***The End of the Affair ***(1999 version). Neil Jordan took an inexcusable liberty with the original story in his screenplay. Still, at the end of the film when Bendrix is pounding into his typewriter to God “…but leave me alone forever,” it was a futile cry of a heart-broken and frightened man. Once God has won your acknowledgment (as he had won Bendrix’s through Sarah’s miracle), he pursues like a passionate lover.
I sat in the theatre unable to contain my crying.