cliffhangers often feature a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma or confronted with a shocking revelation.
This can entice the audience to keep watching in order too see how the situation resolves itself. an example of a cliffhanger is in the film the italian job(1969) which is known for its famous ending leave the viewers dying for more the final scene of the film is, the group of friends have just stolen millions of pounds worth of gold and have now got away with no suspicion they have dispatched all of their cars down a mountain. whilst they are continuing on the journey dow the mountainside the bus skids off of the side of the mountain and leaves the bus with the group of friends at one end and the gold at the other end. one of the men moves forward to get the gold but the bus leans forward and the gold moves further down to the end of the bus. after a few attempts the gold is right at the falling end of the bus and the final words are given by one of the men "don't worry i've got an idea". the cliffhanger puts the charecter in a situation that seems impossible to get out of.
the cliffhanger was inspired by a set of films called a serial these serials always ended on a cliffhanger.
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