Re: Torres - Chelsea 35mil Bid turned down
I predicted this moment when I wrote this small scene for a film festival last year
All set to John Lennon's 'Watching The Wheels'. It helps if you know the song as it was to be shot in real time.
Scenes:
Pre song there are of shots of the streets around Anfield with the stadium in the background, concentrating on how run down the place is – photoshopped Baba Onos Nike Advert in a still - layered with shots of The Kid’s bedroom wall – a pic of him with his arm round Rafa at a presentation, a certificate from Liverpool’s academy, Liverpool posters – lots of Torres posters in the room / layered with scenes of ecstatic crowds at Anfield.
Song starts
People say Im crazy doing what Im doing
Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that Im o.k. well they look at me kind of strange
Surely youre not happy now you no longer play the game
The Kid takes down his Liverpool related pics / certificates and burns them with his kit, while his mate in the background is gesturing that he can’t understand what’s going on.
People say Im lazy dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
Kid is on his computer looking up wiki answers on bomb making stuff
When I tell them that Im doing fine watching shadows on the wall
Dont you miss the big time boy youre no longer on the ball
Shadows of a chemistry set against the bedroom wall where the posters used to be
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
Shot of kid sat watching Torres’s car drive past the streets to Anfield, noting down the time and date.
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
Kids in the distance playing football / on the merry go round as Kid makes notes.
Ah, people asking questions lost in confusion
Well I tell them theres no problem, only solutions
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if Ive lost my mind
I tell them theres no hurry
Two police screaming at the kid in an interview room
Im just sitting here doing time
Brief shot of Kid leaned up against a cell wall.
Im just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
Kid watched Torres car spin out of Anfield and round the corner, plays with his phone – followed by explosion noises or whatever we can do to make a convincing sense of the car being destroyed.
Some shots of the kid walking away with Baba Onos references in the graffiti / advertising around him.