bond without bond

You might not know that Clint Eastwood has made a movie about the rugby World Cup won by South Africa in 1995. Morgan Freeman plays Mandela and, hilariously, Matt Damon plays Francois Pienaar. Here is a line from a review:

All in all, “Invictus” — like today’s “A Single Man,” and next week’s “Crazy Heart” — is a movie built completely around a performance. Subtract its lead, and you don’t have much incentive to watch

I think this would be true of many films. Imagine, for instance: The Temple of Doom; No Psycho, Just a Motel; Harry; Sally; Driving; and so on and so forth.