Weep Week
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All hope looks lost, and then this is when I start welling up Speed goes silent.
But it also has a purity in itself, in its own ostentatious grandeur.
Its perfectly normal to cry during a sad scene.
A beloved character dies?
A dog dies, God forbid?
What Im saying is: Its time for greater recognition of the Spectacle Cry.
The closing ofSpellbound not the Hitchcock movie, the 2002 spelling-bee documentary wrecks me, thanks to the editing.
Only then does it return to Lala for her moment of triumph: L-O-G-O-R-R-H-E-A.
Ive cried at the way thecamera moved over the rubbleof demolished buildings during the opening of theWest Side Storyremake.
settling into a low throb as the two circle one another.
The operatic grandeur of it all still leaves me undone.
And when you think of it like that, doesnt it make you want to reach for the tissues?
Come on, join me.
