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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: November 25, 2023, 03:48:12 PM »
Continuing with how Scene 85 is scripted:
April 22nd = November 23rd this time around.
...
They look at each other and as Gabriel continues to
POUND, Charles crosses to the door and opens it,
but just a crack, revealing a very nervous Gabriel.
And that's when today's quote -Page 35A/Scene 85 - Gabriel: 'I have come for her, brother.'
- comes up.
And as for what's different about the dialogue, Gabriel says something completely different because what he actually says is "That's my wife, Charles", which I think is a much better line.
And as for what's different from the descriptions and directions, Charles does cross to the door, but after he goes down the stairs and unlocks it, he actually kicks it completely open and then steps back to reveal Gabriel. And Gabriel doesn't look particularly nervous - a better description is that he looks angry. (There's no hint of the nervousness Gabriel will display in a sequence which chronologically takes place before the tower room scene but is a sequence we have yet to see in the film because it doesn't come up until Scenes 119 & 121.)
And before we leave these moments in the film, I do have to say that even more than three years after first posting about it, I still can't believe that it took me so long to really pay attention to that sketch:I never really ever paid much notice to the sketch that's hanging on the wall near the door when Charles answers the door to Gabriel. And I have no idea how I actually could have paid little attention to it, particularly in the VHS version of the film where it seems to show up more prominently for a longer period of time:
Apparently one can easily presume that Angelique wasn't always as, uh, overly dressed as she was when she was posing for Charles' unfinished portrait. And apparently this is yet further proof that no matter how often one watches something (and I've watched NoDS so many time that I lost count long ago) one can still pick up things on even more repeated viewings.
(ADMIN: Edited to add better images, including a Laser Disc capture)
April 22nd = November 23rd this time around.