Acting as physical barriers that separate the characters from their true desires.
Used constantly to show characters looking at versions of themselves rather than each other. Lo specchio della vita (Imitation of Life) [1959]
Sirk, a master of mise-en-scène, uses specific visual cues to reinforce the characters' isolation: Acting as physical barriers that separate the characters
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