11) Baby’s Fakeout
Speed’s “Odessa Steps” moment is a manipulation sandwich. When a baby carriage is put directly in the path of the bus, the tension hits a fever pitch. When Annie runs right into that carriage, you’re horrified at the prospect of what will become of its passenger. And when it’s revealed that there wasn’t actually a baby in the carriage, you remember the absurdity of the movie you’re watching, so of course the carriage owner was simply transporting recycling cans in the strangest way imaginable.
Toast with: A Black Russian.
Published: Jun 9, 2015 07:03 pm