Thread: Favourite straights scenes in movies

Now see...if that crap barber had just taken the time to prep Clints beard propperly, Clint woulda been all relaxed... and easy goin'... and much more tollerable of those curious town folk just tryin to make friends with him...

I liked the scene in Pan's Labrynth, althought the Spanish officer is a bit detestable, the shaving scene is interesting.

I dont know if any of you have seen the movie "NITTI"... its supposed to be a dramatisation of the life of Franco Nitto... Al Capones right hand man.

When he first came to amercia he worked as a barber and used to trade stolen goods with the local lads... he'd talk business while giving a straight razor shave...

Customer: Hey frank, you always talk business while shaving??

Nitto: If you talk business with a razor in your hand... people tend to pay more attention"

I understand he maintained that attitude long after he'd given up barbering.


In one of the earlier scenes he puts his suitcase against the front of a barbershop and goes inside to ask about a job... the barber hands him a straight and says... "know how to use one of these??" he says yes...

"Then lets see you use it on the dog that's pissing on your suitcase!!"

Pretty good scene

Greg Frazer

Jack Nicholson gets a barber shop shave in "Chinatown" -- see my avatar. You never actually see the razor because he gets into an argument with the guy in the next chair while getting lathered up. The "Scent of a Woman" shave scene is also a good one, but not as good as the tango scene.

The movie Rounders has a good scene where Matt Damon and Edward Norton go to a barbershop and get a straightrazor shave.

In the film "Escape to Athena" there are two scenes that I noticed. First one is Telly Savales is stropping up a razor while is woman is talking to him about something, then later during a battle with the germans, a greek guy is having a shave in a barbers shop and runs out to throw some grenades before running back to sit down and continue his shave.

well the first time i saw Pans Labyrinth and the main "bad" guy shaving with a straight i thought to myself "wow that guy is frikking cool, i bet he gets ALL the chicks" and i went and ordered my first straight about a day or two later am i sucker for advertisments or what?!?!? glad i made that choice though

Originally Posted by Anthroman

The movie Rounders has a good scene where Matt Damon and Edward Norton go to a barbershop and get a straightrazor shave.

That is a sick movie.

Yeah I read all the way through, not believing nobody had mentioned Pan's Labyrinth yet, but jimmyman and sinnfein finally both brought it up.

The best part is the one woman puts the razor in his mouth, with the blade to the inside of his cheek, and threatens to cut him... then after she gets what she wants, she cuts him anyway, pulling the razor through his cheek right where his lips meet, giving him half of a 'The Joker' grin.

Best part is he stitches it up, bandages it (all in front of the camera, kinda gruesome) and then takes a shot of whiskey without thinking. Of course the alcohol stings pretty bad when you're cut from the inside out, but the way you see it... it comes through the cut into the bandage on the outside, and you see him wince pretty badly... just an amazing scene.

And even better because the bastard deserves every bit of pain he gets, heh.