to this day the entire story arch of Joyce's death makes me cry. see the thing is, Buffy was my age, that's one of the reasons i loved the show. my dad died when i was 13, and (in what is probably a really pathetic fangirl way) this arch helped me to heal. it was the same thing too, sick to better to dead of an anuerysm. the portrayal of the lost feeling you have in the instant greif was perfect; the tech of the cinematography -using different cameras, different film, use and lack of foley, use and lack of SFX- was perfection defined. i've never understood why The Body didn't win an Emmy, it really deserved one. no other show that i have seen has been that REAL about the shock of greif, the way it slams into you, the way you fuzz out on the world around you, the way you can't think -like Buffy calling Giles and just saying "She's here." and when she was on with the 911 operator and said "She's cold." "The body is cold?" "No, my mom" man, just typing that i'm tearing up!-
it was the highest point of Joss' abilities in a lot of ways. that was an Everest moment for a filmmaker. that was probably the hardest thing not to spoil, esp. when you were talking about being an angst whore!
*seriously wonders if it's wierd that this is her all time favorite episode... is really a morbid person*
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Date: 2006-10-04 08:05 am (UTC)it was the highest point of Joss' abilities in a lot of ways. that was an Everest moment for a filmmaker. that was probably the hardest thing not to spoil, esp. when you were talking about being an angst whore!
*seriously wonders if it's wierd that this is her all time favorite episode... is really a morbid person*
and after that monologue, i was a total Anya fan.