No Light and No Land Anywhere Page #4

He's driving me home.

[distant traffic whirs]

[somber tone]

[hammer pounding]

[hammer pounding]

[hammer pounding]

[hammer pounding]

[breathing deeply]

[metallic clank]

[metal drags]

[metallic clanking]

[man grunts]

[metallic clanking]

[clanking continues]

Hey.

How you doing?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Good to see you.

Thanks for coming.

Um, that's all right.

You all right?

- I'm all right.

- You have a good trip?

Um, it was

all right.

[saw buzzes]

You work here?

This is your place?

Yeah, we're knocking

this place down.

Just moving the steel.

Folks coming to get it in a bit.

[hammer pounding]

- So...

- Well, it was a surprise

to hear your call,

that's for sure.

Got anything you want

to say to me?

Nice to see you.

You look like your mother.

Nice to see you.

Yeah, people say

that I look like my mother.

- How is she?

- Um, she's dead.

I'm sorry.

These things happen.

Yeah.

Talk to me.

What's up?

I don't know.

Um...

How long

have you got?

How long have I got

for what?

To talk.

Well, I got to get

this sh*t moved.

I have a bloke coming

for this steel

in about half

an hour, so...

Half an hour?

You know, I had

no idea you were coming.

Well, you did.

I called you.

Yeah, but I've

got to work.

What do you want? Just tell me

what you want from me.

I wanted to meet you.

I wanted to meet you.

- Well, now you've met me.

- No, I haven't.

I thought maybe

you might start something.

All right, so what do you do

for a living?

Let's start there.

Um, I work in theatre.

- Doing what?

- I work in theatre design.

What do you do

for a living?

- What does it look like?

- Yeah, right.

I'm a brain surgeon.

I'm doing a bit

of construction on the side.

Well, I don't know,

do I?

Well, it's pretty

apparent, I think.

Well, it is now,

but I didn't know.

Okay, okay.

Just show up in my life, and

I'm, what, gonna drop it all?

I didn't just

show up in your life.

- Yeah, you did.

- You had a child.

That was

a long time ago.

Look, I've come

a long way.

I wanted to see you.

And I just thought

that maybe

you might be able

to explain to me

why you haven't

been in touch

throughout

my whole life.

I left.

What can I tell you?

[sighs]

You could have

asked about me.

You could have left me

your phone number.

You could have

at least found a way

to leave me a way

to get in touch with you

without having

to f***ing go around

all your f***ing

second family.

I just wanted

to talk to you.

Well, now

you're talking to me.

Or should I say yelling?

I'm not yelling.

I'm just trying

to have a conversation.

Yeah.

Anything else?

Do you like yourself?

That's not a question

you should ask me.

- I'm interested.

- Yeah, I'm fine.

Nothing wrong

with me.

Probably not in your eyes,

but I'm fine.

Well, it's... I got this bloke

coming like I said.

So I got to get this stuff

out of here.

Sure.

All right.

Anyway, I'm glad

you came by.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- I'm not so sure.

- Anyway...

Give us a call.

All right?

Yeah.

See ya.

[somber music]

[lights clattering]

[overlapping chatter]

[horns honking]

[harmonica playing]

[somber music continues]

[overlapping chatter]

And what are you out

in Hollywood doing?

Like, what movie?

I'm just

having a walk.

[speaking indistinctly]

That we may roam

wherever we may want to

and be ourselves.

Maybe.

For single-mindedness

is all powerful indeed.

Yeah, for sure.

For sure.

Yeah.

You know there's carbon 14

in everything?

When the computer

tries to read it,

Everything has

too many neutrons in it.

It makes you sick.

I got this song I wrote

called "This Is How

You Make Me Feel."

It goes like this.

[rhythmically]

This is how you make me feel.

When life gets tough,

we keep it real.

Love is enough.

The coast is clear.

I need your trust.

My heart's so real.

This is how you

Make me feel

Oh, where's your lights?

Five, six, seven,

and there's a break.

Goes now.

Whoa, there we go.

One, two...

[insects chirping]

[knock at door]

Do you want

to come in?

Sorry, I can't really...

um, offer you much.

But I've got some water

if you want or...

You... Okay.

Ethel died

two days ago.

I'm so sorry.

[somber music]

I walk slowly towards him,

and we're speechless.

He pulls me into a hug,

and I feel it.

This is my father.

I see his face in mine.

And we get in his car,

and I know that I'm safe.

Everything bad

just floats out the window.

Do you think

we look at all alike?

I think here we do.

Yeah, it's a big square.

[both laugh]

[breathes sleepily]

[inhales deeply]

[dramatic music]

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