Last Scenes

This is partially following on from another post which asks for memorable scenes from otherwise poor films. Crocodile Dundee (1986) is actually not bad at all, although it hasn't dated very well. What it does have is one of my favourite movie endings.

What is it about the sequence? Part of it is the score, the effectiveness of the insistent didgeridoo beat which sets the mood and pace of the scene combined with the occasional lift in the melody. I love the way that Linda Kozlowski's character takes off her shoes as she's running towards the subway through New York streets. Then there is the ludicrousness of the way her confession of love for Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) has to be conveyed through a crowd on the subway by a Jamaican and an Italian builder, which is funny and somehow true at the same time. Finally there is Dundee climbing over the people on the platform and the way they help carry him towards Kozlowski. Yes, it's all very movie, but I can't help liking it for all that.