this third star scene is both an emotional & technical achievement, to me…
i was showing some scuba students recently how to do mask removal; i.e. take your mask off underwater and learn to breathe on a regulator whilst having your face and nose exposed… it’s scary because your brain instantly kicks into ‘drowning mode’ as a breathing passage is suddenly flooded with water. not everyone masters it and some experienced divers like me, never ever get over it. it’s hard (you can see the tension in BC’s hands…). plus your eyes need an air pocket to focus, so without that you’re practically blind.
so to be in that stressful state of breathing maskless on a reg, near-blind, having to re-breathe at depth, and still being able to emote as well as they did, is pretty damn outstanding. i think that every time i watch this film.
(many thanks to @theeastwindofbakerstreet and @whenisayrunrun [x] for their gifs xxx)
