A History Of Violence

Today I watched the opening scene of  the film ‘A History of Violence’,where we are introduced to the two main charactors, one wearing a black suit in the middle of a desert, while the other in more appropriate t-shirt and shorts. This contrasts one another as the man in the black suit is instantly seen as the antagonist- a cliche in the thriller genre. The two men were casual in their way of talking, moving and body language, almost too exaggerated in their casualness which builds suspense as we want to know what's happening, and frustration at their exaggerated slowness. There was hardly any sound at all in the opening, there was little speech with only the sound of crickets as a background buzz.