The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued

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Movie Movie

“I trust you. Let’s not split yet. I know a movie theatre five miles away that plays old films. Let’s go sit in the dark for a while.”

“Anywhere with you is great with me. I like old movies anyway. I might fall asleep, though.”

They took her Mercedes and she drove silently to the appointed spot. They parked in the small dirt lot, which looked as if it had not been maintained or repaired for some time. It contained no other cars. They saw the plastic lettered marquee indicating that “All That Heaven and Earth Allow” was playing. Neither of them knew the film. As they walked to the ticket booth they noticed that the stills were in black and white.

He said; “The title suggests that this is going to be a long one.”

Kelly looked at him, with a bit of an incredulous posture and deadpanned; “Not if it had a good editor.”

The ticket booth was empty when they got there, so they walked right inside. They shuffled around the lobby looking at the stills on the wall, keeping an eye out for help. When none came in a few minutes, they decided to walk right in. As he was