Given their dual tributes at Telluride this year, it seems perfectly reasonable to revisit this gem of a scene:
And lest fellow tributee Pierre Étaix feel left out, a nod to his work after the jump.
Given their dual tributes at Telluride this year, it seems perfectly reasonable to revisit this gem of a scene:
And lest fellow tributee Pierre Étaix feel left out, a nod to his work after the jump.
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9 responses to ““I’m Shiva the God of Death!””
Love Michael Clayton, that scene you posted is such a great moment, it alone won Swinton the Oscar.
Great scene. Great movie. I don’t care if anyone thinks its generic. Its a perfect throwback to films of the 70s.
I’m with you fellas.
Such a great movie, and highly underrated too. True, it was much more understated and “vanilla” compared to some of the other great films that year, but a great movie nonetheless. I still don’t feel like it’s gotten its due respect, even with all those Oscar nominations. I am glad the Academy got it right about this one when most others didn’t.
I still think “Michael Clayton” was the best movie that year.
I’ve always maintained that Wilkinson should have won Best Supporting Actor that year (never understood the nearly-universal showering of honours on Bardem). Years later I can still remember his opening monologue.
Michael Clayton was the best movie of that year–such a great 70s style thriller in modern times.
The main actors were phenomenal.
A little too silly to be a great movie, but there were some very good scenes. I liked it quite a bit way back then.
See, as someone who loves that movie, I kind of feel like this scene is the only obvious flaw in the movie. Its such a cop-out and given the realistic feel of the rest of the film. Something just feels contrived about it.
Seriously, one of the best scenes of the past ten years. Love it.