With almost no dialogue (she tries to shoo away the dog when it wants to escape with her), both the cinematography and Moss’s physicality tell us all we need to know. This scene is quiet and intense – the minimal ambient noise forcing us to pay attention to each and every micro-noise. (Photo by Mark Rogers – © Universal Studios) You’ll never guess how that knife gets used later in the film. ![]() The scene is filmed like an intricate prison break, but the fact that it’s a liberation is all the more rewarding. In their remote seaside home somewhere in Northern California, she slips from his bed in the dead of night with nothing but the clothes on her back and some items in her bag. The Invisible Man begins with a scene in which Cecilia (our protagonist, played by a too-good-for-this-shit Elisabeth Moss) finally escapes from her physically and psychologically abusive boyfriend. When you and your tormentor are forced together due to a worldwide pandemic, it seems like a higher power actively working against you. Being trapped in a relationship from which there appears no escape is troubling in even the “best” of circumstances. Well… maybe “disturbing” might be a better word, considering the levels of reported domestic violence. ![]() ![]() – Albert Einstein, letter to close acquaintance (1948) – as collected in the book Albert Einstein: The Human Side (1979)Īs I mentioned in my review for The Photograph, it’s been interesting reading about how relationships have changed during COVID lockdowns.
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