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GS: Would you ever consider doing a special dialogue edition?
BR: Absolutely not. If it needed words, I’d have written
them in the first place.
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Barry Nugent
BR: That would be telling. It
could just be my Victorian
children’s book obsession
showing through, or it might
be a cunning multiversal
master-plan. I’ll go as far as
to say that there’s something
in the story that crops up in
both books, and in some other
places too…
GS: Even though we do not know
the names of characters or locations do you have some parchment
locked away with all the names
and places written down? Will the
readers ever get to see it?
BR: Yes and no. Which is somewhat devilish of me, so I’ll explain a little further. I’m determined that the piece should
stand as is, without explanations or director’s commentary. The odd name will come
out here and there, as we have
episode titles that will be used
at some point, but that’s it.
One of my most disappointing narrative experiences ever
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was reading the screenplay to
Donnie Darko, ages after I’d
watched the excellent film.
No detriment intended to the
writer, but having it explained
took all the magic from it (and
it wasn’t half as cool as what
I’d cooked up in my head). I
don’t want to do that to anyone and I’m fascinated to see
what people come up with
without me or Chris telling
them anything.
GS: Can you give us some hints
as to what we expect from the boy
and girl next?
BR: Selfless love, ruthless betrayal. Entanglements with
gods and monsters. Just the
usual. We’ll see much more of
the world they’ve fallen into
and start to meet some of
the other main players we’ve
caught a glimpse of in the
girl’s visions. A series of unfortunate events is then likely
to ensue.