especially the iconic close-up scene, "a jolt of terror as disconcerting as a hand bursting from a grave":The Great Train Robbery was added to the United States National Film Registry in 1990. In popular culture, numerous films and television shows have referenced the film and the iconic Barnes close-up: Historian James Chapman compares the James Bond gun barrel sequences, conceived by Maurice Binder, to the close-up. The Batman episode "The Riddler's False Notion" (1966) guest-stars silent film icon Francis X. Bushman as a film collector who owns a print of The Great Train Robbery. The German ZDF series Western von gestern (1978–1986) uses the Barnes close-up for its opening and closing sequences. The final scene of Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990), in which Tommy DeVito (portrayed by Joe Pesci) shoots at the camera, recreates the close-up as a homage. Scorsese has commented that the shot is "…a reference to the end of The Great Train Robbery… And the plot of this picture is very similar to The Great Train Robbery." The Breaking Bad episode "Dead Freight" (2012) pays homage to The Great Train Robbery'', with a matching final shot. References Works cited External links The Great Train Robbery at Filmsite.org 1903 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American films based on plays American heist films American silent short films Articles containing video clips Edison Manufacturing Company films Films about hijackings Films about train robbery Films directed by Edwin S. Porter Films set in the 1870s Films shot in New Jersey Silent American Western (genre) films Surviving American silent films Thomas Edison United States National Film Registry films 1900s American films