Taxi Driver (1976) dir. Martin Scorsese
if youβre like me and struggle with varying the gestures your characters show β this might help !Β a comprehensive (bordering on too long)Β list of different gestures and body language you could include in your literary ventures. i claim no ownership for this list, it was sourced here: x
he lowered his head
she hung her head
he ducked
she bowed her head
he covered his eyes with a hand
she pressed her hands to her cheeks
she raised her chin
he lifted his chin
her hands squeezed into fists
his hands tightened into fists
she clenched her fists
she balled her fists
he unclenched his fists
her arms remained at her sides
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