Never Here

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( HAMMERS BANGING )

( POWER TOOLS WHIRRING )

( INDISTINCT CHATTER )

( HAMMERING CONTINUES )

( DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES UP )

That was fast.

Hi.

Oh, so lovely to meet you.

Good to meet you, too.

Hi!

Hi, Honey! This is my dog. I'll

put her in the-- in the bedroom.

Come on in.

You know we're neighbors?

I live just down the road.

Whoa.

[MARTINELLI] Hey...

...I'm going to start with the

cabinets.

That sounds great.

It's chaos we're remodeling.

Make yourself at home.

( SPEAKING RUSSIAN )

Come on... come on, Jax!

( ELECTRICITY BUZZING )

( SPEAKING RUSSIAN )

Those are the... the notebooks?

Yes.

May I?

Yeah... here.

Each exhibit gets its own--

Yes.

So tell me about tonight's

opening? Congratulations.

Thank you.

You found a cell phone

on the street.

You did not know

who it belonged to.

I started interviewing people

from the phone's address book...

about the man to whom it

belonged, Arthur Anderton.

I looked at his GPS history...

the places he had been,

visited those places...

photographed them... listened

to his music.

I began to see the phone

as a prism...

through which I might see

the man.

Was there anything that you

didn't look at?

I didn't look at his web history

or read his emails.

I wanted the device to...

offer up information...

that he might share with me

himself...

under different circumstances,

of course.

How does Arthur Anderton feel

about this?

While developing the exhibit,

his friends and family...

seemed to think that he

would love it.

But he didn't?

No.

Um... you also do performance

work?

What would you say is the

unifying theme...

The unifying theme?

...behind your, um...

everything you do?

Chance.

I like to allow circumstances to

present themself...

and then I rise up to meet them.

Circumstances are the...

dictator's of my work.

Like a piece of string, I pick

it up and follow it along...

and see where it takes me.

( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )

( MUSIC CONTINUES )

Thank you, thank you again...

and, um, I hope our paths

cross again.

Me, too.

Thanks. Bye.

Has he been walked?

Not since like 11:00.

Okay, maybe I'll walk him.

Come.

[KARIN] I won't be here

when you get back...

I'm gonna go get ready.

Okay, see you tonight.

Yeah.

How long have you been

representing her?

Uh... how long have I been

representing you?

Oh... a long time, we're old

friends.

He is my mentor at art school.

Oh.

[PAUL] Scary.

Thank you so much.

Thank you for coming.

I thought you named her.

So original.

No, we're just meeting.

This is Paul.

He's my uh... dealer, Paul.

Hi.

Arthur Anderton.

[MIRANDA]

And now with this technology...

we all walk around with these

phones...

kind of attached to ourselves.

[MIRANDA] We don't memorize

anybody's phone numbers anymore.

[MAN] Not at all.

Right?

[WOMAN] It's true!

Everything is just built...

in these little boxes.

Arthur?

I'm very glad you could

make it tonight.

Did my mother give you

this photo?

Yes.

I'm glad that you're here.

You don't find it awkward

to meet me?

A real human being.

It's very nice to meet you.

( CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING )

This little domain, it's...

mine.

This body, these arms,

these legs, mine.

You've done a bad thing.

Well, I thought it went

good tonight...

very, very good.

They're gonna put your interview

on the cover, you know?

( SOFT MOANING )

Yeah, well I thought the show

was very good tonight.

How do you feel about the shoot

tomorrow?

Huh?

Can you just give me a minute?

Yeah.

Um, you know, Arthur is gonna

sue?

[MIRANDA] What?

Yeah, I had a little talk

with him.

Where are you going?

To get water. You want some?

No.

[MIRANDA] Ow! Ow!

F***, who moved this thing?

You know... if he sues,

it's all a good thing.

( DOOR SLAMS CLOSED )

( SCOFFS )

( PHONE RINGS )

( RINGING CONTINUES )

Hello?

No, there's no one here

by that name.

( TOILET FLUSHING )

[PAUL] Oh!

( BANGING )

[MIRANDA] Paul?

[PAUL] Hey! Hey! Hey!

[MIRANDA] Paul?

Hey! Stop that!

Stop!

What is it? What's going on?

There was this woman,

and he was--

Where? What happened?

On the ground.

But what happened?

He had her head down and he was

bashing her.

He looked right up at me.

F***! God damn it!

Let's call the police.

And tell them what?

And tell them!

I can't. I-- it wouldn't be

fair.

It wouldn't be fair.

I'll call from my cell phone

anonymously, an anonymous tip.

That's not anonymous, Miranda!

Is she okay? Do you think he's

still following her?

[PAUL] What are you gonna

say to them?

What did he look like?

He was a white guy.

He had dark hair.

Jesus!

Paper? Paper? Paper? Paper?

She had a coat.

Did you see his face?

He was looking right up at me.

OPERATOR (OVER PHONE)

You've reached 911.

You're call is important to us.

Please hold.

What's happening?

I've been put on hold.

Hold?

Hello? Yes, I'd like to report

an attack...

that took place on the corner

of Revery and 4th.

No, it's not going on now.

About 5 minutes.

What the hell?

I think it's weird that you

answered my phone.

What made you do that?

It was ringing.

Who was it?

Wrong number.

So what made you answer it?

Hello. Yes, I can.

Caucasian man, tan coat,

dark hair.

Yes, that's correct.

That's me.

Yes. Miranda F-A-L-L, Fall.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

They are sending someone

over tomorrow.

Oh, great.

Shoot.

Can you tell me anything else

about what he looked like?

Square-cut jaw. Dark hair.

Widows peak, maybe not.

Maybe not.

I just want to understand

it a little bit better...

so you be me, and I'll be you.

I'm sitting here.

The phone rings.

I go to answer it.

And I believe that I see an

attack happening below.

Now he was about right here.

And... um.

He had his right arm

in this position here...

and... and hurled my arms um,

behind her back all twisted up.

And he was-- he was sort

of bashing...

bashing her into the pavement.

And I made a noise up there and

he looked right up at me.

( SOFT MUSIC PLAYING )

[MIRANDA] Um... I like the one

on the left, I think.

Okay. We'll get going on that

right away.

( KNOCK ON DOOR )

Thank You.

[MARTINELLI] No worries, boss,

start from downstairs.

Hello.

No way!

You called the police.

Um... first of all,

don't get excited.

This is not a coincidence.

Are you gonna let us in?

Come in! Come in! Come in!

Hi.

Hi.

I heard you called in.

You heard?

Yeah.

You're a bit of a cult figure

down at the precinct, so--

What?

In a former life, I went to

college with this young lady.

[MISS SNOW] Really?

I'm sorry. Miranda, this is Miss

Snow. She's the sketch artist.

Hi.

Hi.

Would it be okay if I--

Yes.

...set my things...

This is great.

Thanks.

I'm sorry, can I get you

some tea?

[MISS SNOW] No thanks, I'm fine.

Yeah, you have quite the

reputation with the police.

That thing you did with the,

um... surveillance camera.

[MIRANDA] Cameras!

Yeah.

That got you some friends.

That's really weird.

He had his right arm like this,

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