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in the 129 minute version of the film Scene 225 continues to play out with Alex and Claire showing up outside the room and Alex helping Quentin to open the door, and we know that Angelique's Assault continues to play over that part of Scene 225 because later on the Blu-ray we get evidence of it (and we'll be revisiting that evidence in the not too distant future)...
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And something that I think I didn't discover until today - or at least I didn't remember it until today when I watched the DVD/Blu-ray version of the sequence.
(I've edited out most of the Alex/Carlotta/Angelique sequence.)
First, the VHS version:
Then the Blu-Ray version:
Though I shouldn't be surprised that each version has something that the other doesn't, particularly because Darren has complained about how the DVD/Blu-ray version is missing much of its foley (the VHS has sounds of Quentin's movement as he enters the room, the DVD/Blu-ray doesn't).
And while others have complained that the holdover music cues at the beginnings of some scenes shouldn't be there in the DVD/Blu-ray version, and I supposed technically they shouldn't, I enjoy the fact that they are because it lets us know how things play in the 129 minute version. But truthfully, who knows if there will ever be a version of NoDS in which everything that should be in place is in place regardless of which length of the film it is? As it is there are already three different versions out there (the VHS, the DVD/Blu-ray and the Amazon Prime/iTunes) none of which is completely correct...
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And speaking of that podcast, Darren also revealed something about the restoration that I found quite intriguing. But I'm going to hold off getting into it for a few days because in a way it relates to something I'm going to revisit then.
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He didn't die of no heart attack! she rails, he died of fear, he did--fear of that awful thing!--why did you ever bring it here, it can kill you, too, you know that, don't you? Nothing is going to happen to me, he assures her, but he seems miles away from the fun-loving guy we met. You're wrong! she says--it's already begun to happen--you're afraid of it just like Green was--there's something it wants you to do, and you're afraid not to do it. You just stop talking like that! he says, pointing a finger at her. Let me help you, she begs--I don't want no harm to come to you. Maybe you can help me, says Desmond--this man, before he died, told me something, but I don't know what it means--it concerns something very important that I must find. What is it? she asks. I can't tell you, he says, it's a secret. Her voice rises; she points accusingly at the head and says, you can't tell me because that THING wants you to find it! That's not true! he cries, turning away.
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- that was shared as part of the Herald featured in the NoDS Pressbook.
And here are two behind the scenes stills - first this one of John Karlen, DC and crew members -
(Click here for a 700X532 version)
- a cropped version of which appears on page 141 of the DS Almanac 30 Anniversary Tribute - and there's this one of DC directing -
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- Grayson Hall, which so far as I can recall has never been officially published anywhere...
I hope none of these people, especially Grayson, were afraid of heights. But then as we know a lot of the production of NoDS forced people to face their fears...
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...Page 110/Scene 238 - Carlotta (as she looks over the side): 'She needs me.'
coming up, followed in the script by:
239 THE GROUND BELOW - CARLOTTA'S P.O.V. 239
On the ground far below stands the ghost-like figure
of Angelique. her arms outstretched as she beckons
Carlotta to her death.
240 EXT - PARAPET - NIGHT 240
as Alex takes another step toward Carlotta, she turns
and plummets from the tower. The only SOUND is that
of the MOANING WIND.
FAST ZOOM to Angelique on the ground below.
End of scripted tower sequence - though in the film that isn't the last we see of Carlotta. But more on that in an upcoming post.
And as far as the descriptions and directions go, everything plays pretty much exactly as scripted with the only difference being that there's a zoom to Angelique both times we see her.
And as far as the dialogue goes, Carlotta's quote doesn't appear in the film as it currently stands.
And Grayson has a note in her script that as Cartlotta decides to jump, she trusts in her love for Angelique.
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And another version -
Daytime TV caption: "Beliving that Angelique's spirit has been
exorcised, Carlotta prepares to take her own life."
(Though that's not entirely true because, as we know, Carlotta sees a beckoning Angelique on the ground below the tower.)
- which was published as part of the Daytime TV article I've been sharing several rare shots from, and which is the only place I've ever seen that shot of Carlotta. Also note, as I mentioned previously, the material from that article is credited to MGM, New York. It's quite interesting how so much of what they shared with Daytime TV doesn't seem to have been shared anywhere else...
More to come...
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238 EXT - TOWER PARAPET - NIGHT 238
as Alex emerges from the door, he sees Carlotta
standing there. The fear and hatred in Carlotta's
eyes are now one and the same. As Alex moves toward
her, Carlotta backs up to where she now stands on
the low wall that rims the parapet.
And that's when today's first quote -Page 109/Scene 238 - Carlotta: 'Stay away from me! Don't touch me!'
comes up, followed in the script by:
238 CONTD CONTD 238
And that's when today's second quote -Page 110/Scene 238 - Alex: 'We don't want to hurt you, Carlotta.'
comes up.
And as far as the descriptions and directions go, upon first seeing Alex, Carlotta doesn't actually back up to get up to stand on the wall that rims the parapet because in fact she backs in the opposite direction to stand against the corner of the wall - and then just before Alex is about to say he doesn't want to hurt her is when Carlotta backs up to stand up on the wall. ...
And as far as the dialogue goes, Carlotta's quote doesn't appear in the film as it currently stands - and Alex actually says "Carlotta, I don't want to hurt you."