Tom Chick
3. El incidente (The Incident)
2. Notorious
Sunset Boulevard
Kelly Wand
3. The Untouchables
2. The Beach Girls
The Music Box
Dingus
3. L.A. Story
2. A History of Violence
Singin’ in the Rain
What are your favorite stairs in movies? Not stares. And not escalators. Stairs. Steps. That kind of thing. Listen to the podcast to hear us go on about ours and to hear Tom wax poetic about grandpa movies and to hear Dingus read a bunch of great listener picks.
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I’m really glad it made you that happy! I love that scene so much, and the stairs not only mark a key moment in the scene and song, but they feature prominently in the movie later. If you say “movie” and “stairs”, Frozen and The Untouchables are what will come to mind immediatelly, and since The Untouchables had been mentioned already, I just had to mention Frozen.
I’ll think about more picks, but I assure you none will be as uplifting as this particular one. :)
You are absolutely on point. I kept thinking of moments where the stairs might break, and a character almost falls through. Or the old stairs leading up to the attic in Beetlejuice for instance. (There’s a couple of cool instances of stairs in that movie, come to think of it.)
But her stair construction in Frozen and what happens later is my new favorite.
I gave my love a cherry
That had no stone.
I gave my love a chicken
That had no bone.
I gave my love a story
That had no end.
I ga…
[Guitar ripped away and violently smashed to pieces]
[Blutarski just shrugs and continues upstairs]
Always loved this scene in The Big Lebowski, and the checkered pattern works in so many ways.
This exterior steps in Spirited Away came to mind, particularly the way Chihiro starts creeping down them carefully before slipping and panic dashing down them into the wall.
