Some films are like you're on a drug or something. . . .
Kodachrome had more poetry in it, a softness, an elegance.
—Steve McCurry
I spent quite the evening with
Edward last night (intimations
of evening lasting through
the night are, rest assured,
more wishful thinking
than intentional). [The
screen fades to a
pale gray as the
next scene opens
to a bright and
busy café strewn
with overly fluffy
sofas, chairs and
sofas, chairs and
bean bags. After
a few stark moments
of hubbub in black and
white, in the entire establish-
ment is suddenly awash in
awash in the colors of
Kodachrome.]
Narrator: If, for a moment, we were to presently flashforward
Kodachrome.]
Narrator: If, for a moment, we were to presently flashforward
to the beginning of our story, we’d see a young man
Doug: [walking up to the back of a couch that looks as if it will
This has been. . . .
walking onto a blank, letter-sized page, the city of
his calling, heretofore clean of both his life and
his pen. And soon you will know that to watch
our young hero explore every square inch of that
bright rectangular sheet is to see his city come to
life on the page before you.
Doug: [walking up to the back of a couch that looks as if it will
spring to life at any moment, standing almost over a wisp
of a fellow slumped and nestled deeply into the couch] Well,
pop that popcorn, you haven’t given up on me yet! [“Doug”??]
Edward: [the wisp sunk miraculously deep into the couch] Gemini
Edward: [the wisp sunk miraculously deep into the couch] Gemini
crickets, Doug, where the hell have you been?
Douglas’ pupils are soaking in delight at the barrage of color that
always greets him at the Café Clement. He plops in front of Edward,
mirroring his smirk.
Come back for tomorrow’s extra special episode of Clusterfuffle.
Douglas’ pupils are soaking in delight at the barrage of color that
always greets him at the Café Clement. He plops in front of Edward,
mirroring his smirk.
Come back for tomorrow’s extra special episode of Clusterfuffle.
When you’ll discover what happens when Café Clement closes
for renovations, what darkness befalls a cast caught unawares
when the script calls for new names for each character and the
eradication of all chapter titles, see what happens when the
narrator meets his long lost brother, Doug. And, most thrilling
of all, Edward sends a private message for the audience. What
could he possibly have to say to you?
This has been. . . .
