And it was possible in that moment, to hear the wheels in Armstrong's brain spinning in the way they used to spin when he fought back and fought back ugly.
Mr Obama will have to guard against the danger of Iran spinning out talks while also continuing to spin the centrifuges making the fuel that could be enriched for a bomb.
The viewer is given evidence, watches it spin (literally, there are many scenes which involve spinning) and makes a conclusion about the nature of reality at the end.