West of Her Page #3

POLITICAL FRINGE IDEAS.

I LIKE TO USE POETRY,

UNLESS:

YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA.

"FULL FATHOM FIVE

THY FATHER LIES...

OF HIS BONES ARE CORAL MADE.

THOSE ARE PEARLS

THAT WERE HIS EYES."

IT'S "THE TEMPEST."

I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

AND IT'S AN AWFULLY

A GOOD IDEA.

COME ON, YOU GOTTA HELP ME

CUT OUT THIS STUFF

IF WE'RE GONNA

FINISH IT IN TIME.

[GROANS]

- IT'S REALLY TOUGH STUFF,

- YOU JABBED MY KNEE.

- I'M SORRY.

- OH, MY GOD.

- IT'S REALLY HARD. LOOK.

- OKAY.

[LAUGHS]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

DOES IT MAKE:

YOU FEEL SMALL?

MORE THAN SMALL.

IWAS JOKING.

SO WAS I.

REALLY?

YOU KNOW WHAT THE WEIRDEST THING

IS? LIKE, IF YOU REALLY--

YOU SIT AND YOU THINK ABOU BEING DEAD FOREVER.

YOU KNOVV? YOU CAN-- YOU HAVE AN

IDEA IN YOUR HEAD OF VVHAT THAT IS,

BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU STOP

AND YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES

AND YOU REALLY THINK ABOU THAT-- LIKE, THINK ABOUT,

LIKE, JUST FOREVER.

AND HOW LONG:

THAT GOES ON FOR.

I MEAN, lF--

IF YOU HAD--

IF EVERYTHING LASTED FOREVER,

YOU WOULDN'T APPRECIATE IT.

[CHUCKLES]

MAYBE.

OR YOU THINK YOU WOULD.

NO, I THINK

YOU'RE RIGHT.

Ol= COURSE l'lvl RIGHT.

[GIGGLES]

THIS IS A GOOD ONE.

[CHUCKLE] DON'T DISTRAC ME WITH THE ROCKS.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,

SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE.

ALL RIGHT, READY?

- Two, Tw0-- OH, SH*T, MAN, I'M BAD.

-[LAUGHING]

DON'T YOU FEEL JUST A LITTLE

BIT SAFER AROUND WATER?

A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE?

NO?

- WHERE DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE?

- I LIKE THE DESERT.

-[DAN] You LIKE THE DESERT, YEAH?

- YEAH.

MY BUTT'S COLD.

MY ASS IS FREEZING.

[DAN]

[GRUNTING]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

J' 50 NIFTY UNITED STATES

J' FROM 13 ORIGINAL COLONIES...

-[MUFFLED] J' SHOUT 'EM SCOUT 'EM.

TELL ALL ABOUT 'EM -[HEAVY BREATHING]

[PANICKED BREATHING]

YOU FEELING PATRIOTIC?

I'M DOING A STAR FOR EVERY STATE

I'VE LAID A TILE IN.

DON'T LOOK SO IMPRESSED.

YOU CAN GET MOST OF

NEW ENGLAND IN ONE NIGHT.

AND...

I WANT ALL THE STARS.

[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]

SO HAVE YOU SEEN

THE TILE IN CHICAGO?

YEAH, THERE'S A BAR. VVELL, ACTUALLY,

IT'S LIKE A COCKTAIL LOUNGE.

THEY SAY IT WAS--

YOU KNOW AL CAPONE?

THEY SAY IT WAS:

HIS FAVORITE PLACE.

AND THERE'S ONE RIGH OUTSIDE OF THERE.

I MEAN, I WORKED

AT A SHELTER NEARBY

AND I WALKED PAS THERE EVERY DAY.

AND I DIDN'T SEE I AT FIRST...

AND ONE DAY IT WAS JUST--

IT WAS THERE.

YOU KNOW,

I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET.

AND I STEPPED INTO THE STREET,

AND MY FOOT TOUCHES SOMETHING,

YOU KNOW, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY

FEEL LIKE STREET.

AND...

I GOT STUCK THERE FOR,

LIKE, 15 MINUTES.

JUST READING IT,

TOUCHING IT, FEELING IT,

OVER AND OVER.

J' 'CAUSE YOU ONCE

BELONGED TO ME:

J' WHEN I LOST YOU,

I DIDN'T LOSE

J' YOUR MEMORY

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY MEAN

SO MUCH TO PEOPLE?

WHO SAYS THEY MEAN

SOMETHING TO PEOPLE?

WELL, I MEAN,

THEY MEAN SOMETHING TO ME.

THEY MUST MEAN SOMETHING

TO YOU IF YOU'RE HERE.

AND THEY MUST MEAN SOMETHING

TO SOMEBODY ELSE,

OR ELSE IT WOULD HAVE

NEVER MADE THE NEWS.

THE TILES:

ARE INTERESTING BECAUSE

AMBIGUITY IS INTERESTING.

NOBODY KNOWS:

HOW IT GOT THERE

SO WE FILL IT WITH

AN EXCITING, SHADOWY MYSTERY.

I HAD A FRIEND:

WHOSE GRANDFATHER--

HE USED TO PUT ON

MAGIC SHOWS AT CHRISTMAS,

FOR HER AND ALL HER COUSINS.

AND SHE TOLD ME SHE HATED I UNTIL ONE YEAR

HE, UH...

LET HER BE THE:

MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT.

AND AFTER HE MADE HER

SWEAR UP AND DOWN

NOT TO TELL:

THE LITTLE ONES THE SECRETS.

SHE SAID IT WAS THE MOS FULFILLING, HAPPY EXPERIENCE

SHE'D EVER HAD.

YEAH, I GET THAT, BUT I THINK

THAT IT IS SOMETHING--

I DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT JUS THE MYSTERY.

I THINK IT HAS SOMETHING

TO DO WITH THE MESSAGE.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S

SOMETHING COMFORTING IN IT.

I MEAN, DEATH IS THE ONE FEAR WE

ALL HAVE IN COMMON, RIGHT?

AND THE TILES:

ARE ABOUT DEATH.

THE DEAD DIE BACKWARDS,

TROMSQ POLARSIRKEL,

WHATEVER THAT IS.

THEY CAN COME BACK.

DO YOU EVEN KNOW

WHAT TROMSQ IS?

NO.

IT'S A TOWN IN NORWAY.

THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN.

THAT'S WHAT POLARSIRKEL MEANS.

IT'S JUST NORWEGIAN FOR

"ARTIC CIRCLE."

TROMSQ IS THE SEVENTH

LARGEST CITY IN NORWAY.

IT'S NOT AS BIG AS TRONDHEIM,

BUT BIGGER THAN TQNSBERG.

IT HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VVOODEN

HOUSES IN ALL OF NORTHERN NORVVAY.

IT HAS A BUSY ELECTRONIC

MUSIC SCENE:

AND I HAVEN'T CHECKED

BUT CAN VIRTUALLY GUARANTEE

THAT NOBODY IN THAT TOWN IS

EXPERIMENTING SUCCESSFULLY

OR OTHERWISE:

IN RESURRECTION.

LOOK, I THINK IT'S GOOD THA YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I MEAN, I THINK WHA WE'RE DOING IS GREAT.

IT BRINGS SOME WHIMSY

BACK INTO THE PICTURE.

I JUST DON'T THINK

YOU SHOULD PUT...

ANY MORE MEANING INTO I THAN IT HAS.

DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING ELSE

ABOUT THE TILES IN CHICAGO?

UH...

I THINK:

THERE WAS SOME POETRY.

MAYBE SOME T. S. ELIOT,

YEAH, IT WAS T. S. ELIOT.

"PHLEBAS THE OF PHOENICIAN,

A FORTNIGHT DEAD,

FORGOT THE CRY OF THE GULLS

AND DEEP SEAS SWELL

AND THE PROFIT AND THE LOSS.

A CURRENT UNDER SEA PICKED

HIS BONES IN WHISPERS.

AS HE ROSE AND FELL,

HE PASSED THE STAGES

OF HIS AGE AND YOUTH

ENTERING THE WHIRLPOOL."

J' YOU'RE DRIFTING

TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE...

[COUNTRY SONG CONTINUES]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

- I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING.

- I'LL LET YOU PRESS.

SH*T, SH*T, SH*T.

[JANE]

SH*T.

-[MAN] HEY!

- HEY, l-l0w's IT some?

- VVHAT'S GCING ON HERE?

- UH, NOTHING, SHE'S JUST HAVING--

SHE JUST NEEDS A

MOMENT TO HERSELF.

SHE HAS-- A FRIEND OF HERS GOT HI BYA CAR, HE VVAS RIDING HIS BIKE

UP THIS ROAD AND

SHE'S KINDA JUST TRYING TO,

YOU KNOVV, GET PAST IT. A LITTLE

CATHARTIC MOMENT, YOU KNOVV?

VVE'RE ALL RIGHT, REALLY, BUT VVE

DON'T VVANT ANY OTHER CAR STOPPING

'CAUSE IT COULD BE A LITTLE

DANGEROUS FOR HER,

SO, REALLY, WE APPRECIATE

YOU CHECKING IN ON US.

-[MAN] ALL RIGHT. BE CAREFUL.

- HOW ARE YOU DOING?

I'M SORRY, WE DIDN'T MEAN

TO STARTLE YOU.

-[WOMAN] YEAH, BE CAREFUL OUT HERE.

- ALL RIGHT.

-[WOMAN] THEY DRIVE REAL FAST.

- THEY DO?

I BET THEY DO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

[THUNDERING]

-[LAUGHING]

- WHAT WAS THAT?

IT WAS A CONTINGENCY PLAN.

HOW DOES A DAY OFF SOUND?

REALLY?

OF COURSE.

ALWAYS TAKE ONE DAY OFF A WEEK

FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.

O KAY.

MAYBE I'LL EVEN, UH...

LET YOU TAKE ME OUT TO DINNER.

I'D LIKE THAT.

BUT I HAVE NO MONEY.

OR... CREDIT CARDS.

OR ELECTRONIC DEVICES,

OR IDENTIFICATION,

OR ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF A

STORAGE UNIT IN HUMBOLDT PARK.

IT'S OKAY.

WE'LL, UH, CHARGE IT TO THEM.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DAN]

CH-CH-CH-CH-CH...

HOW LONG ARE YOU

GONNA RUN FOR?

[JANE]

[SIGHs]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOU'RE VERY MUCH

LIKE JANE.

YOU'RE A DOG.

NUMBER ONE.

YOU SHED, NUMBER TWO.

-[LAUGHS] - AND YOU'RE

A LITTLE BIT SKITTISH.

GET THAT THERE.

GET YOUR EYEBALL

AND YOUR MOUTH.

IF YOU COULD'VE LIVED IN ANY

OTHER TIME, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

ANY OTHER TIME?

- YEAH.

- I WOULD LIVE IN...

I WOULD LIVE IN,

I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY lN--

I WOULD LIKE TO RIDE IN A WAGON

AND STUFF, BE LIKE A MINER--

- REALLY? - BACK IN THE DAY,

VVHAT DO THEY CALL THOSE GUYS?

- PROSPECTOR?

- PROSPECTOR.

- SEE?

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