Studio of Screams by unknow
Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PS Publishing
Published: 2022-07-27T06:00:00+00:00
INTERVIEW THE SECOND:
THE DEVILâS CIRCUS
AS MAYER ESCORTED ME OUT OF THE SCREENING room, The Devilâs Circus movie tie-in paperback in my hand (âStep Right Up for the Three-Ring NightmareâNOW a Major Motion Picture!â), I worked the stiffness out of my neck and back. Step by step as I made my way between the buildings, I turned my head back and forth, a twist or two but not too much, until a satisfying âcrackâ eased the lingering discomfort of the last half-hour of the feature, caught up in Hugo and Yvetteâs ordeal.
Then I heard it, like a beacon: the received pronunciation of BBC news voices, drawing me into the dining room.
A proper dinner awaited me this timeâan abundant spread. The aroma was intoxicating.
I should have asked what Blythewood was so attuned to on the BBC, but I was still in that delicious post-movie daze, stepping out of one non-reality into day-to-dayâwell, no, thatâs not quite it. There was nothing day-to-day about this time with Lawrence Blythewood.
Again, his attentive body language, eyes closed, listening intently to the newscast; again, without so much as opening an eye or a glance my way, a deft tap at the laptopâs keyboard, the broadcast was cut off, and he folded and tucked his computer away. Out of sight, out of mind.
And then, to me:
âWhat was that old Punch line about English wines?â Blythewood asked. âEnglish wine necessitates four people to drink: one victim, two mates to hold him down, and another to pour the wine down his gullet. Itâs not as bad as all that now, of course. Very different from how it was when we made DEVILâS CIRCUS, I assure you.â
Blythewood waved his hand over the feast.
âItâs early for dinner, I know, but here you are. Your choice of duck confit or trout filet, with twice-cooked crispy potato medallions. Thereâs also a vegetableâasparagusâor you can go with your choice of a green salad with mesclun, or locally-grown greens and an herbe vinaigrette with maple balsamic. Québec cheeses to follow, then coffee and some maple or fruit dessert. Will this do?â
âOh, God,â I stuttered, âwhy, yes. Very much so.â
âIn any case, weâll have a nice Italian vintage this evening, now that youâve had a fleeting look at the fate of the unfortunate heirs of movie vineyards.â
I raised my glass; âA toast, to Yvette and Hugo, wherever they wandered off to together.â
âYes, it was at least still possible for a happy ending to a horror,â Blythewood said. âYou could still lose everything, then find all you needed: Yvette lost everything, but gained Hugo. Hugo lost everything, gained Yvette. A happy ending with the source of all sorrows going up in smoke behind them. You could still carve out a future for yourself, and hang onto the hope it might actually be possible. But that would all change after 1968, like so many other things changed. Itâs only got worse, so much worse, since then. Enough to make one wish for a proper end, a comeuppance, to all the nonsense.
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