Well, the new Sony head cleaning device did not work. At least, for now, this means, I abandon the "gay comedian" scene. As I said, this is an okay scene to lose, for the most part.
The one problem I dread is that it's contiguous with the moths/evolution/attraction scene in the kitchen. That is, in "plot time," these two set-ups (kitchen and living room) are really the same "scene" -- From the kitchen, Bill says to Marissa, who is in the living room, something to the effect of "How garlicky do you feel? Kissing anyone later?" and she answers from the living room. We're not going to be able to intercut these, I think. It's only a small part of the scene, but I really liked having them call out to each other while each alone on screen.
Not to mention, it's cool to intercut things that were shot in two different places on two different days as if they were at the same time in the same place.
The close-up shots in 'sex, lies & videotape' of Andie MacDowell smashing the earring that she finds with the vacuum cleaner (proof of husband's affair) was apparently shot during post-production, long after initial shooting. They're in an entirely different room than where the scene "really" took place, and MacDowell is visibly pregnant, really, though manages to hide this fact because - coincidentally - the character was wearing a large men's oxford shirt in that scene. They had to match the carpet color and everything. Very impressive.
That movie is just generally impressive as a filmmaking endeavor. The only thing that really doesn't work is the last scene, and I know some other people who really disagree with me, who really like it, so heck...
Anyway, I've got to shoot around the gay comedian. No gay comedians for us.
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