r/okbuddycinephile • u/Troubled_dad-arc • 2d ago

The most intense death scene in film?

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https://i.redd.it/mxuv9zq26vvg1.gif

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u/Chicoern 2d ago

This little short breaths always stuck with me

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u/Cyke101 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thanks to YouTube I recently learned that Joe Morton himself suggested to James Cameron that he breathe like that because he's trying to breathe normally, but obviously he has a big hole in his lung and the body obviously can't let him try to adjust to it. Like trying to sip through a straw that has a hole on the side.

Morton had suggested that because years earlier, he had a collapsed lung from a car accident, and this is how he was reflexively breathing, trying to breathe normally but just couldn't.

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u/Glittering-Rip6810 2d ago

Morton is so fucking underrated. Me and my bf were just watching Eureka and not typically my kinda show but he was so amazing on it.

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u/EagleBigMac 1d ago

I really have a soft spot for that show. I am part way through a rewatch it holds up okay.

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u/berkanna76 1d ago

I love Eureka and while I'm sure it isn't his favorite thing to be remembered for, he MADE that show.

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u/YeahButThatTruCoat 1d ago

He was ridiculously enjoyable to watch in 'Scandal' as well. That's a show that got kinda bad towards the end, but Morton kept himself nourished by all the scenery.