Louis Hayward and Maureen O'Hara in Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)“Jimmy’s empathy and su
Louis Hayward and Maureen O'Hara in Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)“Jimmy’s empathy and support are further established when he waltzes with Judy. The camera frames their rotating heads in a long take, fully disclosing the unbroken reciprocity of their shared gaze. From this point on Judy will dedicate her desire not so much to Jimmy as to the image of the morning star his eyes reflect back to her. … Just as Judy’s look finally penetrates and frees the tormented Jimmy of his self-deception concerning his wife, Jimmy’s look returns and deepens Judy’s desire for expression, the part of herself incapable of being compromised or exploited.”– Samuel L. Chell, Dorothy Arzner’s Dance, Girl, Dance: Rendering the Male Gaze -- source link
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