The End: you’ll be begging for the film to fulfil the promise of its title

The End: you’ll be begging for the film to fulfil the promise of its title

By Charles Hubbard, Theatre and Performance Studies UndergradMany of the best film titles are aspirational. They don’t describe a literal, physical thing but instead a more metaphorical state that the characters are trying to achieve. Think The Silence of the Lambs. Or The Place Beyond the Pines. Joshua Oppenheimer’s first foray in the realm of narrative features (he’s predominantly known as a documentary filmmaker) presents us with a title that…