Sublime

tribulation,

Drama demands conflict on a scene-by-scene level.

Oh, et puis merde. Je me lève sans prévenir, sors du pub, me tire. Simple comme bonjour. Me voilà dehors.

a flawed, conflicted hero goes on a journey to become whole,

At the beginning of a scene characters establish themselves on fairly solid ground, pursuing a goal they believe will restore order to their world. Just when they think they might be getting somewhere, something happens to throw their world into turmoil once again.

read the script, and thought, “Come on Kenny, just turn yourself in – don’t rob a bank or kill someone, it’s not that big of a deal!” And then I thought, “Oh God!” and felt very unnerved. How brilliant that they’d made me sympathise with a paedophile for so long. And the complexity of that, because he’s so young…

Édouard secoue la tête, consterné. Ferlinghetti n’a rien compris. Dieu sait qu’il y a pensé. Il a bien failli le faire, quand il a eu Waldheim dans le viseur de son fusil. S’il ne l’a pas fait, c’est parce qu’il espère encore s’en tirer autrement. Il encaisse tout, les boulots de merde, les refus des éditeurs, la solitude, les filles de catégorie E