10 Hidden Details In Movie Closing Scenes

10. Joker - Citizen Kane End Titles

It's rare that we see any film reach its conclusion with the words 'The End' stamped on our screens these days. Yet, there was a time when this was common practice and pretty much every cinematic experience finished up with those historic two words.

2019's Joker revived the use of the film closer after the titular character was seen sprinting away from some orderlies, but there was more to this use than just being a simple homage to the old days.

The font used for Joker's 'The End' is identical to the one used in Orson Welles' 1941 classic Citizen Kane at the end of the movie. But, why would Todd Phillips choose to link his standalone 'Clown Prince of Crime' flick to Welles' work of art?

Well, Citizen Kane is a story which follows a protagonist who was neglected by his parents early in his life. This ambitious person also becomes a beloved figure of sorts for a specific group of individuals before his eventual downfall. Remind you of anyone?

Most left the cinema questioning whether or not Arthur Fleck was telling the truth about the last two hours they'd just witnessed, meaning that a great deal of the paying public missed this classy connection to one of the greatest films ever to be made.