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Complete This Phrase / Fill In The Blank(s) - Vicki's Arrival-Burke's Revenge-Matthew Morgan-Introducing Josette / Re: Episode #0063
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Excellent Ones, dom, patrick and Uncle Roger!!
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And now moving on to the next scene in the script:
173 EXT - JENKINS COTTAGE - NIGHT 173
A car ENTERS THE SHOT, stopping at the house, as
Claire and Alex get out. Alex takes a valise and the
wrapped portrait from the back seat as they start to
the door.
And that's when today's first quote -Page 80/Scene 173 - Alex: 'Is it too late to see how they are? --'
- comes up, followed by today's second quote -Page 80/Scene 173 - Claire: 'Alex, it's two in the morning!'
- coming up, followed in the script by:
173 CONTD CONTD 173
Claire opens the door. As the two of them ENTER and
the door closes behind them, a light appears in the
living room. HOLD ON THIS as the SOUND OF THEIR
VOICES can be heard from inside.
CLAIRE (O.S.)
I'm making coffee. You want
something to eat?
ALEX (O.S.)
Yeah. What's in the Frig?
End of scene - or is it?
And when it comes to the dialogue, the descriptions, and the directions, because this scene doesn't appear in any version of the film, we have no way of knowing what might have been different. However, in DC's script he's added something to the end of the scene:
Pan to see Gerard in car.
Though more than likely it would have been Gerard in his truck...
Let her ride on his tugboat.
And even though the slideshow indicates Scene 172A as being a "Cut/Trimmed sequence," it and presumably Scene 172 are among:QuoteA selection of scenes cut from the 129-minute version that have been recovered:
...
Seeing Angelique's silhouette in the tower window, Tracy pledges that she will save Quentin.
It's funny how some scenes from Darren's various Fest presentations of the recovered NoDS footage stick in your mind more than others. I say "presumably" Scene 172 was recovered because even though I recall seeing Scene 172A back in 2004 at the Tarrytown Weekend as if it had just happened yesterday, I don't recall if Scene 172 was shown with it. And the events of Scene 172 are not included on Darren's list of recovered scenes, only what transpires in Scene 172A...
...
The music starts playing. Madame Findlay calls to the spirits--"I'm here to help!"The music suddenly stops, but she continues to speak to the spirits, assuring them, "I'm here to bring you peace, but if you won't help me, I'd like to leave." She tries the door, but it won't budge. Scared, she tells them she isn't afraid. The medium suddenly realizes someone died in this room. The air around her grows frigid. "You exist in darkness!" she accuses--"and you want me to exist in darkness!--APPEAR TO ME! APPEAR TO ME!"
...
... moving on to the next two scenes:
172 INT - MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT 172
Tracy lies on the bed, her face wet with tears, as
she stares blankly up at the ceiling. Then slowly
she rises and crosses to the window where she looks
up at the Tower.
172A TOWER - THROUGH THE WINDOW - TRACY'S P.O.V. 172A
Although the windows are dark, it is almost possible
to see the luminous outline of a woman looking down
at her.
And that's when today's quote -Page 80/Scene 172A - Tracy (softly, almost to herself): 'I know you're up there. But I won't let you have him. I'll never leave! Never!'
- comes up.
End of scenes.
And when it comes to the dialogue, the descriptions, and the directions, because these scenes don't appear in the film as it currently stands, we have no way of knowing what might have been different. However, they do appear in the 129 minute version of the film...
Coming up next time, we'll deal with more material that isn't in any version of the film - material that will explain what Carlotta's nod to Gerard in Scene 171C was all about...).
to learn about notes DC made about Scenes 171-171C but erased
I don't know why it didn't occur to me to do it before today, but today I examined what's discernible from the erased notes and it seems like DC wanted to shoot at least some portions of the scenes from a height so he was going to shoot from atop a ladder. Though given much of what he wrote is now unreadable, who knows if he actually shot things that way? And particularly given that nothing from the scenes is in any version of the film, we'll never know...