Agreed. I've only seen it once but I recall feeling "what's the big deal" at the end. However the interview made me re-think this a bit. That the interviewer m

Agreed. I've only seen it once but I recall feeling "what's the big deal" at the end. However the interview made me re-think this a bit. That the interviewer mistook the number of extras by a large margin speaks to the cinematic "tricks" (as cited pejoratively in parent post) being successful even thirty years later. I imagine this was an eye-opening moment for moviegoers the same way Citizen Kane was - like nothing seen before, so deeply impactful.