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vardathemessage ([personal profile] vardathemessage) wrote2005-03-22 01:55 am
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Cinematic Details

script:
(off-screen)

I guess in the end he got what he wanted.
 
Curt stands in though another beat before slipping on his jacket and downing his beer.
 
CLOSE ON Arthur looking up at him with a distant smile.
 
ARTHUR

That’s quite a – pin you got there.
 
CLOSE ON Curt’s jacket: the antique emerald pin sparkles green.
 
CURT

Oh yeah.
 
ARTHUR

Is it old?
 
CURT

(examining it)

Possibly. It was Oscar Wilde's. Or so I was told by the person who gave it to me.

EXTREME CLOSE-UP on pin with a soft shimmer of music.

This friend of mine who kinda ... disappeared ... some years back.


There's a lovely unspoken meaning in the dialogue and acting. The scene suggests that Arthur recognizes the pin – as a fan he probably saw numerous pictures of Brian wearing it. We learn that Curt knows the story that it belonged Wilde but he also indicates that he may not believe it. And Curt also lets Arthur know, in the conspiratorial manner that Arthur started the conversation, that he is referring to Brian without mentioning his name.

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