Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Eyes of March (2012)


I love eye shots. And for the past few years I've used March 15 to celebrate them (2009, 2010, 2011).

This year we have a collection of 15 total "eye shot" images, with at least one from the past seven decades! Some of them, perhaps most of them, you'll identify easily. Others ... we'll see ...

The "Eyes of March" is meant first and foremost as a tribute to eye shots, but over the years it's become a fun guessing game, too. I've numbered the images below (consider the image above number "0") so readers can identify the eye shots in the comments.

Enjoy! (Numbers correspond to the image below them.)


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46 comments:

Craig said...

My brain hasn't kicked in yet, but I'm pretty sure #3 is Melanie Laurent in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. Oh, maybe #1 too: Matthew Broderick in ELECTION. One more, #4: REPULSION?

Sheila O'Malley said...

I'm with Craig on the Inglourious Basterds guess. Is #6 Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia?

Anonymous said...

#2 is Ezra Miller in 'We need to talk about Kevin'. I just so happened to watch it last night.

Anonymous said...

#2 is Ezra Miller from 'We need to talk about Kevin'. I just so happened I watched it last night, couldn't forget those eyes that quickly.

Just a Greg said...

#1 - David Duchovny in the X-Files movie? I seem to remember there being some bee business.

#13 - Will Ferrell in Anchorman.

#14 - Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws.

And #11 is killing me! Can't quite place it.

Kevin J. Olson said...

5 looks like Emma Stone, but I don't know from which movie

10 is Nixon

11 is Silence of the Lambs?

12 is Public Enemies

14 is The Thing?

Kevin J. Olson said...

Ah. Someone already guessed the last one. Jaws makes more sense then The Thing.

By the way, I always love this feature, Jason. Your first image is one of my favorite moments from any Alexander Payne movie. Hehe.

Ed Howard said...

Oof I'm terrible at this. Is #7 Pam Grier? #3 is definitely Inglourious Basterds but otherwise I'd be inclined to guess Jackie Brown for #7.

#12 reminds me of Michael Stuhlbarg.

Ed Howard said...

Oh yeah, Kevin's probably right about 12. Depp, Stuhlbarg, same thing.

Jason Bellamy said...

Nice job, everyone. Let me list the correct answers so far ...

0)

1) Election

2) We Need to Talk About Kevin

3) Inglourious Basterds

4) Repulsion

5)

6) (I knew someone would guess Kirsten Dunst. It's not. Sheila, you might be the only one who can guess this entry. That's a hint.)

7) Ed is on the right track...

8)

9)

10) Nixon

11)

12) Public Enemies

13) Anchorman

14) Jaws

Keep 'em coming! I'll start giving out hints this evening, as needed.

Anonymous said...

The eyes in # 11 kind of look like De Niro. A De Niro with some face make-up.

Jason Bellamy said...

Yep! Good job, Anon! Someone take it the rest of the way!

Anonymous said...

#9 That's kind of Amanda Seyfried-y, no??

Anonymous said...

BTW... the last 2 Anons are me (Mark O., "Fox", etc.). For some reason I can't figure out how to sign in to this blogger thing anymore.

-Mark.

Sheila O'Malley said...

Is the Kirsten Dunst look-alike eye the young girl killed in the street from Opening Night?

Anonymous said...

Frankenstein De Niro?

-Mark

Jason Bellamy said...

Fox/Mark! Nice!

As for your second guess, it's a good one, but nope. But it is a young actress in a recent film.

Jason Bellamy said...

Sheila just nailed No. 6! Opening Night!

Anonymous said...

Ah! # is Saorise Ronan in Hanna?

-Mark

Sheila O'Malley said...

Thanks for the hint. I knew those eyes gave me the creeps. I've seen them in my dreams.

Jason Bellamy said...

Not Frankenstein De Niro, nope.

Jason Bellamy said...

That's a bingo on No. 9, Mark: Hanna

Sheila O'Malley said...

11 isn't Awakenings, is it?

Jason Bellamy said...

Updated list ...

0)

1) Election

2) We Need to Talk About Kevin

3) Inglourious Basterds

4) Repulsion

5)

6) Opening Night

7) Ed is on the right track...

8)

9) Hanna

10) Nixon

11) Anon/Mark is on the right track ...

12) Public Enemies

13) Anchorman

14) Jaws

Keep 'em coming! Hints later, as needed.

Jason Bellamy said...

Not Awakenings, no.

Anonymous said...

# 7 - Pam Grier - "Coffy"?

-Mark

Jason Bellamy said...

BTW ... If you post anonymously and your comment doesn't officially appear, just know that Blogger is sorting all anon comments into my spam folder at the moment. So I'll approve it; I just might not see it right away.

Jason Bellamy said...

Not Coffy, but STILL on the right track ... getting warmer!

Sheila O'Malley said...

Wild guess for #8: Pleasantville? Horrible, I know it's not right, but that one is really bugging me.

Jason Bellamy said...

And I meant initially appear, not officially appear. Ugh. Trying to do too many things at once.

Jason Bellamy said...

Nope on Pleasantville, but glad you were brave enough to try!

No. 8 is by far the hardest one in here, so hint time ...

It's the oldest eye shot of the bunch, made in 1959; and it's not an American movie.

Anonymous said...

# 8 is bugging me too...

Like Sheila, I'll toss one out... Max Von Sydow in "The Virgin Spring"?

And sorry for the irritating "Anon" thing. My computer at work is really jacked up... probablty because they're trying to prevent me from doing this type of stuff while at work. :)

Jason Bellamy said...

Like Sheila, I'll toss one out... Max Von Sydow in "The Virgin Spring"?

Amazingly good guess, submitted before my previous post. But nope.

Anonymous said...

# 8 - Le Beau Serge?

-Mark.

Andrew Davies said...

5- It's Emma Stone from "Easy A"

Andrew Davies said...

Number Zero is "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"- I haven't seen it yet but that shot is great!

gem2 said...

#11 - Robert DeNiro in ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA

Jason Bellamy said...

Andrew picks up two big ones, and gem2 knows his DeNiro. Nice job! Updated list coming ...

Jason Bellamy said...

Updated list ...

0) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1) Election

2) We Need to Talk About Kevin

3) Inglourious Basterds

4) Repulsion

5) Easy A

6) Opening Night

7) Pam Grier in something not Jackie Brown or Coffy

8) Released in 1959. Not a US movie. Hardest of the bunch ....

9) Hanna

10) Nixon

11) Once Upon a Time in America

12) Public Enemies

13) Anchorman

14) Jaws

Lara said...

#8 is Nobi!

Jason Bellamy said...

No. 8 is Nobi, aka Fires on the Plain! Winner-winner!

Nice job, Lara!

Tony Dayoub said...

#7: LARRY CROWNE???

Jason Bellamy said...

Alas, no. It's been 24 hours, so I'll give a blatant hint ...

If you kinda sorta combined the first two guesses (Jackie Brown and Coffy), you'd get this other very famous titular role ...

Craig said...

Ah, well, FOXY BROWN seemed too obvious, but...

Jason Bellamy said...

And there it is!

The irony is that the eye shot comes from the opening credits of Foxy Brown, so the title and the eye shot are married.

Nice job, everyone. Thanks for playing. This is a fun tradition.

Jason Bellamy said...

The complete list:

0) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1) Election

2) We Need to Talk About Kevin

3) Inglourious Basterds

4) Repulsion

5) Easy A

6) Opening Night

7) Foxy Brown

8) Fires on the Plain (aka Nobi)

9) Hanna

10) Nixon

11) Once Upon a Time in America

12) Public Enemies

13) Anchorman

14) Jaws