From IMDB: Bill Murray made a deal with Columbia Pictures that he would appear in Ghostbusters (1984) only if they financed this movie. Originally, no studio was interested in making the film until Dan Aykroyd suggested the deal to Murray. On the final day of shooting, Murray flew to New York City to start filming Ghostbusters.
I was working at a theater when this movie came out. I loathed it. I never watched it through, but what I saw, I hated. A funny thing though, is that I never forgot it. He traveled the world looking for meaning. I have wanted to do exactly that ever since. Maybe I should watch it again. This time through the eyes of a much older man.
Also, read the book. I recommend the book to anyone who is considering a major life change. I read it right before deciding to join the military in 1991.
It really takes all types to make a world. I consider Bill Murray's Razor's Edge to be the greatest film ever made - bar none. I cannot imagine how many times I have seen it. It is wonderful on so many levels. Pure genius film making. Brian Doyle Murray should have got an Oscar for his performance as Piedmont.
@@twomindz79 Yes, absolutely! I love everything about this film. If only one film in the entire history of cinema could be saved, I would pick this one. Stunning piece of work.
I loved everything about this movie. It deviated from the novel by making Larry a volunteer ambulance driver-- which is far more satisfying than the Larry of the novel, who was a bombadier. The frustration is that you never really find out what Larry learned in India... Still better than the old black and white version, I think, since the wisdom learned by Larry in India seems suspiciously western...
Interesting, they seem to have grabbed that idea from Farewell to Arms by Hemingway? Turns out Maugham was actually in the ambulance corps in WWI as well.
I thought he learned that living in the moment was all you have. He burned his books because he was cold on the mountain top. The scene at the end with Uncle Elliot dying and his confrontation of Isabelle over Sophie was one of the best I've seen.
@@joelhicklin38 He also had the epiphany that the truth cannot be found in any book, but only through direct experience. Lao Tzu alludes to this in the opening lines of the Tao Te Ching. Try as one may, words cannot convey the esoteric knowledge.
@@Vanexelfan3137 What a great movie, thanks for the implicit recommendation. I have been a "dream researcher" for my entire life, and I have recorded 5 discoveries I have made. I suspect all 5 of my discoveries are discussed in Waking Life, plus others, for sure. Richard Linklater is new to me, as is the animation techniques he employed. I added it to my Top 10 Movies list, which now includes 55 entries. I no longer try to put them into order, and my acid test for a great movie is "How many times do I think about it in the next week? Month? Year?"
@@RogerDavis795 I truly hope you enjoy it. They filmed it on digital video, broke it down cell by cell then painted over it. Same stuff as lightsabers. I think it’s called cinematic rotoscoping. Once again, many thanks for posting the most powerful vid on UA-cam.
I think only recently have people in Hollywood started to focus on things like period hairstyling. You certainly didn't see it in the movies of the 80s.
tolemy kneally so good...it hurts to watch. brian doyle murray's character, the hard-bitten, alcoholic, war-weary and grizzled veteran who has helplessly watched so many die when his job is to save people--sees and knows and feels the futility of his situation. he can do nothing much really about all the murdering of humanity in front of him and its too much to consider lest he is rendered usesless in the battle. so he has to very quickly convince himself that he hates everyone who is killed to deal with the horrific reality and keep moving. hence, his "they won't be missed" right after another round of death of his friends. sad.
@@Triumph2024. Yes and Darrell copies his example even though everyone knows it is twaddle he is saying. Very moving to see Malcolm tear up. That too was a great performance.
Yes, I believe that is how Piedmont felt, in fact. But he expressed it sarcastically, so as to be able to contain his true feelings of sorrow and grief. Especially in war, one must suppress the emotions in order to simply survive. "Keep moving, dont stop!"
He is only lying because he is devastated at such a waste, but he needs to be so damn hard or he knows he will end up just like them - that said, he hardly ever lies
I have seen this movie many, many times. I cannot figure out the lines "Piedmont, there must be something more !." Piedmont "Got a driver's license ?". Help me .....
The fellow from Yale who uttered the line, he had a total misconception of what the mission was. Piedmont's reply had double sarcasm. 1) The Yale guy had already bragged about how fast he drove an ambulance in a competition in New Haven. 2) He had absolutely no need for a driver's license in the current situation. I am pleased that you, like me, have watched the movie many times. Here's a historical note for you: Bill Murray had been trying to get a studio to produce "The Razor's Edge", and none of them would do it. Finally, a studio wanted Bill Murray to star in GHOST BUSTERS so badly that they agree to produce "The Razor's Edge" in return for his helping make "Who you gonna call?" a household expression. Piedmont, btw, was played by Bill Murray's brother.
Thanks for the thought, but in fact I changed the wording to fit my special purpose, to sarcastically tell a co-worker how much I would miss him when he retired.
@@RogerDavis795 That's brilliant lol. Wish they would have ink stamped my clearing papers with that quote when I got out of the army. I would have framed it and placed that award on the wall at home.
The artillery is walking forward. Move some ass. And get out of that rain. Or, run into it and get under that rain.charge of the 300. Comes to mind. As a post note I don't know shit.
They actually stopped an ambulance, full of injured and dying men, in the *_middle of an artillery barrage that was on their position_* just in order for the driver to get his hand bandaged? And, of course, all the people in the back of their ambulance including them are dead now. Pompous to the end, I guess...
Good to see The Flying Dutchman and Garfield getting along.
From IMDB: Bill Murray made a deal with Columbia Pictures that he would appear in Ghostbusters (1984) only if they financed this movie. Originally, no studio was interested in making the film until Dan Aykroyd suggested the deal to Murray. On the final day of shooting, Murray flew to New York City to start filming Ghostbusters.
I was working at a theater when this movie came out. I loathed it. I never watched it through, but what I saw, I hated. A funny thing though, is that I never forgot it. He traveled the world looking for meaning. I have wanted to do exactly that ever since. Maybe I should watch it again. This time through the eyes of a much older man.
Also, read the book. I recommend the book to anyone who is considering a major life change. I read it right before deciding to join the military in 1991.
It really takes all types to make a world. I consider Bill Murray's Razor's Edge to be the greatest film ever made - bar none. I cannot imagine how many times I have seen it. It is wonderful on so many levels. Pure genius film making. Brian Doyle Murray should have got an Oscar for his performance as Piedmont.
@@wmobberley4416
Greatest film ever made !! Settle
@@twomindz79 Yes, absolutely! I love everything about this film. If only one film in the entire history of cinema could be saved, I would pick this one. Stunning piece of work.
@@wmobberley4416 My sailboat is named Razors Edge for this movie, my first in 1988 had the same name.
I loved everything about this movie. It deviated from the novel by making Larry a volunteer ambulance driver-- which is far more satisfying than the Larry of the novel, who was a bombadier. The frustration is that you never really find out what Larry learned in India... Still better than the old black and white version, I think, since the wisdom learned by Larry in India seems suspiciously western...
Interesting, they seem to have grabbed that idea from Farewell to Arms by Hemingway? Turns out Maugham was actually in the ambulance corps in WWI as well.
I thought he learned that living in the moment was all you have. He burned his books because he was cold on the mountain top. The scene at the end with Uncle Elliot dying and his confrontation of Isabelle over Sophie was one of the best I've seen.
Western?
@@joelhicklin38 He also had the epiphany that the truth cannot be found in any book, but only through direct experience. Lao Tzu alludes to this in the opening lines of the Tao Te Ching. Try as one may, words cannot convey the esoteric knowledge.
My second favorite movie of all time. Thanks for the vid.
What is your #1 favorite?
@@RogerDavis795
Waking Life. But it’s really close.
@@Vanexelfan3137 What a great movie, thanks for the implicit recommendation. I have been a "dream researcher" for my entire life, and I have recorded 5 discoveries I have made. I suspect all 5 of my discoveries are discussed in Waking Life, plus others, for sure. Richard Linklater is new to me, as is the animation techniques he employed. I added it to my Top 10 Movies list, which now includes 55 entries. I no longer try to put them into order, and my acid test for a great movie is "How many times do I think about it in the next week? Month? Year?"
@@RogerDavis795
I truly hope you enjoy it. They filmed it on digital video, broke it down cell by cell then painted over it. Same stuff as lightsabers. I think it’s called cinematic rotoscoping. Once again, many thanks for posting the most powerful vid on UA-cam.
Great to see the Murray brothers together!
"I am helping my fellow man."
"That paint job is gonna make a great target!"
Brian Doyle Murray: Power Actor
I love you, Edward Henry Rea iii. Rest in Peace, old friend.
No man in the first half of the Twentieth Century had a haircut anything close to these guys.
haha ...Hollywood. In 1960s Westerns, women had 1960s makeup. It looked ridiculous.
I think only recently have people in Hollywood started to focus on things like period hairstyling. You certainly didn't see it in the movies of the 80s.
one of the best scenes ever
tolemy kneally so good...it hurts to watch. brian doyle murray's character, the hard-bitten, alcoholic, war-weary and grizzled veteran who has helplessly watched so many die when his job is to save people--sees and knows and feels the futility of his situation. he can do nothing much really about all the murdering of humanity in front of him and its too much to consider lest he is rendered usesless in the battle. so he has to very quickly convince himself that he hates everyone who is killed to deal with the horrific reality and keep moving. hence, his "they won't be missed" right after another round of death of his friends. sad.
ya probably one of the more honest portraits of war
What an accurate description of this scene. Unbelievably sad.
@@Triumph2024. Yes and Darrell copies his example even though everyone knows it is twaddle he is saying. Very moving to see Malcolm tear up. That too was a great performance.
He won't be missed.
Graveyards are full of unreplaceable people.
Yes, I believe that is how Piedmont felt, in fact. But he expressed it sarcastically, so as to be able to contain his true feelings of sorrow and grief. Especially in war, one must suppress the emotions in order to simply survive. "Keep moving, dont stop!"
The Flying Dutchman during his service in war
TenorMan96 and Captain K'nuckles
Ironic, he hates liars and voices a man who ONLY lies
He is only lying because he is devastated at such a waste, but he needs to be so damn hard or he knows he will end up just like them - that said, he hardly ever lies
They won't be missed.
I have seen this movie many, many times. I cannot figure out the lines "Piedmont, there must be something more !." Piedmont "Got a driver's license ?". Help me .....
The fellow from Yale who uttered the line, he had a total misconception of what the mission was. Piedmont's reply had double sarcasm. 1) The Yale guy had already bragged about how fast he drove an ambulance in a competition in New Haven. 2) He had absolutely no need for a driver's license in the current situation. I am pleased that you, like me, have watched the movie many times. Here's a historical note for you: Bill Murray had been trying to get a studio to produce "The Razor's Edge", and none of them would do it. Finally, a studio wanted Bill Murray to star in GHOST BUSTERS so badly that they agree to produce "The Razor's Edge" in return for his helping make "Who you gonna call?" a household expression. Piedmont, btw, was played by Bill Murray's brother.
"They won't be missed." fify
Thanks for the thought, but in fact I changed the wording to fit my special purpose, to sarcastically tell a co-worker how much I would miss him when he retired.
@@RogerDavis795
That's brilliant lol. Wish they would have ink stamped my clearing papers with that quote when I got out of the army. I would have framed it and placed that award on the wall at home.
the best 80s brothers
Captain K'nuckles served in a war!
Along with the flying dutchman
The artillery is walking forward. Move some ass. And get out of that rain. Or, run into it and get under that rain.charge of the 300. Comes to mind. As a post note I don't know shit.
They actually stopped an ambulance, full of injured and dying men, in the *_middle of an artillery barrage that was on their position_* just in order for the driver to get his hand bandaged? And, of course, all the people in the back of their ambulance including them are dead now.
Pompous to the end, I guess...
guess his hand stopped hurting after that
Most strategic location to tend to a wound in the history of warfare.
I love the title...none of us will be missed.
What is this movie? I’ve never seen it.
The Razor's Edge (1984).
But he was addressing two Army acquaintances, not one friend.
The flying Dutchman SpongeBob
I know.
Lol I live in lake forest