Aug 06 2007

dead person pint guinness

Tag: Uncategorizedadmin @ 7:45 pm

Someone got feared this afternoon by a clumsy Caltrain. Well, they got deaded, but before that I expect they got (iPhone autocorrect) feared. Probably clumsy person rather than clumsy train.

So I find myself in San Mateo waiting to be rescued and, curiously ambling along South B Street I encounter an Irish pub which draws me in with its Guinnessly wiles. I succumb and am rewarded with the shadow of the word Guinness cast obliquely onto its head through the glass and with a trickle of memories, or rather feelings… The gloom, the chatting people and the music.

I’m sorry someone died…


Aug 06 2007

The Bourne Ultimatum

Tag: writingadmin @ 9:27 am

Moscow, Russia, 6 weeks before final cut of The Bourne Ultimatum

Scene: a small hotel room, mostly dark except where a lamp dimly illuminates the bedside table, on which we see an old black telephone, a packet of Gauloises, and an old sliver flip lighter. From out of picture left we hear indistinctly two arguing voices approaching outside. Suddenly, we hear a loud bang as one of the men is slammed into the hotel room door.

Но я не могу, это невозможно!” (shouting in Russian – subtitles: “But I cannot, it is impossible!”)

“Если у нас нет пленки в течение трех недель, вы подохнете!” (subtitles: “If we do not have the film in three weeks, you will die!”)

Another loud thump… running footsteps… a car door slams… screech of tires. Silence.

A key turns in the lock, and in staggers the Editor. A tall thin man, his clothes are ruffled. His face is mostly in shadow but we can discern a cut on his left cheek. His eyes are set into deep sleepless sockets. The door clicks shit behind him and he pauses for a moment in the hallway.

“God gammit!” he shouts suddenly, punching the wall. “It’s impossible!”

He walks into the room