He is Death after all. He knows when everyone and everything will die to the exact second. Sure it's God's plan but God gave Death the book. Well more like the bus schedule when ya think about it.
I love how death does nothing but try to comfort her in this scene from speaking in her accent in a respectful manner to put her at ease, to explaining he has nothing to do with the pain, and to giving her a glimpse of the paradise she gets to go to in the “next place”
Poetic in the way that everyone has their time, but death awaits patiently for all, there is no struggle, when it's our time we just slip away "to that next place". I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film, one of brad pitt's best work in my opinion.
As a Jamaican this is one of the only times I was shocked, impressed and flattered by a movie scene. He put in some great effort into that and you can tell he learned it from an actual Jamaican
@@Danceswithfishes truth is her patois is very old. Jamaican Patois is always evolving and sounds very different from it did in her time But you can tell she is definitely Jamaicn and lived here. As for his patois it's a little more complicated. Because ff he was speaking it fully most of the audience wouldn't understand a thing. It's really TV patios, But he captured a lot of the nuances you just couldn't know unless he was taught. The impressive part, as weird as it is, isn't really the delivery but the preparation. And only Jamaicans would notice.
@@JamaicanMeCrazy thank you for sharing this. I always wanted to know. I didn't know this lady was such a well known actor. I always thought she stole the scenes she was in ❤️
@@JamaicanMeCrazy Thank you for explaining this in more depth. I think (hope) we would agree that both these actors are very fine and totally believable in their roles. God rest the lady, Lois Kelly Miller.
She passed away in Jamaica yesterday - April 8, 2020. A beautiful soul who I had the chance to meet and speak with on several occasions. She was a good friend of my grandmother. A true Jamaican gem. May she rest in sweet peace
I love that little moment where her fear and suspicion immediately relaxes the moment he says he’s holiday. It’s like she found the concept of death taking a vacation so amusing she couldn’t help but want to humor him.
"I realize now, my being here isn't quite appropriate" Great writing and great scene design. Brad Pitt was perfect for this part with his delivery on his lines.
The dichotomy of how each of the two parses that sentence is so funny. The lady thinks he is just trying to be polite and non obtrusive, while the literal death on holiday has just now realized it's kinda fucked up that he is in the place where people suffer and, often, die. Hah.
3:20 I don't think people realise this shows he traded spiritual places with her in that earlier moment. She felt the eternal bliss of the afterlife while he experienced her full pain.
This scene is so beautifully done. A wise old woman can see the "otherworldliness" of him. Joe is surprised by this and the fact that she thinks he's evil. Masterful use of micro expressions by Brad Pitt to portray this. I must admit, I teared up when he compassionately showed her where she was going before whispering "soon..."
The part where she closes her eyes. It's as if she can see into the next place. And all the people in her life are waiting for her. Her husband. Her parents. All the loved ones that left her behind just waiting. She now has something to look forward to. A beautiful scene.
When he showed her "The Next Place" and she opened her eyes, they dance around for a second before making eye contact with him, as if regaining her surroundings after being taken on a journey. This is brilliant acting at the sublime level.
My great grandmother told me that there’s nothing worse then thinking that heaven is “just watching over your family” as she’s done that 101 years and that the last thing she wants to do is continuing this into the next place. She said if heaven is real it should be freeing you from all that. I know exactly what she’s saying and I don’t think enough people realize this isn’t what people want for for when they die and that’s just something that YOU want and makes YOU feel better, it’s not about them at all.
I get chills from their performance together in this scene. When she says ‘Obeah’, and their glances connect as he realises she knows him. The way the actress mastered the rapid changes in mood from terror to supplication is just sublime. I love the way the patois flows in Brad’s performance - the real communication between the actors is happening at the heart level, and as others have commented, you almost miss the beauty in the crafted lines of the script.
@@YOJOMQ2015 This movie is a remake of Death Takes a Holiday and from what I've seen it's lacking in holding my interest. And the scene where he gets run over by 3 different cars is just too ridiculous to take seriously. If it were a comedy, I could maybe get behind it but what I've seen of it just looks so boring and silly. But I agree that this scene is amazing and I'm sure the movie is full of great moments like these. So no, I'm not mad, I like humane stories like these.
This is such a beautiful scene. Most people dread the idea of facing death, but this woman literally meets him in person and quickly accepts him as a friend. Because death doesn’t always have to be the ugly ending people think it is.
Also, this is a movie. It's my belief only harm can come from spreading messages such as 'death isn't ugly'. Yes it is, it most definitely is. Inevitable, but oh-so-ugly.
@@JacksonHansen-o8l Death is ugly sometimes just as birth is ugly (serious trauma there). But in each case it passes quickly and the “other side” is quite lovely. It was difficult watching some elderly loved ones pass, but knowing their peace from pain was comforting.
@@JacksonHansen-o8l I think life is the other side of birth. If there is nothing after death, that is an other side as well. Just void, eternal sleep or similar. I don’t remember anything before I was born, and it may be the same after birth. I guess we will all find out eventually.
I love how she was afraid of him at first and then understood later he was going to take her on to that next place and there was nothing to fear. But when it was her time, he would take her. He made it clear he was not evil and then she trusted him. Beautiful.
She just got the greatest news imaginable. I'd be so over the moon happy to meet Joe Black - knowing that there's an afterlife would be so tremendously incredible. She should be beside herself in relief and happiness. I don't believe there is one. Well, maybe I should word that better. There's absolutely no reason to believe there is one, and believing in something for no reason is what a delusional person does. I'll put it that way,
This scene breaks me like nothing else. I'm half Jamaican but was raised in rural Midwestern US, and since my father was pretty absent I didn't really have a link to Jamaican culture outside of my grandmother. As much as she cherished me, Patois always felt like a barrier between us. Since it straddles the line between language and dialect, it was hard for my family to justify properly teaching it to their children, especially given how isolated we were from a larger Caribbean community. Patois was how she felt most comfortable relating to people, but I could never use it to relate to her. As friends and relatives the same age as her died off, she began to use it less and less before pretty much dropping it. In her last few years of her life, I could understand just how isolated she felt. She had immense pain from aging, but there was nobody left with whom she could speak candidly about it. I really really wished I could do that for her. The linguistic concept of this scene plays out like one of the conversations I imagined between us. Love you, grandma.
My grandfather had a similar experience. He spoke Low German, and once he left his German speaking village in Canada he only spoke it with relatives and eventually a friend at a rest home. Aside from that he had to speak English to everyone.
My favourite thing about this scene is the irony at the end. He says " I realize, my being here, is not quite appropriate." The girl says, "no, please, don't apologize", because she thinks he means visiting her at work. But he is talking about being the grim reaper hanging around at a hospital. So good.
I think whether or not brad pitt did a perfect job with the patois this is a great example of great scene writing, and him doing the accent is handled quite reverently. it's not mocking the accent or using it as a gimmick it's showing us how death has been everywhere and it's part of everyone and everything. it's something that connects everyone, and isn't that a good reminder?
@Katie I’m often reminded of the cartoon The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy with Grim being Jamaican. So perfect and iconic, death is wise but lost 2 a couple of kids to be their best friend for all eternity. And on Lucifer, Uriel aka Death pretends to be a ghost and talks to Ella Lopez as her friend. And on Supernatural- Billie the reaper becomes the new Death who will be the one to reap God. Plus on Billy and Mandy there is a colorful bend of supernatural and divine characters - a hunter is dating Eris the goddess of chaos while she does a ditzy valley girl routine.
@Katie it’s the “job” for lots of actors but very few take the time to do it properly. Tom cruise in Valkyrie, gene Hackman in a bridge too far, etc...
That's why its a great example of how to imitate a culture without degrading the culture, an unfortunate problem in Hollywood. Patience, understanding, and respect.
She recognized him as the Angel of Death, that’s why she wasn’t taken aback by his ability to speak patois because angels can speak any language they need to.
It’s obvious how much practice he put into learning patois. FROM AN ACTUAL JAMAICAN!!! I don’t expect perfection but he did a really good job considering
lol the average white Mancunian from south Manchester England does a much better job. I’m sat with a ‘Jamaican/British’ man now and he’s laughing saying I sound more ‘Jamaican’ than him and I’m classed as a ‘white’ blue eyed ‘devil man’ hahaha 🤣 Nah we all get along here. Look up Moss Side Manchester. Literally most young people here regardless of colour speak Patois.
@@mackcarlo I don't know why but I grew up speaking “Scots” and I find Jamaicans very easy to understand. More than once I have found myself translating ha
@@Talon18136 true, but it's not true when those who deal in witchcraft in my people's beliefs. Affecting someone mentally or making them fall in love with you by using love medicine is play with God, you can't take free will from someone. A gift god gave them.
Brad Pitt amazing , magnificent in this movie , he can do any role with his great enormous talent , playing the Angel of death must be a difficult role but not for Brad, he’s beyond talented great movie, great actors , gorgeous music.
@@mehchocolate1257 A patois in general is a sort of halfway-between language, with words from one or more languages, and grammatical rules also split between them both. It's an early step to the creation of an entirely new language. When they are talking about Patois, capitalized, they specifically mean the English-French-Bantu-Yoruba patois from the Caribbean islands. That's where linguists first realized that it was its own thing, instead of calling it a 'debased' form of whichever language was higher status.
Brad Pitt is truly a gem of an actor. He takes his roles seriously and does his homework, especially learning the dialects required to pull off a believable tone from any distinct region of the Globe.
Yes, but now after you've completed your kung fu training, you are strong! Now go and challenge your rival and face certain death, for I have purposely trained you wrong haha! By the way, i yelled all this in a french accent so go back and read it with a french accent. This will complete your tae kwon do training.
We all die. She clearly had a wisdom that let her approach death better than most. While she was certainly a great actress, her faith in the other there was transparent in this scene.
When my father passed I checked out a bunch of movies I didn't know anything about from the library to numb my pain. This was one of them. My dad had been on a ventilator and couldn't speak, but his eyes told me he had much to say. When Bill tells his daughter what a wonderful child she'd been I knew my Dad had helped me pick out this film to give me his message.
Your post has such heart that it brought tears to my eyes. God Bless your father's immortal soul and the family he left behind, of course including you.
Incredible acting by Brad Pitt. Before he was hit by that car and death took over, you see the sparkle in his eyes, you see "life" but then, when death takes over, it's gone, no emotions whatsoever and you forget it's Brad Pitt even if it's for a few seconds and then, in the end, when he walks back to the dance floor, he's got that sparkle back in his eyes that's just incredible acting I think.
Good observation, though I think it sort of comes back as he learns about humanity. There's even a scene where he is having dinner later on and is laughing. This scene here was one where I think he started to learn what suffering and compassion was really about.
@@sonofizzy Right. It was an interesting sort of coming of age in a way.I can't help but think it may have been loosely based off of an older story; it sounds familiar.
I have always thought Brad Pitt is a great actor. He is never the same in any role. I think his extreme good looks hides this fact. imagine a director saying to you ,I want you to play death. Where the hell would you start? Pitt nailed it.
@chriswhite3692 I believe - if you are talking about movies - that there was a black-and-white predecessor to this movie in which the lady goes with Death as his bride. I cannot recall the name. There is also the movie, Death Takes a Holiday, not quite on point, which I recommend. Take care and have a great day!
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I absolutely love this scene! The way he talks to her & when he lets her see where she’s going....the way she looks at him & he says “soon” ohhh makes me emotional.
I have always loved this scene because of Death's compassion. He shows her heaven to make the remainder of her time bearable and then tells her, "Soon." Makes me cry every time I see this.
He shows her the afterlife, not heaven. The afterlife is a universal term for 'whatever comes after death', which is quite literally who he is. This aint no religious hoo haa.
@@Nathan-oe8ut Seems like you’ve been designated to be that one guy that shows up and ruins everything. You’re the “everything was going great until this jerk showed up guy.” You have my sympathy.
Brad Pitt is not just a great actor but also a great man. He went to visit her in the hospital around her 100th birthday. It takes true compassion to do that. I bet he spoke in with a Jamican accent as well..
Don't know why I like that scene so much. I think it's the profound insight the woman has to see what others can't. For being the personification of death he treats her with such respect and is so gentle.
@@island_girl It's one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes of all time. I just love the story. And Robert Redford really delivers a fantastic performance, especially after it's revealed that he is Death. I love when the old lady realizes that she's dead already, and Death says to her..."What you were afraid would come like a shout...was but a whisper." It's great when he tips her a friendly wink, and says, "Mother, come with me. It's time to rest." And they leave the building arm in arm. Beautiful writing!!!! Fantastic acting, by Redford and Gladys Cooper, as the old lady.
I'm really not into supersticious stuff but I love how this scene is played. the way joe's eyes get wider when the daughter says that "obeah" means bad spirit is so intense. it kinda shows us that joe is genuinely surprised not only that the old woman can kinda see him but more so that he is mistaken for something that he is not, something bad. he seems to realize in that split second that there are many misconceptions among human culture concerning death. he is mistaken for something bad although he is just something more universal than that. I don't know if that is deliberate but it fits the whole atmosphere of the scene so well. I love this movie!
Yesss and there’s like a few moments where he’s debating whether to keep the facade of being just a regular guys but he can tell she’s near death and sees through his cover so he decides to let her, this one lil old Jamaican lady nearing the end of her time in on his secret and give her a sense of warmth in the midst of her pain when in all reality he could’ve just as easily pretended that she’d gone crazy and he had no idea what she was talking about. It’s a kinda quiche early 2000’s romance movie but there’s still some real beauty in it:-)
When Brad Pitt do the Jamaican dialogue, it was that impressed me - his acting is sublime, and Lois Kelly Miller's performance is like the catalyst that brings the best in both of them.
Coming from the Caribbean (not Jamaica), I've heard American actors butcher the Jamaican accent, but Brad Pitt's is the best I've heard. Not perfect, of course, but good enough.
One of my favourite films and one of the most underrated.Great interaction between Brad Pitt and Lois Kelly Miller. Throughout the whole movie Brad Pitt showed great presence, the big authority emanating from death. I love the moment when he talks to William Parrish/Anthony Hopkins for the first time in a calm deep voice.
I remember this scene. My grandmother was in a nursing home at this time. I was emotionally and mentally depleted. This scene consoled me and I remember crying my eyes out. Send me an Angel like B.P., when it is my turn to go!!!
Sweetheart you never know he could be closer than you think 🤔 he's a really decent gentleman...it is his honesty and integrity that shines through eh Blessings 🙌 🙇♀️ 🙏 🤲
People pointing out that she doesn’t want to be left alone with a stranger who’s creepy are overlooking the fact my mans literally said everyting was gwarn be iree.
Regardless of whether Brad Pitt can speak Jamaican patois well or not, this is a superb scene in a wonderful film. I don't know why this movie took such an unholy amount of shit when it was released. I have watched it a dozen times and it never ceases to hold me spellbound. It is one of the very few movies made in Hollywood which you could call 'metaphysical' in intent - it doesn't shy away from lucidly and intelligently dealing with themes you almost never see discussed in movies; fate, the nature of death, the possibility of immortality, the nature of free will, the power of transformative love....
@@NeonPixels81 yes, I absolutely agree, but that's the movies Hollywood likes to make, because most people are fucking morons who'd rather watch CGI shit than a real movie about real people doing things like horror! talking to one another...
@@NeonPixels81 by the way, this is probably going to age me quite badly, but has anyone noticed that, since the birth of the internet and social media age, most of what passes for popular culture is unrelenting shit?
@@NeonPixels81 couldn't agree more.... 1. As you say, everybody is scared of 'triggering' someone or offending someone to make art that confronts people. 2. The social media age has encouraged everyone to think they are a celebrity and worthy of being on tv, regardless of how talentless they are.... 3. In the old days, tv shows and movies had so few outlets, they had to be passably good, or else no one would watch them. They also cost a lot to make, so makers made an effort. Nowadays any fool can put any old shit on a streaming service, or Facebook, or whatever....no quality control....
My cousin and I had such a laugh... Years ago we watched the DVD, but we changed the language option to German. When this scene came on it switched from German to Dutch! As if Dutch is a pidgin form of German. 🤣
@Steiner So did we, because Dutch is so closely related to my native language - Afrikaans - we could understand every word. When the old lady recognised Death she says, "Bose geest! Bose geest!"🤣
American English subtitles are such lazy garbage that most of the time they just say “speaking in foreign language”. It’s so annoying to me that someone got paid to do that
How her right cheek twitches lightly after her head tilts. That was a moment for me. Like she wanted to smile more broadly or laugh out loud but held it.
I am originally from the Caribbean (the island of Saint Lucia where Patios is our second language after English). Of course his patois is not perfect but it's a hell of alot better than some American actors who play French West Indian characters in movies. I'll take Brad Pitt's patois over theirs any day. And besides, this is a very touching scene. He plays the personification of Death in this film but he plays Death not as a terrifying force but rather as a lifelong friend who comforts you. One of his best and earlier films. I love it!
This is a very touching scene. Death isn't mean or evil, he's just doing a job. Death has compassion and sympathy for the old lady. To top it all, the old lady ends up smiling and getting some measure of reassurance and peace.
Weird. I got the impression He took her pain onto himself. At least for that moment. Which is the only thing He could just say impressed to what he felt.
This is a very important scene. It shows Death is compassionate and understanding of human nature and the suffering within. For some reason, it gives me the feels.
+Tom F Park You're right. In the entire movie, I think this is one of the top scenes, along with Joe defending Anthony Hopkins to the "mole" and the last being Death's final understanding of Anthony Hopkins speech about Live to him.
Its a movie dumbass....like the director knows how death feel... death orignially wasnt to have anything to do with us...prior to eatinng the forbidden fruit....
+Leonard Ayers Your age is showing, why does +Tom F Park have to be a dumbass for expressing his opinion? The internet, created by man ruined by children.
Yes, script writing that addresses the human condition in an expressive/compelling way.....at least to those who are able to empathize with those who suffer
Yeah maybe i'm just really immature but this whole scene is very hard to take seriously. Who ever wrote this into the script couldn't be any more clueless
One thing i liked about this scene is the fact that Death is not an evil spirit. Death is just part of the way things are, a guide to where one must go. Death is not like what they show in those Final Destination movies. Not evil and not good, just a guide. It is the actions of the one who passes that charts the course.
@@leventak911 Azrail is the guy with the woollen hat who delivers for the florist in our neighbourhood - you're not the first, but why anyone would indulge his fanciful claims is beyond me.
its not actually an accent, he's speaking a language called Patois. It was derived from English by the slaves in jamaica, like a dialect, which is why it sounds like an accent.
This scene helped comfort me a little. My Uncle died just a week ago. My cousin was telling me about how he would sometimes talk to people as he lay in his bed. He would be talking to two of his brothers who had passed on decades prior, and to my Grandmother. He would say to them that he was coming, but they'd have to wait a bit more for him.
@@mattp.4329 Thats a weird and abstract thing to say. Sorry I dont play with children. You miss interpreted the scene, I helped you realise its true meaning, dont see how thats a bad thing. Like I said before, it doesnt take anything away from the scene. Infact it kind of enhance it as death is showing a kind and caring nature by taking her pain away. But you keep believing what you want, makes no difference to me.
This is one of Pitt's best performances. Understated but powerful. He gets a lot of criticism because he is a Hollywood pretty boy (and well, he is) but he is also a very talented and underrated actor. And this was one of his best. Playing against Anthony Hopkins is no easy task for a young actor but Pitt pulls it off quite well in this movie. Of course, Hopkins had something to do with this but their chemistry is clear. Great flick. Go see it and see Brad Pitt give a great performance that no one saw.
I just love the expressions on them all in those twenty seconds around her recognizing him. The smirk the doctor gives, the blank nothing of the daughter, and most especially the turn of his face that could be surprise or, more likely in my mind, the offense at being called an obeah
You are absolutely on point. It is very clear that Death (in this films mythos) can apparently feel and assimilate the experiences of living beings. Like the body he overtook for this vacation. It also seems like the pain she felt is a minor experince for this enitity. He feels it, but it is not strong enough to make him react.
Yeah, they way he slowly blinks, after remarking about her pain always makes me think he kinda let the absorbed feeling wash over him. As if to fully experience it. Being Death though, he quickly dismisses the pain and moves on.
Worth considering is that Pitt’s job here was to convince us that he’s supernaturally fluent in all dialects including Patois, while ensuring he’s still understandable to the general audience who doesn’t speak it. So he couldn’t be too deep in his impersonation unless they added subtitles.
@Artimus my interpretation is that he showed her a brief vision of the next place. And then told her soon. While it did not ease her pain, it did help her to feel better about having something to look forward to
@@Godemperor420blazeit . If they do a live action, they won't have to look far for that role. The guy who played Sebastian in the live action Black Butler looked like an Asian version of Michael Jackson.
It's not like I know patois enough to be a judge of how well Brad Pitt did in this scene but to someone like me it sounds perfect. I especially enjoy the final scenes of this movie so very much. The situation, the MUSIC, the fireworks, just everything works so beautifully together, it gives me goose bumps every time!
When she asked if he was like a bus driver going to pick up somebody he says,"No mam, Im on holiday", (her)"Some spot you pick", that line was hilarious.
He was great in Snatch and Fight club too but those films were violent and overlooked. I think he gets snubbed for awards because he is so stunning too though. Really has there ever been a better looking actor? Paul Newman had a beautiful face and eyes but Brads face and body OMG.
Pitt is really the Anti pretty boy. Dude could have easily done 30 romantic comedies and no one would say boo. But he's always taken serious and diverse roles, sometimes for very little money.
I love it of how Azrael (The Angel of Death/ Grim Reaper) was so compassionate towards this woman....that he understands on what pain she's going through so Azrael gives her a glimpse of what is to come and where she's headed: A Beautiful place that it's Completely incomparable here on earth that she no longer will ever feel pain sadness depression loneliness to Eternity and she's Forever LOVED.
It’s actually very important to the film that Joe Black *isn’t* Azrael (or Thanatos, Morana, Mictēcacihuātl, Jeoseungsaja, or any other specific psychopomp or death diety). His presence isn’t tied to any religion or belief system, since he is older than them all.
The fact that he’s in a slim, well tailored black suit adds to the scene. But the whole “I’m here to take people to next place” mixed with the elderly woman, the light and dark, makes this scene everything.
I am Jamaican, and that old lady is a Jamaican too. You cannot fake, the way she spoke and her facial expression. Reminds me of my Grandmother. I fell in love with Brad Pitt, after I watched Meet Joe Black. He is a man, who takes his roles seriously. Loved him in Snatch. Couldn't understand a word he said...hahaha 🤣👍🏼
Watch U No. The People Of Color In This scene ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT Jamaican! They are ETHIOPIANS! They ARE AFRICANS! Just because a person was born in Jamaica, Trinidad, Saint Vincent, Saint Kitts Or ANY Other Island Region DOES NOT Make Them what People call "West Indian'. Who People 'THINK' is My Father was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica. The person who People "THINK' is My Mother came from Guyana, In South America. They are BOTH Ethiopian And Nigerian. I AM Black... If I was Born In Mexico... would that make Me a Mexican???"
Watch U No. The People Of Color In This scene ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT Jamaican! They are ETHIOPIANS! They ARE AFRICANS! Just because a person was born in Jamaica, Trinidad, Saint Vincent, Saint Kitts Or ANY Other Island Region DOES NOT Make Them what People call "West Indian'. Who People 'THINK' is My Father was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica. The person who People "THINK' is My Mother came from Guyana, In South America. They are BOTH Ethiopian And Nigerian. I AM Black... If I was Born In Mexico... would that make Me a Mexican???
@@andreamilius1956 Yes stupid because Mexico or Mexican is not a race it's place of origin it's the place you originated from same with Jamaicans. They cannot be Ethiopians if they were not born there that's not how it works. I'm American because I was born and raised in America but my parents were born and raised in Jamaica which makes them Jamaican. Just like you would call person from New York a New Yorker or a person from Texas a Texan
@@tgirl1762 YOU are STUPID! Mexicans are EUROPEANS. They have Melanin in their skin however, they originated in Europe. You really DO NOT know SHIT and you need to SHUT YOUR UNGODLY MOUTH! Even if you go to Rome, Greece Or Russia they have a hue to their Skin. I have BEEN to Europe. Have you, you JACKASS???
"Have you spent much time in the Islands?" That was it I believe, she was refering to the Carribean. EDIT: I just remembered the whole film, there's so many things she doesn't seem to question. Even when she's almost sure he's some kind of supernatural thing, she just says something among the lines of "I know what[who?] you are. You're Joe". And it's left at that
One of my favorite movies. I have a daughter that means the world to me, and I cry every time at the end I cry.I love when Bill asks, “Should i be afraid?”, and death replies, “Not a (for a) man like you.” Also, one Thomas Newman’s best scores. Very similar to Shawshank Redemption
The elderly lady was played by Lois Kelly Miller. She is considered a national treasure in Jamaica. She died last year at the age of 102. R.I.P.
RIP lady.
The same week and year Brad Pitt was visiting her .
@@knightnrmer maybe he was an Obeah man then. Spooky
Thank you for posting this factoid. I can now pay my respects to this wonderful actress.
What a beautiful lady. 🙏❤️😔
That whispered "Soon" gets me every time. It's a reassurance for her, but also implies that he knows the exact time already.
Death knows the time and place, always.
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Duh
great comment
He is Death after all. He knows when everyone and everything will die to the exact second. Sure it's God's plan but God gave Death the book. Well more like the bus schedule when ya think about it.
The daughter's and mother's facial expression when he first spoke Jamaican Patois always cracks me up
Priceless! And real. Especially the daughter.
White boy SHOCKS dying woman by speaking in PERFECT Patois.
@@jackmclean4120 Shh, don't give Xiomanyc any more ideas. >.>
Daughters acting top notch too
@@KhronicDI'm more of a Loashu guy myself. R.I.P. to him though
I love how death does nothing but try to comfort her in this scene from speaking in her accent in a respectful manner to put her at ease, to explaining he has nothing to do with the pain, and to giving her a glimpse of the paradise she gets to go to in the “next place”
That's because he already knows she's a good woman and is destined to go to Heaven. It might be different for a person who was NOT good in life.
Death does not care one way or the other. One life, one death. For everyone.
Holy hell, its like you watched the scene
Poetic in the way that everyone has their time, but death awaits patiently for all, there is no struggle, when it's our time we just slip away "to that next place". I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film, one of brad pitt's best work in my opinion.
For blind people like me it's useful when people describe exactly what happened in the video. Oh wait I can't read. @@Dingleberrycrunch36
As a Jamaican this is one of the only times I was shocked, impressed and flattered by a movie scene. He put in some great effort into that and you can tell he learned it from an actual Jamaican
Thank you. I always wanted to know if he actually managed the patois.
@@Danceswithfishes truth is her patois is very old. Jamaican Patois is always evolving and sounds very different from it did in her time But you can tell she is definitely Jamaicn and lived here. As for his patois it's a little more complicated. Because ff he was speaking it fully most of the audience wouldn't understand a thing. It's really TV patios, But he captured a lot of the nuances you just couldn't know unless he was taught. The impressive part, as weird as it is, isn't really the delivery but the preparation. And only Jamaicans would notice.
@@JamaicanMeCrazy thank you for sharing this. I always wanted to know. I didn't know this lady was such a well known actor. I always thought she stole the scenes she was in ❤️
@@Danceswithfishes she's a national treasure
@@JamaicanMeCrazy Thank you for explaining this in more depth. I think (hope) we would agree that both these actors are very fine and totally believable in their roles. God rest the lady, Lois Kelly Miller.
She passed away in Jamaica yesterday - April 8, 2020. A beautiful soul who I had the chance to meet and speak with on several occasions. She was a good friend of my grandmother. A true Jamaican gem. May she rest in sweet peace
Was she really 102 years-old?
R.I.P lovely lady
Emily Dixon aww condolences to her Family
What was her name?🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
I believe so much shes home in that beautiful place of love that made her smile like that
..god bless..❤
"I'm from that next place"
Something comforting in that phrase.
because it offers continuation and not an end
Only if you know Jesus as your Lord and savior. God bless.
@@owainthomas9715 or any of the dozens of known religions. Jesus is yours because you were born into it.
@@elec123 who is your God my friend?
@@owainthomas9715 If anything, the laws of nature and physics.
I love that little moment where her fear and suspicion immediately relaxes the moment he says he’s holiday. It’s like she found the concept of death taking a vacation so amusing she couldn’t help but want to humor him.
plus he be a pretty hung fella approaching her.
compliments are always.
great scene no doubt
I think he showed her what heven is like
Strangest thing about this scene is how quick she gets to see a doctor
ya is too right maaan (in my best patois!)
Y’all need to go to better hospitals. I’ve never waited more than 15 minutes for a doctor.
😂😂😂😂
I used to Work at E.R. and doctors dosent look like that After a graveyard shift and I have never had a patient getting seen by a doctor that fast
It was filmed before Obamacare.
"I realize now, my being here isn't quite appropriate"
Great writing and great scene design. Brad Pitt was perfect for this part with his delivery on his lines.
The dichotomy of how each of the two parses that sentence is so funny.
The lady thinks he is just trying to be polite and non obtrusive, while the literal death on holiday has just now realized it's kinda fucked up that he is in the place where people suffer and, often, die. Hah.
there is so many lines in this film that have a double meaning
I love that he's a being with nigh-omniscience and as he learns more and lives in humanities shoes he has empathy and gains a perspective.
@@ReplayableContent Yeah he did great as portraying his character learning grief when for Death all this time dying is just a part of life.
It's a neat movie. Lots of neat individual scenes. Long, and slow, but the acting is great throughout.
and how kickass is Brad Pitt? he went to see her when she was in hospital in 2017 at 100yrs birthday,, yes thats how awesome he is..
Legend.
Really? Sometimes our idols don't disappoint.
Wouldn't it have been funny if he came in his "Death" persona and told her "Me come fi yuh like me say me wud" or something like that 😂😂😂
Wanted to learn more "me too tuh tuh speak lagwaze"
Curtis Thomas 😂
Curtis Thomas I’m dying laughing 😂 😂😂
3:20 I don't think people realise this shows he traded spiritual places with her in that earlier moment. She felt the eternal bliss of the afterlife while he experienced her full pain.
The willingness of the camera to linger on her performance even as Brad Pitt speaks says a lot about where the directors mind was for this scene ❤️
They way both act is a masterclass, really. This might be my favorite scene in the movie and it's a movie I really like as a whole.
Blarg blarg blarg 🤡
It really does
Back when Hollywood was still caring on other than anything but ESG. Like maybe making a good story.
@@willdavis3802 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment objectives?
This scene is so beautifully done. A wise old woman can see the "otherworldliness" of him. Joe is surprised by this and the fact that she thinks he's evil. Masterful use of micro expressions by Brad Pitt to portray this. I must admit, I teared up when he compassionately showed her where she was going before whispering "soon..."
and rightly so Pitt is a Freemason in the Satanic Occult of Hellywood, where will is distorted making the whole world a stage for fools.
Before she "sees" him, he double takes. Either he knows she is gifted and can see or he can see that she is close.
@@Port19692 I think it's more the latter but like her I had the sense death was coming not for me for my grandmother
@@altruismfirst6489 "hellywood" just sounds stoopid lol
@@altruismfirst6489 RUOK?
Her face when he tells her he's on holiday is priceless.
"Some spot you pick!" Said it all. 🤣
@@SeliahK what is patois exactly
@@mehchocolate1257
A dialect
@@Briselance of what country is the dialect from exactly
@@mehchocolate1257 Jamaica, you never heard this accent before ? songs even
The part where she closes her eyes. It's as if she can see into the next place. And all the people in her life are waiting for her. Her husband. Her parents. All the loved ones that left her behind just waiting. She now has something to look forward to. A beautiful scene.
Well, THAT got me in tears now
When he showed her "The Next Place" and she opened her eyes, they dance around for a second before making eye contact with him, as if regaining her surroundings after being taken on a journey. This is brilliant acting at the sublime level.
My great grandmother told me that there’s nothing worse then thinking that heaven is “just watching over your family” as she’s done that 101 years and that the last thing she wants to do is continuing this into the next place. She said if heaven is real it should be freeing you from all that. I know exactly what she’s saying and I don’t think enough people realize this isn’t what people want for for when they die and that’s just something that YOU want and makes YOU feel better, it’s not about them at all.
@@bradenharris8718well that’s beautiful. You’re right we should be free in the afterlife not worry about our family ❤
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I get chills from their performance together in this scene. When she says ‘Obeah’, and their glances connect as he realises she knows him. The way the actress mastered the rapid changes in mood from terror to supplication is just sublime. I love the way the patois flows in Brad’s performance - the real communication between the actors is happening at the heart level, and as others have commented, you almost miss the beauty in the crafted lines of the script.
I just wish the rest of the movie were this good.
are you mad or what?this movie is one masterpiece and this scene is just little refreshing@@FeministCatwoman
@@YOJOMQ2015 This movie is a remake of Death Takes a Holiday and from what I've seen it's lacking in holding my interest. And the scene where he gets run over by 3 different cars is just too ridiculous to take seriously. If it were a comedy, I could maybe get behind it but what I've seen of it just looks so boring and silly. But I agree that this scene is amazing and I'm sure the movie is full of great moments like these. So no, I'm not mad, I like humane stories like these.
Cringey u get chills lol
@@adamgreen6531 cringey you find a well acted, emotional scene cringey 🤡
This is such a beautiful scene. Most people dread the idea of facing death, but this woman literally meets him in person and quickly accepts him as a friend. Because death doesn’t always have to be the ugly ending people think it is.
Well she was terrified at first then accepted it.
Also, this is a movie. It's my belief only harm can come from spreading messages such as 'death isn't ugly'. Yes it is, it most definitely is. Inevitable, but oh-so-ugly.
@@JacksonHansen-o8l Death is ugly sometimes just as birth is ugly (serious trauma there). But in each case it passes quickly and the “other side” is quite lovely. It was difficult watching some elderly loved ones pass, but knowing their peace from pain was comforting.
@@mottopanukeiku7406 There is no "other side". Wishing will not make it so.
@@JacksonHansen-o8l I think life is the other side of birth. If there is nothing after death, that is an other side as well. Just void, eternal sleep or similar. I don’t remember anything before I was born, and it may be the same after birth. I guess we will all find out eventually.
First woman ever to beg: "Don't leave me alone with Brad Pitt."
excellent.
So true !!!
😂
Maybe, but she still left with a smile on her face.
michael allen 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I love how she was afraid of him at first and then understood later he was going to take her on to that next place and there was nothing to fear. But when it was her time, he would take her. He made it clear he was not evil and then she trusted him. Beautiful.
She just got the greatest news imaginable. I'd be so over the moon happy to meet Joe Black - knowing that there's an afterlife would be so tremendously incredible. She should be beside herself in relief and happiness.
I don't believe there is one. Well, maybe I should word that better. There's absolutely no reason to believe there is one, and believing in something for no reason is what a delusional person does. I'll put it that way,
@@hansolo631i disagree with you. if there is evil, there’s gotta be a heaven. there’s gotta be.
I love the way she recognises him for what he is, and he knows she sees him.
Voodoo and witchcraft is a live thing in the islands
It is showing she is a spiritually inclined woman.
When my grandmother was dying, she could see "them" coming for her.
I always thought BP looked kinda spooky in this scene.
They do say when someone is closed to crossing, the veil is at its thinnest for them. They can see things the normal living can't.
"Make it go away!" "I can't, Sister" "You can, Mister" beautiful cadence in the rhythm of their dialogue 🌟
Best part of the scene for me. Melodic is the only way I can describe hearing it.
it struck me too as i lsitened but it didnt register till you said it
Yes. Next moment he looks up - apparently to his superior, God; asks and gets allowance to give her relief already here and now...
Lol thats how island people duh talk stays rhyming while talkin
Nah, you're reaching...he looked at the desk where the doctor and the daughter were standing by, just to make sure they won't notice :)
I like how death then realized how inappropriate his presence was in a friggin ER.
Thanks for the spoiler
@@fredvasquez4201 this movie is decades old. If you haven't seen it, you probably never will.
@@fredvasquez4201 It's not really a spoiler, you understand he's Death in the first part of the movie
@@fredvasquez4201 not really a spoiler as this is the movie's premise
LOL
This scene breaks me like nothing else. I'm half Jamaican but was raised in rural Midwestern US, and since my father was pretty absent I didn't really have a link to Jamaican culture outside of my grandmother. As much as she cherished me, Patois always felt like a barrier between us. Since it straddles the line between language and dialect, it was hard for my family to justify properly teaching it to their children, especially given how isolated we were from a larger Caribbean community. Patois was how she felt most comfortable relating to people, but I could never use it to relate to her.
As friends and relatives the same age as her died off, she began to use it less and less before pretty much dropping it. In her last few years of her life, I could understand just how isolated she felt. She had immense pain from aging, but there was nobody left with whom she could speak candidly about it. I really really wished I could do that for her. The linguistic concept of this scene plays out like one of the conversations I imagined between us. Love you, grandma.
My grandfather had a similar experience. He spoke Low German, and once he left his German speaking village in Canada he only spoke it with relatives and eventually a friend at a rest home. Aside from that he had to speak English to everyone.
Lmao. Half absentee Jamaican father.
Who would have guessed.
@@TheStargatefan1000 Damn, beat me to it. Well played there.
The Jamaican lady is named Lois Kelly-Miller. She is still alive as of November 2019. She's around 102.
Update: She passed away in April at age 102.
Love her smile
She is beautiful
Around 100? Loool at least give us the exact age, we can't round up to 100s
@@theduke6174 She's 102. www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/jamaican-actress-who-survived_113962?profile%3D1373
Well he did say everyting gwarn be ireee
My favourite thing about this scene is the irony at the end. He says " I realize, my being here, is not quite appropriate." The girl says, "no, please, don't apologize", because she thinks he means visiting her at work. But he is talking about being the grim reaper hanging around at a hospital. So good.
That is also the most obvious part of this scene? Good for you, you managed to appease the vast majority!
@@Gnossiene369 didn't say it was the most hidden thing. Just that it's my favorite. I like dramatic irony a lot.
@@Gnossiene369 You dont need to be a dick
YASSSSS!!!!!!! You nailed it with that analysis. That's what's going on here. He has blonde hair as well, and a black suit.
Sooo sooo good! Lol
I think whether or not brad pitt did a perfect job with the patois this is a great example of great scene writing, and him doing the accent is handled quite reverently. it's not mocking the accent or using it as a gimmick it's showing us how death has been everywhere and it's part of everyone and everything. it's something that connects everyone, and isn't that a good reminder?
@Katie I’m often reminded of the cartoon The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy with Grim being Jamaican.
So perfect and iconic, death is wise but lost 2 a couple of kids to be their best friend for all eternity.
And on Lucifer, Uriel aka Death pretends to be a ghost and talks to Ella Lopez as her friend.
And on Supernatural- Billie the reaper becomes the new Death who will be the one to reap God.
Plus on Billy and Mandy there is a colorful bend of supernatural and divine characters - a hunter is dating Eris the goddess of chaos while she does a ditzy valley girl routine.
@Katie it’s the “job” for lots of actors but very few take the time to do it properly. Tom cruise in Valkyrie, gene Hackman in a bridge too far, etc...
That's why its a great example of how to imitate a culture without degrading the culture, an unfortunate problem in Hollywood. Patience, understanding, and respect.
EVERYTHING IS RACIST EVEN ANIMALS WATER FOOD PAPER ALCOHOL MOTOROLA FRUIT JUICE
Well said
I always laugh when she smirks and says "...some spot you pick!" 😂
Death going on holiday and spending it in a hospital. Lol
The fact that this was recommended means that the algorithm knows entirely too much
I feel the same! 😂
Same. Creepy.
4 days ago I got on Instagram and added alot of reggae artist and get on you tube today and now this lol. Sorta
Yup, 'cause it is one of my favorite movies and I have this on DVD. 😁
Cut me some slack JACK
She recognized him as the Angel of Death, that’s why she wasn’t taken aback by his ability to speak patois because angels can speak any language they need to.
We all understood what was being said. Does that make us all angels?
leonche64 understanding a language isn’t the same as speaking it I can understand some french but barely can get by
No she was too busy wondering why his accent was so shitty if he is a higher being lmao
If I remember correctly, didn't she see him get hit by the cars?
Cecily Erker Finally the voice of reason really!
It’s obvious how much practice he put into learning patois. FROM AN ACTUAL JAMAICAN!!! I don’t expect perfection but he did a really good job considering
shut yuh claat. him nuh mek it not even close.
lol the average white Mancunian from south Manchester England does a much better job. I’m sat with a ‘Jamaican/British’ man now and he’s laughing saying I sound more ‘Jamaican’ than him and I’m classed as a ‘white’ blue eyed ‘devil man’ hahaha 🤣
Nah we all get along here. Look up Moss Side Manchester. Literally most young people here regardless of colour speak Patois.
@@mackcarlo even the angel of death needs a vacation 😂😂😂😂
What did he consider? You said he did a good job of considering. 😉
@@mackcarlo I don't know why but I grew up speaking “Scots” and I find Jamaicans very easy to understand. More than once I have found myself translating ha
I love the expression on her face when she closes her eyes and he gives her a glimpse of the "next place"
"You can't fool with the way things got to be" gets me every time. As a native American, we're often told this.
That line struck me. It still does.
You hear that bc it’s the truth
@@Talon18136 true, but it's not true when those who deal in witchcraft in my people's beliefs. Affecting someone mentally or making them fall in love with you by using love medicine is play with God, you can't take free will from someone. A gift god gave them.
@@Talon18136 he knows that.
@@druidriley3163 Same.
The lady was just as good in this scene as Pitt was. Kudos to her.
She was!
If not better
@@Gabrielakgt if not better roflmao ... what are you smoking .. =D =D its brad pitt lmao
@@Crackerjacks420 haha just saying how I see it. The woman's bad ass
@@Gabrielakgt true she is.. and i was just messing around .. everybody has their own option. =D
"Can't fool with the way tings got to be"....just a brilliant line...Pitt is amazing
Tings gotta be gwaannna be ireee yaaa Mann twooo deeere
Brad Pitt amazing , magnificent in this movie , he can do any role with his great enormous talent , playing the Angel of death must be a difficult role but not for Brad, he’s beyond talented great movie, great actors , gorgeous music.
I'm not a huge Pitt fan but I really liked this movie and his performance in it. This scene especially.
It definitely is a profound line. But as cool as I think Pitt delivered it, I think the credit should go to the writers.
The woman’s smile after he said he’s on holiday was so adorable. 😊
I always thought Brad Pitt deserved an award for his performance in this film. He just did such a great job with it.
💯💯
Yeah me too. He played the hell out of this role
@@thoroughbredelite what is patois exactly
@@mehchocolate1257 A patois in general is a sort of halfway-between language, with words from one or more languages, and grammatical rules also split between them both. It's an early step to the creation of an entirely new language.
When they are talking about Patois, capitalized, they specifically mean the English-French-Bantu-Yoruba patois from the Caribbean islands. That's where linguists first realized that it was its own thing, instead of calling it a 'debased' form of whichever language was higher status.
I can't edit the above, but it has come to my attention that Patois is (partly) descended from Akan, not Bantu.
“While we go do some paperwork we’re going to leave you alone with this stranger that you are clearly afraid of and begged us not to leave you with.”
😳
Yah I noticed that too lol
To be fair they're in a public place (hospital) with cameras and security and stuff
Haha, that's so funny.
Shes in a wheel chair....they ckuld have wheeled here along with them lol!
Nothing like seeing what awaits you in the afterlife and knowing it's going to be good. It must be such a relief.
I don't know why but this comment made me choke up.
Amen.
@@opiebluwsit9751 You don't know that, Opie...
What if it feels really hot 🔥
@@MrProzacmilkshake It most likely will for 99% of the population of, especially the western industrialised country's....
Brad Pitt is truly a gem of an actor. He takes his roles seriously and does his homework, especially learning the dialects required to pull off a believable tone from any distinct region of the Globe.
When he bust out with the first line, I was weak!🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Yes, but now after you've completed your kung fu training, you are strong! Now go and challenge your rival and face certain death, for I have purposely trained you wrong haha! By the way, i yelled all this in a french accent so go back and read it with a french accent. This will complete your tae kwon do training.
Word I was crying 😭😂😂 😂
@fb is liberalcunts "fb is liberalcunts" tells us everything we need to know about you
@fb is liberalcunts she didnt say nothing chill.
@@ryanjohnson5980 half of this country hates the left and fb is trash.
Beautiful touching scene. She immediately recognized that he was not what he appeared to be. A very talented actress, and sad to hear she passed away.
I heard Brad Pitt visited her a couple years ago while it was her time to go. Hope it’s true.
We all die. She clearly had a wisdom that let her approach death better than most. While she was certainly a great actress, her faith in the other there was transparent in this scene.
...soon...RIP lovely lady.
Well she WAS 102 lol. It’s not like she went before her time or anything. That’s a nice long life.
When my father passed I checked out a bunch of movies I didn't know anything about from the library to numb my pain. This was one of them. My dad had been on a ventilator and couldn't speak, but his eyes told me he had much to say. When Bill tells his daughter what a wonderful child she'd been I knew my Dad had helped me pick out this film to give me his message.
Your post has such heart that it brought tears to my eyes. God Bless your father's immortal soul and the family he left behind, of course including you.
@@sonofizzy Ameen
blessings. this was more than touching
Joe communicated with the lady in a manner that was normal and comforting. Two great actors doing so much with only s few words.
Incredible acting by Brad Pitt. Before he was hit by that car and death took over, you see the sparkle in his eyes, you see "life" but then, when death takes over, it's gone, no emotions whatsoever and you forget it's Brad Pitt even if it's for a few seconds and then, in the end, when he walks back to the dance floor, he's got that sparkle back in his eyes that's just incredible acting I think.
Good observation, though I think it sort of comes back as he learns about humanity. There's even a scene where he is having dinner later on and is laughing. This scene here was one where I think he started to learn what suffering and compassion was really about.
@@chriswhite3692 So we see that his "holiday" was all part of God's plan to make Death a better Death.
@@sonofizzy Right. It was an interesting sort of coming of age in a way.I can't help but think it may have been loosely based off of an older story; it sounds familiar.
I have always thought Brad Pitt is a great actor. He is never the same in any role. I think his extreme good looks hides this fact. imagine a director saying to you ,I want you to play death. Where the hell would you start? Pitt nailed it.
@chriswhite3692 I believe - if you are talking about movies - that there was a black-and-white predecessor to this movie in which the lady goes with Death as his bride. I cannot recall the name. There is also the movie, Death Takes a Holiday, not quite on point, which I recommend. Take care and have a great day!
Lois Kelly-Miller passed away today at 102. I'm saddened to hear she passed, but I'm glad to hear she lived a long great life.
Oh no 😭😭
Make it go away...
This song is dedicated to everyone who lost a loved one. God bless. "I'm calling out your name tonight" by Richie Levoith-cam.com/video/JSbGGiSe3S8/w-d-xo.html
Wow 102 thats what you call living a full life. Rest in peace Lois Kelly-Miller.
@@Eve-hb i was thinking the same.
I absolutely love this scene! The way he talks to her & when he lets her see where she’s going....the way she looks at him & he says “soon” ohhh makes me emotional.
This scene was amazing.
They played off each other's energy and it was magic
I have always loved this scene because of Death's compassion. He shows her heaven to make the remainder of her time bearable and then tells her, "Soon." Makes me cry every time I see this.
He shows her the afterlife, not heaven. The afterlife is a universal term for 'whatever comes after death', which is quite literally who he is. This aint no religious hoo haa.
@@kevinh5349 Lol ok 'Kevin'.
Notoriously famous name for the stereotypical awkward weeb in highschool.
@@Nathan-oe8ut Seems like you’ve been designated to be that one guy that shows up and ruins everything. You’re the “everything was going great until this jerk showed up guy.” You have my sympathy.
Don't you just love materialists?... They're so blinkered and arrogant, having seen such a meagre sliver of reality they think they know it all.
You are very good at expressing the sentiment of this scene. This is my very favorite movie. Thank you!
Brad Pitt is not just a great actor but also a great man. He went to visit her in the hospital around her 100th birthday. It takes true compassion to do that. I bet he spoke in with a Jamican accent as well..
was errtin ire though?
@@shaolin6 plz don’t spoil my native language
@@rameshbanton252 love you fam
@@rameshbanton252 are you indian Jamaican?
@@rameshbanton252 please learn how to spell mine.
Don't know why I like that scene so much. I think it's the profound insight the woman has to see what others can't. For being the personification of death he treats her with such respect and is so gentle.
I agree
Makes me think of Robert Redford's portrayal of Death in the Twilight Zone episode Nothing In The Dark. That one always gets me emotional.
@@tomstanziola1982 Omg! I saw that episode for the first time like two years ago and it was AMAZING! Gave me all the feels!
@@island_girl It's one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes of all time. I just love the story. And Robert Redford really delivers a fantastic performance, especially after it's revealed that he is Death. I love when the old lady realizes that she's dead already, and Death says to her..."What you were afraid would come like a shout...was but a whisper." It's great when he tips her a friendly wink, and says, "Mother, come with me. It's time to rest." And they leave the building arm in arm. Beautiful writing!!!! Fantastic acting, by Redford and Gladys Cooper, as the old lady.
@@tomstanziola1982 yes! That line is one of the best lines I've ever seen in a movie/tv show (the whisper one). Had be bawling! ❤
Whoever wrote this scene was a absolute GENIUS
I always thought it was so cool how the old lady recognized him for what he was.
Nicole Rozenfeld Death. His job was letting people know their time was up and the old lady saw him for what he was.
'Bad spirit' she says.
Lux Meow he not evil, he just a bus driver....
Lux Meow, or "Brad spirit" I´d said.
blockmasterscott absolutely correct dude!
Almost like the lil boy in the SHINING.
I'm really not into supersticious stuff but I love how this scene is played. the way joe's eyes get wider when the daughter says that "obeah" means bad spirit is so intense. it kinda shows us that joe is genuinely surprised not only that the old woman can kinda see him but more so that he is mistaken for something that he is not, something bad. he seems to realize in that split second that there are many misconceptions among human culture concerning death. he is mistaken for something bad although he is just something more universal than that. I don't know if that is deliberate but it fits the whole atmosphere of the scene so well. I love this movie!
Very nice observation 😉👍,.I totally get you!👌🤝👏👏
Yesss and there’s like a few moments where he’s debating whether to keep the facade of being just a regular guys but he can tell she’s near death and sees through his cover so he decides to let her, this one lil old Jamaican lady nearing the end of her time in on his secret and give her a sense of warmth in the midst of her pain when in all reality he could’ve just as easily pretended that she’d gone crazy and he had no idea what she was talking about. It’s a kinda quiche early 2000’s romance movie but there’s still some real beauty in it:-)
I had this dvd for years but I’ve never really watch it until 2 days ago
This scene creep me out
🤣 Yeah, he was slightly offended by that.
@@lukekelchner5471 On top of that, she became his confidant...perhaps the first and only in all creation.
When Brad Pitt do the Jamaican dialogue, it was that impressed me - his acting is sublime, and Lois Kelly Miller's performance is like the catalyst that brings the best in both of them.
he actually learned how to keel dem soundbwoy in preparing for the role.
Coming from the Caribbean (not Jamaica), I've heard American actors butcher the Jamaican accent, but Brad Pitt's is the best I've heard. Not perfect, of course, but good enough.
One of my favourite films and one of the most underrated.Great interaction between Brad Pitt and Lois Kelly Miller. Throughout the whole movie Brad Pitt showed great presence, the big authority emanating from death. I love the moment when he talks to William Parrish/Anthony Hopkins for the first time in a calm deep voice.
can you please tell me the movie's name ?
@@shadowwarrior1915its called "meet Joe black"
I remember this scene. My grandmother was in a nursing home at this time. I was emotionally and mentally depleted. This scene consoled me and I remember crying my eyes out. Send me an Angel like B.P., when it is my turn to go!!!
Right? When I'm on my deathbed & the Angel of Death comes & looks like Brad Pitt? I'll be shoving people out of my way.... ;)
Me too!!
@@tigioma3761 😳😳🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sweetheart you never know he could be closer than you think 🤔 he's a really decent gentleman...it is his honesty and integrity that shines through eh Blessings 🙌 🙇♀️ 🙏 🤲
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson: we have coronavirus.
Chet Hanks: everyting gwarn' be irie
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People pointing out that she doesn’t want to be left alone with a stranger who’s creepy are overlooking the fact my mans literally said everyting was gwarn be iree.
I can not argue that....
facts.
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I think the accent was scaring her. 😂
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Amazing such a subtle change in her expression she goes from pain to total contentment and peace.
Nice comment Chris how are you doing and how is the weather conditions over there
Regardless of whether Brad Pitt can speak Jamaican patois well or not, this is a superb scene in a wonderful film. I don't know why this movie took such an unholy amount of shit when it was released. I have watched it a dozen times and it never ceases to hold me spellbound. It is one of the very few movies made in Hollywood which you could call 'metaphysical' in intent - it doesn't shy away from lucidly and intelligently dealing with themes you almost never see discussed in movies; fate, the nature of death, the possibility of immortality, the nature of free will, the power of transformative love....
People prefer SUPERHERO GO BOOM BOOM these days
@@NeonPixels81 yes, I absolutely agree, but that's the movies Hollywood likes to make, because most people are fucking morons who'd rather watch CGI shit than a real movie about real people doing things like horror! talking to one another...
@@NeonPixels81 by the way, this is probably going to age me quite badly, but has anyone noticed that, since the birth of the internet and social media age, most of what passes for popular culture is unrelenting shit?
@@patrickniehus3132 Mediocrity is king these days, everything is inoffensive, but unchallenging, "woke" but unmemorable.
@@NeonPixels81 couldn't agree more....
1. As you say, everybody is scared of 'triggering' someone or offending someone to make art that confronts people.
2. The social media age has encouraged everyone to think they are a celebrity and worthy of being on tv, regardless of how talentless they are....
3. In the old days, tv shows and movies had so few outlets, they had to be passably good, or else no one would watch them. They also cost a lot to make, so makers made an effort. Nowadays any fool can put any old shit on a streaming service, or Facebook, or whatever....no quality control....
My cousin and I had such a laugh... Years ago we watched the DVD, but we changed the language option to German. When this scene came on it switched from German to Dutch! As if Dutch is a pidgin form of German. 🤣
Better option than swiss german xD
@Steiner So did we, because Dutch is so closely related to my native language - Afrikaans - we could understand every word. When the old lady recognised Death she says, "Bose geest! Bose geest!"🤣
Stupid story
American English subtitles are such lazy garbage that most of the time they just say “speaking in foreign language”. It’s so annoying to me that someone got paid to do that
Nothing is as good as the language of the fatherland. I am trying to learn it also but it's tough. My ancestry is german.
Death’s observation that his presence is disruptive to the sick and dying people at the hospital is fantastic character development.
Now I see why he was a hugely successful actor.
Great looks.
Great acting ability.
Great charm.
And he has great discerning ability to pick good films to decide to work on.
Was?
Just watch Snatch, Kalifornia, Fury and Legends Of The Fall... man's a genius.
This woman is one of those actors who can say everything with just her facial expressions!
and a good director won't over script the scene.
@@steves2694 Nor will a good writer.
This actress Doctor should have done so much more work...What happened to her ...???
How her right cheek twitches lightly after her head tilts. That was a moment for me.
Like she wanted to smile more broadly or laugh out loud but held it.
I used to wonder what set Marilyn Monroe apart, besides the obvious, what endures. Watch her face, her fluid expressions.
I am originally from the Caribbean (the island of Saint Lucia where Patios is our second language after English). Of course his patois is not perfect but it's a hell of alot better than some American actors who play French West Indian characters in movies. I'll take Brad Pitt's patois over theirs any day. And besides, this is a very touching scene. He plays the personification of Death in this film but he plays Death not as a terrifying force but rather as a lifelong friend who comforts you. One of his best and earlier films. I love it!
Amen
Such a beautiful explanation of this scene
Awesome I was hoping someone with a background would give us their take. Thanks!
Good movie
He said something like. " rathid"
What does it mean? Sounds like "bullshit"
She was so beautiful when the lines of pain smoothed out of her face and she smiled.
Reminds me of my late granny
Yeah she looked younger when she smiled
This is a very touching scene. Death isn't mean or evil, he's just doing a job. Death has compassion and sympathy for the old lady. To top it all, the old lady ends up smiling and getting some measure of reassurance and peace.
I don't think he took her pain away, he just gave her a glimpse of the other place... as he said, "soon".
Makesome Noise how do you know there is a hell?
Da next place.
Weird. I got the impression He took her pain onto himself. At least for that moment. Which is the only thing He could just say impressed to what he felt.
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I think you're right - its the only thing that would make sense....... :-)
This is a very important scene. It shows Death is compassionate and understanding of human nature and the suffering within. For some reason, it gives me the feels.
+Tom F Park You're right. In the entire movie, I think this is one of the top scenes, along with Joe defending Anthony Hopkins to the "mole" and the last being Death's final understanding of Anthony Hopkins speech about Live to him.
Its a movie dumbass....like the director knows how death feel... death orignially wasnt to have anything to do with us...prior to eatinng the forbidden fruit....
+Leonard Ayers Your age is showing, why does +Tom F Park have to be a dumbass for expressing his opinion? The internet, created by man ruined by children.
It shows a bit of script-writing, you dill.
Yes, script writing that addresses the human condition in an expressive/compelling way.....at least to those who are able to empathize with those who suffer
“Everyting gwarn be irie” 😂😂😂😂 how is this not a meme already?
make it one :-)
TheHilikus89 it is a common sayin
MultiAsssasin I know I’m Jamaican
Yeah maybe i'm just really immature but this whole scene is very hard to take seriously. Who ever wrote this into the script couldn't be any more clueless
Someone should make this a meme
2:04 when her face brightens up at the prospect of moving on to the next life and finally leaving the pain behind... what an amazing actress!
One thing i liked about this scene is the fact that Death is not an evil spirit. Death is just part of the way things are, a guide to where one must go. Death is not like what they show in those Final Destination movies. Not evil and not good, just a guide. It is the actions of the one who passes that charts the course.
Another one like that was Andrew, from Touched By An Angel.
even in final destination death is just trying to make things how they should be. except maybe his approach is a little intense
Death is not a spirit, it’s an angel named Azrail. A servant of the creator. It only does what is told, when and where...
It's the same in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman
@@leventak911 Azrail is the guy with the woollen hat who delivers for the florist in our neighbourhood - you're not the first, but why anyone would indulge his fanciful claims is beyond me.
When I hang out in hospitals doing different accents they have security escort me out.
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Because you're no Brad
its not actually an accent, he's speaking a language called Patois. It was derived from English by the slaves in jamaica, like a dialect, which is why it sounds like an accent.
This scene helped comfort me a little. My Uncle died just a week ago. My cousin was telling me about how he would sometimes talk to people as he lay in his bed. He would be talking to two of his brothers who had passed on decades prior, and to my Grandmother. He would say to them that he was coming, but they'd have to wait a bit more for him.
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i love this scene even more after it was xplained to me that he didnt take the pain away he just showed her a glimpse of "that next place" beautiful
Brad Pitt's language work is consistently underappreciated
j Tveit this shit was trash
He sounds Irish. It was terrible.
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Listen we don't speak like that at all. And we rally don't say irie
Seriously you're right, we're lucky he can string together enough IQ points to speak English.
Her face when she sees what he shows her is so underrated. Seeing her go from fear to complete peace is incredible.
Agreed, never seen the movie other than here.
IT REALLY WAS A POWERFUL SCENE!!!
Hate yo burst the bubble but he doesn't "show" her anything, he takes her pain away, her face is that of relief. Still an amazing scene.
@@gamble9437 you must be fun for the kids around Christmas time.
@@mattp.4329 Thats a weird and abstract thing to say. Sorry I dont play with children.
You miss interpreted the scene, I helped you realise its true meaning, dont see how thats a bad thing. Like I said before, it doesnt take anything away from the scene. Infact it kind of enhance it as death is showing a kind and caring nature by taking her pain away. But you keep believing what you want, makes no difference to me.
He showed her a glimpse of what is waiting for her on the other side, paradise. No more suffering.
Yes that was the scene. I appreciate it when people point out the obvious. It's quite helpful.
Yep
Well I didn't understand. I thought he took her (took her with him as she asked), and then just took her pain away. So I appreciated this ☺️
@@justadjustor8993 remember when he told her to close her eyes? and when she opened them again he said soon.
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Man this was a tear jerking moment her smile and relief was so genuine.
This is one of Pitt's best performances. Understated but powerful. He gets a lot of criticism because he is a Hollywood pretty boy (and well, he is) but he is also a very talented and underrated actor. And this was one of his best. Playing against Anthony Hopkins is no easy task for a young actor but Pitt pulls it off quite well in this movie. Of course, Hopkins had something to do with this but their chemistry is clear. Great flick. Go see it and see Brad Pitt give a great performance that no one saw.
No one who saw Seven or Kalifornia thinks Pitt is just a pretty boy.
Uh… Brad Pitt underestimated as an actor? By who?
Underrated? By whom?
@@JohnnyFive I think that is his point!
Underrated? Er not at all. Widely regarded as brilliant!
He didn’t take care her pain away, he showed her the afterlife where her family waited for her.
Belligerent boy, u made my eyes sweat something fierce, what a beautiful thought
@@jameswallace1406 Rewatching this with that perspective...yep, ninjas be cutting onions...
I think he actually showed her what she still has to live for
@@jasonb1159 ok, but then he kills her, so......
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"When your numbers up, your numbers up."
The lady is so good . She makes the scene authentic and so touching.
She's the one that sells this scene. Amazing.
She reminds me of my grandmother (rest her soul). I always come back to this scene whenever I want to remember her.
Valerie Pagendarm I felt her pain.
JCre29 May she rest in eternal peace.
His Jamaican accent is horrendous!
I just love the expressions on them all in those twenty seconds around her recognizing him. The smirk the doctor gives, the blank nothing of the daughter, and most especially the turn of his face that could be surprise or, more likely in my mind, the offense at being called an obeah
“Oh stewardess, I speak Jive”
It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether.
It's an entirely different kind of flying.
Goodyear?
The worst!
Golly! = Shiiiiiit
"Chump don't want no help, chump don't get da help"
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Tom Hanks' son watched this before going to the Golden globes
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Stormy has two Golden Globes
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“She’s in a great deal of pain.” His micro expressions make it seem like he absorbed her pain into himself, at least for the time.
Or... He made her see what was in store for her. "Soon..."
You are absolutely on point. It is very clear that Death (in this films mythos) can apparently feel and assimilate the experiences of living beings. Like the body he overtook for this vacation. It also seems like the pain she felt is a minor experince for this enitity. He feels it, but it is not strong enough to make him react.
Yeah, they way he slowly blinks, after remarking about her pain always makes me think he kinda let the absorbed feeling wash over him. As if to fully experience it. Being Death though, he quickly dismisses the pain and moves on.
I thought the same exact thing. His voice kind of wavers a little when he says pain
@@gabriel_the_salubri I feel he made the pain not go away but tolerable by showing her what was to come, in "that other place".
Worth considering is that Pitt’s job here was to convince us that he’s supernaturally fluent in all dialects including Patois, while ensuring he’s still understandable to the general audience who doesn’t speak it. So he couldn’t be too deep in his impersonation unless they added subtitles.
Granny: "Mek it go away."
Death: "Mi can't, Sista."
Granny: "You can, Mister."
Imagine being so politely assertive to the reaper of souls lol.
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She's old
In pain
And dying
In her eyes, it doesn't matter.
@Artimus my interpretation is that he showed her a brief vision of the next place. And then told her soon. While it did not ease her pain, it did help her to feel better about having something to look forward to
It’s called being Jamaican 😂 No fear in there souls
Not like she has anything to lose. 🤷♂️
Meet Joe Black was an underrated movie.
Is that what the movie is called??
@@i.dupreecoleman2245 Yes!
So was Meet Joe's Crack!... Porno movie
i havent even watched it yet. but now i will
@@ktolwal you will not be disappointed. Lots of rim-job action!!!!
Brad Pitt looks like an anime schoolboy
Oh my god, you're right
Dessu-san 😁
Looks like Light Yagami from death note in this scene
@@Godemperor420blazeit . If they do a live action, they won't have to look far for that role. The guy who played Sebastian in the live action Black Butler looked like an Asian version of Michael Jackson.
@@labelledamedumanor4876 well i mean even if they wanted brad, its a little too late he dont look the same no mo
It's not like I know patois enough to be a judge of how well Brad Pitt did in this scene but to someone like me it sounds perfect. I especially enjoy the final scenes of this movie so very much. The situation, the MUSIC, the fireworks, just everything works so beautifully together, it gives me goose bumps every time!
When she asked if he was like a bus driver going to pick up somebody he says,"No mam, Im on holiday", (her)"Some spot you pick", that line was hilarious.
The daughter is like "this white boy right here"
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Brad Pitt is like these dark girls right here.
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*Clearly, you are ignorant to 🇯🇲 culture.* There are _countless_ White Jamaicans, and they turn a tongue quicker than your head could spin.
Well in this instance that daughter might need to learn to shut it since that “white boy” be da debil 😜
He was so pretty you forget how good an actor he was.
Legends Of The Fall
He was great in Snatch and Fight club too but those films were violent and overlooked. I think he gets snubbed for awards because he is so stunning too though. Really has there ever been a better looking actor? Paul Newman had a beautiful face and eyes but Brads face and body OMG.
He is beautiful, I remember the first time I saw him in interview with a vampire. His lips are perfect 😍
Yes! Legends of the Fall is my favorite movie! ❤️🎥☺️
Pitt is really the Anti pretty boy. Dude could have easily done 30 romantic comedies and no one would say boo. But he's always taken serious and diverse roles, sometimes for very little money.
I remember reading once about Brad Pitt having the misfortune of being a character actor trapped in a leading mans body.
I love it of how Azrael (The Angel of Death/ Grim Reaper) was so compassionate towards this woman....that he understands on what pain she's going through so Azrael gives her a glimpse of what is to come and where she's headed: A Beautiful place that it's Completely incomparable here on earth that she no longer will ever feel pain sadness depression loneliness to Eternity and she's Forever LOVED.
It’s actually very important to the film that Joe Black *isn’t* Azrael (or Thanatos, Morana, Mictēcacihuātl, Jeoseungsaja, or any other specific psychopomp or death diety).
His presence isn’t tied to any religion or belief system, since he is older than them all.
The fact that he’s in a slim, well tailored black suit adds to the scene. But the whole “I’m here to take people to next place” mixed with the elderly woman, the light and dark, makes this scene everything.
I am Jamaican, and that old lady is a Jamaican too.
You cannot fake, the way she spoke and her facial expression.
Reminds me of my Grandmother.
I fell in love with Brad Pitt, after I watched Meet Joe Black.
He is a man, who takes his roles seriously. Loved him in Snatch.
Couldn't understand a word he said...hahaha 🤣👍🏼
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How do you think Brad did with his Patois? 😊
Watch U No. The People Of Color In This scene ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT Jamaican! They are ETHIOPIANS! They ARE AFRICANS! Just because a person was born in Jamaica, Trinidad, Saint Vincent, Saint Kitts Or ANY Other Island Region DOES NOT Make Them what People call "West Indian'. Who People 'THINK' is My Father was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica. The person who People "THINK' is My Mother came from Guyana, In South America. They are BOTH Ethiopian And Nigerian. I AM Black... If I was Born In Mexico... would that make Me a Mexican???"
Watch U No. The People Of Color In This scene ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT Jamaican! They are ETHIOPIANS! They ARE AFRICANS! Just because a person was born in Jamaica, Trinidad, Saint Vincent, Saint Kitts Or ANY Other Island Region DOES NOT Make Them what People call "West Indian'. Who People 'THINK' is My Father was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica. The person who People "THINK' is My Mother came from Guyana, In South America. They are BOTH Ethiopian And Nigerian. I AM Black... If I was Born In Mexico... would that make Me a Mexican???
@@andreamilius1956 Yes stupid because Mexico or Mexican is not a race it's place of origin it's the place you originated from same with Jamaicans. They cannot be Ethiopians if they were not born there that's not how it works. I'm American because I was born and raised in America but my parents were born and raised in Jamaica which makes them Jamaican. Just like you would call person from New York a New Yorker or a person from Texas a Texan
@@tgirl1762 YOU are STUPID! Mexicans are EUROPEANS. They have Melanin in their skin however, they originated in Europe. You really DO NOT know SHIT and you need to SHUT YOUR UNGODLY MOUTH! Even if you go to Rome, Greece Or Russia they have a hue to their Skin. I have BEEN to Europe. Have you, you JACKASS???
The most bizarre part of this scene is the fact that Claire Forlani’s character doesn’t even question him for speaking like that
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"Have you spent much time in the Islands?" That was it I believe, she was refering to the Carribean.
EDIT: I just remembered the whole film, there's so many things she doesn't seem to question. Even when she's almost sure he's some kind of supernatural thing, she just says something among the lines of "I know what[who?] you are. You're Joe". And it's left at that
Paul Charles true
She want some of that bad. If he spoke grasshopper/cricket she would not care
He's Brad Pitt
One of my favorite movies. I have a daughter that means the world to me, and I cry every time at the end I cry.I love when Bill asks, “Should i be afraid?”, and death replies, “Not a (for a) man like you.”
Also, one Thomas Newman’s best scores. Very similar to Shawshank Redemption