And we continue Scene 86 with today's quote -
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- as it was scripted to come up.
But as I alluded to yesterday, in the film things at this point don't play quite like they're scripted. And that's because this is how things appear in this section of DC's script:
LIZ The likeness is extraordinary, (She X) isn't it, Carolyn? I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT The CAMERA PULLS FURTHER BACK to include them all.
CAROLYN Yes --
LIZ It's as if the portrait had come to life. - IS'N it Carolyn Carolyn ------------------> Yes
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So, the way all that actually plays in the film is that off screen Liz says "The likeness is extraordinary" while the audience see Barnabas standing by the portrait -
- and then she adds the part that been added to the script -
"I've never seen anything like it" - while Barnabas simply stands there, but the camera does not pull back to reveal everyone else in the room as Liz actually does cross to him -
- to deliver today's quote before Liz turns to Carolyn -
- to actually add the "isn't is Carolyn?" and then for Carolyn -
- to actually answer "Yes --" - and as the captures clearly show, unlike as scripted, the only people we've seen in the room so far are Barnabas, Liz, Carolyn, and an out of focus Julia.
And as I mentioned back when we were running the original hoDS slideshow, I can understand why Roger's "For a moment I thought the portrait had come to life" was dropped from Scene 85. If it and Liz' line from Scene 86 had stayed in, it would have made Liz' comment repetitious. Of course, it's more likely possible that it was deliberately dropped from Scene 85 and that scene was reworked so that a slight variation of the line could be given to Liz in Scene 86. Having Liz say "It's as if the portrait had come to life" while the audience sees a shot of Barnabas standing beside the portrait is much more effective than having Roger refer to a portrait that the audience hasn't even seen yet.