Marwencol Page #3

MARK HAD SHARED WITH ME,

LIKE, CERTAIN PICTURES

THAT HE HAD BEEN TAKING,

PHOTOGRAPHS,

AND TELLING ME CERTAIN

STORYLINES THAT HE HAD HAD.

AND I JUST KEPT TELLING HIM

TO GO WITH IT.

MY HUSBAND WAS JUST LIKE,

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BE AWARE.

JUST BE AWARE.

SHE MATCHES.

I MEAN, HER SHIRT

MATCHES HER LITTLE

SPARKLES.

AND THAT'S WHAT MARK

WAS PROBABLY:

THINKING, TOO.

I WAS LIKE,

YEP, THAT'S ME.

A BARBIE DOLL.

THIS IS THE COLLEEN DOLL.

I DID HER HAIR LAST NIGHT.

UM, WHEN I WASH IT

AND ALL THAT CRAP.

GET ALL THE CHEMICALS OUT.

I PUT MORE CHEMICALS IN

BY SPRAYING IT:

AND COMBING IT AND STUFF.

BUT THIS IS HOW IT DRIES--

CLOSE TO HER HEAD,

NOT STICKING OUT WAY OUT HERE

LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.

AND COLLEEN HAS THIS

NICE LITTLE ONE PIECE OF HAIR

THAT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW--

A STRAND THAT ALWAYS

HANGS DOWN AND STUFF.

HEY. SHE LOOKS HOT.

ANYWAY, I'M PUTTING

MANOLO BLAHNIK SLINGBACKS

ON COLLEEN:

'CAUSE SHE DESERVES THAT.

SO WE WERE JUST TALKING

AND HE GOES, "WHAT WOULD

YOU NAME A STORE?"

THERE WOULD USED TO BE

A STORE, AND I USED TO

LOVE THIS STORE,

BUT IT ACTUALLY WEN OUT OF BUSINESS.

AND IT WAS POCKET

FULL OF POSIES.

SO I BUILT IT.

SO I PRESERVED COLLEEN,

AND I CAN HAVE HER

IN MY TOWN.

["I'M MAKING BELIEVE"

PLAYING]

I'M MAKING BELIEVE

THAT YOU'RE IN MY ARMS

THOUGH I KNOW:

YOU'RE SO FAR AWAY

MAKING BELIEVE:

I'M TALKING TO YOU

WISH YOU COULD HEAR

WHAT I SAY:

AND HERE IN THE GLOOM

OF MY LONELY ROOM

WE'RE DANCING

LIKE WE USED TO DO

MAKING BELIEVE IS JUST

ANOTHER WAY OF DREAMING

SO TILL MY DREAMS

COME TRUE:

I'LL WHISPER GOOD NIGHT

TURN OUT THE LIGHT

AND KISS MY PILLOW

MAKING BELIEVE IT'S YOU

OK.

Colleen:
MARK HAD

GOTTEN INTO:

A CONVERSATION WITH ME

AND HE WAS SHOWING ME

SOME CERTAIN PICTURES.

Mark:

I SAYS, LOOK, LOOK,

I EVEN PUT YOUR NAME

ON THE CAR DOOR,

MY NAME ON THAT:

CAR DOOR.

YOU'RE HERE, I'M HERE.

AND HE WAS LIKE, WELL,

THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED

ON SUCH AND SUCH DAY.

I SAID, WHAT, YOU KNOW,

WE'RE ENGAGED.

AS HE WAS TELLING ME,

IT WAS LIKE HE WAS

TELLING ME ABOUT IT LIKE

IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE,

LIKE IT WAS TWO OTHER PEOPLE.

AND THEN WHEN HE TOLD ME

IT WAS US,

AND I WAS JUST LIKE...WHAT?

HELLO. YOU'RE TALKING

TO A REAL PERSON,

AND THERE'S DOLLS.

YOU HAVE TO KNOW

WHEN YOU HAVE TO STOP.

SO I GO OUTSIDE:

SULKING AND STUFF.

AND THERE'S DEJA THORUS,

THE BELGIAN WITCH

OF MARWENCOL.

AND I EXPLAINED TO HER

WHAT WENT ON:

WITH COLLEEN.

AND JUST THEN,

HERE COMES COLLEEN

WAVING, "HOW YOU DOING,

MARK?" AND EVERYTHING.

AND POOF HER:

OUT OF HER SHOES,

GET RID OF HER FOREVER

OUT OF MARWENCOL.

JUST GET RID OF HER

FOR ME.

SO I DIDN'T COMPLAIN.

Man:
SO WHO'S THAT?

ANNA. THAT'S ANNA,

MY FAVORITE FEMALE DOLL.

I WISH THAT SHE WOULD

COME ALIVE.

I WON A PHOTO CONTEST

AND WITH THAT MONEY,

I BOUGHT ANNA.

SORRY.

WHEN I FIRST GOT

THE DOLL, I FELL IN LOVE

WITH HER FACE.

SO MUCH THAT I HAD TO

PAINT MAKEUP ON HER.

AND BEING THAT:

I'M ALONE IN LIFE,

I FIGURE AT LEAST

MY ALTER EGO:

CAN HAVE A GIRLFRIEND.

EVERY NIGHT:

SHE'S NEXT TO MY BED,

I STARE AT HER:

AND I WISH AND I WISH

AND I WISH:

THAT I COULD FIND A GIRL

THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE HER.

WHEN I FIRST SAW MARK,

PROBABLY A YEAR:

BEFORE I ACTUALLY

TALKED TO HIM,

HE'S IN THIS FULL

WORLD WAR II REGALIA

AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE

HAD A REMOTE CONTROLLED

TRUCK OR SOMETHING,

LIKE ONE OF THESE

RC AFICIONADOS.

MY WINDOW ACTUALLY

LOOKS OUT THE CURVE,

LIKE RIGHT PAST US

GOING TOWARD HIS HOUSE.

AND SO, I NOTICED

EVERY DAY AROUND

2:
00 OR 3:00

HE WOULD START:

COMING HOME.

SO I SET MY LONG LENS

AND TRIED TO ZOOM IN

TO FIGURE OUT WHAT

WAS GOING ON,

IF THIS WAS:

A REMOTE CONTROL

OR IS THIS GROWN MAN

ACTUALLY PULLING A CAR

OR A TRUCK:

OR SOMETHING.

AND THEN I DECIDED

THAT I WAS GOING TO TRY

TO FIGURE OUT A WAY

TO STOP AND TALK TO HIM.

I SAW HIM AGAIN WHEN

HE WAS WALKING DOWN

THE STREET.

I DRIVE WAY UP AHEAD,

I PARK MAYBE 75, 80

YARDS UP AHEAD,

AND GET OUT.

I'M SITTING THERE

AND CAN SENSE HIM

GETTING A LITTLE

CLOSER AND CLOSER.

I GO, "HEY!" YOU KNOW,

"HOW'S IT GOING?"

HE'S LIKE, "PRETTY GOOD.

PRETTY GOOD."

AND HE STOPS:

AND PROCEEDED:

TO INTRODUCE ME:

TO THE PEOPLE:

IN THE JEEP.

THERE WERE 2 FIGURES

IN THE JEEP.

HE SAYS, THIS IS

ACTUALLY SO AND SO,

WHO IS SOMEONE:

I WORK WITH.

AND THIS OTHER WOMAN,

SHE'S ACTUALLY AN OLD

NEIGHBOR OF MINE.

I WAS LIKE, HAS ANYBODY

ELSE SEEN THIS STUFF

OR TALKED TO YOU,

YOU KNOW?

HE GOES, YOU'RE

THE FIRST PERSON

TO EVER REALLY STOP

AND SAY, THAT'S

INTERESTING.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

OR WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

OR WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?

THE NEXT DAY,

THIS ENVELOPE STUFFED

WITH PHOTOS.

AND I OPENED THEM UP,

AND I WAS JUST:

ASTONISHED:

BY THE REALISM:

AND THE FEELING.

WHEN I WENT:

TO HIS HOUSE AFTER

I SAW THE PHOTOS,

I SAID, NOW, DO YOU HAVE

ANYMORE OF THESE?

HE GOES, OH, I'VE GOT

THOUSANDS OF THEM.

YEAH, SURE.

'CAUSE I'M

A PHOTOGRAPHER, I WAS,

HOW DO YOU MANAGE

ALL YOUR ASSETS:

AND YOUR NEGATIVES?

HE SAID, I DON'T EVEN

KEEP THE NEGATIVES.

THE NEGATIVES,

I THROW THEM AWAY.

I ASKED HIM ABOUT

METERING, THINGS

LIKE THAT.

HE SAID, YOU KNOW,

WELL, THE LIGHT METER'S

ACTUALLY BROKEN.

SO BASICALLY WHAT I DO,

IS I SET UP THESE SHOTS

AND SHOOT THEM,

THEN SEND THEM OFF

TO A MAIL ORDER LAB,

WHICH IS WHERE HE GOT

ALL HIS PROCESSING DONE.

AND WAIT A COUPLE WEEKS,

HE'D COME BACK,

THEY'D BE OVEREXPOSED

2 OR 3 STOPS OR UNDER,

AND HE'S JUST SHOOT

THE ENTIRE THING

OVER AGAIN.

IT'S FUNNY. I DON'T

THINK HE EVER EVEN

THOUGHT OF HIMSELF

AS BEING A PHOTOGRAPHER.

HE WAS JUST USING

A CAMERA AS A TOOL

TO COMMUNICATE.

DEFINITELY DIDN'T

IDENTIFY HIMSELF

AS AN ARTIST.

IT WAS ALL SUCH:

A GENUINE THING.

AND I JUST--I FELT LIKE

IT WAS TOO AMAZING

TO NOT SHARE:

WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

THE STORY, MEANWHILE,

WAS JUST GOING ON IN MY HEAD,

LIKE, OK, THE SS HEARD

ABOUT MY TOWN,Y BAR.

THEY'RE JUST DRIVING

AROUND AIMLESSLY LOOKING

FOR MARWENCOL.

LOOKING FOR THE TOWN

THEY HEARD OF,

THE BAR THEY HEARD OF,

THE WOMEN THEY HEARD OF.

THAT THE MARWENCOL WOMEN

WERE BEAUTIFUL.

THEY'RE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

GIRLS IN BELGIUM.

SO, EVENTUALLY,

THE SS FIND MARWENCOL.

AND THERE'S NOBODY AROUND.

WE ALL DECIDED TO GO

TO THE BAR,

HOGANCAMP'S CATFIGHT CLUB,

2 MILES AWAY

AND HIDE IN THERE.

AND THE ONLY ONE LEFT

IN TOWN WAS RUTH.

SHE HAD DECIDED:

TO STAY BEHIND,

WATCH OVER THE CHURCH.

AND THE SS CAME IN.

AND THEY INTERROGATED

RUTHIE.

AND THESE GUYS WANTED

TO KNOW WHERE THE BAR WAS.

"WHERE'S THE BAR?

I WANT A DRINK."

'CAUSE I REMEMBER THAT'S

THE WAY I WAS WHEN

I WAS AN ALCOHOLIC.

"GAH! I WANT A DRINK!"

YOU KNOW. I REMEMBER THAT.

AND SO, SHE STILL

WOULDN'T TELL

THE SS WHERE MY BAR WAS,

WHERE I'D MOVED THE BAR.

SO THEY KILLED HER.

I HEARD THAT:

I'M KILLED OFF.

YES.

I DON'T REMEMBER YOU

EVER TELLING ME.

YOU WERE IN THE CHURCH

WHEN THE SS CAME

AND FOUND MARWENCOL.

THEY WANTED TO DRINK.

THEY WANTED TO PARTY.

YOU KNOW.

THERE WAS NOBODY THERE

BUT YOU.

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