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Shes just not doing anything, he complained to Mankiewicz of their scenes together.
So the director took Burton aside and showed him what Taylor looked like onscreen.
It took his breath away, the authors write.
Burton trained to move, to speak, toact was struck by Elizabeths absolutestillness.
Consider her reintroduction onscreen, after shes just finished pole dancing to Fiona Apples Criminal.
Shes on a roof, carefully smoking a cigarette, the city around her drenched in darkness.
Lopez barely moves in this scene, but she doesnt have to.
The confidence she possesses is undeniable, in the posture of her body and the jut of her chin.
Destiny (Constance Wu) recognizes this immediately.
And the body never lies.
Its this fearsome, layered, magnetic performance thatHustlersorbits.
In essence, they have humanity.
Much can be said about the aesthetic delights of the film, too.
The sound design and music supervision are stealthily beguiling.
Its a cunning choice.
But days later, I keep coming back to Jennifer Lopezs performance.
Lopez has always been charming even great in films likeOut of Sight(1998).
The way she trains her Kohl-rimmed eyes on a mark is thrilling and frightening.
Scafarias camera holds onto this image.
