I watched The Reader the other night. It's kind of a downer of a movie, but I suppose that's to be expected.

There is a scene-- it's supposed to be funny-- when the main character is shoveling some coal into a bucket. (No, I don't even want to discuss the whole coal issue right now.) So he's shoveling coal from this huge pile, and he takes some from the foot of it. The whole thing shifts, coal from the top tumbles to the bottom, and the poor kid ends up a big mess.

Accidental avalanche, basically. I keep thinking about the moment when the character looks up and realizes what he's done, too late.