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Mr_Stenz t1_j2f2v8b wrote

Reply to comment by Chen_Geller in Is Manhunter worth watching by DarthJaxxon

Ah, operator, I don’t have the use of my arms…

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Hamon_Rye t1_j2f44i3 wrote

In a movie filled with extremely proficient people doing things extremely proficiently (i.e. basically every Michael Mann movie), that sequence stands out as one of the best ones because of how casual he was about it...just enjoying his gum.

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Mr_Stenz t1_j2f6p1b wrote

It solidifies his ‘genius psychopath’ character for me. He’s casually going about this seemingly complicated process, to gain details on a man he wants to organise the murder of, all the while chewing his gum and with an air of entertaining himself on a rainy afternoon. It’s so normal to him that it doesn’t even cause a tremor in his voice. He’s so in control of his environment that he doesn’t even glance at the door to see if the guard is coming (a guard, by the way, who backed out maintaining eye contact, with a hand on his gun, whilst Lector was behind bars) to disturb him.

The whole scene is just… chefs kiss.

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seanx40 t1_j2fftee wrote

He's having fun. Which he normally doesn't do. He really hasn't had fun since carving up Will.

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Mr_Stenz t1_j2fhphb wrote

Exactly that. Having fun engineering a man’s murder

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kleptophobiac t1_j2f7zwp wrote

One of my favorite line deliveries ever.

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Mr_Stenz t1_j2f84o9 wrote

I say it all the time when asking someone for help at work and no one gets it

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