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I watched this movie for the first time, this year, late at night, on a PBS (Public Television) channel.
I think I might like to purchase the DVD version.
There is something for me very haunting about the final scene. It is not the scene itself, which haunts me,
I am haunted, rather, by the possibilities of the point of view, or POV as authors sometimes say.
We, the viewers, are in a more omniscient position than the protagonists,
What would they have chosen to do had they possessed a knowledge of
But, notice that I said that we have a more omniscient view as the reader or spectator. But, we do not have complete omniscience, for complete omniscience would also entail the answer to the question I post above, "What would they have done if..." Total omniscience would involve a knowledge of all the possible endings which never take place. To stand back and take the POV of all POVs can be breathtaking. That may not be what an artist has intended for us to do, though occasionally that is precisely their intention. But sometimes, there are accidents even in art.
I watched this movie for the first time, this year, late at night, on a PBS (Public Television) channel.
I think I might like to purchase the DVD version.
There is something for me very haunting about the final scene. It is not the scene itself, which haunts me,
or their death.
We, the viewers, are in a more omniscient position than the protagonists,
who are huddled in a small room, unaware of the fireing squad which is rapidly assembling itself outside.
What would they have chosen to do had they possessed a knowledge of
what awaited them, outside. Would they have surrendered? Would they have escaped? We shall never know.
But, notice that I said that we have a more omniscient view as the reader or spectator. But, we do not have complete omniscience, for complete omniscience would also entail the answer to the question I post above, "What would they have done if..." Total omniscience would involve a knowledge of all the possible endings which never take place. To stand back and take the POV of all POVs can be breathtaking. That may not be what an artist has intended for us to do, though occasionally that is precisely their intention. But sometimes, there are accidents even in art.
