On High in Blue Tomorrows

On High in Blue Tomorrows is a movie-within-a-movie from Inland Empire. It is a film directed by Kingsley Stewart, written by Lawrence Ashton and starring Nikki Grace as Susan Blue and Devon Berk as Billy Side. The shooting script is dated April 6, 2005. The film is a remake of an older movie based on an alledegly cursed old Polish Gypsy folktale. The German name of the story is Vier Sieben ("Four Seven"). Nikki describes the film to Visitor as being about marriage "in some ways." The film involves an affair between Susan Blue and Billy Side, both of whom are married to Smithy and Doris Side, respectively. Billy lives in a mansion and has two children. It was shot in several different locations, among them are the American South, Eastern Europe, some places in Los Angeles and Hollywood Boulevard. The name derives from "blue tomorrows" being a recurring concept mentioned throughout the film, including a scene where Nikki mentions blue tomorrows as being all she sees from the affair, but most notably when a homeless woman turns a lighter on in front of Sue's agonizing eyes and says "No more blue tomorrows. You on high now, love."

Scenes
Many scenes are seen being shot throughout the film:


 * "Scene 35 on top of page 57": Billy goes to Smithy's house and sees Sue in the window. He says he didn't think she'd be there, and then wants to apologize for the things he had said the night before. Sue asks if the things he said were true and cries. Billy asks if she is sorry, and asks why she is crying. She tells him to look in the other room.
 * Billy and Sue flirt in a gazebo. He says he has been with his wife since he was a little boy; she says she's heard there is nothing little about him now. She asks why Billy is doing this now, and he says it's because he never met her before. She says she can't afford to have that feeling, because all she sees from this is blue tomorrows.
 * Sue is at Billy's house while his family is away. She tells him she is heading out and asks if Billy needs anything. He asks, “Quittin’ time already?” She says she’s late for gym. Billy asks if that's "Jim" with a G or a J. Sue, unamused, says, "That's original." Billy asks why she would want to exercise. He persuades her to stay for a drink, served by his butler. He pushes her to stay for dinner, but when she mentions his wife and children, he angrily says, “Don’t ruin this.” She responds, “There’s nothing to ruin, Billy.”
 * Billy and Sue make out at Billy's house. Sue asks if this is what he wants; she says that she won't fall in love with him.
 * Sue takes Billy's car to get groceries, and parks it in an alley.
 * Sue bleeds to death on Hollywood Boulevard after being stabbed, surrounded by three homeless people.

Relationship to the curse
The fact that the film is actually a remake of an earlier uncompleted production based on an allegedly cursed story, is initially unknown to the cast of the film. Both leads in the original film were murdered.