Last Days Page #3

Synopsis: Introspective artist Blake is buckling under the weight of fame, professional obligations and a mounting feeling of isolation. Dwarfed by towering trees, Blake slowly makes his way through dense woods. He scrambles down an embankment to a fresh spring and undresses for a short swim. The next morning he returns to his house, an elegant, if neglected, stone mansion. Many people are looking for Blake--his friends, his managers and record label, even a private detective--but he does not want to be found. In the haze of his final hours, Blake will spend most his time by himself. He avoids the people who are living in his house, who approach him only when they want something, be it money or help with a song. He hides from one concerned friend and turns away another. He visits politely with a stranger from the Yellow Pages sales department, and he ducks into an underground rock club. He wanders through the woods and he plays a new song, one last rock and roll blowout. Finally, alone in the gr
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): Gus Van Sant
Production: Picture House
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
R
Year:
2005
97 min
$356,500
Website
671 Views


No no.

I have a car waiting,

and I want you

to come with me.

I really can't.

I got, uh--

I don't know.

There's stuff that I gotta get done.

You have to come now.

You can go.

You can get out of here.

No one's here.

You can go.

It'd be easy.

If you stay here,

you're just gonna...

Oh.

Shh.

It's okay.

It's okay.

I'm sorry.

You're not wearing

a bra? Come on.

Come on, come on.

Mama Mama Mama.

Oh, sh*t.

I love it, I love it.

Ouch!

You okay?

There was this lyric in the bridge

that I was trying to figure out,

and I've been having

trouble figuring it out

'cause it's-- like,

I want it to be more personal,

and it's just sort of--

I'm not getting there.

And I was wondering

if you could maybe, like,

help me-- help me

figure it out a little--

Leave him the f*** alone

and come upstairs with me, all right?

Oh.

- Hmm.

- I'm sorry,

I'm talking your ear off.

I didn't ask.

You know?

Luke-- Lukas,

I've gotta get out of here, man.

Why? Why?

That ranger,

the cop.

He's not a real cop.

He's not a ranger.

He's not "Walker, Texas Ranger."

He's a private eye.

Well, what

do you mean?

He's not real,

but she's probably coming back.

- Herself?

- Yeah.

You f***ing bug him

- every time you talk to him about...

- Really?

- ...the demo tape.

- I'm not bugging.

He doesn't wanna help you,

he just saying that to--

to get you

to leave him alone, man.

Is that

what you think?

- You really think that?

- I know that, man.

- Well, thanks. Thanks a lot, then.

- Sorry.

You gotta leave

him alone.

C'mere.

Forget about the demo.

Forget about the demo.

A**hole.

# Flies through

the last-- #

I need some contact

with her.

You know, it's not--

everyone-- I'm being

treated like I'm a--

like I'm a...

f***ing criminal,

you know?

I don't--

I don't like--

I don't wanna

put it in the--

Hey, Blake!

Blake!

It's me, Donovan.

Blake?

Blake?

Blake?

Blake?

You know, I used to work

for the forest service in the summer.

Hey, bro?

Blake?

Hey, Blake?

Blake?

Blake?

Wanna shoot some craps?

Look at this.

Look how it's starting to crystallize.

This is cellulous nitrate,

same stuff as film stock.

This is eventually gonna implode.

Completely crystallize

and implode.

What do you suppose

is over there?

Oh, yeah.

That over there-- that, that's--

that's the greenhouse, where they

keep the garden tools and stuff.

I'm your boyfriend.

No.

Oh, Christ.

Oh, whatever

you want it to be, sir.

A package of artificial cheese

with your...

macaroni and cheese.

Hey, Blake.

Can I have your attention, man?

There's something

I really gotta talk to you about.

You know, I've been-- I've been

stuck here for a week with--

with no apples and--

and you know how I got f***ed up

on that airplane going to Portland?

And I threatened to pee

on the-- on the stewardess?

- Mm-hm.

- And they diverted the flight?

- Hmm.

- I have-- I have to go to Utah, man,

and I don't have

any money.

- Hmm.

- And...

it's colder than

sh*t in this house.

I was watching

football last night,

they have these--

they have these--

these jet heaters.

They're like jet engines.

They can probably--

they could heat this whole place.

- Mm-hm.

- I mean,

it sounds like a good idea to me.

- Hmm.

- So I need-- I need to go to Utah

and I need, uh--

we need a jet heater.

Hmm.

Ouch!

You okay?

Blake.

Here's that--

that demo tape I was--

- I was gonna give you.

- Mmm.

It's-- I recorded it

on the four track...

upstairs.

But--

there's this one-- one of the songs

is a song about...

this girl...

when I was touring

in Japan, and uh--

I was-- we were-- it was

the last night of the tour in Tokyo.

She was--

she gave me this card

at the end of--

at the end of the tour. I mean,

at the-- like, at the after party.

And she drew little tits on it

and gave me her number,

and I called her that night

at 12:
00 or something.

And she came right over,

and we, like-- we had sex.

And-- and she was like--

her body was unbelievable.

She was just so beautiful.

I think she was

like a star,

like a music and like

TV star or something.

And like--

and so l--

she kept calling me.

Well, so--

so we had sex

and it was probably the best sex

I ever had in my whole life.

And then, uh--

then I left the next day

back to America

and-- and, uh,

she kept calling me

and she wanted

to come visit me

and, uh, I didn't--

I never called her back,

and I felt really bad about it.

So I wrote this song--

that's one-- that's the song--

one of the songs

on that tape.

And there's--

there's--

I wanna make it

as personal as I can

like, I wa-- I wanna apologize

to her, you know?

- Hmm.

- I was sort of--

I actually was wondering if you could help

me with some of the lyrics on it

'cause there's-- there's this

one part in the song

on the bridge where--

where I don't know exactly how

to put what I'm trying to say.

It's like I wanna

do it more--

Leave him the f*** alone

and come upstairs with me, all right?

Oh.

I'm-- I'm sorry.

I'm talking your ear off.

I just wasn't thinking, man,

you know?

- Hmm?

- I'll see you.

I'll listen to it.

Listen to it, yeah.

Tell me what you think.

Hmm.

Hey.

What's going on, man?

How are you doing?

How are you?

L-- I missed

you Thursday.

We tried to get

in touch 'cause l--

I went to this--

because--

this, uh--

I f***ing hate talking here.

We went to the Dead--

uh, to a Dead show

and it was like at least about

but that's not even the--

the point is that afterwards

we played

"Dungeons and Dragons."

We played that

"D&D" game with Jerry,

and Jerry was like

the best dungeon master.

We captured

the winged Pegasus.

And his girlfriend--

Suzette or Jacquette,

some French name--

she was like-- she did

these voodoo rituals.

She gave us, uh--

Now it's only

half a jaw,

but before

it was a whole jaw.

And... it's something

about virility,

but I know you

weren't feeling--

you're not feeling

that great,

so if you want

the bottom jaw,

I could give you

the bottom jaw, like--

I could give you

the jaw... at least.

It works.

We're coming,

we're coming.

Where did Asia go?

- Hey, Nicole.

- What?

Give me your hand.

We were just

three... guys.

- No, we're not three guys.

- No, we're not

- three guys.

- We were just two guys and a girl.

Going, leaving

for no particular reason.

Why-- why are we

leaving, Scott?

Oh, yeah. Why are

we leaving, Scott?

- Where are we going?

- Nobody knows

- where we're going.

- To my place?

Yep.

That's right.

Sorry.

...of Blake were

so excruciatingly painful

that he sometimes wanted

to die or kill himself.

Do you think this is

a contributing thing here?

I mean, do you think he was

exaggerating in saying that?

- No, I don't think--

- No, I know.

I actually spoke

to his mother about this.

- She had an identical...

- I understand.

- ...situation uh, at about his age...

- I understand. Okay.

We're f***ed.

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Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. is an American film director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician and author who has earned acclaim as both an independent and more mainstream filmmaker. more…

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