Road to Nowhere Page #5

Hi, guys.

Hi.

What's up?

All right. Bruno.

Hey.

Laurel thinks it would be

a good idea if Velma tried to seduce Billings.

Hmm.

I don't think she'd do that.

Why not?

Why not? Laurels a woman.

She thinks Velma would do it.

He was a cop

with 38 years of experience. He was decorated.

He's not gonna

throw it all away on a piece of strange

even if she did look

as good as Laurel.

No offense.

Piece of strange?

I, uh I don't know

about all that.

I just I don't think

she'd do it.

You're

thinking too much.

Aw, that's so sweet.

Thank you.

Soy Ana.

A f***ing

masterpiece.

How many movies

have you seen?

Hmm. I don't know.

You shouldn't really

ever ask a filmmaker that.

Why?

We don't really

want to admit...

how much time we spend

obsessing over other people's dreams.

So I've seen your dreams?

Pretty much.

I know all the dialogue

by heart even.

Hmm.

Hey.

Mmm.

My only crime is wanting

to leave this place.

My crime is not

wanting to leave.

I'd live up here

in the Smokies forever.

Never get tired

of the smells...

and the colors

and... the sounds.

Mmm.

And cut. Okay.

Great, guys.

We've got two good ones there.

So we're on the move

to the cemetery. Can I have another one?

What's that?

Can I have another one? I fidgeted a lot.

You really want one?

It was really good.

Okay, Laurel

wants another one. Thanks.

And final touches, please.

Let me see.

Hmm.

Am I that frizzy?

Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

It looks good. Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

Okay, and here we go.

Let's roll sound.

Speed!

Rolling.

My only crime is wanting

to leave this place.

My crime is not

wanting to leave.

I'd live here

in the Smokies forever.

I'd never get tired

of the smells...

and the colors

and the sounds.

And cut.

So we have

a perfect one there...

and a great one

from the first take.

I think the camera

has a crush on you.

That was beautiful.

Thanks.

We're on the move.

On the wrong set.

That was beautiful, man.

I know.

That scene was drop-dead beautiful.

Of course there should

be a reverse on Billings,

but somehow Velma

made it work.

You never let up, do you?

Sorry, man. I guess

that was kind of stupid.

But, um

But I'd be more stupid

if I didn't tell you, as a friend,

that you're in way too deep

on this one, man.

In my dreams maybe.

Maybe.

Hey! I wanna

talk to you. What the f--

I wanna talk

to you, Velma. What do you want, Bruno?

My name's not Velma.

It's Laurel.

Hmm.

Drinking already?

Hmm.

I don't wanna talk

to the real Velma Duran.

I wanna talk to the one who's been prancing

around the goddamn state capitol...

pretending

to be Velma Duran. Right, right. Uh-huh.

Yeah, the one I just

caught a glimpse of--

and enough of a glimpse

to know it's really you.

Okay, you're losing it, Bruno.

Yeah, I'm losing it?

You're really losing it.

I'm just going to have to talk

to Mitchell about this. I think we've had enough.

It's gonna be better for everybody

if you're just gone.

Yeah, you seem to know

what's best for everybody, don't you, Velma?

Especially milking the state of North Carolina

out of a hundred million dollars.

Have you dug up

anything yet?

No.

Nothing about him feels right.

He comes up with something new every day,

and it's all straight out of my diary.

He's one smart hillbilly.

So I guess the myth,

as usual, has no relationship to reality.

Oh, that's so weird.

Well, whatever.

It's freaking me out.

It was your idea,

this whole movie thing.

So let me take care

of it, okay?

I don't know where this kid

Haven is going with this movie.

I mean

Yeah. Uh

But-But, you know,

I do know that this

is not the character that I signed on to play.

Just a minute.

Yeah.

Oh, hi.

Well, he's got Velma

at the center of the story now,

and Taschen is just kinda

the fall guy, and it's, uh

Ju Wait.

Okay, tip is three

four dollars.

And, uh,

thank you very much. You're welcome.

No!

No. I'm telling you, he's changing

the whole damn thing around.

So is there anything

that we can do...

in a contractual situation

with this kid?

Hmm? Yeah, yeah, I know.

You're right. I should have asked for more money.

I think that Velma Duran

liked the mess that she was in.

I just don't like it

when you go away so far.

You disappear into your dreams,

and that feels so lonely.

Hmm.

Come on. Hey.

I won't do that.

Huh?

Okay.

Ohh.

Are you okay?

While the gods slept

Mmm.

Mmm.

Just let me know

when you're set up.

Some of the actors have

been asking for extra lines.

What do you think

I should tell them? Oh, really?

Yeah.

We've already

cut the script to 95 pages...

and it's still

running four hours. Right.

So justjust have them

come talk to me.

Okay.

Hi.

Hi.

Just when you have a minute,

I'd like to speak with you.

Sure. Yeah.

Right now.

Okay.

What is it?

I want Bruno

off the film.

Why? He's He's doing

such a great job.

No, he's- I don't think

he's here to help.

Are you aware that he works

for Universal Benefit Systems?

Yeah, I think he used to.

I mean, he's already

helped so much.

He's brought

tones and details.

Thanks to him, this movie is so much more

than just some May-December nonsense.

There's not even

gonna be a movie when he's finished.

Come on.

Ow!

Am I early?

Uh, no.

Come on in, Bobby.

You know,

this whole plan fizzles,

I'm the only one

that gets away clean.

Okay. Cut.

Let's cut.

It's great.

That was beautiful.

Thanks. Okay.

Are we good?

Checking the chip.

That's gonna be lunch

one half.

Oh, yes. Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh, sure.

I can do better.

Very impressive.

Very powerful.

Thank you.

Instead of the catering wagon,

let me take y'all some place real special.

But you can't tell anybody

about it though.

It's busy enough

as it is.

Hmm?

Go ahead. Yeah.

I'm gonna work

on my, uh, scene.

No. No.

You gotta come too.

You can't play Velma unless you eat the food

she ate on the last day she lived.

You know what?

You are right about that.

Sure. Let's go.

Is this the place you

wrote about in your blog?

No.

This is a place Bruno

found on his own.

I don't remember

any restaurants out here.

Hmm.

I must have taken a wrong turn.

No. You know,

we don't have time for this.

Yeah? I figured

since we were out here,

you've missed

an important story point.

And I think you need

to see it.

Did you mention it

to Steve?

I didn't say

it was important for the movie.

I said

it's a story point

the real story.

Hey, Laurel, why would Velma

come all the way out here...

just before driving

her car into the lake?

All right, you know,

I'm just about done

with your consulting services, Bruno.

Yeah, you don't want

the truth at all, do you?

You're just interested in making another

Hollywood piece-of-sh*t movie.

No, it's not just

some other Hollywood piece-of-sh*t movie.

It's my Hollywood

piece-of-sh*t movie.

Well, at least

you're an honest man.

Well, Ill still pay you

till the end of the shoot.

But you have to stay away

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