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Its all evasion, heartache, yearning.
For Dinklage, losing the nose also accomplishes something more practical.
The moment comes straight out of Rostand, and its always been one of the works high points.
But the range of emotions Dinklage runs through in just a few seconds is bewildering.
Roxanne falls for him the moment she spies him across a crowded theater, and he for her.
Rostands Christian was rather dim, and the character has been a memorably comic one over the years.
Christian and Cyrano complete each other, and Roxanne essentially, tragically, wants them both.
And Wright goes there.
The camera even makes sure to focus on the liquid qualities of ink on paper.
Prurient, perhaps, but also just an incredibly seductive piece of cinema.
The film woos us the way the two men attempt to woo Roxanne.
It doesnt stop there, however.
Love in all its forms eventually comes into play.
I can think of no idea more essential.
