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At Collinwood, Elizabeth comes downstairs and approaches Cassandra in the drawing room. Why are you doing this to me? she begs. Cassandra plays innocent. Liz can't sleep, she only thinks of death, and it's because of Cassandra. The witch forces Liz to look into her eyes. After she's hypnotized, Cassandra gives her a sherry and says she hasn't had it bad yet--the worst is yet to come.
Given that Scene 170 is such a pivotal scene in the film, I'm quite surprised that I've never come across any stills from it. And it's not like there aren't other stills circulating from other and some might say less significant bedroom scenes.
I've already shared this one (from Scene 46, which isn't even a part of the 129 minute version of the film) in graphics for previous slideshows:
And I posted about this one, which may or may not be from Scene 64:All that being said, though - and potentially contrary to my notation at the bottom of the graphic for yesterday and today - I do have a publicity still that *might* be from Scene 64. To me, it's often looked more like Quentin is attacking Tracy (and I could never quite figure out where it could fit into the film because in the script there's no scene in their bedroom where he attacks her when they're dressed for bed) - but I do suppose that it could also be interpreted as a somewhat odd pose of the two of them in mid-embrace. Judge for yourself:
It may have also been taken during the shooting of Scene 40. Who knows...
The original slideshow for NoDS included this line -
NoDS: Scene #170 - Quentin: 'You do have such a
lovely body.'
- because it was quoted in the Fest's 1999 Movie Calendar, upon which the original slideshow is based.
Recall:...
As we all know, this is how this portion of Scene 170 plays -
- with Tracy's line, "Stop it, Quentin! Stop it, you're hurting me!" getting cut off because of an edit made to remove graphic molestation footage.
At least so far as the Blu-ray/DVD versions of the film go. I didn't realize until I was doing the closed captioning for Scene 170 that the VHS/Laser version of the film goes a fraction longer when it comes to Tracy's "Stop it, Quentin! Stop it, you're hurting me!":QuoteBut here's how it should play:
Sadly, the sound quality isn't the greatest, but that's what happens when you're recording with a microphone off of a drive-in theater's speaker. The microphone has issues picking up the sound and the speaker has issues playing it. But before we had TV showings of the fully unedited 94 minute version of NoDS, that recording was a treasured possession. And actually it still is, given that unfortunately we're still without the 129 minute restored version of NoDS and the recording contains several bits that appeared in the 97 minute version. And yesterday was the first time I was actually able to listen to the tape in something like 40 years because until yesterday I didn't have a reel-to-reel tape recorder to play it...
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(ADMIN: Edited to replace VHS video with Laser video)
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And now picking up with the script:
Pulling Tracy to him, he kisses her gently. As the
passion of the moment begins to grow, Quentin's
kisses become more violent. It suddenly becomes
obvious that she is becoming frightened as he con-
tinues to press himself upon her, now almost savagely.
Tracy now fights to escape his embrace.
TRACY
Quentin, please! You're
hurting me.
With a desperate effort, she pulls away, cringing
from him against the massive headboard. Her eyes
filled with fright, she stares at him as Quentin,
smiling evilly, cruelly, stares back.
And that's when Thursday's quote -Page 78/Scene 170 - Tracy: 'Quentin, please...please don't touch me like that.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
QUENTIN
What's wrong, Tracy? Don't
you like it anymore? You do
have such a lovely body.
Then, reaching out to her, he roughly cradles her
face in her hands.
And that's when the first part of Friday's quote -Page 78/Scene 170 - Quentin: 'I'll touch you whenever -- and however -- I want.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
Then rising, he crosses to the door and turns to her.
And that's when the second part of Friday's quote -Page 78/Scene 170 - Quentin - 'If you don't like it, Tracy, you can always leave.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
170 CONTD CONTD 170
Tracy is hysterical now. She screams at him.
And that's when today's quote -Page 79/Scene 170 - Tracy: 'She's doing this to you! It's her! It's Angelique!'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
He just turns and EXITS THE SHOT. Tracy runs to the
door and locks it. TRUCK IN on her anguished face.
End of scene.
And as far as what's different with the dialogue, Tracy actually says "Quentin, stop it! Stop it, you're", which gets cut off there in the 94 minute version but concludes with "hurting me!" in all other versions of the film - And after Tracy actually says "Quentin, please don't touch me like that" she soon adds another "Stop it!" - and Quentin simply says "You do have such a lovely body", with the "What's wrong, Tracy? Don't you like it anymore?" completely dropped - and Quentin drops addressing Tracy by name when it tells her she can always leave - and Tracy's entire "She's doing this to you! It's her! It's Angelique!" is dropped in the film.
And as far as what's different with the descriptions and directions, after Quentin and Tracy share their gentle kissing, I love how Quentin pulls back and an evil smile comes across his face -
- before he moves in for the violent kissing - however, unlike what's scripted, in the film Tracy isn't able to pull away from Quentin to cringe against the headboard because it's Quentin who actually pulls back a bit while he continues to molest Tracy (which is far more graphic in the 97 and 129 minute versions) - and then as Quentin roughly cradles Tracy's face in her hands, he actually delivers both parts of Friday's quote without rising from the bed in the middle of them - and after he does rise, we simply see Quentin move away from the bed -
- and toward the direction of the door - and then things shift to a still deeply shaken Tracy still in bed -
- and breathing heavy as we also hear the bedroom door close off screen, so we do not see Quentin turn to Tracy from the door, or Tracy scream at him hysterically, or Quentin leave, or Tracy run to the door and lock it as the camera trucks in on her anguished face.
And coming up next time, more material that doesn't appear in any version of the film...