Cigarette Burns - Zen134237.zen.co.uk

BACKOVIC (ONTAPE)What is the origin of anywork of art? My films arenot about the text, butinstead are about the wayan edit affects ourexpectations. The politicsof the splice. Every frameis a square on a chessboard,an opportunity. Myproducers are... likemindedpeople.Suddenly there's a FLASH in front of Kirby, a ragged circlein the air, like a marker before a reel change.Then it's gone almost instantly.Kirby flinches, startled.KIRBYWhat the fuck?!Kirby takes off his headphones. There's a sound. Kirby stopsand listens. He realizes it's the water running in thebathroom... the sound of the bathtub filling.The lights in the bathroom are on. A shadow passes by at thebottom of the door.Kirby stands up, nervously walks across the room.He puts his hand on the door and gives it a gentle push.It's unlocked and opens a few inches.Through the opening he sees that someone is in the tub. It'sthe same tub we saw earlier in the brief flashback of Annie,somehow here in this hotel now.A woman's bloody arm dangles over the edge. One drop rollsoff her finger and hits the floor.In that moment, there's another FLASH, a flaming circle --And in the circle, a FACE, covered in blood, screaming.SHOCK CUT TO: