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Its all very conservative with a smallcand a small spoon.
Bruce Wayne frets over the fate of Gotham with a silver platter in his lap.
Leo explains hisInceptionheist at a Parisian cafe.
The twinks ofDunkirkall long to get home and quietly drink some tea.
Pour yourself a cuppa and ponder what it all means with me.
It feels meaningful that the entire Nolan-movie universe kicks off with two guys having a little midafternoon snack.
Within theMementouniverse, this establishes her as mysterious and cool.
Its also a tell that Moss is a lot more in control than she seems.
If Guy Pearce were the one drinking the dainty caffeinated beverages, hed be in charge.
He really needs a tattoo to remind himself to buy some cups and saucers.
He evades them there, of course.
In the Nolanverse, the guy with the nice cup is always in control.
Fresh-pressed green juice on a silver tray?
It all flows from there.
In a Nolan movie, theres always room for nice porcelain!
Harvey is uncomfortable in this space foreshadowing!
It even edxplodes in a beautifully controlled form once she starts to question the nature of her reality.
Im now convinced that teapot is crucial to untangling everything thats going on in this movie.
How does Nolan choose to represent that ideal life?
This is the good life.
Thats a sign that hell be our order-restoring hero.
Having the wrong snack at the wrong time?
We are doomed as a species.
That little cup presumably contains some sort of fortifying substance.
Do not go gently into that good night without a little sip of something to help the digestion.
(This is only a guess, but Ive alsoread Tom StoppardsArcadia, Christopher Nolan!)
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