Wrapping up Scene 191A and moving on to the next scene:
Quentin pulls his arm away.
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And that's when the first part of today's quote -
Page 91/Scene 191A - Quentin: 'Alex, I've known you for a long time. But listen to me. I'm sick of your insane writer's mind. Don't ask me anymore questions. Don't bug me anymore. Just get out of here.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
And that's when the second part of today's quote -
Page 91/Scene 191A - Quentin: 'And take her with you --'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
WIDEN as Alex turns, knowing there is nothing else he can say. HOLD ON THIS as Quentin stands there. Alex starts down the stairs, passing Carlotta, who stands on the middle landing watching him. As Alex continues down to the first floor, Gerard comes to him, trying to hurry him along. Alex shakes him off, and EXITS THE SHOT. ALEX Take your bloody hands off me --
191B HOLD ON the three of them as the SOUND of the 191B front door can be heard. There is a moment when no one moves. Then finally, Quentin starts down the stairs. As he reaches the middle landing, he looks at Carlotta with hatred in his eyes. Carlotta knows not to speak to him. He continues down to the first floor and stops, looking down the hall where Alex exited. He then crosses into the Card Room where he picks up a bottle of brandy and pours himself a drink. Carlotta follows him in as Gerard remains in the hall.
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End of scene though not end of sequence...
And when it comes to differences in the dialogue, what Quentin actually says to Alex is "Alex. Now listen to me. I've known you for a long time. I'm sick of your insane writer's mind. I don't wanna talk about it anymore. I just want you to get out of here and take her with you --", with the "Don't ask me anymore questions. Don't bug me anymore" part reworked and the "And take her with you --" part incorporated without any separation - and after that Alex simply nods his head - however, for reasons that will become clear in the next section, Alex' "Take your bloody hands off me --" is completely dropped in the film.
And when it comes to the differences in the descriptions and directions, in Scene 191A, Quentin doesn't pull his arm away from Alex before he tells Alex he's sick of him, he wants him to get out, and he wants Alex to take Tracy with him, and that's because, as we got into yesterday, in the film Alex never touches Quentin in the first place - and there's no point where Alex' reaction to what Quentin says to him is to simply look at him because in the film there's no pause between Quentin's first and second quoted dialogue - and the camera shot doesn't widen as Alex turns away from Quentin - nor does the camera hold on Quentin because as soon as Alex turns away he immediately starts down the stairs - and as Alex approaches Carlotta on the middle landing, I love the momentary and slight smile -
- that Carlotta flashes - and as Alex rounds the railing to the next set of stairs, he -
- looks up in Quentin's direction - and as Alex continues down to the first floor, Gerard doesn't actually come to him to try to hurry him along, so, obviously, nor does Alex shake him off - we simply see Alex pass by Gerard, who isn't actually still down on the first floor -
- but standing up about midway on the first set of stairs, and then Alex exits the shot - and the camera holds on Carlotta and Gerard as he puts a smile on his face -
- and with Scene 191B, we do see a shot of Quentin, Carlotta, and Gerard as the sound of Alex' footsteps and the front door closing can be heard, however we only see Quentin-
- from the back - and as Quentin begins to descend the stairs, similar to the way things were shot while Quentin approached Alex, we actaully see a hand-held shot of Carlotta as Quentin moves closer and closer -
- before he reaches the middle landing and looks at Carlotta with hatred - and just after Carlotta enters the Card Room while Quentin gets his drink, she turns to look back out into the corridor -
- in the direction of Gerard.