Comments on: Top-5: Closing Lines in Films http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/ "ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta" - Dante, Inferno, XXI.139 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:41:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: doug harriman http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-1387 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:33:09 +0100 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-1387 Though it doesn't compare to other mentions as far as quality of the film it was in, "Lens-cap" from Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, was, in my opinion, a great closing line. Though it doesn’t compare to other mentions as far as quality of the film it was in, “Lens-cap” from Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, was, in my opinion, a great closing line.

]]> by: mune http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-931 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:46:39 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-931 Well Wilder was one of the finest screenwriters. My favorite line from <i>Sunset Blvd</i> is "We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!" "I am big. It's the pictures that got small." is also great. Well Wilder was one of the finest screenwriters.

My favorite line from Sunset Blvd is “We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces!”

“I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.” is also great.

]]> by: Timbo http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-930 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:12:28 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-930 Ebert says something somewhere about how Billy Wilder came up with two of the best closing lines in movie history: <i>Sunset Blvd.</i> and <i>Some Like it Hot</i>. Ebert says something somewhere about how Billy Wilder came up with two of the best closing lines in movie history: Sunset Blvd. and Some Like it Hot.

]]> by: Timbo http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-929 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:09:15 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-929 Mune, you picked two I had a hard time leaving out. I like both closing lines from <i>Sunset Blvd.</i> and <i>Dr. Strangelove</i>, though you rightly point out that the music from <i>Dr. Strangelove</i> is better than the line. I think the deranged look on Norma Desmond's face is better than "I'm ready for my closeup" in much the same way. Mune, you picked two I had a hard time leaving out. I like both closing lines from Sunset Blvd. and Dr. Strangelove, though you rightly point out that the music from Dr. Strangelove is better than the line. I think the deranged look on Norma Desmond’s face is better than “I’m ready for my closeup” in much the same way.

]]> by: Tyler Watson http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-927 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:20:28 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-927 These are all great suggestions. I'll count the epitaph. I agree with everything said about <em>Dr. Strangelove</em>. These are all great suggestions. I’ll count the epitaph. I agree with everything said about Dr. Strangelove.

]]> by: mune http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-926 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:11:00 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-926 Timbo hit a couple of mine. 1. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." (<i>Sunset Blvd</i>) 2. <i>Chinatown</i> 3. "Mein Führer! I can walk!" (<i>Dr. Strangelove or: HILTSWALTB</i>) - Thought the ending music is better than the line. 4. <i>Casablanca</i> 5. Can i count the epithet at the end of <i>Royal Tennenbaums</i> Timbo hit a couple of mine.

1. “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” (Sunset Blvd)
2. Chinatown
3. “Mein Führer! I can walk!” (Dr. Strangelove or: HILTSWALTB) – Thought the ending music is better than the line.
4. Casablanca
5. Can i count the epithet at the end of Royal Tennenbaums

]]> by: Timbo http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-924 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:26:14 +0000 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/02/26/top-5-closing-lines-in-films/#comment-924 You could have just made this a top seven list. In that spirit, I offer my five favorite lines and two other endings that don't have an actual line: 1. "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye." 2. "As you wish." 3. "You'll have to excuse my friend. He's a little slow. The town is back <i>that</i> way!" 4. "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown." And the immortal line that was added three weeks later. . . 5. "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." The two that aren't actual lines are Mozart's laugh in <i>Amadeus</i> and Hitchcock's final line (shot) to end <i>North By Northwest</i>. You could have just made this a top seven list. In that spirit, I offer my five favorite lines and two other endings that don’t have an actual line:

1. “I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner. Bye.”

2. “As you wish.”

3. “You’ll have to excuse my friend. He’s a little slow. The town is back that way!”

4. “Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown.”

And the immortal line that was added three weeks later. . .

5. “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

The two that aren’t actual lines are Mozart’s laugh in Amadeus and Hitchcock’s final line (shot) to end North By Northwest.

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