CrissCross
- R
- Year:
- 1992
- 100 min
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I know what I did
probably looks like bad news...
but I bet you would do the same
if you were twelve...
and your life
was as screwed up as mine.
My dad was a bomber pilot
in the war.
On one of his missions, he hit
It was an accident,
but it really freaked him out.
when I was in third grade.
Mom used to be
for the war like Dad...
but that all changed after
she saw what it did to him.
Dad came back from the war
and quit the military.
One night, he took me
down to the gulf.
We collected driftwood
and burned his uniform.
Dad said it was nothing
but a killer's costume.
After that, he moved us
from Texas to Key West.
In those days,
he was drinking a lot.
But by spring...
he started fasting
and took a vow of silence.
Then one day,
he just disappeared.
He wrote Mom and said
he wasn't coming back.
I wrote him once to ask,
"What about me?"
He didn't answer.
They're goin'
to the friggin' moon.
Half my money
goes to taxes...
so they can blow away
peasants in pajamas...
and fly to the friggin' moon.
So, what do you say?
You want to replace Monica
on stage or not?
I don't know.
I guess so.
Guess all you want.
Just let me know by tonight.
Well, so long, babe.
We're gonna miss
your 38s, you know?
- Thanks for everything.
- Sure.
Maybe with your tits,
I'll bill you as a 12-year-old.
You got a way with words,
Connie. Let's go.
When Dad was with us,
we lived in a house...
and I had my own room.
These were
the good old days...
which Mom doesn't like me
talking about.
If I do,
she says "G.T.F."...
which stands for
"Going too far."
This is Mom's ladylike way of
telling me to shut the f*** up.
Hi, Mom!
All you have to do
is adjust the straps.
The thought of them touching me
gives me the creeps.
what you make bartending...
and you won't mind them
touching you so much.
I love you, Tracy,
but it's time you faced facts.
As hard as you work,
you still don't have enough...
for a little house.
If you want a future
for yourself and the kid...
you're gonna have
to bump and grind for it.
You're a tough lady, Monica.
I'm not tough. I'm practical.
Good morning, Termina.
You look pretty.
Thanks.
Good morning.
Yes.
Don't be late
for the card flip, boss!
OK!
Termina, eat your
sunflower seeds, please.
- Yeah, Termina.
- Shut up.
Hey, Snyder!
Come on!
It's OK!
Don't you say bye?
Not to you.
Mom and me stayed
in Key West.
She took a night job
being a bartender...
to help pay the rent...
but pretty soon, we had to move
to the Eden House.
Mom was waitressing there...
so the room only cost us
twenty bucks a week.
One 25-pound bag
of yellow onions...
I really dig Emmett,
but the way he chain-smokes...
he could drop dead like a fly
at any second.
And if there's one thing
I've learned...
it's a total nightmare
to love someone...
and have them cut out on you.
It at least will come back
with something...
for the geologists to study.
I'll call you right back.
Armstrong and Aldrin will
collect more than 100 pounds...
of lunar material.
- Seen Mom?
- Not yet.
When you had a mom,
did she used to work all night?
She only had time to sleep.
though.
He was a bootlegger.
Would you mind putting
the fish on ice?
French toast, pick up.
Swiss cheese omelet, pick up.
Wrong knife.
So, where's
the little guy's mom?
Still at her night job.
She can't get her tables
set on time...
she gonna have
to find another job.
Be nice to her for once.
She's finally getting
her head together.
Oakley, pick up
the f***ing omelet, please!
Oakley!
Pick up this breakfast
before it's lunch!
I'm just going to go set
my tables and get my work done.
Hi, sweetheart.
Did you sleep good?
Better than you, I bet.
I'm sorry, honey.
I had to miss our breakfast.
I had some things
to pick up after work.
I set your tables, so you better
be getting to work.
You better
get ready for school.
I am ready.
- You are not.
- Yes, I am.
No. Come on,
put your jeans on.
My jeans are wrecked.
Well, then put on
your green pants.
Now, I can't have you going
I ain't no bum.
All right.
Come on back after school...
and I'll sew
your pants up for you.
I have food stand
after school.
Not till 6:
00, you don't.If I'd been Dad,
I'd have never left Mom.
My girlfriend Termina says Mom
from Dad abandoning us.
Termina's
When we get older,
we plan on living together...
so we can have orgasms.
Termina says orgasms
after they fall in love...
what make people fall in love.
All Jetty says is
I'll find out soon enough.
When I asked Mom
she said "G.T.F."
You ready to order?
Yeah, I'll take number two...
eggs over easy.
- Anything to drink?
- No, thank you.
Somebody please
pick up on table nine!
More coffee?
What do you think...
cheese omelet or sliced fruit?
Well, how hungry are you?
Hungry. I been driving all night
from Jacksonville.
Is that where you're from?
No, I'm from Washington, D.C.
You?
I'm from here.
Well, actually,
I was born in El Paso...
but I live here now.
No kidding.
I know a guy who played
minor league ball in El Paso...
the Sun Kings.
My daddy used to take me
to those games.
God gave us baseball to make up
for the industrial revolution.
I'll have the omelet
and the sliced fruit.
You might have to wait
for that omelet.
All right.
Make way. Coming through.
Hot stuff here.
Make way.
Had to start
without you, boss.
Did you flip
any of our singles yet?
Had to.
Leaner won't come down.
I hit it twice.
Shoot. Make way. My turn.
- You cheated.
- Hey, take it easy.
It's only a game.
Put the knife away.
What's going on here?
Cruz just found this knife.
I'll bring it
to the lost and found.
Cruz, the knife.
Bertrand, inside.
Come on, Chris. What do you
think your father would say...
if he was told about this?
Not much really.
He took a vow to silence.
He's a monk now.
Your father's a monk?
Yeah. He lives in a monastery
north of Miami.
When was the last time
you saw him?
I was nine then.
What did he say?
You remember?
Yeah. He said that
the purpose of life...
is to love everything...
even flies.
Chris, did your father ever
consult with a psychiatrist?
What for?
He talks to God.
Tell me something
about your mom.
Guys her age are always
trying to nail her.
Nail her?
You don't know what
that means? Nail her?
Yeah, I know
what it means, Chris.
Does she work?
Very hard. We're trying
to save up for a house...
for when my dad gets back.
What kind of work?
She's a waitress
and a bartender.
I got three jobs.
Hey, Chris...
you like her very much,
don't you?
Sometimes.
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