Dance, dance, dance

Throwback Sundays this week pays tribute to 3 of the best dance sequences in the history of cinema. I absolutely LOVE dance scenes in films. Here are some of my favorites:

Dancing the Madison - Bande a Part (AKA Band of Outsiders)

The classic dancing scene from Jean-Luc Goddard's crime comedy Bande a Part. It so inspired Quentin Tarantino that he named his movie production company, "A Band Apart", after the film and referenced it in Pulp Fiction. Goddard later said that he would "much rather Tarantino had just given him a lot of money instead." Bande a Part was released in the US as Band of Outsiders. If you are a film lover like we are, and you don't own this film, go get it now. You're not borrowing my copy!



Pulp Fiction

Who can forget this memorable dance scene? The great Uma Thurman officially became Tarantino's muse and go-to actress after this film, and we all know that it single-handedly resurrected John Travolta's flailing career.



Malcolm X – greatest dance scene EVER

This is the best, in my opinion. You can feel Spike's heartbeat in this sequence. It was historic, it was a statement early in the film that this was going to be a big epic in scope, and it was the comprehensive moment Spike had prepared for in his first 4 films. This was number 5, the film he says he was "born to make." I remember a year or so ago re-watching the film and by the time it got to this scene (early in the film's beginning), I literally began weeping. Enjoy!



- Princeton

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