Cinematic Details - Gaffes?

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Happy New Year's, Darlings! I hope you all partied like it was 1969.

script:
In the foreground, Brian is revealed watching through the glass, his back to camera. When Curt doesn’t come in on the next verse, Brian twitches angrily.

BRIAN
Shit!
 
DEVINE
Cut it.
 
MIXER
Should I stop it?
 
Brian turns around, facing Devine and the Mixer who sits behind him at the board.
 
Curt continues singing.
 
Brian watches, biting his thumb.
 
He’s gonna hit the bridge a half-verse early.
 
DEVINE
Now you’re simply wasting tape.
 
BRIAN
Alright. Cut it.
 
The music stops.


Well, quite honestly darlings, your faithful reporter is stumped by this scene. We just quoted Ron Asheton about the character of Curt being unable to sing because he was under the influence, (I believe fucked up was the technical term), but that's just Ron's interpretation and it may have more to do with something Todd explained to him in pre-production about the way he was going to use the song than anything in the final film. But under scrutiny the logic of it crumbles. The scene starts with Curt already singing and he continues to sing and yet he supposedly doesn’t come in on the next verse, he missed his cue and he's gonna hit the bridge a half-verse early. Brian and Jerry sigh in exasperation as Curt continues singing, as well, so perhaps you don't have to be strung out on smack to miss that damned elusive cue. Plus, it would seem that he'll hit the bridge a half verse late if he missed his cue.

Comments

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I once had an explanation for the timing in this scene worked out which, sadly, I no longer remember.

It's the drugs, man... ;-)

I've always thought it was poignant and realistic for Curt and Brian to have such a major meltdown over something that's not obvious.

Yes, I agree, like a lot of the legends, rumors and gossip that make up the story, it's perfect that there is no definitive reason why they argued and broke up.

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Extremely brilliant... "egos collide" is exactly right.

but I have another interpretation- if anything Curt seems to be singing slower than the music, right, so he's going to "hit the bridge" (i.e. hit the bridge music track) "half a verse early" (i.e. while he's still singing halfway through the lyrics' verse right before the bridge).

And by the way, this is a simply wonderful resource. Thank you so much!

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Your interpretation is yet another possibility!

Thanks for the good word, glad you're enjoying it!