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Re: Favorite cinematic scenes

I enjoy some of the weirder nuanced shots.

1) Ransom Dead Man, when her car lights lens flare look like stars from the blurred lens while driving around the mountain, with the background music playing.

2) Agenda for Murder, the two scenes, when Oscar Finch takes the call from Frank at his home with the wife in the background, and then the dark stormy scene when he goes to Frank's house

3) Early scene in Forgotten Lady when they are driving back from the event into her mansion at night with the piano music playing. I had a rich friend in HS, who had the exact same type house and his mom would always play that style music. So it brings me right back to that. hehe

4) The restaurant scene in Dangerous Match with the blurred to in-focus transitions with that flute/jazz song playing. Even though it's been played in multiple episodes, I still dig it.

5) Friend in Deed at the poker table when the Chief laughs at the dude's misfortune rolling dice. Great scene.

6) Make Me a Perfect Murder, when she's walking down the hall with camera zoomed to her face during the count down. Creepy good.

7) Most of Murder: A Self Portrait is great imo, in terms of cinematic shots. Many scenes there. The Cioppino scene. The beach scenes. The scenes at Vito's bar.

Re: Favorite cinematic scenes

And of course the story-within-a-story in Make Me A Perfect Murder, with the director himself playing the role. It uses a lot of cliches, like the character in a fleabag motel room with a neon sign outside, but the cliches are deliberate.

Re: Favorite cinematic scenes

One of my favorite scenes is in "Murder, A Self Portrait" when Columbo and his dog are at the dog show. He is walking his dog around the ground.

I like any scene with Columbo and the dog. They are priceless.

Re: Favorite cinematic scenes

I'm going to add the opening scene from my favorite episode - By Dawn's Early Light. The slow walk down the hall towards the kitchen. You don't know who is in there, you don't know what they are doing, but someone is doing something and the lack of music gives the scene a little bit of a tense vibe.