Watched Conclave for the third time and just now realized that for all the time the movie spends in the Sistine chapel, we never once see the ceiling. You know? With the most iconic representation of the link between God and Man in art history?
We only ever see the bottom part of the Judgment Day fresco, the part with Charon, the devils and the sinners.
From Lawrence's pov God's presence is so far removed, so unreachable it's not even shown when we all know it's right there.











