Sunday 17 April 2011

Slaughter house 5 movie scene

Slaughter house movie? It's been done before, but apparently got very bad reviews, and seems like the producers didn't even bother read the book.

One scene in the book that I felt might be good in a movie was Billy's 20th anniversary with Kilgore Trout in attendance. The scene where Billy falls sick to the four person singing, and is reminded of the four guards after the firebombing of Dresden. This scene would lend itself to a movie because it covers both the present and a flash back.

The scene could be shot as follows:

First fade in to a high angle shot of the anniversary party, where everyone is socializing. Then an optometrist calls for a toast in honor of Billy and Veronica. As the four people starts singing, the falls and zoom in on Billy's face, where his expression changes and his face takes on a pale color. The scene then cuts to a first person view of Billy looking at the four singers. The song ends, and the camera zooms out to a long shot, where everyone is looking at Billy, Billy sits down and people ask him if he is alright. Billy dismisses their concern by saying he is alright. Then Billy walk upstairs to his bed room where he has a flash back of himself and other American POWs coming out of the meat locker and witnessing the ruins of Dresden. The scene then cuts to a first person view of Billy, looking around, and finally settles his eyes on the four guards, with their mouth open.

Well, that`s how I imagine the scene. It could be part of the trailer for the movie, but shortened of course.

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