I love silence (especially you, there, when you shut up it's wonderful), and some movies make a splendid use of it, instead of cramming every scene with redundant music or explosions. So. Appreciation thread for moments of silence. Such as :
- Noodles stirring his cup after Max enthusiastically described his empire and big plans for the future, in Once Upon a Time in America. Oh so many of these in Leone movies.
- Harry Palmer awkwardly trying to interpret people's (and potential spys') glances and non-verbal cues in that remote, foreign cabin from Million Dollars Brain.
- Space, 2001. Silence is still so under-used in space movies.
- That scene, that scene, you know which one, from Legion: The Exorcist III.
I have vague memories of impressions left by movie endings made only of silent acknowledgments. Heck, I love non-verbal communication in movies. I love good acting, and that's one of its expression (you can't "recite" complex facial expressions, you have to feel them). And slow pacing, good respiration in movies.
So, examples of silences that struck you ?
- Noodles stirring his cup after Max enthusiastically described his empire and big plans for the future, in Once Upon a Time in America. Oh so many of these in Leone movies.
- Harry Palmer awkwardly trying to interpret people's (and potential spys') glances and non-verbal cues in that remote, foreign cabin from Million Dollars Brain.
- Space, 2001. Silence is still so under-used in space movies.
- That scene, that scene, you know which one, from Legion: The Exorcist III.
I have vague memories of impressions left by movie endings made only of silent acknowledgments. Heck, I love non-verbal communication in movies. I love good acting, and that's one of its expression (you can't "recite" complex facial expressions, you have to feel them). And slow pacing, good respiration in movies.
So, examples of silences that struck you ?
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