Only Lovers Left Alive Page #3

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EVE:
It's fantastic.

For what? For concerts?

ADAM:

Concerts and as a movie house.

Can you imagine?

Mirrors used to reflect

the chandeliers.

And now a car park.

There goes your queen, playboy.

By the way, your hero, Christopher

Marlowe, sends his love.

I don't have heroes.

And I know what you're doing.

Trying to distract me.

Now, no more talking.

- Did you play chess with Byron?

- Eve, please.

No, I want to know.

You love telling me these

things and I love to hear them.

So, what was he like?

- Frankly, he was a pompous ass.

- Ha, ha, ha.

Why am I not surprised?

And what about Mary?

What was Mary Wollstonecraft like?

Come on, tell me.

What was she like?

- She was delicious.

- Heh, heh.

I'll bet she was.

Talking of delicious,

I have a surprise.

An experiment.

- ADAM:
That doesn't work, by the way.

- No, it does. I plugged it in.

- What is that?

- O-negative.

That's delicious.

(SNIFFS)

Blood on a stick.

On a stick.

- That's not bad.

- Very refreshing,

especially when

you're in a hot spot.

Checkmate, my darling.

Eve, you're ruthless.

You're brutal.

I'm a survivor, baby.

It was all the bloody talking.

ADAM:
You got to hear this one.

It's Charlie Feathers.

(ROCKABILLY MUSIC

PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

Do you know it?

"Can't Hardly Stand it."

Yeah.

Runnin' around

I can't hardly stand it

(MUSIC STUTTERING AND

RECORD PLAYER POWERS OFF)

ADAM:
Sh*t.

(COYOTE HOWLING)

EVE:
Oh.

What a lovely place.

Vitis vinifera, hello.

ADAM:

Look at that. F***ing zombie sh*t.

The grid. It's so antiquated.

I mean, what century is this?

Tesla had light bulbs you didn't

even have to plug in in 1895.

- But it's not even connected.

- Yeah, I disconnected all that.

(GASPS)

Oh, what a hidden

treasure, my darling.

Did you make that?

Well, I cobbled it together

from bits and pieces.

EVE:
It's beautiful.

You're an alchemist.

I just need to check the

charges and the connections.

All right, this might

need recalibration.

Are these the antennae?

ADAM:
Yeah.

They're receiving electrical

information from the atmosphere.

- From outer space.

- They get converted into energy

- by this dynamo here.

- Mm.

Hang on. Let me just see this.

(MACHINE WHIRRING)

Amanita muscaria.

How odd.

- Adam?

- Yeah?

Have you noticed these?

Yeah.

Fly agaric.

They're behaving rather strangely.

- You know, this is not their season.

- I know.

They kind of appear and then disappear

and then reappear, those caps.

I guess they're receiving information

from the atmosphere like my antennae.

Just goes to show, we don't

know sh*t about fungi.

Even though life on this planet

couldn't exist without them.

You know, you guys

shouldn't really be here.

Not until the autumn.

(EVE'S HEART BEATING)

Evening.

What's going on, my love?

Are we playing doctors?

I am. I have to go out

for about an hour or so.

- Am I not included?

- Not this time.

1968. Surely you could

do with a newer one.

Have you ever used this on anyone?

Dr. Faust? Right.

What is it, my darling?

I had a dream about your sister.

Not a good one, then.

Well, I suppose it

could've been worse.

But not by much.

- Back in a flash.

- I hope so.

Good luck with the surgery, doctor.

June 23rd, 1868.

Our third wedding.

We look so young.

(CAR DRIVING AWAY)

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Marlowe.

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Dalbergia retusa.

This has been newly made.

You're looking awfully

pale there, Dr. Caligari.

Maybe you need to get a

little more sunlight.

Vitamin D deficiency can

have serious consequences.

Fresh blood, baby.

What's this about?

Just tell me that you're having trouble with

one of the others. Please tell me that.

I don't see any others.

Ever.

Okay.

Don't ever f*** around like that.

Just playing a part in your story.

It's the zombies I'm sick of.

And their fear of their

own f***ing imaginations.

My darling, that's true.

Meanwhile...

just tell me what's so not

frightened about that.

How can you have lived for so

long and still not get it?

This self-obsession,

it's a waste of living...

that could be spent

on surviving things,

appreciating nature,

nurturing kindness and friendship.

And dancing.

You've been pretty

lucky in love, though,

if I may say so.

(SOUL MUSIC PLAYING)

Somebody tell me

What does this man got

He makes me feel

What I don't wanna feel

Somebody tell me

What has this man got

He makes me give

What I don't wanna give

On solid ground

I feel myself sinkin' fast

I grab ahold

But I don't think

it's gonna last

I'm slowly losin' my ground

Slowly sinkin' down

Trapped by this thing

they call love

Oh, baby

Hooked on this

thing called love

Hooked on this

thing called love

Somebody tell me

What does this man got

He makes me cry

Lord, I don't wanna cry

He calls me up

And I tell 'em to

say that I'm not in

Then I cry all night

If he doesn't call again

I'm slowly losin' my ground

Slowly sinkin' down

Trapped by this thing

they call love

Oh, baby

I'm trapped

I can't help myself

I'm hooked on you baby

I just can't help it

I can never be happy

Loving no one else

Oh, baby

I love you

It's a full moon.

Did you know that there's

a diamond up there

the size of a planet?

It's a white dwarf. It's the

compressed heart of a star.

And it's not only a

radiant diamond,

but it also emits the

music of a gigantic gong.

A diamond that emits the music

- of a gigantic gong.

- Gigantic gong.

Where is it?

It's just 50 light-years away

in the constellation Centaurus.

Hm.

I wonder what it sounds like.

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EVE:
I have to tell you something.

I also had a dream about my sister.

As did Marlowe before

I left Tangier.

I think she's looking for us.

F***.

Well, I mean, it's

been quite some time.

Yeah, not long enough.

Shouldn't she be sleeping

in a coffin somewhere?

With a wooden stake shoved in?

- Adam, she's my sister.

- Is she now?

Well, we are related by blood.

(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING

OVER SPEAKERS UPSTAIRS)

I didn't leave these lights on.

That's your music.

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

EVE:
Ava.

What the f*** are you doing here?

Oh, my God, it's so

great to see you.

Mm.

You're still so beautiful.

May I?

My amazing sister, I've missed you.

(MUSIC STOPS)

- Did you get my message?

- I might have. I had a dream.

Oh, how cool. It worked.

There's your spooky

action at a distance.

ADAM:

Yeah, well, spooky action anyway.

AVA:

What are you guys talking about?

You do know that it's very bad luck

to cross a threshold

without being invited?

Are you still afraid of garlic?

I'm not talking about

myths here, Ava.

You know it's also bad luck to listen

to someone's music without invitation?

My God, I love it, Adam.

It's totally brilliant.

- Can I get a download?

- No.

So?

- You just passing through Detroit?

- Yeah.

No, I mean, I came to see you.

I've been living in L.A.

Great.

Zombie central.

Are you alone?

AVA:
No.

I'm here with you guys.

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