That Movie Moment... the One Moment You Love Most... What Is It?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yesterday, I read the Hollywood Reporter special roundtable conversation with directors David Lynch, Emilio Estevez, Nancy Meyers, Guillermo del Toro,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"That Movie Moment... the One Moment You Love Most... What Is It?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday, I read the Hollywood Reporter special roundtable conversation with directors David Lynch, Emilio Estevez, Nancy Meyers, Guillermo del Toro,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Looking Closer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-01-04T23:37:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-09-09T19:57:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeffrey Overstreet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeffrey Overstreet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/\",\"name\":\"That Movie Moment... the One Moment You Love Most... What Is It?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-01-04T23:37:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-09-09T19:57:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e\"},\"description\":\"Yesterday, I read the Hollywood Reporter special roundtable conversation with directors David Lynch, Emilio Estevez, Nancy Meyers, Guillermo del Toro,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"That Movie Moment… the One Moment You Love Most… What Is It?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/\",\"name\":\"Looking Closer\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e\",\"name\":\"Jeffrey Overstreet\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Jeffrey Overstreet\"},\"description\":\"Visit Looking Closer for Jeffrey Overstreet's latest writing on art, faith, and film. Jeffrey teaches writing and film at Seattle Pacific University. He left the Patheos network in 2015.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/author\/jeffreyoverstreet\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"That Movie Moment... the One Moment You Love Most... What Is It?","description":"Yesterday, I read the Hollywood Reporter special roundtable conversation with directors David Lynch, Emilio Estevez, Nancy Meyers, Guillermo del Toro,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"That Movie Moment... the One Moment You Love Most... What Is It?","og_description":"Yesterday, I read the Hollywood Reporter special roundtable conversation with directors David Lynch, Emilio Estevez, Nancy Meyers, Guillermo del Toro,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/","og_site_name":"Looking Closer","article_published_time":"2007-01-04T23:37:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-09-09T19:57:47+00:00","author":"Jeffrey Overstreet","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeffrey Overstreet","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/","name":"That Movie Moment... the One Moment You Love Most... What Is It?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-01-04T23:37:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-09-09T19:57:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e"},"description":"Yesterday, I read the Hollywood Reporter special roundtable conversation with directors David Lynch, Emilio Estevez, Nancy Meyers, Guillermo del Toro,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"That Movie Moment… the One Moment You Love Most… What Is It?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/","name":"Looking Closer","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e","name":"Jeffrey Overstreet","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Jeffrey Overstreet"},"description":"Visit Looking Closer for Jeffrey Overstreet's latest writing on art, faith, and film. Jeffrey teaches writing and film at Seattle Pacific University. He left the Patheos network in 2015.","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/author\/jeffreyoverstreet\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1051"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":22342,"date":"2007-01-04T23:37:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-04T23:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/2007\/01\/04\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/"},"modified":"2012-09-09T13:57:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T19:57:47","slug":"that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/01\/that-movie-moment-the-one-moment-you-love-most-what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"That Movie Moment… the One Moment You Love Most… What Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Yesterday, I read the Hollywood Reporter special roundtable conversation<\/a> with directors David Lynch, Emilio Estevez, Nancy Meyers, Guillermo del Toro, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. I love the idea of David Lynch participating in a round-table discussion of ANYTHING, because he\u2019s always inhabiting a very different reality from the rest of us.<\/p>\n

Today, Jeffrey Wells<\/strong> has noted<\/a> the same conversation in his blog. And in doing so, it occurred to me\u2026 why not blog about it, and pass along one of the interview\u2019s most interesting questions?<\/p>\n

At one point, the directors are asked to choose a moment from a movie\u2026 any movie\u2026 that they would \u201ctake with them into the afterlife.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lynch:<\/strong> \u201cOh, man. Okay. I guess, Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart discovering the mystery across the [courtyard] in Rear Window<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Del Toro:<\/strong> The razor blade cutting the eye in Luis Bunuel\u2019s Andalusian Dog<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Dayton:<\/strong> \u201cDustin Hoffman pounding on the glass in the church and Katharine Ross yelling \u201cBen!\u201d in The Graduate<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Estevez:<\/strong> \u201cThe last four minutes of Taxi Driver<\/em>. It is so brutal;\u2026so uncompromisingly violent and so shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meyers:<\/strong> \u201cThere is this moment in Bringing Up Baby <\/em>where Katharine Hepburn lands a butterfly net on Cary Grant\u2019s head, and he gestures he wants to strangle her. That never fails to crack me up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faris: <\/strong>\u201cAbel Gance\u2019s Napoleon<\/em>. When I saw it and the end was projected on three scenes, that made me want to cry. It was all about the future of film and the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

So\u2026 how about it?<\/p>\n

What Movie Moment is nearest and dearest to your head and heart?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"