[galgot]

- The slow motion pass of the Mustang in Empire Of The Sun, that is for planes nuts like me ...

and

- the ending scene of Le Train (1973) with Romy Schneider.

But so many movies scenes I like... That's just the ones that come to mind at the moment.

As for Casablanca, shame on me, I've never seen it. Just some small parts, and each times it looked so cliché that I had always delayed when I would watch it. Only in Hollywood could one have the idea of a French Prefet de Police (Louis Renault character, well named) always wearing a uniform, wearing a ridiculous kepi (Prefets have caps, not kepis) tilted on the side, with a small moustache and a eyebrow higher than the other. I mean, the scene mentioned may be beautiful (again I've never seen it) but that character is sooo much the anglo-saxon cliché of the "untrusthy Frenchman" ... almost a cartoon character.

Anyways, have to take time to watch Casablanca, and die less dumb.

[stormbrew]

I mean, a lot of things in Casablanca are cliche because of Casablanca. The impact of it on the pop culture zeitgeist is massive.

[yohannparis]

As a Frenchman I felt the same... then I watched it because my wife's family wanted to watch it. Now I understand what a masterpiece it is, even today, 80 years later, it's still a great story!

[corrral]

> - The slow motion pass of the Mustang in Empire Of The Sun, that is for planes nuts like me ...

"P-51! Cadillac of the skies!"

God, that's a powerful scene. So much tension of themes and emotions and situation.

[the_af]

"Empire of the Sun" is a pretty good movie. I must read the novel one day.