Section 05
Endings
The last reel either settles a debt the film built or borrows from outside to pay it. Earned, bought, refused, or reshot after the fact.
In this section
- Pieces
- 3
- Looks at
- Earned, bought, or refused.
- Everything
- The full register
Every piece in Endings
The whole register- 01 Earned versus boughtAn earned ending is paid for earlier in the film. A bought one arrives from outside and hopes you are tired. Read
- 02 The refused endingFilms that decline to resolve, and when that is nerve rather than evasion. Short read
- 03 The reshot endingSometimes the record is clear that one exists. What it changes retrospectively. Short read
The other sections
Close Reading
Single scenes, openings, whole films.
Staging & Cut
Blocking, camera position, continuity, sound.
Women's Picture
Melodrama, domestic thrillers, maternal pictures.
Genre Machinery
Noir, westerns, musicals, horror.