Thursday, January 4, 2007

Page 1:

  • FADE IN:

  • INT. BEDROOM – DAY

  • NICHOLAS FREDLAND sits in a large, orange chair at a tiny desk in a tiny room. His hands flutter about the keys on his tiny computer. STEELY DAN plays on the stereo.

  • It’s a new year and he is filled with OPTIMISM.

  • He decides to put on a grotesque amount of weight so he can fit into the XL GREEN LANTERN T-SHIRT that he got for Christmas years ago.

  • Last night he dreamed of playing golf with PRINCE CHARLES.

  • Nicholas’ girlfriend PENELOPE PENELOPE pokes her head out from under the covers on the bed.

  • PENELOPE PENELOPE
  • What time is it?

  • NICHOLAS FREDLAND
  • 3:08.

  • PENELOPE PENELOPE
  • Shit, why didn’t you wake me up.

  • NICHOLAS FREDLAND
  • I was enjoying the silence.

  • Penelope glares at Nicholas as she throws the covers off and slides out of bed.

  • HAITIAN DIVORCE comes on. She starts to sing along as loud as she can as she leaves the room.

  • She adjusts her panties unselfconsciously as she goes.

1 comment:

Nick's Evil Twin Skippy said...

Hi, this is the comment commentary for Imaginary Girlfriend - The Movie. I'm Nicholas Fredland. I wrote the movie.

I envisioned this as a "poetic diary in screenplay format". My goal was to write exactly one page a day using the events of the previous day as inspiration.

The only part of this page that's untrue is Penelope (well, I don't really want to put on a grotesque amount of weight).