Looking back at my word file full of unused Nile Journal dialogue, I see that I actually wrote a lot more exposition on this topic which mercifully never made it to the screen. Some of the cut dialogue is actually not that bad but still – unneeded exposition is unneeded exposition. Nile’s own view on such matters will become apparent in a couple of week’s time.
69. Sunday Ad Infinitum ~ 31
Transcript
Week 39: Sunday
Ignatz: I know it’s kind of hard to tell at the moment, so just so we’re clear?
Ignatz: This is my ‘serious’ face. Now what’s going on?
Spooky: Look, it’s not an easy thing to explain. It’s about… You see we’re…
Nile: It’s about the end of the story. Or rather, it’s about a story without an end.
Week 39: Sunday
Ignatz: Oh not this again!
Spooky: Okay, fine, forget the narrative stuff. Think of it as…
Spooky: …as time not moving properly anymore! We’re stuck in a day that cannot end.
Nile: One long Sunday. Spiralling down into forever.
Week 39: Sunday
Nile: Hmm…
Ignatz: Okay.
Spooky: Okay? That made sense?
Ignatz: Not really. But it’s the kind of nonsense I can deal with.
Spooky: Well… good. I guess.
Ignatz: Now what does all that have to do with this guy being staked to the floor?
