Sunday, January 25, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
More dialogue from SYNECDOCHE, NY
OLIVE:
Pretend we fight each other. And I
say stop hitting me or I’ll die.
And you say okay, but you’re
fibbing. And you hit me again.
CADEN:
Okay.
OLIVE:
Okay. Let’s go. Hit me.
They pretend to hit each other. Olive makes hissing and
roaring noises. She stops.
OLIVE:
Okay. You have to stop hitting me
now or I will die.
CADEN:
Okay.
He stops.
OLIVE:
No! Pretend you’re fibbing!
Remember?
He mock hits her again. She falls.
OLIVE:
Now I have to die.
(beat)
Pretend you say you don’t want me
to die.
CADEN:
I don’t want you to die.
OLIVE:
(compassionate whisper)
But I have to.
CADEN:
But I’ll miss you.
OLIVE:
I have to. And you’ll have to wait
a million years to see me again.
Caden tears up at this and tries to conceal it.
OLIVE:
And I’ll be put in a box. And all
I’ll need is a tiny glass of water.
And lots of—tiny pieces of
pizza. And the box will have
wings, like an airplane.
CADEN:
Where will it take you?
OLIVE:
(thinks)
Home.
Pretend we fight each other. And I
say stop hitting me or I’ll die.
And you say okay, but you’re
fibbing. And you hit me again.
CADEN:
Okay.
OLIVE:
Okay. Let’s go. Hit me.
They pretend to hit each other. Olive makes hissing and
roaring noises. She stops.
OLIVE:
Okay. You have to stop hitting me
now or I will die.
CADEN:
Okay.
He stops.
OLIVE:
No! Pretend you’re fibbing!
Remember?
He mock hits her again. She falls.
OLIVE:
Now I have to die.
(beat)
Pretend you say you don’t want me
to die.
CADEN:
I don’t want you to die.
OLIVE:
(compassionate whisper)
But I have to.
CADEN:
But I’ll miss you.
OLIVE:
I have to. And you’ll have to wait
a million years to see me again.
Caden tears up at this and tries to conceal it.
OLIVE:
And I’ll be put in a box. And all
I’ll need is a tiny glass of water.
And lots of—tiny pieces of
pizza. And the box will have
wings, like an airplane.
CADEN:
Where will it take you?
OLIVE:
(thinks)
Home.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, NY
CADEN:
His Body was riddled with cancer.
He didn't even know. He went in
because his finger hurt.
CLAIRE:
It's okay, baby. It's going to be
okay. Let me make you feel better.
CADEN:
They said he suffered horribly.
That he called out for me right
before he died. They said he said
he regretted his life. They said
he said a lot of things. Too many
to recount. They said it was the
longest and saddest deathbed speech
any of them had ever heard.
His Body was riddled with cancer.
He didn't even know. He went in
because his finger hurt.
CLAIRE:
It's okay, baby. It's going to be
okay. Let me make you feel better.
CADEN:
They said he suffered horribly.
That he called out for me right
before he died. They said he said
he regretted his life. They said
he said a lot of things. Too many
to recount. They said it was the
longest and saddest deathbed speech
any of them had ever heard.
Monday, January 12, 2009
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