Joker: Folie à Deux Page #9

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♪ Gonna build a mountain ♪

♪ Gonna build a mountain ♪

♪ Gonna build a mountain ♪

♪ Gonna build a mountain ♪

♪ Oh, let me build it ♪

♪ Just one mountain high ♪

♪ Gonna build a mountain With a lot of care ♪

♪ I’ll take my daydream Up the mountain ♪

♪ And heaven Will be waiting there ♪

[tap shoes clicking complex rhythm]

[audience cheering]

♪ Gonna build ♪

♪ I’m gonna build us ♪

♪ I’m gonna build us A mountain ♪

♪ Build us a mountain ♪

♪ Build us a mountain ♪

♪ High, let’s build it ♪

♪ Mountain, mountain Build a mountain ♪

♪ Mountain, mountain Build a mountain ♪

♪ Mountain, mountain ♪

♪ Mountain, mountain ♪

♪ Mountain, mountain ♪

♪ Mountain, mountain ♪

[crowd cheering, whistling]

[applause fading]

[“Dancing in the Moonlight” by King Harvest playing on radio]

[driver] I told him, “I’m not dealing with those days.”

I’m only working four of these days.

[driver 2] Good for you.

[song continues]

[gate lock buzzes]

[motor shuts off]

[door lock buzzes]

[faint shouts and chatter]

Joe, how goes it?

You know, same old bullshit.

[inmate] Joker.

[younger guard] How’s Kathy?

[inmate 2] Is that really him?

[Joe] Still busting my balls.

[younger guard] Yeah, they always do.

Yep.

See you fellas in the morning.

[inmate whistling]

[inmate] Give ’em hell, man.

[Arthur] Uh-oh.

I’m in trouble.

What?

Move.

Easy, darling.

[Arthur] Why is everyone so upset with me?

[Jackie] Move your ass.

[Arthur laughing]

Come on, Arthur.

[grunts]

[Arthur] I’m an attorney now!

I will see you in court.

Shut the f*** up.

And I’m the f***ing Queen of Sheba.

I’m gonna f***ing murder you.

[grunts]

[younger guard] Yeah?

Get up!

[Jackie] Grab his legs, Mac.

[Mac] Let’s go.

[Jackie] Had to go and be a big shot on TV.

[Mac] I think he knocked himself out.

[Mac] Motherf***er.

Stand him up.

[grunting]

All right, I get it. I get it, Jackie.

You wanna… You wanna hear a joke, right?

You really think…

[spluttering]

…fancy red suit

and muck on your face makes you better than us?

You have no f***ing idea what it takes,

put a little bit of joy into this f***ing place.

Let me tell you one I used to do about my mother.

You can drop the act now.

My mother was…

Because we know

it’s only Arthur in there, okay?

[panting] And she only dated abusive guys.

Yeah, is that right?

And, I asked her, I said,

“Mom, why do you stay with your abusive boyfriend?”

And she said…

[high voice] “Beats the hell out of me.”

[laughing loudly]

[Jackie] I told you to drop it.

Oh, he liked it!

[feminine voice] Oh, Jackie…

aren’t you gonna buy me a drink first?

[Jackie] Let’s go, let’s go.

Let’s f***ing go!

[Arthur] No!

[whimpering]

Get the f*** in there!

No!

Let go!

Get that f***ing jacket off.

[Mac] Shut the f*** up.

Get his f***ing rags off.

[Arthur] Jackie!

No! No!

[pounding door]

[Bullock] Arthur!

[Mac] Mind your business, Bullock!

[Ricky] What’d you do to him?

[Jackie] Shut the f*** up, Ricky!

[Bullock] What happened, Arthur?

[Ricky] The saints are coming, Jackie!

The saints are coming!

[Ricky] ♪ Oh, when the saints Oh, when the saints ♪

♪ Oh, when the saints Go marching in ♪

[Jackie] Shut the f*** up!

♪ Oh, Lord I want to be in that number ♪

[Jackie] Get him f***ing out of there!

♪ When the saints Go marching in ♪

No, no! No! [grunts]

Come here, damn it.

[Ricky choking]

[Jackie] F***ing coming now, are they?

F***ing a**hole.

[Ricky gasping, choking]

[Jackie] Are they coming now?

[Mac] Ease up, Jackie. Let him go, he can’t breathe.

[Jackie] I told you to shut the f*** up.

[Bullock] Leave him alone.

[Jackie] Shut… the f***…

[Mac] Jackie, take it easy.

[Jackie]…up!

[Ricky gags]

[Jackie grunts]

[body thuds]

[Jackie panting]

[Mac] He’s gone.

[water running]

[light fixture buzzing]

[Lee] ♪ I’ve got the world On a string ♪

♪ Sittin’ on a rainbow ♪

♪ Got that string Around my finger ♪

♪ What a world, what a life ♪

♪ I’m in love ♪

♪ I’ve got a song that I sing ♪

♪ I can make the rain go ♪

♪ Anytime I move my finger ♪

♪ Lucky me ♪

♪ Can’t you see, I’m in love ♪

♪ Life is a beautiful thing ♪

♪ As long as I hold that string ♪

♪ I’d be a silly so and so ♪

♪ If I should ever let it go ♪

♪ I’ve got the world On a string ♪

♪ And I’m sittin’ On a rainbow ♪

♪ Got that string Around my finger ♪

♪ What a world ♪

♪ Yeah, there ain’t no other Kind of life ♪

♪ What a world, what a life ♪

♪ Hey now, I’m so in love ♪

[judge] Mr. Fleck, your closing statement.

[feedback squeals]

[murmuring laughter]

A word of caution. This is not a comedy club.

You are not onstage.

[laughter]

[judge] Excuse me.

Do you need a short recess, sir?

[exhales slowly]

[smacks lips]

I… I wanted to come out here as Joker.

And I was gonna go on a… an angry rant.

[voice trembling] And blame all of you,

and everyone…

[breath shaking]

…for this f***ing miserable life.

[sniffles]

But it wouldn’t matter,

because I can’t do this anymore.

‘Cause I can’t be who you want me to be.

It was all just a fantasy.

[shuddering sigh]

There is no Joker.

[faint murmuring in crowd]

It’s just me.

[hushed whispering]

I-I killed six people.

I wish I didn’t, but I did.

[sniffles]

Nobody knows, but… I also killed my mother.

[sniffs]

Put a… pillow over her face, and smothered her to death.

[shocked murmuring]

I just wanna…

I just wanna blow it all up,

and start a new life.

[doors open]

[gavel rapping]

[judge] Settle down.

[sobs]

[feedback whines]

[sniffles]

[voice faltering] Knock… knock.

Who’s there?

Arthur Fleck.

Arthur Fleck who?

[line ringing]

[Lee] Hey, it’s Harley, leave a message at the beep.

Unless you’re a reporter,

in which case you can just f*** off.

Thanks.

[machine beeps]

Hi, it’s me. Arthur.

[faint crowd noise from outside]

The jury has already come back with a verdict.

Took ’em less than an hour.

So, you know.

But they let me call you to see if you’d come back,

’cause I want you here.

I didn’t want you to go.

♪ If you go away ♪

♪ On this sunny day ♪

♪ Then you might as well Take the sun away ♪

♪ All the birds that flew ♪

♪ In the bright blue sky ♪

♪ When our love was new ♪

♪ And our hearts were high ♪

♪ And the day was young ♪

♪ And the night was long ♪

♪ And the moon stood still ♪

♪ For the night bird’s song ♪

♪ If you go away ♪

♪ But if you stay I’ll make you a day ♪

♪ Like no day has been Or will be again ♪

♪ We’ll ride on the rain ♪

♪ We’ll sail on your touch ♪

♪ I’ll talk to your eyes That I love so much ♪

♪ And if you go Go, I won’t cry ♪

♪ All the good is gone ♪

♪ From the word goodbye ♪

♪ If you go away ♪

♪ Ne me quitte pas ♪

♪ If you go away ♪

[reporter] Tension is mounting as we wait to hear the verdict

in the trial of Arthur Fleck.

♪ If you go away ♪

♪ As I know you must ♪

♪ There’ll be nothing left ♪

♪ In the world to trust ♪

♪ Just an empty room ♪

♪ Full of empty space ♪

♪ Like the empty look ♪

♪ I see on your face ♪

♪ I’d have been the shadow Of your dog ♪

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