FunJoel has sent forth unto the Scribosphere this here meme (which I pronounce “meme”). Warren of Screenwriting Life sent it unto me. Now, I ontu you give it up I do…
ONE (1) earliest film-related memory:
TERROR! Terror and dread of Maleficent, the sorceress from “Sleeping Beauty” (1959). I ran out of the theater into the lobby. Was maybe 5 years old.
I think rabbit + crow may have begun with that trauma. See the pic? There she is…with a CROW! And what’s that on her head? Horns? Or RABBIT EARS!
TWO (2) favorite lines from movies:
Always in flux, this. But a bit of dialog I’ve been digging just recently – running it over and over in my head in order to catch a little hit of self-induced melancholy – is from “Black Robe” (1991):
Algonquin Indian CHOMINA is dying in the snow, in a place he has seen in visions. He and his DAUGHTER exchange final words:
CHOMINA: I know this place. For many years. In my dreams. If only I knew it was the dream of death, then what a gift that would have been. I would have been brave. I would have been a great warrior.
CHOMINA’S DAUGHTER: You are a great warrior.
CHOMINA: No. I am as stupid and greedy as any white man.
And, of course, there’s the final line from “Doctor Zhivago” (1965):
YEVGRAF: “Ah, then it’s a gift.”
THREE (3) jobs you’d do if you could not work in the “biz”:
Raise tropical fish
Write books of proverbs
Jedi Knight (but a cool one, not like those pansy ones in the movies)
FOUR (4) jobs you actually have held outside the industry:
The word “held” might be a little too strong, but…
Night Desk Clerk
Pet Store Salesperson
Circus Refreshment Booth Worker
Tray-Carrier at Fancy Parties
THREE (3) book authors I like:
Joseph Campbell
David Sedaris
Hubert Selby, Jr.
TWO (2) movies you’d like to remake or properties you’d like to adapt:
“A Princess Of Mars” (what else?)
“Scaramouche” (what’s the status on Terry Gilliam’s remake? Dead and gone, I’m thinking)
ONE (1) screenwriter you think is underrated:
THREE (3) people I’m tagging to answer this meme next: