INT. APARTMENT HALLWAY - NIGHT
Barris walks down the hall, carrying a bouquet of flowers.
He arrives at Penny's door. There is an envelope attached to
it with Barris's name on it. He opens the envelope and reads
the letter.
Dear Chuck,
I'm dead now. I hope you're happy.
The door's open.
Love always,
Penny
Barris hurriedly opens the door, enters the apartment looks
around, finds Penny face down on the floor, surrounded by
empty champagne bottles and vials of pills. He stares at her
body for a moment, feeling faint. He drops to his knees.
(CONTINUED)
75.
CONTINUED:
PENNY
(face down)
Wanna see a stupid girl vomit?
INT. DINER - NIGHT
Barris and Penny sit in a booth. Penny has black coffee in
front of her. She is pale and drawn.
PENNY
Why were you with that girl in our living
room?
BARRIS
It's not our living room, Pen.
PENNY
That's your defense? You know what it
feels like to see you with someone else?
In any living room.
BARRIS
You know who I am, Penny. I don't force
you to hang around.
PENNY
(incredulous)
You don't force me? Fuck. So you're
saying you have no interest in this, one
way or the other?
BARRIS
No, I'm not saying that.
PENNY
Well, then, what are you saying, Chuck?
Do you want me around or not? Do you
even like me?
BARRIS
Of course I like you.
PENNY
How much?
BARRIS
What?
PENNY
I need to know how much you like me.
(CONTINUED)
76.
CONTINUED:
BARRIS
(beat)
I don't even know what that means, "how
much?" How can I rate a person in that
way? That's ridiculous.
PENNY
You could if you felt it. If you felt
it, it would be easy to rate me. You
could spread your arms as wide as they
would go and say, "This much, Penny."
BARRIS
Everything's complicated, Pen. Nothing's
black and white like that.
PENNY
Do you want me around or not? If you
don't, just say so, so I know. Okay?
Barris and Penny look at each other. She starts to cry.
BARRIS
I love you, Pen, in my way. Maybe not in
that crazy, head-over-heels thing, but
what is that, anyway? Romantic love.
Isn't that just an illusion?
PENNY
(beat)
But you just said you love me, right?
EXT. MOUNTAIN ROAD - NIGHT
A non-descript American car is parked on the quiet wooded
street. Barris pulls up in his Jaguar. He gets out of the
car, looks in the window of the empty American car.
BYRD (O.S.)
Over here, Strawberry-dick.
Barris looks over and makes out Byrd sitting on a rock with a
view of L.A. spread out in front of him. Barris joins him.
BARRIS
Jesus, how do you know these things?
BYRD
We even know what she actually thought it
tasted like.
(CONTINUED)
77.
CONTINUED:
BARRIS
Really? I could never find that out.
What did she think?
BYRD
It's a "need to know", my friend. So
tell me, what can I do you for?
BARRIS
I could really use an assignment, Jim.
To straighten my head.
BYRD
I got something for your head.
Mi piace:
Mi piace Caricamento...
