Collapsing Time, Space, Lives
ESTABLISHING: HUDSON RIVER, WEST SIDE OF MANHATTAN, MID SUMMER. From a distance, we see what appears to be a man and a woman barely out of their teens, on the cusp of adulthood, strolling together along the Hudson. Their body language says it all: Full of hope and expectations, bashful and sweet, crazy in love. The sunset, bathing the horizon a sexy crimson, provides the requisite romantic backdrop. He boldly grabs her hand, raises it to his lips. She, the more cautious and unsure of the two, tentatively acquiesces. He gently pulls her close, slowly moves in for a kiss. She hesitates, and … FREEZE FRAME ZOOMING IN: We soon realize, upon closer inspection, these crazy kids are not kids at all, but rather adults well into mid-life. The past has collapsed into the present; in an instant, two adults magically, instantaneously returned to their former selves, teenagers in love ... MID SUMMER, 2010: That sultry July evening, L, my college sweetheart, and I found ourselv...