“A Quick Rundown II” by Lem Billings

“I want to see that movie.” says a dead Gen. X woman.

“Who’s the director?” asks a woman.

“It’s a collaborative between possibly three or more men. Stanley Kubrick, Salvador Dali, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Harold Loeb, and Michelangelo Antonioni. Howard Hawks also is interested.” says a man.

“And they want Audrey Tatou and Sydney Pollack?” says a reader.

“So far, yes.” says a dead man.

“So it’ll be in production for a while.” says a reader.

“Yes. They can edit Audrey in. But yes.” says the man.

“They have time to make it.” says a dead man.

Later.

“Let’s talk with Lacey about how she perceives people who aren’t old money.” says a reader.

“Okay.” says Lem.

“Does she look down on them?” asks a reader.

“No!” says Lem.

“So she was just mad that people were lying and being narcissistic?” says a reader.

“YES!” says Lem. “That was at least most of it.”

“If I don’t write any more tonight: The following blog is about what happens when you start recording what’s happening to you. This is what’s happening in my life.” says Lacey Banks. “Maybe it’ll make sense. Maybe it won’t. I’ll have to edit it eventually.”

Spitting Off The Edge Of The World (a movie preview) by A Dead Hollywood Type

1980’s or 90’s Male Movie Trailer Voice: An actually fascinating and actually new look at the Kennedys…

*A shot of the Kennedys posing together as a family in their house for a family portrait. The lightbulb flashes.*

*The screen goes black.*

1980’s or 90’s Male Movie Trailer Voice: Audrey Tatou and Sydney Pollack give us insight. Into ourselves.

*A shot of Lacey, Audrey Tatou, sitting at a formal dining room table in a house that resembles Betty Draper’s house. It’s Lem’s sister’s house. Audrey is mysteriously sitting there just silently watching everything and everyone. And Lem, as portrayed by Sydney Pollack, sits at the table with a dazed expression, drunk and half looking at her and half staring off into space.*

*The screen goes black.*

*Spitting Off the Edge of the World (Featuring Perfume Genius) by Yeah Yeah Yeahs plays.*

1980’s or 90’s Male Movie Trailer Voice: Audrey is a fantasy. A perfect girl.

*Quick shots of appropriate, beautiful but honest images of Lem’s fantasies of Lacey.*

*Black screen.*

“Cowards, here’s the sun…” the singer sings.

1980’s or 90’s Male Movie Trailer Voice: A dark secret.

*”Lem! Come to the Cape this weekend. I need a hand.” says JFK, to Lem, in the White House.*

1980’s or 90’s Male Movie Trailer Voice: And Sydney is…incredibly gay. The gayest soul Jack Kennedy has ever met.

“Dark, dark places shall be none…”the singer sings.

*Shot of Jack playing touch football in front of his house with his family with Lem watching in the background back in the late 1930’s.*

*Screen goes black.*

*Quick R rated shot of Lacey and Lem as portrayed by the actors making love.*

1980’s or 90’s Male Movie Trailer Voice: Or are they?

*Screen goes black.*

“Spitting off the edge of the world…” sings the signer.

*Shots of Woodstock. Soldiers dying in Vietnam.*

“Nowhere to run…” sings the singer.

1980’s or 90’s Male Movie Trailer Voice: Sometimes what we want to be true is. And sometimes what we know is true scares us.

“Am I what’s left?” sings the singer.

*Shot of Hiroshima from outer space. Shot of Lem dying.*

*The song plays.*

*Black screen.*

*The song finishes.*