"To make a great film you need three things – the script, the script and the script."
-Alfred Hitchcock
53. EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - (NIGHT). - SEMI - LONG SHOT
THE CAMERA HAS PANNED slightly to the woman’s living room window. A small, candle-lit table is set up, with dinner for two. The spinster sweeps into the room, smiling. She goes to the door, opens it, and in pantomime admits an imaginary caller. She pretends to kiss him lightly, takes his hat, and places the hat on a chair. Then she shows him to a seat at the table, disappears into an unseen kitchen and returns with a bottle and two glasses. She sits down, pours two drinks. She lifts her drink in a toast to the imaginary man opposite her.
54. INT. JEFF’S APARTMENT. - (NIGHT). - CLOSEUP
Jeff gives a faint, sympathetic smile, and subconsciously raises his glass in response…
