#closing shots

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First/Final Frames: Tarkovsky’s Giving Tree

Opening and closing moments of film director’s careers.

Ivan’s Childhood (Ива́ново де́тство) | 1962

The Sacrifice (Offret) | 1983

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First/Final Frames: Edward Yang’s Half-Truths

Opening and closing moments of film directors’ careers.

That Day, On the Beach (海灘的一天) | 1983

Yi Yi: A One and a Two (一一) | 2000

“Do you know what I want to do when I grow up? I want to tell people things they don’t know, show them stuff they haven’t seen. It’ll be so much fun. Perhaps one day, I’ll find out where you’ve gone.”

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Top 10 Closing Shots of All Time

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“My heart suddenly lightened, and I knew in that moment I could no longer wait for permission or assistance. I must escape Castle Leoch and get back to the stones as soon as possible...or die trying.”

Outlander

S01E03: The Way Out (dir. Brian Kelly)

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I love this.

[bayrizz]

Really nice 

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Age of Frontiersmen

An ongoing series.

David Liu | 27 July 2012

High Noon | Fred Zinnemann, 1952

Do not forsake me, oh, my darlin' Although you're grievin', I can't be leavin' Until I shoot Frank Miller dead

The Searchers | John Ford, 1956

His peace of mind he knows he’ll find But where, O Lord, Lord where? 

The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan, 2008

"Because sometimes the truth isn't good enough."

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Closing Shots: David Fincher

A collection of final shots from the works of David Fincher.

David Liu | 18 December 2011

Seven (1995)

"The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for," narrates Detective Lt. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) in a world-weary voice, quoting from Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls, before adding: "I agree with the second part." David Bowie's "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" surfaces after the fade to black.

The Game (1997)

You can never be sure anymore. After reaching an uncertain catharsis in the form of a impromptu dinner date, Nicholas Van Orton — cinema's contemporary Ebenezer Scrooge — looks left and right in weary bemusement. Fincher cuts out to a wide shot of the nighttime San Francisco locale, and Jefferson Airplane's haunting "White Rabbit" creeps into the final credits.

Fight Club (1999)

In the heat of the moment, the Narrator (Edward Norton) grabs the bewildered Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter) by the hand. "You met me at a very strange time in my life," he says, as glittering monoliths of consumer culture crumble to the opening chords of The Pixies' “Where Is My Mind?"

Zodiac (2007)

"The last time I saw this face was July 4th, 1969. I am very sure that's the man who shot me." A haunted survivor affirms the implausible, wrapping up Fincher's monumental chronicle of fears and obsessions at the dawn of the Information Age. The use of Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man," both here and in the film's opening sequence, echoes with sinister vitality.

The Social Network (2010)

Dead silence is punctuated only by The Beatles's "Baby, You're a Rich Man" and the sound of fingers typing on a keyboard. A close-up of Mark Zuckerberg’s face confirms his evolution from obscure wunderkind to lonely sovereign of a virtual empire.