Be Kind Rewind Page #2

These brand-new condominiums

are gonna bring us...

...the fresh blood

that we need for our community...

...and transform this slum forever.

"Slum"? Hey, this is not a slum.

Hey, sure, the place needs a few repairs,

but I'm taking care of it.

Look, look,

business is about to pick up.

I can feel it.

I'm sorry, Mr. Fletcher,

but the building is condemned.

It violates structural,

fire and plumbing standards.

I don't see wheelchair access.

Your video store is a tenement.

You have 60 days from this notice

of demolition...

...to bring it up to code,

otherwise we will have to demolish it.

- But we will relocate you...

- Yes.

...to a property

of proportionate fair-market value.

Projects aren't so bad, you know.

Move to the projects?

How am I gonna tell Mike?

Look, I just wanna improve the life

of the people of Passaic, that's all.

You know, you don't have to pay me

this month, Mr. Fletcher. I'm okay.

Don't worry about the money, Mike.

I'll pay you soon.

In fact, I... I need for you

to take over for me.

- You're retiring?

- Oh, no, no, no.

This year's the 60th anniversary

of Fats' death.

And there's a ceremony

that's being organized in commemoration.

We gonna all get together

in that abandoned train where he died...

...and we're gonna play his records

until morning.

- Oh, wow.

- Yeah.

I wanna come. Can I come with you?

No.

I just told you,

I need you to take over for me.

Oh, right, right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. Okay.

You want me to just run the shop

while you're gone?

You think I could do that?

You tell me.

I'm not gonna let you down,

Mr. Fletcher.

Good, just don't set the place on fire.

Oh, no. Service, quality, safety,

you can count on that.

Excellent.

Here's something really important:

You must never...

Slam the door, because

the building will collapse.

No, Mike. I mean, yes,

but that's not what I wanted to say.

- You must never...

- Use the VCR to rewind the tapes...

No. Why do you always

have to finish my sentences?

- Okay, just listen.

- Okay. I'm sorry. Go ahead.

Okay, you must... Damn it.

Now I forgot what I had to say.

- But it's very...

- Lock the door.

- Mr. Fletcher, have a good trip.

- I'll have a good trip.

Take some pictures and call me.

Oh, yes, yes. I... I remember.

See, you wanted to finish my sentence.

- I lost my focus. I can't...

- No, no. I was listening. I was listening.

Hey, Mike. Mike. Keep Jerry...

I can't hear you.

Keep Jerry out. Out, out.

What? I don't know what that means.

"Peek your edge too.

Peek your edge..."

"Tuo. Too. Peek your edge too."

That's what it is.

I just found out something sad today.

Mr. Fletcher can't spell.

Maybe his parents

couldn't afford school.

Did he have parents?

- Yeah.

- Interesting.

Don't mention this to anybody.

- Just keep this between us. Don't...

- Of course not, that would be racist.

Peek your... Pick.

Your age. Pick your age.

He's talking gibberish.

It's nonsense, but it's not his fault.

The power plant's controlling us.

I know it.

- Through microwaves.

- Mm-hm.

They're using it to make us do things.

To buy things, to accept things.

And who...? Who...? Who are they?

Who are "they"?

The government, the FBI, of course.

- And I say no more.

- Right.

I'm gonna sabotage

the power plant tonight...

...and you're gonna help me.

Look, I got a map.

Completely worked out.

We short-circuit this

with whatever that thing is.

And that blows up the transformer.

All we gotta do is climb the fence...

...and throw this sweet grappling hook

right into the transformer. Boom.

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

This, my friend, is your camouflage.

Camouflage.

Bones.

We need that electricity.

You know, we got the machines, we...

And nobody rewinds the tapes.

- This is more important than that.

- You gotta rewind the tapes.

That's the lamest excuse

I've ever heard.

It's totally non-sequitury,

what you're saying to me.

- It's a lame excuse?

- Yeah, it's lame.

Really? And the power plant

is controlling us?

That's not nonsense?

That's not paranoia?

Okay, it sounds crazy,

and you know why?

- Because it's affecting my brain too.

- Mm-hm.

It's paranizing it.

Mr. Fletcher left me

in charge of the store.

Me. He trusted me with the store.

Do you know what that means?

No, actually I don't.

Maybe you could explain it to me.

- It means that I'm not doing this.

- What?

- I'm not doing this with you.

- Okay.

So you'll just do anything

Mr. Fletcher says...

...even though, by the way,

he's not your real father.

- So... So what?

- And he's completely illiterate.

- He's not...

- But you won't do anything for me...

...your best friend,

who has a melting brain.

Can l...? Can l...? Can I help you

make a selection? Because if not...

... I'm gonna have to ask you

to make space for the other customers.

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize

it was rush hour.

I won't bother you anymore.

You know, it does get busy unexpectedly.

And you know, he's not illiterate.

First of all, because if he was illiterate,

smart guy...

... he wouldn't be able to write:

"Peek your edge too."

Which is... It's probably Buddhist

or something.

It's like... Like a chant.

"Peek your... Pick your edge too."

- Smart guy.

- I'm not saying he's illiterate.

I mean, he could just use some

night-schooling to perfect his spelling.

Just go.

Slow. Slower.

You all right?

Come on over. It's easy.

Freeze.

They always come at night

and bother me.

- Oh, come on, it's my turn tonight.

- No way. This is my baby.

Department of Homeland Security.

Wake up.

Be invisible.

Shh, did you hear something?

Yeah.

There's that ladder again.

What do you think?

I don't know, some kind of ladder gang

or something?

Oh, the ladder gang.

Let's go get some ice cream.

- "Peek your edge too."

- What's so funny?

"Keep Jerry out."

- Who cares about that right now?

- He's not illiterate. "Keep Jerry out."

- He's not illiterate.

- Who cares? Get over...

- What are you doing?

- I can't be here for this.

What are you doing? Mike, no. Mike.

- Mike, put that ladder back.

- I can't let you in the store.

- Mike, you're coming over the thing.

- Mr. Fletcher trusted me.

Mr. Fletcher's not gonna yell at you,

he's way too laid back.

I know he's not gonna yell at me.

That's part of the problem.

He's very good to me. I can't

let him down. I can't disappoint him.

Listen, you don't need me.

- You're almost there.

- I'll never speak to you.

I will never speak to you again.

Mike! Mike!

Traitor.

I'll do it alone, baby.

Solo mission.

Solo sabotage.

Mike! Come back!

No, Jerry, no.

No. No. You have to go.

You see the signs? "Keep Jerry out."

This is in, that's out.

Go home, take a shower, lie down.

Oh, come on.

Get out of the street.

Get out of the street.

Wipe your face.

Jesus. Stand right there.

I'll get you some water.

Don't move, just wait a minute.

Oh, you feeling better now?

Mike, aren't you gonna ask me

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