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Originally Posted by koisk
On the intensity of the revolution, it was interesting becuase literally all you saw was a moderate crowd. Any other signs of revolution were windows crashing or people yelling. I wanted to see a giant crowd, but you didn't. In fact, the entire revolution was downplayed, which kind of emphansized Marie Antoinette's isolation from the politics of the country.
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My thoughts exactly. The only part of the revolution you saw was just the backs of some guys heads out of focus, carrying torches. Why not put the camera on them? Why do we have to keep seeing Marie Antoinette? You didn't get the enormity of the situation.
And again, when she is paraded out of her home at the end of the film, you only saw her. You could tell she was surrounded by people but Coppola did not want you to see them at all.
It sort of reminded me about all those costume dramas on Masterpiece Theater where there are no extras in the film because they just don't have the budget to buy costumes to put on all of them.