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The viewer doesn’t see what Briony inspects on the video feed, only a tight shot of her face as she endures a constant internal conversation about her own security while simply trying to do her job.

The camera holds on a tight shot of a tomato being butchered by a dull kitchen knife, juice and seeds spilling out as the fruit splits down its sides.

Missing moment: “During the editing process, we decided that the film’s pulse should be raised from the start,” says Ross, noting that the actual opening of the film now is a tight shot of Lawrence’s back as he strides to the pope’s deathbed.

The same episode that shows the corpse of a dead woman with what look like intestines coming out of her mouth features a tight shot of Lesley Manville’s manicured hand selecting a clean grape from a dish before the camera zooms in on her scarlet lips as she greedily masticates it.

Still, in that performance, one can appreciate the luxury of the tight shot on Jones’ face, a panoply of expressive glowing and fading between pride, joy, anger and sorrow that only theatergoers in the good seats might have been able to fully experience.