Greg Egan on Nostr: Trying to imagine the pitch meeting for “Greta”: “It’s a stalker movie! With ...

Trying to imagine the pitch meeting for “Greta”:

“It’s a stalker movie! With *all* the clichés!”
“So … it’s a tongue-in-cheek metafictional parody, like ‘Cabin in the Woods’?”
“No.”
“A fresh take, with an astonishing new angle?”
“No.”
“Um, OK. Here’s a budget and some stars.”