«Behind the Peepers»» final segment, «Composed by: Bennett Salvay,» offers a split - screen view of the orchestra and the sequence they're scoring — unfortunately, my review copy of the DVD
fell out of synch just prior and remained so'til the making - of's close, thus destroying the effect.
And until then, the film is so remarkable at
synching its picturesque style to Moonee's seemingly limitless freedom that the one time they do
fall out of sync feels jarring, almost offensive: In long shot, Moonee and her friends charge past a series
of stores and toward the promise
of ice cream, and even after the children have exited the frame, the camera lingers on the sight
of an obese person on a scooter riding in the other direction, the sound
of the scooter going over a speed bump nothing more than a punchline, an easy potshot, at the expense
of a person who isn't even a bystander to Moonee's life.