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There must be a name for shot transitions that are such drastic mood changers – or else it needs to be invented. (It should be something like a smash cut, allowing for quirky character recognition.) Red tape finds a way to seal any wholesome moment, both with a bang and a whimper. This classic Greek-Ottoman figure mocks the endeavor with each square centimeter of his face, caught quite literally red-handed. His hair is extravagantly curly, but his background is square. Standing in front of a setting of order, he's quietly fighting Elias's geometry, which is, as usual, a combination of intersecting, diagonal, messy lines resisting anything straight.