{"id":34432,"date":"2008-04-24T12:13:03","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T19:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2013-03-16T10:52:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T16:52:23","slug":"the-greatest-final-shot-of-a-feature-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2008\/04\/the-greatest-final-shot-of-a-feature-film\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Greatest Final Shot of a Feature film?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>At Arts and Faith, Buckeye Jones asked a distracting question today:<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s your all-time favorite closing shot of a movie?<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of mine\u2026<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll add to this list as they come to mind, but here is the initial rush of closing shots that played like a YouTube montage in my head\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>: The warehouse. Probably my favorite ending ever.<\/li>\n<li><em>Before Sunset<\/em>: The peak of both Julie Delpy\u2019s career, and Nina Simone\u2019s career. Probably my favorite ending ever.<\/li>\n<li><em>Barton Fink:<\/em> Plop. (Greatest big screen moment by a bird ever.) Probably my favorite ending ever.<\/li>\n<li><em>Three Colors: Blue, White, *and* Red:<\/em> Crying through windows.<\/li>\n<li><em>Birdy:<\/em> \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em>Raising Arizona:<\/em> Maybe it was Utah. Best closing monologue ever\u2026 except for this next one\u2026<\/li>\n<li><em>No Country for Old Men:<\/em> \u201cAnd then I woke up.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em>A History of Violence<\/em>: Eye contact at the dinner table.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Mission:<\/em> The shot at the end of the end credits<\/li>\n<li><em>Fargo:<\/em> The Gundersons in pregnant anticipation.<\/li>\n<li><em>Beau Travail:<\/em> The dance<\/li>\n<li><em>The Last Days of Disco:<\/em> The subway dance<\/li>\n<li><em>Lost in Translation:<\/em> The murmured secret<\/li>\n<li><em>Twin Peaks<\/em> (the series finale): \u201cHow\u2019s Annie?\u201d (Okay, I know, that\u2019s cheating. But still.)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Graduate<\/em>: Of course.<\/li>\n<li><em>Se7en<\/em>: Brad Pitt in torment.<\/li>\n<li><em>Blade Runner<\/em>: Director\u2019s cut or Final cut.<\/li>\n<li><em>Brazil<\/em>: Gilliam\u2019s own final shot.<\/li>\n<li><em>Once<\/em>: It\u2019s a good movie, but the closing shot makes it great.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Arts and Faith, Buckeye Jones asked a distracting question today: What\u2019s your all-time favorite closing shot of a movie? 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