I hear ya, kravits, ...both scenes you mentioned are affecting.

Having these jewels in the collection actually makes my day when I think about it.  I know we could have picked them up at any time...but were satisfied to rent them when we felt like it. 

We rented the DVD i am sam last night...&, after like the fifth screening of that flick since it’s release, ...it still wrenches on the emotions. 

Excellent acting is a boon.  Brilliant acting is...eternal perfection.

In Barfly, ...it’s the way Henry says things, ya know?

The quotes don’t have the same energy unless you hear Rourke say them; ie...

Wanda: I hate the police, don't you?
Henry: I don't know..., but I seem to feel better when they're not around.

& regarding The Thin Red Line:  ...this is a STRETCH I know...but, imho, not even Apocalypse Now wields the poetic credence of this film.  I was going to say this is the best war movie ever, ...but that’s emotional hyperbole.  It’s something-else though; every subtle message of the archangel to the warrior & back, every dire notion that serves Nolte’s role, ...every brave impulse & breach of sanity’s hull...in the foul taking of that godforsaken real-estate, ...is rendered perfectly poignant....

&, yes, Woody Harrelson nailed that bit;  ...& it was just this side of tragic comedy. 

Hey, if you dig The Thin Red Line, & of course you do, ...then there’s a film by Sydney Pollack, released in 1969, titled Castle Keep.  This movie is philosophical surrealism & pure poetry, perhaps inspired in some way in the wake of the Summer of Love...is all I can figure...but hard-edged still ~~ & funny & bizarre.  A war flick, ...but not what one would expect from a war movie of that period.  It’s like that television series, Combat.  But Combat on peyote...or Cuervo Gold.  With Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, ...& Bruce Dern in his most vivid nutlampness, ...and many others, ...this is a groovy flick worthy of a screening [IMHO].

I know, yada-yada-rant-on....  ;o)