The story is basically
separated into three days. Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday. With many
flashbacks thrown in for good measure.
Today/Wednesday:
Dan and Edgar are hanging around a hospital waiting
to find out Julie's fate. They talk about the past which gives way
to earlier portions of the story.
Sunday:
A few days earlier, Dan and Julie are having a fight.
She leaves the apartment in a rush to get away from his overbearing
emotions and is struck by a car.
Saturday:
Dan and Edgar are far away from the troubles they will
have in the week to come. They are at a party in a Church. It is here
Edgar finds the girl his "whole world stops for." It is also here
that Dan finds out about Julie's past with Jeff.
Longer
than a week before:
Most all earlier scenes that will be talked about by
the characters will not be presented in a live action format. For
instance, when Dan and Edgar talk about grade school, you will see
what they are talking about acted out, not by child actors, but rather
by cartoon animated versions of them. (The restaurant scene is NOT
animated, yet it happens about 2 months before.)
THE NEXT BREATH:
A SLACKER LOVE STORY
Treatment:
This is a story about Dan and Edgar, two best friends. The two men
help each other work our their fears concerning love [girls,] life
and spirituality [drugs.] They both must deal with problems that arise
within relationships with the female gender.
Dan must learn to cope with his girlfriend, Julie, and her not knowing
what she wants out of the relationship. To grow, Dan must also learn
to look beyond judging her past romantic life and begin to trust in
the future. Dan is too stubborn to apologize to Julie. He stays quiet
when he should be calling out to her, he dwells on his indecision.
Edgar must move forward in his ability to trust in the female gender.
He has never let himself get close enough to a girl for any type of
meaningful relationship. Something about the girl he meets at the
Church party changes his whole outlook and he tells her things about
himself he has never let out before. Edgar had a relationship with
Pamela, but he just dropped her without even telling her why or what
for.
Question: Why are people so insecure and untrusting?
Nemesis: Male insecurities plague the two men in their quest for love.
Also, since they lead a particularly non-legal lifestyle, they must
also face officers of the law.
