- blcklst. Bullets we extracted from reviews (11/22/2017) - Logline In this prequel to CASABLANCA, RICK BLAINE flees the wrath of a Harlem gangster and winds up using his Continue reading
- blcklst. Review #1. RICK BLAINE has adventures around the world (11/22/2017) - Review Era: 1930s Locations: International Budgets: High Genre: Action & Adventure, War Adventure, Drama, Period Drama, War Drama Logline RICK Continue reading
- blcklst. Review #2. traces the globetrotting adventures that lead to Rick (11/21/2017) - Review Era: 1930s Locations: New York, Le Havre, Djibouti, Madrid, Paris, Barcelona Budgets: High Genre: Drama, Period Drama, War Epic Continue reading
- blcklst. Review. 54837. RICK BLAINE flees the wrath of a Harlem gangster (11/21/2017) - Review Era: 1930s Locations: Globetrotting – NYC to Paris to Africa to Spain Budgets: High Genre: Drama, Adventure Drama, Period Continue reading
- We. Watchmaker (9/9/2017) - We are exact careful precise, watchmaker, we put springs where were their ears we put gears where were Continue reading
- How do we, dolphin, kill him, shark? (9/3/2017) - How do we, dolphin, kill him, the shark? How do we, the eel kill the urchin? How do we, the Continue reading
- Lift the fear, like a child fallen, from a white kite well forgotten (4/15/2017) - Lift the fear, like a child fallen, from a white kite well forgotten
- Favor the fear, like a child (4/13/2017) - Favor the fear, like a child. Feed it a broken wing of a bread. Leave it unburied, like our dead.
- The scent of fear is kerosene and cancer (4/13/2017) - The scent of fear is kerosene and cancer
- Lift the fear, like a child (12/28/2016) - Lift the fear like a child fallen from a white kite forgotten from the eyes of the cancer wind. One ached Continue reading
- Desertion is a breech birth (9/24/2016) - Desertion is not diarrhea. Desertion is a breech birth. Bring your soldiers. Bring your infants. Now, men, here’s our plan: Continue reading
- I believe in birds, not god (9/3/2016) - I believe in birds, not god. My sister believed in the priest. The priest believed in her handy, barren. The Continue reading
- Asturían miners’ lament (9/3/2016) - TIMOTEO Asturiàs is not Las Marismas. No ships, no boats, no futures sail from here. The winds billow nothing. They Continue reading
- TIMOTEO teaches RICK stupid-country-boy tricks (9/3/2016) - TIMOTEO Sobre la mezta, Los Pastores and the other herders know every inch & every bird of these mountains. They Continue reading
- “This is my death, get your own.” (8/30/2016) - “This is my death, get your own.” Spanish “Estaba el muerte mío, no suyos. Los muértes nuestros, no tuyos. Dos Continue reading
- TIMOTEO’s dying dream sequence (8/30/2016) - Timoteo losing his powers as he dies “Soy El Abejaruco. He vuelto el abeja mí mismo. Lástima. Me falta las Continue reading
- SSG PAGANO captures TIMOTEO (8/30/2016) - SSG PAGANO captures TIMOTEO “¡VIVA LA MUERTE, maricon!” Timo recogiendo el Colonel Millán-Astray, que se ordenó a torture en el Continue reading
- CAPTAIN TAMBURINI, on Desertion: (8/30/2016) - CAPTAIN TAMBURINI, on Desertion: Desertion is not an impulse purchase. It develops, it doesn’t spring forth. Struggle through the fetid Continue reading
- Rick & US Marshal in the north country (7/17/2016) - Rick & US Marshal in the north country US MARSHALL Ok. Look, Rick. I get it. I’m a lost luggage kid. I get it. Continue reading
- Rick & Sheriff meet in the north country (7/17/2016) - Rick sitting in diner 7am, black coffee, smoke, waiting for the convent Maternity Home to open. 4 men with short Continue reading
- Rick returns for Clare, son, gets the bad news, rides north (7/17/2016) - RICK returns for CLARE, son, gets the bad news, rides north HENRY Rick, no way!. How are you here? RICK I Continue reading
- R-Z drink w Ferra in Casab e/r Saigon (7/16/2016) - R-Z drink w Ferra in Casab e/r Saigon FERRARI Zup, so good to see you. I hear sadly that you’re Continue reading
- R, CT sail with weapons from Djibo en route Oran (7/15/2016) - R, CT sail with weapons from Djibo en route Oran RICK You better stick with checkers. CAPTAIN TAMBURINI I’m a Continue reading
- Rick’s Shipment #1 arrives Cartagena (7/15/2016) - Rick’s Shipment #1 arrives Cartagena (Gangplank drops. Much bleating and confusion as stampede of sea-sick, cranky-ass goats plunges down, off, Continue reading
- RICK meets CLARE @ Ridge’s (7/3/2016) - RICK meets CLARE @ Ridge’s CLARE stops in to see HENRY on college break. RICK still pictures her ponytails n all. Continue reading
- RICK finds a way out of the shithole (6/26/2016) - RICK I found a way out of this shithole. TAMBURINI Ah. Good for you. RICK Could be good for both Continue reading
- CEO RICK sends Skipper TAMBURINI to sea (6/25/2016) - CEO RICK sends Skipper TAMBURINI to sea RICK Alright Mr Tambourine Man, you’re going for a 3-hour tour. You make Continue reading
- RICK dispatches ZUP to Spain to find a guy (6/25/2016) - RICK dispatches ZUP to Spain to find a guy RICK Zup, you and I fly to Casablanca. I stay, you Continue reading
- CEO RICK gives convoy orders to FERRARI’s niece in Sevilla (6/25/2016) - CEO RICK gives convoy orders to FERRARI’s niece in Sevilla (ZUP flew RICK to Madrid to deal w OZQUIERDA. RICK Continue reading
- Jesus, I’m sick of you Spaniards (6/20/2016) - RICK “Jesus, I’m sick of you Spaniards and your holier-than-thou poetry. Poetry makes anything acceptable in this shipwreck of a country. Continue reading
- CEO RICK’s mission for ALIAXA (6/17/2016) - RICK “When you get on the train, you start scanning everything. Every person, every rock, every bird. Here’s what I Continue reading
- RICK, you’re like a son to me, now go, draw fire (6/17/2016) - Rick returns after dark, with 3 corpses and 2 wounded. Drives to aid station. Walks to command tent. Finds Colonel Ozquierda, Continue reading
- RICK drives from command post to Madrid (6/17/2016) - Rick trundles down the mountain road, bouncing in the cab. Five kilometres on there’s been an accident. A car with a nun Continue reading
- RICK & ZUP un-ass Madrid, Spain, the whole shootin’ match … (6/17/2016) - RICK, ZUP UNASS MADRID, SPAIN AND THE WHOLE SHOOTING MATCH RICK drives 3 hours from Oviedo down to Madrid to retrieve Continue reading
- ALCOTÁNs AFRICAN SOLILOQUY TO RICK (6/17/2016) - ALCOTÁNs AFRICAN SOLILOQUOY TO RICK ALCOTAN Rick, you’ve been right on one thing, perhaps one only. Not yours, but I Continue reading
- ZUMAYA killed in air raid, v0 (6/15/2016) - RICK and ZUMAYA have plans to meet in Madrid (insert name of real bar or cafe here). RICK is running Continue reading
- TIMOTEO seals the Nationalists in the mineshaft, v0 (6/14/2016) - During the 1932 Miners’ Uprising in Asturías, the miners established a network of mines caves. It’s a claustrophobic labyrinth in Continue reading
- RICK tells ZUMAYA he has a son, somewhere, v0 (6/14/2016) - R tells ZUM he has a son, somewhere RICK, ZUMAYA laying on porch swing in the afternoon. Breeze. ZUMAYA Rick, Continue reading
- ZUMAYA explains bullfighting to RICK (6/13/2016) - ZUMAYA explains bullfighting to RICK ZUMAYA Mi cara, we must go to a bullfight! Eeez beautiful! Eeez majesty. Eeez Basque. Continue reading
- RICK n HENRY’s childhoods (6/13/2016) - RICK meets Henry RICK is hurrying into the school yard (Grammar School 22, at the corner of Stanton and Sheriff Continue reading
- TIMOTEO drives to Madrid. Goes to the Hotel Florida. Orders a beer. (6/13/2016) - TIMOTEO drives to Madrid. Goes to the Hotel Florida. Orders a beer. Rick’s at table going over the books. TIMOTEO Continue reading
- RICK tells TIMOTEO of ZUMAYA’s death, v0 (6/13/2016) - RICK tells TIMOTEO of ZUMAYA’s death RICK takes a few days off from tending bar at the Hotel Florida, catches Continue reading
- TIMOTEO seals the Nationalists in the mineshaft, v1 (6/12/2016) - During the 1932 Miners’ Uprising in Asturías, the miners established a network of mines caves. It’s a claustrophobic labyrinth in Continue reading
- RICK gets SAM out of Dodge, NYC (6/6/2016) - RICK gets SAM out of Dodge, NYC Next day. RICK asks Art for help finding out the shipping schedule. Talks Continue reading
- Tamburini air recons rail route to Addis (6/4/2016) - Rick, we’ve got to decide if we’re gonna truck or train these weapons to Addis Ababa. We need the lay Continue reading
- Rick & The Captain go to Ethiopia (6/4/2016) - All aboard! Rick & Tamburini are on the train loaded with weapons for Ethiopian forces. The train runs along the Continue reading
- ZUMAYA pets ALCOTÁN at café in Madrid (6/3/2016) - ZUMAYA pets Alcotan, meets RICK at Madrid cafe RICK sits at outdoor cafe table, leans back in chair, smokes w Continue reading
- Tamburini on gassing villagers (6/3/2016) - Tamburini on gassing villagers Rick, Zup & Tamburini at bar. Rick drinks. Tamburini plays himself at backgammon. Zup sketches with Continue reading
- Rick sets sail x-Djibouti, middleman cuts out (5/30/2016) - [ Rick is about to sail weapons from warehouses in Djibouti to North Africa to sell to Spain. Andreas below Continue reading
- Blazing saddles v2 (5/28/2016) - (Alcotán, dog, farts) ¡¡¡ PFFFFFFFFT !!! Timoteo: Jesu Christi! What do you feed that thing? Rick: Eats only what he Continue reading
- Ricky, something smells bad with El Colonel (5/24/2016) - Ricky, something smells bad with El Colonel. He looks to me like a locust. He’s not telling us the whole Continue reading
- Rick and Zumaya talk at cafe after bullfight (5/24/2016) - RICK Zozo, tell me all about yourself. Start before the beginning. I want to know everything about you, your family, Continue reading
- Timoteo gives the Moor a choice … (5/24/2016) - RIck, Timoteo encounter Regulare stalker/Sniper Timoteo sent Alcotan (El Perro Africano) off on a cardioid recon 100m ahead of him and Continue reading
- Sam gives notice … (5/22/2016) - Sam gives notice … Last call rang a hour ago. Sam goes to get his take from the door after Continue reading
- Blazing saddles v1 (5/20/2016) - Alcotán, dog, farts ¡¡¡ PFFFFFFFFT !!! Timoteo: Jesu Christi! What do you feed that thing? Something crawled up inside him Continue reading
- “Ah, Alcotán, last time was ours (5/19/2016) - When Timo caught by the Nx convoy he gives up coolly, totally outnumbered, makes sure Alcotán stays cool. Timo knows Continue reading
- Rick, Zup and The Captain discuss Ethiopio, Benito n Franco (5/18/2016) - (Over whiskey at Djibo bar after night on the tiles w Colonel Tamburini’s Ethio expat girls) ZUP: Continue reading
- Rick takes his shot, v1 (5/15/2016) - Failed attempt to rescue Timo when shepherd Pastor Cobos sends sheep into AA to allow gypsy boy Mogliesteu to scout Continue reading
- Rick & FBI guy on the loading dock at Connie’s Bar (5/11/2016) - Rick & FBI guy on the loading dock at Connie’s Bar “Mickey, I hear you’ve started your own business. A Continue reading
- Rick takes his shot, v0 (5/8/2016) - Rick takes his shot Rick & Timoteo get word of a Nx (Nationalist) fuel convoy inbound. Timoteo is laying out Continue reading
- “We follow that goat trail. La Mezta de las cordilleras (5/5/2016) - Timoteo drives Rick hooded down to the tunnel network rhe miners connected in ’34. Ahora hay que tú aprendes los Continue reading
- When the FFN patrol arrives (5/5/2016) - When the FFN patrol arrives Asturías, the townspeople bang the trashcan lids on the cobblestones in a constant unnerving din Continue reading
- The poison wind (5/5/2016) - “This is not Las Marismas. No ships no boats no futures sail from here. The winds carry only poison, the Continue reading
- “I believe in birds, not God (5/5/2016) - “I believe in birds, not God. My sister believed in herself, God somewhat less so. The Jesuits believed in our Continue reading
- Request to our soundtrack guy … (5/4/2016) - These are the sounds in Ozquierda’s head … Constantly and cause/effect of his deteriorating sanity
- Rick takes his shot, v00 (5/4/2016) - Once captured by Nationalists’ Moors, Timoteo stares from bridge at Rick up on the mountain, demands he take the shot. Continue reading
- “You can die with the silence, dignity and discipline of a man (5/2/2016) - “Regulare, se puede morir rápido con el silencio, la dignidad y la disciplina de un hombre.” “O, se puede morir lentamente. Quizás Continue reading
- RIck, Timoteo encounter Nationalist stalker/Sniper (5/2/2016) - RIck, Timoteo encounter Regulare stalker/Sniper Timoteo sent Alcotan (formerly Rick’s “The African Cur”) off on a cardioid recon 100m ahead of Continue reading
- Rick takes Zorione to lunch (5/1/2016) - Rick takes Zorione to lunch Zorione Enrique, it’s so good to see you. How did you find this place? Rick Continue reading
- Ricky and Art play chess (4/30/2016) - Ricky and Art play chess Scene opens, 10 years later. A young boy is sitting at a table in a Continue reading
- Jeannie disappears (4/19/2016) - Scene opens. It is mid-morning and Art is shown making his way down SPring Street, toward the bar. He is Continue reading
- Bullies approach Rick as he plays chess by himself at a park chess table (4/19/2016) - Bullies approach Rick as he plays chess by himself at a park chess table. BULLIES “Which one of those whores Continue reading
- Ricky, you will fight like Mongols. (4/17/2016) - Ricky, you will fight like Mongols. You will have no supply trains. No support units. Expect nothing from me. You Continue reading
- YOU’LL NEVER FIND LORCA’S BONES, AND HERE’S WHY (4/17/2016) - don Garcia :: “We cannot take him to the crematorium or to the undertaker. Cobos knows how to create a Continue reading
- Rick & Timoteo part ways, comments, questions. (4/12/2016) - Rick and Timoteo bivouac on the ridge overlooking the Barcelona Aeropostale airfield. Artillery in the distance. Barcelona is falling. They Continue reading