Sam Raimi's Best Scene (Is In a Movie He Didn't Direct)

[@JBOboe720]

The engineering drawing of the hula hoop with the name "extruded plastic dingus" is the funniest shot in the sequence, actually

[@Poet_Lorien]

you're forgetting the greatest Coens/Raimi collab of them all: Raimi's wordless cameo as a cop dual-wielding revolvers who gets shot to death in Miller's Crossing

[@m.rachman1288]

When I saw the title I thought it was this scene

[@Advent3546]

He wasn't wordless. Doesn't he have a conversation with Gabriel Byrne when his cops raid a speakeasy early in the movie?

[@mrflipperinvader7922]

Why haven't they collaborated on anything else yet?

[@chuckschillingvideos]

Yep. That was exactly my thought as well.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@Advent3546 In the raid scene he just grunts.

[@da47934]

The Hudsucker Proxy is my favorite movie. Growing up, my family had a New Years Eve tradition where my dad would finally get to pick the movie we watched as a family. He used those nights to introduce us to lesser-known film gems (eg, Spielberg's Duel). One year when I was a teenager, he put on The Hudsucker Proxy. After it was over, I stared at the credits with my mouth open. I didn't know before that night that movies could do that, could be so stylistic, could move you emotionally AND make you laugh AND be so witty AND feel so ethereal and whimsical-like a cartoon for grown ups. The opening scene is, to this day, one of the most moving several minutes I've ever experienced-the mood, the visual style, the slow camera, the gently falling snow, the narrator's voice, the commentary about the fleeting nature of significance, all culminating in that rush of sweeping music that gets me every time. I love the visual metaphors of "going round in a circle" and "moving up and down again" (karma vs corporate America, second changes, and more). Then there is the light touch of magical realism with the clock engineer and the janitor being not-always-passive deities that (it's only just occurring to me) remind one of the feeling you get from the Eyes of TJ Eckleberg. For me, the spiritual cousin of The Hudsucker Proxy is Joe vs The Volcano. These are movies that are deceptively meaningful and profound in their observations about life and meaning, but because they are a bit childlike in their earnestness and exaggerated in their style, they go unnoticed and under-appreciated. But oh, these are stories. Told by people who have something to say and a personal taste in a way to say it. I'm grateful for these movies. I only wish they were more lucrative so there could be more of them.

[@CalebRuiz]

Exactly

[@adsilcott]

What a great comparison to Joe vs The Volcano, very insightful!

[@jmalmsten]

Having seen the interviews that Pierce Films has released on youtube, the bit about the city in Hudsucker Proxy looking like Gotham City... is... because those models from Hudsucker Proxy got reused whenever pretty much any Hollywood film needed tall buildings during the latter half of the 90s. And that included Schumachers both Batman films, Independence Day, Godzilla, and The Shadow. They were expensive to build so dangit, the FX house wanted their moneys worth from what they made.

[@VictorBalestrin]

The thing about those interviews (I was rewatching them last week) is that Mark Stetson (who owned the FX house hired for "Hudsucker") had the chance to buy the buildings back from Warner Bros. for like $10,000, but passed on it, because they'd only be a storage problem for him. So WB sold them to Universal for $100,000 (because Universal was on a bidding war for those buildings for "The Shadow"). Then, later on, WB had to *rent* the buildings back for the "Batman" films. They had a wild life, those buildings: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ol7KinajaNCoh6c

[@AngelOrtega84]

My wife and I love this movie; we are forever stuck adding "you know, for kids" to completely unrelated phrases.

[@bensonsj98]

Same.

[@ChanoWilliams]

+1 I need to introduce this film to more people!

[@da47934]

My wife says it to me all the time.

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

I do the same thing

[@mavrikgr]

Sure, sure.

[@neurotransmissions]

Raimi is a true artist. I would put Edgar Wright among the top montage-ists of all time, too. Actually, there seems like a lot of overlap in their style. I wonder if Wright was inspired by Raimi?

[@MJubecki1984]

In many ways Edgar Wright is a more refined, slicker version of Sam Raimi.

[@yyalp]

Raimi was one of Edgar's biggest inspirations as a young filmmaker, he was a big Evil Dead fan and would edit his own version of the films as a teenager (Also, Raimi invited Wright to direct Evil Dead 4 but Edgar rejected because he thought he wasn't good enough to do it IIRC)

[@fredericmigneret4211]

@@yyalp Wright mentioned that Evil Dead II and Raising Arizona are the films that made him want to be a director. When he met Raimi and told him so, Raimi joked to him, "Don't say that, you make me feel old."

[@yyalp]

@@fredericmigneret4211 the fact that one of my favorite directors was inspired by another one of my favorite directors is so fun to me. Edgar, Raimi and Hitchcock are probably the reason I want to be a filmmaker. Shaun of the Dead, Spider-Man and Psycho had a huge impact on me growing up

[@yyalp]

@@fredericmigneret4211 another fun interaction was when Edgar told Sam about his experience reediting Evil Dead for fun and Sam simply replied with "Why would you do that?"

[@MariaVosa]

Sam Raimi being a collaborator with the Coen brothers explains so much about Raising Arozona an why it is still my favourite Coen movie. It's a prefect cocktail of both. So happy we will get to see the movie soon - and ecstatic we'll get a Rugrats shout out in it!

[@Devilsblood]

Raimi is a noble guy. He defended John Woo when the studios wanted him to direct instead of the Hong Kong legend.

[@markbrinton7132]

when you watch that movie...it is clear that Raimi directed second unit

[@Devilsblood]

@markbrinton7132 not really, Woo is also known for going over the top too. Plus, the only interference of the film was van damme, who wanted some scenes edited down because he felt he was getting upstaged by Lance Hendrickson. I know about the production stories.

[@dingoskidneys]

You know, for kids!

[@BirthquakeRecords]

Came here to comment this

[@HeatherHolt]

Had to google to see that line and is that Blue from Old School he says it to???

[@PlatyNews]

Hudsucker Proxy is my favorite coen brothers movie because it enters my super specific microgenre of fairy tales that aren't exactly fairy tales and are also kinda dark. Other movies in this genre includes Perfume and Big Fish

[@da47934]

"my super specific microgenre of fairy tales that aren't exactly fairy tales" 👈 YEEEEESSSS, this is my favorite genre!!! I'm so glad you worded it like that. They are like fairy tales, aren't they? Others that come to mind (not necessarily dark, and maybe they aren't technically fairy tales but they remind me of them, if only tonally): Joe vs The Volcano Amelie Strictly Ballroom (kind of) Batman Returns Spider-Man 2 Edward Scissorhands Speed Racer Pushing Daisies, which is overt about being like a whimsical fairy tale Pan's Labyrinth (more literal fairy tale and definitely dark)

[@DouglasWatt]

Gilliam's Adventures of Baron von Munchausen also comes to mind!

[@graydonjames6435]

@@da47934 Whoa, as someone who has always put Hudsucker Proxy and Joe vs The Volcano in my top 5 movies, I feel suddenly seen :)

[@da47934]

@@graydonjames6435 haha, whoa, I've never heard anyone else say both of those are their favorites! What are your other favorites?

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

Streets of Fire and Joe Vs the Volcano too

[@bazookatooth]

I only got round to this film recently whilst rounding up all of the less popular entries in the Coens filmography, and I was shocked at how good it was. It truly feels like a forgotten classic, the production style, sets, performances, EVERYTHING comes together to fit a specific tone that feels very nostalgic. And it has one of the best sequences commited to film, in the hula sequence. Everyone who never bothered to see this when it came out truely owes to that scene and Jennifer Jason Lee's performance. Both are at a level to where they should have been referenced heavily through pop culture all through the past 30 years. I think it might become an annual Christmas time film for me

[@glazdarklee1683]

Wow. I watched "The Hudsucker Proxy" soon after it came out, and the only thing I really remember is that montage. (In part, this is because the "how much should this cost" bit is an eerily accurate representation of how upper management often ignores research.) At the time this montage also reminded me of the short film, "The Red Balloon," which I still contend was delilberate.

[@da47934]

Oh, interesting connection. A round red object floating around the city on its own . . . that's got to be an allusion.

[@da47934]

I love how Patrick takes an concept, explicates it very well, but then goes one further and gets meta about it in a really convincing way. In this video it was "this hula hoop is like the reception of the movie itself." In one of the Mission Impossible videos it was about how Ethan Hunt is whoever Tom Cruise (or his public persona) is at that moment. Really interesting, clever perspectives I never would have thought of.

[@Powerman293]

"Raimi tells mythic stories about cursed protagonists" Wow. It's almost like he was destined to direct a Dr Strange movie based on the trends in his filmography.

[@wastelanderone]

Raimi's theme is pretty simple. He has an keen understanding of the Absurd and what makes life feel, well, Alive. His theme is the Absurd.

[@FarshadFelfelian]

Literally signed up last year for Nebula to see the Charles Saga ending, since then the subscription ran out. But honestly I'll sign up again to see it! Thanks Patrick, can't wait to see your masterpiece

[@WhatAboutZoidberg]

You know, for kids! I LOVE this movie and never understood why it failed. It's such a simple movie that works from its character work and dialog. Sam really did a fantastic job, that montage scene has had free space in my brain since I saw it many years ago. It's so effective and the tune in the background makes you want to tap your foot to it.

[@lindsaychristison3208]

It's interesting that you should say that the city in Hudsucker looks like Gotham. The models they created for this film were rented out by the studio afterwards to other studios due to the cost of making them. One of the films they rented it out to was... Batman Forever

[@MuzzyTheCat]

Not going to lie. Reflecting on this sequence from one of my favorite (underrated) films brought tears to my eyes.

[@mrliteral9347]

Raising Arizona feels like a Raimi film because its cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld was essentially an uncredited co-director. The Coens had yet to develop their own style and relied on Sonnenfeld to create the visual energy the story needed.

[@da47934]

"I can't blow a bubble with gum, ugh, I'm a failure . . . bye." That was some great Charlie Brown vibes right there.

[@avanishdutta2658]

9:11 The stark contrast change in Patrick, Him being energized throughout this part is what makes me love. In lieu to the scene he is talking about, which in itself is a packet of frenzy being unpacked.

[@robertcringle4865]

Wow, great video. I had know idea about the Cohen/Raimi connection. Love hearing these little known Hollywood stories. Lots of fun. Thanks.

[@nolaffinmatter]

As soon as I saw the title "Sam Raimi's Best Scene Is In A Movie He Didn't Direct", I immediately knew it was going to be the Hula Hoop scene from Hudsucker Proxy. Such a great scene

[@g0mikese]

I have always loved this movie. Explicitly for this very montage. I never realized it was Sam's work. Great video.

[@atquinn1975]

I had no idea about the connection between the Cowns and Raimi. I've always liked The Hudsucker Proxy and I've always wondered about the different feel between the Coen's manic comedies and their other work as well as A Simple Plan, which felt like Raimi making a Coen brothers movie at the time.

[@rycolligan]

Thank you for pointing out to me that the reason why Raising Arizona is my favorite Coens film is because it is the Raimi-est.

[@juggalochef2399]

From one failed hula hooper to another, I feel your pain! Stoked for the film in a couple weeks, thanks for all that you do Patrick.

[@MJubecki1984]

Great Essay. I've always loved that montage. Nice to see Raimi getting some praise.

[@benwasserman8223]

Think Patrick’s Raimi horror comedy essay was the first video of his I ever watched. Nice to see things finally come full circle.

[@tskmaster3837]

I always knew the hoola hoop bit it was Raimi's work as those sticker slaps slapped. His cameo as one of the Big Idea Men didn't hurt either.

[@grouchypseudopod354]

I hope now that the finale is finally about to drop we can go back to more small content about random nerdy rants like this. This is honestly in my top five KZbin channels, and I am so psyched for a feature length charl finale, but also hopeful for some small projects again going forward. Great work as always, always love this channel even when I disagree with the take. Also, way to needle drop the best bit of Beethoven ever for that trailer. So psyched.

[@wmichaelbooth]

When were these videos anything else? Even during the Charl storyline, that stuff mostly just bookended a nerdy video essay.

[@nickasaro8789]

It’s worth noting that the Coens’ camera techniques started a bit more energetic and manic like Raimi’s in their earlier work, though obviously never to the same wild degree. I was watching Miller’s Crossing the other day and I noticed a few shots that still mined that well. but it gradually calmed down and got more subtle as they went on. This movie is still in the Coen’s early years which is why Raimi’s style slots so well into it and doesn’t feel out of place with the rest of the movie.

[@SamAronow]

One has to imagine that has to do with Barry Sonnenfeld working as cinematographer on their early films before leaving to start his own directing career.

[@bobunitone]

Think you also got to credit Barry Sonnenfeld who shot the early Coen films up to Millers. He was equally as wacky.

[@overseastom]

How is the KZbin algorithm only just now suggesting your channel to me?! I instantly subbed on the strength of this video. Hudsucker is one of my fave movies, and I looove Raimi too, but had no idea he made the montage here. It truly is amazing. Much respect, and I'm looking forward to watching your other content!

[@Tai112336]

I feel like regardless of other people having done it first, you seeing yourself as the kid spinning the hula hoop on his neck is an accurate reading of the montage as part of the metaphor for the movie's creation. By encouraging people to see the movie you are literally filling the same function as the kid in the montage, the same way that if I go tell someone to see the movie, I would be too.

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

I love that the kid on the Hoola poster looks like the kid who saves the hoop

[@dalton-at-work]

"saves the hoop" lol. proof that he scene absolutely delivered it's intent

[@adamkramer18]

For the season finale, will there be a condensed video of everything leading up to it? I have been following, but it would be nice to have a concise video of the story in the lead up to the finale. Looking forward to watching it in a month!

[@reubenm.d.5218]

Plus one to this

[@GoErikTheRed]

There's a video on Nebula that contains the entire Charles Saga. It is 110 minutes, but that's what, like 2 1/2 Patrick videos?

[@TimeDilation]

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[@TmsTanim]

When I was a kid I couldn't hula hoop for more than 2 seconds and I didn't know how to get better. For years it was just one of those things I couldn't do and couldn't improve in, so I didn't really think much about practising - just trying it every now and then to confirm that it was still a mystery. But one day, before school, I picked up the hoop and started hula-ing and it just... stayed... going around and around. I couldn't tell what I was doing differently, but I didn't want to break the spell, so I just kept hula-ing without dropping the hoop for over 10 minutes - there was a clock nearby - but then I had to stop so I wouldn't be late for school (and also I was starting to feel a bit nauseous). So the lesson is: there's nothing you can do, but maybe the hula gods will just happen to smile upon you someday?

[@Raidoven]

from the title i thought it would be the matt smith dancing scene from morbius, which was clearly inspired by bully maguires dance

[@evanmcclellan7267]

By the lack of mentions about The Gift I take it you're saving talking about that movie for the Keanu Reeves podcast. I'm excited for that podcast to come back. We haven't gotten enough of Keanu yet!

[@goofybeardman]

Reminds me of Michael Scotts Dunder Mifflin Commercial

[@gigwatt119]

I remember seeing this film on late night television when I was a kid. Loved it but no one else had heard of it

[@TheSrawsome]

TRAILER HYPE! Not a Dr. Mike cameo!!! Whaaat!? Forget MCU, this is the greatest crossover event!

[@matthewhood7844]

Hudsucker Proxy is one of my favorite movies and Rain I is one of my favorite directors. Yet one of my favorite scenes of Sam Raimi is in a movie he didn't write or direct. In Indian Summer he plays an assistant to Alan Arkin at a summer camp. Despite the popular actors in the movie, the scene I always think about is the physical comedy Sam does trying to get luggage out of boats at the dock. It is like a classic silent comedy.

[@eliza6971]

Man, I’ve been thinking about this weird movie since I saw it that one time with my parents as a little kid. I always remembered the main plot, but also weird tone. Knowing it’s a Raimi/Coen collaboration makes it make much more sense in hindsight.

[@BeatsWithKev]

So glad you covered this; this was one of my favorite films of all time, and my favorite Tim Robbins film as well.

[@gordonadam85]

So not to nitpick but Patrick says this movie was the Cohen's biggest budget feature ever, but at 25 Million they have a number of movies over that budget, including Intolerable Cruelty which had a budget of 60 Million. Even if you adjust for inflation, Hudsucker cost 34 million in 2003 dollars, the year Intolerable Cruelty came out. Love the video and agree with the premise, just interested how he came to that conclusion.

[@TerryOhStudios]

Patrick, if you're looking for a great Joel Silver anecdote, my dad has a story of sitting in an edit suite with Joel when Joel took a phone call and stepped out into the hall. Joel was gone for a couple of minutes before my dad heard, clear as day, Joel angrily shout, "You're just a cog in my Hollywood wheel!". Joel then returned to the edit suite in seemingly good spirits.

[@emilymcplugger]

I love THE HUDSUCKER PROXY and think the only thing that lets it down is the name. US audiences are notoriously fickle about movie titles with words they don’t know or understand. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION being a good example, the change of PHILOSPHER to SORCERER in the first Harry Potter movie. THP is an hilarious movie and the cast, script and direction are super-tight. Even now when I think about doing anything work wise I immediately think of Tim Robbins’ “We’ll I’m for it!” line. It is massively under-rated and brilliant entertaining.

[@maxmodell6240]

Perfect timing for Night of the Coconut to come out, just as multi-verse movies are all the rage. Hyped!

[@JamesLawner]

I did not expect that cameo at the end of the trailer!

[@jesustovar2549]

Just clicked when I saw Tim Robbins face in the thumbnail, seriously what an underrated actor and one of my favorites, at that time it seemed that he was going to succeed in Hollywood.

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

He DID succeed lol. He won an Oscar

[@camredding]

I no joke had to write a dissection of this scene in my film studies course 3 years ago

[@collinsmith7078]

congrats on the trailer patrick!! genuinely impressed by how it looks

[@matttheking1655]

Night of the coconut might be one of the most anticipated -short- movie of the past 2 year... So many delays, budget, sound, visual effects issues over the years....🤣🤣🤣

[@Rocketboy1313]

I randomly watched this movie during quarantine. I made it part of double feature with "Joe Versus the Volcano". Better than I expected and those movies pair well.

[@mrflipperinvader7922]

17:40 Tim Robbins' facial expressions are some of my favorite I've ever seen in a film , when he stars trying to talk to that foreign girl then gets punched in the face, the faces he makes when trying to talk is hilarious 21:40 and he did one in Doctor Strange 2!

[@whodatninja439]

This is why Sam Raimi is my favourite director. He. just. loves. MOVIES! Or pictures as he calls then. 💘

[@doubledown1138]

YES! Thanks for this. One of my favourite movie montages of all time. I frequently watch it in isolation just to remind myself of what cinema is capable of. It's perfect. The editing. The music. The pacing.

[@graefx]

This is a movie that lives rent free in my head probably because I saw it on cable as a kid and I've never been able to figure out what it was. Thank you for the nostalgia!

[@digitaljanus]

Speaking of legendary collaborations, I see Siddhant co-wrote this one too!

[@Jojopah]

So glad you're doing this one Patrick!!!

[@JoeStuffzAlt]

It sounds like the Coens might have felt the film was their baby, and they thought "we should get Sam for these parts". It takes a lot of balls to hire a director that can outdo you.

[@Kumagoro42]

I think at the time Raimi was considered the "third Coen brother".

[@alharvey9867]

A hula hooping tip! Adults do actually need bigger weightier hoops. Also keep the hoop on the waist, keep the upper body mostly stable, put one foot forward and gently move forwards and backwards, kind of like if you're using a foot pump. From there, you can learn the different techniques for hips, neck, and some funky knee and hand moves. Never give up!

[@AleZayas]

This has to be one of your best videos ever and that's no small feat! Great video.

[@ethankincaid6838]

Sam Rami needs to talk to Rick Remender about making a fear agent movie/ series. Bruce Campbell even looks like Heath Huston and his dad should be played by Sam Elliot

[@chrisianlewis]

This is really well researched / inferred. This Is my favourite video of Patricks for a long time, maybe ever. it's so niche that it would never have occurred to me and that's why I love this channel.

[@doomstadt2371]

I saw this movie for the first time on a random afternoon on tv when I was in my teens and it just hit a part of me I didn't even know was there. If the internet has done anything good for me, it's finding out people loved stuff like this (and Speed Racer) aside from me. Nobody around me liked this when I was 15.

[@BobHenry-entertainmentmarketer]

Today (August 29th) Netflix at their Hollywood movie theater known as The Egyptian screened "The Hudsucker Proxy." And yes I attended -- seeing it on a FULL SCALE SCREEN. Checking off a "bucket list" film. Patrick: nice "valentine" to the montage.

[@martinh8318]

The running at the start of that montage really reminded me of the 'It's called Sputnik!' scene in 'The Right Stuff'

[@agent_meister477]

Brilliant video Patrick. You're enthusiasm for this sequence is contagious 👍

[@jcboyle82]

Patrick “and there’s one movie I don’t see anyone talking about..” Me: “please say the Quick and the Dead. Please say the Quick and the Dead”

[@T0xXx1k]

I could listen to you overly describe any scene from any movie for hours on end (I've even done so but ran out of back catalog to rewatch for now) I never thought about Sam raimi having a theme in his filmography overall I'd be 1 of those ppl ravung about 1 I loved and then blank staring you at the question. But what you said nailed it so succinctly in like a sentance I'm honestly like 🙀 over here. I've never seen this movie but I actually used to do a lot of fancy/professional ish hula hoop dancing for fun or at rave/parties with LED hoops so listening to a hula hoop scene described for 40 mins 🤷🏼‍♀️ I've done worse with that amount of time that's for sure. I keep honestly meaning to sign up for nebula because it sounds really cool. Everytime I get reminded of it I'll thunk something along the lines of whose promo link to use cuz I'd really like to support a smaller creator if I'm getting another streaming service. Kinda even out the process I guess 😹 then I out right forget or see a smaller creator being like oh my link think yes I'll finally do it see the videos like 17 months old and then not be sure if the link for that person still counts for them in any meaningful way after a certain point in time. Like I know some promo codes/links just flat out "expire" 2-4 weeks in depending on company and what the deal is etc. ANYWAYS I say all that to say I'm finally gonna get it done *right* now. I loved charl and the entire story so much. Just the concept of a coconut with Google eyes is so hilarious to me and I don't even know why. Then when be had his segment on the talk show where he was just sitting there with his little googley eyes and you replied like what a sharo tongued coconut! I was so intrigued for so long whether or not charl was really talking to Patrick or if Patrick was loosing his marbles and waiting for a clue or reveal was also interesting to me. Looking fwd to the season finale over a year after the "season" is over 😹 who do you think you you are netflix or something? Over here releasing like all but the season finally untill some TBA date that may or may not pass? But alas it is here and I expect *ALL* my charl questions to be answered. My burning 1s, my curious 1s, even the 1s I didn't know I had untill they are answered. I'm putting a lot of hope on that 1 googley eyed coconut 🤦🏼‍♀️ hope it works out like things often do for me when I care at all!! 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🧡🦇

[@martinsorenson1055]

One of the major reasons for Raising Arizona's visual style was its cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld. Sonnenfeld's crazy style echoes Raimi's. Sonnenfeld went on to direct The Addams Family movies as well as the Men in Black movies - all with a crazy visual style. By the time of Hudsucker, the Coen's were working with cinematographer Roger Deakins, who has a more controlled style. The Coen's wanted the montage to be visually hyperactive- so they brought in their friend Raimi to direct it, knowing his visual sense matched what they were looking for.

[@danielrimoli5066]

Desde Argentina: ¡¡¡¡ Alucinante !!!!! Gracias por hacerme amar el cine un poco más con cada vídeo...

[@elazar125]

To hula hoop, you need more forward/backward and less side to side. And yes, that one's a kid size, you need a bigger hoop.

[@jensenzen]

I know I'm late to this, but man this is the best written essay on this channel. So well done!

[@nillea2333]

Also a great reason to watch Crimewave is that it’s one of the few movies filmed in Detroit, and in a era that still had much of the classic architecture downtown (not to mention the car chase on the lodge and the climax on the bridge to belle isle) So much of downtown was demolished for the Super Bowl in the early 2000s so this one movie is a great document of the city

[@bethrenaud6881]

Hudsucker is my favorite Coen brothers movie.

[@alejoparedes2388]

Thank you for everything, Patrick

[@oliveiraoliveira6035]

excellent review. i've always admired the montage sequence on that movie. and for sure, you're the next best movie maker that we're all watching to emerge.

[@oliveiraoliveira6035]

and remember: once you got there...do not kill the last jedi, never do a sequel for jurassic park, at any cost and stay away from "marvel" cgi diarrhea...oh, remember from sammy jankins.

[@perihelionstudios7563]

That funky bas-relief mural in this scene 8:48 the movie is now at the Wilmington City Market in North Carolina, by the way

[@slipfabrikant7900]

Hey Patrick, a great presentation of a great scene, just wanted to point out that Aram Khachaturyan had Armenian parents and Name and was born and raised in Georgia. Yes, he made his career in Russia but by no means he was a Russian. "Soviet Composer" would be correct without having to describe his whole biography.

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

In "Raising Arizona", HI works for Hudsucker Industries. You can see it on his and M. Emmet Walsh's coveralls.

[@bensonsj98]

I haven't explored much of Raimi's work (just the original Spider-Man trilogy and MoM), but I'm very tempted to now.

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

You should. He's great.

[@DanJackson1977]

EVIL DEAD 2. Nuff said.

[@christianverschaeren5813]

Just commenting to move this up the algorithm, great work Patrick.

[@jackdoyle7453]

I thought he was going to say Shawn of the Dead, which always feels like a Raimi movie to me.

[@thomasfuchs78]

Favorite movie to watch for New Years’ Eve; following the traditional Christmas movies of “Die Hard” and “Krampus” a week before.

[@rmeddy]

Oh I love this movie, this sequence does stick with me. It really has that Tex Avery Raymond Scott vibe to the whole thing. I didn't get the bit with the secretary reading the russian novels as a kid, only to get they're just ridiculously long books.

[@elstcman5]

letting you have this, Pat! you're the kid with the hula hoop! night of the coconut looks awesome

[@tyghe_bright]

Re: Hula Hoop. You're moving your torso. You need to move your hips. I adore Hudsucker Proxy. Fell in love with it from the first time I saw it, but also was amazed that it got made and have always wondered about how the zaniness happened in a Coen Brothers film. Not that they can't be zany, but this one has a different flavor. Now I know that's a Raimi flavor.

[@danim8]

This is one of the very best "bothers" movies. It's seriously underrated. Sure its very Capra-esqe, but why is that a bad thing? Love it.

[@bobscanlon5212]

its not a bad thing

[@jeffnicholas6342]

Paul Newman as a villain is terrifying! Like Gordon Geckos grandpa

[@DaddyDaughterMovieNight]

One of my favorite films, and my favorite Coen movie after Miller's Crossing. Thank you for this video (that I'm only 2 minutes into but I know it's gonna be great!) Never considered the Raimi connection, very cool.

[@fl1490]

This montage actually inspired a similar montage in Stephen Chow’s movie God of Cookery, one of my favorite Chow’s movies

[@crlb23]

i should know by now that everytime i think i have time to put on a 30 minute patrick vid, i ACTUALLY need to set aside three hours + to watch/rewatch whatever movie is being highlighted. im a fool!

[@willpfeifer3312]

My favorite sequence in my favorite Coen brothers movie -- and one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@blinkfilms1]

I'm realizing that the hula hoop montage is actually the only clip from this movie I've seen. We watched it in econ class to talk about supply and demand.

[@J.S.3259]

HUDSUCKER is the best film the Coens and Raimi ever made. Very lucky to see it in 35mm earlier this year. Raimi’s best as a director is probably QUICK & THE DEAD, but A SIMPLE PLAN has the best performance he ever directed (Bridget Fonda’s)

[@gustavohernandeza.890]

If this montage is what I think it is, we're for a treat... Personal favorite of mine. PS: 27:44 There are not enough chef's kisses in the world to say how cool that poster is...