1:07:01
l'm the guy you yelled at this morning.
1:07:06
l need more.
1:07:07
l'm the one who thought
things didn't happen in life.
1:07:12
Right. Okay.
1:07:13
-Nice to see you.
-l need to talk.
1:07:17
Mr. McKee, my even
standing here is very scary.
1:07:20
l don't meet people well.
1:07:21
But what you said this morning
shook me to the bone.
1:07:24
What you said was bigger than
my screenwriting choices.
1:07:26
lt was about my choices
as a human being. Please.
1:07:32
Yeah.
1:07:35
Well, you know...
1:07:36
...l could sure use a drink, my friend.
1:07:41
''--but a little fantastic
and fleeting and out of reach.''
1:07:45
Then what happens?
1:07:48
Well, that's the end of the book.
1:07:50
l wanted to present it simply...
1:07:52
...without big character arcs
or sensationalizing the story.
1:07:55
l wanted to show flowers
as God's miracles.
1:07:57
l wanted to show that Orlean
never saw the blooming ghost orchid.
1:08:01
lt was about disappointment.
1:08:05
l see.
1:08:08
That's not a movie.
1:08:10
You gotta go back, put in the drama.
1:08:14
l can't go back. l've got pages of
false starts and wrong approaches.
1:08:19
-l'm way past my deadline.
-l'll tell you a secret.
1:08:25
A last act makes a film.
1:08:28
Wow them in the end,
and you got a hit.
1:08:30
You can have flaws, problems,
but wow them in the end...
1:08:35
...and you've got a hit.
1:08:37
Find an ending.
But don't cheat.
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And don't you dare bring in
a deus ex machina.
1:08:46
Your characters must change...
1:08:50
...and the change must come from them.
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Do that and you'll be fine.