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43. Four Minutes
The filed review and later corrected account describe different films.
| First evening: v.10 | v.11 corrected account described | |
|---|---|---|
| Invitation | Come with me | Come again |
| Boat | They take the dusk boat | No boat appears |
| Counter | Empty; an arrival is not served | She stays, wipes the cup ring and serves |
| Witness | Mother squeezes the reviewer's hand | Reviewer returns to the same seat |
The screening report corroborates the first account within the file. Its later supersession leaves the accounts in conflict.
Known versions and filings, in their narrated order.
- First evening
- The screening print is v.10.
- v.11
- Four minutes shorter; v.10 superseded.
- Correction required
- 206 earlier filings require paid correction.
- Corrected filing
- The reviewer disavows having seen the first ending.
- This morning
- v.12 is standard; its difference is not itemized.
Only v.11's four-minute shortening is quantified.
Consequences reach beyond the film's stored version.
| Relation | Action | Consequence |
|---|---|---|
| Archive / filer | 206 corrections required | Filers pay; originals kept for training |
| Reviewer / mother | Denies the ending she witnessed | She apologizes for crying |
| Reviewer / next screening | Books one ticket | Returns without the mother being booked |
| Reviewer / boat | Keeps going for its return | No restoration is established |
The reviewer's hope that the boat returns remains a hope, not a promised restoration.