Lost River

I'm gonna have some soup.

I'm gonna go eat dinner.

Come on, I just wanna eat dinner.

Go! Go fast!

Too fast!

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

Hey, it's okay.

I'm gonna get the monster, I promise.

There we go. Hey. Got it.

- You got it?

- Yeah.

- Think you'll ever come back?

- Know what? Nobody's coming back.

It's over with. Gotta get outta here.

You gotta get outta here, too.

Yeah, well, as soon as I get

my car fixed, I'm out of here.

I don't wanna leave, but I wanna live.

Look at this.

I had a wonderful childhood.

So far, I had a wonderful life.

Just... just sad what happened.

Just sad what happened.

See, I used to always sing,

"didn't I blow your mind this time?"

- How does that go like?

- Didn't I blow your mind this time?

Didn't I... Came out in '69.

And, like, "Betcha by golly wow."

I love you, and I'll never forget you.

Be careful. Get out of here while you can.

- Where's Larry?

- He's out in the yard.

It's number one. Look at that.

- Yeah, that's number two.

- Yeah, that's number one, though.

Yeah, but it's mixed,

so it's number two.

- Yeah, well, I'll separate it.

- We'll give you a good price.

Well, that's number-one copper,

so I better get a good price.

I put a sign up here that says,

"Don't let me see your f***ing face

near my motherfucking copper!"

This is my f***ing copper!

I own this f***ing copper!

I own this city! I own this copper!

This is my f***ing copper!

I put a sign up here that says,

"don't let me see

your motherfucking face

around here again!"

This is my country! This is my city!

I own this f***ing city!

I put a sign up here that says,

"don't let me see

your motherfucking face

around here again!"

Welcome to Bullytown!

Hey.

I'm Dave.

- Where's Carl?

- Carl? He's moved on.

I've been brought in to consolidate

some of these branches.

So...

How can I help?

Carl talked me into this loan.

He told me that...

he could get me into my grandmother's

house for nothing

and that I shouldn't be paying

someone else's mortgage,

and he didn't explain it to me,

and I never understood it.

And then a couple years later, the rates

change entirely, and I... he didn't explain.

Can I just... can I just cut

across you for a moment, there?

Listen, I am all ears, but you're gonna

have to talk up a little bit,

'cause I am very deaf.

This happens to be my good ear,

but all I heard then was...

So, just... whatever it was

you just said,

please, just a little louder.

I can't quite hear it.

I don't think I ever should have

qualified for that loan,

and Carl talked me into that loan.

Can I ask your name?

- Billy.

- Okay, Billy.

We are in the middle

of a very tight fiscal knot,

and it's squeezing,

and you are right in the middle of it.

Now, you could pay your 3 months.

You can walk away with some money.

You could pay your three months

and then pay more and more,

and yeah, you could keep the house...

- So I can?

- ...if that's really what you wanna do.

Yeah, but what can you do?

What sort of work do you do?

Well, that doesn't sound promising.

I mean, how do you plan to...

Do you have a plan?

See...

I have been to...

6 Lost Rivers in the last few years,

and I hear the same story

from folks like you.

Now, I don't know Carl very well.

I only met him for a moment,

and then I fired him.

But in those precious few moments,

you know, he didn't strike me

as an evil financial genius

bent on destroying the American dream

one single mom at a time, okay?

Okay, but I'm actually

not interested in the buyout.

I'd like to just pay the 3 months

and keep the house and stay in the house.

Do you mind if I ask why?

Because I have 2 boys,

and that is our home, and...

and I grew up in that home,

and that is our home.

Look, I can make a note for you, right?

I can write a f***ing novel.

But at the end of the day,

you're gonna have...

- ...to come up with some of this.

- Okay.

Now, I don't know what you can do,

but you want to have a think

about that very seriously...

what you can do,

what you're willing to do.

And you're a very beautiful lady,

and I don't care what you do.

I'm not what I do.

It's not who I am.

Everyone's gotta do

the shimmy-shimmy-ya.

You know, I got my little hustle.

It's not who I f***ing am.

Believe me. But if I were you,

I'd make the payments, walk away

with the money, because I'm telling you,

the wolves,

if they're not already at your door,

they're gonna be there

very f***ing soon. Pardon my French.

- What's this?

- It's a job.

- And where is that?

- Well, it's...

Closer than somewhere over the rainbow.

Let's put it that way.

I think you'll like it.

Where were you today?

I called you so many times.

Here.

Were you out stripping houses?

No.

Where were you?

I was at the bank.

Why'd you have to go to the bank?

Are we behind?

No, Bones, we're fine.

Please stop worrying about it.

Love you.

Whisper

That you want me

And I'll love you always

Truly, you will be mine

For eternity

Whisper

That you love me

That you'll never leave me

Be mine

For always

I'll be yours forever

Truly, you will be mine

You will be my baby

- ...that this was going to happen.

- I was not notified!

Do you think I look notified?!

You can't just come in here

and start knocking down houses!

- This neighborhood...

- I live right there! I have kids!

Mommy! Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy!

Go inside, Franky, okay?

We're not all paid up, are we?

No.

How much?

3 months.

So, what are we gonna do?

I've got it figured out.

I got offered a job.

What kind of job?

I don't know. Dave told me about it.

Who the f*** is Dave?

Dave's the bank manager. Jesus Christ.

I can't f***ing do anything right!

Hey! Bones!

Hey!

You better run your f***in' ass!

Dave?

I'm calling about that job.

Larry, can you weigh my bag?

Man, you can't come in here anymore.

- Look at this stuff. It's number one, okay?

- Yeah, that's a good number one.

- There's about $100 worth in the bag!

- I don't care.

- Why?

- Things ain't like it used to be, man.

Bully running everything now.

You're a dead motherf***er.

You know he caught that boy up there

on St. Mary's... that little Chinese boy?

Cut his goddamn lips off

with a pair of scissors.

You think that motherf***er

look funny in the beginning?

You ought to see him now, Bones.

No more copper. No more you, Bones.

What I don't understand...

all this sh*t for some goddamn car parts!

It's not about the car parts

this time, okay? I need the money.

They're gonna take the house.

It's the last time, I promise you.

I'll never come back.

I don't wanna say this to you,

but that might be a blessing in disguise.

So maybe you ought to

take that blessing,

head South, don't stop

until you see Palm Trees.

'Cause Bully ain't

no forgivin' person, man.

Head South, man.

You can't even see the woods

from the trees, motherf***er.

The only way to live is like a bull...

to the wind, you know.

When you put a bull

to the wind, you know,

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