I just watched James Gray's latest film, The Immigrant, and among other things I felt it had the most masterful final shot/image of any film I have seen in a very long time. It reminded me of probably my favorite closing shot of all time in Antonioni's The Passenger then got me thinking about some of the other all time great closing shots in the history of the medium.
Among my other faves are:
Kiarostami's Through the Olive Trees
Godard's Contempt
Truffaut's The Soft Skin
Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces
Lemon Twigs - A Dream We All Know
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Be careful not to over egg the pudding. It strikes me as good advice.
Nobody needs relentless eggy pudding. It just wouldn't do.
Not over egging the p...
7 hours ago