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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: December 07, 2023, 09:14:00 PM »
The first post worth revisiting regarding Scene 88:
Though one thing that didn't occur to me when I made that post is that the blurb about the Jenkins' accident is not in the script and was added to the film in post production. Given that, apparently whoever wrote it, if it wasn't Sam Hall (though if it was Sam Hall, well... ), had no idea that Scene 88 establishes that the Jenkins are broke. Or they didn't associate being broke with the likelihood of the financial windfall having a major motion picture made from one of your novels would bring. But still, who knows?
And when it comes to today's quote:And speaking of observations, does it strike anyone else as odd that Alex claims that he and Claire "are broke"?
Page 38/Scene 88 - Alex (gesturing to Claire): 'Will you look at that dress?
Gregory strikes again! He must think we're the manor folk --
honey, remember, we're broke.'
I still wish there was an actual explanation in the film because:QuoteApparently they've written at least a few successful novels, one of which we learn at the end of the film is being made into a "major motion picture."
Plus, the blurb at the end of the film describes them as a "popular husband and wife novelist team."QuoteEither they must have a terrible agent who negotiates terrible contracts for them or they must spend money like water. Or both. Who knows? But if they are broke, no wonder they need to live rent free.
However, it's also quite apparent that supposedly being broke doesn't stop them from driving from Maine to New York in the middle of the night on a whim that they might learn something about Charles Collins.
Though what's perhaps more important about today's quote is that it's a MUST quote!
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Though one thing that didn't occur to me when I made that post is that the blurb about the Jenkins' accident is not in the script and was added to the film in post production. Given that, apparently whoever wrote it, if it wasn't Sam Hall (though if it was Sam Hall, well... ), had no idea that Scene 88 establishes that the Jenkins are broke. Or they didn't associate being broke with the likelihood of the financial windfall having a major motion picture made from one of your novels would bring. But still, who knows?