Camera Obscura Page #3

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the beginning of world war ii.

One of the features

about the camera

is the film advances

from right to left.

Yeah, I noticed that. It was sort of tricky

getting the film loaded in there at first.

Huh.

You loaded it? Yeah. Yeah.

I shot a few rolls.

Well, I hate to tell you this.

I don't think this camera

can generate an exposure.

Good morning, beautiful.

You're awake before me

twice in one week.

Is that the real Jack?

Is that you?

I am the real Jack...

I think.

Who is this?

You will never guess

what day it is today.

It's, um... earth day.

Try again.

It's, uh... hedgehog day.

Groundhog day?

Is that what you're...

No. No. Hedgehog day.

Happy anniversary.

- Ta-da!

- Oh, my god.

Oh!

You remember what, uh...

Mm-hmm.

What I told you when I met

you at your exhibit in Rome?

Remember what I said?

What did you say? Um, I s... you said...

I said...

That you were

a much better artist...

Than I was a photographer.

So, what all do you

need to do today?

I've got to run to the camera store,

pick up the rest of the photos.

Oh! You're bringing them

by the office, right?

Uh, yeah.

Of course.

Well, maybe I'll see you

when you get there.

Claire.

Hey, I think you might be in a meeting.

I know you got a lot going on today.

But I think we should go somewhere

else for dinner tonight.

Hey. You ready?

Uh, yeah.

I'm just waiting for you.

Well, work's been crazy. Do

you mind meeting me there?

Yeah, well, I know we have

a lot of history at Peterman's,

but I thought we'd just, uh,

you know, try something new.

Um, I'm at Peterman's right now.

What?

N... no, please, uh...

Let's meet there, right?

In ten minutes?

- Wait, wait, wait, wait. Claire?

- I'll see you here.

Okay? Love you. Bye.

Damn it. F***.

Where the f*** is she?

Language!

Well, that was

quite an entrance.

Hey.

What happened with your hand?

Uh, my car window.

It was, uh, an accident.

What?

- We have to go.

- Why?

Jack, come on.

Jack?

What... Jack?

Everything's fine.

Sir.

I'm sorry. Is everything okay?

Are we gonna continue to have

problems here? No, no, no. I'm sorry.

We're...

We're leaving anyhow.

Come on.

Let's go home.

I'm sorry.

And I'll talk

to Dr. Vogel again.

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Listen, I know that I...

I totally just ruined

our anniversary, and I...

Excuse me.

Could you spare some change?

Um...

- Man...

- Hey! You following us?

- Jack!

- I just need some change, man. Hard times.

- Jack, what are you doing?

- Give me your f***in' money.

Oh!

Hey. Hey.

- Take it easy, man.

- Just toss it here.

Here's the wallet.

Okay?

- What about her purse?

- Here's...

Here's the purse. Just take the purse.

Okay? Here's the purse.

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, my god!

You remember?

I don't know.

It happened so fast.

Dropped your keys.

What happened next?

Sir, I'm gonna need you

to step back.

How you holdin' up?

Uh, I'm okay.

It wasn't a very

romantic anniversary.

Well, thank you

for all your cooperation.

I know it's been a long

night for you both. Yeah.

Yeah. Wow. What happened there?

Oh, I, um...

I left my keys in the

car and I had to

break the window.

That's a new one.

With your fist?

Yeah.

You two go and get some sleep.

As the rescued woman's elderly

mother, Elise partridge,

was a victim

of this deadly Blaze.

Oh, no.

Claire moved.

Ah! Goddamn.

What the hell's that?

He moved photos, which is good.

But I'm worried

about keeping this up.

Whenever I feel

that I can control this,

i-it seems like everything

is crumbling around me.

People say that they would do anything

to protect the ones they love.

But they're never

really asked to do just that.

It seems to draw

whatever evil's out there to it.

It knew it could use me,

so I was exploited.

These seemingly innocuous acts

now have greater meaning.

But like a moth into a flame,

it gets burned too.

Aah!

Oh, there's this house,

I'm supposed to show it later.

I feel like I should

still do that one.

No, babe. If there was ever a

day to take off, it's today.

Hey, mister.

You need some help?

Your tire.

Uh, no, I think I'm, uh...

Think I'm all right.

Thanks.

You don't look all right,

brother.

You wanna hear a crazy story?

Each developed roll contains one photo

that predicts an otherwise imminent death.

Right? And each death

can only be prevented

by substituting another victim in

exactly the same modus operandi, right?

But each victim, okay,

they replace the next.

The pictures keep changing,

on and on, day after day,

until the last victim on the last roll,

who, uh, happens to be my fiance,

is saved.

Right?

But this is... I mean, of course this

is all predicated on the supposition

that I'm not just having

a full-onset psychosis.

Either this camera

is, like, demonic,

or I'm... psychotic.

So it's crazy.

Right?

My name's Boone.

Jack.

I don't understand

a word you been saying.

But it's nice to have

somebody to talk to.

Okay.

You're leaving again already?

You'll be all right? Yeah.

Good luck.

You're gonna do great.

Mmm.

Love you.

Love you.

It's f***in' crazy.

Okay, this is crazy.

This is...

Really crazy.

Oh, you f***in' creeper.

He was, like, this chubby dude

with glasses, white shirt.

Ow! Oww!

Who are you?

Why are you doing this to me?

Why are you doing this to me?

I'm sorry!

I'm sorry!

Please... stop.

F***ing hell.

The head.

What the f***...

Sh*t.

What the f***...

Please, change.

Please.

No.

Hey.

You drifted off there.

Is the movie that boring?

Uh, no. No.

I'm sorry.

How did the interview go?

Uh, it went fine.

Okay.

And Ben?

Did he like the photos?

Yeah. He seemed to.

See, I told you.

So, um, this might sound

like a weird question.

But, um...

Okay, um, let's say

that there is someone

who somehow managed to know when

and where they were going to die.

Would you want to know?

That is a weird question.

But would you?

You really want me

to answer that?

No.

No, I don't think

I'd want to know.

It's a burden.

It could drive you crazy.

Can we be done with all these

creepy hypothetical questions?

Come here.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Next time we're watching

a romantic comedy.

That's for sure.

Hello.

Hi. Mrs. Henderson?

Hi. I'm calling

from Abrams realty.

Um, I apologize,

but would it be possible

for us to move our meeting

with you to tomorrow?

Great.

Thank you so much.

Hey, some lady

just called your phone

about switching your 5:00 P.M.

meeting to tomorrow.

Henderson, I think it was.

Okay.

You answered my phone?

I did. Sorry.

I was, like, half asleep.

I didn't know what I was doing.

Ow.

F***.

Mmm.

Ow.

Oh, f***!

You should get that looked at.

Now get out of my way,

so I can get ready.

Did you have another nightmare?

I think I'm still sleeping.

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