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And if they don't see it, we don't see it.
That's brilliant because now I'm in suspense the whole time.
Right.
And, you know, Stephen's done very well by suggesting more than he shows.
Right.
So if— That's a trademark.
It's a trademark.
It's born out of necessity, which is what's brilliant about it.
The famous story is about Jaws and the shark not working.
Right.
And it also didn't hurt that our main character, we had Tom Cruise, who was going to be an interesting person you want to watch anyway.
Right.
So if you're going to restrict a point of view, that's the rule.
Do it with someone interesting.
Particularly, I mean, one of the ideas behind Jurassic Park, there's the central brilliant Crichton once-in-a-lifetime idea of the preservation of the DNA in amber, which is fantastic.
Michael Crichton.
Michael Crichton, yes, yes.
The other idea is rearranging our place in the food chain.
That has worked in a couple of jaws, notably, and certainly Jurassic Park.
We love to think about that.