Two Night Stand Dethroned

For the past month Two Night Stand has been burning up the charts at Vuze. It was the “hottest” video throughout that time. But over the weekend, a slickly made clip of sexy girls playing soccer dethroned the scrappy former champion. Perennial contender “VIP Topless Hotties Clip 3” is close behind in third place. A month on top has been enough to get to 324,724 views, almost as many as in two years of underperforming on YouTube. I’m still waiting for a report from Vuze on the advertising revenue the video has generated. I’m trying to keep my expectations low. If every view equaled a qualified advertising impression, that would be over $1600, which would come dangerously close to paying the total production costs of Two Night Stand. I’m expecting it will be less than half that number though.

IMAX is Great

I’ve seen a couple 35mm movies blown up to IMAX. I saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at the Boston Aquarium on opening day. Harry and The Potters rocked the lobby while we waited. Yeah, I saw them before they were cool. Now they’ve sold out and gone all corporate Wizard Rock. Last weekend I went to see The Dark Knight at the only IMAX theater in NYC. I had to stake out Fandango at 2:45pm last Tuesday in order to snag tickets before they sold out.

Simply put, it’s a very impressive experience. I did a little research on the technical specs. I had thought IMAX was just a fancy name for 70mm, but although it uses 70mm film, it actually runs sideways through the camera to get a little extra resolution, like the old VistaVision process that used two sideways 35mm film frames to approximate one wide 70mm frame. Unfortunately, they couldn’t feasibly shoot the whole movie in IMAX, so there are large portions in boring old 35mm, which frankly just doesn’t cut it when projected back to back with IMAX shots. A lot of times scenes will have IMAX establishing shots, then immediately cut to 35mm. The first time it happened it got my hopes up, because I was expecting to see a whole sequence in IMAX, but it just ended up being disappointing. Eventually I got used to the idea.

And the real winner is the sound. There’s no Dolby matrix or anything. It’s totally uncompressed sound. And there are obviously some fantastic speakers involved. When I saw the boring old 35mm version at the Union Square theater on opening night, the subwoofer case was rattling, which was really annoying. It’s kind of par for the course though. In the past few weeks I’ve also seen Wall-E slightly out of focus, and Wanted projected through a spherical lens instead of anamorphic. When the Universal logo came on, the Earth looked like this:

Imagine if someone were actually paying attention to the projection. I suspect that would have been fixed during the trailers. We walked out after the first minute and got our money back.

The downside of the IMAX Experience ™ for me was some weird projection issues. Dark scenes often had what looked like a slightly milky overlay in the center of the image, like someone was shining a large flashlight on the screen. It was subtle, but annoying. There was also a clear vignetting in some scenes, where the image loses brightness as it gets towards the edge. I have a feeling those are related issues, and have something to do with the physics of projecting such a large image. I didn’t see it so much in the IMAX sequences though, just in the 35mm blowup portions.

IMDb Theaters Expands

With no fanfare whatsoever, the “IMDb Theaters” program has expanded. When I logged into Withoutabox yesterday, I had links to upload Camera Noise and Two Night Stand to their respective IMDb pages. The Epic Tale of Kalesius and Clotho doesn’t have a link, although I suspect that’s because in IMDb it’s listed with the full subtitle “A Meditation on the Impossibility of Romantic Love in a Rapidly Expanding Universe” so without an exact title match it can’t automatically make the connection.

I like the idea of IMDb Theaters, but so far it’s really a quarter step into the new web world. IMDb is still the resource for answering questions like “how many movies has Christopher Walken been in?” (about 100) but its complicated system for submitting updates and changes has really held it back in the age of Wikipedia. For example, when I recently wanted to remind myself what happened in “The Cheever Letters” episode of Seinfeld, I went straight to Wikipedia where there are several pages of description. IMDb’s rigid structure doesn’t really allow for that sort of completeness although there is a very brief outline of the episode.

To be fair, IMDb includes comprehensive credits for people like me who don’t even rate a Wikipedia entry. So there’s that.

I like the idea behind IMDb Theaters, but so far it’s just a little video icon at the top of the page. Also, it doesn’t seem to track views or allow comments, so it’s a little like throwing it out into the void, which was one of my many problems with submitting to film festivals. There’s no feedback unless you get accepted and actually attend the festival. And even then it’s extremely limited.

Anyway, I’ll be keeping an eye on this thing.

New Stuff to Buy

This Vuze business has gotten me interested in making money from my own movies so I’ve put up a “Buy Stuff” link in the header. Anything available to buy will go up there. First up we have my collected shorts DVD. Sure you can get all these films for free online, but the commentary tracks for Camera Noise and Kalesius and Clotho are exclusive to the DVD. The quality’s probably better on DVD too, although these days Vimeo and Vuze and the like offer pretty high quality. DVDs are certainly very convenient.

Short Film Comedies by Kyle Gilman (DVD)
Includes five short films I wrote & directed.
88 min total. DVD-R with full color cover and printing on disc.

$9.99 plus $3.00 S&H

Camera Noise Logo Merchandise
Great for filmmakers, film students, actors, or anyone else who loves making movies. These are just a few examples of the available products.

Men's Shirt Men's Hat Men's Bag Men's Track Jacket

Buy Stuff

Short Film Comedies by Kyle Gilman (DVD)
Collected Shorts on DVD CaseIncludes five short films Written & Directed by Kyle Gilman.
Most of the films also star Jennie Tarr.
88 min total. DVD-R
Fancy full color cover and printing on disc.

Purchase from Createspace for $9.95
or Buy DVD at Amazon for $9.95

Camera Noise Logo Merchandise
Great for filmmakers, film students, actors, directors, cinematographers, grips, gaffers, best boys, or anyone else who loves making movies. These are just a few examples of the available products.

Men's Shirt Men's Hat Men's Bag Men's Track Jacket

Where’s My Money Vuze?

Trying to make money with short films is a fool’s game, even in the supposed Internet-based renaissance of the short. I’ve made somewhere around $150 from my short films, mostly from Revver, and I’ve spent a lot more than that making them. I never expect to make money on the Internet, but now that Two Night Stand is taking off on Vuze, I want to get paid!

Vuze shows an advertisement every time Two Night Stand plays, and as of June 30 they had a guarantee of $5 per 1000 views in many countries. If all of the downloads of Two Night Stand include a qualified ad impression, right now I’m owed about $500. That’s a significant portion of the production costs of Two Night Stand. But the guarantee has expired with no explanation of the current offer. And the Sales History for Ad Supported Content in my account shows “No Entry.” Does this mean I’m not getting any money? I’ve emailed Vuze but I haven’t heard back yet.

If they had never offered any money I would be totally happy with the explosion of views from Vuze, but now that the thought of money has entered my head I’m disappointed in the situation. Now it seems like if these downloads aren’t earning me money that I’m somehow missing out on an opportunity.

Update: Vuze has written back, and they assure me I’ll get paid for qualified advertising impressions. I don’t have a report yet on the number, but I expect it to be fairly substantial.

Credits

cast
Kyle Gilman
Dan/Kalesius
Janine/Clotho
Jennie Tarr
Jennie’s Brother
Auditioner #1
Auditioner #2
Auditioner #3
Curious Moviegoer
Cameraman
Script Supervisor
Sound Recorder
Sound Recorder
Crew
Crew
Kyle Gilman
Dan Rosenthal
Ashley Linton
Jennie Tarr
Jamie Carmichael
Cailin O’Connor
Lisa Faiman
Kiran Deol
Rev. Tim McIntire
Randy Bell
Maggie Lehrman
Pete Grana
Agnes Chu
Greg Hudson
Adam Ross
crew
Director/Screenwriter
Additional Writing
Director of Photography
Composer
Sound Mixer
Production Manager
Assistant Camera
Clapper Loader
Script Supervisor
Dolly Grip
Grip
Grip
Grip
Unit Drivers
Kyle Gilman
Jennie Tarr
Randy Bell
Alex Healy
John Koczera
Zadoc Angell
Nicholas Weiss
Clint Kenley
Jack Riccobono
David Rosenthal
Michael Palmer
Shun Kakazu
Andy Rice
Randy Bell
Agnes Chu
sound recorders
Julie Espinosa
Lola Papazoglou
Pete Grana
Nicholas Weiss
Agnes Chu
Andy Fink
James Lawler
Tania James
thanks
Heidi Bliss
John Koczera
Travis Kunce
Brad Chandler
Willy Robinson
Robb Moss
Jeanne Jordan
Ross McElwee
Michael Lawrence
Laurie Snow
Evelyne Solorzano
Ashley Linton
Dan Rosenthal
Sean & Judy Palfrey
Vicki Macy
Otto Coontz
Matt Rubery
Dan Cozzens
J. Michael Griggs
Suzy Kadiff
Chris Viklund
Adams A-47
Adam Ross
Greg Hudson
Maggie Lehrman
Marissa Shorenstein
special thanks
Hal Hartley
Randy Bell
Agnes Chu
Pete Grana
very special thanks to
Jennie Tarr
for believing in me

The Original Myth

A lot of people ask me if “Kalesius and Clotho” is a real myth. I usually smile enigmatically and say “Well, what do you think.” Then they usually say “I think it’s a bunch of crap that you made up.” You’re welcome to believe that, but for those of you who are interested in the source material I was working with, I thought I would post the original on my website. I’ve made a few revisions, which are marked in orange.

            ENTER CHORUS

                                CHORUS
                      Tell me, O goddess, of the accursed hero
                      destined to be loved by none but she who
                      lived atop vast Olympus. Many women did
                      he encounter, and many looked upon him
                      with kindness, but never did Aphrodite
                      smile upon him. For he was accursed from
                      birth to be a nice guy.

                                KALESIUS
                      Curse ye, o Gods! I ask of you only to
                      send me a woman who is fair, who
                      possesses 3 head of sheep, and who
                      possesses a fine grasp of the distinction
                      between that which is comic, and that
                      which is tragic. Is my request so
                      extraordinary? Am I so unworthy in your
                      sight?

            A woman approaches

                                KALESIUS
                      There, that woman who approaches! Turn
                      her favor upon me so that I might be
                      happy.

            The woman suddenly changes course and begins to walk toward
            KALESIUS with a smile on her face.

                                KALESIUS
                      Thank you, great immortals! This evening,
                      should I be successful in my endeavors, I
                      shall slaughter a goat in your honor.

                                GIRL
                      Excuse me kind sir, as I was traveling
                      along yonder road, I beheld your kind
                      face and I began to speculate on the
                      circumstances of your life. Are you
                      married?

                                KALESIUS
                      No, kind woman. I am not. And may I say
                      that you are a fetching woman indeed.

                                GIRL
                      Why thank you sir, I can see that I was
                      not mistaken when I judged you as a kind
                      man. May I ask then, are you betrothed?

                                KALESIUS
                      No, kind woman. I am not. And may I say
                      that your smile is more radiant than Zeus
                      himself.

                                GIRL
                      Sir, with a tongue as silver as that,
                      surely you must have a woman who holds
                      you in her favor?

                                KALESIUS
                      No, kind woman. I do not.

                                GIRL
                      That is unfortunate. For you are clearly
                      a wonderful listener and a great man. If
                      you were but three inches taller, I
                      should like to be your wife. Would you
                      instead be my friend? I believe you could
                      lend a sympathetic ear as you come with
                      me to the market and I tell you stories
                      of my inconsiderate lovers. We shall make
                      much merriment together but your hands
                      shall never touch of my bosom.

                                CHORUS
                      The Gods did not smile upon Kalesius.
                      Despite his keen intelligence and
                      humorous conversation, the Gods confused
                      the women of his village and made them
                      place their favors upon men whom Kalesius
                      knew were inferior to him.

            ENTER A LARGE SOLDIER. KALESIUS WATCHES FROM SIDE.

            A LARGE SOLDIER

            Come hither young wench. I should very much like to touch of
            your bosom, yet I offer no intellectual engagement.

                                GIRL
                      Why certainly you may. For the Gods have
                      clouded my mind and your insensitivity
                      inflames my loins.

            THEY GO BEHIND A COLUMN, MAKE MOANING NOISES FOR 5 SECONDS,
            THEN COME BACK OUT.

            A LARGE SOLDIER

            I have forgotten your name.

            BLACKOUT. EXIT A LARGE SOLDIER.

                                GIRL
                          (to Kalesius)
                      He's not nearly as intelligent, kind,
                      witty, appreciative of art or sensitive,
                      as you, nor does he discern between the
                      fine and boxed varieties of wine, yet I
                      love him.

            SHE SWOONS. KALESIUS DUTIFULLY CATCHES HER.

                                KALESIUS
                      But surely maiden, as I possess all of
                      the qualities which you value highly, you
                      must have considered allowing me into
                      your favors rather than this brute of
                      which you speak.

                                GIRL
                      Yea, but the Gods have clouded my mind
                      and I cannot think of you in such ways. I
                      instead think of you in much the same way
                      that I regard the... "artists."

                                KALESIUS
                          (horrified)
                      You mean the homosexuals?!
                          (he stops, looks around)
                      Uh, among whose number I count some of my
                      very best friends.

                                GIRL
                      Yea, I find you very non-threatening and
                      therefore unattractive.

                                KALESIUS
                      What then shall I do?

                                GIRL
                      I know not. Ah! My boyfriend approaches!
                      I must alter my already perfect
                      appearance with dies and powders so that
                      he finds me more desirable.

            GIRL EXITS

                                A LARGE SOLDIER
                          (entering)
                      Girl! I should like to enter unto you
                      again!

            HE NOTICES KALESIUS

                                A LARGE SOLDIER (CONT'D)
                      And who might you be? Do you not have a
                      "play" you should be off "producing?" Or
                      perhaps a "statue" you should be
                      "carving?" Or a "man" you should be
                      "having sex with?"

                                KALESIUS
                          (ignoring his comments)
                      I sir, am Kalesius, friend to that fair
                      maiden whom you are with.

                                A LARGE SOLDIER
                      Kalesius, I can assure that she is hardly
                      a maiden.

                                KALESIUS
                      I will thank you not to speak in such a
                      manner in my presence sir.

                                A LARGE SOLDIER
                      Ah, I am sorry that my speech was not
                      plain enough for you sir. I meant that
                      not 10 minutes ago we had sex behind
                      yonder column.

                                KALESIUS
                          (getting angry)
                      I know what you meant -- I would prefer
                      that you not tell me in detail of your
                      relations with the woman that I love.

                                A LARGE SOLDIER
                      Oh, you are in love with her? That is so
                      precious. The love you "artists" have for
                      glamorous womenfolk is so wonderful. She
                      is fabulous isn't she?

                                KALESIUS
                      I wish you would cease referring to me as
                      an artist. I am an intellectual.

                                A LARGE SOLDIER
                          (knowingly)
                      Ahhhh, like Socrates?

                                KALESIUS
                          (flattered)
                      Yes, like Soc- No, not like that at all.

                                A LARGE SOLDIER
                      Very well, I will play along. I will not
                      speak of my relations with your love.

            GIRL ENTERS, PREENING

                                A LARGE SOLDIER (CONT'D)
                      Now if you will excuse me, I shall retire
                      behind that column and have sex wi--
                          (he catches himself, and winks)
                      and have sex with a woman who you know
                      not.
                          (pause)
                      Come woman.

            HE GRABS GIRL AND PULLS HER BEHIND THE COLUMN. THEY
            OCCASIONALLY MAKE NOISE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SCENE

                                GIRL
                      Ooooh!

                                KALESIUS
                      The Gods are against me and I am
                      determined to discover why.

                                CHORUS
                      The Gods were against Kalesius and he was
                      determined to discover why.

            KALESIUS SHOOTS CHORUS A LOOK. CHORUS POINTS TO THEIR SCRIPT
            AND SHRUGS.

                                KALESIUS
                      I shall journey to the Oracle at Thebes
                      and ask of him what I must do to gain the
                      favor of the Gods and finally get myself
                      a piece.

                                CHORUS
                      He decided to journey to the Oracle of
                      Thebes and ask of him --

                                KALESIUS
                      Cut that out.

                                CHORUS
                          (again, pointing to the script)
                      Sorry.

I cut out almost 50 pages here. Kalesius’s travels to Thebes is considered one of the longest of what the Classicists refer to as “extended travel passages.” They consider it a beautifully rigid structure. I consider it boring. Each page represents a half-mile on his journey, which in this case is about 25 miles. Nothing important happens during the journey, so I cut it down to:

                                CHORUS
                      Kalesius walked for many days, until he
                      finally arrived at the Oracle at Thebes.

            THE ORACLE ENTERS. HE IS A HEAD PROJECTED ON A SCREEN. THE
            REAL ORACLE IS IN THE "WINGS" OFFSTAGE. HE SPEAKS IN A MORE
            NATURAL VOICE THAN THE OTHER ACTORS

                                ORACLE
                      I am the great and powerful Oracle of
                      Thebes. All tremble before me.

            KALESIUS GROVELS AND TREMBLES

                                KALESIUS
                      Oh great Oracle, my name is Kalesius and
                      I have come from afar to seek your advice
                      in the ways of love.

                                ORACLE
                      Ahh, Kalesius, you have come from afar to
                      seek my advice in the ways of love.

                                KALESIUS
                      Yes, I just said tha-

                                ORACLE
                      Silence! Do not contradict the Oracle of
                      Thebes.

                                KALESIUS
                          (playing along)
                      Oh great Oracle, how did you know? Did
                      the Gods tell you of my plight?

                                ORACLE
                      No, you just look like you don't do so
                      good with the chicks.

                                KALESIUS
                      Why do you talk in a manner so strange,
                      great Oracle?

                                ORACLE
                      Well Kalesius, I'm from the future.

                                KALESIUS
                      The future, Oracle?

                                ORACLE
                      That's right. All the way from the year
                      2000.

                                KALESIUS
                      The year 2000, how spectacular! Can you
                      tell me anything of the wonders of the
                      future?

                                ORACLE
                      I will tell you this: Invest in the
                      Internet.

                                KALESIUS
                      I will do what you tell me great Oracle,
                      does this Internet you speak of have long
                      term earnings potential?

                                ORACLE
                      You dare ask the great Oracle of Thebes
                      about long-term earnings potential? I
                      speak of a new economy about which you
                      know nothing. Profit is a thing of the
                      dead past to which you belong! Now
                      tremble before me.

            KALESIUS COWERS

                                ORACLE (CONT'D)
                      I said TREMBLE!

            KALESIUS TREMBLES

                                ORACLE (CONT'D)
                      Better.

                                KALESIUS
                      O great Oracle, thank you for sharing
                      your wisdom with me, I will not
                      contradict you again. Now could you
                      please give me the information for which
                      I have come?

                                ORACLE
                      Very well, and now the answer for which
                      you have traveled so many miles and
                      encountered so little adventure. You must
                      travel more and encounter slightly more
                      adventure as you make your way to MOUNT
                      OLYMPUS!!!

                                KALESIUS
                      Thank you great Oracle. And what shall I
                      do when I arrive there?

                                ORACLE
                      You will fine your true love on Mount
                      Olympus.

                                KALESIUS
                      But I have already found my true love in
                      my home village.

                                ORACLE
                      That floozy? Please, you can do better.

                                KALESIUS
                      I haven't yet.

                                ORACLE
                      Trust me.

                                KALESIUS
                      Oh, how unfortunate that I have traveled
                      all the way here just to discover this
                      information. Mount Olympus is but an
                      afternoon's walk from my home.

                                ORACLE
                      Yeah, that is too bad. Now BEGONE FROM MY
                      SIGHT.

                                KALESIUS
                      Would you join me on my return trip? I
                      grow weary of my own company on long
                      journeys and find myself talking to
                      goats.

                                ORACLE
                      That sounds like a lot of fun, but I
                      think I'll just stay here and live off
                      the ignorance of peasants.

                                KALESIUS
                      Are you sure?

                                ORACLE
                      Yes.

                                KALESIUS
                      OK.

            KALESIUS STARTS WALKING OFFSTAGE, BUT SEES THE REAL ORACLE
            OFFSTAGE.

                                KALESIUS (CONT'D)
                      Wait, who are you?

                                ORACLE
                      Pay no attention to the man in the wings

                                KALESIUS
                      Wait, you just said that. You're the man
                      in the wings.

                                ORACLE
                      I am Oracle. The Great and Powerful.

                                KALESIUS
                          (noticing the video camera)
                      Wait, what is this device you speak into?

            HE WALKS UP TO IT AND LOOKS INTO IT, HIS FACE IS PROJECTED
            HUGE ONTO THE ONSTAGE SCREEN.

                                ORACLE
                      It is nothing.

            KALESIUS WALKS PAST THE CAMERA, WATCHING THE SCREEN AND
            THRILLED TO SEE HIMSELF.

                                KALESIUS
                      This is so cool!

                                ORACLE
                          (resigned)
                      It's something I brought back with my
                      from the future. It's called a video
                      camera.

                                KALESIUS
                      I'm huge!

                                ORACLE
                      Look, cut that out. You found out my
                      secret, so I'll come along with you.

                                KALESIUS
                      What secret?

                                ORACLE
                      That I'm not really a huge, disembodied
                      head.

                                KALESIUS
                      I never thought you were.

                                ORACLE
                      Kalesius, since you know my secret, it
                      seems we will be forced into an uneasy
                      alliance as we journey to Mount Olympus.
                      At first, I predict that we will bicker,
                      but as the journey continues I am sure we
                      will become fast friends.

            THEY SET OUT ON THEIR JOURNEY.

This journey was almost as boring as the last one, but there are some important plot points that I couldn’t cut out, so I decided to punch things up a little here and turn the journey to Olympus into a buddy comedy.

                                KALESIUS
                      Oracle let us set out upon our journey.

                                ORACLE
                          (suddenly sassy)
                      I'll leave when I'm ready to leave!

                                KALESIUS
                      What?

                                ORACLE
                      You heard me, fool!

                                KALESIUS
                      I'm not sure I understand you.

                                ORACLE
                      Kalesius, I'm only going to enjoy this
                      trip if I get to play out this tired plot
                      device.

                                KALESIUS
                      Fine. Now get on the mule, I'm only
                      telling you once.

                                ORACLE
                          (clearly enjoying himself)
                      Oh, Kalesius, you make me so mad!

                                CHORUS
                      So Kalesius and the Oracle set out on
                      their journey. Bickering all the way.

                                ORACLE
                      Kalesius, did you eat all the mutton
                      again?

            KALESIUS SHRUGS

                                KALESIUS
                      I got a biiiiig appetite!

                                CHORUS
                      Oh Kalesius, you so crazy

                                KALESIUS
                          (high fives the Chorus)
                      Shiiiiit

                                ORACLE
                      And look at this mess you made! Do you
                      expect me to clean all this up?

                                KALESIUS
                      Damn Oracle, you're too uptight. Have
                      some wine.

            HE DRINKS FROM A WINESKIN

                                ORACLE
                      Ohhhhh, that's the sacrificial wine!

                                KALESIUS
                          (shrugs, high-fives the Chorus)
                      Whoops!

                                CHORUS
                      Kalesius, you are so funny!

                                ORACLE
                      You know you're the last person who
                      should be pissing off the Gods.

                                CHORUS
                      At long last Kalesius reached Mount
                      Olympus.

                                KALESIUS
                      I, Kalesius, have reached Mount Olympus!

            What beauty and majesty. Where then, is the answer that I
            have been promised?

            CLOTHO ENTERS - SOUND OF THUNDER

                                CLOTHO
                      Kalesius, you have arrived at last.

                                KALESIUS
                      How do you know my name, fair maiden?

                                CLOTHO
                      I have known your name for millennia. It
                      has been the most treasured word upon my
                      lips since the very dawn of time.

                                KALESIUS
                      Are you then one of the great Immortals
                      who dwell in the House of the Gods?

                                CLOTHO
                      I am, brave Kalesius.

                                KALESIUS
                      Please, reveal to me your name, so that I
                      may sing of your fair beauty when I have
                      left this place.

                                CLOTHO
                      Oh, silver-tongued Kalesius, you could
                      melt even the hardest woman's heart. I am
                      Clotho. The youngest of the three Fates.

                                KALESIUS
                      Clotho! Why is it that I have been
                      brought here?

                                CLOTHO
                      Kalesius, you have come here to learn
                      that you have been Fated to be my one
                      true love.

                                KALESIUS
                      Your one true love?

                                CLOTHO
                      My one true love!

                                KALESIUS
                      But why didn't you do something sooner?

                                CLOTHO
                      I could not, for I was not permitted to
                      reveal myself to you until you journeyed
                      here yourself.

                                KALESIUS
                      But you're Fate. Can't you do whatever
                      you want?

                                CLOTHO
                      No, sadly, even Fate has no free will of
                      her own.

                                KALESIUS
                      Well that is hardly fair. If you, Fate,
                      do not make the decisions, then who does?

                                CLOTHO
                      I know not. It makes as little sense to
                      me as it must to you mortals.

                                KALESIUS
                      How ironic that even Fate does not
                      possess the free will that we lack. What
                      a cold, unforgiving world we live in.

                                CLOTHO
                      But Kalesius, are you not pleased that we
                      shall be in love until the end of time?

                                KALESIUS
                      Well, I'm pleased, but you could have
                      made things a little easier on me. Was it
                      really necessary to let that guy call me
                      an "artist?"

                                CLOTHO
                      Kalesius, I love you.

                                KALESIUS
                      You love me?

                                CLOTHO
                      I do.

                                KALESIUS
                      I have to admit, that does have a nice
                      ring to it. I love you too!

                                CHORUS
                      And the Gods smiled upon Kalesius