This article explores and ranks some of Martin Scorsese's most thought-provoking and memorable film endings. From the surreal conclusion of 'After Hours' to the haunting ambiguity of 'Taxi Driver', the piece delves into how Scorsese utilizes endings to leave a lasting impact on viewers.
Martin Scorsese has done many things as a filmmaker over the past 50 years or so, most notably directing some of the best films of both the 20th and 21st centuries. He’s been one of the best in the business for a ridiculously long time, having directed one Best Picture Oscar winner alongside a bunch of other movies that probably deserved to win Best Picture, but didn’t.
That makes it sound dumb, but there are reasons for the other characters going along with the whole preposterous idea, and it comes together nicely by the end. Shutter Island reveals this big twist close to the end, but the actual ending involves a quiet pre-lobotomy conversation between the patient and his primary psychiatrist, where the former wonders to the latter whether it would be worse “to live as a monster, or to die as a good man.
Things crumble, and the main character, Henry Hill, rats out his associates and goes to live in witness protection, narrating the whole ordeal while breaking the fourth wall, addressing the camera in court before looking right at it in the very last scene. He laments what he’s done and what he’s lost, and a ghost from his past materializes and shoots at him/the camera. Smash-cut to the end credits, with Sid Vicious’s punk rock cover of “My Way” blaring. Magnifique.
He digs himself into holes and seems unable to change his ways, making him both a tragic figure and a deplorable one, but his journey from a star boxer to a washed-up celebrity doing stand-up comedy is powerfully depicted. That final scene sees him all alone, with Robert De Niro looking drastically different from how he looked earlier in the film . It’s a strange yet perfect ending to this kind of biopic.
Killers of the Flower Moon Runtime 200minutes Director Martin Scorsese Writers Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese
MARTIN SCORSESE FILM ENDINGS TAXI DRIVER AFTER HOURS SHUTTER ISLAND
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