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In order to highlight the importance of endings in films, I shall be referring to a number of films but focusing on ‘Falling Down’ (Dir. ...
The nature of film is very similar to literature; the vast majority, especially the products of the Hollywood system, are designed as entertainment, not information. As such, the audience view films without trying to remember it. That is not to say they won’t remember any, it is to say they have not gone in to be taught; therefore they have entered the theatre without the thought of committing the film to memory. ... Bearing this in mind, the ending will be memorable because it is the last scene the audience take in. ... Most films follow this pattern, majority of the film leading up to one moment. ...
Films often employ devices to either hide the eventual ending, horror films in general such as the ‘Halloweens 1 – 6’, but others reveal endings that the audience have either been directed away from seeing, such as Bruce Willis being a ghost in ‘Sixth Sense’, or never even expected. Fight Club succeeds in this by revealing that Tyler Durden (Pitt) is in fact a figment of Jack’s (Norton) memory. ... Apart from ‘Fight Club’, there are many films that are famous for their unexpected endings. ...
In ‘Falling Down’, the plot is about a man that snaps due to society’s warped sense of values and ‘progression’ in his line of job that has made him redundant. Add to this that his wife has put a restraining order on him and he just snaps, choosing to go to his
wife’s house to celebrate their son’s birthday.
Approximate Word count = 1315
Approximate Pages = 5.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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