In this shot from Minority Report we see the scene of what is percieved to be a murder by Anderton but was actually instead a suicide. In the middle of the frame our eye is drawn to the gun that he holds and it is in a position where you would think that he has just shot that man. On the contrary, this man held the gun to himself and forced the trigger down upon himself. It is interesting that in this frame Anderton is protrayed as a villain with an angry scowl on his face while in the entire movie he is the hero. His facial expression sends the message of hatred and rage while the action of this scene is where he spares the man's life and instead the man takes his own. The director may have made this choice to try to show the inner rage that Anderton posseses in regards to matters with his son or, maybe Tom Cruise just made this expression organically to keep the viewer wondering?
Hi, Nate -
ReplyDeleteNice image choice and I like how you focused on Anderton's facial expression here and the irony of his scowl when he actually didn't kill Crowe.
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