T_R_Oglodyte
TUG Lifetime Member
Watching again the Bourne Ultimatum. I was struck by the scene between Jason (Matt Damon) and Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) from 1:12:39 - 1:13:39. It's almost exactly one minute long, and Stiles doesn't say a single word. But her silence coneys so much more than she could have conveyed verbally.
I tried to find a clip of this scene to link to, but I couldn't. So if you're interested and you have the CD or streaming access, you can view the scene. It's a key scene in the movie, in which Bourne is coming to grips with his past and what he has been.
The scene brought back memories of some UC-Berekely extension classes I took at the direction of my boss. Those classes were remedial for me, and one big take-home for me was how non-verbal communication can be much more powerful than words. It's often counter-intuitive, but usually you can say more by speaking less.
This is echoed again at the end of the movie, where Nicky is seeing the news report about how Bourne's body has not been found, and she simply smiles.
I tried to find a clip of this scene to link to, but I couldn't. So if you're interested and you have the CD or streaming access, you can view the scene. It's a key scene in the movie, in which Bourne is coming to grips with his past and what he has been.
The scene brought back memories of some UC-Berekely extension classes I took at the direction of my boss. Those classes were remedial for me, and one big take-home for me was how non-verbal communication can be much more powerful than words. It's often counter-intuitive, but usually you can say more by speaking less.
This is echoed again at the end of the movie, where Nicky is seeing the news report about how Bourne's body has not been found, and she simply smiles.