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okay i'm weird...
cuz i couldn't sleep at my mom's house last night
so i picked up a book there "Don't Tell" about this woman who escapes from her abusive cop husband (and no i don't think it's what that J-Lo movie was based on)
then all of a sudden i go to the restroom and it's 6am - does this ever happen to you? and then, since i've been reading all night my brain won't stop and starts writing at this ungodly hour. i think that's why i don't read at night and i instead fall asleep to the murmur of the television.
anyway, i often make up trailers of a movie in my head, many times i want to just make the trailers and not the entire movie. cuz i can't really finish the whole movie with details, but i can see the trailer in my head almost perfectly.
yeah yeah i've been seeing too many movies lately, but i used to make up trailers all the time even before my free movie marathon began.
but i always have a problem with names of characters (hence my pets' names - miss kitty and mr. puppy), difficulty finding titles for pieces (poetry = untitled #301), and i never really like the endings in most stories. because to me, well, most stories never really end.
so anyway, if you guys are bored and would like to read it (partially) if i ever transcribe it (partially), let me know. and then tell me if i'm crazy, or if it's funny, or if it sucks, or if it's just me talking to myself in my head.
okay i'm just writing it down from memory, the pages are out in my car. i just don't want it to be a crappy "before sunrise" type of movie, not just this one, but anything that i write. (but i do even say that in my dialogue, "this is starting to feel like a crappy linklater movie.") will i get sued for saying stuff like that in movies. like if "we" watch or mention a few movies in my movie, is that legal?
it's a mixture of the duval house (but not really), me & my crazy thoughts (but not really), etc. but seriously, i was cracking myself up this morning at 7am when i hadn't had a lick of sleep, thinking that i had incredibly witty banter between these imaginary characters in my head. and i just sort of want to know what others (you guys) might think...
i want it to be set in austin cuz i know it, and i'd be lying if i tried to pretend like i knew NYC. but it would be impossible to have their careers here in austin, so either i have to learn NYC. or they failed professionally in the art world there and moved back to austin, damn. how do people make such decisions.
well, it's in the car, so email me if you're interested in reading more (mostly dialogue) - zenbetty@hotmail.com
but i kept hearing that movie trailer voice guy narrating the trailer:
(narrator = nar) (woman lead = w) (man lead = m)
nar: "What happens when..."
m: so what do you do?
w: i'm a food photographer.
m: what does that mean?
w: which word don't you understand...food? or photographer?
nar: "two average [somethings] are thrown together..."
m: [front door opens] oh. you. still looking for a roommate?
w: yes, but first rule, no sex with roommates.
m: well good thing i don't find you remotely attractive cuz i would hate to have to turn you down.
[w slams door in his face]
m: [muttering to self] well that didn't go well
nar: "in the not-so-average art world?"
w: so unfortunately, since i've met you, this screenplay i'm writing has now evolved into some crappy romantic comedy.
m: don't blame me just because i have gorgeous hands.
nar: "A very unlikely romance occurs."
w: you've seen that movie 9-1/2 weeks?
m: yeah.
w: real life is so not like that. i thought a tub full of chocolate pudding would be incredibly sexy. i couldn't have been more wrong...
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okay, i'm psycho, but i do this all the time...do you? i usually just don't keep myself up to 8am writing it down. and take an hour nap before work. let me know if you want to read more. or if this is an insanely boring premise. it's supposed to be dry wit, but since i had about one hour of sleep, i have no idea what i'm saying right now.
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posted by
zenbetty at 12:56 PM
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