@@johncarlofernandez2698 I guess that's why the special effects guys get paid the big bucks. It's quite obvious that it's been done by reversing the video though. I can't say what tricks they used to make it look so good.
I was just showing my mom this movie and I was telling her how they did that transformation was they dork them out pretty good at the beginning of the movie and then on dork him and then put a bunch of White pancake makeup on his face gave him a new jacket and there you go a demonic freak
I'm 30 years old. I grew up watching this as a kid with my dad. He loved this movie. Any movie with cars, really. Like Bullet, or Vanishing Point. He's up in heaven right now with his own Christine haha.
27 years old living in a world with seemingly endless cgi, this movie tops almost anything that's out there, especially given its age. Between the visual effects and the score, this will forever be one of my favorite scenes of all time.
@@starkiller731 The magic of practical effects, you can have all the realistic renders that you want with CGI, the human eye can still perceive "fakeness", don't get me wrong, usually in smart way, CGI can be pretty impressive but the overuse of it takes out the magic of a real effect done in a real set. That car is obviously real, the parts exist, they are filmed with a real camera in front of a real actor that is looking at a real car. It's way more impressive to watch a bunch of scrap metal fix itself into a nice car before your very eyes than a Transformers' special effect that no matter how good Optimus Prime looks on the screen, I know the actor is just looking at a green screen in real life.
Still one of my favorite horror films to this day. When it comes to setting an atmosphere, practical effects and creating the perfect score, John Carpenter is unbeatable.
@@jack002tubero, what? To quote il niege:-"sucsess of an adaptation doesn't depend on how closely it adheres to the source material"! L.o.t.r. is third of each.
@@jack002tuber movies need to entertain for an hour or two, books need to for a day or two. Of course the book will have a ton more in it. I never understand why people can’t grasp this concept.
@@derricksuggs6270 The song is Harlem Nocturne, you can take your pick on which version of it you hear. Hell, there's a version they used as the theme for Mike Hammer back in the day. It's been covered all over, and I don't think I've ever heard a bad version
@@necrosundergroundI literally just came to this clip because I heard a cover of it in Tango & Cash and went down a rabbit hole trying to find out what it was because I recognized it from both. Thanks for the info!
John Donovan John Carpenter truly showed the emotion of the car as if it Really was Alive! Just Genius! No movie till this day shows that type of expression!
The first 40 seconds of this clip I always find beautiful. Christine at this point is borderline a write-off, she's going to cost 4 times as much to restore, but Arnie doesn't care. He knows it will be tough, expensive, but to him, she's worth it. He isn't utterly blind to the expenses and work yet he quietly comforts her. I've said that line to a few of my closest friends in the past, most often my best friend, and it just resonates at the times I feel I need to have it said. Genuinely a lot of touching moments in this movie, and a lot of subtleties too.
He had little money into her to start. He fixed up her using parts he found in the junk pile in back. Christine did the rest out of everyone’s sight. This was christines reveal to Arnie of what she could do.
She doesn’t repair herself for over twenty years. She only does it when she knows Arnie loves her. For just a car her character is pretty deep. Carpenters most underrated film.
And it wouldn't have been destroyed in the first place. Whoever thought about destroying it would change their mind and not do it when they saw what a great car it is. It'd put anyone off doing it. It just wouldn't happen.
I must have searched every corner of the internet when I first saw this film, Shazam-ing multiple times, yet I could never find the soundtrack. Then I happen upon your comment. THANK YOU. You have made my day!
When doing this scene, they told him to act as if it was girlfriend giving him a strip tease. Meanwhile I'm here like, a car that fixes itself and automatically only plays the top hits of the 50s, got me right there, who needs to think of anything else
I not sure about the strip tease but imo the actor's reposnse to a car repairing itself is, shall we say not what I would epxect. It doesnt helpt that the music doesnt (again imo) fit. Tis hsould be supernatural/horror
Love how this entire scene is basically a nude scene. Christine flashes Arnie with her headlights & reveals her true self to him. Some seriously ingenious filmmaking right here!
If you love the film, you'd love the book even more. Things are different than shown in the film, especially the deaths (the deaths are more gruesome and puts you on edge)
The music when the lights shine on him is SO eerily cool! Beautifully done Mr. Carpenter!!....Keith Gordon as Arnie ain't no slouch, either. The look of astonishment & passion on his face is amazing!
It's very similar to the sound effect used when Michael Myers grabs Tommy Doyle after the kids trip him onto his pumpkin. I can't remember where but I know it's used in halloween 2 I believe. I think it was a car light scene for that as well. Maybe when Michael attacks the ambulance.
The viscounts-Harlem Nocturne, the music when she Christine shows Arnie what she really is. Is pure love and devotion to him. It's a sick twisted love story.
@@jimloontiens9275 No, Christine has always been alive and always been a killer right from being built. It's never implied that she's possessed by anything in particular, she was just built that way
So this is the first time Arnie saw Christine regenerate herself? What this means is that Arnie, with only used parts from Darnell’s junkyard, actually managed to restore Christine to her original condition. That’s amazing.
That's the first time he acknowledges that she's repairing herself. In the book he can remember doing a couple of things to her, change the oil, replace a mirror, etc, but the big stuff he can't remember,
@@note2owns Nah, SK covers this in the book. Christine was finally getting the love she needed, and did it herself, but Arnie was too involved or blind to see it. HERE is where he acknowledges it, simply telling Christine "Show me."
They point this out early in the movie when Darnell points out the haphazard way Arnie's fixing the car...like doing one half of the grill but not the other.
I love this movie, but the book does go into more detail. There are some nuances that don’t translate over. The biggest one for me is did the car possess LeBay, or vice versa?
Cgi is good for video games and computer side projects though. If people create something it means they have to use it, that's the key rule to bare in mind
Well, John Carpenter did tell Keith Gordon to act this scene out as if it was his girlfriend giving him a striptease. So, you're not wrong. The Harlem Nocturne music is just the icing on the cake.
Ok I just noticed that if you think about it , this is a love scene. It's as if Christine is getting naked In front of Arnie. She's showing her true self to him just like a girl is showing her true self when she's naked. That's why Arnie says "Show Me"
After reading a ton of the comments on this scene, I am blown away by peoples appreciation for this old movie! I'm 56 and saw it (several times) when it came out. I personally loved it, but it didn't really make that big of a splash back then, if I remember correctly. Guess it has aged well, and become something of a cult classic. Just so cool to see it get the respect I think it deserves. However, I will say the book is definitely waaayy better than the movie. It's hard to encapsulate a 300 page book into a 90 minute movie and not make some cuts and changes! Anyone who has read the book knows what I mean! And I highly recommend it. Still love the movie, though! Rock on, Christine fans!
This isn't a horror film. It's a love story. I guess you have to be truly in love with your car to understand it. When Arnie says okay show me and Christine shows him it always brings it to my eye.
They compared this scene to a strip tease or something. Basically, Christine put on a show for Arnie by demonstrating her ability to regenerate, impressing him and making him hers.
Torrey Duncan Yeah I vaguely remember seeing a making of documentary behind the SF of Christine because that was the main talking point amongst cinema goers.
Yes but playing it in forward you would had seen the tools crashing the car, how did they made them disapear in reverse? Unless the zoomed parts of Christine aren't actually parts of the car and they build up the zoomed parts separately made of some other material that can bend more easily, and some guy from the inside was pushing the material to give the illusion of the repairing car.
I thought the same first, but it's only partly correct. There are some backwards shots for details, but for the big parts they used a flexible plastic and rubber model with hydraulics for the "restoring" motions. Clever and quite convincing.
They did not use a damn computer. They put hydraulic jacks inside the car and pulled it in while filming from different camera angles. What you are seeing is that played backwards so instead of being pulled in it appears to be popping back out.
i wont agree what about 2018 mercedes benz ? or 2018 vw golf btw its ur opinion the car looks still old and even kid would say that its old car i mean these "wings" they are not popular today trabant also had wings but this factory is death nvm okay so its just ur opinion
This actually wasn't a special effect like I thought, they put hydraulics in the car to suck the car in crumbling it, then they played the scene in reverse to make it appear as if it were fixing itself, however, special effect or not it's dope to me.
@@sidneybell9327 Yeah, but wait until you have kids and they are wondering how they made it without CGI! My son is now in the age of 14 and we started to watch the movies i liked at his age!
This movie has such a hold on me because I know for a fact that if I had a car with Christine's abilities I would have become what Arnie became too! She wouldn't even have to possess me; we would be in sync by choice!
@@Renville80 The Plymouth Fury is a model of automobile which was produced by Plymouth from 1955 to 1989. It was introduced for the 1956 model year as a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere, becoming a separate series one level above the contemporary Belvedere for 1959.
@@indignantlyweary2630 -- Says you who was alive when they made it. What about the younger generation who is too lazy to watch an old movie but still deserves to see it.
Well, why not? After all it is a sort of striptease. The quiet way she starts when Arnie isn't looking, letting him know she wants to show him her goods. When he calmly walks in front of her, turns and says 'Show Me." And Christine is so ready for this, because she knows Arnie truly loves her. So she flashes him first, literally. And the music you hear? It's a heartbeat. Because the first time you are exposed and so vulnerable to someone you love, your heart does pound. Then the music fades in over the heartbeat as her confidence rises and her show begins. And you can tell from the look on Arnie's face that he wants this as badly as Christine does. And the seductive way she shows her powers to him. Starting slowly, almost shyly, then building and building as her passion rises and she longs for Arnie to surrender to her completely. And he does. It was this interaction that told Christine how far Arnie was willing to go for her. And he let her know. He'd go all the way for her. He was willing to let her kill those that had hurt her, hurt them both. From this moment, Arnie was lost to her charms. No matter how far it went, he would never turn away from her.
There was an old ad for collector car insurance that mentioned that. “When you turn your car on, does it return the favor? Does it think a little gas is a good thing? Is it proud of its spare tire? Maybe she isn’t a she after all. Car insurance for real cars people.”
Christine is in Grand Theft Auto V online as part of the Halloween event, it's mostly a leprechaun or unicorn thing just got to be at the right place at the right time in the game. Just be sure to be in an invite only session, so you can have some peace while looking for it.😉
It’s also not really a “right place, right time” thing. She’ll just roll up on you at any time. (My friends and i were grouped together, i just made the horrible decision to get out while she was there 😂)
@@dylandevlin2102 oh no trust me, it threw us for a loop! But i also LOVE the movie, so i pranked a friend of mine while he was mid gunfight with the cops, just rolled up and ran him over 😂😂😂 got the cops on myself in the Declasse Tornado, it did not end well
John Carpenter is AWESOME at composing and writing his music for his films. I feel like this soundtrack is very underrated. You can hear the tragedy and haunting melodies all at once in this scene. It's a beautiful scene cause we all sympathize with Arnie and want him to have have just the one good thing in his life, but it ends up consuming him and he loses control of what good he had once carried with him. This movie almost has a Shakespearean tragedy to it. I got to have my picture taken with one of the cars used in the movie and I'm not going to lie...CHRISTINE is one badass piece of machinery . 🤘
This is a 1959 version of Harlem Nocturne recorded by the Viscounts. It was written in 1939 by Earle Hagen. It's an excellent selection for the scene both for mood and for being late-50s like the Fury, but the original artists deserve proper credit.
I remember finally finding this movie on dvd and watch it October 2019. I’m 22 and I love the special effects of this for it being a 1983 movie. This part when I first saw it gave me chills
I f-ing LOVE this scene (that music at 1:25 when the headlights come on still gives me the chills every time; SO cool!) .... I'm surprised this movie didn't 'do' better that it did; It's a lot different than the book, but still great! Awesome job, Mr. Carpenter. I find both Arnie & Dennis adorable in this film.
I love the creativity in this scene. Since there was no CGI back then, the way they achieved this effect of the car fixing itself was by playing the footage in reverse. The Plymouth Fury is actually being destroyed in the garage with chains and hook underneath the body panel squishing it into that shape.
Actually it isn't a real car. It's a plastic mock up with hydraulics attached to the back panels. They deform the car when the film is rolling then reverse it.
This makes me smile to much every time, I see it, it never gets old to me, I been waiting all my driving years to find my Christine, I thought my 1979 coupe DeVille was it one time, well I sure hoped it was, my girlfriend had vandalized it pretty bad, I just wanted the car to pop back in perfect condition Infront of me, I asked the car to show me... I stood there as if it was gone show me, I would have cried and had that car till this day, if I wasn't offered a life time of money for it , I would've thought about that , maybe that's why it didn't show me, maybe my heart wasn't always connected that no amount of money would have been enough.... Yeah that was it... Smh damn , now I know why ....
I totally fell in love with this car when I first saw the movie.And a few years back I struck the jackpot I found and bought the book at a second-hand book store.Just wish I can get a hold on the movie again.
It's crazy that regeneration effect on Christine was taken from an already destroyed car out of a hydraulic crush, played backwards. Those special effects are awesome for 1983. But if it was The Car, it would not need to regenerate at all.
Commander Shepard I’m 9 years old, and I just came up with a good Crossover that I will only think about in my imagination untill I’m 13 years old, and I look back on it thinking, “boy that was a stupid thought”. :D
I see no difference. Only one is a car that can repair itself and one is a robot that turns into a car. One is the devil's Plymouth, while the other is Satan's Camaro. Actually come to think of it, Shatter is basically just Christine as a Transformer. An evil red Plymouth that can "repair itself".
This is just one of my absolute favorite scenes in this movie. The other one is when Buddy Raskin is running for his life down the road with Christine on his tail. I am a big movie nerd and I get chills
I still get chills when Christine's headlights come on. This scene was epic before epic was fashionable.
really? would help if the music wasnt some bland night-club
@@redcardinalist 80s? Thanks!
One brighter than the other as if she were saying im hurt but not out !
It was epic. A car....a dweeb....demonic love!
i still do on my 100th rewatch
DAMN, for a 1980's movie, those simple yet impressive specials effects are *LEGIT.*
They crushed the car and then played it in reverse, low-tech but very effective.
@@redoz9768 so each time they dented the car, they take a picture? But how did they get the frames smooth as butter?
@@johncarlofernandez2698 I guess that's why the special effects guys get paid the big bucks. It's quite obvious that it's been done by reversing the video though. I can't say what tricks they used to make it look so good.
@@johncarlofernandez2698 I think they used pumps to pull body parts from the inside of a Christine in a perfect condition
I think they damaged the car little by little, after every damage/push, they take a shot I guess? Then play it in reverse
Keith Gordon's performance in this film is hugely underrated. How he goes from this sad nerd to an edgy scary guy is awsome and completely believable.
Keith Gordon is Tobey Maguire, while Christine is the Symbiote
I was just showing my mom this movie and I was telling her how they did that transformation was they dork them out pretty good at the beginning of the movie and then on dork him and then put a bunch of White pancake makeup on his face gave him a new jacket and there you go a demonic freak
It was a great performance
Absolutely...he was amazing!
Oh yea
I've seen plenty of movies in my 57 years.
This scene will always resonate with me as one of the greatest single movie scenes created by man.
I'm 30 years old. I grew up watching this as a kid with my dad. He loved this movie. Any movie with cars, really. Like Bullet, or Vanishing Point. He's up in heaven right now with his own Christine haha.
I'm 30 too, watched this one all the time as a kid, this movie and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang are the reason why I like old cars. lol
27 years old living in a world with seemingly endless cgi, this movie tops almost anything that's out there, especially given its age. Between the visual effects and the score, this will forever be one of my favorite scenes of all time.
@@starkiller731 The magic of practical effects, you can have all the realistic renders that you want with CGI, the human eye can still perceive "fakeness", don't get me wrong, usually in smart way, CGI can be pretty impressive but the overuse of it takes out the magic of a real effect done in a real set.
That car is obviously real, the parts exist, they are filmed with a real camera in front of a real actor that is looking at a real car.
It's way more impressive to watch a bunch of scrap metal fix itself into a nice car before your very eyes than a Transformers' special effect that no matter how good Optimus Prime looks on the screen, I know the actor is just looking at a green screen in real life.
Cool story🤦
Demonically Possessed Car , destroyed by Vandals? Seen it. Covered it. At Farmers, we know a thing or two, because we’ve seen a thing or two.
We are Farmers. Bum ba dum bum bum bum bum.
🤣🤣🤣
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Yes lol 😂
This is hilarious!
Still one of my favorite horror films to this day. When it comes to setting an atmosphere, practical effects and creating the perfect score, John Carpenter is unbeatable.
This was not horror. This was bully gets his.
@@JPSimen Excuse me young man but this is 100% undoubtedly a horror film...carry on.
I read the book. The movie left out tons of great stuff.
@@jack002tubero, what? To quote il niege:-"sucsess of an adaptation doesn't depend on how closely it adheres to the source material"! L.o.t.r. is third of each.
@@jack002tuber movies need to entertain for an hour or two, books need to for a day or two. Of course the book will have a ton more in it. I never understand why people can’t grasp this concept.
I can't be the only one who absolutely loves the sultry music that plays as she starts to inflate her tires and lift herself up
Its s strip tease. Shes showing herself to arnie and taking the relationship to the next level
And I've been searching hi and low for it
@@derricksuggs6270 The song is Harlem Nocturne, you can take your pick on which version of it you hear. Hell, there's a version they used as the theme for Mike Hammer back in the day. It's been covered all over, and I don't think I've ever heard a bad version
😂😂😂😂
@@necrosundergroundI literally just came to this clip because I heard a cover of it in Tango & Cash and went down a rabbit hole trying to find out what it was because I recognized it from both. Thanks for the info!
This is really a 1983 movie, these effects are spetacular
Pedro Urbano This movie wasn't cheaply produced....
Made by John Carpenter.
John Donovan John Carpenter truly showed the emotion of the car as if it Really was Alive! Just Genius! No movie till this day shows that type of expression!
Pedro Urbano
What they did is actually pull the car in with hydraulics. Then reversed the film, really clever and looks great(because it was real).
Did you know they actually used some hydraulics in the car to look more realistic?
this scene is simply one of the greatest of all time hands down. Timeless masterpiece.
I gotta say. That "show me" moment is so badass with the guitar
The first 40 seconds of this clip I always find beautiful. Christine at this point is borderline a write-off, she's going to cost 4 times as much to restore, but Arnie doesn't care. He knows it will be tough, expensive, but to him, she's worth it. He isn't utterly blind to the expenses and work yet he quietly comforts her. I've said that line to a few of my closest friends in the past, most often my best friend, and it just resonates at the times I feel I need to have it said. Genuinely a lot of touching moments in this movie, and a lot of subtleties too.
Then she just up and pulls herself back together.
He had little money into her to start. He fixed up her using parts he found in the junk pile in back. Christine did the rest out of everyone’s sight. This was christines reveal to Arnie of what she could do.
Beautiful analogy man. Nice comment. Hi after 3 years :)
I concur. I was 12 when it came out. Saw it around 14 or 15. Definitely hit a chord with the innuendo, seduction. Lil hair grew on my chest. Lol.
She doesn’t repair herself for over twenty years. She only does it when she knows Arnie loves her. For just a car her character is pretty deep. Carpenters most underrated film.
And it wouldn't have been destroyed in the first place. Whoever thought about destroying it would change their mind and not do it when they saw what a great car it is. It'd put anyone off doing it. It just wouldn't happen.
the best part of a woman need to be deserve it.
and after she love back she can make miracles to you
Christine only connected to certain people. That's she didn't fix herself when the guys brother died.
For anyone wondering the song that plays when Christine repairs herself is called Harlem Nocturne
By the Viscounts.
Thanks I was searching for that soundtrack 🙂
I have this song now.... Makes me imagine that Christine would seduce every guy, as well as the male cars....
I must have searched every corner of the internet when I first saw this film, Shazam-ing multiple times, yet I could never find the soundtrack. Then I happen upon your comment. THANK YOU. You have made my day!
Thank You
When doing this scene, they told him to act as if it was girlfriend giving him a strip tease. Meanwhile I'm here like, a car that fixes itself and automatically only plays the top hits of the 50s, got me right there, who needs to think of anything else
That makes sense because this movie is basically about a possessive girlfriend, just in the form of a character.
@@balabanasireti a character? Everyone in the movie was a character
I not sure about the strip tease but imo the actor's reposnse to a car repairing itself is, shall we say not what I would epxect. It doesnt helpt that the music doesnt (again imo) fit. Tis hsould be supernatural/horror
@@r8wells I think he meant 'car' but the auto correct put 'character' in its place.
This car is a dream. I'd fix her up a hundred times to drive her....
Love how this entire scene is basically a nude scene. Christine flashes Arnie with her headlights & reveals her true self to him. Some seriously ingenious filmmaking right here!
Christine is The ultimate wife. It doesn't cheat you. Christine, being a car, will always be with you.
And she always comes back...
"Her" not "it"
The Car would be lucky if he is in a relationship with Christine.... LOL
Me and my Lexi 😍
@@mrsblack7819 White people are something else 🤣
“Okay...show me”
Easily one of the best lines in movie history
Reminds Me From The Matrix By Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne)
1:26 Christine: You got it hot stuff. 😈
SHOW ME THE MONEY!
I love this film… such a perfect thriller!
Agree. I love this film ❣️
@@JSIV-j7p It's both, you fool.
If you love the film, you'd love the book even more. Things are different than shown in the film, especially the deaths (the deaths are more gruesome and puts you on edge)
I just finished the book, like minutes ago. Quite a bit different than the movie, but its a great read!
I hope no one ever remakes it. it is perfect as it is
As iconic as it gets and CGI could never match it. A masterpiece!
Just don't try to remake Christine. With John Carpenter it was built to last..
@@ZoolGatekeeperI heard it was being rebooted 😭😭 don’t know how true it is tho
@@OVETMUSICyou’re joking, aren’t you?
@@OVETMUSIC I thought there couldn’t be anything worse than Terminator 5, but then they made Terminator 6😂
That car still alive should be part two I watched the last end.
She is beatiful
She is powerful
She is possessive
She is pure evil
She is...
CHRISTINE
How do we stop the Christine car
Jerrol Hale....body by satan, soul by plymouth
@@lucabravo7482 Nowhere to run... No place to hide... No way to stop... THE CAR!! ^\||||/^
WHOOOONNNNK-WHA-WHA-WHOOOOONNNNNNK!!
Every woman ever
Sounds like the modern western woman in the divorce courts.
The music when the lights shine on him is SO eerily cool! Beautifully done Mr. Carpenter!!....Keith Gordon as Arnie ain't no slouch, either. The look of astonishment & passion on his face is amazing!
1:25 this sound effect deserves an award
Needs to be a text message notification sound
It's very similar to the sound effect used when Michael Myers grabs Tommy Doyle after the kids trip him onto his pumpkin. I can't remember where but I know it's used in halloween 2 I believe. I think it was a car light scene for that as well. Maybe when Michael attacks the ambulance.
The same sound used in Halloween 3 season of the witch too
@@josephcarroll6356 Wow you have a good ear I also remember that scene.
It is directed and composed by John Carpenter.
The viscounts-Harlem Nocturne, the music when she Christine shows Arnie what she really is. Is pure love and devotion to him. It's a sick twisted love story.
if i remember correctly , in the book the car was posessed by it's previous owner (male)
@@jimloontiens9275 In the book the car had a demon while it the original owner was slowly possessing and fully taking over the boy.
@@jimloontiens9275 No, Christine has always been alive and always been a killer right from being built. It's never implied that she's possessed by anything in particular, she was just built that way
@@rottenfiggy youre talking about the film. in the book, the car is possessed by the previous owner
So this is the first time Arnie saw Christine regenerate herself? What this means is that Arnie, with only used parts from Darnell’s junkyard, actually managed to restore Christine to her original condition. That’s amazing.
That's the first time he acknowledges that she's repairing herself. In the book he can remember doing a couple of things to her, change the oil, replace a mirror, etc, but the big stuff he can't remember,
A plot hole actually
@@note2owns Nah, SK covers this in the book. Christine was finally getting the love she needed, and did it herself, but Arnie was too involved or blind to see it. HERE is where he acknowledges it, simply telling Christine "Show me."
They point this out early in the movie when Darnell points out the haphazard way Arnie's fixing the car...like doing one half of the grill but not the other.
I love this movie, but the book does go into more detail. There are some nuances that don’t translate over. The biggest one for me is did the car possess LeBay, or vice versa?
This is still badass years later. Who wouldn't want a car that can fix itself? Minus the evil in it lol.
I'd take the evil too.
as do I
D Clark u dont understand . . . But I gues u would if u saw the movie...
D Clark she's not evil shes just protective
D Clark i want my old 240sx to do that
And this was before CGI. This movie shows us not everything needs to look like some non interactive video, can't beat practical effects.
And back then ( I saw it on release) you couldn't figure out how they did it, now you just know it is CGI.
I looks cgi to me though and that’s more impressive
They ran the film backwards of post-production demolition of the cars used.
The sad thing about that is it means the cars were actually destroyed
Cgi is good for video games and computer side projects though. If people create something it means they have to use it, that's the key rule to bare in mind
When Arnie stands before her and says, "Okay, show me", the music plays and it's like Christine is doing a striptease for her man.
Well, John Carpenter did tell Keith Gordon to act this scene out as if it was his girlfriend giving him a striptease. So, you're not wrong. The Harlem Nocturne music is just the icing on the cake.
Who wouldn’t bite the lip and clench the fist and want more though 😩 😢
Ok I just noticed that if you think about it , this is a love scene. It's as if Christine is getting naked In front of Arnie. She's showing her true self to him just like a girl is showing her true self when she's naked. That's why Arnie says "Show Me"
Antonio Silva she would have been sexier with a negligee
Antonio Silva 😮 😮 😮
Hmph. Never thought about it like that. Explains a bit...
Antonio Silva so. A succubus car?
I agree because Christine was pretty much his girlfriend. She got jealous, was "seductive" and even killed literally for him. Creepy.
Arnie: Ok, show me...
Christine:
Arnie: *NUT*
I mean, she did flash him...
so are you
LMFAO!!! EXACTLY!!!
@@FableWitch21Literally!😅
You're out of line but you're right 😂
After reading a ton of the comments on this scene, I am blown away by peoples appreciation for this old movie! I'm 56 and saw it (several times) when it came out. I personally loved it, but it didn't really make that big of a splash back then, if I remember correctly. Guess it has aged well, and become something of a cult classic. Just so cool to see it get the respect I think it deserves. However, I will say the book is definitely waaayy better than the movie. It's hard to encapsulate a 300 page book into a 90 minute movie and not make some cuts and changes! Anyone who has read the book knows what I mean! And I highly recommend it. Still love the movie, though! Rock on, Christine fans!
I wish all cars did this.
Except for the killing.
Adam Ohm She only killed creeps who deserved it so she's okay in my book!
They will it's call future.
@Christopher Wyman true. Those bullies deserved it
Killing is the best
The auto industry wouldn’t have it lol
She truely loves him
You can tell
And he loves her more than anything this world can offer.
This isn't a horror film. It's a love story. I guess you have to be truly in love with your car to understand it. When Arnie says okay show me and Christine shows him it always brings it to my eye.
By far the best striptease scene...in reverse.
I feel u man
lifegraduate 😂😂🤣🤣
The music is pretty erotic/jazzy, perfectly sticks to the scene !
10 likes short of 666...9 now
An outstanding performance by Keith Gordon(Arnie). Totally underrated performance.
And a damn good movie director!!!!!!
The response from Christine and when the music hits, epic.
Ah the bond between man and murderous machine , I love this movie.
Saw this movie so many times as a child. Still one of my favorite horror flicks. The soundtrack was awesome also.
One of the best scenes in cinema history!
They compared this scene to a strip tease or something. Basically, Christine put on a show for Arnie by demonstrating her ability to regenerate, impressing him and making him hers.
True fact when Christine starts repairing herself it was actually hydraulics pulling in the car in reverse
Torrey Duncan Yeah I vaguely remember seeing a making of documentary behind the SF of Christine because that was the main talking point amongst cinema goers.
That actually makes sense. Old camera tricks.
I read it was a big rubber car that they deflated. Someone has the rubber has door in their prop collection
Torrey Duncan I thought so.
That was an amazing trick to pull off, you don't really see effects like those in horror movies anymore
Brilliant acting, brilliant camera work, brilliant effects, brilliant score, brilliant film.
I love how Arnie just stands there smiling not caring that the car is alive
No CGI then. They just played the film in reverse.
LOVE Christine. Sinc I was a kid.
Yes but playing it in forward you would had seen the tools crashing the car, how did they made them disapear in reverse? Unless the zoomed parts of Christine aren't actually parts of the car and they build up the zoomed parts separately made of some other material that can bend more easily, and some guy from the inside was pushing the material to give the illusion of the repairing car.
I thought the same first, but it's only partly correct. There are some backwards shots for details, but for the big parts they used a flexible plastic and rubber model with hydraulics for the "restoring" motions. Clever and quite convincing.
Do you have your car insurance?
Are you kidding me, officer, it´s the freaking Chiristine,
He doesn’t need car insurance he has a limousine
*headlights turn on* *engine revs*
One of the best 80s movies.
When I was young I watched this movie around 300 times I loved it, always wanted a 1958 Plymouth Fury deluxe.
My dad is a massive car guy, every time someone mentions this movie he always says the same thing about this scene; If only my cars would do that
I have loved this film ever since I first saw it around 30 years ago. Fabulous. Magical, and very influential.
sad they can make a car uncrumple itself in 1983 but movie makers today can't do jack shit without a computer now
D Bb they actually did use a computer for Christine
TestSubject00 literally just filmed a car being crushed and replayed it backwards lmfao
Kristopher Prevo I mean sure but they still needed a computer to do that. That’s what I’m saying.
TestSubject00 no I know it's just hilarious he thinks this was done any other way
They did not use a damn computer. They put hydraulic jacks inside the car and pulled it in while filming from different camera angles. What you are seeing is that played backwards so instead of being pulled in it appears to be popping back out.
Beautiful car.Great scene.Amazing movie.Keith Gordon's performance is outstanding as Arnie.
The soundtrack and story is so good, always will be one of my favorites!
She's very beautiful, I mean look at cars today... they're lame next to her.
Agreed nothing beats the classics, still love driving my 1972 El Camino.
The only cars that come close to her beauty are exotic and hyper cars
@@animooredpanda7097 uh, NOPE, tho they do make up for speed! But still, Classics will always win!
Rusty McKoy well I was born around the 2000 so I never experienced all the 19s beauty cars. Sorry
i wont agree what about 2018 mercedes benz ? or 2018 vw golf btw its ur opinion the car looks still old and even kid would say that its old car i mean these "wings" they are not popular today trabant also had wings but this factory is death nvm okay so its just ur opinion
Better special effects than most movies made today.
Somehow.
This actually wasn't a special effect like I thought, they put hydraulics in the car to suck the car in crumbling it, then they played the scene in reverse to make it appear as if it were fixing itself, however, special effect or not it's dope to me.
@@sidneybell9327 Yeah, but wait until you have kids and they are wondering how they made it without CGI! My son is now in the age of 14 and we started to watch the movies i liked at his age!
@@AnimePrayer I'll just tell them how I told them.
This is practical effect not special. It looks real because it is!
This scene gives me chills to this day. Instant classic.
every man's favorite love scene
Whatsapp is they music??
hhhhh no wonder :P
Hey, some women too
I wish me wife's car could do this
Copndonuts rebuild itself or kill people?
Gamerlord595 obviously rebuild itself duh!
Hey there crashy.
@@Patrickmayonaiseinstrument he wants his wife's car to kill his wife.
I wish my dead horse could do this.
When the headlights turned are was totally awesome.
0:44 this sends chills down my spine and makes me both happy and terrified! 😄😨
similar to a riff in 'Tubular Bells' (the Exorcist 1973)
1:25
Song name?
They have made so many movies out of Stephen King's books - this is one of the best. So well done and scary as hell.
This movie has such a hold on me because I know for a fact that if I had a car with Christine's abilities I would have become what Arnie became too! She wouldn't even have to possess me; we would be in sync by choice!
Christine is the most beautiful Plymouth Fury of all time plus the is the true bond between man and car
Hahahahaha you wish! Michael Knight and KITT are are much more iconic duo.
Raylo makkara There is no such thing as a 1958 Plymouth Fury. The car shown in the movie is actually a 1958 Plymouth Belvedere.
Mystical bond between man and machine
@@Renville80 The Plymouth Fury is a model of automobile which was produced by Plymouth from 1955 to 1989. It was introduced for the 1956 model year as a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere, becoming a separate series one level above the contemporary Belvedere for 1959.
@@guyfromoc2003 That's interesting, thanks!
Just noticed Christine is a straight up Yandere car with wolverine's powers.
Not really, she is just very sensitive.
They keep remaking crappy movies. When a movie like Christine deserves a remake for this decade generation.
@@Supremax67 nah fam it's perfect like it is, they'll just ruin it like everything else.
@@indignantlyweary2630 -- Says you who was alive when they made it. What about the younger generation who is too lazy to watch an old movie but still deserves to see it.
@@Supremax67 Dude I'm 21
1:51 I cant stop re watching that part. So frickin awesome of how they just make it look like its in reverse of the footage to make it repair itself.
That awkward moment when a car turns you on instead.
Well, why not? After all it is a sort of striptease. The quiet way she starts when Arnie isn't looking, letting him know she wants to show him her goods. When he calmly walks in front of her, turns and says 'Show Me." And Christine is so ready for this, because she knows Arnie truly loves her. So she flashes him first, literally. And the music you hear? It's a heartbeat. Because the first time you are exposed and so vulnerable to someone you love, your heart does pound. Then the music fades in over the heartbeat as her confidence rises and her show begins. And you can tell from the look on Arnie's face that he wants this as badly as Christine does. And the seductive way she shows her powers to him. Starting slowly, almost shyly, then building and building as her passion rises and she longs for Arnie to surrender to her completely. And he does. It was this interaction that told Christine how far Arnie was willing to go for her. And he let her know. He'd go all the way for her. He was willing to let her kill those that had hurt her, hurt them both. From this moment, Arnie was lost to her charms. No matter how far it went, he would never turn away from her.
As Arnie shows, it's not awkward if you want it.
There was an old ad for collector car insurance that mentioned that.
“When you turn your car on, does it return the favor? Does it think a little gas is a good thing? Is it proud of its spare tire? Maybe she isn’t a she after all. Car insurance for real cars people.”
@@stormqueen29 bro what
@@stormqueen29 intriguing, but brilliant analysis nonetheless
1:26 gives me chills every damn time. Lol
Agree, right down the spine
Wish we had that version of the song
It never fails to give me chills, even right this minute.😱
This scene will be forever history! Epic!
This scene is pure art.
This scene gives me chills... great music score, directing and acting.
Christine is in Grand Theft Auto V online as part of the Halloween event, it's mostly a leprechaun or unicorn thing just got to be at the right place at the right time in the game.
Just be sure to be in an invite only session, so you can have some peace while looking for it.😉
You have to have one other person there
It’s also not really a “right place, right time” thing. She’ll just roll up on you at any time. (My friends and i were grouped together, i just made the horrible decision to get out while she was there 😂)
@@DaDashieFan it’s honestly scary because you don’t expect it especially if you are role playing
@@dylandevlin2102 oh no trust me, it threw us for a loop! But i also LOVE the movie, so i pranked a friend of mine while he was mid gunfight with the cops, just rolled up and ran him over 😂😂😂 got the cops on myself in the Declasse Tornado, it did not end well
@@DaDashieFan nice
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this movie. I named my Nitro 50 PC Christine. She's even got the "V" on the front!
Most iconic scene ever! Through out this movie. My favorite movie scene of all time! :)
One of my favorite movie scenes. It gives me goosebumps every time. ❤️
best scene ever in the whole movie
connorman666 the boss your right
Clutch Sirius HEY JEFFY VS CHRISTINE
Yes. Most powerful scene for sure.
come on. the whole movie is good
I would say that this is the best scene in a car/horror movie, I love it
Awww she's getting all nice and beautiful for her man.
This is probably one of those movies where you can look back and it still amazes me how good this effect was made
John Carpenter is AWESOME at composing and writing his music for his films. I feel like this soundtrack is very underrated. You can hear the tragedy and haunting melodies all at once in this scene. It's a beautiful scene cause we all sympathize with Arnie and want him to have have just the one good thing in his life, but it ends up consuming him and he loses control of what good he had once carried with him. This movie almost has a Shakespearean tragedy to it. I got to have my picture taken with one of the cars used in the movie and I'm not going to lie...CHRISTINE is one badass piece of machinery . 🤘
This is a 1959 version of Harlem Nocturne recorded by the Viscounts. It was written in 1939 by Earle Hagen. It's an excellent selection for the scene both for mood and for being late-50s like the Fury, but the original artists deserve proper credit.
CQB (a succubus is a female demon that seduces men and destroys them)
241 (two for one - a true partnership)
Brooks Payne I think they said cqb means close quarters battle
I know of the word succubus its from lost girl programme i watched
@@7Yearsmarty lmao I thought the same
such an amazing scene. never gets old.
1:08 grille perfect 2:08 grille trashed
Good catch. All the times I've seen this movie I never realized that
The whole car is perfect in that scene Just a deflated tire and no hood
@@MrBoomBastic656 da dude saves money on car repair😂😂😂😂
Yeah, that never made sense.
I remember finally finding this movie on dvd and watch it October 2019. I’m 22 and I love the special effects of this for it being a 1983 movie. This part when I first saw it gave me chills
Physical media forever!♥️🫡
I f-ing LOVE this scene (that music at 1:25 when the headlights come on still gives me the chills every time; SO cool!) .... I'm surprised this movie didn't 'do' better that it did; It's a lot different than the book, but still great! Awesome job, Mr. Carpenter. I find both Arnie & Dennis adorable in this film.
Never realized this was the dude that played Jason Melon in “Back to School." Freakin love that movie!
I love the creativity in this scene. Since there was no CGI back then, the way they achieved this effect of the car fixing itself was by playing the footage in reverse. The Plymouth Fury is actually being destroyed in the garage with chains and hook underneath the body panel squishing it into that shape.
I was looking an answer after watching the movie and found your comment. Thank you.
@@bulentgercek You are welcome. I am a film buff.
Yes you can tell. It looks like its structurly unfolding as opposed to popping out dents.
I do not care what anyone says. One of the best horror scenes in cinematic horror ever!
Man it’s really sad to see a mopar all crumpled up like that
It's sad to see ANY car, excluding pickup trucks or SUVs, aka Stupid Ugly Vehicles, crumpled up like that.
Actually it isn't a real car. It's a plastic mock up with hydraulics attached to the back panels. They deform the car when the film is rolling then reverse it.
I guess you shouldn't be made privy to how many Real Fury cars they destroyed while making this movie.
@@bluecar5556 no dummy Steven King said the reverse recorded it with magnets involved.
oh no no
This is an amazing scene, with the soundtrack it’s perfect.
This makes me smile to much every time, I see it, it never gets old to me, I been waiting all my driving years to find my Christine, I thought my 1979 coupe DeVille was it one time, well I sure hoped it was, my girlfriend had vandalized it pretty bad, I just wanted the car to pop back in perfect condition Infront of me, I asked the car to show me... I stood there as if it was gone show me, I would have cried and had that car till this day, if I wasn't offered a life time of money for it , I would've thought about that , maybe that's why it didn't show me, maybe my heart wasn't always connected that no amount of money would have been enough.... Yeah that was it... Smh damn , now I know why ....
Still gives me goosebumps all these years later.
I love when the lights come on and that sound. John Carpenter was on it. :)
*BYYYeeeEeEEeEWWWWWwwwWwwww*
*headlights pop on*
I totally fell in love with this car when I first saw the movie.And a few years back I struck the jackpot I found and bought the book at a second-hand book store.Just wish I can get a hold on the movie again.
It's crazy that regeneration effect on Christine was taken from an already destroyed car out of a hydraulic crush, played backwards. Those special effects are awesome for 1983.
But if it was The Car, it would not need to regenerate at all.
The music in this is SO awesome- it just totally MAKES this scene!
The song is the discounts Harlem nacturne. But the specific version is the 1960 long version of the song.
One of the coolest scenes ever put on film
Almost 40 yrs later and it's still a hot scene!!
Christine >>>>>> Bumblebee
Why you always Lying?
Optimus Prime > KITT 2000 > Herbie >>>>>>>>>>>Christine
"Excepto for the killing"
Commander Shepard I’m 9 years old, and I just came up with a good Crossover that I will only think about in my imagination untill I’m 13 years old, and I look back on it thinking, “boy that was a stupid thought”. :D
I see no difference.
Only one is a car that can repair itself and one is a robot that turns into a car. One is the devil's Plymouth, while the other is Satan's Camaro.
Actually come to think of it, Shatter is basically just Christine as a Transformer. An evil red Plymouth that can "repair itself".
This is one of my favorite scenes in any movie ever!!
This is Definitely One of The Badass scenes In John Carpenter film, Love Christine (1983) it's My All Time Favorite film.
Not Bad The way It Re Built Her Self When He Said Show Me Days Before CGI And All They Effects We Have Now Still Scary
Glad someone finaly makes a Christine video👍
Jonas Pug123 Christine is not a low-budget movie....
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Well yes, this channel is dedicated to preserving movie history.
Everyone gangsta, until the broken car fixes itself
This is just one of my absolute favorite scenes in this movie. The other one is when Buddy Raskin is running for his life down the road with Christine on his tail. I am a big movie nerd and I get chills