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Not every death scene on film involves actually seeing somebody die. But how do you point a camera at nothing? At absence? Some movies choose to avoid it all together and in fact, like in these 4 Brilliant Moments, a death happening offscreen can be every bit as powerful as any thematically relevant last words can be.
Also, as we're dealing with some of the best death scenes of all time, we're going to be spoiling them something fierce, so timecodes are below if you'd like to jump ahead.
The Picks
Stand By Me - - Rob Reiner 1986
Moonlight - - Barry Jenkins 2016
The Sopranos - - David Chase 2007
Synecdoche, New York - - Charlie Kaufman 2008
Not every death scene on film involves actually seeing somebody die. But how do you point a camera at nothing? At absence? Some movies choose to avoid it all together and in fact, like in these 4 Brilliant Moments, a death happening offscreen can be every bit as powerful as any thematically relevant last words can be.
Also, as we're dealing with some of the best death scenes of all time, we're going to be spoiling them something fierce, so timecodes are below if you'd like to jump ahead.
The Picks
Stand By Me - - Rob Reiner 1986
Moonlight - - Barry Jenkins 2016
The Sopranos - - David Chase 2007
Synecdoche, New York - - Charlie Kaufman 2008
