21.   A replica of the paneling was used in the final scenes of the film when Kate clung to it, awaiting rescue.

22.   Alagna in this final scene was a man playing every card in his hand, vocal and dramatic, and winning with each one of them.

23.   All that fuss is about what purports to be the final scenes shot by three filmmakers lost in the woods with a legendary witch on the loose.

24.   All this might seem a little anachronistic and didactic, and the final scene had a whiff of that.

25.   But the final scene remains the same.

26.   But then in the final scene the masked man rode to the rescue.

27.   But the mixed chorus in the final scene is excitingly triumphant.

28.   But what good is a hero who keeps getting snuffed out in the final scene?

29.   Charismatic flew through thunderstorms into New York Wednesday morning for the final scene in his Triple Crown drama.

30.   Fortunately the final scene re-stirs the juices and leaves both characters and audience with things to think about.