Tuesday, November 17, 2009

I found a girl under a tree.

I delight in films with small insignificant moments that are so true to actual life that you forget you are a voyeur and feel as though you are a part of the process. Moments like in the Showtime series, Dexter where Dexter and Rita talk while stretched out on the sofa and massage one another's feet. The awkward, delicate kiss at the doorway in Dear Frankie that somehow raises the temperature in the room a good 12 degrees. The moment when Lucy meets Monsieur Guillaume in Stealing Beauty and leaves the uncomfortable meeting with a wave and the sincerest of all smiles. In Love Affair when Irene Dunne believes Charles Boyer to have spoken when he had not and asks, "Whaddya say?" I'm certain there are a slew more that I could reference, but these were some of my faves.

2 comments:

emily rose said...

i wanna see all of those - i agree that type of authenticity is rare and it makes a good film great

Star said...

lucky for you, missy, that i happen to have those all readily available for our sunday, sunday, sunday hangouts!!