Dec 26, 2016 · After Terrel (Patrick Decile) forces Kevin to beat Chiron, Chiron goes home and immerses his wounded face in a sink filled with ice water. Then he stares directly into the mirror, with blood...

Nov 24, 2016 · Little boils water for a bath, Chiron plunges his bruised face into a sink of ice water, Black opens the freezer door to feel the cold brush against his cheecks. In Moonlight, water serves as a contextual interpretation of our figurehead’s inner psyche.

Feb 29, 2024 · After burying his bruised face in the water the scene alludes to the previous baptism scene with Juan we saw earlier. The water acts as a transformation device, he uses it to protect himself. Following this ice bath, he proceeds to …

Nov 2, 2016 · We’re introduced to him in the bathroom as he’s lifting his face from an ice-water bath, a method he used in high school to stop his wounds from swelling after he was attacked in the schoolyard. But Black’s face doesn’t bear a single scar.

Sep 28, 2021 · We see him immerse his face in an ice bath, framed by flickering lights. This visual rebirth consolidates his transformation from a scared and vulnerable teenager to an angry and resolute youth, who now performs hegemonic, violent masculinity in order to reclaim some semblance of power.

In Moonlight, water is intimate, present when Chiron bathes or ices his face as well as when he enjoys his first sexual experience. Because water is fluid, beautiful, and omnipresent during these moments of vulnerability, it stands in as a symbol of male intimacy or vulnerability in the film.

Dec 7, 2016 · The film is packed with breathtaking sequences and emotional moments in Chiron’s life, but one of Moonlight ‘s most gorgeous and memorable scenes comes in the first act, as drug dealer Juan...

Jan 30, 2018 · Moonlight doesn't just look and sound great. There is a greater meaning to all the seemingly unimportant saturation of colors and camera angles. Cinematographer James Laxton shot every scene in Moonlight with clear purpose; to capture and express Chiron’s inner world from moment to moment.

May 23, 2017 · best shot in "Little" (act 1 of Moonlight) But in the end, I must return again to the film's incredibly confident visual storytelling. One day, Little finds himself alone in his apartment. The TV is missing (presumably traded for drugs) and he prepares himself a bath.

-When tough-guy Black washes his face in cold water, it parallels the scene in which Chiron must ice his face after having been beaten to a pulp by bullies. -When Little draws a bath using blue dish soap, it calls to mind the scene in which Juan teaches him to swim in the ocean and tells him that he used to be called Blue.