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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: April 12, 2024, 11:12:54 PM »
Revisiting how the very start of Scene 136 is scripted:
And as far as "today's quote" goes, it was April 10th's this time around.
And as far as "today's quote" goes, it was April 11th's this time around.
Moving on to the next scene:
CUT TO:
136 INT - COTTAGE - NIGHT 136
Claire and Alex sit by the fire. The telephone
rings. Alex gets up. Claire watches him from the
B.G.[/coor]
And that's when today's quote -Page 67/Scene 136 - Alex: 'Hello? Tracy? What's wrong?'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
In the B.G. Claire rises.
End of scene.
And as far as any difference in the dialogue goes, Alex actually says "Hello? Tracy, honey, what's wrong?"
And as far as any differences in the directions and descriptions go, as can be seen in the following capture, Claire is indeed sitting by the fire and reading a book, but an already standing Alex -
- actually comes from the direction of the desk behind the couch to answer the already ringing phone, and as he makes his way to the phone, Claire does not watch him because her attention is only on the book in her lap - but as can be seen in today's capture, Alex' words certainly capture Claire's attention, though -
- we don't see her rise. (However, when next we see Alex in upcoming Scene 138, Claire will be standing at the table with him, so it's quite possible that Claire rising was shot but it didn't make it into the film - well, at least not as it currently stands...)
And as far as "today's quote" goes, it was April 10th's this time around.
And jumping to the next scene:
CARD ROOM
137 INT - COLLINWOOD -LIMBO - TELEPHONE AREA- 137
NIGHT
And that's when today's quote -Page 67/Scene 137 - Tracy (on telephone): 'Oh, Alex, how gloomy you are. I called to say everything's perfect.'
- comes up.
And as far as any difference in the dialogue goes, what's scripted is delivered exactly as written, but there's an addition because Tracy actually says "Oh, Alex, how gloomy you are. There's nothing's wrong. I called to say everything's perfect."
And as far as any differences in the directions and descriptions go, as can be deduced from the crossing out in DC's script as well as today's capture -
- the only thing is that Scene 137 takes place in the Card Room rather than some Limbo Telephone Area.
And tomorrow the slideshow will be dealing with material from this sequence that was dropped - or at least dropped from the film as it currently stands...
And as far as "today's quote" goes, it was April 11th's this time around.