", they demonstrate how long a minute is, by running animated numbers 1 through 60 each second for the full minute.

[@HeronCoyote1234]

Return of the Killer Tomatoes (don’t bother with Attack of the KTs) was another example of the stars (including a young George Clooney) stopping the film as it’s run out of money, so there are numerous moments of product placement to raise cash.

[@stephencrabtree4256]

Very shocked to not see Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, or Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Also could have thrown in the either The Muppet Movie or Muppet Christmas Carol

[@abebuckingham8198]

Mel Brooks only makes terrible movies. They don't deserve to be on this list.

[@Ro7ard]

"For now we look through a glass, darkly" That scene from GitS had meaning, for me at least. It's beautiful visually, but it's also potentially sad if you view it through the Majors eyes. I always took it as a visual metaphor for how she was feeling after the conversation with Batou. We get an overview of humanity and the scene ends on a mannequin... That's no coincidence.

[@d3sign3rmom]

Interesting. That quote is also part of a scripture in the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:12

[@iratewolfe8491]

There's also a lingering shot of another prosthetic body that looks exactly like the major, further fueling her doubts about her own identity/individuality. This whole sequence is fantastic, and I think integral to the film in the way it puts you in her headspace

[@marc.lepage]

Yeah I thought the importance of that scene, aside from being a tone poem, was how it illustrated that the Major was not unique, at least her body was not, as she saw other versions of herself.

[@BoogieManSince1977]

yeah, there was much more meaning to that whole scene.... this guy has completely missed the point if he thinks it was basically "filler" ... smh

[@marc.lepage]

@@BoogieManSince1977 Or, it's a provocative statement to foster comments about it.

[@chadbrown3502]

The Ghost in the Shell "intermission" scene is not a throw away scene. This moment, of Major Kusanagi traversing the city, does several things. 1) It gives the viewer a look into the surrounding world, one that isn't high-tech and still filled with "people" - reminding the viewer, for the most part - the world is still as we know it. 2) It shows the popularity of Major Kusanagi's cyborg model - helping further the narrative of questioning what it means to be an individual 3) It shows the Motoko Kusanagi as someone other than the Major, if only for a few minutes. She is not a machine that does a job for the government - especially after the dive scene and the doubts/curiosity that raised in Kusanagi.

[@andreisteopan3551]

My first interaction with this technique was in Emperor's new Groove...you should really do an "another 10 moments that stoped movies " as I've seen more title here in the comments

[@hwheelez24]

Also Hobo With a Shotgun was eventually turned into a full length film

[@amberjohnson4820]

This was a terrific list! Well-researched and wonderful variety in its content! I really appreciate all you guys at What Culture not just doing top ten lists with all modern films. Thank you. And have an amazing day, Jules! You are awesome!

[@zikikki1]

"Man on the Moon" had a good one where Jim Carrey/Andy Kaufman started rolling the credits super early in the movie. I got in trouble for adding lighting cues when it was in theaters.

[@davidlawrence8711]

That’s awesome. I’d have totally appreciated it, but I can guess a lot of folks would right it off as “ duh some dumb kid fell for it and turned the lights on”.

[@titusmccarthy]

"Vice" the movie about Cheney did it too.

[@daegiovanni5864]

that bit from Ghost in the Shell is some real shit... more evocative than a great many live-action movies I've seen.

[@dranet47]

You need to do "10 more" and "another 10 more" because there are so many good ones! How about all the On the Road movies with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?

[@Serioussmile51]

Fight Club, where both characters talk to the audience as the film melts.

[@toomastsamoot6549]

The moment when the cameraman during a zoom-in breaks a glass window on the set in "High Anxiety".

[@stephencrabtree4256]

They did that in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, too. And also had a cameraman’s donut get stabbed during the climactic sword fight. Both Mel Brooks films, along with the aforementioned in the comments, deserve a mention.

[@Erlisch1337]

that sounds more like 4th wall breaks and not a moment that stopped the movie

[@toomastsamoot6549]

@@Erlisch1337 youtube: High Anxiety- Window Scene it certainly stopped the conversation at the table :P

[@viddork]

Technically, it's a dolly, not a zoom. The camera doesn't move when zooming, and therefore wouldn't break the glass.

[@AngelicusImmortus]

Personally… Space Balls, where the villain goes to a shelf for a copy of the VHS tape of the film to find out what happens next. You watch them fast forward through previous scenes, until they get to the part of the movie they are at. Where they are watching themselves watching the video. It’s accompanied by brilliant dialogue of “when did that happen?” Rolling back and forth until one character says “When will then be now?” Only to be told “soon” It is a brilliant moment that my description doesn’t do justice to, so go check it out.

[@MurderMostFowl]

The GiTS scene is not an intermission at all… it’s Kusanagi experiencing the vastness and meaning of society and pondering her place in it. What it means to be human, etc.

[@SundayReplayjp]

THANK YOU!! Was looking for someone else to see that. Major's whole sense of disconnect from the physical world around her is amplified in this sequence. She's already waist deep in an existential crisis of the self, imagine now seeing your shell as a diner in restaurant windows you've never eaten in and being used as fashion mannequins that stare back at you. This sequence is most definitely character development.

[@kuges8146]

Not to mention there are glimpses of others of her "Body" ... which plays back to here wondering if she is real or not.

[@brsurvivor1]

What about Kung Pow: Enter the Fist where they have an intermission half way through the film?

[@MurderMostFowl]

Whaaat no Spaceballs 4th wall movie in the movie scene?!? The most clever “we’re in a movie” bit of all time??? Pshaw! 😉

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

I vote for all the Muppet movies, they broke the 4th wall in every movie.

[@amberjohnson4820]

Definitely!! I really love all the muppet movies, too! (Especially the original, 1976 film. Classic)

[@sugarbaby1974]

"Upstage, lads! This is my only number..." My favourite, most-quoted line from all of them, LOL!

[@malkavianfreak]

The Gremlins breaking the movie was (probably still is) one of my fonded childhood movie expeirences. The sheer insanity of it all and having Grandpa Munster just fills me with after-midnight joy ♥

[@malcontent7]

Not one mention of a Mel Brooks film? Blazing Saddles’s fight scene breaking into other sets? Space Balls characters looking at the footage to catch up? Men in Tights breaking out the script to give Robin a second shot? None of these were worthy? Also the Wayne’s World ending?

[@davidlawrence8711]

A lot of those didn’t so much stop the movie in its tracks, just break the 4th wall. Wayne’s World doing multiple endings though I think should count.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

I think a whodunnit break is entirely appropriate for an Agatha Christie movie

[@donwhiteley3293]

The 1974 movie "The Beast Must Die", which is an adaptation of "10 Little Indians" only with a werewolf, does the same thing.

[@erick001bc]

No Ferris Buellers day off? Emperor's new groove? Deadpool?

[@Captain-Cosmo]

Holy Grail and Blazing Saddles, of course. But don't forget The Tingler!

[@turbokatzenburg5732]

Not reall a show stopper, but as a projectionist a heart-stopper. In the musical "Xanadu", when the cast goes to the clothing store to get Gene Kelly's character some "glitz", at one point Kelly stomps his foot and the film frame rolls up into the next shot. When I ran my test screening before opening night, I was in the theatre watching it and when that happened, I got up to run back to the booth in a panic. As I turned back to check the screen at the door, it dawned on me that it was a part of the shot, not the film jumping to break in the projector. I left a note for my other projectionists so they wouldn't get surprised.

[@outlet6989]

While watching a film at a local drive-in, the film committed suicide. The people went crazy. One man took an ax from the bed of his pickup a hurled it at the screen. Another one began using his truck's wench to pull the speakers up. All I could say was that the movie was getting better. I told my young children, "This is what happens when movie critics don't like a movie."

[@singleasasin]

Amazing clip :-) Watched it from start to end, with adds and all 😂

[@larrygallagher6359]

That segment in GITS is possibly my favorite part of the film. You get a wider perspective on the city, see what's happening in the normal course of events. I especially like when she sees herself at a table through a window and realize she's not the only one who has that prosthetic. Has kind of a creepy feeling to it.

[@ronstreet6706]

There was a werewolf movie in the 70's called " The Beast Must Die", which also had a guess the werewolf segment before the reveal!

[@mrworld2112]

I was gonna say that.

[@Rotionu]

1970 had quite a bunch of film stops. Especially in comedies. Mel Brooks was mentioned several times but Marty Feldman also did it in his "The Last Remake of Beau Geste" by interrupting a fight scene with the used camel's sale commercial.

[@bunter6]

brilliant film, i was disappointed when a new film was released with the name but was not a remake of this classic.

[@ronstreet6706]

@@bunter6 it was a brilliant film, with some great actors, but the "werewolf" was actually a German Shepherd!

[@dracoargentum9783]

The scene from Ghost and the Shell also shows many different shells identical to Major Kosignogi [obviously SIC] to drive home the fact that she no longer feels individualistic.

[@shohmyoh]

I remember renting gremlins 2. And when they screwed up the tape my dad had a moment of sheer panic thinking the tape (and our VCR) was now ruined. Just as he get to the VCR to adjust the tracking or eject the tape the gremlins appeared making shadow puppets and laughing. My Dad started to laugh and said he had a slight feeling it was going to be part of the movie but still had a major fear moment.

[@mikedean739]

I did the exact same thing when I first rented the movie.

[@artpereira]

I actually remember seeing Gremlins 2 in the theatre and when that part happened, everyone looked back and up to the projectionist to see what was going on and the Hulk Hogan part played and there was loads of laughter and cheering! Was a lot of fun

[@TheShawnThomas]

Same! Was totally looking back to see what happened!

[@MaverickTangent]

Its not escapism when every modern movie is full of politics pointed straight at the audience.

[@zayedmohammedali2945]

Jules, your closing remark never gets old, never gets boring, and never gets repetitive. Thank you for letting people know you care.

[@Mandrake42]

I still remember the song from that Butch and Sundance scene too, it was Raindrops Keep Falling on my head. It was so out of place it just felt strange. I mean the film was released before I was born so I saw it as a child and I remember looking at my dad confused and asking what was going on and him just said "Yep, this is a strange bit". It didn't help much, but all these years later and rewatching it, its about the best I can come up with too.

[@Vincent_A]

Where is Monty Python's: Quest for the Holy Grail? "And now for something completely different"

[@akaiseigo5664]

Life of Brian, too. The list is utterly fake.

[@JohnHanmer]

Jules you’re a legend! I mean it buddy, ur movie talks always cheer me up and I love ur positive messages!!

[@Flipomat1]

I missed "The Big Lebowski" and "Boondock Saints 2" on this list :)

[@jameshardison5618]

“Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid” was filmed at the same time as “Hello Dolly” and the New York set was built for Dolly. Director Hill used the set to film a New York sequence for BC/SK but was then told he couldn’t reveal it before HD was released. Any film on the NY set had to be scrapped. So they went back and took still photos of Butch, The Kid, and Etta on the NY set and pasted these images into real period photos of New York.

[@markeidemiller346]

The List of Adrian Messenger had a post ending where the celebrities removed their makeup and revealed themselves. I LOVED THAT!!!

[@mrpogo72]

The fake trailers and missing reels is one of the best things about Grindhouse. If you never got to see this in a theater tho WHAT A SHAME. it’s one of my all time favorite movie experiences. MACHETEs trailer is so fucking great and infinitely quotable.

[@bryanvandyke0]

The missing reel for Death Proof was brilliant. Adding it back definitely was a mistake.

[@MrHappydonutz]

Your 'lil positive "build you up" talks at the end of these vids are really kind and super awesome Jules, love that your doing that 👍

[@2007MXV]

Spaceballs...how did you leave that one out?

[@abebuckingham8198]

Probably because Mel Brooks makes terrible movies that aren't worth watching.

[@2007MXV]

@@abebuckingham8198 you have no taste! ;-)

[@thewatchmanstudios6257]

Nice to see you back a bit more on WhatCulture ..I just miss you ..”And thats my one per list.”

[@Paul_Simon]

I was here to make sure Gremlins 2 was covered, and you didn’t disappoint!

[@LeviBulger]

I was here to make sure you thumbed up your own comment immediately after posting it, and you didn't disappoint!

[@Paul_Simon]

@@LeviBulger I came back to make sure I actually hadn't *and* got confused ... we should both be satisfied now XD

[@dayontapout]

Jules you always turn my day around with your message at the end. Thanks.

[@benjaminhoese7665]

The Sum of Us is one of the best ones I've seen. The scene where Jack Thompson is in a coma and his son (played by Russell Crowe) is talking to him. Then it pauses for a second and the complete comatose Thompson sits up, narrates for a bit, then goes back into his comatose state. It was so well done that it's almost like seeing a mannequin come to life briefly.

[@brysondew458]

I gotta say thanks to Jules for his inspiring words at the end of each video. I remember a couple months back I was depressed watching KZbin and after your video you said things will get better and keep smashing life because we all deserve happiness. That made me feel great. Like the universe was telling me to be happy 😊

[@katuwasa]

I was looking forward to seeing the commercial breaks in the original Robocop movie make this list. Maybe on the next one 👍🏼

[@Talgok]

agreed...why is Spaceballs "when does this happen in the movie" scene not on this list?

[@marcl4000]

For the second film of your selection, «Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid», if you accept the song «Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head» you can easily accept the sepia montage! :-) More seriously I had no problem with the montage scene when I saw it. According to IMDB web site there is an explanation: This movie was filmed roughly the same time as Hello, Dolly! (1969), on the soundstage next door. Director George Roy Hill believed that the studio would allow him to film the New York City scenes on "Dolly's" sets, since the two films' daily shooting schedules were totally different. After production started, though, the studio informed him that it wanted to keep the sets for "Dolly" a secret, and so refused him permission. To work around this, Hill had Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Katharine Ross simply pose on the sets and took photos of them. He then inserted images of the three stars into a series of three hundred actual period photos and spliced the two different sets (real and posed) together to form the New York City montage.

[@brianartillery]

I love Hulk Hogan's fourth wall breaking apology for his behaviour to other viewers of 'Gremlins 2'. It's the icing on the cake for this funny intermission.

[@eugene4296]

You're a massive legend too Jules!! Love your positive vibes!

[@chillgentleman]

Huge thumbs up for including Gremlins 2. No clue they changed the scene for the VHS release. When watching it on TV (Sci-Fi, TNT, etc. in the US) the theatre scene is included not the VHS version.

[@garf2k4]

The 70's Hammer(?) horror movie " The Beast Must Die " includes a ' werewolf break ' just before the identity of the eponymous beast is revealed that invites the viewers to guess who they think it is AND an notice right at the beginning of the film that announces when the break is going to be.

[@richardjones4466]

It's Amicus. Great film.

[@OliverHelfrich]

Brilliantly put together ... thanks.

[@JustinStarrPhotography]

One of my favorites is The Big Short, a movie which is based on a true story. There a couple of Fourth Wall Breaks in the film but one of my favorites occurs in a major bank lobby and the characters turn to the camera and tell the viewers the scene didn’t actually play out exactly like this but it works better for the purposes of the movie.

[@darkangel_1978]

I absolutely love Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. That was hilarious. And I actually sat through Grindhouse in the theater. Even loved the mock movie trailers. I also loved the break in Gremlins 2, which still makes my husband and I laugh.

[@LordAlisdare]

My favorite is the script check scene in Space Balls as well as the dueling scene where they hit the camera man.

[@FixFilmsLtd]

Excellent list - great to see Bergman and Haneke on there. You could have made a whole top ten of scenes from Jean Luc Godard's work too.

[@lieutenantdiamond5601]

You forgot the part in Spaceballs where they watch Spaceballs. That gag was hilarious.

[@RunDub]

Surprised you didn't include Spaceballs for the "when will then be now?" scene.

[@buzztp5119]

Porky's every time I get to the shower scene somehow the movie pauses and rewinds and pauses and rewinds .......

[@AuthorGuy1]

Wayne's World's famous scooby-doo ending should be here, and Birds of Prey has quite a lot of the 'I forgot to mention' scenes, some of which work. One of the great failures of the old version of Pete's Dragon is how they put Helen Reddy's song "Candle on the Water' right in the middle, completely stopping the film to no narrative purpose. I saw a TV version of the movie which improved it greatly by making that song play over the opening credits, rather than the standard Disney overture.

[@ManticoreSigma]

For a german audience, there would be the notable "Neues vom Wixxer" (News from the Wankker), where, in the middle of the movie, they start their own mock commercial break. In a theatrical release. I was in stitches when I saw it.

[@focused2winmedia324]

U forgot that end chase scene in Blazing Saddles

[@jkcarroll]

The very first time I experienced this was in the movie, was in the 1968 comedy "Yours, Mine, and Ours", still one of the best comedies in my opinion. Just after the friend has arranged a meeting between Lucille Ball's character and Henry Fonda's character, the film stops while he addresses the audience justifying his "little white lie."

[@just_a_dude354]

i must say , the most surprising ?? maybe to me, but most comfortable moment of this video, was the end when you yourself spoke to us the audience !!! it was very comfortable and Thank You !!! you are cool !!!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Jules. I always appreciate your kind words at the end of videos you narrate. Cheers.

[@wizengy]

Gremlins2; I was visiting a friend in the project booth of a multi-cinema and watching the movies through the little windows while standing near the projectors. After about a minute of watching Gremlins 2 this scene come up and I immediate thought "Oh No, What have I screwed up!". I quickly looked over at the rotating film platters and saw that the film was still rolling so everything was OK I guess. I was very relieved when the movie resumed normally but the initial scare really got my adrenaline going.

[@marasmusine]

Okay, got it. I've learned something about Ghost in the Shell. So if a scene does nothing to "advance the plot or character" then this is the "best time of the movie to go and take a piss". Absolutely incredible insight into film-craft there, Jules, thanks a lot. A scene "literally stops the movie" if it is establishing mood, or location as character, or allowing the film to breathe a sigh, or acting as an extension of the character's psyche.

[@Vasper79]

Jules, Thank you for getting me through lockdown. Your inspiring messages at the end of each video helped me a lot for the past 18months! I hope you know you're loved and appreciated as well!!

[@hawksoob]

A better Bergman example would be "The Passion of Anna."The film occasionally breaks from the narrative and cuts to documentary-style interviews with the main actors, as themselves, each discussing their character's mental state over the course of the film.

[@Jcs1aughter]

Lion King 1.5 when I believe it's Pumba sits on the remote and changes it to infomercials.

[@Trikeboy2]

The "Intermission" during Monty Python and the Holy Grail while Arthur is on the bridge.

[@jackdorseysdisappointedfather]

I just wanna say: That little affirmation at the end was very nice.😁👍

[@Tari004]

Thank you Jules! I feel confident when I say how much we all appreciate you & hope you are following your best advice with self care & positivity! Great job!!!

[@matthewmckever2312]

Very good mate , real academic, concise and professional I would however include Blazing Saddles where the final shootout is so chaotic that they burst through into the next stage. Also the end of Bugsy Malone, " so this is show business " Anyhoo, like your style brother, take it easy.

[@realbadger]

While unaware of Fatty Arbuckle's fourth wall break, in Buster Keaton's film _One Week_ (possibly his best short film), his wife is shown taking a bath, and she drops the soap outside the bathtub. As she begins to lean forward to retrieve it, she looks up and notices we the audience. From nowhere a hand comes into the frame, covering the lens for a few moments, and as it pulls back and away, the smiling wife is safely back in the tub to scrubbing herself with the soap, also clearly relieved she did not have to expose herself. Also, my favourite Missing Reel in _Grindhouse_ was jarringly cutting from a "love scene" to the zombies outside converging on the building; the sudden juxtaposition literally had me laughing out loud in the theater...