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Really? The camera sort of drifts up from Red on the bus wondering and looking out the window, and then in an almost dreamlike sequence, from high above, shows he and Andy walking along the beach to each other. I always thought the point wasn't whether they find each other, but the fact that Andy gave Red the hope to pursue it. Here was Red hoping and imagining what it would be like.
No you could be right. I just never thought of it like that. I just assumed they fast forwarded to the scene where they actually meet upReally? The camera sort of drifts up from Red on the bus wondering and looking out the window, and then in an almost dreamlike sequence, from high above, shows he and Andy walking along the beach to each other. I always thought the point wasn't whether they find each other, but the fact that Andy gave Red the hope to pursue it. Here was Red hoping and imagining what it would be like.
I'm trying to remember, was there any other scene in the movie when they showed a dream/imagination sequence? If not, it would be an odd device to add in right at the end of the film. I guess Andy did have a flashback or something with respect to his wife's affair/murder.Really? The camera sort of drifts up from Red on the bus wondering and looking out the window, and then in an almost dreamlike sequence, from high above, shows he and Andy walking along the beach to each other. I always thought the point wasn't whether they find each other, but the fact that Andy gave Red the hope to pursue it. Here was Red hoping and imagining what it would be like.
It ends with Red finding the note and making the decision to find Andy, and the reader is left never knowing whether he succeeds.
If it's an actual scene, I hate it too. Once again I marvel at that book, by the way. If Breathing Method were slightly less weird, every one of those stories would have been filmed.
So then that sounds like exactly how I have always interpreted that last scene in the movie.
There's nothing in the book about a dream sequence where Red and Andy are reunited on the beach. It's a lame add on.So then that sounds like exactly how I have always interpreted that last scene in the movie.
I guess. But the point isn't the dream sequence, the point is we don't know if Red ever finds him. I'm guessing hollywood customers needed something more concrete, so they added that in at the end.There's nothing in the book about a dream sequence where Red and Andy are reunited on the beach. It's a lame add on.So then that sounds like exactly how I have always interpreted that last scene in the movie.
Precisely.I guess. But the point isn't the dream sequence, the point is we don't know if Red ever finds him. I'm guessing hollywood customers needed something more concrete, so they added that in at the end.There's nothing in the book about a dream sequence where Red and Andy are reunited on the beach. It's a lame add on.So then that sounds like exactly how I have always interpreted that last scene in the movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRBl0GPBm4oReally? The camera sort of drifts up from Red on the bus wondering and looking out the window, and then in an almost dreamlike sequence, from high above, shows he and Andy walking along the beach to each other. I always thought the point wasn't whether they find each other, but the fact that Andy gave Red the hope to pursue it. Here was Red hoping and imagining what it would be like.
The book "Vision Quest" ends in a similar way: Louden stepping onto the mat to face Shute is the last page in the book. It doesn't matter if he wins or loses, only the sacrifices he made to take on the best wrestler in the state.
I don't know. I think everything after the bus ride is Red imagining. Or "hoping."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRBl0GPBm4oReally? The camera sort of drifts up from Red on the bus wondering and looking out the window, and then in an almost dreamlike sequence, from high above, shows he and Andy walking along the beach to each other. I always thought the point wasn't whether they find each other, but the fact that Andy gave Red the hope to pursue it. Here was Red hoping and imagining what it would be like.
IF the shot lingered on his eyes, I could see your point. But it doesn't.
It's also how I view it.So then that sounds like exactly how I have always interpreted that last scene in the movie.
This is a very common cinematic technique used at the end of many movies. In the last few shots of a film the camera "unlocks" from static, low-angle shots to floating, almost ethereal sweeping moves. It's a psychological trick. It's "gently detaching the audience", taking them out of the film slowly, and leads to an emotional catharsis. That's what the Shawshank ending is about. That emotional buildup all movie long and then the release at the end as you're led through it via the viewpoint of the camera.Really? The camera sort of drifts up from Red on the bus wondering and looking out the window, and then in an almost dreamlike sequence, from high above, shows he and Andy walking along the beach to each other. I always thought the point wasn't whether they find each other, but the fact that Andy gave Red the hope to pursue it. Here was Red hoping and imagining what it would be like.
The tree, the bus, and the beach is a dream in Red's head as he is hanging from the rafter like Brooks.
Did Frodo just imagine that Gollum bit off his finger and fell into the lava?
Yep. I don't watch movies to be left hanging. Ooh, the artist is provoking me, trying to get me to think. #### that. Tell your story. There's enough ambiguity in life as it is.
The story wasn't about success. It was about hope. Red choosing hope over despair is the perfect end to that story.
