Two of my favourite films are Les Enfants Du Paradis and The Seven Samurai and I really couldn't pick out any individual scenes from them - they're all wonderful. But there is an extraordinary moment from another Kurosawa film, Ran, when one of the daughters-in-law commits a murder. She was played by a fantastic Japanese actress, Mieko Harada, who lets out an incredible, blood-chilling scream. It comes from absolute tranquillity, and this actress is in a beautiful kimono, in an empty castle. Another moments is from the end of The Sting when Newman says, "It isn't everything," and Redford replies, "But it's close." It isn't just the dialogue, but the little laugh Newman gives.
Dame Glenda Jackson, MP
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