Arguably the greatest minutes of Spectre were the opening four, in which a sweeping tracking shot follows a masked Bond through a massive Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City. Thousands of people are in costume, walking the streets and hanging over balconies in masks of the dead. Massive skeletons are marched through the streets, and Bond shares an alluring, tense kiss with a woman before bounding off onto the Mexican rooftops.

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While it will likely have significantly less cloak and dagger and international spy romance, you could actually experience this very parade this year, provided you fly to Mexico City on October 29th. While the elaborate procession was invented for the blockbuster movie, Mexican officials had said after the movie's release that they wanted to try to make the parade a reality. Now, hundreds of volunteers will help bring it to life, starting at the Angel of Independence monument and ending at the historic Zocalo square.

The procession will even "revisit the props and the wardrobe of the well-known film Spectre," the city government told the AFP. Tourism Minister Enrique de la Madrid also said that "Now, based on the film, there will be this festival," indicating that perhaps this will be an annual event.

And if you can't make it out for the festival, you can always just re-watch the epic scene:

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From: Esquire US