Daily Dialogue — September 5, 2014

THE WHITE OF WHAT SEEMS LIKE A HOSPITAL. Everything is bled of color. It’s all vague —

— we are looking at this from Paul’s blurred vision.

And throughout this next sequence, there are these SOUNDS, words really, but they make no sense.

Annie: …no… worry… be… fine… good care… you… I’m your number one fan…

The first thing we see during this is something all white. It takes a moment before we realize it’s a ceiling. Now, a white wall. An I.V. bottle is next, the medicine dripping down a tube into PAUL’S LEFT ARM. The other arm is bandaged and in a sling.

ANNIE is standing beside the bed. She wears off-white and seems very much like a nurse. A good nurse. She has pills in her hands.

CUT TO:

PAUL. Motionless, dead pale. He has a little beard now. Eyes barely open, he’s shaking with fever.

Paul: (hardly able to whisper) …where… am I…?

— Misery (1990), screenplay by William Goldman, novel by Stephen King

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Abduction. Today’s suggestion by Daniel Cossu.

Trivia: After refusing to speak about his motivations for writing Misery for two decades, Stephen King finally came out and stated that it is indeed about his battle with substance abuse. Kathy Bates’ character is a representation of his dependency on drugs and what it did to his body — making him feel alone, separated from everything, while hobbling any attempts he made at escape. In his statement he said he didn’t come out with it at the time because he wasn’t ready and because he was afraid it would detract from the story.

Dialogue On Dialogue: “I’m your number one fan.” Riiiiiigggghhhht!

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