Me: I was walking my dog when I suddenly realized we were in vaguely unfamiliar surroundings. People were eating ice cream cones, though, curiously, I didn't see a store where they might have purchased them. I went into a library, and they told me the dog would have to wait outside. So I left the dog outside, and went back inside and asked for a book on mountain climbing. I'm not sure why because I have never wanted to climb a mountain. I checked the book out and was reading it on the way home when I realized I'd forgotten my dog. So I went back. The dog was there, so I took him home. He was limping a little, which worried me, but not that much because he is very old.
Lars: That is fantastic!
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Me: It is?
Lars: It is a little more mainstream. You start by thinking there is no point, but then comes the point, with the dog. You see?
Me: Uh . . .
Lars: It is a horror film. In the beginning something terrible happens, but then it turns out good. You find the dog. An American producer will like that. You can make a film about Iraq, so you invade Iraq, but you forget about the Iraqis, and they're limping a little at the end. You see?
Me:
Lars: Actually, I am worried about the dog limping, if you are going to market it in the United States. American films will show a lot of guns and people killed in sadistic ways, but not a dog that doesn't feel well. I'm afraid you will have to take that out.
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