The man in the suit, back to us? That’s a Bruno Ganz monologue we’ll never hear. The couple sitting side-by-side but staring into the void? That’s the third act of a Rohmer romance where nobody says “I love you.” And the solitary man at the counter, stirring his coffee? That’s me. That’s you. That’s the character waiting for the inciting incident that never arrives.
Nighthawks (1942) / The Assistant (2019) – Watch them back to back. They are the same movie about the violence of waiting. the turner film diaries
Keep watching the shadows, friends. — Turner [End of Entry] The man in the suit, back to us