3. Show Me All the Blueprints – The Aviator
There’s so much to Leo’s depiction of Howard Hughes in The Aviator that it is difficult to just look at one scene, but, for me, the most powerful scene is the anxiety attack his character suffers when looking at the steering wheels and the sweeping man. Leo is brilliant in showing how his attentions are split between multiple things and how his anxiety slowly builds. His expressions and speech change dramatically throughout the scene leading to a powerful mental and physical transformation. As he is walked out repeating “show me all the blueprints” over and over again, Leo’s words and his facial expressions appear as is they come from two different people.
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