Tape Page #4

I was still being playful,

but others might interpret

my actions as being...

- rough.

- I.e., rape.

No. Rough.

Look, John...

only you two know what happened.

So only you two can

interpret your actions.

So why don't you just

tell me the facts

- and interpret them later?

- I am telling you,

I argued her into it.

You're f***ing lying.

- What is your problem?

- I just don't know

how you can sit there

with your oldest friend...

- and continually tell lies.

- Okay, Vince,

what makes you think I'm lying?

Because only you

would come up with

"excessive

linguistic pressure."

Okay? That's not

a normal expression.

That is a sign of "excessive

bullshit," all right?

If you had really done only that,

you'd be more specific.

You'd said you told her

if she didn't put out,

you'd tell everybody she had VD,

or smelled bad, or had a penis,

or any of the normal

things that guys say.

But instead, you come up

with your typical crap,

which sounds...

mature, all right,

but contains nothing.

And it's bullshit,

because the reason why

you are where you are today...

is because you always insist

on getting things your way.

That is what you're good at.

So why don't you own up

and admit what you did?

Vince, f*** off.

Fine, I'll call her.

- Don't do that.

- Why not?

Because I would like you not to.

- Why not?

- Vince. Vince!

You've already made your point.

- What's my point?

- Your point is that...

nobody's perfect, including me,

so it offends you when I tell you

how you should live your life.

That's not my point.

- It should be.

- Well, it's not.

- Why not?

- 'Cause I haven't got to my point yet.

All right.

So get to it.

Maybe I don't have one.

Then I'm gonna leave.

- Wrong.

- Right.

Admit it.

- Admit what?!

- Admit what you did to Amy.

- What makes you think I did something?

- Because I know.

- How?

- Cause she told me.

- Told you what?

- What you did.

- What did she say?

- What?

- What did she say?

- Nothing.

It was obvious, so

just tell me what you did

- and I'll let you go.

- Would you stop being a dick?

- Tell me what you did.

- Why do you care?

- 'Cause I want to hear it.

- What would that change?

- I don't know.

- So why does it matter?

We know I did something wrong.

- So tell me what you did.

- I pinned her arms back

and stuck my dick in, okay?

For Christ's f***ing sakes,

sh*t happens!

I already said I'm sorry.

Thank you.

- What did you just do?

- Taped our conversation.

Why?

Wanted to make sure

I heard you right.

So tell me what you did!

I pinned her arms back and

stuck my dick in, okay?

For Christ's f***ing sakes,

sh*t happens!...

you're right.

You know? You are

a completely different person.

I can't believe

you just did that.

Beer?

You're mad?

- How could you do something like that?

- Like what?

- I'm not messing around, Vince!

- No, what?

It offends you?

It offends me f***ing immensely.

Why?

I... I'm...

All I'm doing is suggest

you call up and apologize

for the actions of

a drunk high school senior.

You know that you just ended

our friendship.

Come on, man. It's a cheap

little tape recorder.

- It's K-Mart.

- Why did you do that?

- I'm trying to make a point.

- Which is what?

- There's something wrong here.

- What? Where? With you and I?

And everyone else.

So, okay, what is it?

Do you think everyone

should call up

and apologize for things

they've done wrong in their lives?

I don't know. Yeah.

You honestly think

that would help?

You don't think it'd just

end up being a bunch of...

hypocrites wandering around,

raping people,

and then apologizing later?

- You got a better idea?

- Yeah. Not do it next time.

- That's it?

- Yeah.

- You don't think she'd want that?

- Want what?

The tape.

Why would she want that?

To know that you admitted it.

- Vince.

- What?

Look... I doubt

she remembers it happening.

Well, then she might

want to be reminded.

Why?

Because if you pinned my arms back

and f***ed me without permission...

I'd want to be reminded.

Don't talk like that.

That's what you said, right?

That's what's on the tape.

- This is ridiculous!

- Why?

Because my apologizing now

won't make any difference to her.

She's probably dealt with

the whole issue and moved on.

All right.

Maybe she has.

But if you're such a different guy

than you were 10 years ago,

technically you shouldn't

mind apologizing

for something that

the real you didn't even do.

Now, on the other hand,

if you still are the kind of guy

who would do something like that,

then I understand

you don't want to apologize.

You wouldn't want to come across

like a hypocrite.

Give me the tape, Vince.

No way.

- Why not?

- Because,

as you imply to me

on a daily f***ing basis

whenever we spend

the day together,

I wouldn't have

the guts to tell her

all the interesting

tidbits of information

that this tape

herewith contains.

It'll be much easier

to simply hand it to her.

If I even have

the guts to do that.

You know something?

I don't really think I'm hungry.

I think I'm gonna skip dinner.

You won't give her that tape.

It's hard to say.

Will you stop being

a dick, Vince?!

I'm sorry, did you want

to do that line?

- What will you do with the tape?

- Here's what I was thinking.

I was thinking about

adapting it into a movie.

Maybe you could

help me with this,

and maybe I could have

the world premiere

at next year's Lansing Festival.

Dude, I'm totally psyched!

Listen, really

you should get going.

I'll just tell her you said hi.

- What are you talking about?

- I don't know. Sh*t.

- She'll be calling at any minute.

- Why?

She said

she'd call at 8:
00.

Wait a minute.

I thought you said

you didn't call her.

I said I thought

about calling her.

And then, you see,

I actually did,

and it's cool.

We're hooking up for dinner.

Really, you should get going.

I probably won't go through

with this whole thing.

Unless she sees

the tape sitting there

and we're talking

and she keeps pestering me

about what's on it.

Hello?

Hey, Amy. How are you?

You still up

for some chow? Cool.

Hey, did I tell you

why I was out here?

Yeah, right, the film festival.

But the reason for that is...

You remember John Salter, right?

Yeah, yeah.

Well, he actually made a movie

that's being shown

as part of the festival.

Yeah, and I'm out here for that.

He's out here too.

He's over at the Radisson.

11th floor,

overlooking the park. Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know

how you want to work this

because I'm over here

at the Motor Palace on Saginaw.

Yeah.

Exactly.

Cool. Cool.

Well,

you know, the thing is

I don't have wheels, so...

Really?

Well, that would be great.

'Cause if you want

to just come here

and then we'll just

take it from there.

And you know where it is?

Wow.

Well, terrific. Then

I'll see you in a few, right?

Yeah, it's room 19.

19, right.

Yeah, yeah, me too.

All right.

Okay. Bye-bye.

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