Ayoade / Korine The Double

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ISBN: 978-0-571-31651-9
Verlag: Faber & Faber
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E-Book, Englisch, 112 Seiten

Inspired by Dostoyevsky's short story, The Double tells the story of Simon, a timid man, scratching out an isolated existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams. He feels powerless to change any of these things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his life.

Richard Ayoade is a writer and director. In addition to directing and co-writing Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, he has adapted and directed Joe Dunthorne's novel Submarine for the screen, and is the co-writer (with Avi Korine) and director of the film, The Double. As an actor he is best known for his roles as Dean Learner in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and Maurice Moss in the Emmy Award-winning The IT Crowd, for which he was awarded a BAFTA as Best Performance in a Comedy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ayoade, Richard

Korine, Avi

Leseproben

The Double

ONE

INT. SUBWAY TRAIN – VERY EARLY MORNING

MAN

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You’re in my place.

SIMON

Sorry?

MAN

You’re in my place.

COLLAPSE!

SIMON

Sorry …

INT. TRAIN /EXT. RAILWAY STATION PLATFORM – CONTINUOUS

INT. OFFICE CORRIDOR – EARLY MORNING

INT. LOBBY – EARLY MORNING

GUARD

You.

SIMON

Me?

GUARD

All visitors have to sign in.

SIMON

I’ve worked here for seven years.

I see you every day.

GUARD

I don’t work weekends.

SIMON

Sorry?

GUARD

It’s therefore impossible for you to see me every day. I.D.

SIMON

Oh. Yes. The funny thing is I don’t have any. It’s in my case. Which is in the door of the train, it got stuck …

GUARD

You think that’s funny?

SIMON

No. It’s not funny – it was actually more upsetting than –

SIMON AMES – TEMPORARY VISITOR.

SIMON

Oh, sorry. My name is Simon James. You left off the ‘J’ …

INT. ELEVATOR – EARLY MORNING

INT. OFFICE – EARLY MORNING

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INT. OFFICE – MORNING

INT. OFFICE – DAY

PAPADOPOULOS

Put your jacket on, son. This isn’t a brothel. () No shirking. This is the big push. Plenty to do. The Colonel is counting on each and every one of you. As am I.

SIMON

Mr Papadopoulos! Excuse me. Mr Papadopoulos! Actually Mr Papadopoulos, I’d finished up – in fact I’ve completed substantially more than my quota.

INT. CORRIDOR FROM OFFICE – DAY

SIMON

I was taking a small inspiration break. I took my jacket off because it’s so hot, not because I mistook the office for a brothel.

PAPADOPOULOS

Excellent job! That’s the type of initiative we need. How long have you been here, son? Just started, eh?

SIMON

Yes, sir. Seven years ago.

INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE PAPADOPOULOS’S OFFICE

PAPADOPOULOS

You know we’ve been pruning the dead wood. We’ve got to work double time now, making the big push. The Colonel refuses to carry any more passengers.

SIMON

()

Actually, I have some rather...