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THURSDAY, 13 JULY, 2000, PHILADELPHIA |
Scene from my movie… SCENE 18 — No voices. Soundtrack of cheesey 50’s lounge music plays throughout. FADE IN: Int. A bed. A MAN is sleeping next to a WOMAN. His arm is under her neck. Slowly, he begins to awake. He opens his eyes and looks about the room, bewildered. He turns his head to look at the WOMAN who has runny, post-coital make-up and mussed hair and is snoring. A look of terror crosses MAN’s face. He tries to pull his arm from under WOMAN. She moans sleepily and almost wakes up. The MAN’s heart almost stops. Soon, she falls back asleep. The MAN is in a near panic. We see him trying to devise a way to get out of the situation without waking her up. He ends up chewing his arm off. Blood splatters everywhere. The WOMAN remains asleep. The MAN gets up, gets dressed and leaves the apartment, leaving a thick trail of crimson behind him. CUT TO: Int. MAN’s house. He comes home and is greeted by his WIFE who kisses him cheerily on the cheek. The man smiles, with a tinge of guilt. His arm is still spurting blood all over the foyer. WIFE does not notice. CUT TO: Int. Kitchen. MAN, WIFE, GIRL and BOY are at the dinner table chatting amicably over mashed potatoes and pot roast. GIRL recounts some story. MAN laughs heartily. Blood is squirting in arcs over the food as he rocks with laughter. No one notices. CUT TO: Living Room. MAN is asleep in front of television. Armchair is soaked in blood. GIRL is lying on floor, asleep on his knee. MAN wakes up and sees GIRL is sleep-drooling down his leg. He gently tries to move GIRL’s head and coats her in blood in the process. GIRL twitches in sleep. MAN puts her head back down and his panic mounts again. He grabs a nearby cheese knife and saws his leg off. Gallons of blood pour out from his missing arm and leg. He hops away, leaving the GIRL sleeping on his severed leg. CUT TO: Int. Elevator doors. They open and a river of blood washes out. Lift is full, but none of the passengers notice the blood. The MAN hops out, still bleeding profusely from leg and arm. MAN hops into the office. CUT TO: Int. Board room. Long table surrounded by BUSINESSMEN. Camera pans arond table until we find the MAN with rivulets of blood oozing over table top. His portfolio is swimming in blood. No one notices. A SPEAKER is pointing to a chart that shows dramatic profit increases. He is finishing his speech. BUSINESSMEN stand up smiling and pat SPEAKER on the back and shake his hand on the way out. The MAN approachs SPEAKER smiling and holding out his hand. The SPEAKER takes it and shakes it. A secretary leans around the corner and says something to the SPEAKER. He answers back. She asks a question. He answers back. He is still shaking the MAN’s hand. The conversation between the SPEAKER and the SECRETARY is continuing. The MAN is growing panicked again and trying to wrench his hand away from the SPEAKER’s. In a fit of hysteria, the MAN grabs scissors off the table and cuts his own hand off. He is spewing blood in three directions. He hops out of the room amidst a deluge of blood. CUT TO: Ext. MAN’s house. Car pulls up. Door opens. Blood flows out of car and washes into the street. The MAN gets out of the car and hops into his house and closes the door. Still shot on exterior of house as happy 50’s lounge music continues to play. 10 – 15 seconds later, the front window bursts open and an ocean of blood pours forth into the garden washing away children’s toys, flower pots, lawn furniture, etc. FADE 
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