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My favourite moment in the movie Magnolia-- a film I find to be complex and beautiful, full of patterns and motifs and emotion, all things I appreciate in a movie-- my favourite moment is when Julianne Moore's character apologizes to Philip Seymour Hoffman's character. They're both having an incredibly intense day, with dying and sadness and everything, and Julianne Moore knows she is going to leave now and attempt suicide, and she's crying as she says to Phil, "I'm sorry I slapped your face. I don't know how to do this. I fucked up. Can you forgive me?" and then the camera cuts to Phil and his eyes are full of tears.

It's his compassion, it's shown so movingly in Hoffman's face, it makes me cry with him. He's such an incredible actor. His face is so damn expressive.

My second favourite scene is the sing-along, because it's strange and daring and reminds us that all of the characters are part of the same story.

It's not going to stop so just give up.

Why are you in Tavie's head? 4:18 AM | shower me with attention