"My whole argument was, 'Be defiant with the holding of the boombox,'" said Crowe. He didn't love the scene, he didn't quite understand it yet - he certainly does now - and he wanted to be more laid-back."Ĭrowe found the right direction that made the scene work for his star - and put the now-classic look of silent dignity on Cusack's face. "John felt that Lloyd was kowtowing too much by holding up the boombox, and that it was too subservient a move. 2002 (back when the film was barely 13 years old). " was the last thing shot on the last day with the last moment of sunlight," recalled director Cameron Crowe in an interview with Entertainment Weekly in Feb.
SONG FROM SAY ANYTHING BOOMBOX SCENE MOVIE
The default publicity still for "Say Anything." isn't one of noble, self-styled kickboxer Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) and good-girl valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye) entwined in a lovers' embrace but rather one of Lloyd all by himself, standing outside the home of his ladylove, proclaiming his devotion via a certain Peter Gabriel song ("In Your Eyes," but you knew that already) coming from the boombox he's holding high above his head.įor pretty much everyone, this is the defining moment of the film, a proud and unapologetic symbol of young love and old-school movie romance.Īnd John Cusack originally didn't want to do it. yet oddly enough, its most iconic image almost never happened. Over the past quarter-century, it's become one of the most cherished cinematic romances of all time. "Say Anything.," Cameron Crowe's pitch-perfect post-high school love story, was released in theaters 25 years ago today.
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