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How do mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound work to create meaning and generate audience response in a short sequence from The Big Combo?
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How do mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound work to create meaning and generate audience response in a short sequence from The Big Combo? The Big Combo's ending is cathartic; Susan finally frees herself from the evil Brown's gaze and subsequently frees herself from the guilt she has by being with him, while Brown, who is responsible for the deaths of Rita, McClure, Dreyer, Fante and Mingo and lived by the ruthless motto; 'First is first and second is nobody', is ironically reduced to a nobody. As we see Brown pacing up and down inside the aeroplane hanger, a clear signal that he is becoming impatient and losing his cool to signify to the audience the gradual loss of power in the relationship between he and Diamond as knows Diamond will get him, wondering 'where that stupid pilot is', Susan cooly lights a cigarette. This is her turn to be portrayed as...
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