Obselidia Page #5

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to get visitors out here.

People, I guess, don't much

like what I have to say.

-Do you have family?

-Wife is deceased, 20-odd years.

My only son lives in Japan.

He's a Buddhist monk.

Of all the idiotic

things that he could've

chosen to do with his life, he

opted for robes and silence.

Your paramour.

-(QUIETLY) Sophie's

just a friend.

-Oh.

-Good morning.

-Morning.

-Morning.

-My, this looks amazing.

Thank you, Lewis.

-My pleasure.

-Thank you.

-So did you enjoy

the show last night?

-Oh, it was magic, really.

-I have to say, Marta Beckett

revives my hope in mankind.

-I can understand why.

-So what are you

all doing today?

-Mm, I think we're

going to head back.

-What about Zabriskie Point?

-I remember when my wife

and I first came here.

She said this

reminded her of hell.

And to me it was, and is, a

paradise, literally millions

of years of change,

evolution, that

solidified in the rock

right before our eyes.

To me, I find something

very reassuring about that.

Human race might not

survive much longer,

but the world will.

That's what matters.

Drive safely.

And come back and see

me before it's all gone.

-Thanks, Lewis.

I'll send you a copy of the

encyclopedia when it's done.

-Yes.

-Bye, Lewis.

-Sophie.

-You can drive.

Bye, Lewis.

LEWIS:
Bye.

[engine starts]

SOPHIE:
"Come back and see

me before it's all gone."

[chuckles] He'll be gone before

the world is, that's for sure.

Look at this.

So cool.

GEORGE:
Maybe it's

worse than I thought.

I mean, what if the whole world

really is about to disappear?

What if Lewis is right?

-Oh, for goodness' sake,

stop being so miserable.

-Why does it upset you so much?

-Doesn't upset me,

George, it bores me.

-Well, you don't seem

bored, you seem angry.

-I'm not angry.

I just think it's a lot

of bullshit, all right?

I think Lewis is wrong.

-What, to tell the truth?

-[sigh] You know, this obsession

you have with all things

obsolete is absurd.

You know what I think?

I think if one person

loves something enough,

it can never be obsolete.

-Well, that's not true.

I love typewriters,

and that doesn't

mean to say that

they're not obsolete.

-It's because you love

them that it's alive.

I mean, don't you get that?

-[LISTING ENTRY

NAMES ALPHABETICALLY,

STARTING WITH S]

Sophie!

[spring squeaking]

-[laughs]

[spring squeaking]

SOPHIE:
You're driving

great now, you know?

Just like Steve

McQueen in "Bullitt."

Noe one would ever

guess you just learned.

Wait, wait, did you see that?

-Uh, what?

-Look, look!

Pull over, pull over!

I swear to god,

it's a ghost town.

Come on, we've got to

go and check that out.

Come on!

-Please say no.

Please say no, please say no.

-Come on, come check it out.

Look, come here.

There is one.

It's over there.

Check it out.

There's a ghost town.

Come on, we've got to go.

GEORGE:
Mmm.

Don't you think we should

just get to Zabriskie Point?

-What, you scared

of ghosts, George?

-No.

It's just-- well,

that car is not

designed for off-road

travel, and it's

at least five miles to the town.

-Come on!

It's gonna be fun!

I can't believe you're

scared of ghosts.

Ooooo!

GEORGE:
Oh, it's

not-- it's not ghosts.

It's-- look at the road.

This is insanity.

SOPHIE:
Oh, let's live

dangerously, George, come on!

What have we got to lose?

GEORGE:
Just our lives.

Have you seen enough yet?

SOPHIE:
Look at that.

Oh, this is great.

I have to get a

picture of that truck.

Look.

GEORGE:
Great.

SOPHIE:
Uh-oh, here

comes the ghost.

Guess I should go and say hello

if I want to take that picture.

-Do you think it's a

good idea to get out?

I mean, no one knows we're here.

We could just disappear.

-If it gets weird, I'll cough

and we'll run to the car.

Deal?

-But what if I notice

it's getting weird?

-You cough.

[coughs]

GEORGE:
[clears throat]

SOPHIE:
Hiya.

-Hi, how's it going?

-We were just driving

by, saw your sign.

-Mm-hm.

-I'm Sophie.

-Ah, and you look like

one of the Manson girls.

-Uh, I'm George.

-I'm Rock Novak,

caretaker of Ballarat.

Come on in, look around.

Come on in.

GEORGE:
This is quite

a place you have here.

ROCK:
Yeah.

Yeah, I been doing

it about five years,

trying to build

me a little museum

here and-- and get a

lot of old antique stuff

and learning all about

the history and stuff,

and I got a few things here.

So this here, I found.

That's from the 1870 era.

That's an old hoe.

What's special about an old hoe?

That thing was probably

brought here, probably,

by the early pioneers.

That hoe has been used a lot.

A hoe is about that long.

That much has been wore down.

GEORGE:
Wow.

-So that's been used a lot.

This is probably-- this hoe

was probably made in the 1820s,

maybe before.

-Hey, do you mind if I take

a picture of that truck

out there?

-No, go ahead.

That's Charlie

Manson's old truck.

And in the back there, you

might find some bodies.

GEORGE:
Um, could you

tell me a little bit

about the history of this place?

-Yeah, sure.

Ballarat started in 1897,

and it only lasted 20 years

and went out in 1917--

[clears throat pointedly]

ROCK:
Due to World War I. This

road out in front of Ballarat

that goes south--

[coughs]

ROCK:
That used to

be the old highway.

And the highway went all the

way through Barstow and Apple

Valley and down to Los Angeles,

and it come through Ballarat

and it went through

Wild Rose Canyon

and it took you into Death

Valley and Nevada and all that.

-Um, I have the video

camera in the car,

and I was wondering if

it's possible for me

to do some filming.

-Sure.

Sure.

Go ahead.

-Thank you.

-Mm-hm.

-Can we get out of here now?

-No, you were right.

This place is great.

I need to go and get him on.

-No, no, no, you were right.

Plus it's blowing

up a storm out here.

Come on.

-There's nothing

to be afraid of.

-No, we're just in

the middle of nowhere,

hanging out with Charlie

Manson's bastard son.

-I think he's too old.

-I thought we said we

could run if I coughed.

-Yeah.

-Well, didn't you hear me?

-Sorry.

-Sh*t!

-I said I'm sorry.

-No, I think I've left

my camera at Lewis's.

-Oh.

-I can't believe I

forgot my camera.

-It's going to be fine.

I mean, we'll go back

to Lewis's, we'll

get your camera-- it'll be fine.

-No, it's not gonna be fine.

You know, it's

like two hours back

to Lewis's place, which

means we won't have time

to go to Zabriskie Point, which

was the whole reason for coming

to Death Valley.

It's like, it's

like going to Paris

and not seeing the Eiffel Tower.

-Think about it.

I mean, if you went

to Paris, would you

really want to go and

see the Eiffel Tower?

Everybody sees the Eiffel Tower.

I'd much rather see the

French version of Rock.

-I guess.

-You shouldn't be

so hard on yourself.

-Easier said than done.

I'm my dad's daughter,

and it's some inheritance.

-So do you think you'll

ever have children?

-I don't know.

Sometimes I think I'd

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