Hannah and Her Sisters Page #15

DAVID:

(overlapping, nodding)

We could...we could do that.

HOLLY:

(nodding)

Right. Yeah, but Fifth is so

jammed, isn't it?

She looks at David.

APRIL:

(overlapping, to Holly)

Well, sometimes, some, uh...

HOLLY:

(interrupting)

I mean, it's jammed. If we went...

um...

Both she and April mumble awkwardly.

DAVID:

(pointing to Holly,

interrupting their chatter)

Y-you live in Chelsea, don't you?

HOLLY:

(nodding at David)

Yes.

DAVID:

Well, I-I guess if you live in

Chelsea, that's probably first.

HOLLY:

(nodding nervously)

Oh, okay.

APRIL:

Yeah.

DAVID:

And then, uh, April...huh?

APRIL:

(overlapping, nodding)

Great.

They get into the car. Once again Holly's in the backseat.

The classical music begins anew.

The movie cuts briefly to cut to the traffic and lights of a

Manhattan avenue as seen from the moving Jaguar. It then

moves to a close-up of Holly, sitting in the backseat, her

head near the window. She is staring straight ahead.

HOLLY (V.O.)

Naturally I get taken home first.

Well, obviously he prefers April.

Of course I was so tongue-tied all

night. I can't believe I said that

about the Guggenheim. My stupid

little roller-skating joke. I

should never tell jokes. Mom can

tell 'em and Hannah, but I kill 'em.

(glaring at the

offscreen April's back)

Where did April come up with that

stuff about Adolph Loos and terms

like "organic form"?

(looking out the side

window, pausing for a moment)

Well, naturally. She went to

Brandeis.

The movie cuts to Holly's point of view: the front seat

where David and April sit, the Jaguar's windshield, and the

passing lights and traffic of the street. Holly continues

her ruminations as April leans over to say something to David.

HOLLY (V.O.)

But I don't think she knows what

she's talking about. Could you

believe the way she was calling him

David? "Yes, David. I feel that

way, too, David. What a marvelous

space, David."

(emphatically)

I hate April. She's pushy.

The film moves back to Holly in the backseat, still lost in

thought.

HOLLY (V.O.)

Now they'll dump me and she'll

invite him up. I blew it.

(sighing, looking out

the side window)

And I really like him a lot. Oh,

screw it. I'm not gonna get all

upset. I've got reading to do

tonight. You know, maybe I'll get

into bed early. I'll turn to a

movie and take an extra Seconal.

The classical music stops and some uptempo jazz begins. The

screen cuts to black and a title appears.

"...nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands."

CUT TO:

EXT. STREET OUTSIDE FREDERICK'S LOFT - DAY

The movie briefly holds on a ripped, red, paint-splattered

door as Elliot, wearing a raincoat, appears nearby. He

looks down the street and the film cuts to his point of

view:
Frederick's loft building.

The movie goes back to the impatient Elliot; he's looking

around him. He glances at his watch as the film cuts back

once again to the loft building, where Lee finally appears,

walking down the street away from Elliot. A truck passes

down the street. Lee doesn't see him. She walks further

and further away; she turns a corner.

Elliot frantically looks around again; then, in a burst of

decision, he runs around a garbage dump, crossing the

street, and still running, he moves down an adjacent street,

past The Canal Lumber Company and several other buildings,

as the film cuts back to Lee, walking down a different

street, oblivious.

The jazz plays on as the movie cuts back and forth between

the fast-moving Elliot, rushing down the SoHo streets, past

a truck waiting for a light to change, past some pedestrians,

some garbage cans, turning corners, and the strolling Lee,

walking up different streets, past different buildings.

Lee eventually crosses a street, lost in thought, looking

right and left, as Elliot, pretending nonchalance, waits on

the corner, looking at his watch. She looks up in surprise;

the music stops.

ELLIOT:

(trying not to sound

out of breath)

Oh, my goodness!

LEE:

(overlapping, smiling

in surprise)

Oh, Elliot!

ELLIOT:

Hi.

LEE:

(smiling)

What are you doing here?

ELLIOT:

(looking around, gesturing)

Well, I'm-I'm looking for a

bookstore.

LEE:

(shaking her head)

Oh, what, in this section of town?

ELLIOT:

Yes. Yeah, I-I'm kill--

LEE:

(overlapping)

You're out looking here?

ELLIOT:

(glancing at his

watch again)

Well, yes, I'm killing time. I

have a client near here and I...I'm

quite early.

LEE:

(laughing)

Ohhhh!

ELLIOT:

(gesturing)

How about you?

LEE:

Oh. Well, I live--

ELLIOT:

(interrupting, chuckling)

Oh, yes! You live near here, don't

you?

LEE:

(overlapping, chuckling)

Yes, I do.

ELLIOT:

(putting his hands

behind his back)

Where are you headed?

LEE:

Oh, I was just going to my AA

meeting.

ELLIOT:

Oh, my goodness. Well, why do you

still go to those? You never tough

alcohol.

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