Beautiful moment, thanks for posting.

I'm not just saying this because I suggested this DD (or I dunno -- maybe deep down I am!) but I'm finding this week super instructive and surprising. I expected lots of Hugh Grant and Woody Allen, but what's coming up are moments in films that are some of the most powerful, pivotal, and revealing. In the market that we write in right now -- where the ubiquitous push is faster, faster, faster, don't say it in four words when you can say it in three -- this is a good reminder that a moment needs to be as long as it needs to be; that simply cutting, cutting, cutting isn't good writing, it's just a bored or scared editor taking over. (Another example that comes to mind is Brett in Pulp Fiction, saying "What?" reflexively to whatever Sam Jackson throws at him. It's a twist on being tongue tied -- a brain stammer, if you will -- but creates one of the most tension filled and unforgettable moments in the movie.)

"...a moment needs to be as long as it needs to be" Exactly! What a great way of putting it. I couldn't agree with you more. I think a lot of screenwriters are afraid of letting their story breathe on the page and end up rushing through moments that would be more powerful at a slower pace.