He then throws her on the bed and their passionate kissing continues. At this point, the only sounds we hear are not those of background music, but the moans and the loud kissing. This scene shows the love that the couple has for each other that is only hindered by the internal conflict that Ben Loy is experiencing.
The close-up camera enables us to capture this moment as if we ourselves are experiencing it.
''I don't think I can do this,'' says Ben Loy, seen discreetly in bed with his wife. ''I just feel like everybody's watching us.'' In New York's Chinatown in 1949, all eyes are, metaphorically and often literally, on this young couple's fragile marriage. How they survive lethal doses of well-intended scrutiny carries the plot of ''Eat a
