Trying to imagine the pitch meeting for “Greta”:
“It’s a stalker movie! With *all* the clichés!”
“So … it’s a tongue-in-cheek metafictional parody, like ‘Cabin in the Woods’?”
“No.”
“A fresh take, with an astonishing new angle?”
“No.”
“Um, OK. Here’s a budget and some stars.”
Greg Egan /
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2024-07-27 13:48:36
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