I think the theme from this scene could be diactic with the message watch who you're messing with. At the beginning of the scene we think that Phillip Vandamn is a threat to Roger Thornhill, but by the end of the scene the table is turned and Thornhill is a threat to Vandamn because Vandamn was not careful and Thornhill figured out everything he was doing. Now he is threatening to go to the cops and get Vandamn in trouble.
The lines in the scene are virtual in the scene and the lines are kept the same in the frames and between each frames. The lines are very straight, vertical, and do not change much. The shapes are also the same in the frames, very square and never change. The space is deep with all the people in the room but very limited because the camera cannot capture anything but inside the room. The rhythm is very slow throughout the scene because they are acting very calm. Vandamn and Thornhill are talking very slow, and if you notice they are in an auction room, but the auctioneer is talking very slow as well, which you never hear auctioneers talking slow. There is very limited movement during this scene. The only moving during the scene is at the beginning, when Thornhill exits the cab and walks into the building, then leaves at the end of the scene. Most of the movement in the scene is eye contacts. The character's eyes are always shifting during the scene.
Most of the lines, shapes, and movement have affinity in theme in this scene where they all stay the same. I would say the whole time during the scene you would be using conscious thinking. The tension builds when Thornhill starts calling out Vandamn and it gets released when he mentions how he would be safe with the police and walks away. The text within the scene is the literal words that the characters are saying, and the subtext is at the beginning of the scene, Vandamn has his hand around Eve's neck symbolizing that he has his grasp on her and he is in control over whatever she does.
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