Mission: Impossible Vault Heist - Art of the Scene
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- This month’s Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation sees Tom Cruise hanging off the side of a plane. A PLANE. As it takes off. But it wasn’t until well into Cruise’s career, with the first Mission: Impossible, that huge stunts were part of his movie star persona. We’ll look at the stunt that defined a career: the heist from CIA headquarters. SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/9AGRm
The white room heist in Mission: Impossible was the culmination of studio deals, script re-writes, a lot of homages to movie history, and some exemplary work by the stunt and editing crews.
What did you think? Did we teach you something you didn’t know about this scene from Mission: Impossible? Are you going to check out Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation? What do you think makes a scene iconic and stand out? Does it have to do with zeitgeist?
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Actors like Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves are kicking it in their 50s, doing most of their stunts themselves. #Respect
Mid-life crisis is kicking in.
Honestly - I thought it was badass and respectable when I first heard they did their own stunts too. I assumed it was a "sacrifice" and a "courageous move" in order to make the stunt scenes look more realistic. But then as I further researched it; I learned that many actors/actresses, producers, and directors find it to be quite arrogant and selfish for stars to demand to do their owns stunts. When the leading role does their own stunts: it puts the entire film production at risk of coming to a complete halt if the actor is significantly injured. In fact, I believe one of the shooting schedules for a Mission Impossible movie was significantly altered and delayed due to a Tom Cruise injury (which affects the schedules and welfare of working actresses, editors, cameramen, etc.) Additionally, it costs significantly more money for the studio to insure the self-stunt actor compared to the typical costs of hiring a stunt-double, and properly editing and/or using CGI to make the scene look realistic with the stunt double.
There is a reason large-budget films typically use stunt doubles; and it isn't because star-actors are too big of primadonnas or too whimpy to do their own stunts (although that may sometimes be part of the reason). It is because stunt-men and stunt-women are properly trained to do action sequences better than actors and actresses; and due to the reasons listed above. It is actually much more of a primadonna move to demand and threaten to do your own stunts. #selfish
I am also just playing Devil's Advocate on this subject. I do think it is pretty badass for Tom Cruise to do his own stunts; especially when he is a producer for the movies and he cut his own salary in order to cover the increased insurance and potential risks. The action scenes do look better in my opinion.
There’s also Jackie Chan but we all know he knows what he’s doing
They are the best and my personal favourites!
To the guy asking why there are no cameras in the vault: that would defeat the purpose of the vault! It's a place where highly confidential information is stored -- if they had cameras, the team could've just hacked the cameras and read over the shoulder of the computer operator. People outside the vault (even within the organization) are not supposed to know what goes on inside or even what it looks like.
That's assuming that the camera would be pointed at the computer though, doesn't it? You could point it at the door, from over the computer screen.
Sean Bury not just, but Ethan sells the reasoning in plain statement during the scene where He & Claire first meet Luthur & Krieger....
"Ethan Hunt: Relax, Luther. It's much worse than you think. [voice-over, the scene goes to William Donloe approaching the door to the computer vault] The terminal is in a black-vault lockdown. The only person allowed in the room has to pass through a series of security checks.CIA Analyst William Donloe: [to keypad microphone] William Donloe.Ethan Hunt: [voice-over] The first is a voiceprint identification and a six-digit access code.[Donloe enters a code; the door opens and he enters an office]Ethan Hunt: [voice-over] This only gets him into the outer room.[Donloe removes his glasses and looks into a retinal scanner]Ethan Hunt: [voice-over] Next he has to pass a retinal scan.[Donloe inserts his ID card into a reader]Ethan Hunt: [voice-over] And finally, the intrusion countermeasures are only deactivated by a double electronic key card...[Cut to Hunt on the train]Ethan Hunt: ...which we don't have.[Donloe then enters the vault and logs in at the terminal]Ethan Hunt: [voice-over] Now, inside the black vault, there are three systems operating whenever the technician is out of the room. The first is sound-sensitive. Anything above a whisper sets it off. The second system detects any increase in temperature. Even the body heat of an unauthorized person in the room will trigger it if the temperature rises just a single degree. Now that temperature is controlled by the air conditioning, coming in through an overhead duct, thirty feet above the floor. That vent is guarded by a laser net.[Stickell and Krieger trade uneasy looks; Donloe leaves the vault and shuts the door, activating the security systems]Ethan Hunt: [voice-over] The third system is on the floor and it's pressure-sensitive. The slightest increase in weight will trigger the alarm. If any one of these systems is set off, it will activate an automatic lockdown. Now, believe me when I tell you, gentlemen, all three systems are state-of-the-art.[A drop of condensation from Donloe's soda cup falls on the floor, triggering the alarm"(*)
@@DavidChipman there's also the consideration that the camera is going to be a security exploit in some way. Perhaps not to read over the shoulder, but to see what the inside of the vault looks like and see where securities can be broken down.
It's based on reality, honey. Bank vaults don't have cameras in them. Why is this disbelief so hard to suspend?
Optional Trope #4: Either a team member messes up or something unexpected happens, changing the mission from a heist into an escape.
Dennis Claros
Weeeell... Escaping is a natural part of ANY kind of activity in places you're not allowed to be.
VengD But the type of escape depends on whether or not it all goes out as planned.
+Dennis Claros A plan is just a list of things that will go wrong.
+Dennis Claros It's the fundamental principle of plot. The plan can never go right, or the Hero cannot adapt and the drama stalls.
Trope #5 if everything went well, somebody needs to double cross the team
I love it when a scene looks and feels so realistic no matter how crazy the setting, space, middle earth, etc it might be; if it produces a realistic atmosphere to myself it's iconic.
A scene is iconic when you feel like you're in it. The cinematography, the music, the acting etc everything combined gives you a visceral sense of being in the moment of the story which is being told.
It's the intensity of a scene that makes me remember it, among other things like acting, music etc.. Be it action or drama. I will never forget what (still lasting) impression the final chase scene in "The Road Warrior" made on me when I first saw it. Thanks for your channel! :)
Art of the Scene for "The Good, the bad and the ugly", the graveyard scene with Eli Wallach running in circles plus the epic duel at the end.
If only CIA had the foresight to install a $19 motion detector inside their vault, the heist would have been foiled ;)
The plan for the heist would've simply factored in that obstacle.
I know you posted this comment 8 months ago, but I would be interested to know how you (or anyone reading this) might get around a motion detector. Assume everything else is the same.
Wear a sheet.
Then it would have seen the sheet moving, and the alarm would have been set off. Somehow one would need to prevent the alarm system from detecting changes in the images it was receiving form the camera.
Looks up the video "Mythbusters: Holy Sheet"
What i think makes iconic a scene is its technique, its climax, the expretion.
I'd say what makes a scene iconic is when you're shown something that could only happen because of the circumstances of the ,movie e.g you couldn't have an upside down kiss in anything else other than Spiderman etc
+Rowan J Coleman For me, an iconic scene just has to be memorable.
George Daugherty yea but what makes a scene memorable to you lol..
The last scene from Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro was the most iconic scene.
I'm glad you brought up Topkapi. When I saw it for the first time I immediately saw how much Mission Impossible borrowed from that movie scene.
I adore these Art of the Scene videos!! Hoping you make more (:
This video is a nice example of taking something which should run 2-3 minutes and drawing it out to more than ten.
This is a great series, guys. You haven't done one in a long time. Keep doing them, please.
Art of the Scene - The Dark Knight Interrogation
To me, what makes a great shot, is when you have someone watching a scene and scratching their head thinking, "how in the heck did they pull that scene off? Like in "Diehard", when Gruber falls to his death from the skyscraper window! How they accomplished that is incredible!
I don't care what movies you do, just do more of them. LOTS more of them.
If possible (no pun intended) make one video about the fight scenes on Pearl Harbor (2001), the scene of the attack on Pearl Harbor still amazes me and most of my friends big time.
Keep up the good work, love "Art of the scenes". Cheers
A scene is made great by extraordinary tension or awesomeness or just extraordinarity
I, personally, think a scene can be made iconic by creating a sequence that can be remembered for standing out among the rest of the movie. While the bike chase scene from E.T was cool, the scene where the bike fly's across the sky in front of the moon is better remembered for the beauty of the landscape set to John Williams' masterpiece. The release of the spirit-things from the Ark in Raiders of the Lost Ark is awesome and intense, but the opening robbery of the cave and escape from the boulder is better remembered for its clever use of cut-aways and the setup of the traps (As well as, again, John Williams' masterpiece) makes the scene more memorable, as well as the fact that it was one the coolest introductions to a character ever put to film (Yes, that entire opening sequence was one long introduction to Indiana Jones). But an iconic shot or scene can't really be intentionally made... It must be shown to the world and given time to form into something praised for all time. And THAT is what I (Stress on "I") think makes a scene or shot iconic.
As a film student? Long, uninterrupted takes. The Dunkirk scene in Atonement, for me, is the greatest thing ever recorded.
Love this movie. Love this scene. Love this new playlist "art of a scene"
MOST of the time, the music or the score "sounds" are what pull you through. It's not simply the visuals, it is the sound, and the creepier the better...
Editing is where all movies are made. That is the most important factor.
What makes a scene iconic? Cinematography. There's no doubt about it. If 2001: a Space Oddsey wasn't so well shot the scenes would have become boring, and just drawn out with nothing to look at, instead of interesting and iconic. Wes Anderson jokes wouldn't leave such a huge impact on you if the camera wasn't framed the way it is in Grand Budapest or Fantastic Mr. Fox using elegant shots to show ultimately un elegant things is what makes them work.
This movie analysis was so good I would actually pay for it! Awesome job - thank you!
Regardless of whatever the scene is about its angles and its music are what make iconic
Loved that "Tom Cruise... Get down from there.. Get down off that plane" bit lol I laughed so hard because that was my reaction, I love Tom and Rogue Nation was my jam, so when I saw him on that plane I was like "Really Tom Cruise? What in Gods crusty toga are you doing? First that tower named after a rapper and now this!? Ughh" haha But he is a total boss.
Nice job.
I find that originality makes scenes most memorable. But not just that, it needs to well thought out and take advantage of what our eyes tend to look at to be great.
In other words, good cinematography, as someone already mentioned. But that is not a simple task, as @everyframeapainting more elaborately demonstrates in his scene deconstructions.
Also want to point out the intro scene to Return of the Pink Panther, which has a similar suspenseful drop in from the ceiling heist in an otherwise hilarious movie.
These videos are brilliant, the reason why i'm subscribed !
The shots need to be perfect. Not only that, but it must be something no one has ever really seen before. The editing is most important. It has to fit with the scene and or movie. It has to make the viewer fell something awesome.
I'd say it's the quality of the craft that makes a scene iconic.
It could be
- an incredible actors' performance like in the Russian roulette scene from the Deer Hunter.
- fantastic cinematography as in the Unplugging of HAL from 2001
- a new CGI device like in the Battle at Helm's Deep from Return of the King (I'm thinking of the Orcs' Army)
- Great practical effects (that spells Jurassic Park to me)
- An hilarious joke like the stoning scene from The life of Brian.
Now, you're thinking "what about the death of Jack from the Titanic. Surely, that scene wasn't exceptional ?". Well, firstly don't call me Shirley. And secondly there was! Without James Cameron's great script, Jack's death would be meaningless after the sinking of the Titanic.
What makes a scene iconic can vary in a lot of ways, if you go by Tarantino standards the diploid will make it memorable, if its a Spielberg or Kubrik film it'll be the feeling of awe or shock of the scene, etc, etc
When I first watched the movie and this scene, I was also remembering Topkapi. That is still one of my favourite films today. Maximillian Schell and Peter Ustinov rule in the movie. Would love to see Rafifi now. Thanks Cinefix team.
I think what makes a scene iconic is when you find yourself giving in to suspension of disbelief no matter how many times you've watched it, or how much you know about how it was made.
Fantastic analysis of an important high point in film history. I really appreciate your references to forerunners of the particular tropes in the scene.
How developed the character is, not only in the script, but too the audience and the other characters in the movie.
we need this segment back!
I just realized that Leverage is the television equivalent of a heist film. It has a team of specialists using fancy tricks to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
Yay! Callout for Rififi. Such a great movie.
Tom Cruise MUST run in his movies. I think it's in his standard contract.
art of the scene needs to do a video on the implied scene where if someone is attacked or other acts arent shown but are implied to show how hard it is to do a really good implied scene
loving the videos! Keep up the good work!
Peter Ustinov won an Oscar for Topkapi! Well worth watching.
what makes a great scene is caught In the moment suspense that makes you Hold your breath for more
The Plane joke was great :)
Exactly the one you guys showed from 2001 A Space Odyssey, when disconnecting Hal.....or the one with the waitress or the running one...and to answer your question, the tension, the feelings it produces on the spectator :D
Still to this day one of my favorite movies, probably top five.
What makes a scene memorable for me is if you can or can't describe it to someone else.
The mirror scene from Contact! It was more breathtaking than any of the space scenes from tham movie.
For me, it's the moment that causes you the viewer to either react with "wow" or "how did they so that?".
I noticed the sweat catch was impossible on first viewing. Still, well edited to make the scene work.
the scene breaks down when you realize they would have had a camera in there
I think there are 3 ways to make a scene iconic. Either an amazing action set piece like the beginning of raiders of the lost ark. An incredible monologue given by a character like the joker in the interrogation scene from the dark knight. Or the built up of suspense like the night vision scene from silence of the lambs.
Will you do an Art of the Scene on the scene where Ethan Hunt is in the cafe when he breaks the aquarium tank? Btw love Art of the Scene! Would love to see more of them! Great job!
The scene has to be special in a way. Something never seen before. Or something very suspenseful, very funny etc. But sometime you just don't know why it become famous but it all comes down to editing, direction, music, cinematography and script if all those things are almost perfect in a scene it can become something special but you never know before the audience has reacted to it.
I never understood why that vault had sound sensors, pressure sensors etc, but no video cameras.
My local family run corner shop has like 5 CCTV cameras, but this super high security vault doesn't have a single camera?
Dan Xepha too easy to hack and loop the footage
The reason it didn't have any visual detection equipment is simple; the information accessed in that room is too important to risk being viewed by anyone else. Thus the number of numerous other security measures. The most impossible thing about this film does remain catching the bead of sweat.
The one that gets me, given that the computer is completely standalone... what's stopping them from cutting power to it when the vault is locked? If they really want to be THAT secure...
WaterCrane . It was 1996 remember. If he had to boot up windows 95 every time he came back into the room he wouldnt get any work done all day.
Playwme Surname But how hard would it be to make sure an alarm went off if a single keystroke was made?
iconic scene is iconic through its use of imaginative and unique style of portraying that part in the movie, this might be from the stylistics of camera technique and sound enhancement. the can also be heightened by creating something that has not be done like it before. and it it truly iconic if it referenced in other forms of media in a positive way far from when it was made.
lighting cinematography and surprise
Iconic Scenes need to
1. Keep the audience' vision glued to the screen
2. Be very hard to create
3. Use little to no cgi if possible
4. Be in a memorable movie.
Art of the Scene - Back to the Future: The ending climax of Marty getting the lighting bolt for him to go back to the future. Its one of the greatest Climax in movie history. Giving the audiences the thrill and the rush.
I had thought about the incoherence of the sweat shot too. Good point! That was impossible to do due to his posture.
Art of the Scene - Terminator 2 Sarah's Nightmare
Or the chase with the truck and the motorcycle. Maybe the part when Arnold has a mini gun
Mindd Kidzag I remember watching a great series called Movie Magic years ago where they did that one. It was a sudden burst of a high powered wind fan and a model of Sarah Conner made in some kind of compacted mould of ash or broken up charchoal with the skeleton remaining underneath. I couldn't find a link for you on UA-cam unfortunately. Though I do remember Stan Winston remarking how disturbing he felt the effect was during filming.
badass scene..
excellent show guys
Great video!!!
Iconic scenes, for my money, tend to be images or situations you haven't seen on film before or at least not in that way. And of course they need to be staged and shot well to have an impact or be memorable. Doesn't matter if it's action, comedy, or drama.
Dude, The Saint was a great movie!
Love the "Ditching A Speed Boat" scene in the remake of "Thomas Crown Affair". The scene that gives an insurance agent the hunch the man is the target, she needs to go after. The polo sequence in the original doesn't quite work for me, but this speed boat scene tells the man willing to sacrifice anything for the thrill.
Skinner Sweet I love the Thomas Crown Affair remake.
Michael Truly That remake is the one of few out there that beats the original buddy ‼️
Can you guys do an Art of the Scene on King Kong where Kong scales the Empire State Building?
Can you do “Art of the scene” for:
-Tank chase in Indiana Jones the last crusade
-Train fight or stopping the train in Spiderman 2
-Shootout in Heat
-Foot chase in Baulieue 13
-Coin toss in No country for old men
-First Russian roulette scene in The deer hunter
What make a scene iconic? Editing! You could have the coolest shots, most badass stunts and perfect score, but if the editing sucks for a scene (or a movie for that matter) "you're not gonna remember it in T-Minus a day."
Also, The Saint is wildly underrated.
crazy guy, but one of the best action movie actors ever
Most modern for its time. To hear Rhames talk about those computers now is almost funny.
Actually, if you just try it with your own arm and a table, you'll see that he could have caught the sweatdrop like that. The position is a little uncomfortable, but definitely feasible.
+hermanessences Don't you mean that it's definitely... possible?
[crickets]
I'll show myself out.
@@redlightmax pls stay. That was a good one
The Kremlin scene in Ghost Protocol is also a similar but a key difference is that d plan is foiled by an outsider who has already anticipated what d team had in mind thus giving d antagonist a edge which probably wasn't provided in earlier movies of d series. Thus, changing d heist scene into an escape one.
Cool vid, thx m8
Considering this is the kind of scene DePalma was practically orchestrating in his sleep at this point i don't think you've given the director his due credit.
Izaak Gray Oh De Palma is a master, certainly no disrespect.
Look, you read Roger Ebert's review of the movie. One of the best scenes of the '90s.
Am I the only one that loves The Saint?
Awesome. Thanks,
Hey CineFix... Art of the Scene theme reminds me of Johnny Quest theme.
Great job on this video. I learned a lot. Too bad people still won't let go of Tom Cruise jumping on a damn couch. I mean , of all the things we see noways from people , people still hold that against him. Now to answer the question . When a movie does something that you have never seen before , can make a scene iconic. Look at The Matrix and bullet time.
***** The man deserves every ounce of his success. Such a weird thing for everyone to continually glom on to.
If you look at what other celebrities are doing, what Tom Cruise did was pretty mild
***** It's not so much the couch jumping as it is the scientology and otherwise weird behavior.
People shouldnt care about someones religion and he didnt do anything wrong or bad really so their is no point of hating on him he is probably the most dedicated actor in Hollywood today
+Michael Truly Guy is a really good actor obviously, but he is at least a little bit crazy. He believes scientology, and probably a host of other crap. Though it's a common notion that you are a little crazy to begin with to get into show business or show business makes you a little crazy.
Art of the Scene - Jean Luc Godard's Week End tracking shot
It really depends on what kind of scene you're talking about, but I think what I remember most when I think of a really really good scene is the cinematography. People like Wes Anderson or Stanley Kubrick or Nicolas Winding Refn can make a mediocre movie very memorable to me just by making it look beautiful with what they do with the camera.
Good to know Days of Thunder and, for the love of mike, Top Gun weren't major action movies starring Tom Cruise.
memorability? - any scene that has a popular song running behind it!
unbreakable when he saves the famly
I think what makes a scene stand out is that it's saporates you from the plot for a moment and takes you to that particular time and space and suddenly bring you back to reality!
Do the E.T bike moon scene , A scene is Iconic if they tested limits if know one has done that before if it is unique and original no one has seen it done before. +cinefx
Love your videos, Cinefix, if you guys could help me, I would like to know how they made the fight scene in kill Bill Beatrix With the crazy 88. I want to know how they made it to spray all that Blood from the heads, or how they make the actors get shot on the shooting shots, like bonnie and clyde or the go de ayer.
Wow.. It has history 🤔
The Asphalt Jungle set up the heist tropes half a decade before Rififi.
2:42 it didn't only shatter box office records it also shattered those poor windows
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I think a scene is iconic when the scene has those things and the guys do stuff that's hard and all the stuff comes together like that one time I was in the room and it was wonderful. Yippeeeeee
Art of the Scene: The Protector's uninterrupted fight
Where on earth did you get the image of the heist room without anyone in it!?!??