“I noticed an interesting directorial choice throughout [The Silence of the Lambs] in that this movie LOVES the tight, claustrophobic close-up on the actor’s face. It’s all over the place in the film. Not quite sure why.” – internet comment Those close-ups are actually the …
Surveillance and Guilt: Coppola’s “The Conversation”
“You want me to pick that lock for you, Harry?” 53 minutes and 41 seconds into Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation comes a scene which encapsulates everything about the movie. That doesn’t make it special; every scene in The Conversation does that (although …