![]() The audience is longing to warn the characters on the screen: 'You shouldn't be talking about such trivial matters. In these conditions, the same innocuous conversation becomes fascinating because the public is participating in the scene. The public can see that it is a quarter to one. The public is aware the bomb is going to explode at one o'clock and there is a clock in the decor. The bomb is underneath the table and the public knows it, probably because they have seen the anarchists place it there. The public is surprised, but prior to this surprise, it has seen an absolutely ordinary scene, of no special consequence. Nothing happens, and then all of a sudden, 'Boom!' There is an explosion. ![]() Let's suppose that there is a bomb underneath this table between us. We are now having a very innocent little chat. ![]() "There is a distinct difference between 'suspense' and 'surprise,' and yet many pictures continually confuse the two. ![]()
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