But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica (Barbara Hershey) who zealously supports her daughter’s professional ambition. The Final Scene looks at the last few minutes of some of the most well-known movies of the past fifty years.Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, Barbara Hersheyīlack Swan follows the story of Nina (Portman), a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. This week, it's Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic, ' Apocalypse Now'.Īs much as the ending of 'Blade Runner' was subject to various cuts, edits and interpretations by both the cast, the director and the audience, 'Apocalypse Now' has just as much baggage - but have the mystique surrounding it. The story goes that Francis Ford Coppola didn't have an ending to ' Apocalypse Now' that he liked, and one ending which writer John Milius offered saw Brando's deranged Col. Kurtz convincing Sheen's shell-shocked assassin Willard to stay and repel a US attack on his compound. Both Kurtz and Willard would die, guns blazing, in an orgy of violence and pyrotechnics. This ending, however, was not put on screen. Two endings were eventually shown on screen, both with distinct and explicit meanings and executions. The first saw Willard leave the compound in silence with Lance on their boat, as Kurtz's followers calmly throw down their weapons. We see the boat slip away into the night, with a stone idol's face superimposed over the image as it eventually fades to black and credits.Īnother ending, one that was included in the 35mm wide release version of 'Apocalypse Now', saw the same thing happen, except the credits show Kurtz's compound exploding in flames after an airstrike is called in, all set to the ominous electric tones of Carmine Coppola's score.Ĭoppola, however, soon got wind that people were interpreting this ending to mean that Willard had called in the airstrike and effectively murdered Kurtz's followers as he left. To that end, Coppola ordered the 35mm prints to be returned, and the credits ran out over a black screen, yet this ending persisted on throughout the '80s and even made it on a LaserDisc release. For all this, however, Coppola said the explosions were intended to be a postscript to the story, and was merely added because he felt the images were visually striking. The ending prior to this, however, is one that hasn't changed. Willard, slipping into Kurtz's compound, hacks him to death as outside, the Montagnards, hack a water buffalo into pieces as part of their rituals. The Final Scene: 'Pulp Fiction' Movie News 3 years ago The two play over each other, as Willard brings his machete down in rhythm with the Montagnards, one replacing the other on screen. Seeing the meaningless carnage, all of it, warps Willard and by the time they reach the compound, it's only a matter of time before we see it change. The horror, as Kurtz repeats in his death, is that it never ends. Willard sails away, silently, and we know that the Vietnam War would continue to wreak havoc and cause countless suffering. We know now that war still exists, and that the reason it exists is because the darkness within our own being is never-ending. In that final moment, Kurtz - who talked about ending the Vietnam War by using moral terror, and argued for using brutal tactics in order to win - realises that it will never end, even if Willard replaces him or not. The original text of Joseph Conrad's source novel, 'Heart of Darkness', has the same dialogue as 'Apocalypse Now', except with this text describing the moment. Also, 1-800-HITMAN has one too few numbers. Actor Allusion: Torrez, played by Steven Seagal, describes Machete as "notoriously Hard to Kill".machetes, and the scalpel whip he later uses. Steven Seagal pokes fun at his countless unstoppable badass role by playing a villain.Torrez also uses an aikido move on Machete during their final confrontation. Michelle Rodriguez as an over-the-top version of her usual sexy, badass Latina roles.Lindsay Lohan as a drug-addicted, slutty Mafia Princess who likes to stream her naughty bits on the internet (willingly, this time) alongside her mother.who is so badass that he can only be killed by a self-administered seppuku. Her surviving and largely subverting her typecasting makes her reveal at the end serious, ultimate badass.
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