I think that was my favorite scene in the whole movie. It totally caught me off guard and despite the flaws in "The Omega man", this scene was sheer brilliance. Kudos to whoever thought it up!
Such a powerful scene with Heston watching all these people now long dead, immersing himself in memories of happier times, then the stark contrast with reality as he walks back out onto a cold deserted, wind swept street.
years ago i went to a anniversary showing of El Cid at the Hollywood Cinerama Dome.I could'nt even get near MR. Heston, but I did meet his wife and told her I was a big fan and a NRA . She took me by the hand and moved all the other "Hollywood Types" aside and introduced me to her husband ,He was a real gentleman and GodBless her Mrs Heaton was a real lady.
Amazing all the people that remembered this movie as a great one.I come here and find so many others enjoyed it too. I must still have it haunting me. I always have a years worth of can goods stocked up.
People don't realize he watches this movie over and over be cause he misses how people were when they were alive before the virus. People were free happy and content and enjoying life. Now he is alone........
The dialog that Neville is speaking in unison with the film is not, I believe, chosen at random from Woodstock, but specifically is meant to give us a bit of insight into the Neville character and his situation. He is afraid to walk the street. He doesn't smile or have anyone to talk to. The Neville character is a symbolic Christ figure, who by the end of the movie will save the world with his blood, but at the beginning of the movie he is very self centered and only concerned with his own security and safety. Through the course of the story, and from meeting Lisa and her group, does he finally evolve into someone willing to sacrifice himself to save others.
Just to see, just to really realize, what's really important. What's really important, the fact that, that if we can't all live together and be happy, if you have to be afraid to walk out in the street, if you have to be afraid to smile at somebody, right? What, what kind of a way is that to go on through this life?
Heston was one of the last of a generation of men who were real men. Honest, loyal, patriotic men who did what needed done without complaint. Men who married and raised good children and stayed married and loyal. Men who did what was right even when it wasn't popular. Men who did all of this with humility and shied away from the spotlight and the temptations of fame. He was....no, IS a great man and he will be greatly missed.
Ive seen this movie so many times that I can recite parts of it....just like Chuck with the Woodstock flick here! Sometimes, when Im watchin the movie, I recite the movie along with Chuck reciting the movie in the movie, and therein can be found eternity! Yup, they sure dont make pictures like that anymore;)
What I find particularly powerful about this scene is that Dr. Neville being a straight-laced military man would have likely looked at 60's hippies with scorn and disdain but following the apocalyptic plague he' looks fondly back at them and the past world with nostalgia.
Well written. This describes my situation perfectly as well. There were things going on in the 2000s and 2010s that made me go “what’s the world coming to! What are these people doing?!”, and now that that is all gone, I wish I had just enjoyed it more whilst it was happening. I should have just enjoyed myself instead of judging and feeling scorn and disdain, while it lasted. Because now it’s gone, and now here we are post-Covid. Although in a few decades I’ll be saying exactly the same thing about the 2020s! “Yeah it was Covid/post-Covid, but there were still plenty of things to enjoy that I should have enjoyed more…” and so on.
Just to see, just to really realize, what's really important. What's really important, the fact that, that if we can't all live together and be happy, if you have to be afraid to walk out in the street, if you have to be afraid to smile at somebody, right? What, what kind of a way is that to go on through this life?
This is quite an important scene in this movie, because without it, Joel Hodgson would not have had the idea of creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 without it.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.............
Just to see, just to really realize, what's really important. What's really important, the fact that, that if we can't all live together and be happy, if you have to be afraid to walk out in the street, if you have to be afraid to smile at somebody, right? What, what kind of a way is that to go on through this life?
2019 will be the 50th anniversary. and I'm ready to ask somebody to get me the latest re-issue of it on DVD. Woodstock, that is. I must see Omega man all the way thru.
This movie had predictions of the future almost down pat.... Even about movie 'pictures'... Most of the movies today don't have the integrity as those of the old school cinemas... Indeed, they sure don't make pictures like that anymore.
@@odiemodie1 The joke is that they don't make pictures like that anymore because they don't make pictures. Because everyone is dead. He's the last man on Earth.
Hi Condors, I love to read folks' different interpretations of any form of art (film, theatre, etc.) and you gave me pause. I really thought about what you said and I can totally see where you're coming from, but I have to respectfully disagree with you. I'm serious, I LOVE our varying interpretations. I think CH truly DOES appreciate the "love" of the film, and as you say, he is lonely and misses even the discord of human life. Remember, CH marched with MLK before it was the cool thing to do :)
lol both movies are wild and awesome if you have a great sense of humor. It's highly cheesy and entertaining, in a good way. lol, will smith does this scene to a shreck dvd.
I have to disagree with many of the comments here. Charlton Heston watching Woodstock is a stroke of genius and it actually makes me feel very warm and cosy. I’m quite conservative in some ways but I would definitely go tripping with hippie friends in a heartbeat.
Just to see, just to really realize, what's really important. What's really important, the fact that, that if we can't all live together and be happy, if you have to be afraid to walk out in the street, if you have to be afraid to smile at somebody, right? What, what kind of a way is that to go on through this life?
I liked Omega Man, I Am Legend was good, but the infected people were too much like zombies in my opinion, although the cloaks and sunglasses were a little lame, it worked, great movie-sic props
Hope Mr. Heston is with Jesus. Knowing that Jesus is in your heart. So to speek. Is what it's all about. Not the acting stuff. Jesus is coming soon.Are you ready?
Heston was a Liberal until 1972. Reagan's switch from Liberalism was also for selfish reasons rather than ideology. Makes you wonder if early senility was the cause for both men. Patriot Reagan acted in US Training films but never served and Heston to his credit actually served and walked with MLK.
In the movie it shows him starting up a generator in the theater projection booth room before turning on the projector lights and starting the movie. It makes the circumstances that more poignant, and illustrates just how isolated, alone, and empty his life is. His character has gone through a great deal of effort, moving a generator and gasoline into the projection booth, just so he can watch a movie over and over again that he has seen so many times that he's memorized every word of dialog.
wpl955g The Will Smith version with the happy ending? Not much, But I really wasn’t expecting much more than that. IMHO Matheson would have hated that movie. For me the best adaptation of I am Legend I’ve come across was an IDW graphic novel adaptation of Matheson’s story some years back.
@@cha5 Totally agreed re: Matheson and the 2007 Will Smith version. He wasn't thrilled with Last Man on Earth (which at least retains the ending) or Omega Man, but he'd have hated the latest iteration. It was a decent summer blockbuster/popcorn movie, but that's about it. Will have to look up the IDW graphic novel!
Not to mention the Ford LTD he drives in the opening, the LTD police car , AND the Cougar is in his garage...he and Lisa drive it to the hospital looking for birth control pills ,HA, HA !
People these days are getting the wrong impression that zombies are fast semi intelligent creatures. Zombies are dead,stupid, and slow and thats how it should be and people calling "other" types of things like Ganados in RE 4 for instance, zombies, just pisses me off.
Charlton Heston watching Woodstock? He had nothing in common with the people in Woodstock. He was from a whole other generation. The Omega Man was an awesome movie but this choice of movie for Heston to watch seemed a little bit out of place. Or maybe not since it fit into the whole seventies decade.
I remember being told about this film and this scene, and I thought "what the hell is this movie about?" I just saw it for the first time. and the weird thing is, I always said that the WOODSTOCK film would be an eventual example for people who may no longer live in a free Republic, what a free country looked like in 1969. and I never was much of a visionary .it is sort of creepy.
Libertarianism is nothing short of anarchy. It is a cop out and will never amount to much. No two libertarians agree on anything. Just look at your Presidential candidate. Libertarians and Republicans are two sides of the same coin...both severely lacking.
you're wrong dude. you're missing the point. C.H is lonely but he sure as hell is contemptible of the people in the Woodstock movie. I implore you to find any hint of C.Hs solidarity with the children of the revolution. There is nothing but contempt written on his face, and its appropriate that C.H dies at the end of the movie, while the off spring of the children of the revolution, drive off into the future.
I think that was my favorite scene in the whole movie. It totally caught me off guard and despite the flaws in "The Omega man", this scene was sheer brilliance. Kudos to whoever thought it up!
Such a powerful scene with Heston watching all these people now long dead, immersing himself in memories of happier times, then the stark contrast with reality as he walks back out onto a cold deserted, wind swept street.
Rest In Peace Charlton. Thanks for the memories.
years ago i went to a anniversary showing of El Cid at the Hollywood Cinerama Dome.I could'nt even get near MR. Heston, but I did meet his wife and told her I was a big fan and a NRA . She took me by the hand and moved all the other "Hollywood Types" aside and introduced me to her husband ,He was a real gentleman and GodBless her Mrs Heaton was a real lady.
"...they sure don't make pictures like that anymore." One of the best lines ever!
For me ,one of the best movies ever ...
Chuck Heston - Legend.
May he rest in peace.
Great scene from the movie !
One of the best scenes in this perfect movie!!
Amazing all the people that remembered this movie as a great one.I come here and find so many others enjoyed it too.
I must still have it haunting me. I always have a years worth of can goods stocked up.
People don't realize he watches this movie over and over be cause he misses how people were when they were alive before the virus. People were free happy and content and enjoying life. Now he is alone........
The dialog that Neville is speaking in unison with the film is not, I believe, chosen at random from Woodstock, but specifically is meant to give us a bit of insight into the Neville character and his situation.
He is afraid to walk the street. He doesn't smile or have anyone to talk to. The Neville character is a symbolic Christ figure, who by the end of the movie will save the world with his blood, but at the beginning of the movie he is very self centered and only concerned with his own security and safety. Through the course of the story, and from meeting Lisa and her group, does he finally evolve into someone willing to sacrifice himself to save others.
Just to see, just to really realize, what's really important. What's really important, the fact that, that if we can't all live together and be happy, if you have to be afraid to walk out in the street, if you have to be afraid to smile at somebody, right? What, what kind of a way is that to go on through this life?
How I feel when I leave my office: "It's almost dark...they'll be waking up soon!" 😜
Heston was one of the last of a generation of men who were real men. Honest, loyal, patriotic men who did what needed done without complaint. Men who married and raised good children and stayed married and loyal. Men who did what was right even when it wasn't popular. Men who did all of this with humility and shied away from the spotlight and the temptations of fame. He was....no, IS a great man and he will be greatly missed.
well said. i thought it was disgusting of Moore to humiliate Heston in the doc 'bowling for columbine''. CH was a fine man, actor and American.
Ive seen this movie so many times that I can recite parts of it....just like Chuck with the Woodstock flick here! Sometimes, when Im watchin the movie, I recite the movie along with Chuck reciting the movie in the movie, and therein can be found eternity! Yup, they sure dont make pictures like that anymore;)
best actor ever. r.i.p. dear charlton.
What I find particularly powerful about this scene is that Dr. Neville being a straight-laced military man would have likely looked at 60's hippies with scorn and disdain but following the apocalyptic plague he' looks fondly back at them and the past world with nostalgia.
Well written. This describes my situation perfectly as well. There were things going on in the 2000s and 2010s that made me go “what’s the world coming to! What are these people doing?!”, and now that that is all gone, I wish I had just enjoyed it more whilst it was happening. I should have just enjoyed myself instead of judging and feeling scorn and disdain, while it lasted. Because now it’s gone, and now here we are post-Covid. Although in a few decades I’ll be saying exactly the same thing about the 2020s! “Yeah it was Covid/post-Covid, but there were still plenty of things to enjoy that I should have enjoyed more…” and so on.
Just to see, just to really realize, what's really important. What's really important, the fact that, that if we can't all live together and be happy, if you have to be afraid to walk out in the street, if you have to be afraid to smile at somebody, right? What, what kind of a way is that to go on through this life?
Thanks for posting brilliant stuff. on many levels!
This is quite an important scene in this movie, because without it, Joel Hodgson would not have had the idea of creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 without it.
Supposedly, Heston helped pick out the scenes.
Thanks Artie Kornfeld for those words in the Woodstock Movie.. You always did the Festival from your heart & soul...Thank you Pied Piper...
Fantastic picture, haunting and chilling
Currently reading a book about the creation of Woodstock and I just have to
re-watch this! :)
Thanks Artie Kornfeld. You always did it from your heart.
"what kind of a way is that, to go thru life?!"
Hard Rock & Fillet of Soul music...😎✌
:0) Rip. He lived a great life.
Coming into los Angeles - Arlo Gurthrie
Hands down, the best scene in the movie.
repose en paix tu etait un grand acteur
RIP chuck. it was good having ya!
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.............
Would have been funny if Heston was watching The Ten Commandments and mouthing his own Moses dialogue.
Just to see, just to really realize, what's really important. What's really important, the fact that, that if we can't all live together and be happy, if you have to be afraid to walk out in the street, if you have to be afraid to smile at somebody, right? What, what kind of a way is that to go on through this life?
R.I.P.
nope, they sure don't make pictures like that anymore.
even then it was sort of a rarity. it almost didn't get made. and the planners never imagined the size of the crowd being bigger than about 80,000 .
2019 will be the 50th anniversary. and I'm ready to ask somebody to get me the latest re-issue of it on DVD. Woodstock, that is. I must see Omega man all the way thru.
This movie had predictions of the future almost down pat.... Even about movie 'pictures'... Most of the movies today don't have the integrity as those of the old school cinemas... Indeed, they sure don't make pictures like that anymore.
@@odiemodie1 The joke is that they don't make pictures like that anymore because they don't make pictures. Because everyone is dead. He's the last man on Earth.
Thanks for posting... he was one of a kind.
Classic Scene!
miss u chuck!x
Totally agree with both of you guys!!
RIP Moses
the Omega Man is a far better movie then I Am Legend i was bored for 100mins but the omega man was far better and i was not bored watching it
Liberals should never be mentioned in the same breath as the greatest American actor and Patriot, Mr. Charlton Heston. RIP and GOD bless,Chuck...
This scene influence Joel Hodgson
2021 says hello
Heston hated hippies.....a true Patriot.
Hi Condors,
I love to read folks' different interpretations of any form of art (film, theatre, etc.) and you gave me pause. I really thought about what you said and I can totally see where you're coming from, but I have to respectfully disagree with you. I'm serious, I LOVE our varying interpretations. I think CH truly DOES appreciate the "love" of the film, and as you say, he is lonely and misses even the discord of human life. Remember, CH marched with MLK before it was the cool thing to do :)
So he sorta had TH-cam, but just one video.
Look at all the people!
Great new bio (Charlton Heston: An Incredible Life: Revised Edition) for sale at amazon!
lol both movies are wild and awesome if you have a great sense of humor. It's highly cheesy and entertaining, in a good way.
lol, will smith does this scene to a shreck dvd.
I have to disagree with many of the comments here. Charlton Heston watching Woodstock is a stroke of genius and it actually makes me feel very warm and cosy. I’m quite conservative in some ways but I would definitely go tripping with hippie friends in a heartbeat.
Just to see, just to really realize, what's really important. What's really important, the fact that, that if we can't all live together and be happy, if you have to be afraid to walk out in the street, if you have to be afraid to smile at somebody, right? What, what kind of a way is that to go on through this life?
"No!... They 'sure' don't make pictures 'like' THAT anymore...(!)"
good choice of a movie
If our land is ruled by Christians, then CHRIST will be with us and we will be saved,for NOTHING is impossible for Jesus Christ...
I liked Omega Man, I Am Legend was good, but the infected people were too much like zombies in my opinion, although the cloaks and sunglasses were a little lame, it worked, great movie-sic props
RIP
Yup!
A film legend, a defender of the 2nd Amendment, and a fine American, unlike most of today's Hollywood filth.
RIP Col. Neville
Hope Mr. Heston is with Jesus. Knowing that Jesus is in your heart. So to speek. Is what it's all about. Not the acting stuff. Jesus is coming soon.Are you ready?
Heston was a Liberal until 1972. Reagan's switch from Liberalism was also for selfish reasons rather than ideology. Makes you wonder if early senility was the cause for both men. Patriot Reagan acted in US Training films but never served and Heston to his credit actually served and walked with MLK.
Luckily the electric power never fails at movie theaters during the collapse of civilization.
"Amys" Airport Sydney Hilton NightClub...every Friday evening...the Bouncers: "it's getting, dark! THEY'LL be, waking up, soon!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What's the name of the band and song at the beginning?
Better than the walking dead!
0:45 the Woodstock footage in the right panel actually isn't in the movie!
Just before Coronavirus....
1:19 Godzilla -1
This is Hilarious!
Btthey do not use he wheel like he does
Neat...the scene that partially inspired MST3K. @o@
Great scene. Nice to know the electricity is still on after the apocalypse.
In the movie it shows him starting up a generator in the theater projection booth room before turning on the projector lights and starting the movie. It makes the circumstances that more poignant, and illustrates just how isolated, alone, and empty his life is. His character has gone through a great deal of effort, moving a generator and gasoline into the projection booth, just so he can watch a movie over and over again that he has seen so many times that he's memorized every word of dialog.
@@dongilleo9743 Excellent explanation to a lame and idiotic comment! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I hope this new film version of 'I Am Legend'
will be somewhat worthwhile and be a bit close to the Matheson novel but I'm not counting on it.
So what did you make of it, in the end?
wpl955g The Will Smith version with the happy ending? Not much, But I really wasn’t expecting much more than that. IMHO Matheson would have hated that movie.
For me the best adaptation of I am Legend I’ve come across was an IDW graphic novel adaptation of Matheson’s story some years back.
@@cha5 Totally agreed re: Matheson and the 2007 Will Smith version. He wasn't thrilled with Last Man on Earth (which at least retains the ending) or Omega Man, but he'd have hated the latest iteration. It was a decent summer blockbuster/popcorn movie, but that's about it. Will have to look up the IDW graphic novel!
Mercury Cougar in the background Ford Fairlane Ford Mustang you can tell Ford sponsored this movie
Not to mention the Ford LTD he drives in the opening, the LTD police car , AND the Cougar is in his garage...he and Lisa drive it to the hospital looking for birth control pills ,HA, HA !
the alpha of mst3k
Sarcasm at its best
There’s no way a 50 year old dude would watch Woodstock in 1970-1971
That’s the point, a 50 year old in 71 wouldn’t, but desperate times…it was good for a laugh
People these days are getting the wrong impression that zombies are fast semi intelligent creatures. Zombies are dead,stupid, and slow and thats how it should be and people calling "other" types of things like Ganados in RE 4 for instance, zombies, just pisses me off.
what's the name of the band and song at the end?
+Lavaree Gamboa "Coming into Los Angeles" performed by Arlo Guthrie
It's Alro Guthrie
Charlton Heston watching Woodstock? He had nothing in common with the people in Woodstock. He was from a whole other generation. The Omega Man was an awesome movie but this choice of movie for Heston to watch seemed a little bit out of place. Or maybe not since it fit into the whole seventies decade.
Covid 19 is here
loved this movie when teen. saw it recently.very dated and silly.
Very dated and silly??? Don’t talk about yourself like that! Don’t be hard on yourself!
I missed it did he call them hateful scum?
HA!!!
I remember being told about this film and this scene, and I thought "what the hell is this movie about?" I just saw it for the first time. and the weird thing is, I always said that the WOODSTOCK film would be an eventual example for people who may no longer live in a free Republic, what a free country looked like in 1969. and I never was much of a visionary .it is sort of creepy.
Yeah, I Am Legend was a really flawed character.
:confused:
Libertarianism is nothing short of anarchy. It is a cop out and will never amount to much. No two libertarians agree on anything. Just look at your Presidential candidate. Libertarians and Republicans are two sides of the same coin...both severely lacking.
you're wrong dude. you're missing the point. C.H is lonely but he sure as hell is contemptible of the people in the Woodstock movie. I implore you to find any hint of C.Hs solidarity with the children of the revolution. There is nothing but contempt written on his face, and its appropriate that C.H dies at the end of the movie, while the off spring of the children of the revolution, drive off into the future.
You are mixing up Charlton Heston with Robert Neville a man who sacrificed himself and gave his blood to save the future. Recognise that from history?
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