In The Shining, Nicholson overacts to the point where some of his acting choices are downright surreal. That fits well with the tone of the movie, which becomes progressively more off-kilter as it ...
(It’s more difficult to lie to someone’s face.) But what happens when there is no body to act as meaning’s guarantor (as in Her)? Or, conversely, when the body overacts (as in the contorted postures ...