Thursday, May 21, 2009

Juliette Binoche...

... is the best crier working in movies today.


JA from MNPP here. There is a scene in Summer Hours - a wonderful film, by the way - that exists only to play off of my above-stated theory. The film literally stops in its tracks, zooms in on her face and stares at her for what must have been at the very least a full minute and watches as she fights off tears, and it's perhaps the most hypnotic thing I've seen on a screen all year.

Obviously director Oliver Assayas knew what he was gonna get when he pointed his camera there, and Juli delivered, as she always does.

I dare anyone to name a better crier than her.
Double dog dare ya!
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