the so-called "lost swordfight scene" from FK's "Dead of Night"
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 09:04 pmAs you probably know, when a copy of the script for the third-season FK episode "Dead of Night" by Michael Sadowski came into fannish hands back in the day, it contained a scene that had not appeared in the final filmed version, a flashback scene of Nick and Lacroix practicing with swords while talking.
The scene was shared via FK email lists at the time. People were eager to read what became known as "the lost swordfight scene" (although we actually know some of its lines from other, filmed scenes, and the script was rewritten over it). I personally don't love the scene for several overarching FK interpretation reasons. But, important to me, personally: one of its implied elements may possibly have influenced or converged with some of Susan G.'s thinking leading up to her never-finished (but posted to her site before she died) third Dorian-the-Archivist novel, Noble Mind.
This came up not long ago in a conversation with![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pj228. I said that, if I remembered correctly, the scene had been shared on the email lists. Long story short, my own personal PC is up and running again, and I am able to share that scene. Let me note, first, that this obviously is not canon, and may not be something the writer or director or actors would like to have influence our understanding of the episode or series.
It is interesting, though.
( 'the lost swordfight scene,' by Michael Sadowski )
The scene was shared via FK email lists at the time. People were eager to read what became known as "the lost swordfight scene" (although we actually know some of its lines from other, filmed scenes, and the script was rewritten over it). I personally don't love the scene for several overarching FK interpretation reasons. But, important to me, personally: one of its implied elements may possibly have influenced or converged with some of Susan G.'s thinking leading up to her never-finished (but posted to her site before she died) third Dorian-the-Archivist novel, Noble Mind.
This came up not long ago in a conversation with
pj228. I said that, if I remembered correctly, the scene had been shared on the email lists. Long story short, my own personal PC is up and running again, and I am able to share that scene. Let me note, first, that this obviously is not canon, and may not be something the writer or director or actors would like to have influence our understanding of the episode or series.It is interesting, though.
( 'the lost swordfight scene,' by Michael Sadowski )
