I love this movie: the characters and their misteries (box included), the frantic chases (realistic enough, not ridicously fantastic) and the beauty of France and Natascha.
The Day of the Jackal also makes excellent use of several locations in France. I’ve never traveled to France, but these movies make me want to. Car chases are usually boring, but the narrow streets of Nice add great atmosphere and excitement.
What is interesting, is that the bar in Paris that was the basis for the location of this scene was razed to the ground, the building demolished and replaced with another. The stairs still exist but that is it.
@@steffenwennerstrand8969 The Action complements the Story. There hasn't been a tighter film made in the last fifty years, in my opinion. It almost has a Kurosawa feel to it, the Title notwithstanding. Every actor, both lead or supporting, was perfect.
It's not far from the park below Sacre Cour. When I visited in '08, I was only 4-5 blocks away from the stairs and cafe building and didn't realize it. :( Now the building has been replaced, although the stairs are still there.
@@afrose71 Yeah, saw it on Google Earth or Maps in the last year or so. A shame! It's just like my favorite record store in my hometown closing down in 2006 and block of houses being torn down and replaced with condos in the past couple of years. When I was in Paris the first time, there was a portrait that looked like either Frank Zappa or Tony Iommi about halfway up the stairs, done in spray paint. When I went back a year later, it was gone.
@@RockinRob2258The Man in a wheelchair that hired the mercenaries is also in The Bourne Identity. Meaning it is the same universe and they are connected
“I never walk into a room that I don’t know how to walk out of”. Spends the rest of the film walking into rooms that he doesn’t know how to walk out of.
Me too, as a 12 year old kid....but i was mesmerized by it and still love it to this day.....it has a good story line, plenty of action and a fine blend of actors without overacting....a classic for me
I can watch this movie Over And Over And Over. Just wish I knew WTF was in the Case BTW Heres everything Deniro does in this scene 1 He approaches from back 2 Checks Alley way 3 Watches all others involved Enter First 4 Secures the gun in a spot where he can access it, and it wont be confiscated 5 Peers through windows to see what heswalking into 6 he knows its closing time so anyone that enters after him and is allowed in is a potential threat 7 He asked for the bathroom to check it and internal rear 8 Unlocks door (acting like he is using the wrong door accidentally) leaving it unlocked ( where the gun is) 8 Returns to bar and lets them tell him who he is notidentifying himself 9 doesnt reveal any information about who when or why (letting her explain the scenario he already knows) 10 while exiting takes the last sip to be sure he is the last person to exit with noone behind him..
have watched this movie so many times and though it's clear he's being appropriately cautious, never caught all those details. This movie is so genius in many ways. Best scene: the hotel stealth casing w/ camera. Brilliant.
My first guess is that it is a list of embedded agents in Europe. Why else would both the Irish and Russians be interested in the case. My second guess is that they are launch codes for American missiles in Europe, hence the involvement of the Irish, Russians, and Americans (*SPOILER* CIA). I will also make the extreme leap that the german speaking individuals originally carrying the case are Austrians since Austria was the rotating EU leading country 1998 (it was also Luxembourg in 1997, another partially German speaking country).
As an Irishman, I’m in love with Jonathan Prices not-quite-right but-close Irish accent. I hear the name Deirdre all the time and everytime my brain goes ‘Eye gave youi a jab…do yer fucking jab..Good girl Derdry.’
You think DeNiro's Sam is a bit much at first until at the end, when he says "I didn't come for the case, I came for Seamus.... I never left" ... then it all makes sense
@@GudaGudaPaisenClearly that is not the case,basic human senses never change,you're being trained to think and what to feel with media bombardment,hence the term go woke go broke as an example.
Three former Bond villains in the movie......Bean, Pryce and Lonsdale. I am sure Frankenheimer would have had a spot for Gert Frobe if he were still alive.
There''s more than just pure violence in it. It's very subtle in parts, especially with the relationships between certain main characters as well as the one played by Michael Lonsdale.
I love this movie and watched it 100 times too. I still don't understand why he hid his gun in the alley? Wouldnt it be better to keep that with him? Anyone?
I've seen them do it in Germany with their Pfand system, but they exchange them pretty fast so don't leave them out there long enough to attract vermin. Perhaps it's a similar system in France.
There's nothing to gain for stealing empties. They have an extensive glass recycling system in France. There's no return deposit for homeless to try and collect.
I've seen that before in a detective novel. The detective scouted out the building and found all the ways out before he went in to meet his perspective client who was known to him to be a shady character. The detective also always carried two guns.
