Beautiful opening shot. Precursor. Repeated later and placed.
Begin inside the fridge looking up.
Compassion for all characters Makes versions of him First film - close. Good guy dies bad. Here bad alcoholics do good Companion piece Beautiful take
No goodies or baddies Alcoholism Empathy but cannot join people
Arena Threaten in the round Estate Rear window
Shot in his home estate Chapping Windows No response
See from an external point of view as a drunk. Never dawns on his that he is on an important mission
Tube Comical umbilical cord Means of breath
Improvised in rehearsal Filmed had to be claustrophobic Stay I. Arena Echo the boy
But know that Gary's improv would have been amazing. He would have gone up to real people and we would have shot it and got an insight into character
Peter didn't want to move or outside circle would lose tension
Didn't tell Laurie (burnt man) what to do. We just asked him to go to the darkest place he possible found and we got the Steadicam and followed him around
Wee yokes in desperate situation where saving of a life is almost secondary to what's going on between them
Attain a common purpose Damaged but admirable Even though they exist in a land beyond despair Beckettian - when you reach that point then your humanity emerges
For Vicky Kid has to be dead Refusing to believe they can again something But too painful She'd rather believe there's no hope That's soooooo deep and beautiful
Can't take credit like they can't take hope. This is their reality.
