I missed the last five minutes or so, because there was something wrong with the DVD. Can someone please tell me what happens? The firemen find out that everyone left the ball but the old fireman. They go and get his gift and then...
shareWhen he opens the box the axe has been stolen! The next (and final) scene is at the fire-wrecked house. The resident of the house gets into his bed, which is outside, there is another old guy in the bed and it starts to snow. END
shareI loved the look on the old guy's face when he sees the empty box, as if he really expected it would turn out differently! As for one of the above comments, that the guy feels he didn't always understand the specific Czech characters. I've seen the film a dozen times (often show my film students), and everyone always strikes me as being universal. You can feel how Forman understands the dynamics of power, the reality of power, and the banality of the culture of power. This is the reason he was able to come to the United States, and explain the nature of control in a democratic capitalist society, in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
shareThis is the reason he was able to come to the United States, and explain the nature of control in a democratic capitalist society, in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".Interesting, that. share
The resident of the house gets into his bed, which is outside, there is another old guy in the bed and it starts to snow. ENDJust to correct the above statement, when the old man gets into his bed, an old woman (his wife) is already there. She was in the bed the whole time, and never awoke during the fire!
No, that was a man in the bed. There was a delirious man 15 minutes prior in the movie who's wife forced him to wear a woman's scarf. It may have been funnier if the it was that old man's wife. But it's not the case.
shareI think it was funnier just like that.. man, who looked funny in a woman scarf..
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The other person in the bed was one of the firemen. He was set there to guard the burning rubble through the night. Apparently he chose to just go to sleep on his watch. Another joke on the regime: the poor homeless guy gets into bed only to find it occupied by one from the "regime" sleeping on the job.
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