Daily Archives: February 1, 2009

Nonverbal cues.

i understand that my previous post was to a certain uncomprehensible. so i have found something a little lighter to touch on.

for those of you who are curious.

it’s a french movie titled happily ever after.
the song is creep by radiohead.

what i really like about the implementation is that even if you are watching the video for the first time you are able to pick out the gist of what is going on just by the ongoing lyrics from the song and the characters’ body language.

the woman feels a sense of attraction for the guy ( a very cool looking Johnny Depp ), but yet hesitates to approach him in any manner except to look at him. No matter how compelled she feels, she does not do anything in the end and instead fumbles upon the 2nd encounter with him.

Notice the lyrics is about someone with an inferiority complex against the person of interest. It is hence so appriopriate for the setting and the scene. For those of you who do not know (SPOILER ahead), the woman in the clip is a married woman. Her husband is actually cheating on her with another woman. 

Nothing of relevance but notice the sexual promiscuity of the french culture here.