Comments on: Baby Falling Down the Odessa Steps

By: azlynch

azlynch — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:53:00 +0000

Try this:

Remember the scene in Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987), where Agent George Stone, played by Andy Garcia, saved a baby-carriage that went down the stairs while in a shoot-out with Capone’s henchmen?

By: Chad Cloman

Chad Cloman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:30:25 +0000

The video on the linked site doesn’t appear to be working. Here’s another copy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euG1y0KtP_Q

By: cz

cz — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:55:31 +0000

i was wondering the same thing cuimhe! i love this movie! (and it brings back fond memories of my soviet film prof screaming at us for not recognizing that the sailors in the hammocks represented MAGGOTS!! …lol)

i have a friend from odessa, who travels back there regularly, and she says that the steps are in serious need of repair. …how sad given their importance in cinema history.

By: cuimhne

cuimhne — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:56:39 +0000

I got the impression from this post that you expect that readers weren’t aware that this scene is from Battleship Potemkin or had seen the film. I wonder if this is news to many readers? It’s an interesting film from the point of view of an important part of soviet film history at least. So, have you all seen it?

By: BOLL

BOLL — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:01:07 +0000

I want to run up that stair as fast as I can. Especially on the outer edges with the huge steps… it would be interesting to see for how long my knees would survive… too bad I live in a fairly flat place without huge stairs