The Mexican Page #3

(Speaking Spanish)

I need a ride

in your automobile to the next town.

I can't pay you.

I have no money. No dinero.

- De Niro?

- S. None.

Robert De Niro?

Robert De Niro!

Yeah. Uh, I need a lift

in your el truck-o

to the next town-o.

- Uh, village-o. Uh, uh, pueblo.

- Ah, pueblo.

- Yeah, s!

- Al otro pueblo. OK.

- Yes?

- Seor De Niro!

Self-winding. You never have

to wind it. It's very fine.

Yeah. Shake like...

Perpetual calendar.

It's good.

Is this even gonna run?

Yeah?

Hey. That your ball?

Sh*t. Hey. Hey, man.

You got a rabid dog back here.

Go. Go!

Go. Out.

You gotta do something

about this dog.

(Operator) 'I have a collect call

for Samantha from Jerry Welbach.

- 'No one there, sir.'

- (Jerry) 'Give it a second.'

Sam, pick up the phone.

Sams? Samsonite?

Baby, please don't do this.

- 'Please try again, sir'

- No!

Just give it a second. She's there...

What are you doing?

- You're gonna make a call.

- To whom?

To Jerry.

You're gonna tell him that Leroy

is with you then you hang up.

- Leroy?

- Yeah. Leroy, that's right.

Then you're gonna hang up. Simple.

That's it?

It's enough. Believe me.

You gonna make the call

or do I have to make you? Cos I will.

- No. I'll call.

- Good.

Dial it.

OK. What's the number?

You have the number.

I don't know where he is.

You should have the number.

What are you tellin' me? You don't

have a number, a motel, nothing?

What's the matter, don't you listen?

We broke up. No longer together.

Why would I have the number?

I'm sensing you have trust issues.

You got one minute.

I'm a professional.

I do this for a living.

Goody for you.

You're wasting your time.

(Radio) # You're nobody

till somebody loves you... #

I think I believe you.

# You're nobody

till somebody cares...

What's in Vegas?

Uh, well...I'm gonna be a waitress,

then make a career as a croupier.

They can make $100,000 a year but you

have to have the hands, which I do.

I got them from Grandma Vega,

which is a good thing

cos my Granny Barzel

had hands like a circus midget.

How come you can't live with Jerry?

Do you know Jerry?

He has trouble expressing feelings.

He had a f***ed-up childhood.

His mom is nuts. One of those people

who thinks the iron is always on.

- Don't you love him?

- I think that's the problem.

We love each other too much.

But he's... He's so selfish.

It's like we've been living

his life forever.

He'd tell you a different story,

but I give and he just keeps taking.

Our counselor totally

agrees with me, by the way.

I don't put much stock

in those counselor types.

All they do is sit around

and smoke joints.

Maybe, but Jerry is still a taker

and I'm a giver.

It's obvious.

A lot of people

are under the impression

that you get to choose who you love.

I'm sorry, are you...

Are you taking his side?

You're a man, of course.

- You're taking his side.

- You love him. You said so yourself.

It's all that matters.

You're a very sensitive person

for a killer.

Thank you, Sam.

Sh*t.

Get. Get out. Out.

Look, you gotta get out.

Get out!

(Muttering)

Go!

(Truck horn blaring)

(Speaking Spanish)

Hola, shithead! Where's my stuff?

Get back! Where's my stuff?

- Pistol. Pistolero. Get back.

- La pistola.

Get back!

Stay calm. Get back, get back!

Don't move.

What the f...? Give me those.

Back! Back, back.

Get in the car. Get in! OK.

Is that my...? Is that my jacket?

Put it in the car! What is wrong

with you people? Get back!

- (Sam) You don't have to be in here.

- I go by track record.

- I don't hear any tinkle, tinkle.

- Stage fright.

Look around,

there's not even a window.

So what's with this "We've been

livin' his life forever" thing?

I didn't mean it literally.

Jerry's been working for Margolese

for five years less a day.

It just feels lifelong.

- Sounds like jail terms.

- It is.

Arnold Margolese is in jail

because Jerry put him there.

Jerry ratted out Arnold Margolese?

No. Jerry was coming across Ventura,

over there by Laurel Canyon.

- Yeah?

- He wasn't paying attention,

ran a red light,

smashed into Margolese's Cadillac.

The cops came, Margolese got busted

cos he had a person in the trunk.

That's how Margolese

got sent to jail?!

Mm-hmm.

- Live person or dead person?

- Live person.

Huh. What's the big deal, then?

He probably wasn't

gonna stay that way.

He was taped up in a trunk

for a reason, wasn't he?

I would think this was

right up your alley, Swifty.

- He saw something?

- Whatever it was this guy saw,

or was going to say to the cops,

he got the chance.

Since it was Jerry's fault, Margolese

had him work off the jail time.

My whole relationship

has been hijacked

because he doesn't pay attention

when he drives.

I... I can't go with you in here.

(Urinating)

(Sam urinating)

(Man) We didn't think we were getting

a dead man with the car.

I got no use for a dead gringo.

Take a left.

(Flies buzzing)

Come on.

If you're going to kill me,

at least tell me

who it is that's going

to send me to God.

Tell me!

Look, I'm not gonna kill you.

But I am gonna have to shoot you.

But why, sir? Why?

Why? Because you stole from me,

you know about the pistol

and you'll steal again.

I can't have you coming back

like a fly in the ointment.

I won't be a fly!

You'll never see me again.

You're gettin' shot, that's it.

It'll take time to walk to town,

especially limping...

Wait, wait. Limping?

Can't you just tie me up some more?

F***! You shoot me? Tie me!

Yeah. I don't have a rope.

So you shoot me?

It's the American way.

Where do you want it?

OK.

Not the leg! There's arteries.

I could bleed to death in seconds.

The foot.

That's fair where I come from. OK?

It'll hurt, but it'll heal.

What if you take off a f***ing toe!

Wait, wait, wait. Not the left.

Oh, sorry.

On the count of three.

- One...

- (Screams)

Look, I'm agreeing with you.

But there's a few ways to look at it.

Sex is, no matter what anybody says,

a very important part

of any relationship.

The fact that Jerry

is a considerate lover says a lot.

- You lost me.

- Well, he's a considerate lover.

You gotta find a way to get him to

expand this quality he has during sex

to other areas of your relationship.

Even if it only comes out in sex,

it's there just the same.

That's a good point.

If a person's a considerate lover,

he can't be all selfish, right?

Unless of course he's...

- He's, uh, being a considerate...

- What was that?

What?

That. That moment you had.

What moment?

Leroy, you just checked out

that guy and had a moment.

That was a moment.

I don't know if it was a moment.

(Are you gay?)

- As in happy?

- As in homosexual.

What does my sexual orientation

have to do with our conversation?

Nothing.

Nothing. Except something that you

said back there really bugged me

and this would kind of

help it make sense.

Yeah? What's that?

I asked if you were gonna rape me,

you said, "Not likely."

You said it so coldly,

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