Breaking bad 3x9
Added 2023-12-13 08:42:27 +0000 UTC
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"I respect the strategy, in your position, I would have done the same". 🔥 No music necessary, just the sound of Walt's creaking chair, in a room way out in the desert- just the two of them. Tension is really building up between Walt & Gus. You can see the gears turning in both their heads in that scene. It feels pivotal. Walt seems desperate, laying out all his cards to Gus like he's in a panic and doesn't know what to do with himself ever since he got a real look into Gus's high iq plays. Gus places his food platter in the middle of two tables put together, far from both their reach... Is the food really necessary? He knows neither of them will touch it. It almost symbolizes life and in order for Walt to acquire it he must reach out and become vulnerable to Gus or cross Gus. Like the whole idea of a handshake and reaching out your arm to show trustworthiness and vulnerability. Gus provided Walt the platter, not the other way around. Funny since Walt is asking Gus for security for his life. (there's always a food platter at Gus's meetings like with Juan, the cousins & Hector, as a symbol of authority. The life giver/taker like at his food chain he gives life) Gus breaks down and his sinister side becomes more apparent as Walt exposes him. Half their faces being lit and the other half being dark- showing their two-sidedness. Walt's shadow on his right side (right side being correct, moral) with his sinister half bright in full display. While Gus's sinister side being kept in the shadows. Gus makes a mockery of Walt flashing numbers in front of him which just feels like gaslighting to the audience, maybe to Walt too. Overall it's safe to say the scene feels very Kafkaesque!
Justin
2023-12-13 15:53:45 +0000 UTC
