Het eerste en laatste shot van 55 films, naast elkaar.
What can we learn by examining only the first and final shot of a film? This video plays the opening and closing shots of 55 films side-by-side. Some of the opening shots are strikingly similar to the final shots, while others are vastly different–both serving a purpose in communicating various themes. Some show progress, some show decline, and some are simply impactful images used to begin and end a film.
Muziek: “Any Other Name” van Thomas Newman
| 00:00 | The Tree of Life | 02:42 | Before Sunrise |
| 00:09 | The Master | 02:47 | Nebraska |
| 00:15 | Brokeback Mountain | 02:54 | Frank |
| 00:23 | No Country for Old Men | 03:01 | Cast Away |
| 00:27 | Her | 3:06 | Somewhere |
| 00:30 | Blue Valentine | 03:11 | Melancholia |
| 00:34 | Birdman | 03:18 | Morvern Callar |
| 00:41 | Black Swan | 03:21 | Take this Waltz |
| 00:47 | Gone Girl | 03:25 | Buried |
| 00:53 | Kill Bill Vol. 2 | 03:32 | Lord of War |
| 00:59 | Punch-Drunk Love | 03:38 | Cape Fear |
| 01:06 | Silver Linings Playbook | 03:45 | 12 Monkeys |
| 01:11 | Taxi Driver | 03:50 | The World According to Garp |
| 01:20 | Shutter Island | 03:57 | Saving Private Ryan |
| 01:27 | Children of Men | 4:02 | Poetry |
| 01:33 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | 04:05 | Solaris (1972) |
| 01:41 | Funny Games (2007) | 04:11 | Dr. Strangelove |
| 01:47 | Fight Club | 04:16 | The Astronaut Farmer |
| 01:54 | 12 Years a Slave | 04:21 | The Piano |
| 01:59 | There Will be Blood | 04:26 | Inception |
| 02:05 | The Godfather Part II | 04:31 | Boyhood |
| 02:10 | Shame | 04:37 | Whiplash |
| 02:17 | Never Let Me Go | 04:43 | Cloud Atlas |
| 02:21 | The Road | 04:47 | Under the Skin |
| 02:27 | Hunger | 04:51 | 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| 02:31 | Raging Bull | 04:57 | Gravity |
| 02:36 | Cabaret | 05:03 | The Searchers |
| 05:23 | The Usual Suspects |