This is one amazing video explaining how most of the film scenes we admire are actually classics revisited. Kirby Ferguson put together a convincing collection of film scenes to illustrate how often genius and originality go hand in hand with quotation and emulation.

I sometimes feel that most of all art and culture is just a series of well-used quotations. But even if I’m wrong, you should all watch it.

(Source: everythingisaremix.info)