love at the airport

"...There was one couple in particular I studied as if I had stumbled across the Discovery channel during my television surfing. They were in their early-to-mid thirties and were joined in an embrace that would have lasted the length of their flight had either of them let it continue. At last the male let go, ran his hand over his head to perhaps brush sweat from his brow or gesture in some subconscious release of anxiety. This man took off his hat, as well as the girl’s and then regarded his loved one as if the removal of these articles of clothing granted some previously unseen perception of the woman before him. The two soon returned to an embrace in which they never kissed, but merely held one another in their arms, crediting the other with this physical contact in hopes the feeling would last the length of their time apart."

Love perfectly visualized.

Untitled new story intro

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 I was playing with a new idea for a story in my head recently. The story essentially follows two characters a la My Dinner with Andre or Before Sunset in that it is dialogue heavy. The story is near to real-time as possible and would take place over the course of a short span of maybe a day. The main character is a recovering sociopath that has undergone an experimental surgery to perhaps gain a conscience for the first time in his life. The focus on the story will mostly be the idea of the character's perceptions of before and after the surgery. The supporting character will be female, perhaps from his present or past interactions.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

This movie has always been in my favorites. Charlie Kaufman's surrealist filmography shows an approach unparalleled by and large in Hollywood. A philosopher with a day job as a script writer. He won an Oscar for the screenplay of this film. Maybe for this scene in particular. Impossible to watch without a chill:

INT. HOUSE - CONTINUOUS


She runs upstairs, giggling.  
The room is drying out, turning
into a husk.

  JOEL
  (calling after her)
 I really should go.  I really need to
 catch my ride.

  VOICE-OVER
 I didn't want to go.  I was too nervous.
 I thought, maybe you were a nut.  But you
 were exciting.  You called from upstairs.

  CLEMENTINE (CONT'D)
  (flat)
 So go.