“And the ending,” Eddie says. “I get killed.” “It’s a convention of the genre,” Julio says. Julio wears tight black jeans and black leather shoes even on a sunny day in Acapulco. Eddie thinks this is because he went to film school, which is why Eddie hired him and because he says things like “convention of the genre.” “Pacino didn’t get killed,” Eddie says. “He did in Three.” “Three doesn’t count,” Eddie says. “Liotta didn’t get killed in Goodfellas, De Niro didn’t get killed in Casino…” “But they couldn’t end happily. They had to be punished.” “What are you saying?” Eddie asks. “I have to be
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