Moving on to the next two scenes in the sequence:
129 EXT - COLLINWOOD - DAY - HIGH ANGLE 129
Looking directly down on Angelique.
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And that's when today's quote -
Page 64/Scene 129 - Strack: 'May the devil take his own!'
- is scripted to come up, followed in the script by:
Suddenly Angelique drops from the branch. As the rope goes taut, her body jerks to a sudden stop. WHIP PAN up to Sarah's window and ZOOM IN TO HER HORRIFIED FACE as she SCREAMS and runs from the sight. NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME SCENE QUENTIN SAW IN ONE OF THE EARLIER MEMORY CUTS.
131 EXT - GROUNDS - DAY - HIGH ANGLE 131
The body hangs from the tree as the men descend the ladder to the ground. Then everyone SLOWLY EXITS THE SHOT.
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And when it comes to differences in the dialogue, what Strack actually prefaces today's quote with is "Oh Lord, Thou hast heard her threats. Protect us from her evils. Guard us with Thy invincible strength. For Thou knowest that we do what we must for Thy sake, in Thy name. Amen. Prepare yourself for eternity, witch" - and after all that is when Strack actually says "Let the devil take his own!"
And when it comes to the differences in the directions and the descriptions, as can be seen in the following capture -
- Scene 129 would certainly seem to actually open with the exact same ground level long shot that Scene 126 opens with, though it lasts longer (for the duration of Strack invoking "Oh Lord, Thou hast heard her threats. Protect us from her evils. Guard us with Thy invincible strength" - and it isn't until after that that things switch to being shot from the high angle looking down on Angelique -
- and it is different footage from what we've seen before because we can actually see Strak's lips move exactly with his continued invocation as he says "For Thou knowest that we do what we must for Thy sake, in Thy name. Amen. Prepare yourself for eternity, witch" - and after that things switch to a shot of Angelique and the two men holding her -
- with her quite understandably looking quite upset and the man on her right turning to look at her - and it's after that that we then see Charles, Strack and Gabriel shot from below, as they are in today's capture -
- and Strack orders "Let the devil take his own!" and Angelique, also shot from below, falls from the platform -
- though in the 94 minute version of the film we do not see Angelique's body jerk to a sudden stop because that is only seen in the 97 minute and 129 minute versions of the film (and more on that in a future post) - and while we do see Sarah scream and run from her window (and also more on that in the future post), we don't see a whip pan or a zoom in to her, but what we do see afterward is a shot Charles having been looking back at her -
- to tie things into Quentin's memory back in Scene 75, and Charles then turn to look back -
- to watch things that only happen in the 97 minute and 129 minute versions of the film (and also more on that in the future post) - and when it comes to Scene 131 (which I honestly believe should be numbered 130 - but more on that in another future post), while Angelique's body is hanging up in the tree, and while we do see the main characters exit the shot, the men do not descend the ladder to the ground because in fact the two men atop the platform remain and as the main characters move toward Collinwood, one of men moves to one of the ladders -
- and then -
- climbs up it.