L'Argent (1983) Bresson - ending

An ambiguous ending.

"If the bystanders figure the audience, their turned and motionless heads suggest not only that they may be wanting something more out of the film, but that they are possibly seeking a way back into it." Keith Reader

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Robert
• Bresson
• Argent
• Money
• cinematography

[histoireducinema]

Showing this clip to a group of undergrads at Yale, the

filmmaker Hurt McDermott said, "Of course Bresson couldn't make another film after this, it's the perfect closing shot for a lifetime of work."

[joeypropeller]

i first saw this 10 years ago on vhs. the ending works better on tape than on dvd because the tape just goes black for an eternity then goes to white noise with jarring finality (that's all folks!) instead of returning to the comfort of a dvd menu. one of the great "no-closure" film endings without any comforting closing credits (i.e. "the birds", "the tenant", "teorema"). sheer existential terror.

[merdovsky01]

oh im so gonna see this but fuck have seen the ending, hate when that happens :/

[boy8321]

It is a beatiful film.

The evil is in his heart, the evil is powerful, but mysteriously the repentance springs from his heart, from that same heart.

[leecu58]

could someone post the entire film?

[erploco]

very disturbing ending (the murder scene that is). i wasn't expecting it. subtle but shocking.

[jovossuck123]

this is amazing, so so so amazing