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In "Unforgiven," he holds scenes a few extra beats, so that characters can extend their legs, scratch behind their ears, air some issue of violence or honor.
Gray holds scenes a beat or two too long (he leaves Cedric the Entertainer stranded a few times); and he flubs a reprise of the Travolta-Thurman dance sequence from "Pulp Fiction".
In "Junebug," Embeth Davidtz, a sophisticated Chicago art dealer, tries too hard to win over her husband's troubled North Carolina family, and Morrison holds scenes to the moment of embarrassment, and then of revelation.
He must so grip their attention that they will stay on, held from scene to scene, till the climax is reached.
He's not afraid, with some of the theatrical moments, to hold the scene in an unmoving mid-range master shot as the dialogue unfolds.
Hold the scene for detectives.
I like actors to hold the scene.
Today you'd never hold that scene in a two-shot.
He can hold a scene just by straining the cords on his neck, or shrugging someone off with a loose, evasive smile.
You may have heard of the boom in tech companies in London recently, but one thing that continues to hold the scene back is access to international talent.
Instead, I hold that scene in perspective, because I'm old enough to recall what was there before.
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