6:40AM Seth | Deep gratitude to Videogum for
guiding us to this scene from
The Happening—M. Night Shyamalan’s surprisingly lucrative eco-thriller, originally pitched to skeptical studio execs as, “A lot like the
The Birds, but instead it’s
The Trees. Well, there’s birds in the trees, but they aren’t scary. I dunno, maybe they’re already dead. Hello? Are you still with me? What are you scribbling on that notepad? Do you want this or not, because there’s plenty of studios who do.”
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