Adaptation. Page #9

I was watching you out

the library window,

you were talking to Sarah Marsh.

Oh, God, I was so in love with her.

I know. And you were flirting with her,

and she was being really sweet to you.

I remember that.

And then, when you walked away,

she started making fun of you

with Kim Canetti.

And it was like

they were laughing at me.

You didn't know at all?

You seemed so happy.

I knew. I heard them.

Well, how come

you were so happy?

I loved Sarah, Charles.

It was mine, that love.

I owned it.

Even Sarah didn't have

the right to take it away.

I can love whoever I want.

But she thought you were pathetic.

That was her business,

not mine.

You are what you love,

not what loves you.

That's what I decided

a long time ago.

What's up?

Thank you.

For what?

No, shh, shh, shh!

Listen. I hear them.

I hear them. I hear them breathing.

Charlie?

- Charlie?

- Charlie!

- Guys?

- Charlie!

Charlie!

Where's the van?

Are they gone?

I don't know. Maybe.

John? John!

Sh*t!

I can't believe I got shot.

Isn't that f***ed up? Heh, heh.

Shut up. Stop laughing.

Donald? You're gonna be okay.

It's gonna be okay, Donald.

Just don't go to sleep. Just don't

go to sleep, Donald. Look at me.

Look at me, Donald.

Keep looking at me.

Open your eyes.

Donald, please open your eyes.

Donald. Donald, please

open your eyes, Donald.

Donald! Donald, open your eyes!

Imagine me and you I do

I think about you day and night

It's only right

To think about the one you love

And hold you tight

So happy together

Look at me.

Imagine me and you I do

And I...

Help!

John!

Halt!

I'm sorry.

Now I have to do this too.

I'm not a killer.

You put yourself in...

Johnny!

- Susan!

- No!

- Help!

- No, no!

Johnny! Johnny! John!

Oh, no, no, no.

Oh, God.

Oh, you fat piece of sh*t!

He's dead, you loser!

Shut up!

You ruined my life, you fat f***!

Shut up! Shut up!

F*** you, lady! You're just a lonely,

old, desperate, pathetic drug addict!

Oh, my God.

It's over. Everything's over.

I did everything wrong.

I want my life back.

I want it back

before it all got f***ed up.

I want to be a baby again.

I want to be new.

I want to be new.

Hello?

Hello?

Mom.

Charles? Charles, is that you?

Charles, what's the matter?

You okay?

Donald says, "That was her

business, not mine."

You are what you love,

not what loves you.

"I decided that a long time ago."

Kaufman starts to cry.

He tries to thank his brother,

but he can't put it into words.

So how you getting on?

I'm okay.

I miss him, you know?

How's the script coming?

It's good. I'm almost finished.

I'll be really glad to move on

to something else.

I'll bet.

Things okay with you?

And then in January, David and I went to Prague.

That was a high point.

That sounds great.

There's amazing puppet theater.

Yeah, I've heard.

I've gotta see that.

And there's this church decorated

with, like, human skulls and bones.

Forty thousand

skulls and bones.

I thought about you

when I went there.

Charlie, I'm with someone.

Why are you doing this now?

I love you.

I should go. I have to...

Stuff I have to do.

I'm going away this weekend...

Million things, okay?

Yeah.

I love you too, you know.

- I have to go right home.

- I know how to finish the script now.

It ends with Kaufman driving home

after his lunch with Amelia,

thinking he knows

how to finish the script.

Sh*t, that's voice-over.

McKee would not approve.

How else can I show

his thoughts? I don't know.

Well, who cares what McKee says?

It feels right.

Conclusive.

I wonder who's gonna play me.

Someone not too fat.

I like that Grard Depardieu,

but can he not do the accent?

Anyway, it's done.

And that's something.

"Kaufman drives off from

his encounter with Amelia

filled for the first time with hope."

I like this.

This is good.

Imagine me and you I do

I think about you day and night

It's only right

To think about the girl you love

And hold her tight

So happy together

How is the weather?

So happy together

We're happy together

So happy together

So happy together

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