Touch of Evil / Sombra de mal (Mex) / Sed de mal (Esp-Argen),
This 1958 Orson Welles‘ film has one of the most awesome openings: an incredible long-lasting (3:30 minutes) continuous sequence-shot that shows both main characters (Chartlon Heston and Janet Leigh, a mixed mexico-american couple, and a car (back of scene) with a clockmaking bomb, crossing the US-Mexican border. Critics consider one of the best opening-shots of all times, "an example of technical brilliance and a Master class in cinematic story telling" (P. Scollon). The scene seems to have been shot in a scenery set in Ocean Front Walk, LA-California, not an actual border-post. Crossing the border in 1958, as shown in the movie, was as easy as a pleasant summer evening stroll.
See the full sequence here
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