The moment Bowie is gunned down by the police, the story ends. What happens next is only a story of light and shadow. Keechie, reading the farewell note he left her, gets up, possibly seeing the onlookers offscreen. Four shots for that simple movement, with very slight angle and lighting changes. Is it love, mourning, sadness, a requiem, defiance ? Putting it into words doesn't make a difference. At the final fade-out, the lights are lowered on camera, with her face plunged into darkness and only her hair backlit.
They Live by Night ; Dream Journey
Bernard Eisenschitz
Criterion.com
2017
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Stephane Oiry
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4654-they-live-by-night-dream-journey
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