State And Main Page #8

JOE:

Other one has history, too. I wrote

my play on it.

ANN:

You wrote a play on it, what play is

that?

JOE:

You haven't heard of it.

ANN:

What's it called?

JOE:

"Anguish."

Little kids enter to get candy. As Joe speaks, he takes off

his regular glasses and puts on his reading glasses and

inserts a piece of paper into the typewriter and types,

"Everyone makes their own fun -- if you don't make it

yourself, it's not fun, it's entertainment."

ANN:

"Anguish" by Joseph Turner White...?

He looks up.

ANN:

You're Joseph Turner White?

He switches glasses to look at her.

A very OLD WOMAN comes in, goes back to the coffee machine.

MAUDE (OLD WOMAN)

Afternoon Ann.

Ann takes down a book from a shelf.

ANN:

Maude, this man wrote this play!

MAUDE:

That a fact. Now, is it a good play?

ANN:

Yes, Maude, it is. It is a very good

play.

MAUDE:

Well, then, what's he doing here?

ANN:

What're you doing here...?

JOE:

Writing the movie.

MAUDE:

You're writing the movie...

JOE:

Yes.

MAUDE:

What's it about?

JOE:

It's about the quest for purity.

INT. WALT'S ROOM - DAY

Walt, Bob Barrenger and the SCRIPT SUPERVISOR are savaging

the script.

BOB:

...because he wouldn't say that.

Look:

(flips through the

script, reads)

"Sister, I've just come from a fire.

There's some things I want to think

out..." Now, come on, come on...

"Leave me alone." A gesture...?

Alright?

Walt opens a case and extracts his lucky pillow which is

embroidered "Shoot first. Ask questions afterward."

WALT:

What else?

BOB:

Page... three. Now: "It's a nice

evening."

(beat)

I'm not gonna say that... "It's a

nice..."

Knock on door.

WALT:

Come in.

Joe enters.

WALT:

Hey, Joe... Good. You know B...

JOE:

I grew up on your mov...

BOB:

Do you mind if we don't go through

the usual bullshit about how I loved

it?

Knock on the door. Carla enters with another brown bag.

BOB:

I mean, okay, fine, but it's a motion

picture.

WALT:

Thanks, honey, but, next time, bring

two, save yourself a trip.

BOB:

The people came to see a motion

picture.

(to Carla, who starts

to leave)

...hold on...

WALT:

He's saying, what are you saying,

Bobby?

BOB:

Tell it with...

WALT:

Tell it with pictures.

BOB:

Tell it with pictures. What I'm

saying...

WALT:

We've got three days to...

As Bob talks, he exchanges glances with Carla.

BOB:

You look at:
girl comes in the room,

an apron, a brown bag, what is she...?

She's a...

WALT:

She's a...

BOB:

She's a waitress.

WALT:

What...

BOB:

What I...

WALT:

Hold on:
what Bob is saying, you

don't need...

BOB:

You don't need "Hi I've just come

from the restaurant."

WALT:

(to Carla)

You can go...

BOB:

Alright. Let's...

(he takes out a list,

Carla exits)

Page five, the f***ing horse dies.

(of Carla)

You know, she could be in the movie,

she could, she's got a good face,

she could be the Doctor's... uh, why

does it have to be his, uh, wife...?

It could be his...

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