Original artwork, not a still
The Blind Assassin · 2000
Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker describes beginnings as deceptive: they arrive abruptly yet slip in unnoticed, staying in the shadows and unrecognized until they suddenly leap out. The tone is ominous, suggesting that the start of something is only understood after it has already taken hold.
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