Scenedom

Such a lovely, real film. I like how it shows without telling that Sandie is disassociating from all the being used and abused, and that the scene brackets that with the puerile, platitudinous insincerities from men who do not at all care about her as a person.

And because Iโ€™ve watched the behind-the-scenes footage, I know at 2:13 when Sandie looks down and starts to move a little awkwardly, itโ€™s because she (rather, the actor Anya Taylor-Joy) has been told not to run into the ornate horizontal ring-light that sheโ€™s standing in the middle of. This works in the context of the film as Sandieโ€™s mental state is deteriorating โ€” but itโ€™s also fun having that deeper knowledge of the constraints the actual actor is working under to make the scene.

Itโ€™s just such a good film. Love all the color โ€” very unlike most modern films. Highly recommended.