Sweet Smell of Success Page #41

INT. LIVING ROOM

A similar ANGLE, SHOOTING down on Hunsecker as he comes out

of the bedroom. But as he starts to roam the vast room,

CAMERA rises higher still, pulling backwards and upwards to

a LONG SHOT which holds the entirety of the big room in all

its ugliness.

HUNSECKER:

(continuing)

What makes YOU fit to sit in

judgment on a man like me. Only a

great person understands another

great person, and that leaves you

out!

Hunsecker is now addressing the whole of the apartment, no

longer pretending even to himself, that the girl is still

listening. He moves off towards the windows to the terrace

where the curtains are now blowing in the morning wind. He

goes out towards the terrace, his voice becoming more

distant - a man shouting empty nonsense, addressing no one.

HUNSECKER:

(continuing)

- That leaves you ALL out! You're

pigmies! You're all sick, weak

midgets! I'm proud to be alone!...

EXT. BROADWAY

CAMERA SHOOTS STEEPLY UP towards the top of the Brill Bldg.

(At this angle Hunsecker's terrace will not be visible but

its position is established in relationship to the Budweiser

sign.) CAMERA PANS DOWN to pick up the figure of Susan

Hunsecker as she pushes her way out of the brass doors onto

Broadway.

CLOSER ANGLE:

Susan pauses on the sidewalk. She stays there for a moment.

She breathes in the fresh morning air, looking around with

the expression of someone who sees the world with new eyes.

Then she starts up Broadway - away from the Times Square

area. The girl's step has a purpose in it; she has

confidence and courage. Music for the end titles is quiet,

simple and lyrical.

END OF PICTURE:

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