Banshee 3x04 Bloodlines
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I don't know anything about cinematography or directing, but there's one thing Banshee does that I love: the lingering, extreme close-ups. It gives the actors so much opportunity to emote. There are scenes when not much is spoken but it's all in the minute details of their facial expressions. I love how intimate it feels.
Does anyone know if the Kinaho are based on a specific tribe? I read that there is no recognized tribe in Pennsylvania nowadays but when I looked up the ones that used to live in the area, none looked like what we saw during the burial procession in the beginning.
I want to know more about Nola's story. She is an outsider in her own community. We really only see her interacting with her brother and none of the other Kinaho. There was serious bad blood between her and her father (at least on her end, as far as we know) and this episode hinted at some stuff going down in her past.
She went and killed the teacher in the same way he killed the girl. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, like Kai told Alex.
It fulfilled her own need for retribution but also didn't make life worse for her people. The police would only come after her specifically and the only Amish retribution would come through Proctor who would not defend the man who kidnapped his nephew.
JOB. Just Job's everything. Job may not be violent often (we only ever saw him beat down those bigots) but he is the most aggressive in his own way. He is constantly threatening violence (see Jason).
Jason is such a dumb motherfucker (to borrow Job's parlance). What are you doing hooking up with Rebecca of all people! He does not seem to grasp what kind of story he has stumbled into. But here's the rub, it may all just be facade. I don't trust him.
I found the sex scene with Jason & Rebecca deeply uncomfortable to watch. As always when there's a sex scene with one partner completely disengaged with the action I can't help wondering what is wrong with the other one that he (and it is almost always a he) does not stop. How can you just keep going when your partner is just lying there and letting stuff happen to them?
Man, Rebecca. She had no idea that her little brother became a target because of her. She also seemed the only Amish kid not knowing what was up with the teacher. She does not seem very perceptive about her own community (or people in general?), or maybe she was just too absorbed in her own drama.
I love Sugar & Job discussing Jason, and if they should maybe dig a deep hole for him somewhere because someone has to have Lucas's back if he cannot do it himself. I love that Job knows what's up with Deva just from watching Lucas interact with her. Job knows him so, so well. I wonder if they grew up together or if it was the kind of snap-connection where they just knew they'd be family for live. My money is on them growing up together.
I feel like Emmett is the only regular character who is reasonably well-adjusted. The store robbery messed with his head a little but he's able to just shake off both Chayton's and the Aryan Nation douchebags' taunts. He does not seem to use violence as a coping mechanism or just one tool in the tool box. He doesn't have anything to prove.
Nola and Job. That scene was everything. My favourite scene of the whole episode. Nothing really happened, just these two outsiders seezing each other up and complimenting the other on their style choices. I love it. The scene also makes Job a witness. Nola was sheating the axe she'd just buried in the teacher's brain when Job crosses paths with her.
I ship the hell out of Siobhan and Lucas, but I fear her getting too invested. Lucas is bad news and emotionally unavailable to her as long as the possibility of Carrie exists for him.
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I don't know anything about cinematography or directing, but there's one thing Banshee does that I love: the lingering, extreme close-ups. It gives the actors so much opportunity to emote. There are scenes when not much is spoken but it's all in the minute details of their facial expressions. I love how intimate it feels.
Does anyone know if the Kinaho are based on a specific tribe? I read that there is no recognized tribe in Pennsylvania nowadays but when I looked up the ones that used to live in the area, none looked like what we saw during the burial procession in the beginning.
I want to know more about Nola's story. She is an outsider in her own community. We really only see her interacting with her brother and none of the other Kinaho. There was serious bad blood between her and her father (at least on her end, as far as we know) and this episode hinted at some stuff going down in her past.
She went and killed the teacher in the same way he killed the girl. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, like Kai told Alex.
It fulfilled her own need for retribution but also didn't make life worse for her people. The police would only come after her specifically and the only Amish retribution would come through Proctor who would not defend the man who kidnapped his nephew.
JOB. Just Job's everything. Job may not be violent often (we only ever saw him beat down those bigots) but he is the most aggressive in his own way. He is constantly threatening violence (see Jason).
Jason is such a dumb motherfucker (to borrow Job's parlance). What are you doing hooking up with Rebecca of all people! He does not seem to grasp what kind of story he has stumbled into. But here's the rub, it may all just be facade. I don't trust him.
I found the sex scene with Jason & Rebecca deeply uncomfortable to watch. As always when there's a sex scene with one partner completely disengaged with the action I can't help wondering what is wrong with the other one that he (and it is almost always a he) does not stop. How can you just keep going when your partner is just lying there and letting stuff happen to them?
Man, Rebecca. She had no idea that her little brother became a target because of her. She also seemed the only Amish kid not knowing what was up with the teacher. She does not seem very perceptive about her own community (or people in general?), or maybe she was just too absorbed in her own drama.
I love Sugar & Job discussing Jason, and if they should maybe dig a deep hole for him somewhere because someone has to have Lucas's back if he cannot do it himself. I love that Job knows what's up with Deva just from watching Lucas interact with her. Job knows him so, so well. I wonder if they grew up together or if it was the kind of snap-connection where they just knew they'd be family for live. My money is on them growing up together.
I feel like Emmett is the only regular character who is reasonably well-adjusted. The store robbery messed with his head a little but he's able to just shake off both Chayton's and the Aryan Nation douchebags' taunts. He does not seem to use violence as a coping mechanism or just one tool in the tool box. He doesn't have anything to prove.
Nola and Job. That scene was everything. My favourite scene of the whole episode. Nothing really happened, just these two outsiders seezing each other up and complimenting the other on their style choices. I love it. The scene also makes Job a witness. Nola was sheating the axe she'd just buried in the teacher's brain when Job crosses paths with her.
I ship the hell out of Siobhan and Lucas, but I fear her getting too invested. Lucas is bad news and emotionally unavailable to her as long as the possibility of Carrie exists for him.
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