Dylan/Hallie Break-up

From Rom Com

Current revision as of 18:29, 31 May 2007

In this scene, Hallie starts to feel incredibly guilty over her cheating on Dylan with Nick and decides to admit that this happened to him. He is washing dishes (?) and doesn't seem to feel her confession worth stopping and paying attention to. She gets frustrated, and asks him if he even cares, to which his reply is to explain to her about his affair with Kati calmly and like it doesn't matter. Hallie gets very upset, and breaks up with him, telling him that she wanted to be with Nick all along. He still appears as though he doesn't care, but when she leaves he begins to fall apart and sing If I Loved You (reprise) from Carousel, along with a CD. She, on the other hand, appears very upset at first but as she's leaving Dylan's house she takes out her cell phone and calls Nick.

INT. House. Day.
Dylan, washing dishes. Long shot of dish-washing (there is a lot of soap). There is a portable CD player on the counter (Chadwick!). Eventually he turns on "If I Loved You", from Carousel. He may turn it on and off several times. Gentle knock on the door.

As he is saying this, Hallie comes in the door. She looks sheepish. Dylan looks relieved to see her.

Hallie doesn't quite make eye contact. Dylan smiles at her. She comes forward and turns off the CD player.

Dylan abruptly turns away and goes back to washing dishes.

Dylan mutters something inaudible under the rush of the water.

Dylan passive agressively adjusts the sink so the flow of water is louder.
Hallie shuts off the sink. She looks angry.

Dylan turns to her and scowls.

He turns the sink back on.

Hallie places her head in her hands. She looks like she needs consolation. Maybe a pat on the back. Maybe a hug. Nothing Dylan will provide.

Dylan looks mischevious.

Hallie's had enough.

Dylan shrugs.

Hallie is fed up that Dylan refuses to take any responsibility for the distance in their relationship. She suddenly seems quite collected. She's quiet and pensive.

Camera pans to Dylan. He doesn't even look at her. Continues scrubbing. What a bastard. His passiveness eggs her on.

Dylan face is devoid of emotion.

Dylan looks at her, shrugs his shoulders slightly.

Hallie looks at him, and makes an abrupt move towards the door. Pan as she leaves in a huff. She slams the door behind her as we pan to Dylan standing in the kitchen. As Hallie leaves, she's calling Nick. Eventually Aimee slips in and at some point we cut to Aimee and Dylan sitting on the floor.
compulsion scene will follow What about "If I Loved You"?
Yeah, and I thought that the compulsion scene would have been much earlier? Compulsion scene happens after Hallie leaves.
I thought it was going to be in the elevator after the cheating scene. Adds pathos. Sorry, I should clarify. This is to be the second compulsion scene, where he delas with his accumulated anxiety.
Oh okay. that's perfectly fine, then. but I kind of want to talk about it first, okay? Okay, is the rest fine? Yeah, I thought a lot of it was hilarious. I was like, choking. I'd like to minor-league rewrite a couple of lines, but that's it. Fucking excellent.