EMMA (2020) - Piano Rivalry Scene (2/10) | Movieclips

"Miss Fairfax, what a pity you didn't bring your music" is so passive agressive

Knightley just KNOWS how to push her buttons

All music acts in this movie were performed live by the actors, and Amber Anderson is an accomplished pianist

Knightley leaned in and not so discreetly whispered, "I hear she practices 40 hours a day".

When Jane started playing I literally LOST IT. Lol. I love this movie, Idc Idc

1:28 the running joke with the dad not liking wind/draft/breeze is so mf accurate

LOVED what the director did with this scene, and it goes along with what Austen was trying to say. Here we see Emma really phoning it in, demonstrating how little she cares for music, though she stops in that affected way to sigh in the appropriate place. Then, when she's finished, she looks up directly at someone, presumably Jane Fairfax, in a very confident, challenging way. She is clearly more than satisfied with her performance, and her body language as she resumes her seat next to Harriet shows this, too. Then, brilliantly, the director has Harriet make her inane comment about how amazing Emma is, and this effusion is cut off by Jane's striking entrance to her difficult piece of music that she happens to "recollect"! I burst out laughing in the theater at that moment! Austen surely wanted us to understand that Emma, as the Queen Bee of Highbury, thought she could do no wrong. In the subsequent dialogue with Knightley, we see that she really is aware of her musical deficiencies, which is one of the reasons we can like her, even though she makes so many mistakes.

Anya Taylor-Joy is extremely versatile. Coming off of Split and The Witch, this was a very different kind of movie, and she kills it!

I admire Jane's trolling. And her contempt for Emma's dubious musical timing.

i love that during Emma's performance, Mr. Knightley is the only one standing instead of sitting like the rest of them. That way he can observe her better. ^^

LOL at Mr Woodhouse’s reaction when Miss Bates starts fanning really fast

think this is the first austen adaptation i've seen where the actors actually play piano! love that

0:15 the way the camera slowly pans to harriet's GIGANTIC grin KILLS ME EVERY TIME

"She is certainly accomplished" i SWOON

Little details I find funny: -when Emma does the dramatic pause in her song and Jane’s body language is like ‘wtf is she doing?’ -Mr Woodhouse desperately leaning away from Ms Bates’ fan, for fear of a draft

Mr. Woodhouse's reaction when Ms. Bates starts fluttering her fan is priceless 💀💀

I am living for the fan aggression in this scene

I wish Anya Taylor-Joy’s song was on the soundtrack. It is subtle, yet beautiful.

Still laughed with the look Jane gave when Emma paused. lol

This scene highlights early on that Knightly tley is the only person in Highbury who sees Emma as she is, rather than she wants to be seen. Here she literally 'lowers her fan', or her perfomative mask, to reveal her true feelings, without pretence or glimmer. Her face, her posture, her voice, it all shifts. It does so at Knightley's gentle invitiation; a observation of her true feelings shared, hidden in a (mildly flirtatious) ribbing. It's really very well done. Edited to add: Although, Knightley has a habit of always pushing further than needed/Emma is ready for, sometimes harshly, causing her to clam up again and feel shame.