Slow motion in movies has always been cool – just look at bullet time in The Matrix, or the nerve-jangling bucket scene from Carrie. But what are the best slow-mo scenes in movies ever? We select 10 of our favourites…
1. Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970)
Shot on location in Death Valley at the eponymous Point, the most gob-smacking thing about Michelangelo Antonioni’s counter-culture audience-divider is its closing sequence of super slow-motion explosions. Destruction never looked so beautiful.
