Lost Highway Page #3

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INT. THE MADISON HOUSE - BEDROOM - NIGHT

Fred is lying in bed with Renee, who is now backlit by her

bedside lamp. Fred looks at her shadowed face, but it's not

Renee's face. It's a face Fred has never seen before. Fred

quickly turns and switches on his bedside lamp, and looks

quickly back at Renee, whose face is now her own.

RENEE:

Fred, are you all right?

Fred reaches out a hand and tenderly touches her face. Renee

covers his hand with her own, and closes her eyes.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

EXT. THE MADISON HOUSE - DAY

Renee finds another envelope on the doorstep. She opens it,

pulls out a videotape. A large dog is BARKING incessantly

somewhere in the neighborhood. Renee looks around to see if

she can see the dog.

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INT. THE MADISON HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Renee brings the videotape upstairs with the rest of the

mail. She is a bit puzzled and unsettled. She puts the tape

down on a table. She stares at it. Fred comes in.

FRED:

You're up early.

RENEE:

That dog woke me. I lay there for a

while, then decided to get up.

FRED:

Who the hell owns that dog?

Fred notices the tape and manila envelope on the table.

FRED:

What's that? Another tape?

RENEE:

Yes, I just found it on the step.

Fred picks it up.

FRED:

Don't you want to watch it?

RENEE:

I guess so.

Fred goes to the VCR and inserts the tape. He turns the

television on. He is about to start the tape - he looks up

for Renee. She's hanging back.

FRED:

Well, do you wanna watch it?

Again, Renee seems to be nervous about what could be on the

tape, but she hides this from Fred and walks toward the couch.

RENEE:

Yeah.

Renee sits on the couch. Fred starts the VCR and joins her.

As before, we first see it on the TV, then the videotape

fills the frame. This tape shows the front of the house, as

before, then shows the INTERIOR of Fred and Renee's house -

AT NIGHT.

The eerie DRONING SOUND goes throughout.

The camera glides at a very high angle near the ceilings

looking down as it travels along a hallway and turns into

their bedroom, where we see Fred and Renee sleeping. The

tape image then goes to snow.

Fred and Renee stare at the snowy TV picture. After a few

moments of silence, Renee gets up and switches off the set.

She is visibly shaken, trembling. She stares fearfully at

Fred who seems less disturbed.

RENEE:

We've got to call the police.

FRED:

All right.

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INT. THE MADISON HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Renee is on the telephone. Fred is pacing, smoking, behind

her.

RENEE:

...yes, I've been on hold for ten

minutes... I can't... All right,

thanks.

Renee looks around anxiously. Fred gives her his cigarette,

which she puffs on. He lights another and continues pacing.

RENEE:

Hello, yes... Good... My name is

Renee Madison... My husband is Fred

Madison, the jazz musician... we

live at 442 Hollis Street... Right...

442 Hollis... near the observatory...

Someone's been in the house... at

night... while we were sleeping... I

know because they sent, dropped off

a videotape... two videotapes... to

show us... That's right... Yes...

it... the second one... shows us

asleep... Someone broke in and taped

us while we slept!... Isn't that

enough?... Okay, sure... We will...

442 Hollis... Yes, we'll be here.

Renee hangs up.

FRED:

So?

RENEE:

Two detectives are coming out.

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INT. THE MADISON HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Two men in suits - the Detectives, ED and AL, are seated on

the couch, watching the last part of the second videotape.

The screen goes to snow and stays that way for several

moments, until Fred shuts it off.

FRED:

That's it.

ED:

Let's have a look at the hallway

outside the bedroom.

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INT. THE MADISON HOUSE - HALLWAY - DAY

All four of them go to the hallway, where Ed and Al look

around, especially up toward the ceiling.

AL:

Very strange.

RENEE:

What is?

AL:

The angle. The high angle shot on

the tape.

ED:

How'd the camera get so high like

that?

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