" Hi uncle Tommy." " Hi." "During the last week of the summer, we were in downtown, one fine day..." "One day I was with Jared, who is a little older than I." "He said, we should check out Paranoid Park." "I've heard of it, of course," "But I had never thought about going there." "I assumed it was out of my way." "But when I said, I don't think I'm ready," "Jared laughed, and said something, "Nobody is ever ready for Paranoid Park."" "We went to the park together, the next day." "This place is too tight, we should have come on Saturday." "About a month later, halfway through the month past, there was an announcement, my name." "My name and no others." "Ok, today we really want to teach you guys about the gravity force, and... the gravity force is a force on an object." "But the funny thing is, the objects tend to differ." "Alex Dermaine, you've got notified by the director." "Objects like this, you can see that they are bound in the middle." "But an object can also..." "Hi Alex, nice to see you." " Sorry about calling during the class." " That's all right." "I have talked to your friend Jared, he says you were in the..." " east side skate board park on the night of the 17th." "Is that right?" " Yes." " Did you guys around out at the night?" " Around what?" "Did you around out at that night?" "Yeah." " Did you drive by there then, the park itself?" " No." " Where did you?" " That night I drove around downtown..." "Got something to eat, parked in the waterfront and walked around." " Ok, were you skateboarding?" " Yeah." "No, I had my skateboard but I'm not that good so I tried to practice by myself." "So you can give me the time for yourself?" "I mean approximately." "Yeah, I went to Jared's house about 7 or 8, and I droped him off at the bus station, shortly after that, then I drove around." "Oh yeah, That, some kind of, confused me about before, because..." "I didn't go back to my house, I went back to Jared's, because..." "Jared and I planned in Jared's house that night, originally." "Where were his parents?" "His mom was in Las Vegas and his dad doesn't live with him." " So no brothers and no sisters." "The house was totally empty that night." " Yeah." "Would your parents know this?" "I mean, nobody was home with Jared's?" "They does not care, don't they?" "It's fine, probably that old trick were, your parents know you spend that the night... at Jared's house, and your parents don't realize that his parents are not at home..." "Basically you get whatever you want." "Pretty much, it's not that they don't care" "It's fine, I also used to do that." "An old trick, no big deal." " What is your parents situation?" " What do you mean?" "Are your parents still together?" "They have been separated for a while, and they are gonna be divorced soon." "My parents also got divorced, I was about at your age, it's tough thing..." " to go through." " Yeah." "Do you have any brothers or sisters?" " Yeah, I have a little brother, he is 13." " How about your sister?" "No." " How about your girlfriend?" " Yeah, Jennifer." "Where was she at that night?" "My girlfriend?" "She was with just some other friends." "Did you ever call her at that night, Do you have a cell phone?" "No, I didn't called here and I don't have any cell phone." "Well..." "Just according to my notes, I will tell you what..." "I will tell you what my situation is, I have a security guard... and we find him, deceased somewhere on a railroad track." "So we think that maybe he was trailed or fell..." "But the autopsy says he was... struck by an object." "We also have a witness who says... he saw somebody throwing some object from the bridge to the river." "We have that object and it is a skateboard." "The funny thing is, there is some DNA on the skateboard... that puts it at the same with the crime." "Where did you go?" "I drove out in downtown a little... to subway, and got something to eat." " There are about 1002 subway..." " By the waterfront." " It is over the World Trade Center, that one?" " Yes." "What did you get?" "Turkey and ham herb-tied Cheeseburger... toasted tomatoes, lettuce, pickle, olives, Mustard, oil and vinegar." " With mayo?" " No." " Since you have mayo in it." " Mayo is sick" " What kind of bread was it?" " Herb with cheese." "Do you have a receipt in your pocket for that?" "No, I don't keep receipts" " How much did it cost?" " Like six dollars, somewhat expensive." "Six inch, or twelve inch?" "Six inch, for six dollars, so you got it for a meal?" "No, I got only drinks." "Orange, Dr. Pepper." " With whom have you eaten?" " Myself, I just drove by myself, so..." "You know, I gotta cut to short, I'll give you my Business card..." "If you have anything to add, would you call, right?" "Can you do that?" " Ok if I go to class?" " Yes, Ok." "Thanks." "I appreciate it." "I am writing this out of order." "I didn't do so well in creative writing." "But I'll get it all on paper, eventually." "What are you writing?" "Nothing, just homework." "Good day, huh?" "Anyway, after Jared mentioned the paranoid park the first time," "We needed to go there the next day." "It wasn't that night that the detector was talking about, though, but it was my first time there, and I liked it right away." "One appeal about place like Paranoid was the kids... who are skating there." "They built the park illegally all by themselves." "Trainhoppers, guitar punks, skate, drunks, doorway kids," "No matter how about their family like was, These guys are much worse." "This place is too tight, we should have come on Saturday." "That sounds great." "The first problem with Jared's plan was Jennifer, my girlfriend." "Yeah, you sometimes seem to prefer to come along with him, rather than with me." "It's kind of annoying." "She wanted me to come out at that night." "No, you cannot do that." "I cannot call my friends, no." "Jennifer was nice in everything, but she was a virgin." "What she meant was that she wants to do it at some point." "And that I knew things would get all serious." "I told my mom that I would spend Saturday night with Jared... so we could go to the Wintersportexpo early on Sunday..." "And I asked if I could borrow her car." " Follow the roads law, Mr." " I will." "Are you ready to order, please?" "I have two cheeseburgers, and a chocolate shake." "I know you bumped it all, but this trip will be ass." "It's gonna be a short thing for you." "Why are you so desparate for some girl, especially if she ignores you the entire summer." "Yes, I am gonna be so waiting this time." "You should have called Jennifer." "What are you waiting for with her?" "What do you want?" "What I really wanted was skating at the hardcore freaks' Paranoid Park." "You can spend night at my place." "Please do it, call Jennifer..." "We can both fuck." "I didn't want someone to damage my mom's car..." "So I parked on the other side of the river, which was a secret path." " Hey, kid." " Hey." " Your mom know you're here?" " Yes." " Is she hot?" " Dude, no." "You should bring her here." "Paranoid was great, I could have sat there, all night watching the skaters... the girls and all the stuff going around, The only bad thing was..." "I started thinking of other things, like my parents." "My dad had supposedly moved out, but he kept calling in house... burdening us, and my mom could not handle it any more." "My poor brother Henry, he was thirteen... he would get so worried about stuff, that he could not grow up." "He couldn't handle the stress at all." "I also thought about Jennifer, she seemed pretty determined that we stayed together." "I mean, worse things can happen," "I wished that I could like her more than we had more in common." "You gonna right away go skateboarding or just sitting on it?" "I am waiting for someone." "What's up?" "You gonna be ride, man?" " I am waiting for someone." " You're not gonna be ride." "I am waiting for someone." "You know that there are bodies buried here, Under the cement?" " Isn't that right?" " Yes, that is true." "Let me tell you what, let me that Skateboard riding, if I don't come back..." "You could have a little hotty here." "Hi, I am Paisley." "Look at scratch." "Thanks man, I told you I come back." "Yes, no problem." "Where do you guys live?" "Right here, man." " On the skate park?" " This is our fucking home." " How about you?" " By my mom." "See, what about ride to the train, man, you wanna get some beer?" " How about you guys?" " We stay here, man." "He asked me if I wanted to get some beer." "I didn't know about the beer, but I really wanted to ride free to the train." "Later that night I drove back to Jared." "I had to change my clothes, they were so trashed." "The name and the city, please." "Tremain in Gearhart, please." "Press one to be connected with no additional fee." "Happy Citizenship Day." "How are things with your parents?" "Not that good, it's now official." "They divorce." " That must be hard." " Yes, now that is opened." "I have heard about you and Jennifer." "I think everyone has heard about you and Jennifer." " Mind if I say it wrong?" " No, I didn't." "Why did you break up with her?" "Why am I not going along, you mean?" "Yes, that's what I mean." "But you must have liked her a little." "I found her last summer, before she decided I was her boyfriend." "I think everything that you're now through, It is something like hard or else." " What?" " Macy." "You know, everybody's parents divorce." "There are other problems, bigger problems." "Like what?" "Like people dying in Iraq, starving kids in Africa." "Since when you care about starving children in Africa?" "You know what I mean, those little problems, they are all so stupid." "Not with what happen to you." "Well, just all the stuffs in general." " It seems like something did happen to you." " No, you know what I mean, Macy." "Not really, so did something happen to you?" "No." "I just feel like there's something outside normal life, outside teachers... break-ups, girlfriends, like right up there." "Like outside those like different levels of stuffs." "And there is something happened to me." "I think so." "You just walk and pass me?" "So did you have fun with Jared on Saturday?" " Not really." " What did you guys do?" "Just a little going around" "I went to Adelhaid's Best, You should have come." "But I think this kind of stuff doesn't interest you any more... because skating with Jared is more fun." " But..." " Whatever, shut up." "What do you do after school?" "Nothing." " We are going to do something, if you want?" " OK." "You gonna walk with me in my class?" " Come out." " Do not laugh." "The pants are too big." "I think you look like the most sexy looks, Alex." "I have a smaller pants." "Is this not correct?" "It is interesting." "You could change." "My God." "Is it for you?" "No, it's really great." "These bands are really huge." " It looks good." " It is too huge." "Take this." "Give me my clothes, go on, move." "I have my dress." "You can't be in here." " That's not your board." " Yeah, I've just got it." "What do you need a new board for?" "Because I wanted to try something different." "Why didn't you tell me about this?" "Why would I tell you, just a new board." "Because I gonna skate with you, and I can't let Faggotboard ride next to me." "Why, it's not a Faggotboard, just drive." "I would like boogie bands here." "Is that Techno stuff?" "Paranoid Park" "We should check out Paranoid Park." "I don't think I'm ready for Paranoid Park." "No one is ever really ready for Paranoid Park." "This is News Break, I am Ken Body." "Was it a horrible accident, or was it murder?" "The police are investigating a greezly scene at the Central train guard near downtown of Portland." "A security guard was found dead," "Literally cut in head by the wheels of a freight train." "The police say that there is evidence, so far played," "But they aren't willing to say more details at this time." "At this point, there are no possible suspects." "We are following this case closely." "And we have more tonight, on-going at six and eleven." "I woke up passed out, next to the vending machines..." "I don't remember anything about what happened that night." " Were you drinking?" " Yeah, I have no idea what happened." "I thought that that faster disappear, Had to work." "Do you know why that kid is caught?" "Yes, he was caught for hashish or something." "I don't know." "He's not gonna get fair trial ever." "That is the worst, man." "Sorry." "Did they call my name?" "All skaters are called by the officer." " That is docks, brother." " Yeah" "Detective Lu." "Hi, guys." "What are those weapons?" " Show a little respect." " Show me your respect." "Thank you." "Check, looking at." "Anyway, as she has said, my name is detective Richard Lu," "Call me Rich." "So you know, my partner and I are here to investigate a murder occurred in downtown." "Where you call as Skateboard Park." "So the police probably wants us... to take in and make a contact with the Skateboard community." "And hopefully you can help us solve the case we have here." "Anyway, what I want to do is... to talk with you, and get to know you." "So we are going around the room." "I would propose that you yourself?" "Raise your hand, if you have ever been at Eastside Skateboard Park." "It's called, Paranoid Park." "So you all have." "As long as I hoped." "From one who raised his hand, Who was there at any time..." "During the weekend of the September 16th to the 17th." "Yeah, we, Alex and I have been there that week, during the day." "Do you remember yet what day that was?" "I don't know, Tuesday maybe." "We actually planned to go there that weekend, but we didn't." "What did you do?" "I went to "Organ State"." " So you went to Paranoid Park?" " No." " You did not?" "Where did you go?" "I didn't want to go to Paranoid Park by myself, so..." "No one wants go to Paradise Park by himself, it is scary." "It is wise not to go by yourself." "I just say that you should have a little caution." "Well, I understand that." " Let's get started here." " Where are exactly accusing us, sir?" "I'm not accusing you of anything, nothing at all." "This is not about suspects, in fact." "So we are clear, nobody here in this room is a suspect." "If you were suspects, you would be treated a little differently than like that." "What it is, I'm trying to learn and get some background of what you know about your skateboard community." "It's not a community, it's not like we know well each other." "Well I understand that, but..." "Let me put this around, let me give you some background." "What we have is a possible murder situation." "Take a look at these pictures, and you gonna understand why we are here." "Let me take a look." "Gentlemen, that is the real one here." "The deceased was found on the railroad track, Just outside of the Central Train yard, over by downtown." "Now the train here is Involved in where you are looking at..." "Just before he got to there, he replied..." ""Eastside Skateboard Park."" " Eastside?" " Paranoid Park, man." "Exactly, and you know what?" "We think it is possible, if this is a murder situtation, that somebody from Paranoid Park was involved in this." "Look out there." "I tried to put this part out of my mind... but Lu his pictures brought it all Back." "This was my chance to take a moment, to think for a second... to figure out the best thing we do." "Cool, huh?" "Next time you gonna jump to train, get on the trainspot." "It's safer." "If you lose your grip and then slip off... then you just tap the side, and stuiter you back." "If you drive it here and you fall off, then you get right on there." "Do you like this, man with beard?" "Hide, man." "He tried to kill us, He had a little bat." "Why can't you understand that?" " Call police?" " It's OK, Alex, you're not gonna troubled." "Call home?" "I'll be in worse troubles." "Call someone?" " It was self-defence." " Escape, tell the truth... and things are only getting worse." "Was that really true?" "People defend themselves all the time." "What if it was really your fault?" " I had to tell someone." "What if it was something like that couldn't be undone?" " Maybe that was a thing." " Get a lawyer first." "You could call police." "That's sports people did." "Thing would matter is my brother." " Calm down, Alex." " I have to think clearly." "What would my dad do?" "But none of these things are before to clear my body." "My brains cannot debate all night along." "Will you get a lawyer?" "My body wants only one thing, Get the hell out of it." "I was so screwed." "What was I going to do?" "I shouldn't waste time." "I need to talk to someone." "I need to take an action, and get this weight off with me." "My dad, that was a person I first talk to." "I knew where he was, at the beach house with uncle Tommy." "I could already feel the relief, if I would tell him." "The name and the city, please." "Tremain in Gearhart, please." "Press one to be connected with no additional fee." "Happy Citizenship Day." "Hey honey, what are you doing home so early?" "We didn't go to the Expo, Jared was sick." " Where is he sick?" " Not sure." "Honey?" "Uncle Tommy called earlier, he said he got called..." " at the beach on his 'Caller ID'." " He did?" "Yeah, he said the call was from the 'Fitches', and he asked if I knew anyone so called." "I told him you understand." "Did you call uncle Tommy?" "Yeah, maybe by accident." "He said that the call was pointed at five in the morning." "That's weird." "Were you still awake then?" "No..." "But then again, I was trying to call Ryan, but..." "I could have been half asleep, or even at the sleepwalking." "I'm going to the mall since Fitcher got snowboards... since I didn't go to the Expo." "Ok, watch out everything." "Where is your skateboard?" "I've left it in Jared's." " Good morning, how are you?" " Fine." " What can I get you?" "I want only one glass of water, is that right?" " I leave it here, just in case you change your mind." " Fine." "What are you doing here so early?" "Nothing." "Really?" "It seems like you're reading news" "Yes, I was showing newspaper." " Anything in there about the war?" " No." "To check out sports." "In the metro, yeah." "In the metro, yeah." "So that's why you came here to read the newspaper?" "I was bored, so I just came to the mall." "Sort of, yeah." "We want to go see a movie, come with us?" "No, thanks." "You'd rather sit here and pretend to read sports?" " Yeah, sports." " OK" "We talk later." "That will cost something." " You would be admirer." " That doesn't make sense." "If we got all mucky, then you cannot even see it." "That's a terrible joke." "Do you think we should do it again?" "or maybe we should wait." "You know, we gotta more condoms, you gotta go and get them there... and according to George Pauli, and the best one." "Yes, we did it." "It was fantastic." "I must go." " Do you think you know more than he told us?" " Like what?" "I don't know whether he is trying to trick out something, that's what detectives do." "Don't be paranoid, you don't have to worry about it." "I mean, he doesn't know anything." "He's just acting like this." "Yes, but that was pretty weird, detectives came to the school." "and he only talked to skateboarders." "Cops are like that." "I mean, why did they become cops?" "They are paid less than whores." " Maybe they do it for other reasons?" " Like what?" "Girls do it for money, and there is no other reason." "It's raining, shit." " Did you already get condoms?" " No." "Do you want to get them after school?" "Maybe." "What's the matter?" "Are you mad?" "No." "You behave weird sometimes, You might think... that after what we have done, that you would be really happier if you happen to see me." " It was your idea." " What?" "What is that supposed to mean?" "So having sex was my idea, you didn't want to." "You just wanted along." "No, I'm just saying that you were the one that wanted to get condoms." "So I thought that we would get them together." "Oh, sorry." "I thought you're talking about something else." "No, that's what I mean." "OK, then let's go." "Shit, I already asked me where it was." " Are you gonna take that?" " I just gonna borrow it." "Your uncle Tommy and I go to the lake this weekend" " Do you need this?" " Yeah, thanks." "I wanted to talk to you, I don't know what you have heard of... what your mother was telling you, but, I'm probably not coming here any more." "We are still working on the details..." "We just trying to figure out what's best for you and Henry." "To live with your mother is not so easy thing, you know." "As you surely know." "But if there are some special considerations you have... then you should let me know." "How is it going at school, on your classes?" "School is OK." " How is Parker, and those guys?" " They are find." " I saw Parker's dad last night at the 'outdoorworld'." " Yeah?" " Are you still skateboarding?" " Yes, a little." "Listen, I should get my homework done..." "Look, I..." "I just want you know that..." "I feel horrible about this whole situation." "I never wanted in a million years that something like this was gonna happen." "If there's anything I can do to make it easier for you..." " Please, let me know." " I know how you feel, dad." "Why don't give your head free sex?" "She wasn't even hot." "I hope that you have a backup, or something." "Her and her friends were just horrible." "I don't know what you're talking about, You are crazy." "I didn't like her, either." "But fucking is always better than not fucking." " You should be in the mood?" " Great." "Have you Caramel Cappuccino?" "No, we don't have Caramel Cappuccino." "Try Starbucks." "This looks really good." "Remember, remember, Tina, the woman." " I think so." " Tina, fat woman, get some dinner." "And Art?" "Remember he's at school, at chapseek park." "The nurse, she said, she said." "'Can I use your phone'?" "Why?" "Because I don't feel good." "And he used the phone, his brother Kip, He is a kind of worse..." "He said, it is grandmother?" "Where is she?" "The dunes." "Since when does grandmother go to the dunes?" "I don't know, she is with her boyfriend." "She said, what?" "Can you at least bring my chapseek?" "He says, no Napoleon." "He says, just borrow some from nurses." "It has fifty sticks in her draw." "I'm not gonna use your the nurse chapseek, you sicko." "And then he hangs up." " That should be up now." " What are you talking about?" "The war, Iraq?" "What do you think?" "I really don't care." "Jesus, that's the thing about a lot of people." " What?" " You said, "I don't care"" "I don't really know much about the war." "Try thinking about it, read the newspaper." "I hate it, to read the newspaper about the war." "OK, maybe." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Why are you lying in the middle of the driveway?" "Because..." "Is it fun down there?" " You know, I'm just pushing." " Wait." " What about your face?" " Just go." " Go on." " Hold on a second." " I have the answer." " What?" "Like what you were saying, something happened you can tell me." "It does not matter, just forget it." "See what I would do is, I would write a letter." "To who?" "To a person you're connected to, like a poetry, or maybe to someone else... like a separate person, but the point is, you gonna getting down your chest... and then you can stop stressing." "And what would I be supposed to do then with that letter?" "It doesn't matter, like, save it, send it, or burn it, you know..." "Writing it down is the most important thing, so..." "You get it out there, then you feel a lot better, trust me." "I don't know, maybe it sounds like a homework, or like something." "Trust me, it's not a homework assignment." "You know, it just feels good to have it all out." "Yeah, maybe." "But, the trick is ..." "Write to someone you really talk to, like who you can count on." "Not your parents, your teachers or whatever." "Write it to a friend." "Write it to me." "Macy, we'll see, it's like that, it gonna stop." "We gonna follow up with the yesterday's field study, look at the macro distributors." "We look at the tolerant group, and the intolerant group." "and let's put a drop of pond water." "and let's classify macro distributors." "Alex.."