Out of context, it's a pleasing, slightly melancholic picture; in context it's one of the most quietly heartbreaking final shots in all of cinema. That's the criminally underrated Dickie Moore in Jacques Tourneur's 1947 Out of the Past.
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For my money, that movie has consistently the best dialogue of any crime film.
“I don’t wanna die, Jeff.”
“Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I’m gonna die last.”
Or:
“That’s not the way to win.”
“Is there a way to win?”
“There’s a way to lose more slowly.”
That is a such a great shot.
That reminds me. I’ve searched the Interwebs for years to no avail: Does anyone know where I can find the 1987 SNL parody “Out of Gas” with Mitchum and Greer? My college film prof had it tacked on the end of the VHS (!) of “Out of the Past” he had on reserve, but I haven’t seen it since. Anyone?