What's interesting to me about this scene, and plenty of others, is that the camera was not strategically manipulated to make Commodus seem taller than his sister Lucilla. It is something that bothers me every time I watch Gladiator. I always feel like someone who has the kind of power he has should be tall so that others have to look up at him, particularly those who are around him all the time. However, having his sister be taller than him might have been a decision the director made in order to have the viewers question Commodus' authority. Especially since Lucilla always looks so elegant and poised, and next to her Commodus looks like a trash bag. Again, I believe this was a conscious decision to make us question him and his position as emperor.
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