I was watching Donkey Skin (absolutely gorgeous costuming - the kind of thing we’ll probably never see again) and the ending involves a helicopter showing up out of nowhere. It’s kinda shocking, because the film is set in a sort of fantasy medieval Europe.
Another film that does this is Buñuel’s Simon of the Desert.
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The Devil transports Simon to a modern day club at the end.
To use a movie that more people might recognize, Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s ending with everyone getting arrested by modern cops kinda does this, but the shock of the anachronism is lessened by the fact that there are modern day scenes sprinkled throughout the film.
Are there other films that do this? I mean less like The Village where the reveal is
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they were always in the modern era.
But more surrealist films that use the sudden jump to the modern day to shock the audience.
A Knight’s Tale is a wonderful mix of medieval setting and modern music and mannerisms.
And then there’s Romeo and Juliet of course, I was practically rolling on the floor in the theatre with the jarring opening of the tv newscaster speaking Shakespearean English and the hand guns being named “dagger” and such. Plus, super cute cast all around, and great soundtrack.