Dead bodies breathing


Why is it so hard to tell actors to stop breathing for a few seconds just so they can seem dead. Check out the scene when he trying to bury her and she is so obviously breathing.
Just seems amateur-ish, so easy to avoid mistakes like this.

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I think at that particular moment it was meant to be her "ghost" watching him. Not sure if you noticed her eyes were open at that moment as well.

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I watched it just now and royaltyclub is right her eyes were open at the time, also her skin was clean as if she was alive and she was looking at him. Not a mistake, it was intentional.

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He was hallucinating.

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Well i was going to ask the same question that did someone else also notice this point?

I didn't see her eyes open but saw the body breathing. I was shocked,re-winded the scene and saw it again and i was terrified a little as it seemed to be a ghost kind of thing.

Whether it was metaphorical or hallucination, it surely was something.

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spoiler alert. when he buries her at the end and is struggling the body is shown lying down and i noticed her breathing but never see her eyes open. Just before he is in the grave with her. i dont understand what the others are on this thread saying.

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In the shot where she is breathing, she has her eyes open, end of story.
http://ptpimg.me/892m28.png

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There are a lot of movies where you can see a actor that is supposed to be dead breathing, when they are shooting movies they have many takes and it is impossible to make a actor hold their breathe that long.

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I am dead but still breathing ...

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