#autumn de wilde
“The pinnacle of this struggle between what a character desires and the strictures of polite society occurs at the film’s climax: when Emma and Knightley dance together, but suddenly realize their undeniable attraction to each other. Despite some intense eye contact, the two barely touch, but their physical yearning is palpable. “They’re first taking it as a joke, bowing to each other like, ‘Oh, this is so ridiculous.’ And then by the third turn, they’re like,‘Your breathing has synced up with my breathing. Why am I getting hot? Why am I blushing? Are you blushing?’ We just did it a whole bunch of different times, and hopefully you can you can feel that revelation.”
— Salon|“Emma.” finds its hilarious humanity through the body’s betrayals
The dance scene is justas good as the 2005 Pride & Prejudice one. But I particularly love this one because of the detail about Emma’s gloves. She takes them off. Even after she asks Mr Knightley to dance, she doesn’t put them back on. Touching a woman’s bare hand was a very intimate form of physical affection, and generally considered a big no-no at the time (especially public occasions). The gloves are off, their barriers are down…and while it may seem like a sweet dance between two friends, it becomes unbearably intense as it goes on. They get closer, the camera gets closer, and they begin to lose focus of the world around them, even the dance itself. And I just lovethe glorious close-up of their hands touching, like they don’t want to let go just yet. The skin-to-skin contact is everything. Thank-you, Autumn de Wilde!
I mean, she’s not wrong.
Emma. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde
Emma. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde
Emma. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde
Emma. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde
emma (2020) dir. autumn de wilde
TeamRalph Lauren
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz
Janelle Monae
J. Balvin
Met Gala Pick-a-Mix
SZA looking smashing in Vivienne Westwood
Kieran Culkin being Roman Roy in Dior
With rumoured ex-girlfriend, Emma Stone
Logan Roy’s #1 Boy Jeremy Strong
Autumn De Wilde
David Harbour & Lily Allen
