...deja-vu?...
From Closer:
Room, Dan and Alice.
ALICE: So this man comes into the cafe today, and he says,
"Hey waitress, what are you waiting for?"
DAN: Funny guy.
ALICE: So I go, "I'm waiting for a man to come in here
and fuck me sideways with a beautiful line like that."
DAN: So what did he ask for?
ALICE: He asked for a cup of tea with two sugars.
DAN: Mmm.
ALICE: I'm waiting for you.
DAN: To do what?
ALICE: Leave me.
DAN: I'm not going to leave you! I totally love you, what is this?
ALICE: Please let me come. I want to be there for you. Are you ashamed of me?
DAN: Of course not. I told you, I want to be alone.
ALICE: Why?
DAN: To grieve. To think.
ALICE: I love you. Why won't you let me?
DAN: It's only a weekend.
ALICE: Why won't you let me love you?
---------------------------------------------------
Dan and Alice are dressed up and attending Alice's exhibition.
Alice leaves Dan and heads over to her picture. The doctor walks up.
LARRY: Like it?
ALICE: No.
LARRY: What were you so sad about?
LICE: Life.
LARRY: What's that then?
Alice laughs.
LARRY: So what do you reckon, in general?
ALICE: You want to talk about art?
LARRY: I know it's vulgar to discuss the work at the opening of the work,
but somebody's gotta do it.
LARRY: I'm serious. What do you think?
ALICE: It's a lie. It's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully,
and all the glittering assholes who appreciate art say
it's beautiful 'cause that's what they want to see.
But the people in the photos are sad, and alone,
but the pictures make the world seem beautiful.
So the exhibition's reassuring, which makes it a lie,
and everyone loves a big fat lie.
LARRY: I'm the big fat lie's boyfriend.
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Back in the gallery
ANNA: I haven't even seen you for a year.
DAN: Yes you have.
ANNA: (exasperated) Only because you stalk me outside of my studio.
[Possible reference to Conspiracy Theory... was it in the play?]
DAN: I don't stalk. I lurk, and when I'm not there you look for me.
ANNA: How do you know if you're not there?
DAN: Because I am there, lurking from a distance.
Dan looks at the Doctor across the room.
DAN: Look at me. Tell me you're in love with me.
ANNA: I'm not in love with you.
DAN: You just lied.
He starts to leave.
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LARRY: I had a chat with young Alice.
ANNA: Fancy her?
LARRY: Of course. Not as much as you.
ANNA: Why not?
LARRY: You're a woman. She's a girl.
She has the moronic beauty of youth, but she's sly.
ANNA: She seems open to me.
LARRY: Yeah, that's how she wants to seem.
You forget you're dealing with a clinical observer of the human carnivore.
ANNA: Am I now?
LARRY: Oh, yes.
ANNA: Mmm. You seem more like the cat that got the cream.
Stop licking yourself.
LARRY: That's the nastiest thing you've ever said to me.
ANNA: It's horrible. I'm sorry. Oh, I'm so sorry.
ALICE: I'm going.
DAN: I'm sorry.
ALICE: Irrelevant. What are you sorry for?
DAN: Everything.
ALICE: Why didn't you tell me before?
DAN: Cowardice.
ALICE: Is it because she's successful?
DAN: No, it's because she doesn't need me.
ALICE: Did you bring her here?
DAN: Yes.
ALICE: Didn't she get married?
DAN: She stopped seeing me.
ALICE: Was that when we went to the country
to celebrate our third anniversary?
Did you phone her, beg her to come back?
when you went for lovely walks?
DAN: Yes.
ALICE: You're a piece of shit.
DAN: Deception is brutal. I'm not pretending otherwise.
ALICE: How? How does it work? How do you do this to someone?
Dan tries to think of an excuse.
ALICE: Not good enough.
DAN: I fell in love with her, Alice.
ALICE: Oh, as if you had no choice?
There's a moment, there's always a moment,
"I can do this, I can give in to this, or I can resist it."
And I don't know when your moment was, but I bet you there was one.
I'm gone.
Dan blocks her exit.
DAN: It's not safe out there.
ALICE: Oh, and it's safe in here?
DAN: What about your things?
ALICE: I don't need "things."
DAN: Where will you go?
ALICE: Disappear.
ALICE: Can I still see you?
ALICE: Dan, can I still see you? Answer me.
DAN: I can't see you. If I see you, I'll never leave you.
ALICE: What will you do if I find someone else?
DAN: Be jealous.
ALICE: You still fancy me?
DAN: Of course.
ALICE: You're lying. I've been you. Will you hold me?
He holds Alice, who's now crying.
ALICE: I amuse you but I bore you.
DAN: No. No.
ALICE: You did love me?
DAN: I'll always love you. I hate hurting you.
ALICE: Why are you?
DAN: Because I'm selfish.
And I think I'll be happier with her.
ALICE: You won't. You'll miss me.
No one will ever love you as much as I do. Why isn't love enough?
ALICE: I'm the one who leaves.
I'm supposed to leave you. I'm the one who leaves.
She starts kissing him.
ALICE: Make some tea, buster.
He goes off to make tea, then looks back after a short while.
She's not there; he runs after her, out to the street, but she's gone.
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time jump
Dan arrives home. Alice is sleeping on his couch.
ALICE: Where have you been?
DAN: Work thing. Had a drink with Harry.
You never have one drink with Harry.
ALICE: You know he's in love with you.
DAN: No he's not. Is he?
ALICE: Did you eat? I'll make you something.
DAN: I'm not hungry.
ALICE: What?
DAN: This will hurt.
DAN: I've been with Anna.
I'm in love with her.
We've been seeing each other for a year.
It began at her opening.
Alice gets up and walks past him.
They kiss and hug.
DAN: I'm your stranger. Jump.
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at Anna's
ANNA: Why are you dressed?
LARRY: Because I think you might be about to leave me
I didn't want to be wearing a dressing gown.
LARRY: I slept with someone in New York. A whore. I'm sorry.
ANNA: Why did you tell me?
LARRY: I couldn't lie to you.
ANNA: Why not?
LARRY: Because I love you.
ANNA: It's fine.
LARRY: Really? Why?
He's confused.
LARRY: Something's wrong. Tell me.
LARRY: Are you leaving me?
Anna nods.
LARRY: Because of this? Why?
ANNA: Dan.
LARRY: Cupid? He's our joke.
ANNA: I love him.
LARRY: You're seeing him now?
Anna nods.
LARRY: Since when?
ANNA: Since my opening last year.
Covering her mouth...
ANNA: I'm disgusting.
LARRY: You're phenomenal. You're so clever.
Why did you marry me?
ANNA: I stopped seeing him. I wanted us to work.
LARRY: Why did you tell me you wanted children?
ANNA: Because I did.
LARRY: And now you want children with him?
ANNA: Yes... I don't know.
LARRY: But... we're happy. Aren't we.
She glares at him.
LARRY: You're going to go and live with him?
ANNA: You stay here if you want.
LARRY: Oh, look. I don't give a fuck about the spoils.
You know, you did this to me the day we met.
You let me hang myself for your amusement.
Why didn't you just tell me the moment I walked through the door?
ANNA: I was scared.
LARRY: You're a coward, you spoiled bitch.
LARRY: Are you dressed 'cause you thought I might hit you?
LARRY: What do you think I am?
ANNA: I've been hit before.
LARRY: Not by me!
LARRY: Is he a good fuck?
ANNA: Don't do this.
LARRY: Just answer the question. Is he good?
ANNA: Yes.
LARRY: Better than me?
ANNA: Different.
LARRY: Better?
ANNA: Gentler.
LARRY: What does that mean?
ANNA: You know what it means.
LARRY: Tell me.
ANNA: No.
LARRY: I treat you like a whore.
ANNA: Sometimes.
LARRY: Why would that be?
ANNA: I'm sorry you're a...
LARRY: Don't say it. Don't you fucking say "You're too good for me."
I am, but don't say it. You're making the mistake of your life.
You're leaving me because you believe that you don't deserve happiness,
but you do, Anna.
LARRY: Did you have a bath because you had sex with him?
So you wouldn't smell of him. So you'd feel less guilty?
LARRY: How do you feel?
ANNA: Guilty.
LARRY: Did you ever love me?
ANNA: Yes.
He starts crying. She embraces him.
---
Cut to Dan's. He walks back into his apartment,
alone and miserable, and shuts the door.
---
Cut back to Anna's...
LARRY: Did you do it here?
ANNA: No.
LARRY: Why not?
ANNA: Do you wish we did?
LARRY: Just tell me the truth.
ANNA: Yes, we did it here.
LARRY: Where?
Anna points.
ANNA: There.
LARRY: On this. We had our first fuck on this. Did you think of me?
LARRY: When? When did you do it here?
LARRY: Answer the question!
ANNA: This evening.
LARRY: Did you cum?
ANNA: Why are you doing this?
LARRY: 'cause I want to know.
ANNA: First he went down on me, and then we fucked.
LARRY: Who was where?
ANNA: I was on top, then he fucked me from behind.
LARRY: And that's when you came the second time.
ANNA: Why is the sex so important?
LARRY: Because I'm a fucking caveman!
LARRY: Did you touch yourself while he fucked you?
ANNA: Yes.
LARRY: You wank for him.
ANNA: Sometimes.
LARRY: And he does.
ANNA: We do everything that people who have sex do!
LARRY: You enjoy sucking him off.
ANNA: Yes!
LARRY: You like his cock.
ANNA: I love his cock!
LARRY: You like him cumming in your face.
ANNA: Yes!
LARRY: What does it taste like?
ANNA: It tastes like you but sweeter!
LARRY: That's the spirit. Thank you. Thank you for your honesty.
Now fuck off and die, you fucked up slag.
Room, Dan and Alice.
ALICE: So this man comes into the cafe today, and he says,
"Hey waitress, what are you waiting for?"
DAN: Funny guy.
ALICE: So I go, "I'm waiting for a man to come in here
and fuck me sideways with a beautiful line like that."
DAN: So what did he ask for?
ALICE: He asked for a cup of tea with two sugars.
DAN: Mmm.
ALICE: I'm waiting for you.
DAN: To do what?
ALICE: Leave me.
DAN: I'm not going to leave you! I totally love you, what is this?
ALICE: Please let me come. I want to be there for you. Are you ashamed of me?
DAN: Of course not. I told you, I want to be alone.
ALICE: Why?
DAN: To grieve. To think.
ALICE: I love you. Why won't you let me?
DAN: It's only a weekend.
ALICE: Why won't you let me love you?
---------------------------------------------------
Dan and Alice are dressed up and attending Alice's exhibition.
Alice leaves Dan and heads over to her picture. The doctor walks up.
LARRY: Like it?
ALICE: No.
LARRY: What were you so sad about?
LICE: Life.
LARRY: What's that then?
Alice laughs.
LARRY: So what do you reckon, in general?
ALICE: You want to talk about art?
LARRY: I know it's vulgar to discuss the work at the opening of the work,
but somebody's gotta do it.
LARRY: I'm serious. What do you think?
ALICE: It's a lie. It's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully,
and all the glittering assholes who appreciate art say
it's beautiful 'cause that's what they want to see.
But the people in the photos are sad, and alone,
but the pictures make the world seem beautiful.
So the exhibition's reassuring, which makes it a lie,
and everyone loves a big fat lie.
LARRY: I'm the big fat lie's boyfriend.
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Back in the gallery
ANNA: I haven't even seen you for a year.
DAN: Yes you have.
ANNA: (exasperated) Only because you stalk me outside of my studio.
[Possible reference to Conspiracy Theory... was it in the play?]
DAN: I don't stalk. I lurk, and when I'm not there you look for me.
ANNA: How do you know if you're not there?
DAN: Because I am there, lurking from a distance.
Dan looks at the Doctor across the room.
DAN: Look at me. Tell me you're in love with me.
ANNA: I'm not in love with you.
DAN: You just lied.
He starts to leave.
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LARRY: I had a chat with young Alice.
ANNA: Fancy her?
LARRY: Of course. Not as much as you.
ANNA: Why not?
LARRY: You're a woman. She's a girl.
She has the moronic beauty of youth, but she's sly.
ANNA: She seems open to me.
LARRY: Yeah, that's how she wants to seem.
You forget you're dealing with a clinical observer of the human carnivore.
ANNA: Am I now?
LARRY: Oh, yes.
ANNA: Mmm. You seem more like the cat that got the cream.
Stop licking yourself.
LARRY: That's the nastiest thing you've ever said to me.
ANNA: It's horrible. I'm sorry. Oh, I'm so sorry.
ALICE: I'm going.
DAN: I'm sorry.
ALICE: Irrelevant. What are you sorry for?
DAN: Everything.
ALICE: Why didn't you tell me before?
DAN: Cowardice.
ALICE: Is it because she's successful?
DAN: No, it's because she doesn't need me.
ALICE: Did you bring her here?
DAN: Yes.
ALICE: Didn't she get married?
DAN: She stopped seeing me.
ALICE: Was that when we went to the country
to celebrate our third anniversary?
Did you phone her, beg her to come back?
when you went for lovely walks?
DAN: Yes.
ALICE: You're a piece of shit.
DAN: Deception is brutal. I'm not pretending otherwise.
ALICE: How? How does it work? How do you do this to someone?
Dan tries to think of an excuse.
ALICE: Not good enough.
DAN: I fell in love with her, Alice.
ALICE: Oh, as if you had no choice?
There's a moment, there's always a moment,
"I can do this, I can give in to this, or I can resist it."
And I don't know when your moment was, but I bet you there was one.
I'm gone.
Dan blocks her exit.
DAN: It's not safe out there.
ALICE: Oh, and it's safe in here?
DAN: What about your things?
ALICE: I don't need "things."
DAN: Where will you go?
ALICE: Disappear.
ALICE: Can I still see you?
ALICE: Dan, can I still see you? Answer me.
DAN: I can't see you. If I see you, I'll never leave you.
ALICE: What will you do if I find someone else?
DAN: Be jealous.
ALICE: You still fancy me?
DAN: Of course.
ALICE: You're lying. I've been you. Will you hold me?
He holds Alice, who's now crying.
ALICE: I amuse you but I bore you.
DAN: No. No.
ALICE: You did love me?
DAN: I'll always love you. I hate hurting you.
ALICE: Why are you?
DAN: Because I'm selfish.
And I think I'll be happier with her.
ALICE: You won't. You'll miss me.
No one will ever love you as much as I do. Why isn't love enough?
ALICE: I'm the one who leaves.
I'm supposed to leave you. I'm the one who leaves.
She starts kissing him.
ALICE: Make some tea, buster.
He goes off to make tea, then looks back after a short while.
She's not there; he runs after her, out to the street, but she's gone.
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time jump
Dan arrives home. Alice is sleeping on his couch.
ALICE: Where have you been?
DAN: Work thing. Had a drink with Harry.
You never have one drink with Harry.
ALICE: You know he's in love with you.
DAN: No he's not. Is he?
ALICE: Did you eat? I'll make you something.
DAN: I'm not hungry.
ALICE: What?
DAN: This will hurt.
DAN: I've been with Anna.
I'm in love with her.
We've been seeing each other for a year.
It began at her opening.
Alice gets up and walks past him.
They kiss and hug.
DAN: I'm your stranger. Jump.
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at Anna's
ANNA: Why are you dressed?
LARRY: Because I think you might be about to leave me
I didn't want to be wearing a dressing gown.
LARRY: I slept with someone in New York. A whore. I'm sorry.
ANNA: Why did you tell me?
LARRY: I couldn't lie to you.
ANNA: Why not?
LARRY: Because I love you.
ANNA: It's fine.
LARRY: Really? Why?
He's confused.
LARRY: Something's wrong. Tell me.
LARRY: Are you leaving me?
Anna nods.
LARRY: Because of this? Why?
ANNA: Dan.
LARRY: Cupid? He's our joke.
ANNA: I love him.
LARRY: You're seeing him now?
Anna nods.
LARRY: Since when?
ANNA: Since my opening last year.
Covering her mouth...
ANNA: I'm disgusting.
LARRY: You're phenomenal. You're so clever.
Why did you marry me?
ANNA: I stopped seeing him. I wanted us to work.
LARRY: Why did you tell me you wanted children?
ANNA: Because I did.
LARRY: And now you want children with him?
ANNA: Yes... I don't know.
LARRY: But... we're happy. Aren't we.
She glares at him.
LARRY: You're going to go and live with him?
ANNA: You stay here if you want.
LARRY: Oh, look. I don't give a fuck about the spoils.
You know, you did this to me the day we met.
You let me hang myself for your amusement.
Why didn't you just tell me the moment I walked through the door?
ANNA: I was scared.
LARRY: You're a coward, you spoiled bitch.
LARRY: Are you dressed 'cause you thought I might hit you?
LARRY: What do you think I am?
ANNA: I've been hit before.
LARRY: Not by me!
LARRY: Is he a good fuck?
ANNA: Don't do this.
LARRY: Just answer the question. Is he good?
ANNA: Yes.
LARRY: Better than me?
ANNA: Different.
LARRY: Better?
ANNA: Gentler.
LARRY: What does that mean?
ANNA: You know what it means.
LARRY: Tell me.
ANNA: No.
LARRY: I treat you like a whore.
ANNA: Sometimes.
LARRY: Why would that be?
ANNA: I'm sorry you're a...
LARRY: Don't say it. Don't you fucking say "You're too good for me."
I am, but don't say it. You're making the mistake of your life.
You're leaving me because you believe that you don't deserve happiness,
but you do, Anna.
LARRY: Did you have a bath because you had sex with him?
So you wouldn't smell of him. So you'd feel less guilty?
LARRY: How do you feel?
ANNA: Guilty.
LARRY: Did you ever love me?
ANNA: Yes.
He starts crying. She embraces him.
---
Cut to Dan's. He walks back into his apartment,
alone and miserable, and shuts the door.
---
Cut back to Anna's...
LARRY: Did you do it here?
ANNA: No.
LARRY: Why not?
ANNA: Do you wish we did?
LARRY: Just tell me the truth.
ANNA: Yes, we did it here.
LARRY: Where?
Anna points.
ANNA: There.
LARRY: On this. We had our first fuck on this. Did you think of me?
LARRY: When? When did you do it here?
LARRY: Answer the question!
ANNA: This evening.
LARRY: Did you cum?
ANNA: Why are you doing this?
LARRY: 'cause I want to know.
ANNA: First he went down on me, and then we fucked.
LARRY: Who was where?
ANNA: I was on top, then he fucked me from behind.
LARRY: And that's when you came the second time.
ANNA: Why is the sex so important?
LARRY: Because I'm a fucking caveman!
LARRY: Did you touch yourself while he fucked you?
ANNA: Yes.
LARRY: You wank for him.
ANNA: Sometimes.
LARRY: And he does.
ANNA: We do everything that people who have sex do!
LARRY: You enjoy sucking him off.
ANNA: Yes!
LARRY: You like his cock.
ANNA: I love his cock!
LARRY: You like him cumming in your face.
ANNA: Yes!
LARRY: What does it taste like?
ANNA: It tastes like you but sweeter!
LARRY: That's the spirit. Thank you. Thank you for your honesty.
Now fuck off and die, you fucked up slag.
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Time Jump
---
At the Rennaisance Hotel
Dan's lying on the bed in a robe.
ALICE: Shoe me the sneer.
ALICE: Beautiful!
DAN: You'll wake up the hotel.
Alice jumps on him.
ALICE: Fuck me.
DAN: Again? We have to get up at six.
ALICE: How can one man be so endlessly disappointing?
DAN: That's my charm.
ALICE: Mmm.
DAN: So, where are we going?
ALICE: My treat.
DAN: Where are we going?
ALICE: My holiday surprise. My rules.
Dan starts tickling her, and she laughs hysterically
DAN: Where are we going?
ALICE: New York! New York!
DAN: Oh, you angel.
DAN: You did remember to pack my passport.
ALICE: Of course. It's with my passport.
DAN: And where's that?
ALICE: In a place where you can't look. No one sees my passport picture.
ALICE: Mmm.. when we get on the plane, we'll have been together four years.
DAN: What about the gap?
ALICE: You mean trial separation? It didn't work out. Happy anniversary.
DAN: I'm going to take my eyes out.
He gets up.
They start recalling their first time together at the hospital.
DAN: What was in my sandwiches?
ALICE: Tuna.
ALICE: How many stiches did I get?
DAN: Two, but you should have had three.
DAN: What was your euphemism?
ALICE: "Disarming." Too easy, buster! Next?
DAN: That park, who'd I go there with?
ALICE: Your father.
ALICE: Were the chairs in the hospital grey or blue?
DAN: No idea.
ALICE: Trick question. They were green.
DAN: You are a trick question.
ALICE: How come we never took a vacation?
DAN: We went to the country.
ALICE: Doesn't count. You were off making sneaky phone calls to that witch we do not mention.
ALICE: Come to bed.
DAN: I need a smoke. How'd you manage to give up?
ALICE: Deep inner strength.
He gets back on the bed.
DAN: Why me? You could have chosen anyone. Why me?
ALICE: Because you cut off your crust.
He laughs and starts hissing her stomach.
ALICE: And this. Mmm.
DAN: When are you going to stop stripping?
ALICE: Soon.
DAN: You're addicted to it.
ALICE: No I'm not. Paid for this.
DAN: Tell me what happened.
ALICE (playfully): Nothing happened.
DAN: He went to the club.
ALICE: Lots of men came to the club. You came to the club.
(Flashback to the club, with Alice dancing on a pole)
ALICE: The look on your face.
DAN: The look on your face.
DAN: What a face. What a wig.
DAN: I saw this face. This vision. When you stepped into the ???. It was the moment of my life.
ALICE: This is the moment of your life.
DAN: You were perfect.
ALICE: I still am.
DAN: On the way to the hospital, I kissed your forehead.
ALICE: You brute.
DAN: The cabby saw me kissing you, said, "Is she yours?"
DAN: I said, "Yes, she's mine." She's mine.
DAN: So, he came to the club, watched you strip. You had a little chat, and that was it.
ALICE: Yes.
DAN: You're not trusting me. I'm in love with you. You're safe. You had every right, I just want to know.
ALICE: Why?
DAN: Because I want to know everything. Because I'm a lunatic. Tell me.
ALICE: Nothing happened. You were living with someone else.
DAN: What are you justifying?
ALICE: I'm just justifying anything. I'm just saying.
DAN: What are you saying?
ALICE: I'm not saying anything.
DAN: I just want the truth.
ALICE: Where are you going?
DAN: Cigarettes.
ALICE: Everywhere is closed.
DAN: I'll go to the terminal. When I get back, please tell me the truth.
ALICE: Why?
DAN: Because I'm adicted to it. Because without it, we're animals. Trust me.
Dan leaves. Alice looks conflicted.
---
Dan comes back down the hall, steals a rose from outside another room. He walks in and offers her the rose.
ALICE: I don't love you anymore.
DAN: Since when?
ALICE: Now. Just now. I don't want to lie. Can't tell the truth, so it's over.
DAN: It doesn't matter. I love you. None of it matters.
ALICE: Too late. I don't love you anymore. Goodbye.
ALICE: Here's the truth, so now you can hate me. Larry fucked me all night. I enjoyed it. I came. I prefer you. Now go.
DAN: I knew that. He told me.
ALICE: You knew?!
DAN: I needed to hear it from you.
ALICE: Why?
DAN: Because he might have been lying. I had to hear it from you.
ALICE: I would never have told you, because I know you would have never forgived me.
DAN: I would. I have.
ALICE: Why did he tell you?
DAN: Because he's a bastard.
ALICE: How could he?
DAN: Because he wanted this to happen.
ALICE (getting angry): But why test me?
DAN: Because I'm an idiot.
ALICE: Yes. I would have loved you... forever. Now, please go.
DAN: Don't do this, Alice. Please, talk to me.
ALICE: I am talking. Fuck off.
DAN: I'm sorry. You misunderstand! I didn't mean to.
ALICE: Yes you did.
DAN: I love you!
ALICE: Where?!
DAN: What?!
ALICE: Show me! Where is this love? I... I can't see it, I can't touch it. I can't feel it. I can hear it. I can hear some words, but I can't do anything with your easy words. Whatever you say is too late.
DAN: Please, don't do this!
ALICE: Done.
ALICE: Now, please go, or I'll call security.
DAN: No, you're not in a strip club, there is no security.
Alice picks up the phone. He goes over and grabs it from her.
DAN: Why did you fuck him?
ALICE: I wanted to.
DAN: Why?
ALICE: I desired him.
DAN: Why?
ALICE: You weren't there!
DAN (getting upset): Why him?
ALICE: He asked me nicely.
DAN: You're a liar.
ALICE: So?
DAN (screaming): Who are you?!
ALICE (crying): I'm no one!
Alice spits in his face. Dan thinks about hitting her, and it's obvious.
ALICE: Go on, hit me. It's what you want. Hit me, fucker.
Dan slaps her, hard.
U.S. customs, and JFK International Airport.
Alice hands the Customs officer her passport. Her names is Jane Rachel Jones, born 1980-01-12 in New York
CUSTOMS: Welcome back, Ms. Jones.
JANE: Thank you.
---
At the Rennaisance Hotel
Dan's lying on the bed in a robe.
ALICE: Shoe me the sneer.
ALICE: Beautiful!
DAN: You'll wake up the hotel.
Alice jumps on him.
ALICE: Fuck me.
DAN: Again? We have to get up at six.
ALICE: How can one man be so endlessly disappointing?
DAN: That's my charm.
ALICE: Mmm.
DAN: So, where are we going?
ALICE: My treat.
DAN: Where are we going?
ALICE: My holiday surprise. My rules.
Dan starts tickling her, and she laughs hysterically
DAN: Where are we going?
ALICE: New York! New York!
DAN: Oh, you angel.
DAN: You did remember to pack my passport.
ALICE: Of course. It's with my passport.
DAN: And where's that?
ALICE: In a place where you can't look. No one sees my passport picture.
ALICE: Mmm.. when we get on the plane, we'll have been together four years.
DAN: What about the gap?
ALICE: You mean trial separation? It didn't work out. Happy anniversary.
DAN: I'm going to take my eyes out.
He gets up.
They start recalling their first time together at the hospital.
DAN: What was in my sandwiches?
ALICE: Tuna.
ALICE: How many stiches did I get?
DAN: Two, but you should have had three.
DAN: What was your euphemism?
ALICE: "Disarming." Too easy, buster! Next?
DAN: That park, who'd I go there with?
ALICE: Your father.
ALICE: Were the chairs in the hospital grey or blue?
DAN: No idea.
ALICE: Trick question. They were green.
DAN: You are a trick question.
ALICE: How come we never took a vacation?
DAN: We went to the country.
ALICE: Doesn't count. You were off making sneaky phone calls to that witch we do not mention.
ALICE: Come to bed.
DAN: I need a smoke. How'd you manage to give up?
ALICE: Deep inner strength.
He gets back on the bed.
DAN: Why me? You could have chosen anyone. Why me?
ALICE: Because you cut off your crust.
He laughs and starts hissing her stomach.
ALICE: And this. Mmm.
DAN: When are you going to stop stripping?
ALICE: Soon.
DAN: You're addicted to it.
ALICE: No I'm not. Paid for this.
DAN: Tell me what happened.
ALICE (playfully): Nothing happened.
DAN: He went to the club.
ALICE: Lots of men came to the club. You came to the club.
(Flashback to the club, with Alice dancing on a pole)
ALICE: The look on your face.
DAN: The look on your face.
DAN: What a face. What a wig.
DAN: I saw this face. This vision. When you stepped into the ???. It was the moment of my life.
ALICE: This is the moment of your life.
DAN: You were perfect.
ALICE: I still am.
DAN: On the way to the hospital, I kissed your forehead.
ALICE: You brute.
DAN: The cabby saw me kissing you, said, "Is she yours?"
DAN: I said, "Yes, she's mine." She's mine.
DAN: So, he came to the club, watched you strip. You had a little chat, and that was it.
ALICE: Yes.
DAN: You're not trusting me. I'm in love with you. You're safe. You had every right, I just want to know.
ALICE: Why?
DAN: Because I want to know everything. Because I'm a lunatic. Tell me.
ALICE: Nothing happened. You were living with someone else.
DAN: What are you justifying?
ALICE: I'm just justifying anything. I'm just saying.
DAN: What are you saying?
ALICE: I'm not saying anything.
DAN: I just want the truth.
ALICE: Where are you going?
DAN: Cigarettes.
ALICE: Everywhere is closed.
DAN: I'll go to the terminal. When I get back, please tell me the truth.
ALICE: Why?
DAN: Because I'm adicted to it. Because without it, we're animals. Trust me.
Dan leaves. Alice looks conflicted.
---
Dan comes back down the hall, steals a rose from outside another room. He walks in and offers her the rose.
ALICE: I don't love you anymore.
DAN: Since when?
ALICE: Now. Just now. I don't want to lie. Can't tell the truth, so it's over.
DAN: It doesn't matter. I love you. None of it matters.
ALICE: Too late. I don't love you anymore. Goodbye.
ALICE: Here's the truth, so now you can hate me. Larry fucked me all night. I enjoyed it. I came. I prefer you. Now go.
DAN: I knew that. He told me.
ALICE: You knew?!
DAN: I needed to hear it from you.
ALICE: Why?
DAN: Because he might have been lying. I had to hear it from you.
ALICE: I would never have told you, because I know you would have never forgived me.
DAN: I would. I have.
ALICE: Why did he tell you?
DAN: Because he's a bastard.
ALICE: How could he?
DAN: Because he wanted this to happen.
ALICE (getting angry): But why test me?
DAN: Because I'm an idiot.
ALICE: Yes. I would have loved you... forever. Now, please go.
DAN: Don't do this, Alice. Please, talk to me.
ALICE: I am talking. Fuck off.
DAN: I'm sorry. You misunderstand! I didn't mean to.
ALICE: Yes you did.
DAN: I love you!
ALICE: Where?!
DAN: What?!
ALICE: Show me! Where is this love? I... I can't see it, I can't touch it. I can't feel it. I can hear it. I can hear some words, but I can't do anything with your easy words. Whatever you say is too late.
DAN: Please, don't do this!
ALICE: Done.
ALICE: Now, please go, or I'll call security.
DAN: No, you're not in a strip club, there is no security.
Alice picks up the phone. He goes over and grabs it from her.
DAN: Why did you fuck him?
ALICE: I wanted to.
DAN: Why?
ALICE: I desired him.
DAN: Why?
ALICE: You weren't there!
DAN (getting upset): Why him?
ALICE: He asked me nicely.
DAN: You're a liar.
ALICE: So?
DAN (screaming): Who are you?!
ALICE (crying): I'm no one!
Alice spits in his face. Dan thinks about hitting her, and it's obvious.
ALICE: Go on, hit me. It's what you want. Hit me, fucker.
Dan slaps her, hard.
U.S. customs, and JFK International Airport.
Alice hands the Customs officer her passport. Her names is Jane Rachel Jones, born 1980-01-12 in New York
CUSTOMS: Welcome back, Ms. Jones.
JANE: Thank you.
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