100 Crowd Scenes - An Interactive List [Archive]

dreamdead

06-22-2009, 09:51 PM

3. The Thin Red Line

http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/03/38/34/033834_ph3.jpg

Can't find a great shot, but it's the montage sequence where the American troops take the village that the Japanese occupy, as they've herded the Japanese out and those troops are mourning their dead

Qrazy

06-22-2009, 09:54 PM

You don't need pics (preferred if you have them) but please include numbers guys.

soitgoes...

06-22-2009, 10:00 PM

4. The Cranes Are Flying

Vernoika searching for Boris at the train station.

Russ

06-22-2009, 10:02 PM

What are some of your favorite crowd scenes (alternatively scenes with a great many extras)? Go.

5.

Several from Songs from the Second Floor, with this one chief among them:

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4535/songsfromthesecondfloor.jpg

Qrazy

06-22-2009, 10:05 PM

6. Andrei Rublev

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Casting_of_the_bell_in_Andrei_ Rublev.jpg

Not this shot but I like the shot/scene before Rublev cradles the bellmaker near the end of the film, after the bell has rung.

dreamdead

06-22-2009, 10:07 PM

7. I am Cuba

http://www.offscreen.com/images/iamcuba.jpg

dollying over/among the crowds

Dead & Messed Up

06-22-2009, 10:24 PM

8. Strike!

http://www.cinemotions.net/data/films/0445/21/2/photo-La-Greve-Stachka-1924-2.jpg

Spinal

06-22-2009, 10:28 PM

9. The Times of Harvey Milk

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/Milk_vigil.jpg

The Vigil

(not an actual shot from the film)

Russ

06-22-2009, 10:29 PM

10.

Buster Keaton and a lot of prospective brides in Seven Chances

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9932/sevenchances.jpg

Milky Joe

06-22-2009, 10:29 PM

11. Empire of the Sun

http://www.popcorn.co.uk/static/sun1.jpg

Evacuating Shanghai

Spinal

06-22-2009, 10:32 PM

12. V for Vendetta

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/v-for-vendetta.jpg

origami_mustache

06-22-2009, 10:35 PM

13. Amarcord

http://mintyalice.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/amarcord_boat1.jpg

Spinal

06-22-2009, 10:36 PM

14. Life of Brian

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/Life-of-Brian-followers_l.jpg

Dead & Messed Up

06-22-2009, 10:40 PM

15. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

http://outnow.ch/Media/Movies/Bilder/1978/DawnOfTheDead/dvd-film.ws/16.jpg

Sven

06-22-2009, 10:40 PM

7. I am Cuba

http://www.offscreen.com/images/iamcuba.jpg

dollying over/among the crowds

Love this film, and this shot, taken on its own, is pretty great. The one thing that bugs me, though, is that you can very clearly see the rope on which the camera is moving cutting through the center of the sky at the top of the shot. I can't really see it here, but it's definitely in the film and it definitely takes me out of the moment. My favorite shot is one from the first vignette where the camera roams around at ground level, then slowly raises above the tops of the village huts. Beautiful film.

trotchky

06-22-2009, 10:42 PM

16. Synecdoche, New York

The first time we see the full scope of Caden's production, with the camera panning through all the extras and Caden telling people "you're not just filming the scene, you're in it. You're actors playing actors."

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9937/synechdochenewyorkp1.jpg
(Not an image of the actual scene, but a representation of it.)

Spinal

06-22-2009, 10:42 PM

17. Satyricon

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/satyricon031.jpg

trotchky

06-22-2009, 10:45 PM

18. Eyes Wide Shut

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/2852/eyeswideshutmaskscostum.jpg

The party.

Spinal

06-22-2009, 10:46 PM

19.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/480_AC-prospero.jpg

Opening sequence.

Qrazy

06-22-2009, 10:48 PM

20. The Trial (Welles)

http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398c99a11000200e398ec7656 0004-500pi

Not this shot but when Perkins first enters this room and it's full of people. I believe they're all looking at him.

Spinal

06-22-2009, 10:53 PM

Great topic, by the way.

Fezzik

06-22-2009, 11:11 PM

21. Saving Private Ryan

http://www.reelfocus.org/savingprivateryan.jpg

The storming of Omaha Beach

megladon8

06-22-2009, 11:15 PM

22.) The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5879/phantomofopera.jpg

The scene that first popped in my mind when I read the thread title.

The ball, featuring the appearance of the Masque of the Red Death.

Russ

06-22-2009, 11:23 PM

Dead & Messed Up

06-22-2009, 11:29 PM

I noticed how the vast majority of these are much older films. Nowadays, is it a cost-prohibitive environment that's responsible for the CGI stand-in we might see in really large crowd shots? Part of the huge thrill of seeing something like that on-screen was in the knowledge that someone had to supervise the logistical nightmare of such an assemblage -- and it frequently culminated in a shot that was marveled at from both a technical perspective and an emotional one. I hate the disconnect that we get now on so many of the manufactured shots.

Agreed. Surely The Lord of the Rings has some dizzying crowd scenes, but so much is animation...

thefourthwall

06-22-2009, 11:33 PM

23. The Crowd
http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/crowd1.jpg

Not to be too literal, but both the shots of the office as well as the finale at the show are poignant.

Spinal

06-22-2009, 11:35 PM

24. Happy Feet

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/happy-feet.jpg

Qrazy

06-22-2009, 11:36 PM

I noticed how the vast majority of these are much older films. Nowadays, is it a cost-prohibitive environment that's responsible for the CGI stand-in we might see in really large crowd shots? Part of the huge thrill of seeing something like that on-screen was in the knowledge that someone had to supervise the logistical nightmare of such an assemblage -- and it frequently culminated in a shot that was marveled at from both a technical perspective and an emotional one. I hate the disconnect that we get now on so many of the manufactured shots.

I agree but there are still a few films and filmmakers who do things old school.

25. Russian Ark

http://alsolikelife.com/shooting/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/c9dabede.jpg

Not this shot but the final track backward at the end of the film.

Raiders

06-22-2009, 11:37 PM

26. War of the Worlds

http://www.dvdexchange-online.co.uk/DVD_Film_News/2005/War_of_the_Worlds/War_of_the_Worlds_trailer.jpg

Initial attack

megladon8

06-22-2009, 11:37 PM

Back in the early days of cinema, films would often be judged based solely on how many huge crowd shots were there.

That's why it's not uncommon to see epic silent films with posters that say "Featuring a cast of THOUSANDS!"

thefourthwall

06-22-2009, 11:38 PM

27. Moulin Rouge!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/monyspics/caroline_moulin_rouge_tango_em brace.jpg

This isn't quite it, but I love during "El Tango de Roxanne" when there are fifty or so silhouetted couples slowly doing the exact same dance moves. Appeals to my heightened desire for symmetry.

Spinal

06-22-2009, 11:46 PM

28. The Wizard of Oz

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/yellow-brick-road.jpg

Winston*

06-22-2009, 11:50 PM

29. Spirited Away.

http://www.kakuchi.net/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.Download Item&g2_itemId=1516&g2_serialNumber=2

Sven

06-23-2009, 12:05 AM

(taking a cue from Winnie*)

30.

http://www.nihongo.dk/studiestart/wp-content/paprika.jpg

monolith94

06-23-2009, 12:12 AM

.31

http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/news/new%20dailies/labyrinth2-1024.jpg

There is a crowd of people in the ballroom, aren't there?

Stay Puft

06-23-2009, 12:20 AM

32. Tokyo Fist

http://www.dvd-forum.at/bilder/screenshots/115218175635724600.jpg

Tsuda (Tsukamoto) stumbles through a downtown Tokyo crowd after him and his wife violently assault each other.

Stay Puft

06-23-2009, 12:31 AM

33. Farewell My Concubine

http://images.blogcn.com/2007/3/30/9/yyu2000,2007033016125.jpg

I'll try to find good shots later, but I'm thinking of two scenes:

1) The fight that breaks out during the performance, and during which you-know-what happens to Gong Li.

2) The mob scene at the end, when Douzi and Shitou are forced to "confess."

megladon8

06-23-2009, 12:34 AM

34.) The Matrix Revolutions

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4858/matrix31.jpg

Neo and Agent Smith fight among millions of Agent Smith's.

Bosco B Thug

06-23-2009, 03:02 AM

I can't think of a quirky entry. All I can think of is Eisenstein and Antonioni and Altman.

Bosco B Thug

06-23-2009, 03:11 AM

35. Nashville

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/Bosco_Von/vlcsnap-15994801.png

The rally event

Dead & Messed Up

06-23-2009, 03:21 AM

I can't think of a quirky entry. All I can think of is Eisenstein and Antonioni and Altman.

Well, someone's gonna have to post Potemkin sooner or later.

Wyler and DeMille aren't quirky, but I haven't seen a mention yet.

Mysterious Dude

06-23-2009, 03:35 AM

36. M

http://home.comcast.net/~flickhead/M02.jpg

Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) faces his accusers.

And if I may make a suggestion about these interactive lists: maybe they should start with 100 and work their way down to 1, like we did when we made up that one guy's list (was it eternity? can't remember). That way, people might be inclined to save the good ones for the end.

trotchky

06-23-2009, 03:42 AM

35. Nashville

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/Bosco_Von/vlcsnap-15994801.png

The rally event

Hell yeah.

trotchky

06-23-2009, 03:48 AM

On that note...

37. Rachel Getting Married

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4491/rachelgettingmarried2.jpg

The wedding rehearsal/The wedding

trotchky

06-23-2009, 03:54 AM

38.Babel

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2531/babelmovie16.jpg

Tokyo club scene.

Mysterious Dude

06-23-2009, 04:50 AM

39. The Battle of Algiers

http://kmthomas.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/battleofalgiers.jpg

The final demonstration.

B-side

06-23-2009, 05:57 AM

40. Ivan the Terrible I

http://mikedempsey.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5532538c48833010536264e31 970b-800wi

Infiltration.

origami_mustache

06-23-2009, 06:03 AM

41. Battleship Potemkin

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Potemkinmarch.jpg

...speaking of Eisenstein.

Grouchy

06-23-2009, 06:23 AM

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews20/a%20Sidney%20Lumet%20Dog%20Day %20Afternoon%20Al%20Pacino%20D VD%20Review/old%20Sidney%20Lumet%20Dog%20D ay%20Afternoon%20Al%20Pacino%2 0DVD%20Review%204526.jpg

42. DOG DAY AFTERNOON
"Attica! Attica!"

B-side

06-23-2009, 07:46 AM

Those should be 41 and 42, no?

Spinal

06-23-2009, 08:11 AM

43. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/perfume2b.jpg

Milky Joe

06-23-2009, 08:15 AM

43. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Arrested-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-591716_800_441.jpg

Yum-Yum

06-23-2009, 10:09 AM

44. The Warriors

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5295/thewarriors662.jpg

Spinal

06-23-2009, 06:05 PM

45. Gimme Shelter

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/mickonstagealtamont.jpg

Qrazy

06-23-2009, 06:09 PM

46. Fitzcarraldo

http://www.realpoliticalfacetalk.com/r/i/fitzcarraldo2.jpg

Spinal

06-23-2009, 06:41 PM

47. Repo!: The Genetic Opera

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/repocrowd.jpg

Spinal

06-23-2009, 06:46 PM

48. The Firemen's Ball

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/cz-firemen-1.jpg

Spinal

06-23-2009, 06:50 PM

49. Henry V

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/henryv.jpg

Dead & Messed Up

06-23-2009, 07:36 PM

50. Kwaidan ("Hoichi the Earless")

http://ferdyonfilms.com/kwaidan%202.jpeg

megladon8

06-23-2009, 09:14 PM

51. Blade Runner

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2589/bladerunner010707.jpg

Russ

06-23-2009, 09:28 PM

52. Blazing Saddles

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/20/pdvd002s.png

Ezee E

06-24-2009, 01:18 AM

53. Triumph of the Will

http://mos.totalfilm.com/images/t/triumph-of-the-will-800-75.jpg

Amnesiac

06-24-2009, 11:17 PM

54. Playtime

http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/ww46/Amnesiac7/playtime-1967-01-g.jpg

Melville

06-24-2009, 11:43 PM

55. Werckmeister Harmonies

http://www.trendesombras.com/num2/imagenes/werk003.jpg

Dead & Messed Up

06-25-2009, 05:31 AM

56. The Bicycle Thief

http://film.virtual-history.com/photo/b00/large/00307.jpg

Mysterious Dude

06-26-2009, 03:15 AM

57. Metropolis

http://www.english2.mnsu.edu/larsson/gr%20images/metmaria.jpg

Various scenes.

Ezee E

06-26-2009, 05:13 AM

Great shot Antoine. So creepy.

Qrazy

06-26-2009, 06:09 AM

Great shot Antoine. So creepy.

Yeah is that a screen? Because that's a great transfer. I might have to rewatch the film.

Qrazy

06-26-2009, 06:13 AM

58. Sunset Boulevard

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0210980301/m/sunset.jpeg

Qrazy

06-26-2009, 06:14 AM

59. Ran

http://www.willamette.edu/~rloftus/jfilm/ran5.jpg

Mysterious Dude

06-26-2009, 06:18 AM

Yeah is that a screen? Because that's a great transfer. I might have to rewatch the film.
After reviewing the scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzyUtvwXS4), I think it is probably a publicity photo.

I don't know if it's the best "crowd" scene in the movie, but I liked the picture.

Qrazy

06-26-2009, 06:20 AM

60. The Godfather Part II

http://blog.jinbo.net/files2/176/worm/images/200708/200327466.jpg

Qrazy

06-26-2009, 06:25 AM

61. The Day of the Locust

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9876/locust0oy7.png

Qrazy

06-26-2009, 06:26 AM

After reviewing the scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzyUtvwXS4), I think it is probably a publicity photo.

I don't know if it's the best "crowd" scene in the movie, but I liked the picture.

Aw shucks, but yeah it is a good pic. The print I saw was weak though so perhaps I'll check out the DVD clipper mentioned.

Qrazy

06-26-2009, 06:31 AM

62. The Conformist

http://colourofmemory.files.wordpress .com/2008/04/conformist.jpg

soitgoes...

06-26-2009, 10:08 AM

#63 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee171/soitgoes22/mrsmithgoestowashington_1.jpg

soitgoes...

06-26-2009, 10:28 AM

#64 On the Waterfront

http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_03_img1204.jpg

B-side

06-26-2009, 10:32 AM

Your #63 pic isn't showing up for me, soitgoes.

KK2.0

06-26-2009, 04:16 PM

61. The Day of the Locust

I was waiting for this one to show up, it would be my post if it never did.

Mysterious Dude

06-26-2009, 04:57 PM

65. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

http://www.reverseshot.com/files/images/pre-issue22/unbearable4.preview.jpg

The Soviet invasion of Prague.

Mysterious Dude

06-26-2009, 05:12 PM

66. Gandhi

http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1274565/article_images/gan4.jpg

Raiders

06-26-2009, 05:21 PM

67. Citizen Kane

http://titirangistoryteller.files.wor dpress.com/2009/04/citizen-kane.jpg

Spinal

06-26-2009, 06:00 PM

68. Being John Malkovich

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/Being-John-Malkovich.jpg

(not a shot from the movie, but you know which scene I mean)

Spinal

06-26-2009, 06:18 PM

69. Shortbus

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/shortbus_orgy2.jpg

(with a little editing)

Spinal

06-26-2009, 06:34 PM

70. Carrie

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/Carrie.jpg

Dukefrukem

06-26-2009, 06:40 PM

71. Matrix Reloaded

http://www.wu-jing.org/News/images/2003/2003_4_Matrix_Reloaded_04_scol .jpg

Dukefrukem

06-26-2009, 07:06 PM

72. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

http://www.lucasfan.com/interviews/sheard1.jpg

Bosco B Thug

06-26-2009, 07:07 PM

73. The Double Life of Veronique

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/Bosco_Von/double-vie-riot.jpg

Veronique sees Veronika in Krakow

Benny Profane

06-29-2009, 01:40 PM

74. Dog Day Afternoon (Attica!)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mlPoGU4VqSk/R9keahajUMI/AAAAAAAAB1o/DKF23zH2vg4/s400/attica.jpeg

origami_mustache

06-29-2009, 08:48 PM

75. Do the Right Thing

http://labuzamovies.com/Do_the_Right_Thing_files/riot.jpg

Dead & Messed Up

06-29-2009, 09:09 PM

76. Blade

http://outnow.ch/Media/Movies/Bilder/1998/Blade/dvd-film.ws/01.jpg

Spinal

06-29-2009, 09:26 PM

Hate the film. Love that scene.

KK2.0

06-30-2009, 10:11 PM

77- SPARTACUS

http://cinemaeafins.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/spartacus.jpg

couldn't find a good pic, watch the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKD42DKe0pI