this scene is definitely the most accomplished scene of the movie where Gere looks for some jewels that he knows were planted somewhere
there is no speech just this brilliant music(anybody know its name?) and Gere frantically looking for the said jewels
what a scene!
well anybody??
sharethe music was done by Giorgio Moroder, I know that.
Great film, Gere was super
I agree, it seemed like the turning point in Jilian's life, he rips his car to shreds, then he is forced to trash his apartment and his valuables, then in the end of that scene he is forced to rent some junker to drive around in. He was no longer the very-well dressed fashionable Jullian Kaye.
shareI liked the scene a lot, as you say the haunting music and the frantic nature of his search made it memorable. Not only was there no speech, when the music was playing there was no SOUND at all, even as Gere was knocking crap all over the place.
With that said, it was a bit unbelievable that after tearing apart his apartment and not finding anything, he then shreds his car, apparently convinced it just had to be there.
I mean, if you were going to steal jewels and then hide them, is it plausible that you would wrap them in plastic, then tape them UNDERNEATH your car? If the police searched his car and found the jewels here, particularly since they already thought he might have been set up, would they believe he was "storing" them there?
Don't get me wrong: loved this movie, and this scene...however, it was pretty implausible.
In fact it reminds me of another great movie with an unbelievable "discovery" scene: Silence of the Lambs. When Clarice finds the nude pics of one of the victims hidden behind a regular-old picture, when she is searching her room. I mean, only in movies does anyone a)hide secret pictures behind regular pictures, and b)then someone else thinks to look for them there.
I think Julian trashed his car because when he was in the parking garage he saw the Blond boy leaving the scene.
shareCorrect. The little blond guy that was boshing Cook from Commando.
I should point out also, that the jewels had been stored under the car in a tank of some sort. Notice when Jullian finds them there is motor oil everywhwere - on his head, the ground, his jacket, face and even on the jewels themselves. So in closing, they were not simply TAPED to the car!
"COME ON MAKE A MOVE!!!!!!!!!" - Dutch
the motives of the search are not really the issue here but the stylistic nature of the scene and julians initial smooth veneer beginning to fall apart
"He's in town with a few days to kill"
I liked the scene a lot, as you say the haunting music and the frantic nature of his search made it memorable. Not only was there no speech, when the music was playing there was no SOUND at all, even as Gere was knocking crap all over the place.
I loved that scene, when he finds the jewels, but for me the best movie score moment was the whole background music that began once Julian Kay first drove up to the Rheiman home for the first time.
In both of these scenes, the movie score puts the audience directly in touch with Julian's emotions. He doesn't need to speak because we know. We can hear him.
agreed , the score in this movie is absolutely incredible like its sister pic breathless. The score in gigolo though is so good its almost irrestible.
I wept when they tore apart that car. It still gets to me. lol
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