“Sometimes. When like-my mind goes blank and I like... I always just think: I’d rather be watching a movie.”— Avery

In the shadowy, decidedly unglamorous intervals after screenings, when the spectators have departed, and the theatre must be cleared of debris: Sam, Rose, and Avery live lives starkly different from conventional movie fantasies, but the power of movies to shape and affect their beliefs and behavior is still operative, and each of them draws upon cinema’s seductive current. They are rashly, foolishly, heartbreakingly and often nobly in pursuit of love, artistic fulfillment, enticing dangers, “prison” escape and, above all, self-respect. If only they didn’t need to keep this damned job.