The Contemptuous Ruby

It's 1971 . . . In Breakwater, Louisiana. Walter is bound to his wheelchair. Home from Vietnam with a once beautiful bride plotting his demise. Ruby is contemptuous . . . and deadly. A dark and conflicted gritty noir feature, The Contemptuous Ruby takes a tried and true concept of treachery and greed and spins it into a well-defined psycho thriller with a classic story line. The stark loneliness of Lake Pontchartrain in Breakwater, Louisiana makes the script feel all that more intimate and personal. Opening late night in a boathouse, the writers quickly establishes Sheriff Ted as the prophetic seer of the evil that lurks in Breakwater. The main protagonist, Ruby, offers sexual tension and manipulates the lives of those around her. This story is a sardonic and tragic tale with featured close-up of a tattoo of Comedy and Tragedy as a metaphor to the torment of a paralyzed Walter Wilson; who is held captive in a mangled war torn body and bound to his wheelchair. Sheriff Ted, Walter's friend and fellow Vietnam soldier bears witness to Walter's mute state and the immobility of his hands while reliving his days of happiness and glory in his mind's eye . Walter's torment is visualized by extreme close-ups of his face and eyes while he sits and watches an 8mm film over and over again. His young and beautiful bride, Ruby, from days long past has degenerated into an aging and perverse sadist who tortures him with malicious indifference. Her promiscuous acts with hapless strangers while Walter is forced to watch is beyond evil. When Ruby hires a young dancer, Fawn, for Walter's amusement, it leads to Ruby's undoing. By the time we're introduced to Ruby, her evil is developed and her inevitable quest for absolution and annihilation is revealed. The fact that she gets both will serve the audience well. The writers lead you in and out of Ruby's psychosis, where the temptations of the French Quarter lure her night after night. Its conjures up a diabolical noir setting.