Ending
How did Vidor originally intend this movie to be ended?
i certainly wish it would have ended with his wife leaving him and it ending just when his son tells him he believes in him and they walk away.
Really?
I believe is the darkest ending in film history. It must be something to watch this on the big screen, as obviously, Vidor tried to show that probably everyperson on that public (the one in the theater) had a misery or problematic life, as the people who were watching the movie in the movie theater.
Is like with today's technology, a camera would be implanted on the top of the cinema, and as the camera zoom out from the sims, it would show a live streaming of the cinema.
Greatest ending in history!
you're right it is a very dark ending i guess i didn't understand it the first time around, viewing it a second time really changed my mind to what a great ending it is.
shareThe final musical note before fade-out gives the movie its great ending. Implying that you've just seen something that's going to repeat itself ad infinitum. Such as the endings to horror movies which are not really endings when the thing jumps out of the screen at you at the last possible moment.
A very dark film with a very tragic future in the offing. Quite amazing. Especially for 1928.
Ive always thought that the ending was a nod to the text-block earlier that read "The crowd will laugh with you always...but it will cry with you for only a day."
Ive always thought this was extremely bittersweet considering the dramatic nature of the film and that, in the end we are essentially watching an audience laughing.
"The more real things get, the more like myths they become. " R.W. Fassbinder
Nagime says > I believe is the darkest ending in film history. It must be something to watch this on the big screen, as obviously, Vidor tried to show that probably everyperson on that public (the one in the theater) had a misery or problematic life, as the people who were watching the movie in the movie theater.It's interesting that you saw it that way. I didn't. I was actually surprised to learn through the comments in Trivia and here how sad and depressing some people think this movie is. Naturally I felt for the family; the father for wanting the success he was never able to find and the wife for feeling such despair she considered leaving her husband.
However, their lives started off pretty good. The couple found each other, fell in love, had a child, then another, and a decent home. Things could have been better but they were happy.
While watching the movie I did hope they'd get a break but when they did it was accompanied by the tragic loss of their daughter. We all, unfortunately, are touched by difficulties and misfortune but we don't have to let those things define our entire existence.
His sadness caused him to lose focus and make mistakes at work but it was his frustration over not being and having more that caused him to lose his job and that, in turn, threatened their future.
It didn't help that his wife's family was always on his case to do and be more. They meant well but only added to the pressure of his own desire to make something of himself. I wondered how their lives might change if his ship ever did come in. There are many ways one can lose their family. If he had struck it rich, he might have become the absentee husband and father who never sees or spends time with his family.
Those elite few may not be in the crowd but their problems aren't very different than the people who may not have as much in their pockets and bank accounts. I saw the end of the movie as hopeful. The family finally appreciated what they had in each other; which is was really matters. They could loosen up and have fun. Even though he's still without work, they knew they'd work it out.
The ending is not only hopeful but it's downright happy if think about it. Not having a great job is not ideal but it is, after all, not as bad as not having any job. It's also not as bad as losing each other. They used to laugh at the clown on the corner but now he's happy to have that job. Also, in more than one way, the family came very close to falling apart. He thought of killing himself and she was all set to walk away but somehow they managed to work it out and were enjoying an entertaining and happy evening out together.
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