Film Language Tag: backlighting
A highlighting technique that illuminates the person or object from behind, tending to silhouette the subject; sometimes called edgelighting.
32 Film Clips
Art Party, The Great Beauty
Jep and Ramona go to an art party.
Botox Salon, The Great Beauty
Jep visits a botox salon and watches the customers get their treatments.
Camp Chapman Attack, Zero Dark Thirty
Jessica (Jennifer Ehle) and Maya (Jessica Chastain) text back and forth. Jessica goes to meet a supposed double agent for Al-Qaeda but instead, the agent is a triple agent and sets off a suicide vest, killing 7 CIA operatives. Maya finds out about her friend's death and Thomas (Jeremy Strong) informs her of Abu Ahmed's death.
Closing Remarks, Exit Through the Gift Shop
Thierry, Banksy, and Fairey all give closing remarks to end the documentary.
Closing Scene, The Great Beauty
As Santa Maria climbs the long staircase inside the Scala Sancta, Jep recalls a recurring memory from his past.
Closing Sequence, The Searchers
Ethan and Martin return with Debbie and everyone is finally reunited.
Dawn, 2001: A Space Odyssey
The sun rises over the earth and the moon.
Flamingos, The Great Beauty
Santa Maria talks to Jep as a flock of flamingos gather in his balcony.
Induction into the brotherhood, Satya
TAs Satya (J.D. Chakravarthi) is handed a gun by Bhiku Mhatre (Manoj Bajpayee), he is given the order to go kill Jagga, who had been disrespectful to him earlier. This is his transition from “tough guy” to “Bhai”, and being a part of Bhiku’s brotherhood.
Keys to Rome, The Great Beauty
Gep and Ramona are led by Stefano on a night-time tour through Rome's most famous palazzi.
Kisses and Blows, Schindler's List
Goeth speaks sweetly to Helen before beating her brutally and Schindler kisses another woman.
Kwame Ture Speech, BlacKkKlansman
Civil Rights leader Kwame Ture (Corey Hawkins) recites a speech at a local rally hosted by the Black Student Union. Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) attends, going in undercover on behalf of the police as Philip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) and Jimmy Creek (Michael Buscemi) listen in. Ture speaks on the need to embrace Blackness and Black beauty, police brutality, opposition to the Vietnam war, and the fight for racial equality.
Late Night Desert Conversation, Dil Se..
Amar (Shah Rukh Khan) and Meghna (Manisha Koirala) talk about their likes and dislikes before she leaves him in the morning.
Life Remote Control, Exit Through the Gift Shop
Banksy talks about Thierry's documentary, Life Remote Control.
Lights Off, No Country for Old Men
Lleewelyn discovers transponder and awaits the arrival of Chigurh.
Lynching of Jesse Washington Story x Klan Induction Ceremony, BlacKkKlansman
Jerome Turner (Harry Belafonte) recounts the lynching of Jesse Washington at a Civil Rights rally as it is cross cut with Philip Zimmerman's (Adam Driver) - posing as a white version of Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) - induction into the KKK. Turner describes in detail the murder and we go back and forth between this and David Duke's (Topher Grace) white nationalist speech. All the while, Stallworth is watching the induction ceremony happen from a window.
Marcello's Double Life, Dogman
As Marcello's daughter visits his his grooming shop, Simone stops by to pick up some cocaine.
Noodles at Night, In the Mood for Love
Alone without their spouses, Mr. Chow (Tony Leung) and Mrs. Chan (Maggie Cheung) separately get noodles.
Opening Sequence, The Searchers
Ethan returns home to his family in Texas after an 8-year absence.
Opening Sequence, The Piano
Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) plays the piano.
Opening Sequence 2, Ghost in the Shell
The cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi (Atsuko Tanaka) is created.
Sheriff Revisits Crime Scene, No Country for Old Men
Sheriff revisits scene of Llewelyn's death.
Silver-Tongued Devil, Django Unchained
Doctor Schultz reunites Django and Broomhilda.
Snow in Halloween Town, The Nightmare Before Christmas
The citizens of Halloween Town admire the snowfall. Meanwhile, Jack (Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman [singing]) and Sally (Catherine O'Hara) share a tender moment.
Surprising the Klan, Django Unchained
Doctor Schultz (Christoph Waltz) and Django (Jamie Foxx) set a trap for a disorganized Klan raid.
Suzy Follows the Footsteps, Suspiria
Suzy hears the footsteps and decides to follow them to Madame Blanc's office.
The Bell Tower, Vertigo
Scottie (James Stewart) brings Madeleine (Kim Novak) to the mission in her dreams.
The Missing Child, The Great Beauty
A woman looks for her lost daughter Francesca in Bramante's Tempietto, as Jep talks to her through a grate in the floor.
Thierry's Process, Exit Through the Gift Shop
Thierry and his employees discuss his artistic process.
Wedding Night, Chaudhvin Ka Chand
On Aslam (Guru Dutt) and Jameela’s (Waheeda Rehman) wedding night, he gets her to unveil herself to him for the first time.
You Can't Be Dead, The Matrix
Trinity tells Neo's body her prophecy from the Oracle and urges him to wake up.
1 Series Clips
Councilman in the Shadows
"Orpheus Descending", The Killing: Season 1, Episode 13
Detective Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) is caught in Councilman Darren Richmond (Billy Campbell)’s apartment. Richmond tells her about Orpheus, a man from Greek Mythology, in a tense encounter where Richmond finds out the detectives are on to him.