he doing? his response to her attention is not particularly positive. in fact, he’s shutting her out. so by now i’m pretty sure that our title is “closer,” and that our young woman wants to get closer to this man who is not very interested.
1.40 during this scene on the park bench, we see again, as we had our fellow playing chess without a partner, now he seems to be sitting next to another reader, except that the reader is absent. it’s unclear if he’s curious about that book or annoyed by its presence.
2.02 and now the bagel scene. and this scene, to me, really changes everything about my understanding 