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Old 09-06-2007, 04:03 PM
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Default Re: Great subtle moments in movies

Peter Weir used to be the king of this, and it was great when he was stylistically still fun. He used to have characters wordlessly have their eyes meet and have a whole lot exchanged when that happened, often some kinda magical love-ish thing or maybe something deeper than that. Worked well in Witness, but then didn't make any notably gripping appearances in his future movies. People may recall the scene in Witness where Harrison Ford meets the eyes of the chick at the long table out amongst the Amish, and it's clear something powerful has happened between them that is different than before, yet it's quick enough that there's still room for both of them to doubt or deny.
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