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I know, right! It’s insane… Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@HowStoriesWork in all honesty, do you believe IS is actually worth it?

Personally, not for me. I don’t see a good reason to use IS unless quality is a giant issue (many writers think it is, but the truth is their audience wouldn’t know the difference). And even then, the quality isn’t THAT much better. 🤷🏻‍♂️ The other scenario: You’re a writer with a big name and bookstores will stock your book. This is probably less than 1% of self-published writers.

This is an excellent question. I think the plot/character answer is that he’s so far off his mantra that he has become insanely sloppy. Whether or not that’s a fair thing for the character to do likely depends on the audience. I have a longer The Killer Explained video where I go in-depth on his character arc and why he’s getting so sloppy.

He might live… you’re right, he CAN survive if he’s got an antidote. That’d be a cool way to start out a sequel.

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

LOL - I can neither confirm nor deny being one. (I’m definitely not one). 🤣🤣🤣

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Thanks, Joy! Thanks for watching and commenting!

This is just a video giving you a preview of the full video. I’ll cut ‘em up into shorts just to give you a hint of whether or not you want to watch the whole thing.

You got it! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Awesome! Glad it was helpful!

Thank you! I appreciate the comment!

It’s a lot. Some small presses will help with publishing and marketing. I don’t know many that are good with the analytics piece… but maybe others here in the comments can help with that.

Not stupid questions at all! I haven't tried a book signing where the books available were ONLY coming from IngramSpark. I would take a look at this article in regards to book signings at stores: onthecobblestoneroad.com/bookstore-signings/. In answer to your second question, this is going to probably be vastly different for different authors. It's not that easy to get book stores to carry your book. Even if they do, they'll likely buy only a few copies (unless you're famous) and see if those even sell. So, if you want to do a signing (and you're not famous), my guess is that you'd order copies of the books, bring them with you, and sell those (giving a cut back to the store for letting you use their space). BUT--and this is a big caveat--I don't have a ton of experience with this, so I would look to someone with more experience!

Thanks for your response! @@HowStoriesWork

Thank you! And thanks for watching and commenting!

Absolutely. It’s amazing!

Well said! Which only makes the oppression of the rich, powerful, and corrupt even worse!

@@HowStoriesWork In the final edit, they actually eliminated the line Jake says at the beginning about only the rich and powerful being able to get away with murder, I think because it clues the audience in right from the start who the real murderer is.

Yep. I think you’re right. It’s such a good script!

Yeah, man! Excited for what you guys are doing!

You guys are welcome back any time you've got more questions! Keep 'em coming!

Any time! Love these kinds of conversations!

Thank you!

I made this video for you, Josh!

GREAT question. Here’s my take: At that point of the story, Evelyn is lying. She’s trying to protect her daughter. In order to do that, she’s trying to divert attention away from the real problem: “Cross can’t find my daughter.” The easiest way to do that? Admit that she’s having an affair (she isn’t, but Gittes might believe it) and tell him she’s justified in doing so because Hollis was also having an affair (he wasn’t, but Gittes already has photos with Evelyn’s daughter, so he might believe it). The goal was to make it seem like the photos Gittes got of Hollis and Evelyn’s daughter was just Hollis having a fling with some random girl. Technically, she trying to send him on some other path. That’s my take. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@HowStoriesWork Yep that makes sense. Thanks for the response.

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Love this interpretation. I’m on board with it. The vision of Jamis killing him is just metaphor, then? In this interpretation? What do you think of the dream where Jamis appears to be training/guiding him?

@@HowStoriesWork Paul does not see just one inevitable future, he sees lot of different possible futures which come true or not depending on the choices he makes. He could have been killed by Jamis, he could also have become his friend as other possible futures showed... but he ended up killing him, killing a part of his own humanity at the same time and thus coming closer to the realization of those visions of horror he had earlier in the tent. The fact that Paul can choose between different roads leading to different possible futures is very clear in the book. In the book, he notably sees a route in which he chooses to give up his revenge by leaving Arrakis, becoming a Guild navigator, or reconciling with the Harkonnens. He can also choose to make common cause with the Fremen, knowing that this risks leading to the bloody Jihad that he sees in the tent. Villeneuve chose to illustrate these alternatives by showing us images of these different possible futures.

Ah, so you’re not altering my interpretation so much as adding clarity to it from the context of the book. That makes sense. Love hearing more about the book! Thanks for watching and commenting!

You’re right, HOWEVER, it’s not as obvious as you would think. There’s ONE reference to her being a concubine in the entire film, and it’s in a line of dialogue delivered by Baron Harkonnen, who makes it sound like he’s calling her that as an insult, not technically describing her. BUT, thanks for saying that, because the book obviously makes it WAY more obvious than the film and the screenplay! Also thanks for watching and commenting!

I love additional context, so let me know what else the book gets into!

@@HowStoriesWork maybe in the film, I've only seen it a couple of times, but it is mentioned by almost every atreides aligned character multiple times in the book, particularly by Jessica herself

Yeah, that makes a ton of sense. Let me know more about the book. I literally can’t remember any of it! 🫠 I need to read it again.

Awesome! Thanks for watching. Tried to throw a little humor into this one. It hasn't gotten a ton of attention, though, so I'm wondering if I need a new thumbnail...

Thanks, Joth! I enjoy doing these because it gives me a chance to really study the film in depth. Thanks for watching!

I hear you. I wonder why they chose the whisper… 🤔

@@HowStoriesWork and dude I totally hear you too in the video.... I understand that and it was coming from a place when he said a Assemble I get it....but man! And yeah me too who knows...

​@@HowStoriesWorkthen again you can make the argument that they were already assembled but at the same time it's just weird that a few heard him say Avengers then didn't hear him say anything else...😂😂 sorry man I'm stuck on this it's been years and I haven't seen nobody talked about this 😂 so excuse my enthusiasm😂

Awesome! Looking forward to learning how it goes!

Thanks @badthoughtsstudio!!!

Cross killed Mulwray for two reasons: (1) Mulwray was against the dam project to supply water to the farmland north of Los Angeles. The implication is that he knew Cross was running a scheme and was finally standing up to him, and (2) Hollis was hiding his daughter/granddaughter from him (though, it’s difficult to say whether or not Cross knew this for sure).

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You know, most big budget films aren’t even filmed in CA anymore. Most are filmed internationally. Part of the reason they don’t film in CA is that they’d cost EVEN MORE.

Thanks, Michael! Yeah, we were SUPER lucky, because we were able to adapt pretty fast, but we HAD to have a vehicle and we lost it literally the morning of the shoot... It was wild.

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It’s so good!

@@HowStoriesWork the dinner scene was good

It was also fascinating that the first 25 minutes (or so) of the film is essentially just a guy in a room. LOL

That was the part that I was like... "I get it... now let's get to it!" lol @@HowStoriesWork

LOL - I should have known! 🤣🤣🤣

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Thanks for watching and commenting! I took The Killer’s last words to mean this: 1) In the beginning of the film, he talks about humanity being made up of “the few” and “the many,” and he’s one of the few. 2) At the end, he has realized that he’s not a pure, cold-blooded killer. But my take is that he also thinks he’s been able to escape his life of crime. Meaning, I think he’s prideful in his ability to escape the consequences of his actions. So, he describes himself as “one of the many,” but he hasn’t really escaped the implications of his actions just yet. That’s kinda how I saw it.

Thanks for watching and commenting! And this is a great question. Two thoughts: 1) I don’t think she HAS to know. She might just eat at that restaurant all the time and she has a backup plan. She could take her targets there to deliver the radioactive spec. BUT… 2) I think she does know… but the evidence isn’t great. Like you said, him pulling up next to her was weird-especially since she doesn’t look over. And then when he makes a right turn to follow her, it’s pretty obvious. Also, she does go to that restaurant where she clearly has a trap set up. And finally, when he’s observing her at home, it feels like she’s setting him up. In his narration, he’s almost suggesting she’s doing the job wrong, but she’s called “The Expert,” which indicates she’s way ahead of him… But to your point, the evidence that she definitely knows isn’t as strong as the other evidence. Fantastic question.

@@HowStoriesWork Since the Expert scene is such a pivotal point in movie, what i find interesting is that Fincher (who is primarily a Visual Artist) decides to use (kind of) a rambling soliloquy by The Expert as a turning point in the movie rather than show any visual clues (ie. at the time of the meeting) regarding the radioactive spec. This is the only questionable issue that i have with your theory: Fincher would/should have definitely incorporated that into the mise en scene. Perhaps a video looking deeper into this might help?

What do you think the facial twitch is? I love alternate theories!