Directed by Cameron Crowe
A distraught and hungover Russle Hammond board the bus already filled with the rest of Stillwater and the band-aids. Willam Miller sits along side Penny Lane. The song Tiny Dancer by Elton John begins to play on the radio. The piano chords drift upon the bus. One by one everyone begins to sing. Music brings them together, and it prevents them from being torn apart.
2: Y Tu Mama Tambien
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Two boys dance with a beautiful women while intoxicated.
3: The Hours
Directed by Stephen Daldry
"It is my voice. It is mine and mines only. I'm dying in this town. If I were thinking clearly.....I would tell you that I wrestle alone in the dark, in the deep dark, and that only I can know, only I can understand my own condition. You live with the threat-- you tell me-- you live with the threat of my extinction. Leonard, I live with it, too. This is my right. It is the right of every human being. I choose not the suffocating anesthetic of the suburbs, but the violent jolt of the capital. That is my choice."
4: American Beauty
Directed by Sam Mendes
Lester Burnham stands in his garage while Frank Fitts enters. Rain dripping from his hair down to his toes. Mr.Fitts is vulnerable, as he approaches Lester, he plants a kiss right on his lips. Lester backs away, and while Fitts cries, Lester holds him.
5: A Streetcar Named Desire
Directed by Elia Kazan
After hitting Stella numerous time, a drunk Stanley stands at the bottom of the steps, screaming for his love. "Stellaaaaaaaaaaa"
6: Before Sunrise
Directed by Richard Linklater
Celine and Jesse stand in a music booth listening to Kathy Bloom's: Come Here
7: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Directed by Micheal Gondry
Clementine and Joel running through the house in Montauk. Clementine is upstairs while Joel is wandering downstairs. Clementine proceeds to ask Joel why did he leave. We are now aware that this is their second meeting. Joel confesses he thought she was weird. And as a plan to change the past, Clementine ask Joel, what if he stays this time. A crumbling roof falls upon them. Joel wakes up. The beginning is the end, the end, the beginning.
8: Taxi Driver
Directed by Martin Scorsese
An excited Travis Bickle takes Betsy played by Cybil Shepherd to a peep show as a first date. Being completely oblivious to his wrong doings, Travis looks at Betsy like a scared and confused boy.
9: Goodfellas
Directed by Martin Scorsese
A young Henry Hill stares out of his window as the 'gangsters' go about their business. Ray Liotta's voice-over comes on and says; "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"
10: Sunset Blvd.
Directed by Billy Wilder
A delusional Norma Desmond walks down the stairs awaiting her "close-up"
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