Ghost World Page #8

Seymour gets out and disappears up the steps of his building.

ENID:

He doesn't even look that bummed

out, really.

REBECCA:

I know... wouldn't you be totally

pissed off?

ENID:

This kind of thing must happen to

him all the time.

INT. EXPERIMENTAL FILM - DAY

FULL SCREEN:
grainy B&W video footage. The CAMERA travels up

a shadowy flight of stairs. We hear FOOTSTEPS, a rhythmic

POUNDING, and a deranged CHILDREN'S CHOIR ("LALALALALALA").

WOMAN'S VOICE

(cheap echo effect)

Returning to the house of my

Fatherfatherfatherfather...

The CAMERA reaches the top of the stairs, we see a door that

slowly CREAKS open. We move into the room beyond, it's

decorated with stuff from the 50's and a giant crucifix. We

HEAR a televangelist's sermon. We MOVE CLOSE on a little

girl's doll. Very slowly a MAN'S HAND reaches for the doll

and drags it into the shadows. The hand throws the now

mutilated doll into a toilet; water and blood swirl around.

We see grainy footage (shot off of TV) of Christians angrily

picketing an abortion clinic. CREDITS come up: THE END. A

FILM BY ROBERTA ALLSWORTH.

INT. ART CLASS - DAY

The lights go on, the VIDEO ends and the monitor is shut

off.

There are about a dozen students, mostly pimply 14-year-old

boys, a few 14-ish girls, and Enid, dressed in schoolgirl

outfit. The teacher, ROBERTA ALLSWORTH, addresses the class.

ROBERTA:

That piece is entitled

"Mirror/Father/Mirror." I like to

show it to people I'm meeting for

the first time because it says so

much about who I am and what it feels

like to inhabit my specific skin.

And this is exactly what I'm hoping

to get from each of you over the

course of this Summer: a picture of

your own self-exploration. My own

background is in video and performance

art, but I'm hoping that doesn't

influence you and that you'll find

your own ways of externalizing the

internal. At the end of the Summer,

this class has been invited, along

with several others in the area, to

participate in a show of High-School

art at the Neighborhood Activity

Center. The title of the show will

be "Brotherhood and Community: Art

as Dialogue." I think the

"Brotherhood" theme ties in nicely

with the theme of self-discovery

that I'd like to emphasize in this

class. Are there any questions so

far?

(she's completely

lost them)

Great...

EXT. SEYMOUR'S NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY

Enid and Rebecca stand in front of Seymour's apartment.

ENID:

This is way too creepy.

REBECCA:

He won't see us... we'll just stalk

him from a distance.

ENID:

I'm afraid if I see him, I'll start

feeling really bad again.

A pause.

ENID:

So what should we do? We can't just

hide all day waiting for him to come

out...

EXT. SEYMOUR'S BUILDING - MAILBOX

There are three mail slots. Enid pulls the mail out of the

first one. We see FLOWER BULB CATALOGUES, and LADIES HOME

JOURNAL.

ENID:

This is girl mail.

She grabs the mail out of SLOT NUMBER TWO.

ENID:

This is all computer catalogues and

stuff...

Rebecca is looking at the mail from SLOT NUMBER THREE.

REBECCA:

The W.C. Fields Fan Club Newsletter...

(she flips through

the mail)

Oh my God, The National Psoriasis

Foundation!

ENID:

Bingo!

She shoves back the contents of slot number two and grabs

the mail from Rebecca. We hear MALE VOICES around the corner.

REBECCA:

Wait! Do you hear that?

Enid jams the mail back in the slot in a panic.

ENID:

Sh*t!

They slowly walk around the bushes toward the voices.

INT. SEYMOUR & JOE'S GARAGE SALE - DAY

They see the GARAGE SALE, in progress. They've all spotted

each other.

REBECCA:

What should we do? What if he

recognizes us?

ENID:

Come on, it's too late now...

A middle-aged HOUSEWIFE browses with little enthusiasm as

Enid & Rebecca tentatively approach. Enid spots a MONGOOSE

VS. COBRA taxidermy piece near Joe...

ENID:

Ew, look at this...

REBECCA:

Gross!

ENID:

I think it's cute - look at his little

weasel teeth.

REBECCA:

Ew, it's like some gross rat...

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