The Making of 'The Mean Season' Page #3

THAT HE HAS ESTABLISHED

A DEFINITE CONTAC WITH ANDERSON

FOR REASONS THAT NO ONE

HAS BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE.

MALCOLM ANDERSON SEEMED

SOMEWHAT RETICEN

TO TALK TO REPORTERS,

APPARENTLY CONFUSED

BY THE MEDIA ATTENTION

THAT HAS BEEN THRUST UPON HIM.

ACCORDING TO MR. ANDERSON'S

STORY IN THE MIAMI JOURNAL,

NEITHER HE NOR THE PUBLIC

HAS HEARD THE LAS OF THIS INDIVIDUAL.

ALTHOUGH NEWS CENTER 7

TRIED TO GET HIM

TO ELABORATE...

WHAT WOULD:

YOU GUYS SAY?

REFUSED TO SAY:

ANYTHING MORE.

I'M JILL BEACH,

NEWS CENTER 7.

OH, I'M SORRY, HONEY.

WERE YOU AWAKE?

WE JUST...WE STOPPED BY

FOR A BEER.

HMM.

I'M SORRY, HONEY.

SAW YOU ON:

THE TELEVISION.

DID YOU?

.

MM-HMM

MMM? WHAT DID

YOU THINK?

I LOOKED LIKE:

A JERK, DIDN'T I?

I JUST LOOKED:

LIKE SUCH A FRUMP!

WAIT--LET'S TALK

ABOUT OBNOXIOUS.

THOSE GUYS:

DON'T GIVE YOU

A CHANCE TO THINK.

I MEAN, THESE ARE

MY FRIENDS!

WHEN YOU'RE

ON 60 MINUTES,

YOU MIND:

GIVING ME A CALL?

I'D LIKE TO BRING

THE MACHINE HOME

AND TAPE IT.

YOU THINK I OUGH TO DO THAT SHOW?

YEAH, WHY NOT?

GIVE THEM A BREAK.

CALL MORLEY:

IN THE MORNING.

I MEAN, CALL MORNING

IN THE MORLEY.

HA HA HA!

COME ON!

HA HA HA!

[Kiss]

HONEY, WILL YOU TURN

OFF THE TELEVISION?

I HATED:

THE WAY I LOOKED.

HONEY,

THE TELEVISION.

OW! SH*T.

WHO MOVED THIS THING?

HA HA HA!

BABY!

HA HA HA!

!

[Christine

] YOU'RE BAD

.

ONE BEER..

HA HA HA!

[Telephone rings]

ANDERSON.

[Christine]

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU.

THAT'S O.K.

I JUST CALLED:

TO SAY I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU, TOO.

BYE.

[Telephone rings]

[Ring]

ANDERSON.

[Christine]

HOW COULD I LOVE

A SMALL-TOWN

NEWSPAPERMAN?

HA HA HA!

[Telephone rings]

WHAT?

CHRISTINE, HONEY,

I CAN'T KEEP

THIS LINE TIED UP.

[Man]

WHO'S CHRISTINE?

YOUR WIFE:

OR YOUR GIRLFRIEND?

TESTED YOUR FAITH,

DIDN'T I?

YOU WERE:

BEGINNING TO WORRY

I WOULDN' CALL YOU AGAIN.

WAS THAT THE IDEA?

IT WOULD BE NICE

IF YOU WANTED:

TO TALK TO ME,

BUT STILL,

YOUR WORDS ARE:

THE IMPORTANT THING,

AND I DO LIKE THEM.

THANK YOU.

EVER TRY:

TO DESCRIBE A SMELL?

WHY?

UM...

YOU'RE GOING

TO SMELL SOMETHING

THAT'S GOING TO

TEST YOUR WRITING

ABILITIES.

IT HAS:

A SWEETNESS TO IT,

AND AT:

THE SAME TIME,

IT REACHES:

INTO YOUR BODY:

AND TWISTS:

YOUR INSIDES.

BUT THE ODD:

THING IS THAT,

ONCE YOU SMELL IT,

YOU KNOW EXACTLY

WHAT IT IS:

WITHOUT:

HAVING TO LOOK.

[Siren]

YOU'RE GOING

TO GET SICK,

YOU GET SICK:

OUT HERE.

GOT THAT?

[Coughs]

[Television static]

I'D BE CAREFUL

WITH THIS GUY.

HE KNOWS:

AS MUCH ABOUT YOU

AS YOU DO HIM.

[Flies buzzing]

[Reporter]

MALCOLM!

[Reporters

asking questions]

ONE AT A TIME.

[Reporter] YOU TALKED

TO THE KILLER?

YES.

WHAT DID HE SAY?

LOOK, I GO A DEADLINE TO MEE JUST LIKE YOU.

EVERYTHING I KNOW WILL BE

IN TOMORROW'S

JOURNAL.

THAT'S IT.

[Reporters

asking questions]

GETTING BETTER.

[Christine]

IS YOUR FAN MAIL PERSONAL?

NO, BUT IT SURE IS

NICE TO GET SOME.

[Telephone rings]

HI.

HELLO.

[Man]

SURPRISE.

HA HA HA!

HOW DID YOU GE MY HOME PHONE NUMBER?

WELL, YOUR PHONE'S

NOT LISTED, BU

CHRISTINE:

CONNELLY'S IS.

I GOT HER NAME:

OUT OF YOUR MAILBOX.

THERE'S A POLICEMAN

OUTSIDE MY DOOR.

THERE'S GOING

TO BE ONE THERE:

IF I WANTED YOU:

OR YOUR GIRLFRIEND,

IT WOULD BE SO EASY.

DON'T WORRY, MALCOLM.

I'M SUPPOSED

TO TRUST YOU?

YOU'VE GOT TO BE

OUT OF YOUR MIND.

WITHOUT YOU,

I'M NOWHERE,

.

BACK TO SQUARE ONE

BESIDES, WE WORK

WELL TOGETHER.

I DON'T WAN TO LOSE THAT.

WHAT DID YOU:

CALL ABOUT?

I HAVE TWO NEEDS,

MALCOLM.

THE NEED TO TALK

AND THE OTHER ONE.

UM.

AND, UH...

IT'S A LOT EASIER

TO FIND A VICTIM

THAN IT IS A LISTENER.

MM-HMM.

?

WELL,

WHAT ABOUT FRIENDS

WELL,

I HAD ONE FRIEND.

ONCE, TILL

THE PLANT CLOSED.

WHAT--

WHAT PLANT WAS THAT?

AN AUTO PLAN IN DETROIT.

A MACHINE:

TOOK HIS HAND--

TOOK THREE FINGERS

CLEAN OFF.

THAT'S REALLY AWFUL.

YOU, UH,

YOU AND HIM KEEP

IN TOUCH, DO YOU?

OH, MALCOLM,

YOU'RE SO TRANSPARENT.

I'M JUS DOING MY JOB.

YOU'RE THE STORY.

YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE

A CONNECTION TO SOMEONE

WHO CAN LEAD:

THE COPS TO ME.

WE'RE FRIENDS,

YEAH, BUT,

WE'RE NOT REALLY FRIENDS.

I WANT TO TALK ABOU THE OLD PEOPLE NOW.

ALL RIGHT. WHY DID

YOU PICK THEM?

THEY WERE WHAT I WANTED.

THEY WERE A MATCH--

A REASONABLE DUPLICATION.

WAS THIS SOMETHING

YOU'VE HEARD ABOU OR READ ABOUT?

IT WAS JUS LIKE BEFORE.

I CAUGHT THEM:

ON THEIR PORCH.

I JUST STARED.

[Malcolm typing on keyboard]

.

AND YOU KNOW,

THEY COULDN'T MOVE

THEN, WHEN

THE GUN CAME OUT,

THEY COULDN' EVEN SPEAK.

FASCINATING, ISN'T IT?

MALCOLM?

THEN I GOT THEM:

INTO THE DINING ROOM,

AND I PUT A PILLOW

IN FRONT OF THE GUN.

EVEN SO, IT WAS

MUCH LOUDER:

THAN I EXPECTED.

[gunshots]

??[Eerie music]

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG

I WAS IN THERE--

FIVE MINUTES, AN HOUR...

WHEN I LEFT,

I WAS COVERED WITH BLOOD.

I WALKED RIGHT DOWN

THE STREE:

LIKE I WAS INVISIBLE.

NOBODY SEEMED:

TO NOTICE ME.

NOBODY CARED!

PHEW!

[Caller hangs up]

HELLO?

CHRIST, I GOT A LOT.

APPRECIATE IT.

HEY, GOOD STUFF,

MALCOLM.

I LIKED IT. REALLY.

I READ IT TWICE.

IS--IS NOLAN--

NICELY DONE.

IS NOLAN REAL BUSY

RIGHT NOW?

SEEN THIS YET?

JACOBY WANTED ME

TO MAKE SURE:

YOU SAW IT.

PAGE 103.

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS:

PUBLISHER:

THINKS YOU:

MAY BE ENTERING:

PULITZER TERRITORY.

YOU JUMP TO ANOTHER

PAPER, MAL,

I'LL PUNCH

YOUR HEART IN.

CELEBRATING WITH YOU

IS MAKING:

ADEQUATE USE:

.

OF ALL:

MY REMEDIAL SKILLS

I'M SORRY, HONEY.

I'M OUT OF IT.

WAITING FOR:

THE PHONE TO RING.

I CAN'T GE MY MIND OFF IT.

DO YOU WAN HIM TO CALL?

HE QUITS TALKING TO ME,

WE MIGHT NEVER GET HIM.

WE?

HONEY, I CAN'T GE AWAY FROM THIS THING

TILL IT'S OVER.

I GAVE MY NOTICE.

SO DID I.

[Under breath]

YEAH, POSTDATED.

WHAT?

I JUST DON' THINK YOU KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THINGS HAPPEN OUT THERE.

IT'S CALLED THE NEWS.

I ONLY REPORT IT.

ARE YOU REPORTING I

OR PARTICIPATING

IN IT?

IT'S KIND OF

A UNIQUE SITUATION.

WHAT DO YOU:

WANT ME TO DO?

GET AWAY FROM HERE

WHEN WE CAN.

OH, COME ON, HONEY.

OH, JEEZ.

CAN I GE THE CHECK, PLEASE?

[Waiter]

YES, SIR.

??[Scary music]

UH!

TOO MANY:

CREEPY CABDRIVERS.

HA HA HA!

WHEN THIS THING:

IS ALL OVER,

WHETHER YOU END UP

AT A 20-CENT WEEKLY

IN COLORADO:

OR:

THE NEW YORK TIMES,

PART OF I STAYS WITH YOU.

I JUST WISH YOU'D

THINK ABOUT THAT.

[Telephone rings]

[Ring]

HELLO?

[Man]

IS MALCOLM ANDERSON THERE?

NO, I'M SORRY.

HE'S STILL IN THE SHOWER.

CAN I HAVE HIM:

CALL YOU?

UM, NO.

UH...

WE'VE NEVER MET.

I'M MALCOLM'S

FRIEND.

YOU KNOW,

THE ONE.

WHY ARE YOU:

DOING THIS?

CHRISTINE,

THIS IS BETWEEN:

MALCOLM AND ME.

DON'T CALL ME

CHRISTINE.

[Man]

CAN I TALK TO MALCOLM?

[Christine] NO. WHY ARE YOU

KILLING ALL THESE

INNOCENT PEOPLE?

GIVE ME THE PHONE,

CHRIS.

MALCOLM, YOU CAN' TALK TO HIM.

WHAT THE HELL:

ARE YOU DOING?

MALCOLM, HE'S SICK!

DON'T TALK TO HIM.

[Man]

MALCOLM?

ARE YOU THERE?

JUST DON'T TALK

TO HIM.

IT'S ME.

I'M SORRY I COULDN' GET TO THE PHONE.

OH.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

WHY DON' YOU JUST TELL HER

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