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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Happy 50th Anniversary, Night of Dark Shadows
« on: April 17, 2023, 12:26:03 AM »
Recall that:
So with regard to Scenes 143 -147, Darren Gross posted on his Restoration Web site:
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... Scene 140 does not initially take place in the Gallery, it takes place in the Library, and then a sort of Scene 140A takes place in the Gallery (originally DC had some notes about the scene but for some reason he erased them). After Tracy leaves in Scene 139(A) to go up to bed, things start off with Quentin leaving the Card Room and going into the Library. Similar to the script, he walks to the window and looks out -
- but after sitting down, rather than opening his book, he looks over at the clock -
- also similar to the script, though the time (which is hard to decipher) is definitely much earlier than one-thirty - then he simply sits staring into space as the camera -
- moves in to a close-up - but through all of this Quentin does not pour himself a brandy and obviously doesn't drink it. However, from there things do indeed move to the Gallery with an opening shot of Angelique's portrait -
- as the camera pulls away from it, panning over to where Quentin stands looking at it -
- for several moments before turning to move toward the Master Bedroom, similiar to what's scripted, but again, there's no brandy involved, nor is there any sign of the book.
Scene 141 is very close to what's scripted except for the fact that the camera doesn't truck in on a close-up of Quentin. The entire scene is shot with Tracy asleep in the foreground -
- and Quentin coming in no further than the doorway.
Scene 142 is not in the film - or at least not in the film as it currently stands because it isn't on the list of scenes that weren't recovered. And DC's script has a notation that it would be shot using a low angle taken from the stairs.
We do see the opening of Scene 143, up to and including that long moment while Quentin -
- stares up - however, everything beyond that point in Scene 143 is missing from the film, and is indeed on the list of unrecovered footage - and one thing that's interesting is how abruptly the background music ends before the film switches to the next scene that is in the film - but more on that in a later post.
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So with regard to Scenes 143 -147, Darren Gross posted on his Restoration Web site:
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The following is a list of scenes that are still lost and which are not present in the 129 min version recovered in 1999.
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HIGH ANGLE. Quentin runs from the house. EXT.COUNTRYSIDE. Quentin struggles, stops has flashback.
1971.COUNTRYSIDE.NIGHT. Quentin in trance returns to house.