My recently-completed PhD thesis focused on the subject of the Hollywood &#39;happy ending&#39;, which has obviously required that I delve into endings and closure more broadly. One article stemming from this research, &#39;Does the Hollywood Happy Ending Exist?&#39;, is available online <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/56195466/Does-the-Hollywood-Happy-Ending-Exist">here</a>.<div>
<br></div><div>I&#39;d be very interested to know how others are approaching the subject of endings (it is indeed a bizarrely under-explored area), and would be happy to share either more work or bibliographies if people would like to contact me off list...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>James MacDowell</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 July 2011 17:40, Catalin Brylla <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/cgi-bin/webadmin?LOGON=A3%3Dind1107%26L%3DFILM-PHILOSOPHY%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D342875%26B%3D--001636c9274516483704a89e9316%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Dwindows-1252" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Again a German-speaking resource:</span></div>
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<div>I have been doing research on narrative film endings (I think you are actually referring to my queries on this forum some years ago). Please get in touch for any more information you need. There is not much research on this topic, so I am trying to build a research network around this.</div>
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<div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Apologies, part of me vaguely remembers a
discussion about this before, but that might be a fantasy and let’s not
end the discussion.</span></font></div> 

<div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Does anyone know of any great work in this
area of endings and conclusions?</span></font></div> 

<div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Many thanks in advance, Jason</span></font></div> 

<div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">  </span></font></div> 

<div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Professor Jason Lee DPhil</span></font></div> 

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