one-hundred. [THEME: before the end credits]

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The River
Some Velvet Morning
Allies
2012

♥: FINAL SCENE. 

Interior shot, a living room. X (auburn hair, brown eyes) sits on the opposite end of a couch with Y (brown hair, hazel eyes). Two wine glasses on the table, a sip left in each. The conversation has wound to a close, there is nothing left to say, but neither stands or moves to leave. Eyes meet.

Close up on X, biting lip.

Close up on Y, sucking in cheek, eyes darting.

Tension has been building the entire film between these two friends, something palpable as they attempt their false starts -- their failed dates and dreams, quiet successes and experiences.

Eyes meet again, and instead of something awkward, X and Y smile, genuinely, widely.


Or perhaps the final scene is more obvious -- grabbing each other, finally, mouth on mouth.
Or perhaps it is at a concert, when their gazes hold  a moment too long, and a hand slips into another.
Or perhaps it is at a party, when they steal away for a moment, not to do anything rash, just to remind one another of their presence.
Or perhaps it is in X's head, or Y's, as a hand extends out a car window to meet the rushing air, sliding up and down like a snake, warm under the sun; the driver of the car raises their eyes to the sunroof, grins.



Director's note:
As the final scene plays ---- we need to check this out with legal, and audio, but --------- let's try to get The River by Some Velvet Morning playing over it and into the credits, yes? Get back to me. It has a nice sense of finality...still sounds, though, like there's a lot more to come.

one-hundred (theme: before the end credits)

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Edge of the Ocean
Ivy
Long Distance
2001

In my experience, many people are largely unaffected by a movie's soundtrack.  I mean, how many times have I shuffled out of a darkened movie theatre, excitedly asking a friend if she noticed the song that rounded out a particular scene--only to be answered with a shrug and a change of subject?  (The answer is too many.  Another reason why seeing a movie with you is so marvelous!).   

Perhaps the song that can have the biggest impact is the one that is played at the end of the film, at the moment when the screen goes black and the credits start their slow upward scroll.  By that point, I am usually experiencing feelings in waves, at turns crushed and uplifted, wiping away tears, feeling like my heart has expanded, that I'm ready to take anything in.

I think that "Edge of the Ocean" would fit the end credits of a movie beautifully.  The way the opening keyboards bounce from the right to the left speaker would make it feel like the music is swirling around your head--a wonderful sensation in the dark of quiet movie theatre, right at the moment before everyone starts to shift in their seats, put their coats on and crumple up half-empty bags of popcorn.  I like the combination of simple lyrics and Dominique Durand's accented voice--giving a sense of familiar otherness; hope that is both exotic and shared. The repetition of "we can start over again" is perfect because a really good movie will do that to you--make you reexamine or see things differently.  I associate the end of a movie with a kind of subtle uplifting; this song (and those lovely "sha la la la la las") does just that.