On the second day of Recsmas my fandom gave to me
Two film AUs
And Feminist Ryan Gosling talking critical theory
we were once cinema gods in the night by gyzym (Inception)
A great example of an AU done well--the characters fit perfectly into their roles (Eames as an actor, Cobb as an unhinged director, and Arthur as a control-freak producer), and the story does a good job of reflecting familiar themes and details from the movie in interesting ways. The flashbacks and TMZ excerpts work well, too.
Arthur stood up. "Quiet on the set," he said, and was completely ignored. "Quiet on the set," he repeated, louder, and was brushed off again. And then, suddenly, something snapped in him--some part of him that had always been there, lurking under the surface, under all that quick, competent efficiency--
"HEY!" Arthur screamed, standing on his chair and looking around, "If I don't have quiet on this fucking set in forty-five seconds I will staple your mouths shut. We. Are. On. A. Schedule."
The room went dead quiet, and Dom smiled.
It took Arthur less than three months to drop out of college. Dom made them famous in ten.
In Production by ladyfoxxx (bandom)
This is the story of the making of the Umbrella Academy movie, directed by Gerard Way. There's a lot going on in this (in a good way, not a confusing way) but my favorite part is the storyline about the relationship between Pete the producer and Patrick the studio exec. I really like that this isn't focused entirely on the relationships; stuff happens plotwise, and it feels very realistic, not that I have any idea how film production works in the real world. I do wish it were a little better betaed, but it's not bad enough to be distracting.
"I started as a runner, worked my way up to PA and then I was in R&D for a few years, script reading."
"You've read mountains of scripts then."
Patrick nods, pressing a pattern into his mash potato with his fork. "So many. I think in Final Draft now. This whole conversation we're having is indented, centered and our names are capitalized. I'll probably put a note in the margin to cut it ."
"Cut it - but why?"
"It's boring and it doesn't advance the plot."