Les Misérables (2012) - Empty Chairs at Empty Tables Scene (9/10) | Movieclips

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  • @jamesgeorge7579
    @jamesgeorge7579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7844

    I love how there is nothing elaborate about this scene, no epic cinematography, just a man sitting in a room, alone.

    • @susushisushi
      @susushisushi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      technically the blonde girl was standing by the staircase😂 because she waits for him there when he’s done singing

    • @darkos1430
      @darkos1430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      i think that if this film has a Cesar it isn’t just for a man sitting in a room alone

    • @aurorameyer159
      @aurorameyer159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      But that establishing shot is just gorgeous. It's so, so beautiful. Marius is sitting there, alone. None of the triangular compositions that are used to establish power dynamics within a scene. He's small, and the camera is angled down. He's also along the line of the room into the vanishing point, disappearing both visually and into grief for his friends. It's absolutely gorgeous cinema and composition.

    • @najelam
      @najelam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That’s the point of the song though. You not a thespian 🎭 I see.

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      This whole scene is just heartbreaking!!

  • @kefinkamed
    @kefinkamed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4955

    These 3 minutes are a perfect example of what an Oscar-worthy performance looks like. I am in absolute awe of Eddie Redmayne, it´s beyond me how he could convey such believable raw emotions and still hold the notes... Makes me cry every time.

    • @peyton1254
      @peyton1254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      kefinkamed they prerecorded the voice

    • @kefinkamed
      @kefinkamed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +316

      @@peyton1254 Actually, they didn´t. This version is famous for recording the vocals live on set and adding the orchestra in post-production. That´s why they all sound somewhat flawed at some point, but ultimately, it adds to the overall effect.

    • @LaundryFaerie
      @LaundryFaerie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      It took many, many takes before he felt he had it right. At least part of his weariness in this scene is real.

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      YESSSS HE ABSOLUTELY BLOWS ME AWAY

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sawyer no they didn’t

  • @ausomeaspie
    @ausomeaspie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3958

    In the stage play all the dead friends come in and when he sings the "Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me, what your sacrifice was for!" They all walk off again as if they are disappointed in him for saying that they died in vain. Powerful stuff.

    • @jilliancoleman9670
      @jilliancoleman9670 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Wow. I can't even imagine how amazing that would be to see.

    • @this-is-alliecat
      @this-is-alliecat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      And I love how he sings it almost like a quiet yell.
      It's just so powerful.

    • @JF-sh2sm
      @JF-sh2sm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Why didn’t they do this in the movie version too??

    • @ausomeaspie
      @ausomeaspie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      J F I wish I knew!

    • @ekieklund274
      @ekieklund274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@JF-sh2sm realism

  • @annaxurbina
    @annaxurbina 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4812

    this scene is so powerful, i cry every time. eddie redmayne killed it.

    • @jacquelynnjones1372
      @jacquelynnjones1372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      r e g i n a I still cannot believe how many awards went to other films that year...

    • @danieloleszek8081
      @danieloleszek8081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@jacquelynnjones1372 Agreed

    • @lifethroughcoraslenses36
      @lifethroughcoraslenses36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I know!

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      gina same!! He killed it!!! This scene never fails to make me cry

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Eddie is a miracle, no matter what role he plays. In this case, he breaks my heart and makes me weep.

  • @theresidentevilafter
    @theresidentevilafter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +850

    "Oh my friends, MY FRIENDS!" he screams, only to have the only full shot of the empty room he stands in is so subtle yet so haunting.

    • @leannaconda5859
      @leannaconda5859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Good point. I never noticed that and got double chills

  • @milesl.2467
    @milesl.2467 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    The GREATEST interpretation of this song i have ever heard or seen. He was brilliant in this damn movie.

  • @amazingspiderlad
    @amazingspiderlad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3840

    Enjolras yelling at him from heaven: There wouldn't be so many empty chairs at empty tables IF YOU HAD PUT THEM ON THE BARRICADE LIKE I ASKED!!

    • @H_APPY.P
      @H_APPY.P 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      xD

    • @savikelly5023
      @savikelly5023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +249

      Enjolras and Marius, the greatest love and hate bromance of all time.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      How could he? He was shot down, remember? Still, it's a funny thought.

    • @amazingspiderlad
      @amazingspiderlad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      He really did just gather a meeting of all the people that care about his lonely soul

    • @acameron513
      @acameron513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      That's some of the best dark humor I've ever seen.

  • @robertreynolds442
    @robertreynolds442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +760

    The first time I saw this movie, this scene hit me like a ton of bricks. I broke down and started sobbing as he continued to sing. It shocked my wife because it was the first time she had seen me cry. You see, I am a retired US Army Infantryman. I have deployed to Iraq for three tours. Some of the empty chairs were the direct result of those deployments. Some of my other brothers met their end in Afghanistan after they moved on to different units. The even most heart-breaking losses were when we came home, and they took their own lives. It really is a problem, I have lost more brothers to suicide than to the enemy. What makes all of those empty chairs & tables so painful to think about is that they ultimately died for nothing. It took me a long time to come to the conclusion that all of the blood, pain, and horror we endured, the awful things we saw & did. The horror of knowing that innocent people died because of your actions, and the awful knowledge that you would do it again because it meant you & your brothers get to come home. All war, death, sacrifice, and soul crushing sorrow, was ultimately in vain.

    • @cynthiastisi6452
      @cynthiastisi6452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I am in your shoes. I cannot watch this without crying, and my fiancee gets so confused, because I refuse to cry in front of anybody. But this song hours me, and I can't help it

    • @dianasayson2846
      @dianasayson2846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I am so sorry for your loss. Each death took a bit of you. I hope you are letting love of your family rebuild your spirit and make whole your soul.

    • @Con_blue
      @Con_blue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I always cry in this scene and now your comment made it even worse! I am so sorry for what you've been through, you are very strong.

    • @skwoods7986
      @skwoods7986 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you.

    • @itsruffian1730
      @itsruffian1730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you went from "this scene made me cry" to "so anyway lets talk about me and my tour in iraq that ultimately happened for no reason and then ended anyway"

  • @LaundryFaerie
    @LaundryFaerie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1898

    From 0:57 to 1:41 is my favorite section of this performance. So many other singers build and build in this section until they're singing with full-throated voices "AND I CAN HEEEEEEAR THEM NOW" -- no, you can't, you're too busy singing. Here, the restraint of Eddie Redmayne's voice in that section suggests exactly what the lyrics say -- that he's listening for the ghostly voices of the friends he'll never see again. It's a far more effective treatment, one that makes the song land exactly where and how it's meant to.

    • @nickjvideos
      @nickjvideos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      That part is my favorite too.

    • @albatross4023
      @albatross4023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Just because it's an emotional performance, doesn't mean it's the right performance. Although I respect your opinion, I feel that it's supposed to be a singing performance. It's in a musical, not a play. Emotion can be portrayed through singing just as good as acting.

    • @LaundryFaerie
      @LaundryFaerie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@albatross4023 Your preference is your own.

    • @albatross4023
      @albatross4023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@LaundryFaerie Yeah I know, I just wanted to say that.

    • @sunny70299
      @sunny70299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Depressed Ravioli “emotion can be portrayed through singing just as good as acting” thank you! Unfortunately no one told Tom Hooper this.

  • @PhillipeStLeger
    @PhillipeStLeger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +511

    This song really caught me off guard in the best way possible the first time I saw it. At this point in the musical it’s near the end and there’s already been so many big numbers, then in comes this one that hits you like a brick with all its emotion.

    • @CoachRudi1
      @CoachRudi1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Truth!! I’m not even sure I’d heard this song before….I’m currently working the live show of the Broadway tour (backstage with costumes) anyway, I heard it for the first time Tuesday night and it had me riveted… The feeling of survivors guilt and the way he sings it it’s just powerful beyond powerful 🦋

    • @OhHeBustin
      @OhHeBustin ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CoachRudi1 that's so cool dude hope you like it, my gf is working to do what you're doing with the costumes

  • @alexandrazisk7091
    @alexandrazisk7091 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1215

    In my opinion, this was the best singing performance in this movie. He managed not only to sing well, but portray a lot of emotion while he did so. Some of the other performances had some good emotion, but that emotion affected their singing in negative ways.

    • @lucyt6971
      @lucyt6971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Anne Hathaway tho'. I think Eddie Redmayne and AH totally blew the critics away. We already knew Wolverine had the chops, but these two blindsided.. talent...amazing.

    • @proserpina4448
      @proserpina4448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      His performance goes directly under the skin. So powerful, so full of emotions.

    • @gilljames5013
      @gilljames5013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great acting but i dont like the decision they made for the song. Dont know if it was to tailor it to redmaynes ability or not but i dislike not holding out the orignal notes and also not belting the first half F and G

    • @rintv3675
      @rintv3675 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@gilljames5013
      It was probably direction. There were so many bad decisions made behind the scenes ( like telling Hugh Jackman to not drink water for his earlier songs so he looks haggard )
      It's honestly a miracle that this number was even good given the conditions they were working with ( kudos to that at least )

    • @lynseyadams6584
      @lynseyadams6584 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rintv3675 Hugh Jackman purposely lost weight and looked haggard for the first scenes. I don't think they served doughnuts and pizza in French prisons in those days. He was playing it for real. In fact I think the whole cast gave it their all - that's why it was such a fabulous and memorable movie.

  • @husseinmajid4887
    @husseinmajid4887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +822

    I love the way he says "my friends , my friends" like a very old man at 1:41

    • @sariahlilysmall4536
      @sariahlilysmall4536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Oh my gosh I can’t stop hearing it that way now 😂😂

    • @hizbollahabedin7310
      @hizbollahabedin7310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahah

    • @zoegurowitsch464
      @zoegurowitsch464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh no now you ruined it 😂

    • @0manoscar
      @0manoscar ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Outliving your friends will make you old fast.

  • @Tirantekk
    @Tirantekk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +786

    This is one of the most well performed scenes in the movie adaptation of this show. I love it so much

    • @Tirantekk
      @Tirantekk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It would have been so easy for this character to fall behind the scenes with all the other amazing performances. Eddie made that impossible

  • @gustavobessoni8301
    @gustavobessoni8301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +547

    I've watched other people singing this song in musicals but this is the most emotional performance I've ever seen. Such raw emotion. Beautiful. It hurts everytime I hear: my friends forgive me, that I live and you are gone.
    The guilt and the pain.

    • @TheKaity1965
      @TheKaity1965 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      most of the time on stage they dont have any emotion they just sing it and too fast there is no reality that he just lost his friends

    • @debbievidal9536
      @debbievidal9536 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      M.ichael Ball gives a wonderful interpretation

    • @debbievidal9536
      @debbievidal9536 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The best performance will always be Michael Ball

    • @francespreece3192
      @francespreece3192 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A film has the advantage of getting a close up of a man’s grief, the tears and the agony. On stage this mainly has to be transmitted through body language. A whole different perspective.

  • @janberkemeier7406
    @janberkemeier7406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    "Oh my friends, my friends, forgive me that I live and you are gone."
    There's so many people in the world who can relate to this and it brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear it.

    • @rafestewart283
      @rafestewart283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It is truly one of the most ugly feelings. I would give up anything to have my mates back. The survivor guilt is awful.

    • @deathraven7314
      @deathraven7314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Survivor's guilt is so brutal. I hate it.

    • @MGGG-mu8lr
      @MGGG-mu8lr ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lost my 26 year old brother to cancer a year ago. Battled it for 7 years. It’s so true

    • @stevendebettencourt7651
      @stevendebettencourt7651 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is the ultimate theme of this scene: The horrible feeling of Survivor’s Guilt. Even if the revolt was successful, he would still feel guilty that he was the only one that survived, the whole thought of “Why did I make it and no one else did? What makes me so special?” But on top of that, the fact that it was for nothing this is just soul crushing. I could easily see lot of people just wanting to commit suicide in that situation. Thankfully, Marius is not of that mindset, at least not completely.

  • @Mariamunro95
    @Mariamunro95 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    One of the best portrayals of survivor's guilt in the history of cinema. The guilt and anguish in his voice when he all but screams "Don't ask me what your sacrifice was for" is almost tangible, sinking like a double-edged knife straight into the soul. There really are no words powerful enough to capture the depth of this kind of agony. Every scene in this movie is an individual masterpiece.

  • @choirkitty
    @choirkitty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +717

    This song hits you like a knife to the heart. The emotions are just that powerful. And when you feel like that, the song has been performed perfectly

  • @Dale-ct5ru
    @Dale-ct5ru 4 ปีที่แล้ว +547

    I really love how he starts the song in falsetto (head voice) rather than chest voice like basically every other Marius. I listened to the movie soundtrack before any of the other ones so I may be biased, but I feel like starting with an even, low voice like most Mariuses do is contrived - too pretty, not very expressive. The way Eddie Redmayne goes from falsetto to eventual chest voice when the song and emotions build up to the crescendo has the same effect the technique has in "Bring Him Home" - it's really wonderful.

    • @britishnerd3919
      @britishnerd3919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Have u heard Jonathan Antoine's version. Its pretty good and he also starts off quiet.

    • @ChicoTunda
      @ChicoTunda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn’t falsetto different from head voice?

    • @Dale-ct5ru
      @Dale-ct5ru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ChicoTunda Yep :)) Head voice is the one I should have used. I'm not gonna bother fixing it though because this comment is quite old.

    • @Carsoncutie3
      @Carsoncutie3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dale-ct5ru I am interested in the difference as a non musical person :O lol

    • @mr.government985
      @mr.government985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      this is more of a falsetto, as it’s more closely resembling a chest voice. the difference between falsetto and head voice is mostly biological.

  • @San64
    @San64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +922

    Why he didn't get an Oscar for this, I'll never know.

    • @priyachoudhary9896
      @priyachoudhary9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Well they made up for it in theory of everything

    • @pamelagratton789
      @pamelagratton789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Agreed 👍

    • @ezelfrancisco1349
      @ezelfrancisco1349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Because the Oscars rewards “realism” and musicals are the last kind of movies they would reward

    • @joejosa8985
      @joejosa8985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@ezelfrancisco1349 guess that crying isn’t realistic.

    • @wabisabi7755
      @wabisabi7755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      He wasn't "too famous" back then. Oscar wins rely mostly on buzz.

  • @tw_nick
    @tw_nick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1131

    Imagine, be with your best friends on a fight, ready to die by their side, then you wake up and find out they're all dead and you were the only one who survived

    • @_Axolottie_
      @_Axolottie_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Haru that would be HORRIBLE

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lottie Chan that’s what he’s going through!!

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      SURVIVORS GUILT

    • @randompinoyboi.-.1652
      @randompinoyboi.-.1652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And all of them died in vain.
      Truly must be heartbreaking for Marius.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@randompinoyboi.-.1652 I don't know that much about the Second French Revolution, except that wasn't a total failure. Louis XVIII was a fat, tired old man who didn't really want to be on a throne, so he threw up his hands and left Paris. I don't know where he went, but both the Bourbon Dynasty and Napoleon Bonaparte had worn out their welcome, and the French were ready for Democracy like their American allies. It was a royal mess. But Marius' friends, in the long run, didn't die in vain.

  • @LGPanthers1
    @LGPanthers1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +773

    I've lost a lot of friends; through cancer, car crashes, warfare, suicide and addiction have I lost a lot of friends. The emptiness remains but they are not forgotten.

    • @lifethroughcoraslenses36
      @lifethroughcoraslenses36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Awwww! So sorry! Hope you have a great day.

    • @suzansaleh3031
      @suzansaleh3031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      BOT Chad sorry for that I can imagine what you feel

    • @aussiehyune
      @aussiehyune 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      BOT Chad I feel so sorry for you. I can’t even imagine how much pain you have experienced.

    • @shahadshd5165
      @shahadshd5165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm so sorry you had to go through that 😓

    • @malloryfallon6394
      @malloryfallon6394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Awwwww! I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️❤️

  • @carari4125
    @carari4125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +616

    There's a grief that can't be spoken,
    There's a pain goes on and on.
    Empty chairs at empty tables,
    Now my friends are dead and gone.
    Here they talked of revolution,
    Here it was they lit the flame,
    Here they sang about tomorrow and tomorrow never came.
    From the table in the corner,
    They could see a world reborn,
    And they rose with voices ringing,
    And I can hear them now
    The very words that they have sung
    Became their last communion
    On this lonely barricade, at dawn.
    Oh my friends, my friends forgive me
    That I live and you are gone
    There's a grief that can't be spoken,
    And there's a pain goes on and on
    Phantom faces at the window,
    Phantom shadows on the floor,
    Empty chairs at empty tables where my friends will meet no more.
    Oh my friends, my friends don't ask me
    What your sacrifice was for
    Empty chairs at empty tables
    Where my friend will sing no more.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wow...How powerful. Eddie sang it perfectly, too.

  • @DarkStormProduction5
    @DarkStormProduction5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    2:12 from here on is so powerful, especially when he says "Oh my friends! My friends! Don't ask me what you're sacrifice was for."

    • @theaselby6064
      @theaselby6064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      His face there was what made me feel it so much

  • @froggiebcg
    @froggiebcg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6125

    *When you're the only one who studied for the final exams*

    • @froggiebcg
      @froggiebcg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      TH-cam Channel i’m 100% sure they died on the inside

    • @luciaramirez-leszko4215
      @luciaramirez-leszko4215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Wow you really had to make me laugh at 2:30 at literally the most emotional part. But that was funny.

    • @_mel_9953
      @_mel_9953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      And then all your friends ask you to help them cheat but you can’t, so everyone fails except for you :,((

    • @phoebesmart5192
      @phoebesmart5192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I love this comment 😂😂😂😂

    • @priyankakaviraj9801
      @priyankakaviraj9801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Well, You destroyed the emotion of the song..... But It was funny

  • @shiningfaceofluzon5594
    @shiningfaceofluzon5594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    The raspiness of his voice saying "my friends, my friends". You can already imagine him as an elderly man with a cane longing for his friends😢

  • @chris68w1
    @chris68w1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    I saw this in theaters roughly about a month after my tour in Afghanistan. I had zero idea what I was getting myself into, this scene absolutely crushed me. The way he so accurately portrays his survivor guilt is one of the most beautiful and moving things I’ve ever come across. I’ve never not found comfort in this piece over the years, it also helped me discover my voice. Such an incredible work of art.

  • @RichPie
    @RichPie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I have seen this on the stage several times in major productions, I've watched Michael Ball sing it with his powerful voice, so beautiful, but I feel Eddie Redmayne did the most moving, but real, performance. As so many have said, he went deep into the sadness of monstrously huge loss, the guilt of having lost them when he hadn't been able, for too long, to stand by their sides. I also love the cinematography choices, close on Marius, briefly but importantly showing the whole empty room. Bravo, Mr. Redmayne.

  • @anja6983
    @anja6983 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I don’t think I ever wanted to hug a movie character more than his. Well done, Redmayne

  • @joyajohnson2216
    @joyajohnson2216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    “Phantom faces at the window. Phantom shadows on the floor.” This is my favorite part. A gut punch.

  • @johnanderson3700
    @johnanderson3700 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    He is so talented & to portray such emotion in song is just another example of his skill.

  • @theater_nerd400
    @theater_nerd400 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Eponine literally took a bullet for him and died in his arms. Gavroche was a child, probably no more than ten, who still willingly sacrificed himself for the revolution. Enjolras gone. All his friends gone. You feel that pain, listening to this.

  • @gamesuppergirl56..
    @gamesuppergirl56.. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    When my dad passed away, I always play this song and start to cry. At home there is an empty chair where my dad would always sits. When I need to cry this song would help me with the grieving of my dad.

    • @MaeS68
      @MaeS68 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Your message touches me so much - because that’s EXACTLY the same reason that brought me here 😔😔😞😞😥😥😥💔💔💔💔💔

  • @pattisinger2343
    @pattisinger2343 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Eddie Redmayne is BRILLIANT in this role. His rendition of Empty Chairs at Empty Tables is my favorite. I have seen all the PBS concerts and have seen the play live 5 times, and Eddie triumphs over them all.

    • @kir250305
      @kir250305 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, for me the same!

  • @BenMoranFilms
    @BenMoranFilms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    1:31 The way he delivers "On this lonely barricade..." is truly heartbreaking.

    • @awe-ctaves7304
      @awe-ctaves7304 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely a tone I wish I could copy.

  • @aebbantayan9849
    @aebbantayan9849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    “There’s a grief that can’t be spoken there’s a pain goes on and on...” uggghh😭

  • @nairbas392
    @nairbas392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    My dear friend Benny Harvey used to sing at the pub on a regular basis. Rest in peace. Miss ya big man.

    • @username-yc3bd
      @username-yc3bd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Had the pleasure of meeting Benny Harvey at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny

  • @babyybear
    @babyybear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I genuinely think that this is one of the most powerful scenes in Les Mis overall. The raw emotion just resonates with me so much.

  • @whereiskat2478
    @whereiskat2478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Oh my friends my friends forgive me... that I live and you are gone. That broke my heart

  • @inoxiafilms7230
    @inoxiafilms7230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1248

    Eddie Redmayne killed this scene.

    • @theamericanyoutuber
      @theamericanyoutuber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      i was gonna make a comment about everyone else dying, but...

    • @amazingspiderlad
      @amazingspiderlad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      And the scenes before this killed everyone else

    • @BusBenchProductions
      @BusBenchProductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks and Amanda Seyfried stole the entire film for me in my opinion.

    • @randompinoyboi.-.1652
      @randompinoyboi.-.1652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Never knew 5 words could speak so much truth

    • @solvingaproblemlikemaria
      @solvingaproblemlikemaria 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BusBenchProductions i 100% agree !!!

  • @sarahnash276
    @sarahnash276 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I love Les Mis...I'd heard this song so many times before I saw the film rendition and knew what was coming. Yet to this day I have never been as moved by a scene as I was by Eddie's performance. I still cry like a baby every time I hear it, Eddie Redmayne conveys the agony of grief in this song like I've never experienced before.

  • @kamuymamushi5877
    @kamuymamushi5877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Eddie Redmayme will always be the best Marius to me
    My God that VOICE and EMOTION

  • @ToolGirl616
    @ToolGirl616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    This was the first movie I saw Eddie Redmayne, I thought this song was so powerful. His acting was superb here

    • @susantherestorer
      @susantherestorer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      My first Eddie Redmayne movie was "Fantastic Beasts", and I fell in love with him at once. That's why I found as many of his movies as I could, and Les Miserables is one of my favorites, too.

    • @riversong4997
      @riversong4997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't remember the first movie I saw him in, but certainly the most powerful was The Danish Girl. He was absolutely amazing in that movie.

  • @kennethtalbott2233
    @kennethtalbott2233 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    this is simply stunning, what a way to sing this, incredible.

  • @leona5167
    @leona5167 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The vibrato, the raw emotions in his voice is something extraordinary. His face conveys such grief so real that you can feel it through the screen.

  • @DutchTulipStonks
    @DutchTulipStonks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The Eddie does this shows such raw, genuine emotion. He shows grief show heavy perfectly in this and it hurts my soul to see that kind of sadness

  • @shannonb3192
    @shannonb3192 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    It happens so often in an epic tale that the main character is the only one who survives a battle, and I always thought it was strange how quickly the story always just moves on. I know it’s because to the audience those minor characters were expendable, but that wouldn’t be true from the perspective of that surviving main character. I love that they took the time to let the hero mourn his friends here, the way he would in real life.

  • @fordfan3179
    @fordfan3179 5 ปีที่แล้ว +527

    If you're a veteran of any conflict and this song doesn't cut you deep then you've never known a true friend ever. Truly great performance.

    • @fordfan3179
      @fordfan3179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @*Intellectual Ruskii , how am I "gatekeeping"

    • @Bleax
      @Bleax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ford Fan by saying if people don’t feel similarly as you then they must not have friends. The fact that you don’t see that is even worse.

    • @rhiannonm6022
      @rhiannonm6022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Bleax exactly, people respond differently and are impacted by different things. They shouldn't invalidate how someone repsonds/feels

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Bleax Aww...that's not what he meant.

    • @jessicadoban2564
      @jessicadoban2564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is not as heroic but also true in the community that pulls through addiction. A list of people you outlived.

  • @jacobjamersony
    @jacobjamersony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I've never seen any actor or actress portray grief and loss so honestly.

  • @TheHManShow
    @TheHManShow ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Eddie Redmayne really is an underrated actor. Say what you want about his singing, which I think is quite beautiful, but he is an incredibly talented actor and you can’t help but feel for him as he mourns his friends all dying at the barricade.

  • @adairaowens3153
    @adairaowens3153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    truly heartbreaking. He's seriously the most underrated in this movie

  • @deepa1710
    @deepa1710 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nothing can be better than Eddie Redmayne singing this song...sobbing everytime...❤❤❤🙏❤❤❤

  • @jadecurtis2791
    @jadecurtis2791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I’ve come here to cry….. simply breathtakingly beautiful

  • @2CalaLilly
    @2CalaLilly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is one of the most powerful performances I've ever seen on film, and I've seen countless movies in my 75 years of age. This is right up there with the greatest performances of all time. Stunning in its purity and simplicity while showing what real grief looks like.

  • @mykahjoseph
    @mykahjoseph 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    he was PERFECT! Ive alway loved the fact that they recorded live on the set while filming.

  • @dianebamford410
    @dianebamford410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This man who was waiting on his teenage daughter to come out of the restroom, says to me that his daughter, when she first saw Eddie Redmayne on screen said, he's a funny looking fellow, and at the end of Empty Tables, she was crying saying that he was the most beautiful man she'd ever seen.

    • @Mairas.Labyrinth
      @Mairas.Labyrinth ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s so beautiful… 😭 I felt that way too.

  • @StickyMcBudNugget
    @StickyMcBudNugget 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I'm not a musical person, but I may have to watch Les Miserables. Even without full context, this transforms you into feeling what hes feeling

    • @Nooralhudahamad
      @Nooralhudahamad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You should!! One of the most amazing tales ever..so sad and miserable but so real

    • @stephaniebender3481
      @stephaniebender3481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Definitely recommended.

    • @susantherestorer
      @susantherestorer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes! Yes! Do it!

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Nooralhudahamad That's probably why the title translates roughly to mean "Miserable People".

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You don't have to be into musicals. A lot of people are not. But this one is different and it is really in the realm of Opera, along with Sweeney Todd and Phantom of the Opera. To call any of these simply musicals is in error.

  • @gailjones8697
    @gailjones8697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Eddie Redmayne has so much emotion in his presentation that it truly stays with you a while. It is not easy to make the change from very soft vocalizing to very strong, but he nails it. Unforgettable.

  • @angelenapulis9083
    @angelenapulis9083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When I saw this movie for the first time and had no idea what the story was about... this scene wrecked me. Eddie Redmayne became one of my favorite actors in a handful of minutes. Absolutely heart-wrenching.

  • @cFatoss
    @cFatoss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    2:28 soo powerful. "oh my friends, my friends don't ask me"😪😪 goosebumps every time.

    • @FifthCenturyBass
      @FifthCenturyBass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That expression gets me every time

  • @wayward.philosopher
    @wayward.philosopher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I have avoided this cinematic version for almost 10 years because Les Mis is literally my favorite musical and the 10th anniversarydream cast is the definitive version, IMHO. But Eddie Redmayne actually did a great job here! Sorry I waited so long!

  • @kimreipen6502
    @kimreipen6502 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is absolutely amazing. I'm hanging on every sound. The space he is able to create. I love Eddie as an actor and feel like i knew that he was capable of doing literally everything, but this role is outstanding. Great musical, great cast. I would absolutely recommend it!! Thanks for making this timeless piece of art.

  • @jussilahtinen1361
    @jussilahtinen1361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One of the best version of this song.Redmayne really shows his skills to be a leading actor in21st century, and his voice on this song is so REAL.Fantastic version

  • @pobz3832
    @pobz3832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was taught by Samantha Pauly (the Broadway actress) how to sing with emotion. She said to dig down into what you can relate with this song, so I did. And now, everytime I hear or sing this song, I break down in tears while I think about my friends that I have lost. It truly breaks my heart.

  • @leona5167
    @leona5167 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Eddie is just so talented, his singing can cure my depression. He is also a funny person in real life, I adore him!!!!

  • @mrsadlower
    @mrsadlower ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The grief into anger while still holding strong notes. So beautiful and haunting. You feel every word he sings. ❤

  • @LordSkelleton13
    @LordSkelleton13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I came here because my grandma just passed away. I know the song isn't about that. She didn't even like musicals or had any connection with this movie/play. But looking at her empty room, the chair she sat on, I just can't stop thinking about this song. Empty chairs at empty tables... Her room just feels so empty without her. Now I will just burst into tears wherever I hear this song remembering her.

    • @she-hulkSMASHES
      @she-hulkSMASHES 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bro! I’m literally leaving the cemetery after leaving flowers for my grandma. Likewise, she wasn’t into musicals or even Les Mis but I connected with “there’s a grief that can’t be spoken, there’s a pain goes on and on”.

    • @LordSkelleton13
      @LordSkelleton13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@she-hulkSMASHES sending you hugs. Indeed a grief that can't be spoken. But time will make it easier, or so I hope.

    • @she-hulkSMASHES
      @she-hulkSMASHES 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@LordSkelleton13 thank you. Sending you a hug back.

  • @GorggW
    @GorggW 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Just remember... This whole movie is based on historical events.. people really went through this.. brings a whole new weight to his words

  • @cati62
    @cati62 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Extraordinary. There is no other word for it.

  • @audreyyu07
    @audreyyu07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    My friends my friends forgive, that I live and you are gone. That gives me chills everytime

    • @wildelove13
      @wildelove13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Survivors guilt. Breaks my heart.

  • @chuckwagon7354
    @chuckwagon7354 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There are a few songs in Les Miserables that resonate with me on a richter scale. This is one, Stars is another. I dreamed a dream and On my own. Right there I can fill a tanker with my tears.

  • @kathyha9819
    @kathyha9819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    For me, it was just the most miserable scene from Les miserables, Eddie Redmayne had sang and expressed his feelings wonderfully, and painfully!

  • @EmBeye21
    @EmBeye21 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've seen this scene performed by multiple actors/singers over the past 30 years, and this guy is the only one I've ever seen who begins to show the true anguish that the character would have been experiencing in that tragic situation.
    He simply nailed it. I don't know if he won any awards for his performance, but he absolutely deserves one.

  • @daphnear1
    @daphnear1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    As a Veteran, to see this scene (perhaps the best protrayl filmed) and hear this rendition is haunting, moving, and heartbreaking.

  • @mariq3949
    @mariq3949 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is my favorite scene in the movie, such a powerful and heartbreaking scene. Always makes me cry Eddie Redmayne is an excellent actor!!!

  • @bhagavatidasi2373
    @bhagavatidasi2373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    For me this is the most beautiful and the most powerful song of the whole movie.

  • @ellabrad3886
    @ellabrad3886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Eddie was a brilliant actor and singer. Very few can sing and cry and act at the same time without losing the song.
    He did it all. Love this man.

  • @terrylewis_
    @terrylewis_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I can't contain my tears "Oh my friends, my FRIIIIIEEEEENDS" gets me every time. I just instantly tear up and have fullbody goosebumps.

  • @Ms14787
    @Ms14787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I will never forget seeing this for the first time in the cinema. I cried so hard and had forgotten to bring tissues. I looked a right mess when the lights turned on

  • @niklaus544
    @niklaus544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fantine's interpretation of 'I dreamed a dream' won the Oscar, but this interpretation is also masterful and would have deserved the Oscar.
    This song expresses all the pain and sadness of a man who was ready to die with his companions, but who instead survived; and the actor, both with his voice and with his acting, expresses these feelings perfectly.👏‍‍

  • @mariaochenas3634
    @mariaochenas3634 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is honestly my favorite Les Mis song and Eddie did a great job portraying all of the emotions Marius feels

  • @mamamheus7751
    @mamamheus7751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm not a fan of musicals as a rule, but there's usually one or two songs that I'll enjoy. This is the only one that's left me feeling kicked in the gut, tears in my eyes and given me the need to go hug the singer. Talk about realistic feelings being portrayed for the circumstances. I felt every ounce of that pain. It helps that he has an astounding voice. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

  • @nina1522
    @nina1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "My friends, forgive me that I live and you are gone." I can't even begin to imagine what the torture of survivor's guilt must be like.

  • @merle1929
    @merle1929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Keep in mind he is primarily an actor but this is a great voice with incredible range

  • @TheInanna1212
    @TheInanna1212 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Eddie Redmond . I never tire of hearing his soulful singing of this song

    • @georginaspencer2636
      @georginaspencer2636 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me neither, I have to come back to it again and again.

  • @Adardidnothingwrong
    @Adardidnothingwrong 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    So many of the things we have.... anti-discrimination laws, minimum wage, the eight hour workday, are because people like Marius fought and sometimes died for a better future... One that we enjoy and they will never see. Next week will be Labor Day. Remember this song, and remember that the fight is not over.

  • @jaimeandrade5639
    @jaimeandrade5639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am from Guayaquil-Ecuador, which as many other cities is going through hard times due to coronavirus. Many of my friends died and this is the exact feeling after they are gone and you still here.

    • @BeingBetter
      @BeingBetter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm so sorry my friend 💔

    • @mamamheus7751
      @mamamheus7751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Survivor guilt - it's a well-known effect during such times. No matter that you _know_ it's not your fault, that there was nothing you could do differently, emotions are illogical and stop our hearts catching up with our heads. All I can say is that over time, you _will_ learn to live with it.
      I am so sorry friend, your loss must be incalculable. All I can do is send my love and deepest sympathies x

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mamamheus7751 We have it bad in this country as well, and I have to stay indoors almost all the time. I worry about my son who regularly has to out. I am just grateful that my husband died a year ago and missed COVID-19.

  • @McLeod2022
    @McLeod2022 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is how heartbreak sounds, feels, and is witnessed. True sadness... that reminds us of how good most moments are... we are just spoiled or ignorant or unaware most of the time.... The song is an amazing composition and Eddie owned his version of this... he owns it. I am grateful for this.

    • @TheKaity1965
      @TheKaity1965 ปีที่แล้ว

      agreed he is heartbroken when he sings and you feel he has really suffered the loss of his friends

  • @tinaa4737
    @tinaa4737 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've heard this song many times but it still gives me goosebumps.

  • @bobcatbigpaws5597
    @bobcatbigpaws5597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I loved eddie redmayne in this movie. I have watched all his movies. Such a talented actor with a beautiful voice.

    • @daisybtoes
      @daisybtoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He sings like an angel.

  • @gillbshaw360
    @gillbshaw360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is hauntingly beautiful....such a talented actor

  • @kalenaquinones7963
    @kalenaquinones7963 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This scene breaks me everytime. He is such an excellent artist!

  • @aiyannasprague576
    @aiyannasprague576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This song and eddie redmaynes performance will always be so powerful as to evoke emotion

  • @contralto25
    @contralto25 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've heard this song a few times now. I even started singing it. Again I realise the emotion in Eddie's voice, the power of his performance, his acting. So touching. Thank you 💜

  • @noellaboo
    @noellaboo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is Hands down is best performance ever😊

  • @Ofekzmiri
    @Ofekzmiri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    those are the absolute best 3 minutes of performance and singing that I’ve ever seen and heard… thank you edie redmayne for a video that will always make me cry, these words are so strong and powerful and the emotions that coming out of it are insane! Thank you so much my friend.

  • @ironicallyelectropositive5220
    @ironicallyelectropositive5220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This scene not only hurt my soul, but also me, but like, physically. I could literally feel my chest plunging to the point I felt actual pain.

  • @colldollm51
    @colldollm51 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have the profoundest respect for Eddie Redmayne. He makes us all see what we must see.

  • @Rn_tasha26
    @Rn_tasha26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Best version of this song. Hands down.

  • @MassielBarrosTorning
    @MassielBarrosTorning 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This powerful scene moves me in a way that hits deep. Eddie Redmayne, you're one specatular performer.

  • @Fot113
    @Fot113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I heard he did this scene 28 times or so and he himself was only satisfied in releasing the last take