Film Scene - Best of Hollywood

FILM SCENE - BEST OF HOLLYWOOD

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[NOTE: You will be receiving a relevant article on 14th August so this post is not meaningless. Secondly, this post is being shared due to a certain 'universal theme' and we don't have to copy those ways of the West which are in clash with our traditions.]

This is the last scene from the 1953 movie, "Roman Holiday" starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. It was directed by William Wyler who was also the director of "Ben Hur" (1959) which won 12 Academy Awards. This is one of the most heartbreaking scenes in cinema history.

A bored and sheltered princess who is visiting Rome escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman. But she has to finally return to her own world.

In this last scene, the newsmen are gathered at the palace where the Princess meets them. The Princess and the journalist exchange greetings very formally as if there is nothing between them and as if they have met for the first time. But the air is thick with emotions. After meeting the newsmen the Princess climbs the stairs but turns around especially for Joe Bradley (the journalist) without making it appear to others. Her face shakes with helplessness as she glances at Bradley who nods at her. She knows this is the last time she is looking at him and he is also aware he is going to lose her forever. After she is gone with her courtiers and the rest of the journalists have also left, he stands there alone for some moments looking in the direction where she just disappeared.

These kind of Hollywood classics are hundred times better than the current Pakistani TV plays which are made on themes proposed by NGOs.

VIDEO LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIxNV9DSEwA

DESCRIPTION: S Roman Ahsan (7th July, 2020)