[Quick Summary: The unconventional love story of Stephen and Jane Hawking.]
This is one of the most romantic scripts I've read in ages.
I think the key is subtlety, which "is an old-fashioned concept," said writer Anthony McCarten.
It was used so well here.
It makes small moments so much sweeter than any grand gesture.
ex. "The BARMAN takes STEPHEN's POUND and glances at the NAPKIN.
BARMAN: I'd commit that number to memory if I were you.
STEPHEN smiles - then glances at the mirror-backed bar. Reflected - a WOMAN who looks like JANE. Is he imagining this?
TIGHT ON: STEPHEN's face: we see JANE's reflection appear and disappear in the glass of his glasses as she crosses the room.
The BARMAN's voice is distant...
BARMAN: Here you go...
STEPHEN snaps out of it - stares at the BARMAN holding out CHANGE - a smile DAWNING.
BARMAN: Sir? Are you okay?
STEPHEN: Uh, my napkin just walked in."
WHAT I'VE LEARNED: Romance is seen best in those small, subtle connections.
The Theory of Everything (2014)
by Anthony McCarten
Based on the book, "Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen", by Jane Hawking
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