When I was a youngin’, like many yougin’s, I enjoyed movies. And I grew up watching and appreciating the Disney classics – Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Dumbo, The Wind in the Willows (one of faves), and, of course, Mary Poppins. I mentioned Mary Poppins as being some kind of lying bitch in a previous post somewhere. Well she was. But that’s beside the point. She was hot. She could sing. She had a green energy mode of transportation. She could jump you into a painting. She hangs out with chimney sweeps! The perfect woman!

No.. That’s not what I’m writing about. I’m here to tell you about the saddest moment ever in cinema history. Towards the end of the film, Mr. Banks is called to appear before his boss that evening. Mr. Banks knows it’s because he’s going to get fired. And he gets really depressed – So depressed, in fact, that he gives his annoying kids some dough and reprises his song “The Life I Lead” for, I believe, the third time in the film. But this time around, it’s super sad. And after a sad duet with Dick Van Dyke, Mr. Banks begins his long trek to the bank under the night sky, alone on the streets. As he walks, the tune grows in the orchestra and gets more sad by the measure, continues to grow with intensity along with some beautiful shots of Mr. Banks walking alone through a park – silhouetted by trees, and finally culminates with a choir and long shots of him walking up to the massive, imposing bank.

When I was a child, this was the saddest moment ever in cinema history and I’m sharing it with you. I still remember the scene and the music vividly.

Unfortunately, the only fucking video I could find of it was in German. The internet foils me again…