Lost Highway Page #4

AL:

And smooth... Almost no movement -

back and forth, I mean.

ED:

Like you'd get if it was hand held.

AL:

Right... This just glided along.

CUT TO:

INT. THE MADISON HOUSE - BEDROOM - DAY

The Detectives enter the bedroom. Fred and Renee follow.

ED:

This is the bedroom.

The Detectives look around without touching anything.

AL:

Do you always sleep here?... In this

room?... Both of you?

FRED:

This is our bedroom.

ED:

There's no other bedroom?

FRED:

No... There is, I mean, I use it as

a practice room... it's soundproofed.

AL:

You're a musician?

FRED:

Yes, I thought my wife...

ED:

What's your axe?

FRED:

Tenor... Tenor saxophone. Do you...

ED:

(shakes his head)

Tone deaf.

AL:

(to Renee)

Do you own a video camera?

RENEE:

No. Fred hates them.

The Detectives both look at Fred.

FRED:

I like to remember things my own

way.

AL:

What do you mean by that?

FRED:

How I remember them. Not necessarily

the way they happened.

ED:

Do you have an alarm system?

RENEE:

Yes, actually we do... but we haven't

been using it.

AL:

Why not?

FRED:

It kept going off for some reason.

False alarms.

ED:

Might be a good time to try using it

again.

AL:

Anybody else have a key to the house.

RENEE:

No.

AL:

Maid? Relative?

RENEE:

No, one of us is always here to let

the maid in. Nobody else has a key.

ED:

(to Al)

Let's check the doors and windows...

See if there's been a break-in.

They all leave the bedroom.

CUT TO:

INT. THE MADISON HOUSE FRONT DOOR - DAY

Ed is checking the door for marks.

CUT TO:

INT. THE MADISON HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Fred's POV:
He's watching Ed and Al with Renee who are outside

the house, walking around the property, checking it out.

CUT TO:

EXT. THE MADISON HOUSE - DRIVEWAY - DAY

Ed and Al are standing by an unmarked police car with Fred

and Renee. The Detectives are about to depart.

AL:

We'll keep a watch on the house.

ED:

As best we can.

AL:

If anything else happens, you'll

call us.

Al hands Fred a card. Ed hands Renee a card.

RENEE:

We will.

FRED:

Thanks, guys.

ED:

It's what we do.

Ed and Al get into the car and drive off. Renee and Fred

look at each other, warily, then go back into the house. THE

CAMERA SLOWLY PANS OVER THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AS IN THE

VIDEOTAPE.

FADE OUT:

CUT TO:

INT. LUNA LOUNGE - NIGHT

Fred is on the bandstand, sweating, and honking his saxophone.

He handles the horn roughly, braying like a beast as the

CROWD gathered in front of the stage gyrates as one swept

away in the madness of the moment.

CUT TO:

INT. LUNA LOUNGE - SAME

At the back, near the side door, Renee can be seen with TWO

MEN, only one of whose faces we see. The trio are going out

the side door led by one of the men; we see only the back of

his head. Renee glances briefly at the bandstand before she

exits with the two men.

CUT TO:

INT. LUNA LOUNGE - BANDSTAND - SAME

CLOSE UP OF:

FRED as he plays, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings.

His eyes open and shut as he clamps down on the horn.

CUT TO:

INT. LUNA LOUNGE - SAME

In the back of the club, the side door slowly closes.

FADE OUT:

CUT TO:

INT. THE MADISON HOUSE - STAIRWELL / LIVING ROOM - DAY

Fred is standing in the living room looking in the direction

of the stairwell. We HEAR someone's steps coming up the

stairs. It's Renee, who eventually comes into view. She is

holding another manila envelope. She arrives at the top step.

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