Let's play a guessing game. What's beloved by everyone, massive, and
makes a really loud noise? No, not John Madden – an explosion!
Explosions have been a huge part of the fabric of cinema ever since
Thomas Edison released "Explosion No. 14" to audience and critical
acclaim in 1907. Here are five movie explosions that have come out since
then, to thrill our hearts and overwhelm our eyeballs.
"The Wages of Fear"
Here's a novel approach to movie explosions: Make your whole movie
about the very real and incredibly dangerous possibility of an
explosion, leaving the audience at the edge of their seats and unable to
relax. Then, when the explosion finally does come, it can be as simple
as a man's tobacco getting blown out of his hands-this can have as much
impact as all the dynamite you can buy. That's Henri-Georges
Clouzot's
approach in his nerve-jangling thriller "The Wages of Fear," about
trucks loaded with nitroglycerine crossing highly unstable terrain.
"Touch of Evil"
Another movie explosion more famous for the build-up than the actual bang, Orson
Welles'
noir thriller opens on a close up of a ticking time-bomb being placed
into some poor sap's car, before the car drives off and the camera
follows it in one unbroken more-than-three-minute shot. It's impressive
filmmaking, and the explosion itself is pretty impressive too. Just read
this unforgettable quote on the subject: "An old lady on Main Street
last night picked up a shoe. The shoe had a foot in it." Bang!
"The Untouchables"
Speaking of starting thing's off with a bang, here's Brian De Palma's
"The Untouchables," which begins on what appears to be idyllic scene of
1920s
America. There's a bartender having a conversation with a sweet little
girl. So sweet, she notices when a man leaves his briefcase in the bar,
so she grabs it and runs out after him. As you might guess, the
briefcase wasn't filled with milk. Unless it was the explosive kind of
milk.
"Terminator 2"
For "Terminator 2," James Cameron sought to top his 1984 masterpiece
"The Terminator" in every way. He did this with state-of-the-art
computer graphics, an extra hour or three of running time, and a more
ambitious plot. But he also did it by blowing up a computer factory, and
the result is one of the biggest movie explosions captured on film.
"Thelma and Louise"
Ridley Scott is another filmmaker who knows his way around an
explosion. One of the biggest and most satisfying can be found in his
road-thriller "Thelma and Louise," in which
Geena Davis and Susan
Sarandon
go on the run after killing a rapist. One of the loveable characters
they encounter on their cross-country odyssey is a truck driver with a
really flexible tongue. They retaliate against his harassment by
shooting his truck, which was apparently filled with the same stuff the
trucks were hauling in "The Wages of Fear."
So
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