The kiss is particularly interesting to me, as its one of the best things we all get to do, yet almost everyone does it with their eyes closed.
Perhaps this accounts in part for how compelling a good screen kiss is. Its one of the privileges of the film experience to see something so private and personal up close, invisible to the kissers. With the taboo of voyeurism lifted, we are drawn in, almost hypnotically, to participate vicariously.
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