Store Credit

At Amoeba Records, on the second floor, in the horror section, under F, I found the movie that I had written. This is the first time I've seen it for sale at a store.

For Christmas, Ada gave me a two-disk, Centennial Collection DVD of Sunset Boulevard. So, I took my old copy of Sunset Boulevard to Amoeba for a trade-in toward a new movie. Along with a non-special edition The Lost Boys and a copy of Ray that was given to all Universal Studios employees, I got eight bucks of store credit.

It was while browsing that I found Five Across the Eyes in a loss-prevention hard plastic case. I turned it over to read my credit of, STORY BY. There it was in capital letters; which is nice to see because my name was cut out of the actual movie along with the rest of the opening credits.

I was so jazzed to see Five Across the Eyes at a store I took a picture of it. It was a good feeling, like a benchmark of success. Though, its being at Amoeba probably means that someone purchased it online, watched it, disliked it, said, "Screw this noise," and took it there for some store credit.

Then again, I didn't dislike the movies I had brought to Amoeba and traded-in so I could buy Easy Living (1937, written by Preston Sturgess). Perhaps this guy-or-gal just got a better copy of FAtE as a Christmas gift. Maybe he-or-she got his-or-her hands on the original, uncut, two hours and five minutes version that was shown at festivals.

At least that version has my credit in it.