In an confluence of things I watched Persona and The Talented Mr. Ripley back-to-back this week. I love it when things juxtapose themselves just so as to illuminate each other. Minghella must’ve had Bergman in mind during this “Doppelgänger” shot on the train:
Why do you do that thing with your neck?
Neither movie uses this Schubert song, though, which seems like a missed opportunity (or maybe it would’ve been too obvious?) Take it away, Dietrich: