Moving on to Scene 201, as I indicated with this graphic in the slideshow -
- the scene as it plays in the film is not at all as it's scripted -
... the scripted version:
201 EXT - RAVINE - NIGHT 201
as Quentin runs along the road toward CAMERA. He suddenly reacts at the sight of broken trees and ripped- up turf.
RAVINE - QUENTIN'S P.O.V.
There, in the ravine, Alex' car, almost demolished, lies on its side as Quentin ENTERS THE SHOT, climbing down the ravine toward it.
EXT - CAR - NIGHT
as Quentin approaches the car, Alex can be seen in fairly good shape, but trapped in the car.
ALEX Quentin!
as Quentin grasps the door
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The scene does indeed begin with Quentin running along the road toward CAMERA - but what he suddenly reacts to is seeing Alex (though we don't see Alex quite yet) and in an unscripted moment Quentin calls out to him, as both the subtitles -
- and the closed captioning -
- acknowledge - and as Quentin gets closer to him we see Alex sitting on the ground up against a tree and smoking a cigarette, probably something that would never get into the film today, though it's debatable if Alex' unscripted explanation of his circumstances still would - and both the subtitles -
- and the closed captioning -
- acknowledge that explanation.
More to come...