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Greta Scacchi was the shark from Jaws


I didn't appreciate it enough when I saw this film in my 20s, but man how effective was the way they hid the murder victim from us in the first half hour of the film? Despite learning of her death very early on, we are only afforded a distant black & white photo of her face. We hear her voice on a newscast, and get lots of backstory explaining her lifestyle and personality. But they withhold her face brilliantly, and the effect is juicy. And wow is she ever sexy and foreboding by the time she does arrive.

Also, all these years later, it's impossible to imagine this movie without Rusty's haircut. It caused a lot of headlines and double-takes at the time. Now, it seems so entirely in-line with the character and the effect - it would seem bizarre to see his normal feathered fro on such a clamped square.

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very well stated

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thanks

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