Sherwood King’s If I Die Before I Wake does not have a picnic episode. Orson Welles, however, invents one for The Lady from Shanghai, It’s a powerful unpicnicky story told by Michael O’Hara, the protagonist, about a shark frenzy and its awful consequences.
Featured Image: The deep darkness of Michael O’Hara.
See Sherwood King. If I Die Before I Wake: The Book of the Film (1938. Rpt. New York: Penguin, 2010; Orson Welles. (1947). Directed and screenplay by Orson Welles