4:44 Last Day on Earth Page #4

Synopsis: A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Abel Ferrara
Production: IFC Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.5
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
R
Year:
2011
82 min
$15,738
Website
530 Views


I mean, I don't care.

You can

get high right there.

You know, I won't judge.

I don't give a sh*t, you know.

I would prefer you didn't,

but, for me, I feel like,

I just feel like

I got a choice, you know?

I could shoot some dope,

go out nodding,

or go out eyes wide open.

You know,

see the f***ing light show.

I mean, what the f*** is that

gonna look like, you know?

The end of the world,

the end of the dream.

The end of...

I want to see it.

I want to see it.

I want to f***ing be wide awake.

So that's the choice.

Yeah, I'm not sure I want to.

What's going on

changes everything.

It does, and it doesn't.

Tell me.

For me, I just think

it changes a lot,

but I got to stay true to...

for me, I just feel like

I got to stay true

to who I've been.

The good stuff.

Oh, sh*t, you guys

are getting heavy.

I just want to get laid,

you know?

You just want to get laid?

Yeah.

- You just want to get laid?

- Uh-huh.

Come here.

You're gonna get your wish.

Mmm.

Get it while you can, right?

Good to know what you want.

Got to get off some way

tonight.

And may I...

this is not a rap.

- It's a suggestion.

- Okay.

If I may humbly offer

this suggestion to you,

my junkie brother, right,

who I've been through

everything with?

Yes.

I'm listening.

Don't pick up a minute

before the end of the world.

Seems like as good time as any...

That's the choice, though.

That's the...

you know?

I know.

That's the choice.

Yeah, I know.

Let's watch

the light show, man.

We were walking home

from this meeting,

and we walked by here,

and I see the light on, right?

And I'm like, "I wonder

if these guys are still here."

Haven't thought of them

in f***ing years, man.

This used to be my family.

This was like, you know,

my brother,

my sisters,

like my family.

I saw the lights on.

So I ring the buzzer,

and Javi answers

the f***ing door,

and they're right

in the chairs

where I f***ing left them,

you know?

And so come to be

of service over there,

be of service here,

whatever.

I don't know.

If some idiot comes in

and needs another idiot,

I figured I'd be here.

And who walks in?

You're that idiot.

It's a miracle.

It's a f***ing miracle.

It's not a miracle.

No, there's something

going on.

Why are you here?

Why did you come through

the f***ing window?

Just, you know...

I haven't seen you

in how long?

- A long time.

- Long time.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Long time.

You know,

I just think, you know...

it's not...

I just been thinking about,

you know,

the past and friends,

and I just felt the need

to drop by, huh?

And so I'm not, you know...

I don't know.

I got to go, though.

You got to?

Yeah, no, I can't,

because Skye's...

no, Skye's at home.

You know, she's by herself.

You gonna go right home,

though?

Yeah, I got to go.

I mean, go right home.

Just...

it's dangerous out there.

Yeah.

Yeah, no, it feels...

I don't know.

It's weird out there.

But no.

I got to go, okay?

I'll walk you out.

Listen.

I love you, buddy.

I love you too.

Use the front door

like a normal person.

Glad we saw you.

- Okay.

- Bye.

Yeah.

All right.

Thanks, man.

Hey, Cisco.

Yeah?

What if they're wrong?

Huh?

Think about it.

Okay, I'm thinking.

All right, buddy.

Love you.

Take care.

Thanks.

Hey, uh, Javi?

Yeah?

He didn't...

No, no, no.

He didn't get nothing.

- You sure?

- Yeah, I'm sure.

He better not.

He's better just the way he is.

Right, right.

No, I'm sure.

I'm honest.

You wouldn't lie, what...

being a drug dealer

and everything.

I would not.

- All right.

- He didn't.

What'd I say?

Go easy.

# You made me cry

when you said good-bye #

# Ain't that a shame? #

# My tears fell like rain #

# Ain't that a shame? #

# You're the one to blame #

# You broke my heart

when you said we're apart #

# Ain't that a shame? #

# My tears fell like rain #

# Ain't that a shame? #

# You're the one to blame #

# Oh, well, good-bye #

# Although I'll cry #

# Ain't that a shame? #

# My tears fell like rain #

# Ain't that a shame? #

# You're the one to blame #

# You made me cry

when you said good-bye #

# Ain't that a shame? #

# My tears fell like rain #

I don't want to die!

# Ain't that a shame? #

# You're the one to blame #

# Oh, well, good-bye #

# Although I'll cry #

# Ain't that a shame? #

# My tears fell like rain #

# Ain't that a shame? #

# You're the one to blame #

Cisco.

Where were you?

I just went out on the streets

to see what was going on.

I forgot my keys.

I didn't mean what I said.

I was just trying to get her

to understand.

She's a hard case.

You're not like her.

That's one of the reasons

I love you.

Forgive me.

Come inside me.

How could you?

Let me have it.

It's mine.

No.

Give it to me.

No!

I want it.

How could you?

Come on.

Give it to me.

All right.

Come on, we'll...

we'll throw it out together.

You're hurting me!

Ah, this is fantastic.

Also the serpent...

which represents

the dynamic of life...

the serpent can shed its skin

to be born again,

and so represents

the power of life

to throw off death

and represents the bondage

of life to time.

It's the dynamic of life

and consciousness

in the field of temporal

pairs of opposites...

birth, death and all that.

And life goes on through it.

It's been turned

into the negative principle

in our tradition,

as though our tradition

were against life.

And, uh, so, since...

since our tradition is

against life, well,

the deity himself

is against life.

And you have a deity

who's talking about

supernatural grace

and virtue and all,

but life is something

to be, as it were,

despised instead of celebrated

and a body as something awful

rather than awesome.

Cisco!

Cisco!

Cisco, come to me, please!

What's happening?

What's that?

I'm here.

Hold on to me.

Stay with me.

Stay with me!

I am.

Don't be scared.

I'm scared.

Don't be scared.

Who makes this whole tub run?

Ain't it us, guys?

Yeah!

Well, then, we belong,

don't we?

We belong and they don't,

that's all.

As far as this being hell,

aw, nuts, you lost your nerve.

That's what.

This is a man's job, get me?

It belongs.

It runs this tub.

No stiffs need apply.

We aren't stiffs, see?

What comes down

to a ultra feeling,

I mean, the ultra feeling

that love, family is important.

Hey, have you ever

heard of this?

What are we gonna do

when it's 4:
44?

But I can see that deep down

you're at peace in your heart.

You've done the right things.

You've done your art.

You've done everything

that you can possibly do

to have a faith in this world

that they've destroyed.

And this is very difficult

to explain, okay?

In those few minutes,

you see the face

of every living creature

in this world, okay?

In the minute.

At the same time,

you see the whole face

of billions of creatures.

And I'm not talking

just people:

Animals, insects, birds,

worms, snails,

you know, all of them.

You can see.

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Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content in his films, his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known films include Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992) and The Funeral (1996). more…

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