Am I the only one?
Am I the only person who doesn't think this is necessarily a very happy ending? I mean, the guy is still prone to homicidal tendencies. Sure, he wasn't able to go through with it the first time, but he was definitely very ready to kill the woman from the city. Don't get me wrong. This is a terrific film. I'm just not sure that we're meant to take this ending as being a moving declaration of the power of love as I've seen others write. Given the juxtaposition of the final two scenes, I think Murnau may have been going for something a little deeper and darker than that.
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