The Greatest Scene Ever Filmed?

by Will on July 14, 2009

In honor of Bastille Day. If this doesn’t send chills up your spine, check your pulse:



Tagged as: Bastille Day, Casablanca, Film

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1 Patrick July 14, 2009 at 6:54 am

The greatest montage (can’t call it a scene) ever filmed is the third-from-ultimate part of the Godfather, in which Michael stands for baptism of Connie’s child while having the heads of the five families assassinated.

This is pretty damned great though.

2 Will July 14, 2009 at 7:28 am

Indeed.

3 Elizabeth July 14, 2009 at 7:36 am

Me, I’ll take Renoir’s Grand Illusion Marseillaise scene, which came a few years earlier than Casablanca (perhaps Casablanca ripped it off — they’re set up quite similarly). http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1y4f4_la-grande-illusion-marseillaise_shortfilms

4 Will July 14, 2009 at 7:45 am

I can see a few similarities, but the lack of Nazis getting pwned detracts from the overall level of awesomeness.

5 Elizabeth July 14, 2009 at 7:48 am

Well, those are Germans (not Nazis – it’s WWI) who have come to be entertained by French POWs in drag, who get up and walk out in a huff.

6 Will July 14, 2009 at 7:51 am

Ah. That is a striking parallel. But I stand by my comment about the lack of Nazis.

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