The Restroom Scene

I didn't get that at all. I'll suggest maybe you are projecting what you'd like for the scene to be. His character is a crazed, drugged up cop who killed her family and in the restroom is trying to decide if he can kill her right there and get away with it. No sexual innuendo.

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I agree with you that it is deliberately creepy, but very much along the same lines as him sniffing her Father's hair and playing with his head when the Father was trying to sell the lie that he didn't cut the drug.

Stansfield reveled in making other people uncomfortable. His own flunkies were unsure of what to expect. His invasion of Mathilda's and her Father's personal spaces and expectations was designed to scare them.

Otherwise, I also agree that Besson set up his shots to remind the audience just how vulnerable Mathilda was sexually, physically, and mentally with the games she was playing. Her dress, being in the men's bathroom, as well as Stansfield pushing her head around with his gun all contributed to that. The film works as well as it does because of the deliberate use of contrasts in size, strength, knowledge, and experience, especially how they raised the level of risk/vulnerability.

I'm also just recalling the touching, and how close his face was to hers.

I never got any "sexual" vibe from any of the adults toward Mathilda. Stansfield thrived on chaos and reveled in others' vulnerability. And this is what he targeted in that bathroom scene- Mathilda's vulnerability. It was similar to how a cat plays with its prey before killing it- allowing it to live just to experience its own vulnerability- and that's exactly what Mathilda experienced in that scene.

This isn't to say that Stansfield didn't utilize Mathilda's sexual naivete and vulnerability to his advantage in intimidation. But to that end, I would say it was simply another facet of his psychological attack on her- and not an attack on her sexuality (mental- not sexual)

i would compare that to Jules eating poor, vulnerable Brett's Big Kahuna burger in "Pulp Fiction" and washing it down with his tasty beverage.




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In this scene Mathilda is confronted by her enemy for the first time. I believe this is the turning point in her Quest to avenge her brothers death. Up until now Mathilda's revenge has blinded her to the danger she has been pursuing. When she comes face to face with Stansfield, she is frightened and reality sets in fast. She is overwhelmed by the situation she has found herself in and the expression on her face is that of a person that has given up. The fight in her is no longer there and this is where Stansfield raises the level of intimidation. I see nothing creepy about this scene, in terms of Stansfield creeping on Mathilda, only a ruthless villian proving the power he has over her. Again we are reminded of Mathilda's true emotional state of mind, a frightened child alone in the world wanting to be something that she can't possibly be.

I think its just you, in this scene Matilda it there to kill Stansfield, I don't see how that would project the relationship between Leon and Matilda.

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