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Great additions guys. Keep 'em coming!
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Jul 16, 2013 - 5:14 PM
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Regie
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Can't believe that nobody has yet mentioned Herrmann's scoring of the final scene to CITIZEN KANE. Just thinking about the words "Rosebud" etched on the sled and how they are consumed by the flames, obliterated forever, backed by Herrmann's absolutely frighteningly heartbreaking powerhouse cue sends shivers down my spine just thinking about it.
Yes, this is a marvellous ending to a film. I had forgotten it, though I slightly prefer the ending of "Vertigo" and that dramatic falling end chord to match the (pious) image of "Scotty" up at the bell-tower. In fact, those last few minutes of "Vertigo" represent the finest performance on screen, IMO, of James Stewart!
Also, as mentioned on another thread (accidentally), the closing scene of Marcel Carne's "Les Enfants du Paradis" with its carnival tune and main theme counter-melodied to depict the tragedy of Baptiste (Jean Louis Barrault) looking for Garance(Arletty) as she makes her farewell from him in a huge crowd of people. Here's some brief information on the film's composer (and the music was conducted for the film by Charles Munch):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Thiriet
Baptiste is searching for Garance but as he tries to move forward to reach her he is only pushed further back by the festive crowd. The 'curtain' literally comes down shortly thereafter in the most ironic way. The whole scene is a perfect metaphor about our lives - we have tragedies but these are 'lost' in the great sea of humanity, which moves inexorably onwards oblivious of our experiences and pain.
Everybody must see this film. It was started in late 1943 in Nazi-occupied France, and made in two separate parts because it had to conform to a certain length deemed "acceptable" for film-making by the Nazis!! All sorts of problems arose during its making, but it remains the finest achievement in the history of French film and one of the greatest films of all time, IMO.
Here's the American trailer - right at the end of it you can hear that music from the final scene I've earlier referred to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff1Bxvrbgrk
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