The 1949 film noir ‘The Third Man’ ends with one of the most brutally unromantic scenes in movie history.

The 1949 film noir ‘The Third Man’ ends with one of the most brutally unromantic scenes in movie history.
Oftentimes during life or at the end of life, there is a need to believe. The alternative — the void, the emptiness — become too much. Too many loved ones have died. The shotgun awaits. You resist it. You cry out for help.