It’s become such a cliché of action movies, music videos, true-crime documentaries, political attack ads and product marketing that we tend to see it as one of the cheapest tricks in the filmmaker’s handbook.
We all know that slow-motion footage leaves us wide open to manipulation. But you get the point: For some reason, the mere act of slowing down something, anything, leads to all sorts of weird emotional alleyways it makes us manically interested in the most mundane details of what’s going on, and liable to read in tons of inner-life detail that isn’t really there. Okay, maybe this doesn’t work so well on the page (so much for that career as a screenwriter). What a transaction! What a roller coaster! What a journey! Also, what was that item? Whatever it was, I need to buy one of those too! Watch out, woman! Trickery and sleight of hand! Fiend! No, wait - he’s turning around… handing the money back… Oh my god, this is the sleekest, most heroic act we’ve ever seen - but hold the phone once more! Look at the eye contact he’s giving her! Oh my god, they’re falling in love with each other, and here we are witnessing the lightning of genuine connection. The man… walks… up… to… the… counter… Oh my god, it’s an evil bastard, intent on carrying out some obscure horrible misdeed. What a nice man, how decent of him, end of pretty boring story.īut hang on, let’s run it again - this time in super slow motion.
On his way out of the store, he realizes, and returns to the counter to alert the clerk of her mistake. Paying for the item, he hands over a small-denomination bill to the woman behind the counter, who, distracted, gives him way too much change.
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