Top 5 music and dance movie scenes

#5: Don Juan de Marco - The ending



The emotion of love witnessed from outside. Don Octavio del Flores seals the story of Don Juan with the verdict we all hope for: he exists, he is real, his women are real, his story is real, LOVE itself is real. So what if we don't believe it? I guess it's our choice. Marlon Brando and Faye Dunaway dancing on Paradise Island: here's an image worth holding on to...


#4: Scent of a Woman - The tango scene



I guess the lesson is simple: blind as he is, Colonel Frank Slade can dance a mean tango. Blind as he is, Colonel Frank Slade has more life left in him than most. Apart from the obvious staging of the scene (it's a movie after all), we have on our hands a display of sheer manliness and class. Chris O'Donnell couldn't top that in 100 years! Pacino rules (ass)!

#3: The Lost City - Andy Garcia's confession at the end


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Tears in my eyes whenever I see this scene. What can I say, yo soy un hombre sincero. Political struggle, exile, changes in life: this movie has it all. Superb metaphors in Andy Garcia's monologue illustrate the lyricism of the Cuban soul. Oh, geez, I'm getting emotional here ! No worries: like the words in the scene, this post will be coal before becoming light. Bare with me !

#2: Lepa Sela Lepo Gore - Veljo dances



One of the biggest displays of bad-assery in cinema. The Muslims above have done some horrible things, but desecrating the song on which Veljo lost his virginity, that shit is too much for him ! So he dances his way towards the exit of the tunnel, where bigger guns than his await. Shooting and dancing, he quickly earns the title of the most romantic bad-ass!

#1: Zorba the Greek - The Sirtaki scene at the end



Classic scene, the epitome of the Balkanic soul: when everything turns to dust, we must dance.

So, in conclusion, in the words of Anthony Quinn (Zorba the Greek), I have so much to tell you. But it would be best told on a beach somewhere in Greece, after a Sirtaki and so much Ouzo we would lose our reason. Sounds good ? You bet it is ! Yassou!