1. ‘The Life Aquatic’. At the end of the film when Steve Zissou finally locates the Jaguar Shark that killed his friend Esteban, Steve says “I wonder if he remembers me”. Sigur Ros’ song ‘Starálfur’ then plays; utterly heartwrenching and unexpected.
2. Real life. Instead of giving some guys an autograph, Bill Murray gives them a Slow Motion Walk, like the end of ‘Life Aquatic’. Similar incidents have occurred where Murray has sung karaoke with complete strangers and tended bar at a party at SXSW in Austin.
3. ‘Rushmore’. Murray doing a bomb into his pool at his son’s birthday party, cigarette hanging out of his mouth. There is something I find very sad about Murray's deadpan delivery in this scene. I would do almost anything to have Bill Murray perform in a music video for me.
4. ‘Coffee And Cigarettes’. Delirium with RZA and GZA from Wu-Tang Clan. Bill drinking coffee straight out of the coffee decanter. Also the sound of Bill off-camera gargling oven cleaner to get rid of his smoker’s cough as prescribed by alternative medical doctor RZA. I like this scene because Murray seems so effortlessly kooky while the Wu-Tang guys seem very scripted, uncomfortable even.
5. Rushmore. Bill smoking two cigarettes in an elevator. Once again the deadpan performance in this scene is hilarious, but somehow very poignant.
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