Authors and writing craft teachers often discuss first lines in books and movies. First lines are mighty important, no doubt about it.
But what about last lines? Not a narrated line, an actual character line that is the last one spoken. IMHO, the last spoken line has the potential of staying with the reader/viewer for a long time.
Aside: We watched a movie the other night. It was good (not great, though) until the last scene. I don’t know what the screenwriters were thinking, but it took the Oscar for the stupidest last scene/lines in sixty-five+ years of my movie-watching career. I’m not even going to dignify it by belaboring the point.
But I will say this. If you’re tempted to watch Air Force One Is Down—don’t! (Not to be confused with Harrison Ford’s Air Force One…)
Enough of that.
Question for the day is what is your favorite-of-all-time last line of dialogue in a book or movie?
Here’s mine…
Your turn, TKZers!
