WEBVTT - QUESTA - Act 3

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<v Speaker 1>Previously in Act Two. When we last left Cuesta, it

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<v Speaker 1>was 1991, and Paul, a grieving gay widower, had killed

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<v Speaker 1>a young man in an alley behind a gay bar.

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<v Speaker 1>His sister Susan covered for him. Daniel, a homeless witness,

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<v Speaker 1>lied to the police and started following Paul home. The

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<v Speaker 1>dead boy was Will. His mother Lori, a village hairdresser

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<v Speaker 1>sleeping with her parish priest, was already in spiritual freefall.

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<v Speaker 1>Susan was pregnant. Bradley was dying of AIDS. Then it

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<v Speaker 1>all tightened. Paul started following Lori. He sat across from

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<v Speaker 1>her at a Jersey coffee shop, pretended to be one

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<v Speaker 1>of her old clients, and cried in front of her

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<v Speaker 1>for the first time since the killing. She comforted him.

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel sat next to Paul at AA and told him

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<v Speaker 1>he was beautiful. Paul walked into a gay bar shaking

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<v Speaker 1>and gave a stranger his number. Susan came to his

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<v Speaker 1>apartment and found him refusing meat and talking about trying

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<v Speaker 1>to be good. By the end of Act II, Lori

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<v Speaker 1>had walked into a confessional Interior Paul's apartment later that evening. Richard,

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<v Speaker 1>Lori's ex-boss and the guy from the bar, is sitting

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<v Speaker 1>on Paul's sofa. Paul is surprised that Richard.

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<v Speaker 2>One more time.

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<v Speaker 3>R sitting on.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, but R, I know. And I do think it's

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<v Speaker 1>a typo because it's one guy.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, yeah, it is.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sorry. I thought Richard and Lori were there together. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I thought. No, it caught me off guard

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<v Speaker 1>when I was practicing. So that's the only reason I know.

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<v Speaker 1>Interior Paul's apartment later that evening. Richard, Lori's ex-boss and

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<v Speaker 1>the guy from the bar, is sitting on Paul's sofa.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul is surprised that Richard called him. Richard is surprised

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<v Speaker 1>that he called Paul. What to do? What to say?

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<v Speaker 1>Paul hands him a glass.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry, I only have water.

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<v Speaker 5>That's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul sits on the sofa.

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<v Speaker 2>Just a chance calling you tonight. I'm surprised you remembered me.

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<v Speaker 3>It's only been a couple weeks. I'm glad I picked

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<v Speaker 3>up the phone.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't usually do things like this. Call up someone

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<v Speaker 2>I hardly know and.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Paul is just smiling at Richard. Both guys

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<v Speaker 1>are uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 5>Nice place.

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<v Speaker 3>You caught it on a good day.

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<v Speaker 5>What are you thinking?

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<v Speaker 3>About you.

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<v Speaker 5>What about me?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm wondering what you look like without your clothes.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul goes to unbutton Richard's shirt.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, you move fast.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm hoping you didn't come here to discuss Proust.

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<v Speaker 5>Not Proust, but the use of irony in Jackie Collins.

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<v Speaker 4>Touché.

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<v Speaker 5>I haven't had sex in a long time.

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<v Speaker 3>Neither have I.

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<v Speaker 2>That's hard to believe. You seem very comfortable with the idea,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're a bit aggressive.

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<v Speaker 6>Kevin would have roared if he heard you say that.

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<v Speaker 6>He thought of me as uptight and shy.

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<v Speaker 5>Was he your lover?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes.

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<v Speaker 3>My dead one.

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<v Speaker 5>Mine was John.

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<v Speaker 3>We gay boys who have so much in common... Our

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<v Speaker 3>love of divas and dead boyfriends.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's not talk about that now.

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<v Speaker 1>After a moment, Paul gets up. And although also a

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<v Speaker 1>bit nervous, he begins to undress himself.

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<v Speaker 2>Should I?

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know if this is going to work.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't you like sex?

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<v Speaker 1>Paul continues to undress as Richard watches him.

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<v Speaker 4>Obsessed with it.

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<v Speaker 2>Masturbate way too much for somebody my age. Since John's death,

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<v Speaker 2>that's three years. Only had sex twice. Both disasters. But

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<v Speaker 2>my fantasies get more and more bizarre.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul is down to his underwear. Really?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Let's go there tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Richard turns away from Paul. Paul kneels near the sofa

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<v Speaker 1>and puts his arms around Richard.

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<v Speaker 6>Whisper one of your fantasies. I'll create it for you.

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<v Speaker 6>I'll enter your mind and take it over. This way

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<v Speaker 6>we can both stop thinking for a while.

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<v Speaker 1>Richard starts responding to Paul.

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<v Speaker 3>The darker, the better.

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<v Speaker 4>Go there.

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<v Speaker 1>Richard, still slightly shaking, starts whispering in Paul's ear. The

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<v Speaker 1>camera gets closer and closer. They begin kissing passionately. Exterior street, day.

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel is following Paul, but he is quite a ways

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<v Speaker 1>behind him. The street is packed with people running around

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<v Speaker 1>with determination and purpose, traffic noise. Daniel appears almost to

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<v Speaker 1>be in slow motion. He is strolling. He's in a

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<v Speaker 1>different world, on something powerful. He may have even forgotten

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<v Speaker 1>he's been following Paul. He passes an attractive heterosexual couple

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<v Speaker 1>in their twenties. He sizes up the man.

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<v Speaker 4>Are you one lucky bitch?

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<v Speaker 1>The woman laughs. The man gives Daniel a contemptuous look.

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel sees this.

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<v Speaker 4>One second, glads.

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<v Speaker 1>Close on Daniel laughing. Cut to interior Paul's apartment, night.

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<v Speaker 1>Close up on Paul's answering machine. Paul's hand is erasing messages.

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<v Speaker 1>Ron's voice.

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<v Speaker 6>Hey, it's me.

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<v Speaker 4>Where the hell are you? By the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Erased. Joan's voice.

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<v Speaker 7>Paul, can you call me back?

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<v Speaker 3>We have to talk about this leave of absence.

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<v Speaker 1>Erased. Richard's voice.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Richard. Last night.

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<v Speaker 5>What a night. I'm still.

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<v Speaker 3>Erased.

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<v Speaker 1>The sound of messages gets louder and more garbled as

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<v Speaker 1>we hear the messages being quickly erased. The camera pulls

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<v Speaker 1>back to reveal Paul in his semi-lit apartment. It's night.

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<v Speaker 1>All looks lonely and frozen. Exterior, a street in New Jersey.

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<v Speaker 1>Bright afternoon. Lori comes out of a bank. Some distance

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<v Speaker 1>from her, Paul lurks near the entrance of a store.

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<v Speaker 1>He begins to follow Lori. He stays about a half

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<v Speaker 1>a block away from her. Lori abruptly turns as if

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<v Speaker 1>she's forgotten something. She instantly spots Paul.

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<v Speaker 7>It is you.

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<v Speaker 3>What are you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, why, hello.

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<v Speaker 7>Have you been following me?

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 3>It's good to see you. It's been a while.

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<v Speaker 7>What are you doing here?

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<v Speaker 3>Going to St.

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<v Speaker 4>Anthony's.

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<v Speaker 7>In the middle of a weekday afternoon. I thought I

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<v Speaker 7>saw you last week.

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<v Speaker 3>You couldn't have. I haven't come here for a while.

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<v Speaker 7>It was you.

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<v Speaker 3>You're being silly. How about a coffee?

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<v Speaker 1>Lori stops. She stares at Paul, really looking him over.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul is terrified.

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<v Speaker 7>You know something about my son? You were never a

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<v Speaker 7>client of mine.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you know?

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing.

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<v Speaker 4>Really.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh my God. Do you know who killed him?

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<v Speaker 6>No.

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<v Speaker 7>Was he a friend of yours?

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<v Speaker 3>I never met him.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't think that's true.

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<v Speaker 3>I better go.

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<v Speaker 1>Lori grabs him and stops.

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<v Speaker 8>You move one step away from me and I'll start screaming.

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<v Speaker 8>How did you know my son?

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<v Speaker 1>Paul tries not to look at Lori as she holds

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<v Speaker 1>on to him.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know him.

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<v Speaker 7>Did you meet him in that bar? Had he been

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<v Speaker 7>there before?

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<v Speaker 6>No.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of passersby take notice of Paul and Lori.

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<v Speaker 7>Look at you.

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<v Speaker 3>Look at the pain in your eyes.

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<v Speaker 7>It can't be that. You didn't... Did you... Did you

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<v Speaker 7>love him?

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<v Speaker 6>What?

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<v Speaker 2>You did.

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<v Speaker 7>You loved him.

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<v Speaker 3>How stupid.

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<v Speaker 4>How blind.

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<v Speaker 7>Look, I swear I didn't know. Oh, dear Jesus, my son.

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<v Speaker 3>He was.

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<v Speaker 7>Gay, wasn't he?

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<v Speaker 1>Paul breaks away from Lori and starts walking. Lori aggressively

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<v Speaker 1>follows him.

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<v Speaker 3>You know he wasn't.

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<v Speaker 7>You're lying.

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<v Speaker 3>Look at you.

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<v Speaker 8>Wanting to be close to me, following me. You loved

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<v Speaker 8>my son. Was he in love too? Come home with me.

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<v Speaker 7>Tell me about my son. Please.

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<v Speaker 3>This is so wrong.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll beg.

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<v Speaker 7>I'll get down on my knees right here on the street.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll never bother you again.

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<v Speaker 7>I swear it.

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<v Speaker 1>Lori grabs his shirt and clings to it. Paul is

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<v Speaker 1>afraid to move. People are looking at them.

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<v Speaker 4>Please.

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<v Speaker 9>Please.

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<v Speaker 1>A man rushes up to Lori.

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<v Speaker 4>Are you alright?

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<v Speaker 7>Get the hell away from me.

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<v Speaker 1>The man backs away.

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<v Speaker 4>Crazies.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul gently releases Lori's hands from his shirt and takes

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<v Speaker 1>her in his arms.

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<v Speaker 2>True.

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<v Speaker 1>Close-up picture of Will looking young and happy.

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<v Speaker 7>You can have that picture.

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<v Speaker 1>Dissolve to interior Lori's kitchen the next moment. Paul is

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<v Speaker 1>seated at Lori's kitchen table. Lori's handing him Will's picture.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul looks frightened and totally out of it.

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<v Speaker 4>I couldn't.

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<v Speaker 3>No, no, really.

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<v Speaker 7>I want you to have it.

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<v Speaker 3>No, thank you.

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<v Speaker 7>You sure he can't get you anything? A little something

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<v Speaker 7>to drink?

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<v Speaker 3>No, no, thank you.

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<v Speaker 7>Did he have lots of gay friends?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 7>He was new to it all, wasn't he? I had

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<v Speaker 7>no inkling. Not the slightest. Where did you meet? Was

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<v Speaker 7>it in that bar?

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<v Speaker 1>No.

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<v Speaker 3>In a coffee shop.

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<v Speaker 7>But you loved him.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul is desperately trying to hold himself together.

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<v Speaker 7>Please, tell me.

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<v Speaker 10>Yes?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>His smile.

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<v Speaker 7>It was wonderful, wasn't it? That picture captures it. Don't

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<v Speaker 7>you think so?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes.

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<v Speaker 8>I took it about a month before. We were in

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<v Speaker 8>Atlantic City, did a little gambling. I'm sure he told

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<v Speaker 8>you about it. Please, don't be shy. Talk to me

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<v Speaker 8>about my son. You don't know what it means to me.

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<v Speaker 8>When I buried him, how I wished there were more

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<v Speaker 8>people there who left him. This is probably my fault.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm not too social. I'm too guarded.

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<v Speaker 8>I have a small family, just a few friends. He

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<v Speaker 8>seemed popular at school, though. But only a few of

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<v Speaker 8>his friends came to the church. You know, young people,

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<v Speaker 8>they avoid funerals, don't they? Were the two of you

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<v Speaker 8>serious about each other? Were you making plans for the future?

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know how serious he was. He was younger

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<v Speaker 6>than me. You're not upset to find out he was gay?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm just happy to talk to someone else who loved him.

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<v Speaker 8>It's a comfort to me. Mothers want their children to

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<v Speaker 8>be loved. We all think our children are geniuses. When

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<v Speaker 8>you guys are little and helpless, we have such fantasies

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<v Speaker 8>about your futures.

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<v Speaker 7>What were your mother's dreams about you?

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<v Speaker 3>I wouldn't know. She died when I was young.

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<v Speaker 7>How sad.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, it was.

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<v Speaker 9>What was she like?

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<v Speaker 8>Do you remember?

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<v Speaker 4>Vaguely.

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<v Speaker 3>I was only nine. Every once in a while, I

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<v Speaker 3>wonder what my life would have been like if my

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<v Speaker 3>mother had lived.

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<v Speaker 8>When Will was a baby, I was convinced that when

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<v Speaker 8>he grew up, he would discover the cure for cancer

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<v Speaker 8>or be a senator or get hideously rich. But he

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<v Speaker 8>turned out to be just a regular guy, but regular

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<v Speaker 8>in so many wonderful ways. How I wish he would

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<v Speaker 8>have been comfortable enough to tell me he was gay.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul can no longer hold himself together. He's shaking and

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<v Speaker 1>barely holding back his tears.

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<v Speaker 3>I am so sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>Lori cradles Paul in her arms.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh, oh, I'm glad he was loved. You don't have

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<v Speaker 7>to follow me anymore, because now I know.

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<v Speaker 9>Forgive me, please.

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<v Speaker 3>Forgive me.

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<v Speaker 7>Shh, there's nothing, nothing to forgive.

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<v Speaker 1>The camera pulls out of Lori's kitchen window into the

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<v Speaker 1>New Jersey street. Dissolve to exterior, New York City street,

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<v Speaker 1>early evening, later. Paul is on his block heading toward

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<v Speaker 1>his building. Daniel is on the block waiting for Paul.

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel spots Paul and watches him. Interior, ground floor entrance

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<v Speaker 1>to Paul's building, later. Paul enters his building. Mrs. Morente

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<v Speaker 1>comes down the stairs, spots Paul. He looks lost. Another

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<v Speaker 1>neighbor enters the building soon after Paul. The neighbor heads

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<v Speaker 1>to the mailboxes.

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<v Speaker 7>The elevator's out again.

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<v Speaker 3>Honey, what's wrong?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm okay.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm getting better.

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<v Speaker 10>Better from what?

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<v Speaker 1>Paul gives a tiny smile to Mrs. Morente, then bolts upstairs.

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<v Speaker 10>Is it AIDS?

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<v Speaker 4>Or drugs or alcohol? Huh?

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<v Speaker 8>What?

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<v Speaker 1>Fuck you. Interior, Paul's bathroom, later. Paul is looking at

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<v Speaker 1>himself in the mirror. Doesn't like what he sees. He

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<v Speaker 1>begins scrubbing his face violently, as if he could scrub

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<v Speaker 1>himself away. Interior, Paul's apartment, continuous. Paul comes out of

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<v Speaker 1>the bathroom, all scrubbed up. Paul picks up a photo

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<v Speaker 1>from the table near his bed and looks at it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a picture of four smiling people. Susan, Nicholas, Paul,

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<v Speaker 1>and another man. Paul has his arm around the man.

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<v Speaker 1>He then puts the photo down. Dissolved to flashbacks. Interior

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<v Speaker 1>crowded cheap restaurant day. Paul, Nicholas, and Susan are seated

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<v Speaker 1>at a table. They're drinking and animated.

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<v Speaker 4>You'll like him.

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<v Speaker 3>If I knew this was a set up, I never

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<v Speaker 3>would have come. It's not a set up. I thought

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<v Speaker 3>it was time you met my best friend.

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<v Speaker 7>I just asked him to join us for a drink.

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<v Speaker 3>A setup.

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<v Speaker 6>I have to tell you, I don't think straight men

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<v Speaker 6>know what is attractive to gay men.

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<v Speaker 3>Especially not after you set me up with Don.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul, you are going to be really grateful. Kevin is

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<v Speaker 1>great and so cute.

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<v Speaker 4>And I am sorry about Don.

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<v Speaker 3>He picked his nose.

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<v Speaker 4>At dinner.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, I wasn't aware of that fact.

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<v Speaker 5>But I have to tell you, Kevin is.

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<v Speaker 3>Is what?

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin is beautiful. In a totally masculine way.

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<v Speaker 3>And hot.

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<v Speaker 1>He is the man in the photo in Paul's apartment.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul and Kevin's eyes lock in a most tender way.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul gets up to greet Kevin and knocks him for

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of drinks.

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<v Speaker 4>I think he likes him.

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<v Speaker 1>Dissolve to interior Paul's apartment night. Paul and Kevin are

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<v Speaker 1>making love and giggling.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Nicholas.

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<v Speaker 9>Thank you, Nicholas.

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<v Speaker 1>Dissolve to interior Paul's apartment a few weeks later. Paul

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<v Speaker 1>and Kevin are surveying the apartment. Near the door are

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<v Speaker 1>a few boxes and two large suitcases.

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<v Speaker 9>It's going to be real tight in here.

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<v Speaker 3>It's going to be cozy.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul jumps on Kevin. Dissolve to interior doctor's office day.

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin and Paul sit opposite Dr. Anna Schwartz. She is

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<v Speaker 1>giving Kevin very bad news. His AIDS diagnosis. The dialogue

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<v Speaker 1>is not heard. Kevin looks like a child. He starts

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<v Speaker 1>shaking and then breaks down. Paul embraces him. The doctor

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<v Speaker 1>is hating her job. Dissolved to exterior, New York City street,

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<v Speaker 1>a bit later. Paul and Kevin holding hands walk in

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<v Speaker 1>a daze as the couple and the streets blur. Back

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<v Speaker 1>to present. Interior, Lori's kitchen, night. Lori is seated at

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<v Speaker 1>her kitchen table. Father James is at the kitchen counter

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<v Speaker 1>adding milk and sugar to this coffee.

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<v Speaker 7>My son was gay.

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<v Speaker 4>What are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 7>I've met his lover. He sat right here.

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<v Speaker 4>He wasn't gay.

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<v Speaker 8>All my little fag jokes about Richard, I didn't really

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<v Speaker 8>mean them. But what did they sound like to my son?

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<v Speaker 8>His name is Paul. See?

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<v Speaker 2>See?

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<v Speaker 1>Laurie tosses Father James a slip of paper. It holds

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<v Speaker 1>Paul's information.

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<v Speaker 8>And I made him give me this in case I

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<v Speaker 8>want to talk to him again.

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<v Speaker 4>You can't see this man again.

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<v Speaker 7>I might have to. It's good to look into the

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<v Speaker 7>eyes of someone else who loved him.

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<v Speaker 4>Move to Florida. Be with your sister.

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<v Speaker 7>God has other plans for me. Maybe this boy is

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<v Speaker 7>my penance.

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<v Speaker 4>God has nothing to do with this.

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<v Speaker 1>They are both silent for a moment.

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<v Speaker 4>You have no idea how much I love you.

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<v Speaker 7>But you love the idea of your God more.

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<v Speaker 1>Interior, hospital room, day. Paul sits close to Bradley, who's

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<v Speaker 1>lying in bed. He looks ravaged.

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<v Speaker 4>This is it.

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<v Speaker 9>There'll be no going home this time. I've been worried

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<v Speaker 9>about you. Ron says you're not sick.

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<v Speaker 4>Is that true?

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<v Speaker 3>True.

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<v Speaker 1>Really?

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<v Speaker 2>Really.

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<v Speaker 9>Please don't get sick. Oh, and find yourself another old

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<v Speaker 9>movie queen.

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<v Speaker 4>No.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just going to keep playing our conversations in my head.

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<v Speaker 9>Then I won't be forgotten.

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<v Speaker 2>Never.

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<v Speaker 9>Oh, I can't talk anymore.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm so tired. sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul gets up and kisses him on the forehead.

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<v Speaker 9>Don't leave until I'm asleep. When I used to go

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<v Speaker 9>to sleep, I used to think of the boys I

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<v Speaker 9>liked or what I would be doing the next day.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul sits on the bed and takes Bradley's hand.

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<v Speaker 9>Stay with me until I fall asleep.

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<v Speaker 6>Think about our time in P-Town. That must have been

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<v Speaker 6>That must be seven years ago.

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<v Speaker 3>You, Ron, and me. How we danced. People thought we

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<v Speaker 3>were a threesome. I think you told them that, but

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<v Speaker 3>we were friends. Family. Every night we would walk along

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<v Speaker 3>the beach and watch the sunset.

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<v Speaker 6>Remember?

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<v Speaker 1>Bradley is asleep. Paul slowly puts Bradley's hand down and

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<v Speaker 1>sits back in his chair. The sound of singing is heard.

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<v Speaker 1>dissolved to exterior street doorway late night. Daniel and Celia

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<v Speaker 1>are huddled, sitting up on the ground. They're both very high,

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<v Speaker 1>in their own worlds. It is Celia who is singing.

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<v Speaker 1>Her voice is soft and lovely.

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<v Speaker 4>Please don't sing. Why? It makes me think of my mama.

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<v Speaker 4>She used to sing until she married that bastard. Oh,

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<v Speaker 4>I miss her.

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<v Speaker 10>Sorry.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry. Jesus, how he used to beat me, burn me,

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<v Speaker 4>try to kill the queer in me. I was only

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<v Speaker 4>12 when I got the hell out of there, worked

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<v Speaker 4>the streets. I pray there's no God, because if he'd exist,

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<v Speaker 4>he'd have to be one sick fuck, wouldn't he? I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>watching the boy get burned by his new daddy. Go

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<v Speaker 4>to sleep, please.

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<v Speaker 5>You are depressing tonight.

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<v Speaker 4>No, I'm not. I'm reflective.

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<v Speaker 5>Ah, excuse me.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope he's dead. We're really suffering. Your stepdaddy? No, no.

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<v Speaker 4>That prick croaked years and years ago. Mr. Corey. I

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<v Speaker 4>met him when I was 17. Thought he was kind.

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<v Speaker 4>What a bastard he turned out to be. Lived with

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<v Speaker 4>him for two and a half years. You should have

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<v Speaker 4>seen me. I made those gay boys drool. I was

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<v Speaker 4>his project. He educated me. I was a fast learner.

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<v Speaker 4>You see, I'm smart, just unlearned. I always had pretensions.

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<v Speaker 4>But I was too fast a learner. Because one morning, Mr.

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<v Speaker 4>Corey realized what he really wanted was a young black thug.

0:20:12.290 --> 0:20:13.190
<v Speaker 4>Racist bastard.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't need this tonight. Don't fucking need this.

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<v Speaker 4>Bastard's all over.

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<v Speaker 1>Celia has difficulty getting up, but does. She stumbles away.

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel hardly notices.

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<v Speaker 4>Bastard's all over. Some of them get to be the

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<v Speaker 4>lucky ones, don't they? Shut up! Life can be brutal,

0:20:34.109 --> 0:20:37.480
<v Speaker 4>but we cope. Shut up.

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<v Speaker 1>On Daniel, Celia can be heard picking up her tune

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<v Speaker 1>as she goes down the street. Exterior, Paul's street day.

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<v Speaker 1>Father James is walking down Paul's block. He checks the address.

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<v Speaker 1>As someone comes out of the building, he dashes in.

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<v Speaker 1>The exiting tenant smiles at the priest. Interior, Paul's apartment,

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<v Speaker 1>moments later. Paul looks tired. He hears the buzzer and

0:21:06.750 --> 0:21:09.409
<v Speaker 1>peeks through the peephole to see who it is. He

0:21:09.470 --> 0:21:12.659
<v Speaker 1>reluctantly opens the door. Hello?

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<v Speaker 4>May I come in?

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<v Speaker 1>Paul opens the door wider and lets Father James enter.

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<v Speaker 4>You've been to my church? Yes.

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<v Speaker 3>What are you doing here?

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<v Speaker 4>We need to talk. About what?

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<v Speaker 1>Laurie.

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<v Speaker 3>Is she all right?

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<v Speaker 4>What's the game? You weren't lovers with her son.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that idea so repellent to you?

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 4>No, it's just that he wasn't gay. I know that

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<v Speaker 4>for a fact. Why that absurd lie?

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's best if you just go.

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<v Speaker 4>Answer me!

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<v Speaker 3>To comfort her.

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<v Speaker 4>Why you?

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<v Speaker 3>Please go. You don't want to know.

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<v Speaker 1>Father James just stares at Paul.

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<v Speaker 3>I had to see what she was like. Wanted to

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<v Speaker 3>know what kind of home he came from. At first,

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to hate her.

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<v Speaker 4>Why?

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<v Speaker 1>Paul is now losing it.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought if I hated her, it would be easier

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<v Speaker 3>for me. But I couldn't. I couldn't hate her.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul begins rocking himself, pacing. He's getting more and more manic.

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<v Speaker 1>Father James has no idea what's happening.

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<v Speaker 3>I used to be a good person. I used to

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<v Speaker 3>be happy. I was. People liked me. Wanted to be

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<v Speaker 3>around me. My phone, it was always ringing. Then the

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<v Speaker 3>losses began. All my friends. One on top of another.

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<v Speaker 4>And another.

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<v Speaker 3>And another. I just left one today.

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<v Speaker 4>Bradley.

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<v Speaker 3>He'll be dead by tonight. And my lover. We were

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<v Speaker 3>supposed to be forever. Forever.

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<v Speaker 10>I thought I was strong, be the perfect little caregiver.

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<v Speaker 10>And I thought I could sit in one hospital room

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<v Speaker 10>after another and go to one funeral after another, after

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<v Speaker 10>another and still survive with love in my heart. But

0:23:20.940 --> 0:23:25.159
<v Speaker 10>love gets eaten away by anger, waves and waves of it.

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<v Speaker 10>But that's no way to live, is it? I can't

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<v Speaker 10>keep living that way. I have to do something good.

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<v Speaker 10>I remember good. I thought, bring her comfort. Bring a

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<v Speaker 10>fragment of relief to her day. Be of service to her.

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<v Speaker 3>But why to her? Maybe then, maybe, I would.

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<v Speaker 10>Be granted a dreamless night. To be responsible for someone's

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<v Speaker 10>lifelong suffering.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you any idea what that's like?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, Michael. God, what are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>Paul falls to his knees.

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<v Speaker 10>Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.

0:24:08.380 --> 0:24:08.800
<v Speaker 4>Get up.

0:24:09.530 --> 0:24:11.850
<v Speaker 1>Father James pulls Paul to his feet. Paul's like a

0:24:12.010 --> 0:24:13.129
<v Speaker 1>crumpled rag doll.

0:24:13.430 --> 0:24:15.030
<v Speaker 4>This is not a confessional.

0:24:16.010 --> 0:24:19.750
<v Speaker 3>My last confession was years and years and years.

0:24:19.770 --> 0:24:20.280
<v Speaker 4>Stop it!

0:24:20.780 --> 0:24:25.820
<v Speaker 3>I killed him! I watched his blood, his life.

0:24:26.500 --> 0:24:29.530
<v Speaker 1>They just stare at each other. Paul embraces himself as

0:24:29.590 --> 0:24:33.389
<v Speaker 1>if he's freezing. Father James finds a chair, sits, and

0:24:33.410 --> 0:24:36.010
<v Speaker 1>looks away from Paul. After a few moments.

0:24:38.770 --> 0:24:39.730
<v Speaker 4>Oh, dear Jesus.

0:24:42.109 --> 0:24:47.070
<v Speaker 3>That alley. After Kevin died. I had to go there.

0:24:48.550 --> 0:24:49.910
<v Speaker 3>I just wanted to be touched again.

0:24:49.930 --> 0:24:51.030
<v Speaker 4>Held.

0:24:52.800 --> 0:24:58.149
<v Speaker 3>There I could forget for a moment. You had no

0:24:58.210 --> 0:25:03.350
<v Speaker 3>history there. You were only a cute face, an inviting mouth.

0:25:03.670 --> 0:25:05.929
<v Speaker 4>Why did you kill that boy?

0:25:07.670 --> 0:25:08.369
<v Speaker 3>The night I met him.

0:25:08.910 --> 0:25:11.790
<v Speaker 4>Will? His name was Will.

0:25:13.090 --> 0:25:15.389
<v Speaker 3>That alley was empty and way too real.

0:25:15.730 --> 0:25:20.720
<v Speaker 1>Dissolve to flashback. Exterior in front of trucking, night. Paul,

0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:24.340
<v Speaker 1>looking lonely, is walking by trucking. He stops. He walks

0:25:24.400 --> 0:25:30.390
<v Speaker 1>back and around trucking to the alley. Exterior, the alley, continuous.

0:25:30.790 --> 0:25:35.470
<v Speaker 1>Razor-sharp images, colors, intense. Muted noise and music are heard

0:25:35.530 --> 0:25:38.920
<v Speaker 1>coming from the bar. A young man, Will, of 20

0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:42.220
<v Speaker 1>or 21, is there, peeing. Paul stands away from him,

0:25:42.320 --> 0:25:45.540
<v Speaker 1>but tries to catch his eye. He does this awkwardly,

0:25:45.800 --> 0:25:49.820
<v Speaker 1>almost shyly. Will gives him an almost smile. The young

0:25:49.840 --> 0:25:52.959
<v Speaker 1>guy is drunk. Will finishes peeing and zips up.

0:25:54.330 --> 0:25:56.129
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you like this bag?

0:25:56.710 --> 0:25:58.250
<v Speaker 3>I'm sorry, I'm not into that kid.

0:25:59.760 --> 0:26:00.619
<v Speaker 4>Not into what?

0:26:01.440 --> 0:26:03.380
<v Speaker 3>SM talk. Have a good night.

0:26:03.900 --> 0:26:07.540
<v Speaker 4>But you're into dick, aren't you? You'd love mine in

0:26:07.580 --> 0:26:09.980
<v Speaker 4>your fairy mouth, wouldn't you?

0:26:10.440 --> 0:26:13.150
<v Speaker 1>Paul starts to head out. Will goes over and shoves him.

0:26:13.369 --> 0:26:14.470
<v Speaker 7>Get away from me, please.

0:26:14.790 --> 0:26:19.030
<v Speaker 1>Will shoves him again, harder. Paul instantly slaps Will. Will laughs.

0:26:20.790 --> 0:26:22.690
<v Speaker 4>Ooh, the little girl slapped me.

0:26:22.710 --> 0:26:22.780
<v Speaker 8>Ooh.

0:26:25.580 --> 0:26:28.669
<v Speaker 4>How that hurt. You fucking faggot.

0:26:28.850 --> 0:26:31.930
<v Speaker 1>Will gets in Paul's face. Paul pushes Will away. Will

0:26:32.010 --> 0:26:33.369
<v Speaker 1>violently grabs Paul.

0:26:33.609 --> 0:26:37.609
<v Speaker 3>This, this is how a man slaps.

0:26:38.109 --> 0:26:41.730
<v Speaker 1>Will gives Paul a couple of violent slaps. Will is

0:26:41.790 --> 0:26:45.630
<v Speaker 1>still laughing, still calling him names. Paul is defending himself.

0:26:46.010 --> 0:26:49.190
<v Speaker 1>The camera pulls away from them but still remains on them.

0:26:49.530 --> 0:26:53.120
<v Speaker 1>Daniel is behind some trash cans and watching. Now from

0:26:53.170 --> 0:26:57.350
<v Speaker 1>Daniel's point of view. Suddenly, Paul flies into a rage

0:26:57.410 --> 0:27:01.470
<v Speaker 1>and begins slapping and punching, taking Will totally by surprise.

0:27:01.810 --> 0:27:06.210
<v Speaker 1>Will keeps laughing. Will is stronger and bigger. However, Will

0:27:06.330 --> 0:27:09.630
<v Speaker 1>is thrown off balance by one of Paul's attacks. He falls.

0:27:10.119 --> 0:27:12.580
<v Speaker 1>The sound of his head falling on a rock is heard.

0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:16.740
<v Speaker 1>Close up of Will's head. Blood is coming from beneath it.

0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:20.980
<v Speaker 1>His nose is also bleeding. His eyes look vague. Paul

0:27:21.040 --> 0:27:24.479
<v Speaker 1>does not notice and immediately jumps on him, grabs his shoulders,

0:27:24.560 --> 0:27:27.580
<v Speaker 1>and bangs Will's head on the rock. Was he already

0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:31.310
<v Speaker 1>dead before Paul jumped on him? Close-up of both of them.

0:27:31.890 --> 0:27:32.990
<v Speaker 1>Paul looks down at Will.

0:27:33.830 --> 0:27:34.530
<v Speaker 7>Will is dead.

0:27:35.310 --> 0:27:38.650
<v Speaker 1>Paul starts moaning like a wounded animal and begins rocking

0:27:38.730 --> 0:27:41.970
<v Speaker 1>back and forth. He gently starts wiping the blood from

0:27:42.010 --> 0:27:44.250
<v Speaker 1>Will's face as if by cleaning him up he will

0:27:44.290 --> 0:27:47.070
<v Speaker 1>bring him back to life. He is treating the dead

0:27:47.130 --> 0:27:48.600
<v Speaker 1>boy as if he were a lover.

0:27:48.619 --> 0:27:48.679
<v Speaker 4>Ah.

0:28:07.320 --> 0:28:07.739
<v Speaker 4>Wake up.

0:28:08.500 --> 0:28:08.900
<v Speaker 3>Please.

0:28:09.660 --> 0:28:10.100
<v Speaker 4>Wake up.

0:28:11.260 --> 0:28:14.760
<v Speaker 1>Daniel starts moving toward them. Paul hears him and suddenly runs.

0:28:15.600 --> 0:28:19.810
<v Speaker 1>Back to present. Interior Paul's apartment. Both Paul and Father

0:28:19.869 --> 0:28:22.780
<v Speaker 1>James are totally silent. Then, after a moment.

0:28:24.340 --> 0:28:25.280
<v Speaker 3>I'm going to the police?

0:28:26.340 --> 0:28:26.619
<v Speaker 4>No.

0:28:27.960 --> 0:28:29.320
<v Speaker 3>Should I confess to Laurie first?

0:28:30.000 --> 0:28:30.260
<v Speaker 2>No.

0:28:30.760 --> 0:28:37.939
<v Speaker 4>Please don't. You can't. Why not? It would only create

0:28:37.980 --> 0:28:42.670
<v Speaker 4>more suffering for her. She'd blame herself even more. Let

0:28:42.710 --> 0:28:45.290
<v Speaker 4>her keep the fantasy of a sweet son and a

0:28:45.370 --> 0:28:46.350
<v Speaker 4>boy who loved him.

0:28:47.170 --> 0:28:48.330
<v Speaker 3>But I have to be punished.

0:28:49.730 --> 0:28:57.150
<v Speaker 4>You already are. It might have been an accident. Maybe.

0:28:57.170 --> 0:29:02.620
<v Speaker 3>Maybe not. What should I do?

0:29:03.720 --> 0:29:05.080
<v Speaker 1>Silence, then.

0:29:07.280 --> 0:29:10.920
<v Speaker 4>He'll do what I say. Yes.

0:29:12.290 --> 0:29:13.050
<v Speaker 1>Dissolve, too.

0:29:14.910 --> 0:29:16.780
<v Speaker 4>You'll see her one more time, and.

0:29:18.510 --> 0:29:23.050
<v Speaker 1>Interior coffee shop, early evening. The coffee shop is sparsely populated.

0:29:23.470 --> 0:29:25.590
<v Speaker 1>Paul is picking with his fork at a piece of

0:29:25.650 --> 0:29:29.990
<v Speaker 1>intensely chocolate cake. Lori is watching him. They are pretending

0:29:30.070 --> 0:29:31.330
<v Speaker 1>to be comfortable with each other.

0:29:31.350 --> 0:29:36.060
<v Speaker 3>It's good. Are you sure you wouldn't like a bite?

0:29:36.980 --> 0:29:37.420
<v Speaker 1>Positive.

0:29:38.400 --> 0:29:39.120
<v Speaker 3>I can get you a fork.

0:29:40.330 --> 0:29:40.930
<v Speaker 4>No, thanks.

0:29:42.090 --> 0:29:43.130
<v Speaker 7>We all loved his sweets.

0:29:44.350 --> 0:29:45.390
<v Speaker 1>Paul tries to smile.

0:29:49.150 --> 0:29:53.580
<v Speaker 3>You know, I was probably your son's only experience. He

0:29:53.600 --> 0:29:59.700
<v Speaker 3>was experimenting. Young people do that. He might not have

0:29:59.990 --> 0:30:05.050
<v Speaker 3>been gay it doesn't matter does it no it really

0:30:05.090 --> 0:30:11.330
<v Speaker 3>doesn't he said if you knew about us you'd probably

0:30:11.370 --> 0:30:13.610
<v Speaker 3>laugh laugh.

0:30:14.860 --> 0:30:19.340
<v Speaker 6>That it wouldn't be a problem no no it shouldn't

0:30:19.400 --> 0:30:23.180
<v Speaker 6>be should it he said you were smart and loving

0:30:24.440 --> 0:30:28.680
<v Speaker 6>really oh yeah i envied him being raised by you

0:30:29.470 --> 0:30:30.490
<v Speaker 6>He loved you.

0:30:33.120 --> 0:30:33.469
<v Speaker 9>Thank you.

0:30:34.280 --> 0:30:35.780
<v Speaker 1>They sit in silence for a moment.

0:30:37.820 --> 0:30:40.740
<v Speaker 3>I'm going to leave this city. Too many sad memories.

0:30:41.100 --> 0:30:41.960
<v Speaker 7>I might be leaving too.

0:30:43.020 --> 0:30:43.420
<v Speaker 10>Florida.

0:30:44.980 --> 0:30:47.060
<v Speaker 7>Another of life's absurd surprises.

0:30:49.160 --> 0:30:50.180
<v Speaker 3>Might not be so bad.

0:30:50.460 --> 0:30:51.500
<v Speaker 7>You haven't been there, have you?

0:30:51.740 --> 0:30:55.219
<v Speaker 1>More people are entering the coffee shop. Lori's looking around, then...

0:30:55.060 --> 0:31:00.780
<v Speaker 1>I'll miss you. The camera tracks back, leaving Paul and

0:31:00.820 --> 0:31:03.880
<v Speaker 1>Lori in a long shot. They're awkwardly saying goodbye to

0:31:03.920 --> 0:31:08.640
<v Speaker 1>each other. Exterior, Jersey City Street, across from the coffee shop, night.

0:31:09.500 --> 0:31:12.860
<v Speaker 1>Daniel is watching them. Paul comes out into the street.

0:31:12.880 --> 0:31:16.500
<v Speaker 1>He looks a bit unsteady. Daniel crosses the street and

0:31:16.560 --> 0:31:19.920
<v Speaker 1>starts following Paul at a distance. Paul turns a corner

0:31:19.980 --> 0:31:25.360
<v Speaker 1>onto a quiet street. Exterior, another street, continuous. Paul, feeling weak,

0:31:25.520 --> 0:31:28.610
<v Speaker 1>sits on a stoop in order to collect himself. Daniel

0:31:28.670 --> 0:31:32.470
<v Speaker 1>is on the corner. He makes a decision and approaches Paul.

0:31:33.530 --> 0:31:33.830
<v Speaker 4>Hello.

0:31:34.930 --> 0:31:35.770
<v Speaker 3>I don't have any money.

0:31:36.110 --> 0:31:37.230
<v Speaker 4>Did you hear me asking for any?

0:31:38.350 --> 0:31:38.650
<v Speaker 2>Sorry.

0:31:38.970 --> 0:31:41.770
<v Speaker 1>Paul gets up and starts walking away. Daniel walks with him.

0:31:42.990 --> 0:31:46.920
<v Speaker 4>Don't you remember who I am? I'm Daniel, familiar?

0:31:47.520 --> 0:31:47.780
<v Speaker 3>Yes.

0:31:48.520 --> 0:31:51.000
<v Speaker 1>Paul walks a little faster, trying to get away from Daniel.

0:31:51.200 --> 0:31:52.100
<v Speaker 4>I'm glad you remember.

0:31:53.000 --> 0:31:54.700
<v Speaker 3>I really don't have time to talk.

0:31:55.000 --> 0:31:56.680
<v Speaker 4>Give me a moment, please. I deserve it.

0:31:57.080 --> 0:31:59.900
<v Speaker 1>Paul reaches into his pocket and hands Daniel some change.

0:32:00.220 --> 0:32:01.200
<v Speaker 3>Here, take this.

0:32:01.580 --> 0:32:03.350
<v Speaker 1>Paul walks quickly ahead of Daniel.

0:32:03.420 --> 0:32:04.979
<v Speaker 4>I don't want this. How dare you?

0:32:05.510 --> 0:32:07.170
<v Speaker 1>Daniel throws the change at Paul.

0:32:07.550 --> 0:32:09.790
<v Speaker 4>I never asked much of you, only that you see me,

0:32:10.750 --> 0:32:13.950
<v Speaker 4>that you look at me with some kindness. I'm not crazy.

0:32:14.250 --> 0:32:14.890
<v Speaker 4>I'm your witness.

0:32:15.370 --> 0:32:17.710
<v Speaker 1>Paul stops, turns, and faces Daniel.

0:32:18.850 --> 0:32:21.590
<v Speaker 4>I saw you kill that boy. I saw it all.

0:32:22.850 --> 0:32:25.170
<v Speaker 4>And I described you all wrong to the police, and

0:32:25.190 --> 0:32:25.730
<v Speaker 4>they believe me.

0:32:27.480 --> 0:32:28.420
<v Speaker 3>Why'd you do that?

0:32:30.880 --> 0:32:34.830
<v Speaker 4>Because I decided to love you. What do you want?

0:32:34.850 --> 0:32:35.709
<v Speaker 1>Nothing.

0:32:37.390 --> 0:32:37.770
<v Speaker 4>I love you.

0:32:38.790 --> 0:32:42.170
<v Speaker 3>How could you love me? You don't even know me.

0:32:42.190 --> 0:32:46.120
<v Speaker 4>I know you better than you think. I know the

0:32:46.150 --> 0:32:48.860
<v Speaker 4>dead boy haunts you. I know you follow the mother.

0:32:49.160 --> 0:32:49.960
<v Speaker 4>I've been following you.

0:32:50.960 --> 0:32:53.500
<v Speaker 3>Go to the police. Turn me in.

0:32:54.160 --> 0:32:57.320
<v Speaker 1>Paul turns from Daniel and starts walking away. Daniel follows him.

0:32:57.440 --> 0:32:58.500
<v Speaker 4>I'm not blackmailing you.

0:32:59.600 --> 0:33:00.540
<v Speaker 3>Then what do you want?

0:33:02.510 --> 0:33:05.750
<v Speaker 4>You're lonely like I am. All I want from you

0:33:05.790 --> 0:33:06.390
<v Speaker 4>is a thank you.

0:33:07.950 --> 0:33:09.470
<v Speaker 3>It would have been better if I were caught.

0:33:09.490 --> 0:33:11.510
<v Speaker 4>That's not what I want to be thanked for.

0:33:12.530 --> 0:33:13.270
<v Speaker 3>Then for what?

0:33:15.290 --> 0:33:18.720
<v Speaker 4>For my love. How many more times in your life

0:33:18.740 --> 0:33:19.460
<v Speaker 4>will you be loved?

0:33:20.120 --> 0:33:22.580
<v Speaker 1>Three guys walk by. They're suspicious of Daniel.

0:33:22.600 --> 0:33:23.719
<v Speaker 4>Is he bothering you?

0:33:25.090 --> 0:33:25.270
<v Speaker 6>No.

0:33:25.990 --> 0:33:26.590
<v Speaker 4>We're friends.

0:33:27.250 --> 0:33:27.610
<v Speaker 2>Really?

0:33:28.090 --> 0:33:30.790
<v Speaker 1>They continue on their way, chuckling to each other. Paul

0:33:30.830 --> 0:33:32.850
<v Speaker 1>and Daniel are walking in the other direction.

0:33:34.350 --> 0:33:34.890
<v Speaker 3>Who are you?

0:33:35.450 --> 0:33:40.100
<v Speaker 4>I'm Daniel, a street person. Your witness, the man who

0:33:40.140 --> 0:33:44.780
<v Speaker 4>loves you. We all need someone to love. And I

0:33:44.800 --> 0:33:51.020
<v Speaker 4>chose you. But why? Because you needed it. I used

0:33:51.060 --> 0:33:53.890
<v Speaker 4>to see you in that alley and wonder, what is up?

0:33:54.560 --> 0:33:57.880
<v Speaker 4>Handsome boy like you doing in a dark alley. If

0:33:57.920 --> 0:34:01.720
<v Speaker 4>I were you, I'd be at parties or wanting to

0:34:01.740 --> 0:34:05.580
<v Speaker 4>get me a boyfriend. Once in the alley, I got

0:34:05.600 --> 0:34:08.760
<v Speaker 4>so close to you that I could smell your skin.

0:34:11.260 --> 0:34:19.580
<v Speaker 4>I love the smell. This is nice. Our talking like this.

0:34:20.280 --> 0:34:22.200
<v Speaker 1>They walk for a couple of moments in silence.

0:34:25.719 --> 0:34:26.760
<v Speaker 3>How'd you end up on the street?

0:34:26.780 --> 0:34:29.370
<v Speaker 4>Oh, as a baby. I always dreamed of it. It's

0:34:29.410 --> 0:34:30.969
<v Speaker 4>a spontaneous kind of life.

0:34:32.130 --> 0:34:33.890
<v Speaker 3>How stupid. I'm sorry.

0:34:33.969 --> 0:34:39.690
<v Speaker 4>No, no. I... I am. Is this nobody ever asked

0:34:39.710 --> 0:34:51.960
<v Speaker 4>me before? Thank you. Things happen. Dead mother. Dead brother.

0:34:53.160 --> 0:34:59.700
<v Speaker 4>Asshole stepfather. Lots and lots of pills. Wanting to disappear.

0:35:03.140 --> 0:35:03.660
<v Speaker 4>Things happen.

0:35:04.280 --> 0:35:07.060
<v Speaker 1>Paul stops, as does Daniel. Paul doesn't really know what

0:35:07.100 --> 0:35:07.479
<v Speaker 1>to say.

0:35:10.380 --> 0:35:11.140
<v Speaker 3>Let me buy you dinner?

0:35:11.380 --> 0:35:12.680
<v Speaker 1>He reaches into his pocket.

0:35:13.140 --> 0:35:14.940
<v Speaker 4>You mean give me money for dinner or take me

0:35:14.980 --> 0:35:15.480
<v Speaker 4>to a restaurant?

0:35:16.200 --> 0:35:17.120
<v Speaker 3>Take you to a restaurant.

0:35:17.590 --> 0:35:18.719
<v Speaker 1>They start walking again.

0:35:19.070 --> 0:35:19.350
<v Speaker 4>Really?

0:35:20.430 --> 0:35:20.750
<v Speaker 2>Really.

0:35:22.310 --> 0:35:24.130
<v Speaker 3>What kind of food do you like? Chinese?

0:35:24.570 --> 0:35:24.910
<v Speaker 6>Thai?

0:35:24.930 --> 0:35:25.109
<v Speaker 4>Chinese?

0:35:25.400 --> 0:35:26.260
<v Speaker 3>Italian friend?

0:35:26.840 --> 0:35:34.350
<v Speaker 4>Uh, steak and fries. Is that okay? Sure. Daniel. I

0:35:34.430 --> 0:35:35.750
<v Speaker 4>like you saying my name.

0:35:37.270 --> 0:35:38.550
<v Speaker 3>I've stopped following the mother.

0:35:40.170 --> 0:35:41.529
<v Speaker 4>And you want me to stop following you?

0:35:44.090 --> 0:35:44.370
<v Speaker 2>Please.

0:35:45.290 --> 0:35:47.070
<v Speaker 1>They walk in silence for a few moments.

0:35:50.969 --> 0:35:53.890
<v Speaker 4>I will. Jesus.

0:35:53.910 --> 0:35:54.069
<v Speaker 1>Jesus.

0:35:55.250 --> 0:35:56.169
<v Speaker 4>I feel sad right now.

0:35:58.610 --> 0:35:59.140
<v Speaker 3>So do I.

0:35:59.150 --> 0:36:04.009
<v Speaker 4>At dinner, let's just talk about happy stuff.

0:36:04.630 --> 0:36:05.330
<v Speaker 3>Whatever you say.

0:36:05.930 --> 0:36:08.489
<v Speaker 4>Tell stories from our lives, but only the happy ones.

0:36:09.070 --> 0:36:12.950
<v Speaker 1>Interior, an upscale restaurant later. Paul and Daniel are seated

0:36:12.989 --> 0:36:15.989
<v Speaker 1>at their table. Daniel is still looking around like a

0:36:16.090 --> 0:36:19.240
<v Speaker 1>kid in a candy store. He's eating his steak slowly,

0:36:19.480 --> 0:36:23.120
<v Speaker 1>cherishing it. However, he notices a few people staring at him.

0:36:23.780 --> 0:36:26.120
<v Speaker 1>Paul seems somewhere else as he picks at his fish.

0:36:26.140 --> 0:36:28.880
<v Speaker 4>I bet these are the lucky people.

0:36:30.260 --> 0:36:30.460
<v Speaker 1>What?

0:36:31.860 --> 0:36:33.600
<v Speaker 4>I'm glad I went to the shelter last night. I

0:36:34.380 --> 0:36:37.259
<v Speaker 4>was able to shower and spruce myself up. I wish

0:36:37.280 --> 0:36:40.780
<v Speaker 4>I could do that every night. Sometimes it's too crowded

0:36:40.900 --> 0:36:43.020
<v Speaker 4>or there's somebody there that you don't want to see.

0:36:43.040 --> 0:36:50.319
<v Speaker 4>I don't smell, do I? No. It's my clothes. I

0:36:50.360 --> 0:36:52.660
<v Speaker 4>just wish some of these people would stop looking at me.

0:36:54.000 --> 0:36:54.720
<v Speaker 3>Fuck them.

0:36:56.500 --> 0:37:04.080
<v Speaker 4>You mean it? Fuck all of you. This is like

0:37:04.100 --> 0:37:09.359
<v Speaker 4>going to the movies. A total vacation from life. I've

0:37:09.400 --> 0:37:13.500
<v Speaker 4>only had one vacation. The awful Mr. Corey took me

0:37:13.540 --> 0:37:14.220
<v Speaker 4>to Key West.

0:37:15.200 --> 0:37:15.840
<v Speaker 3>Who was that?

0:37:16.440 --> 0:37:18.700
<v Speaker 4>Just a man I was with for a while. Ever

0:37:18.719 --> 0:37:21.400
<v Speaker 4>been there? No. The place was pretty.

0:37:22.150 --> 0:37:24.069
<v Speaker 3>My sister and I only had one vacation when we

0:37:24.090 --> 0:37:27.210
<v Speaker 3>were kids. It was just before our parents were killed.

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<v Speaker 3>Car accident.

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<v Speaker 6>Five days in New Mexico. We ended up in Cuesta.

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<v Speaker 6>A one-street town. Surrounded by mountains. The Sangre de Cristo mountains.

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<v Speaker 3>The blood of Christ. It was sunset. I thought I

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<v Speaker 3>was in a movie.

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<v Speaker 4>A movie, man. I love it.

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<v Speaker 6>I wonder if over the years I've made the place

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<v Speaker 6>more special or more beautiful than it really is.

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<v Speaker 3>But in my imagination, there's nothing like it. The colors,

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<v Speaker 3>the light. When I was a little boy and got scared,

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<v Speaker 3>I used to close my eyes and picture it.

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<v Speaker 4>Sounds nice. Their steak is wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>They smile at each other.

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<v Speaker 4>I used to love the movies. My brother knew it.

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<v Speaker 4>Whenever he had money, he'd take me to the movies

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<v Speaker 4>I liked. The old ones. Musicals, comedies. With Doris Day,

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<v Speaker 4>shit like that. I loved those movies. My brother never

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<v Speaker 4>got it. But it was his gift. His gift to me.

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<v Speaker 4>Sometimes he'd sleep through the movie. But he never criticized them.

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<v Speaker 4>Wasn't that great? That's all he'd ever say. Wasn't that great?

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<v Speaker 1>Paul looks at Daniel with so much warmth.

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<v Speaker 4>What are you thinking?

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<v Speaker 3>About you.

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<v Speaker 6>And why, after all these years, I'm thinking about Cuesta.

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<v Speaker 6>I wonder if it's still the same. It was so peaceful.

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<v Speaker 6>Maybe I should go there. I told the mother I

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<v Speaker 6>was leaving the city. I can't afford my apartment anymore

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<v Speaker 6>since I gave up my job. I only have my

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<v Speaker 6>sister here. And she's got her own family now, you know, so.

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<v Speaker 6>I think I might just go there to do what

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<v Speaker 6>to find if there's any good left in me are.

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<v Speaker 4>You looking to be invisible is that bad I'm sounding

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<v Speaker 4>like the streets.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe maybe not.

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<v Speaker 6>Don't be enamored with the streets Couldn't it be a beginning?

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<v Speaker 4>We were supposed to be telling happy stories. Are we

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<v Speaker 4>out of them?

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<v Speaker 3>I'll think of one.

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<v Speaker 4>Why don't we just sit here and be quiet? Okay?

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<v Speaker 3>Whatever you say.

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<v Speaker 9>Quiet.

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<v Speaker 1>They sit. Paul puts his hand on top of Daniel's

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<v Speaker 1>and leaves it there for a moment and then takes

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<v Speaker 1>it away. Daniel then looks around the room. Indeed, the

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<v Speaker 1>patrons do look like the lucky ones. Or perhaps they're

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<v Speaker 1>just enjoying being alive. They're chatting, drinking, eating. As the

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<v Speaker 1>camera pulls away from Paul and Daniel, the crowd seems

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<v Speaker 1>to be swallowing them up as they sit quietly at

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<v Speaker 1>their table.

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<v Speaker 8>The End