Rest easy
FADE IN:
INT. HORRID NOVOTEL WEST, HAMMERSMITH NIGHT.
In a dim, shabby London hotel room whose minibar is devoid of ALCOHOL, a slim, attractive Eastern European WOMAN glances up from a laptop computer to gaze at a flickering television showing RANDOM FILM transfixing MAN, aging, paunchy, gouty.
Who is that?
MAN
Who is who?
WOMAN
That. That guy.
MAN
Um. Val Kilmer?
WOMAN
No it's not.
MAN
It looks like Val Kilmer.
WOMAN
No, it's that guy who died.
MAN
Oh, yeah. You're right. Heath Ledger.
WOMAN
Yeah, it is. That's so sad. How did he die?
MAN
I don't think they know yet. Some are saying suicide.
WOMAN
He was so young. Was it the success, do you think? Did his success kill him?
MAN
I don't know much about it.
WOMAN
I don't want success to kill you. I don't want you to be successful.
MAN
Yeah, don't worry about that, honey.
FADE TO BLACK
Har. Success isn’t going to kill me either.
Comment by jane — Saturday 9 February 08 @ 16.43 MST+2.00
That gave me quite a chuckle.
Comment by TheQueen — Saturday 9 February 08 @ 17.06 MST+2.00
Also, careful with the combination of Valium, Xanax, Oxycontin and Ambien. With drinking. That’ll get ya, too. Apparently. Who knew?
Comment by gaoo — Saturday 9 February 08 @ 23.16 MST+2.00
Love the pic! Gorgeous.
PS Try Tylenol with Codeine washed down with a shooter of Tanqueray…breakfast of champions (we actually drank this in high school)
Comment by KP — Sunday 10 February 08 @ 18.52 MST+2.00
Gouty?
Comment by jdog — Monday 11 February 08 @ 08.57 MST+2.00
Love the screenplay style. You should do that for all your “Conversations” posts.
Comment by Erik Rasmussen — Monday 11 February 08 @ 16.51 MST+2.00
I can’t wait to see this on the big screen. I smell an Oscar. Who will play the slim attractive Eastern European woman? Natalie Portman? Who will play the paunchy, aging man? Brad Pitt? (Hey Brad – SNAP!)
Comment by Roo — Tuesday 12 February 08 @ 19.26 MST+2.00
Yeah, GOUTY?
Comment by gaoo — Wednesday 13 February 08 @ 01.00 MST+2.00
Jdog and gaoo: I have a gouty toe. Is that so wrong?
Roo: is Clooney gouty? I’m pretty sure Clooney’s gouty. In any case I am now in love with the sound of those two words together.
Comment by sgazzetti — Wednesday 13 February 08 @ 11.45 MST+2.00
hahahha.
Comment by Victoria Winters — Thursday 20 March 08 @ 21.51 MDT+2.00