Best Ending In Movie History

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the notorious final scene of Sergio Corbucci's spaghetti western "Il Grande Silenzio" (The Great Silence).

Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant as a mute gunfighter who assists a group of mormons and a woman from bounty hunters.

The ending in particular is well known for the deaths of the protagonists in the hands of the bounty hunters. This was a stark contrast to most westerns at that time in which the "good guys" always won. Sergio Corbucci was forced to shoot an alternate ending when many deemed the death of the hero as unacceptable.
 
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rose town ryda said:
that was a sick ending, what year was that film made?
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The Great Silence (Il Grande Silenzio, 1968), or The Big Silence, is an Italian spaghetti western. It is widely considered by critics as the masterpiece of director Sergio Corbucci and is one of his better known movies, along with Django (1966). Unlike most conventional and spaghetti westerns, The Great Silence takes place in the snow-filled landscapes of Utah during the Great Blizzard of 1899.

The movie features a score by Ennio Morricone and stars Jean-Louis Trintignant as Silence, a mute gunfighter with a grudge against bounty hunters, assisting a group of outlawed Mormons and a woman trying to avenge her husband (one of the outlaws). They are set against a group of ruthless bounty hunters, led by Loco (Klaus Kinski).
 
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The film is famous for its bleak ending, a bloodshed where everyone remotely good gets gunned down by the greedy bounty hunters.

Here the double-dealing zeitgeist becomes clear: the acting of the state and its law is controlled by the capital. Even the demonstration of this aspect was perceived as criticism on America and capitalism. Because of its interpretation the law fails as a moralic instance. With its law the state only protects the property and rewards bounty instead of supporting the people themselves. Pure privation forces the people to steal in order to survive. But because of the inevitable criminal act they become criminals, who are chased by bounty hunters in order to ensure law and order. Then the "evil" bounty hunters are those, who are ensuring law and order, whilst the "poor" are fought as lawbreakers.

Corbucci dedicated the story about a good, who dies in a barbaric hell, to the memory of Jesus, Martin Luther King, and Che Guevara. The reference to Che Guevara and Jesus becomes apparent by the destruction of Silence's hands. Jesus was nailed on the cross and the hands of dead Che Guevara were sent to Fidel Castro in a preserving jar. Corbucci used the motif of the destroyed hands already in Django. It is intended to point out the impossibility of the revolution, because the execution of Silence does not save the hostages as well as Che Guevara's assassination did not change mankind significantly.

 
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The best ending ever was Night of the Living Dead, until Layer Cake came out. My whole life I said if I ever made a movie the ending would be what Layer Cake ended up having.
 
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