Cinematic Details
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INT. HOTEL SUITE – NEW YORK – NIGHT – 1973
CLOSE ON Mandy, her eyes opening, sensing something. She spots Brian.
Shannon continues staring as Devine’s head comes up and looks over as well.
MANDY
(voice-over)
It’s funny how beautiful people look –
Brian, slightly SLOW MOTION, approaching the hall. He glances back a beat before slipping into the shadows.
- when they’re walking out the door.
FAST CUT TO:
Brief silent shots:
EXT. BUS – MANCHESTER – DAY – 1973.
Arthur boards the bus to London with a single suitcase.
He sits in the back as the bus takes off.
Through the windows he sees his mother running out and stopping, diminishing as we pass. Finally, she raises a hand goodbye.
The script doesn't mention that the film cuts to a close up of Arthur after Mandy's line, allowing Arthur to think the same thought in relation to his own life. Is he remembering how he felt about his mother as he boarded the bus, or imagining what she was thinking? In any case, the parallel editing here compares Mandy losing Brian to Arthur's mother losing her son - it may have never occurred to each woman that losing the most important person in their lives was just a matter of them walking out the door.
INT. HOTEL SUITE – NEW YORK – NIGHT – 1973
CLOSE ON Mandy, her eyes opening, sensing something. She spots Brian.
Shannon continues staring as Devine’s head comes up and looks over as well.
It’s funny how beautiful people look –
Brian, slightly SLOW MOTION, approaching the hall. He glances back a beat before slipping into the shadows.
- when they’re walking out the door.
FAST CUT TO:
Brief silent shots:
EXT. BUS – MANCHESTER – DAY – 1973.
Arthur boards the bus to London with a single suitcase.
He sits in the back as the bus takes off.
Through the windows he sees his mother running out and stopping, diminishing as we pass. Finally, she raises a hand goodbye.
The script doesn't mention that the film cuts to a close up of Arthur after Mandy's line, allowing Arthur to think the same thought in relation to his own life. Is he remembering how he felt about his mother as he boarded the bus, or imagining what she was thinking? In any case, the parallel editing here compares Mandy losing Brian to Arthur's mother losing her son - it may have never occurred to each woman that losing the most important person in their lives was just a matter of them walking out the door.
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President Reynolds?
Date: 2004-12-20 08:06 am (UTC)There are many people who'd rather disown their kids than face the 'stigma' of having a gay child. The current Defense of Marriage act in the U.S. reflects the fear of the queer. Apparently for quite a few heterosexual people, homosexuality is such a social threat that they feel it has the power to harm their own marriages. Senators have likened homosexuality to bestiality and incest. It is certainly bizarre and irrational but this fear has already swept over the country and has an effect on the recent elections.