#firstfinalframes

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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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FIRST/FINAL FRAMES: SERGIO LEONE

A Fistful of Dollars | 1964

A stranger arrives in town.

Once Upon a Time in America | 1984

Freed from guilt and time, Noodles cracks a smile.

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First/Final Frames: John Huston, Man by the Window

Opening and closing moments of film directors’ careers.

The Maltese Falcon | 1941

“Yes, sweetheart?” “There’s a girl wants to see you. Her name’s Wonderly.”

The Dead | 1987

“Snow is falling. Falling in that lonely churchyard where Michael Furey lies buried. Falling faintly through the universe, and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.”