Moving Pictures (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Johnson
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1980's
- Setting: The Neptune Theater, a cinema
- Principal Characters: A man, Coates, Megan
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Acting or actors, 1980’s, Divorce, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Hollywood, Filmmaking or filmmakers, Theaters
- Locales: United States
The Story
Told from the perspective of a second-person narrator, who interprets the thoughts of a man viewing a film in a theater, “Moving Pictures” does not involve the usual interaction of characters. It is a roving excursion through the thoughts of the unnamed viewer of the matinee. At times, the man appears to be either a novelist turned screenwriter or simply a highly imaginative viewer who fantasizes that he has written the ninety-minute Western film. The narrator creates uncertainty about the identity of the man: “Perhaps you have written this movie. Perhaps...
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