Hey Jeffrey, Jeff . This is Bill here he's new
He's been workin' six years over in the Madison plant. I told him you could familiarize
him with the aspect with the way we do things around here
So basically you want to make sure, uh, wrappers line up the center line.
Usually about half a roll its good to open this up, realign it, centered, you're fine
Right
Ever work these hours before?
I've worked graveyard before
oh this is worse. It kinda messes with your head if you're not the right kind of person
Watch your hands. Want to try some?
It'll eat you up
laugh
machine noise
music
street sounds and noises/car horns
outside noises
store sounds/cash register/voices
Which one do you like
Those right there
These?
Yep.
I'll buy em for you
Why would you buy me those?
Because I like to do nice things for people. It makes me feel good about my self
Are you some kind of nut?
That's sad.
What?
That we've gotten to a point where doing nice things for people's considered insane.
I gotta go.
All right wait. I do want something from you. I want to buy you those shoes then I'd like to
take some pictures of you. See I was right.
Yeah you were right. It's still a good deal for you. I buy you these shoes, just gonna take a couple pictures
Well what kind of pictures?
Just a couple pictures of you, you know, making a muscle, sitting in a chair you know looking tough
Ah, I don't know
Come on, lets get you these shoes.
Why do you take these pictures?
Because I think you're a handsome guy
laugh
You know we don't have to get into it right away. We can just watch some tv
tv sounds
Move out the way
Do you mind if I take your shirt off?
Oh, okay.
creepy music
sounds of drill
drilling sound
street sounds
groans
I was talking to his home...
Girl?
Hey what's wrong with you boy? You live around here?
Take me home
Drunk as a skunk
I've never seen anyone like him. I don't know what he thinks he's doin on...he's lucky
You think he'll be okay?
He'll be okay. Find out where he's from and get him home.
Hey. What's happening here
What you want
He's my friend
This is your friend?
He's just drunk. Is he all right.
Well he's got a scrape but he's extremely intoxicated.
Like I said he's just really drunk. Let me just, uhh...police siren
Let him go. Let him go. He's trying to take that boy away.
Hey Officer, this guy trying to take this boy away
He's my friend, got way too drunk. I was just taking him home
No he is not his friend. He told me so.
His name is John
Everything all right here?
No everything is not all right
Everything is fine. Go on with what you were saying.
If I can just take him home he'll be okay.
No he wont be okay. Look he's hurt. He can't even stand up straight by himself
We're gonna take care of this okay?
No, what you're gonna do is make sure he get home
Look you two we don't need your help any more. Now get lost I mean it
I'm the...
Girls, lets go. We don't need your help. Goodnight, goodnight. Go on.
And what were you two doin, here before you started wanderin' around outside?
Oh we were just, uh,... Hangin' out drinkin'
Besides drinkin'
We watched some tv, took some pictures. Here. We've been friends a long time.
Yeah, yeah, I can see that. Now are you two gonna drink anymore?
No, sir, I'm gonna put John here to bed and I'm gonna watch a video.
All right. But I wont report you this time. But if I come across the two of you again I'm gonna haul you in
You don't have to worry about that sir, we're gonna behave ourselves.
Let's go
I apologize if I was, uh, any inconvenience
chocking noises
breathing heavily
coughing
heavy breathing
phone rings
Hello? What? Oh, your gonna have to calm down grandma, I can't hear anythin you're saying
You what? No. No I can't. All right. All right I'm gonna come over, I'll come over
Come on now, come on. Get out of here!
bird makes noise
Grandma?
Oh Jeffery. Thank god you're here
You all right?
Yes, its in there
Can you get it
crow squawk
What do you want me to do?
Shoo him out!
scary background music
crow squawk
scary background music and crow squawk
I think your grandmas pretty nice to let you stay here rent free
You just need to be a little more attentive to other
peoples needs. You can have all the pleasures you want.
I think I've been attentive dad, but I guess what you're saying is I need to be more attentive
Yeah, yeah that's what I'm saying.
Alright, ill do my best.
Good, Jeff there's one other thing.
Your grandmother said there's a mannequin or something in your closet
So what, what's the big deal?
Well it upset her. And I gotta say I find it a little disturbing myself.
You know what dad if you wanna go digging around in the drawers...
Nobody's digging around...
... Go right ahead Dad...
Nobodies digging around... Your grandmother came in here, she was puttin' in some of her
winter bedding and this mannequin falls out on her. I mean it scared her.
Well I'm sorry, what am I supposed to do? It's a mannequin in the closet.
Big deal. What is the big deal?
I think it's a little strange, don't you? Yeah.she said it was dressed, uh,...
Well that's how it came.
How it came? Was it delivered?
Alright. Your know what Dad... It....its really just a dumb thing I did.
And I -- I saw this mannequin and thought maybe it'd be a challenge, I could sneak it out,
without anybody seeing, like a prank.
So you, you still have it?
Yeah, but ill return it and this'll be over.
Can I see it?
Its just a mannequin Dad. Plastic people, they put on clothes on them.
No need to be sarcastic.
I'm not!
Just relax, lets be rational here, okay?
Why don't we just go downstairs, go to church. I'll be attentive to everyone's needs and I will
return the mannequin and it'll be okay.
You know what I'd really like to do right now is to take the mannequin back to where you
stole it from?
All right. I'm sure the store's closed but go ahead.
Is it in there?
Yeah that would be the closet.
Well why don't you grab it, well it it back to the store on our way to church.
Hey is that my old chemistry box? Where'd you find that?
Let's go
Its locked
What are you guys doin' in here?
You remember this?
Are you kidding? That's Pandora's box.
You know who Pandora was Jeff?
Yeah I know the story dad.
You never knew what kind of disaster was going to hit us when your father opened up his
chemistry set.
Was there any of the stuff in it?
It was empty when I found it. I put a few of my own things in it, is that going to be a
problem too dad?
No problem I just uh, want to see if something of mine is in there.
Well it was empty when I found it.
Where's the key Jeff?
Like I said it was empty when I found it. Nothing of yours in it
Well, actually there might be something of mine in it. I had a little secret compartment and
I had this little ring that, uh, my first girlfriend gave me. Id like to see if its
still in there.
Was no secret compartment. It -- it was empty, you know.
Why don't you open it up Jeff, why don't you get the key
that's it dad. That's the last straw. I'm not 12 years old anymore right?
And Grandma I know I get a good deal. This is your house and all but if I can't get any privacy
its not worth it to me at all.
Now, now stop exaggerating and feeling sorry for yourself now.
He has a right to some privacy Lionel.
Now this is my goddamn box I wanna see what's inside of it!
Lionel aren't you being a little childish? Now let's go to church,
we'll talk about this later.
Jeffrey open the box or I'm gunna take it downstairs and pry it open.
You do what you want, I'm leaving.
Jeffrey wait! Jeffrey! This is because of me not your father. I'm sorry I started all of this
Its not your fault grandma. Oh I'm just gonna...
Oh!
Dad stop. Dad stop. Dad come on.
What the hell is going on. What's going on?
Listen please.
Listen. There's -- there's pornographic material in there. All right? I didn't think
you'd want grandma to see that. So why don't you go downstairs, I'll empty out the box and then
I'll bring it to you
Why don't you open it and we'll go down together?
Because id rather not have --
Jeffrey , your hurt me.
Oh I'm sorry Grandma. I-- I didn't mean it. I -- it was just an accident. I apologize.
Dad? Why don't you go down with Grandma. I'll be down in a minute all right? Please.
sighs
I don't understand what's going on here.
Its okay mom. Let's go. Come on. Come on
Sorry Grandma
scary background music
I found the key! You can come up.
I thought you said it was empty
Course I did, I didn't want grandma to see it. And I'll uh, get rid of these.
sighs and mumbling
Ugh, lets go to church
scary background music, and crow squawk
police car sirens , and scary background music
Can I see that knife there?
Which one is that?
The one with the red handle
oh yeah. Sure. This is actually an eagle fishing knife. See those circles there,
that's to help you cut the line. And actually this feature is so fine , see how that blade
kinda curves up? Now use that to slice the gills. And you get right up underneath their chin
like this, slice em' back. Check it out.
I didn't know fishes had chins.
Yeah they do. [laugh] See most people they don't know that, but its actually like right here.
Ill show you on this piece of paper. See that there, under the mouth? Now ordinarily that's
what you think was the chin. But it ain't. This is the chin right here, where those two fins are
oh those are fins?
All right so it ain't no Picasso. But you get the idea
You know a lot about fishin'
Yeah. Shoot, man I love to fish, okay
Why do you like it?
I guess I like outwit the fish. You know. Get inside their mind
I bet you probably think they dumb right? But those are some smart little mother fuckers.
Okay. Some of 'em really get big and old and shit. Becomes one reason, you know what it is?
No
They always smarter than us fisherman. Now that's real.
So, you don't know a lot about fishing, what kind of knife you lookin' for?
You probably want a buck knife or something huh?
Yeah, what's the biggest buck knife you have?
Oh yeah, that's this sucker right here. Check this one out
What's this one for?
I don't know
You don't know?
Look I don't really work here. I'm just fillin' in for my cousin.
He went to go get himself some food.
Well you fooled me.
Man that's just 'cause you happen to chose this fishin' knife that I knew about
If you'd chosen any of these, man I'd have to straight bull shit
What happens when your cousin gets back
Oh, we just gonna hang out here for awhile until he get finished
and then probably go out and you know, party or somthin'
You, uh, you wanna come back to my place and maybe have a few beers?
All right. Yeah, okay, that's cool. Where you live?
I live right near by
Okay
What's you doin' with the knife boy?
I'm just showin' it to this man right here?
Don't be handling it so much man get em' all marked up
Would you chill. I ain't even touchin' the blade.
I seen you touch. Excuse me. Now give me the knife.
Man be cool. I ain't even messin' it up. Ask this customer.
Sir, can you tell him now was I messin' it up?
No, he, uh, did a good job. As a matter of fact I would like to buy that knife.
Um, well you see that. That's what I'm talkin about. You need to be thankin me boy
I just made a sale for your ass
You ain't sell nothin'. You was just here. He was gonna get this one anyway.
Oh, no, see I sold him on that too.
He did
All right that's cool. It'd be 40 bucks
All right. Here you go
Hey uh Corliss, me and this man about to go to his apartment and drink some beers so...
You can come if you like
Yeah, why don't you come ova cuz, for real we can all go.
No that's cool. I gotta close up
I see you later then huh? All right cuz
Dumb fool
So, uh, you got a job?
Yeah, I work in a chocolate factory.
Oh man you do? Now that's tight. That's cool. That's very cool.
I bet you get all free chocolates you wanna
Yeah. You pretty much get anything you want, but after a while you get tired of it
Just the smell of it makes me sick sometimes.
Oh man I can't ever imagine getting sick from eatin' chocolates.
Well it happens
Oh hey you wanna go in here for a second?
What for?
Just this dude here who owes me some money and I need to get it from him.
Plus it's a cool place, we can get a couple drinks
No, uh, why don't we just go back to my place. You know we can drink there
Come on, it's only gonna be a second
scary music outside street noises
car horn
What can I get for you
Beer please
That's two bucks
men groaning
bar music
I bought you a drink
What is it?
It's a little concoction I had the bartender whip up for ya
Real? What is it?
Rum and coke
You guessed right
You okay?
breathing heavily
Whisky and coke
Whisky
Drink
What the fuck is this? Hey! He's the one. Out!
Oh!
groans in pain
techno music/club noises
Hey, hey Jeffrey. Hey man. Sorry about that. The guy I was talkin' to, he was the one who
owe me the money and you know. Anyway, he ain't have it. It wasn't cool of me.
I don't care
Shit man, I'm sorry...
Um I'm goin' home
So what I'm not invited anymore?
I never said that.
Alright laugh
Hey, where you at?
I'll be out in a second
What are you doing over there
Hey oh I was checkin out your fish
Hmm. They're betas.
I know that. I had me some of these. Can we see 'em fight
Oh, no I like to keep 'em separate so they don't eat all my other fish
You ever see piranhas?
I've seen pictures
Man, them awesome ugly mother fuckers. And they got these big teeth all lined up
on the bottom so it looks like this laugh
I'm assuming they got upside teeth too, but you can only see the bottom
what's this?
That's a whisky and coke.
Whisky? Oh man I ain't too into whiskey
Oh, well its mostly coke.
I can add some more coke if you like.
I'll just drink this up you know. Just gonna have to bear it. Oh.
Jeff, uh, I'll be at the motel
Okay
it'll be all right
All right
I'll give you a call when I get settled in.
Okay see you!
car engine starts
music wood knocks
hitting wood
Hey you ain't one of those Buddhist are you?
No
I know a guy who was a Buddhist, he had six fingers on one hand.
Well I'm not a Buddhist. And I have the normal number of fingers, I think. Yeah see
come on Jeffrey, you can't leave me doin'all the talkin' it's gotta be a team effort
You know what I'm sayin'
What are you a god fearing Christian?
I'm, I'm not really a Christian of any sort. I don't ever go to church.
Then why you wearing that cross there?
This?... This is my mammas
You know what the cross was don't you?
Yes, where Jesus died, right?
A torture device. Used to kill criminals. So when you pray to it it's like you're
praying to an electric chair or guillotines.
laughs You weird man laughing
What's weird is when you go to church and they make you eat Christ body and drink his blood
Oh, come on, that's just somthin' they say.
Do you believe you have a soul?
Of course
You know there's no pigeons that flatter your body when you die
And how many people you seen die Jeff?
You wanna believe in the pigeon? That's your business.
I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything.
Well its really not a pigeon at all now is it? It's a dove.
I was being sarcastic to make a point
Yeah, you always bein' sarcastic to make your points.
Why don't you try bein' for real. Hey, tell me a secret
My secret is I wish you would shut up.
I guess I'll go first. I almost fucked my own aunt.
Oh okay, I'll hear that one
Well my mamma's best friend in the world was this woman who lived across the hall.
Now we called her Aunt Tessa but she wasn't really no aunt, she was just some woman
who stayed home all the --
Wait, wait, I thought you said you almost fucked your own aunt.
Well she was my aunt. She just wasn't blood relation you know.
Oh, okay. So the real story is you almost fucked some old bag
Okay, if that's the way you want to be about it, yes.
I almost fucked some old bag. But its still a good story.
You wanna hear it or not?
Okay go ahead
Thank you. Anyway, like I was sayin',
Aunt Tessa was this real beautiful, sophisticated type lady.
And she stayed a couple years over in europe, in Paris, so she come back
playing these weird French records and shit.
door knocks
Who is it?
Mom. We're leaving
All right
Would you open the door Jeffrey?
I'm not dressed
Here's, uh, 30 bucks, and if you run out then, um, call your father
All right
You have the number where he's staying?
Here.
Are you sure that you don't wanna come with us?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Well all right. We'll be back on Wednesday
guitar playing
music/people talking/noises
soft music/ people making love
gentle music
So then she says to me, "Hey let's go back to my place."
So you know how to play it smooth, yeah. "Come on sweetheart, lets go."
Next thing I know we at her place. Go straight to the bedroom.
I'm out of my clothes two seconds flat. Then we go to her bed.
I'm like rubbin' her shoulder and touchin' her hair.
I go to climb on top of her...
and she stops me cold in my tracks.
Like hey Rodney what are you doin' in my bed? What?
Oh. I was crushed. All the way in the restaurant, and goin' back to her place
and gettin' naked and everything. She has no clue who I am.
What'd she lose her memory?
Yeah. She had that old folks disease
Alzheimer's
Yeah that's it. Man, but she didn't know me from Adam
I'd a fucked her anyway
laugh You a funny guy Jeffrey.
music
Hey. Hey you wanna smoke some weed?
All right
music
guitar playing
Hey you know how I said that my parent's were on vacation
Uh-huh
I was lying
They comin' home now?
No. That's not it. They're dead.
They're dead? Bummer man
Yeah. They were going on vacation in a plane. I stayed here to finish school.
Plane went down
When?
Last month
So what are you gonna do?
I, I don't know... I'm just fuckin' with ya
laughs Jerk. laughs Jerk.
music playing/dancing to the music
Watch this woo
Oh! Ah!
Hey check this out
Oww! Ah!
You okay?
Yeah man. That sucker can't dance, whoa.
I can dance
Yeah
Loosen up
What's this
It's our engagement ring. Now you put this one on me.
Oh, Jeffrey, I don't know if I'm ready for no engagement.
You might have to give me a little bit more time to think about it
Well if you want me it's now or never
All right laugh
Whoa. I gotta play a little bit more harder to get laugh oh!
That's kinda gross
Excellentlaughing
I want some
It's gross laughing
both laughing
What's so funny
I don't know laugh
Can I have some milk?
Here. Thank you
That is the best fuckin' milk I've ever had...both laugh
It's just regular milk
You gotta try that, that's really good
Don't make me laugh
I'm not.
Well don't smile then.
laugh I'm not doing anything.
You have-- you have to turn around.
Come on.
Oh, no you got milk all over me laugh
Sorry
Why? Why? laugh oh.
What's that from?
What oh nothing. Wrestling.
Are you any good?
I made it to the state finals. You know
I bet I can beat ya.
Uh-uh
Okay...go
All right that's pretty good. But you got the easy position.
It doesn't matter
Go.
both make noises
Say the magic word. Fuck you. That's not the magic word.
Get off of me!
Say it. Say the magic word then.
Please... You're good.
Hey you okay?
Yeah, might want to get goin'. Oh man my head is spinnin'
I guess I really can't take that hard stuff.
Maybe I'll just get you some more coke
I just gotta get goin'... Take these cuffs off Jeffrey.
No.
Where the key at?
Come on Jeffrey. I'm feelin' like I'm about to hurl, will you just undo this shit. I wanna go.
All right. I'll take 'em off if you stay.
Alright, fine. I'll leave them on
Let me go, let me go
coughing
If your eyes were closed and someone went down on you,
Do you think you'd know the difference if it was a guy or a girl?
Not into guys if that's what you mean.
How can you be sure?
Because I know
From experience or just 'cause you always heard it was wrong?
Don't give me that shit, it's just the way you are.
Just for argument sake then, just --
It'd be different because you'd be thinking it was a guy and then you wouldn't
be turned on by it.
What if it were completely dark and you couldn't see anything, how could you be sure?
I guess it wouldn't matter. So what when am I gonna be in some dark room with some
invisible guy? laugh
Kind of closed-minded.
Why do I have to have sex with guys to be open-minded?
You think you're a rebel don't you
Not really
Okay, what's your favorite movie?
Bonnie and Clyde.
Okay you're favorite band?
Lynrd Skynrd.
What do you think of The Police?
Don't like 'em.
Well it's pretty obvious you're a rebel. You're against the establishment.
Yeah maybe I am
So why don't you see that having sex with only girls
is following the most fascist social of them all
Clyde Barrow broke every law there was, including killing people.
He did not fuck guys.
I read he did. Just wouldn't put that in a movie.
Such bullshit
dDprogrammed.
No.
Don't you see what's gonna happen it's all there.
You're gonna get married. Then you're gonna get a boring job
and before you know it you're gonna have a pot belly.
And you're gonna start hating your wife. And she's gonna start hating you.
At which point you're gonna become completely depressed.
Then you're not gonna have sex with anybody. Not even yourself.
laugh
I'm serious
Yeah well it's not gonna happen to me.
We'll see
I should probably get goin'.
You don't have to leave.
Yeah I gotta go. Um, can you give me a ride?
No I'm way too wasted to drive.
Fine. Then I'll walk
You can just hang--hang out awhile. I mean everything's cool here.
It's all right
What the fuck are you doing?
Just playing
That doesn't feel like playing does it? Does it?
Ah! Ah!
thumpahhh!
eerie music
knocking
Oh you there
Back so soon?
Yeah well I went down to the bus stop and realized it was shut down, so.
That's too bad.
Yeah, why don't you buy me a cab man.
I don't wanna buy you a cab.
Why not? After that shit you just pulled you owe it to me
I don't owe you shit... You're welcome to stay here if you like
You gonna fuckin' take these cuffs off man?
You still feel sick?
No. I threw up, so I'm feelin' better.
You're not gonna pull any knifes on me are you?
What? You not gonna grab me and push me on the couch again are you?
You're such a whiner
What do you expect. You just can't go around grabbin' and
pushin' on people like that Jeffrey.
I was just playin' with you.
Playin' you call that playin'? 'Cause I don't call that playin'.
You never hurt anyone before?
No I haven't.
Never?
I mean I might hit my little brothers and sisters before when we was little kids.
Did you ever wanna kill 'em? Your parents maybe?
Of course not.
You must be harboring a lot of anger inside.
I'm not angry inside. All right?
I think you are. I think you act all sweet and innocent.
But it's only to cover up how you want to kill people.
Oh man that is some mixed up shit you talkin'
Is it?
All right, so I'm not all sugar and spice if that's what you mean.
But it ain't like I'm walkin' around all day thinkin' about
how I can chop up my mom and pops.
Oh you see right there.
See what?
I didn't say chop up. I asked if you're ever angry enough to kill 'em
right and I said no I don't wanna chop 'em up and.
So you must have been thinking pretty specifically about it
'cause I didn't ever say it.
Oh that's bullshit.
I bet you wanna chop me up right now.
Oh come on Jeffrey.
sawing sounds
I know you came back here to kill me. It's okay.
You want revenge from me attacking you before.
You're pissed, you're pissed at everyone because you're gay
everyone laughs at you. Shits on you. And you're black so it's worse.
Everyone laughs at you. Shits on you. And you're black so it's worse.
At the bottom of the bottom. Dance around like a clown, to
get everyone to like you. But no one really does do they?
So underneath that facade of your sweet innocent Rodney is
nothing but a thief and a nasty vengeful killer.
Nothing but a thief and a nasty vengeful killer.
crying I came back here because I thought that I really liked you.
I think you're beautiful. You have beautiful eyes.
You're tall, strong,
but gentle.
I always dreamed about somebody just like that.
I know it sounds dumb but it's the truth.
siren
How you doin' there?
Fine.
I saw you swerving back there a little bit.
Oh, yeah, I was adjusting my rear mirror to night vision 'cause your lights were pretty bright.
Hum. Can I see your license please?
Is this your vehicle Jeffrey?
No sir it's my mom's car.
It's pretty late. Does your mom know that you have your car?
Uh, no she's gone for the weekend but she let's me use it.
Does she know your drinkin' too?
No sir, uh, I just had one beer.
What's in those bags?
Uh, the clippings from the garden. I was actually headed to the dump with them right now.
Pretty funny time to be going to a dump Jeffrey.
Yeah, well I haven't been getting much sleep lately so I thought I'd, you know,
do some of my chores and you know make me a little more tired so I can get some sleep.
All right, well I'm just gonna ask ya to turn around home and get back in bed. You do that for me?
Yes sir.
All right, have a good night.
You too.
crying
What about you?
What about me?
Why don't you try telling me the truth, about how you feel about me.
I have...
No you haven't. Why don't you tell me the truth.
I'm a pervert. I'm an exhibitionist. I'm a masturbator
and a killer, like you.
laugh You see you can't be honest one bit. You always have to bullshit.
I'm telling you the truth.
No you're not. Because I asked you what you think of me.
I told you.
No you haven't. You just told me what you think of me. But you didn't say Rodney I really like you.
Or Rodney I'm really attracted to you. You didn't say that.
I'm not.
I think you are.
I know that you're turned on by me.
And, I also know, that you... want to be with me. Right?
And, you... Want me to stay forever.
Now tell me, you really want me don't you?
I don't want you.
Oh yeah, I don't believe you.
Wait. Come here.
choking
coughing
heavy breathing
Jeff?
What's goin' on here?
Jeff? Hey. Okay?
Uh-huh.
Where's your mother?
They left.
Where to? Huh?
Jeffrey?
They went , they went to Grandma's.
Why did you call me?
Did I call you?
Yeah, last night I got a message you called.
Oh.. Jeffrey.
I don't remember that.
Can you get up?
Yeah.
Up, up, up.
I can get up.
It's okay.
Sorry.
Can you make it to the shower?
I'll put on some coffee all right?
Sorry.
It's all right.
glass breaking
Crazy.
You sick mother fucker.
I know about these kind of problems son. You're gonna need some help.
I'd rather stop on my own.
Drinkin' is a disease. Therapy can give you some help, believe -
I've already tried it.
Oh, well one session, where you hardly say anything. That's not trying.
You just want me to go 'cause you don't wanna hear my problems.
Look, you know any time you wanna tell me about your problems,
any time you wanna tell me about anything, you know, I'm all ears Jeff.
Give it a shot Jeff. I'll be back in an hour.