wow, you look really depressed today. that's going to make this so much harder.
mark, the 1300's are boring. nothing interesting happened in that century. nobody cares about the post-roman, pre-enlightenment era. the last few scripts you turned in were depressing.
it's not totally your fault, mark. you got stuck with a bad century.
give it up mark, it's not like something new is going to have happened in the 1300's. at lecture films we're no longer interested in searching through the less well- known historical periods for great events, we just want to take the big name reader's of the day and have them read the historical events that people know and love: the holocaust, d-day, the birth of electricity. these are the stories people want to see, because they know them. they find comfort in them.
do you think i could come back and do this tomorrow? i just got very nervous about firing you. i don't do well with confrontation.
they're going to fire me any moment, i just know it. i'm really, really horrible at my job. i don't know anything about movies. i don't even like movies. i like sports. head of development, what does that even mean? i'm not a smart person. okay, talk to you later.
that was the head of the studio.
oh good, because i feel really bad about it. i mean, i would be horrible at your job too. i would be horrible at any job in this place.
why are you here?
i knew it.
i don't do well with other people's life changing events.
what is it?
when does it take place?
i told you we're not interested in black plague movies here, mark.
yeah, but is there a movie there?
start reading.
what?!
i want everyone in here now! we've got a big one.
please, mark. continue.
mark, tell us what it's called.