A question from a member of a London film audience has become a major screen property after developing a beginning, an elaborate middle and no visible prospect of an end.
The speaker initially said it was more of a comment. This warning was ignored, as it so often is before a preventable cultural incident.
He then introduced his relationship with cinema, explained where he had studied and established that he had once encountered a distributor in a lift. By minute seven, the microphone had become a place of residence.
The director tried to identify a question mark but found only subordinate clauses.
A streaming executive in the room immediately optioned the intervention as a limited series, praising its world-building and the potential for a younger version of the man to explain his university years in flashback.
The moderator has been cast as a weary detective searching for the original point. Critics say the role should require little preparation.
Meanwhile, the speaker insists he was simply asking about the cinematography. He is currently approaching the relevant section of his introduction.
A second audience member has raised a hand to disagree with the premise. Producers are calling it a shared universe.
