wish-fulfillment level--the "coffins of black" are the chimneys the boys work in; the "Angel" who releases them is a wise legislator or rich benefactor (like Oliver Twist's Mr. Brownlow) who releases them from the bondage of their labor with the key of social legislation or of wealth; the green plains represent a happier future. At this level, the dream represents only a wish or a hope. On the
rust and moss green.
Medieval colors -- Daddys like
an old knight.
A Florist stops her.
FLORIST
The head table --?
ALLISON
What about it?
FLORIST
The flowers, maam--?
ALLISON
Freesia, freesia, everywhere. Daddy
loves freesia -- and you, over there,
lights. Not too bright. Im looking
for a saffron glow -- sort of tea-
dance twenties.
EXT. GREAT HALL, COUNTRY ESTATE - MORNING
Parrish, groomed for t
a wooded path, munching a tidbit of toast, looking
for all the world like Red Riding Hood in his plastic poncho.
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Its silent here, like a church. The only sounds we hear are
the twittering of the birds and the hammering of the
woodpecker.
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A RUSTLING SOUND makes Paul freeze. He turns, becomes
transfixed. Softly:
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PAUL
Oh, my...
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Reverse angle
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reveals a magnificent BUCK, not
Its magnified and deeply revealed. Flecks of green and yellow in a field of milky blue. Icy filaments surround the undulating center.
The eye is brown in a tiny screen. On the metallic surface below, the words VOIGHT-KAMPFF are finely etched. Theres a touch-light panel across the top and on the side of the screen, a dial that registers fluctuations of the iris.
The instrument is no bigger than a
rusted rows, still bumper to bumper. The skyline of
buildings beyond has been shattered by some unimaginable force like a
row of kicked-down sandcastles. Wind blows through the desolation,
keening with the sound of ten million dead souls. It scurries the ashes
into drifts, stark white in the moonlight against the charred rubble. A
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