The Arquette/Gandolfini scene is probably the best one in the whole movie. It's not just that Arquette tries to bluff the tracker, but that she tries charming him. Not with flat out seduction, which I think the audience and Gandolfini's character would have taken as insultingly transparent, but with a kind of innocent naive banter as if she doesn't understand why he's there at all. It's not begging, its not bartering, and it's not panicking, all of which the Mob Goon would have seen before. There's a cool control there that's still a gamble. Like the two are dancing around before committing themselves to old moves, old roles. And yet at the very end, Gandolfini's goon has to offer the woman a little respect for her bravery and dignity in the face of certain death. At least until she changes the rules on him, at which point the exchange explodes into true savagery.
but with a kind of innocent naive banter as if she doesn't understand why he's there at all.
Well, I agree she's exerting some charm but I think if she was seriously playing it like she's innocent and naive, she probably wouldn't have been so casual about a strange man with a shotgun in her hotel room. It's almost like she's wearing her facade like a woman knowingly wearing a see-through dress.
At least until she changes the rules on him, at which point the exchange explodes into true savagery.
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A great movie to revisit, good choice.
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Well, I agree she's exerting some charm but I think if she was seriously playing it like she's innocent and naive, she probably wouldn't have been so casual about a strange man with a shotgun in her hotel room. It's almost like she's wearing her facade like a woman knowingly wearing a see-through dress.
At least until she changes the rules on him, at which point the exchange explodes into true savagery.
Yeah.
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