# Where is this scene from?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-scene-from/476007>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 6, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-scene-from/476007 "2008-12-06T16:21:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-scene-from/476007/1 "2008-12-06T16:21:47Z")

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A while back I saw a clip on Youtube, called “the grand montage”, or something. I haven’t been able to find it again but it looked professionally produced, so I assumed it was from a movie. In it there was a white room with a chair/projector setup in the middle. A young man walks in and is greeted by an older guy who tells him to take a seat. He is then shown a series of images accompanied by words like “mother”, “father”, “country”, etc, that become increasingly disturbing. I thought it looked interesting but I never got around to finding out what it was. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

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**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-scene-from/476007/2 "2008-12-06T16:23:58Z")

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Sounds like the scene from “A Clockwork Orange”?

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**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-scene-from/476007/3 "2008-12-06T16:34:53Z")

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Was it [Leon’s Voight-Kampf test](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc_204tXHZY&feature=related) from Bladerunner?

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-scene-from/476007/4 "2008-12-06T17:15:11Z")

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that’s from [The Parallax View](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/), a terrific movie now mostly forgotten

I found this on youtube which is likely the clip you saw:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MNMi8fXi5Os/hqdefault.jpg "Parallax View: The Incredible Montage") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNMi8fXi5Os)

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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-scene-from/476007/5 "2008-12-06T17:29:41Z")

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That’s the one! Awesome. Thanks so much 🙂