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One’s a hardened cop, the other a lonely widow.\u00a0It sounds like a heart-to-heart in a pulpy romance novel. But in Witness<\/em> (1985, USA), it’s not.<\/p>\n

Detective John Book’s sister says having kids will do him good. The unmarried\u00a0Book (Harrison Ford) does not seem the type. The detective work has taken him to another place, a place of cynicism.<\/p>\n

Cynicism<\/h4>\n

When he is covering a case, the witness’s mother, Rachel (Kelly McGillis) says Book does not have a right to make them stay involved.<\/p>\n

Yes I do, replies Book. Your son’s a material witness to a murder (Harrison Ford says it with appealing authority).\u00a0Book tells her she must stay because that is the law.<\/p>\n

Amish Rachel says she wants nothing to do with his laws.\u00a0(Rachel has nothing to do with society because she is Amish.)<\/p>\n

Book laughs. He isn’t surprised. He is cynical. He says there are other people who want to do nothing with their laws. His partner Carter laughs. \u00a0Of course, this a reference to people who commit crimes so want nothing to do with the law.<\/p>\n

I think Book really grieves over the state of the world, underneath. It’s taken him to a hardening of heart, but he is needy, though that would be hard to see on the surface.<\/p>\n

The widow and the heart<\/h4>\n

Rachel has lost her husband. On the Amish farm, where Book is staying to protect the witness to the murder, Rachel becomes attracted to Book.<\/p>\n

But a relationship with an outsider, and outside of marriage, is forbidden by the Amish community.<\/p>\n

Still, they are two ‘lost souls’. Both need a bit if not a lot of love in a world that is flawed and causes pain. They need a heart-to-heart.<\/p>\n

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\"Heart-to-heart.<\/a>
Heart-to-heart. (Image sourced via google images.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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They can’t have one another, but Rachel will probably get married to a neighbor who has courted her.<\/p>\n

Book will go back to the city, to do what he does best: to protect society from criminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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