"Shit." "God!" "Fucking shit!" "Goddamned fucking shit!" "Peter?" "Hey, Peter, it's me, Chris." "Hey, man, how ya doir?" " Fine." "What are you doing here?" "I'm just painting your hallway." "Your landlord contracted me." "Are you alright?" " Oh yeah, I'm fine." "That's great." "So did you do the walls and everything?" "Do you get paid out of the basement?" "Oh, yeah." "So things are fine, huh?" " Great." "Right on, right on." "So how is your girlfriend Cecelia?" "What?" "Did I say something?" "Dear Peter, I cannot see your face and tell you this." "So I have left this tape instead." "For months things have been bad." "We are not growing and our needs are different." "Actually, my needs are not being met and you are not going to change." "But there is not much to say." "I have to be alone, so I am going back to Denmark." "I love you still." "I do not think I could be with anyone after you." "Love, Sisse." "P. S:" "And I hope you finish your thesis." "I know..." "Well, she did leave you the boombox." " She left the boombox." "Chris, because she dumped me on cassette." "She taped-dumped me." "What kind of bullshit is that?" "Her needs werert being met!" "She never once said anything about that!" " I wouldn't believe any of that." "Well, you heard it, that's what she said on cassette." "Yeah, but that's just what she is saying." " Oh, so what you think?" "She left for some other reason?" " I'm just speculating here, but..." "No, you think she left for someone else, is that what you're saying?" "No, that's not what I'm saying." " Ok, fine." "What are you saying, Chris?" "I want to know what Chris thinks." " This kind of sarcasm is useless." "Ok, ok, fine." "No more." "I want to know what you think, Chris." "I want to know your theory." " Are you ready to hear the truth?" "No, I am." "I am ready to hear the truth, please tell me what you think." "Well, what country is she from?" " Chris." "No, really, what country is she from?" " Look, you know where she's from." "I just want to hear you say it." " You really want to know?" "Look, man, you got to get better sometime." "Why not know?" "Ok, fine, she is Danish, Chris." " Well, there's your problem." "Right there." "She's not an American." "She is not an American." "Her nationality has nothing, nothing to do with this, at all." "Peter, do I have to spell it out for you?" "Different cultures, different ways, different mindset." "You're saying that if she was an American, then none of this would have happened?" " Yes." "I don't speak to you as a friend," "I'm speaking to you as a fellow patriot." "Because American women know what American men want and vice versa." "It's this bohemian Los Angeles decadence that creates the problem." "But when push comes to shove..." "I love my country." "I'm proud of my country." "Hell, I would die for it." "Why do you think this countrie's mainland hasn't been attacked since 1812?" "Do you think that would happen in Norway?" " She's Danish." "No way, no, sirree Bob." " Ok." "Well, thanks, Chris." "Thanks for everything you've said." "It really helped me." "Just trying to keep it real, man." "Now he can get his head cleared of all this propaganda that this Russian put into his head." "She's Danish." "Did George and Martha Washington split up because their needs werert being met?" "Did Betsy Ross stop making the flag because her needs werert being met?" "Did Paul Revere leave his horse?" "Did Abe Lincoln let the south go because he needed some space?" "Or did Armstrong not walk on the moon because NASA didn't fulfill his urges?" "And why did FDR run a third term?" "It's my fault, I was being Unamerican." "I was dating a foreigner, and now I'm being punished, ok?" " We don't need any martyrers here, buddy." "You think you're being punished?" "You're being emancipated, brother." "This is a great day." "This is a beautiful, sunfilled, blue sky, purple mountain," "American day." "Good for you, man, good for you." "Thanks, Chris." " You should be happy." "Oh, I am happy." "Thanks." "Don't thank me, man, thank your passport." "Hey." " Hey, what's going on, man?" "Just working." " I just finished downstairs." "I wanted to come up and apologize for getting a little crazy earlier." "It's cool, man, you know." " The tape really got me worked up." "Yeah, it got me worked up, too." "Alright, well, I'm gonna go, man." "Ok." " I'm just gonna finish up downstairs." "Alright." " See you at the coffee shop." "Yeah." "See ya." "Chris?" "Hey." " Hey, man." "Listen, I'm sorry about being a dick earlier." "You know I'm just having a rough day." " You werert being a dick." "It's cool." "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go off like that." "No, it's cool, so alright..." "Cool." "You're performing on Wednesday, right?" "Yeah, at the coffee shop." "Ok, great." "Well, I'll see you then?" " Are you working?" "Yeah, I'll be there." " Cool, man, I'll see you there." "Ok, man." " I'll see you later, man." "Take care." " You too." "Brother!" "What's going on?" "Check it out." "Good idea." "I'm not here right now." "I'm in Hawaii." "Oh!" "How's the weather?" " No, I'm not really in Hawaii." "I left a message on Sisse's machine, saying:" "She wants to go to Denmark, great, go." "So I'll go to Hawaii for the 4th of July." "You'll go to Hawaii for the 4th of July?" " I just said I was going." "It's love politics, that kind of thing." " Oh, right, love politics." "Yeah." "I just got off the phone with my cousin Aaron." "Great guy." "My uncle who passed away in South Dakota left me a Harley Davidson." "Really, a Harley?" " Yeah." "Wow, what kind of Harley?" "What year?" " I think he got it in the Sixties." "'65?" "'66?" "Is it like a Chopper?" " It might be." "Might be what?" "It might be a Chopper?" " Yeah, yeah." "Ok, ok, cool." " I'm just going to pick up the bike, take four days..." "Cruise to Los Angeles, underneath the open sky, the stars, the country." " That'll be great." "Humm of the bike, wind in the face, call of the wild." "What do you say?" "What do you mean, what do I say?" " Well, why don't you come with me?" "Oh, no." "I couldn't." " Come on, man, it'd be good for you." "I have my thesis, and I have work." "I mean, I just can't take off." "Bring your thesis with you." " Let me think about it, ok?" "I'm on." "If you change your mind, the invitation is still open." " Alright." "Think about it." " I will." "Alright, man." "This first song is a special dedication to a very good friend of mine named Peter." "This song is called "Maggie"." "That fucking bitch!" " Sisse." "Yes." "Right." "Hi." " Hi." "Can I have a regular coffee and a Latte?" "What?" " A regular coffee and a Latte." "What's your name?" "I have to call out your name when your order is ready." "Ok, my name is Ray." " Ray." "Ok, Ray." "Tell you what, why don't you sit down and I'll bring it out to you, ok?" "Thanks." "Alright, Ray, here's your drinks." " God!" "Peter!" "What are you doing here?" "Hey, funny run..." "I work here." " But you said, you werert going to be here." " And you wanted to go to Denmark." "Are we in Denmark?" "Is this your mother?" "I think this is between me and her, ok?" "Unless you're her Mom." " His name is Ray." "Where did you find this fucking guy?" " That's abusive, Peter." "Peter!" "Call me by my name." "Great, how formal, how nice of you!" "This is so embarrassing." " What does that matter?" "She dumped me on cassette so she could be with you." "I had to leave you a tape because you'd respond like this." "Because you were gonna treat me like this." " You fucking lied to me!" "Because you're always right!" " Yeah, but I caught you, didn't I?" "Why don't you calm down a little bit?" " This is my fucking place, get it?" "This is unbelievable." " Yo gonna go, I'm gonna go, too!" "Yeah, that's right, me and Chris." " You never leave your appartment." "We're not together anymore." " You always work on your thesis!" "You never paid any attention to me." "Why do you think I am here?" "Lying bitch, go get out of here!" " That's what I said, didn't I?" "That goes out to the nice young couple thatjust recently departed." "Can you help the children?" " Peter, do you have a dollar?" "Isn't this amazing?" " Are they expecting us?" "Your relatives." "Yeah, I talked to my cousin last week." "Pretty cool guy." "Does he know we are coming today?" " No." "But he said to just come by when we get a chance to get the bike." "But do you have an address or anything?" "Not really." "But I do know he lives by an auto shop." "Do you know who Aaron Ricci was?" " Nope, never heard of him, sorry." "That's ok." "Thank you." " Come on." "We found it." "This is uncle Hank's place." "And you're gonna love Aaron, man, he's a great guy." " Hello!" "Great." "Aaron!" "Hey, it's me, Chris, your cousin from Los Angeles." "Yeah?" "This is my good friend Peter." " Hi, how are you?" "We talked on the phone last week, and you mentioned something about a bike." "Yeah." "We're here to pick it up." "I was wondering if I could get it now." "It's over there." "Oh, thanks." "It's locked." "Well, maybe you could unlock it." "Yeah." "That's not a Harley." " No." "The keys are in it." " Thanks, Aaron." "Oh boy." "Oh, fuck." "Hey, it's got wheels, right?" "Chris." "It's a fucking moped." "It's a fucking Italian moped." "We'll take it anyway." " From here to L.A.?" "That's 2,000 miles!" "We'll die!" " Come on, man, it'll be great." "No, it won't be great." "We're gonna die." "We're gonna be eaten alive by fucking Semis on the Highway." "That thing won't even go on a Highway." " We can take backroads." "I have to be back in L.A. By Wednesday." "I have a job and a thesis I'm working on." "That thing will not make it, ok?" "Chris, it was a neat idea, ok?" "But it didn't work." "Listen, I am going back to Rapid City." "I'm gonna get a flight back." "Do you want to come with me?" " Thanks, man, I got to stay with the bike." "Alright." "Good luck." " You too, man." "Thanks." "Hey, man." "Yeah?" " Did you get your ticket?" "Yeah." "I'm flying out of Salt Lake City." "What?" "Look, here's the deal." "I'll ride with you to Salt Lake City." "No." "Ok." "Listen." "It's only because it is cheaper to fly out of Salt Lake, that's the only reason" "I'm doing it." "And look, we gotta drive straight there, no stopping, alright?" "No problem, straight to Salt Lake." " I don't want to be late to Los Angeles." "Cool, man." " Stop being so happy all the time!" "No problem." "Alright." "Let's go." "Peter?" " Yeah?" "Do you know how to ride one of these?" "You don't know how to drive this?" " I don't think so, no." "And if I didn't come with you?" " I would have figured something out." "Alright, get off." " Thanks, man." "Ready?" " Yeah, man." "Mount Rushmore!" "Let's stop." " No, we are not stopping." "Come on!" " No, man, I got to get to Salt Lake." "One look, then we leave." "I didn't want to have so much..." " Hey, it's Abe Lincoln." "This is my friend Peter." " Welcome to Mount Rushmore." "This is the 15th president of the US." " The 16th actually." "And they got your face right there." " Yes, they do." "Thank you." "See, it was a good thing he was here." "Hey!" "I got to go." "Bye, Mr. President." " Enjoy your day." "Thank you for bringing us to where we are now." "There's the man responsible for bringing this country together." "Yeah, right." "Great, we did it." "Let's go." " Hey, wait a minute." "How could you just walk away from that?" " I've seen better shots of it on TV, ok?" "Being this close we could touch it." " Well, I don't want to touch it." "You don't want to feel what it feels like?" " Well, it feels like a fucking rock." "Yeah, but an important rock." " Great." "Maybe it would be a good idea if we just stayed in a motel instead." "Man, look, I almost got the fire done." "Just another minute." "Besides, we got something here the hotel doesn't, we don't have to pay." "Just blow on it." "Feel it." "I liked Mount Rushmore today." "It was inspiring." "Yeah, really inspiring." "Bunch of fat tourists and slobbering kids." "Capitalism at its best." "Yeah, but did you see the beauty in the mountain, the arts, the craftmanship?" " Yep." "And how we got charged 8 bucks to drive a fucking moped up there." "Yeah, but that goes for the upkeep." "They can keep it the way it looks now for our future generations to see it." " They don't like brush their teeth, it's a rock, it sits there, there's no upkeep." "Yeah, but the rock gets weathering, you want to preserve it." "How do you preserve a rock?" "I mean, you let it sit there." "I mean, you don't like cover it in plastic when it rains." "No, but when the rock crumbles or something happens to it, you can have someone go up and patch it up." "Well, isn't that American?" "Just patch up our presidents." "Peter, I kind of said it earlier, but I just wanted to reiterate, man." "Thanks for coming along." " Yeah, yeah, I mean..." "I get it, you don't have to thank me every five minutes." "Chris, did you even know your uncle?" " Yeah, it's been a while but..." "Did you grow up here?" " No." "I kinda moved around a lot." " Was your Dad in the military?" "No, my Dad took off when I was young." " I'm sorry." "It's cool, man." "Are you close with your Mom?" " I was, I was." "She passed away when I was really young." "Took too many pills." "Sorry." " It's cool, man." "She was a good woman." "I'm going to lay down." "Well, I'm ready to hit the road." " Are you sure?" "Yeah, I'm definitely ready." "You didn't like that music show, did you?" "I thought it was kinda cool." "Your food came fast." " Want some bacon?" "Yeah, thanks." "How can you work right now?" "We are in a new place, a new town, this is an adventure we should explore." " This isn't an adventure." "It's a small little nothing town." "There's nothing interesting here." "They're just a bunch of boring Midwest people, ok?" "There's nobody like this in Los Angeles." "We should go talk to them, find out what life is like here." "It's only boring because we don't know it." "These people, they are all staring at us because they think we are freaks." "They think you are an alien, ok?" "I don't want to meet them." "I don't care what they think." " Can you really play on that thing?" "Would you like to hear me play it?" " Sure, go for it." "I'd love to." "Thanks." "Don't forget, take your girlfriend or boyfriend bowling." "See?" "Good for you, man, good for you." "I need to get a jacket." "I was fucking cold last night." "Hey, Peter, check this out." "Can we get this, man?" "Why do you want that?" " We can talk to other people on the road." "This is like the 1970's." "They don't use these things anymore." "Ah, sure, the eighteen wheelers." " No, they don't." "That's like..." "I'm sure Burt Reynolds still uses one, but we don't." "So, come on." " I'm getting it." "Hey!" "Peter, there's a flag." "Hey, check this out." "You have to pay for them in the back." " Ok, then we pay for them in the back." "How much for the flag?" " You have to buy it in the front." "We got to pay in the front." " Right." "Hello?" "Breaker, Breaker, Breaker, Breaker, this is Chris, 459, over." "Breaker!" "Come on now, ya'll hear me?" "It's getting lonely out here on the road, looking for someone to talk to." "Over." "Chris, it doesn't work." "So what's your thesis about anyway?" " The title of it is:" ""Mars evolution toward the inner abstract"." "One thing about it is that you have to have write something that is totally original." "You know it's a look at man evolving to a point where he's more self-sufficient, doesn't need certain forms of communication that we've had for thousands of years." "At least in the western world." "Greece is where things started." "People were happy, they were fed, they had things to do." "And because of that there was a certain freedom that developed." "Mayans for certain had a very hard life, yet their astronomical equations and mathematics and their sciences are still things that modern science cannot figure out about those people and yet they live in complete harmony with the earth." "Do you think if you've learned about Japan that you would have the same advantage?" " Well, no, ok." "But I could easily find out a ton of stuff about Japan without having to go there." "Don't you think knowledge without experience is extremely dangerous?" "It's not what this is about." " Without anything else to back it up, with the spirit or..." " I guess you just don't get..." "I'm focussed on a specific thing." " I always look for the simplest solution." "I get the opinion that you don't think what I'm doing is right." "No, that's not what I'm saying at all." "But it's incomplete, alone like that." "I understand." "You want to be a devil's advocate." "Be a devil's advocate." "Just sounds a little close-minded to me." " You can'tjust walk up and say..." "Look at a van Gogh painting and say, "Hey, I like that, but maybe he should paint his vest green instead." That's rude." "I'm sorry, man." "I've gotta go pee." "Chris." "Hey, man." "I'm sorry." " No, man." "No, no, no." " I'm sorry." "This is your life's work since seven years." "I didn't mean to be putting it down." "I was just trying to help." "Yeah, yeah." "I understand and I just..." "It's just a sensitive subject." "I don't know if people understand what it's like to put so much into one thing, this is a baby." " I'll not trample on your rights." "Ok, now this is the shift." "Ok?" " Ok." "This is your gas." "This is your clutch, right here." "Here, do you want to start it?" "Yeah." "Just like..." "You know..." "There you go." " Wow, first kick." "There you go, yeah." "No, stay." "Chris, Chris!" "Are you alright?" " I think so." "You hurt anything?" " I don't think so." "Here." "Get out." "Help me pull this out." "Oh, fuck." "It's bent." "Oh no." " How far back is that town?" "I don't know." "I guess we better start walking." "Fuck, dude." " I'm sorry, Peter." "No, that's alright." "It really is bent, isn't it?" " Yeah." "Breaker, Breaker, this is Chris in a strange town." "Anybody out there?" "Hey." "She said the guy is not going to be back for about an hour and a half." "She thinks it's gonna cost about 100 bucks." "Cool." "You want to get a drink?" "There's a bar." " Yeah, I'm dying." "I know what these people need." "All they need is a friendly gesture." "No." "They don't need any friendly gesture." "Don't talk to anybody." "Just sit there." "Drink your fucking beer." " What are you guys doing over there?" "Hi." "What?" "I got to pee." "Will you watch my beer?" " Yeah." "I'm just gonna try and play a little song for you." "Hope you enjoy it." "Stay out!" "You play mandoline in a cowboy bar, that kind of thing is going to happen." "They could have asked me to leave nicely." "How much did they charge you?" " Let's just go." "Well, how much did they charge you?" " 300 bucks, let's just get out of here." "300, they said 100 bucks when I got there." " Yeah, I know they said 100 to you, but they charged me 300." "No, come on." "Obviously they need it more than we do." "I just want to get out of here." "It's not a very happy town." "You want something to eat?" " I'm not very hungry." "Beefjerky?" "Let me call someone who knows to threat their woman." " Breaker." "Did you hear that?" " And how do you plan on doing that?" "Wait, wait." "That's not a CB, that's probably a cell phone call." "Can you..." "Talk, talk." " Breaker, Breaker." "This is Chris, over." "No." "They are not hearing you." " You don't last five minutes, man!" "Actually you don't last more than about three minutes." "You don't perform well." " That's cold." "That's not very nice." " You'll never see any hot toddy again." "Oh, man." " Hey, I can come in there." "Darn, we lost the signal." " Alright, let's go." "Told you it worked." " Yeah, it really works." "Can we leave it on while we're driving?" " Yeah, sure." "Peter, I checked the trail map and I found a shortcut to the Highway on the other side of this hill, we can avoid going all the way around." " No, no." "Listen." "I want to get into Salt Lake soon." " Exactly, if we take this way we can be there hours before dinner." "I was just looking at the trail map." "I saw it's a direct route just on the other side of the clearing." "We can avoid having to take all the way up and the Highway around these mountains." "It takes us directly into Salt Lake." "Backroads, remember?" "Sorry, baby." "Come on." "Alright." "Wait, wait." " What?" "That doesn't lead to a fucking Highway." "No, let's go back." "Hold on, wait." " No!" "Listen." "Yeah, can't you hear it?" "There's trucks and cars." "That's a Highway just on the other side of this hill, come on." "That's not a fucking Highway, that's a stream." "That is the stream!" "A stream and an engine are two different things, let's go." "Oh, fuck." "Wait a minute." "Fuck, dude, this is nuts." "This doesn't lead anywhere." "This does not lead to a Highway." " This is just a thicket, the back road is on the other side." "That's exactly what the trail map said." "I'm not going in." "We go back." "I can get back to the Highway and get into Salt Lake in time to make my plane." "I won't risk it by going in there." "We've gone this far..." " Why don't you go by yourself?" "I'll wait here with the bike." "Find this fucking mystery road, ok?" "You'll see, I'll be right back." " Yeah." "Trust me." "Lewis and Clark." " Just fucking go." "I can't believe I listen to that fucking asshole." "Chris!" "Fucking asshole!" "You fucking goddamn, you." "Fucking Chris!" "Chris." "Chris!" "Chris!" "Chris!" "Chris!" "There's the fucking Highway!" "Chris!" "Wait!" "I'll save you." "Give me your hand." "No, get the fuck away from me." " What's wrong?" "What's wrong?" "I'm in the middle of a fucking stream!" "I lost my goddamn sunglasses." " Dude, that's alright." "Those are fucking 100 dollar sunglasses." "They're fucking in the water now." "Do you want me to help pitch in?" " Wait here." "Just wait by the bike!" "Ok." "Hey, man." " Hey." "I was thinking of getting out of here for a while, going out seeing the town." "I can'tjust sit here." "You know what, I..." "My flight's at like 5 a.m., and I got a lot of work to do, so I think I'm going to stay in tonight." "But by all means go out, you know." "Cool, I'll stay with you." " No, please go out." "Have a good time." "We're in Salt Lake City, so go have fun." "In fact, you know what..." "Here's ten bucks." "Go get a drink on me." "Alright?" "Cool, what are you drinking?" " No, get a drink on me, meaning go drink..." "It's on me." "Right on, thanks, man." " Yeah." "So, I'll see you when I get back?" " I'm probably going to be asleep." "I have to wake up early, so..." " Right on." "Well." "Have a good flight, man." " Thanks." "Are you going to be able to drive that thing alright?" " Yeah, sure, I can figure it out." "Ok." "Damned." "Hey!" "Place is kind of dead, are you open?" " Salt Lake." "I like the..." "Could I get a drink?" " Sure." "Like a whisky." " We don't do whisky." "You don't do whisky." "Salt Lake." "I'll have a Koop Lite." "Sure, coming up." "Do you want a glass?" "There you go." " Thank you." "Let me get that." " Thank you." "Ok." "Ok, let's start again." "Ok, there we go." " Are you a Salt Lakian?" "I am." " I'm not, I'm not from here." "Where are you from?" " I'm from Los Angeles." "And I'm taking a Harley Davidson, driving across country." "Doing like kind of the "On the Road"." "Sure." "You know what." "I actually just lied, I'm not really doing that." "I'm driving cross country on a moped." " Figures." "I'm flying back to L.A. Tomorrow." " Tomorrow?" "It's a shame." "Do you want anything else?" "My leg." "Charlie." "Charlie." "Charlie." "Who's Charlie?" " Charlie, horse on my leg." "You know sometimes, when I write, I don't even..." "I put my head under the water." "That's a song." "Oh, you're so sweet." "Look at that." "You look so cute." "You look so cute." "It's perfect." "Maybe we have some lipstick." "This is a good man." " Freedom." "I love you, guys." "The reason I'm here... riding cross country." "This guy that..." "You know if he's not mentally retarded, he's pretty damn close." "He convinced me to go pick up the bike, ride cross country with him." "So, stupid me agrees to go and it's been just..." "It's like he's oblivious to everything around him." "But he has no sense of reality, of what's going on right now." "It's like he's in a dream, kind of." "He's in some other universe." "That's beautiful." "What's wrong with that?" " Where were you born?" "I was raised in India, I ate a lot of mangos." "I'm telling you." "A lot of mangos where I came from." "They were very good." "Very good mangos." "I have a lot of snakes." "I got a snake one day in my little brahm." "My Ma, she was a... really, really strict Mormon." "What about your Dad?" " I don't really know him that well." "So, how?" "Ok, ok, stop." " Yeah, we can stop." "We'll stop." "I know you now." "What are you doing here, and where are you going?" "I don't know." "Good question." " Is that a good question?" "Really good question." "Well, answer it then." "What do you think about coming to stay with me?" "How would you like to stay with me?" " Yeah." "And you can write." "And I'll just work in the bar." "You could help me." " I could help you?" "And you could love me, and I could love you?" "Do you think that's ok?" "So you wouldn't go running away anymore?" "Well, if you were here to keep me here, I would probably stay, yes." "I'm glad I met you." "I'm glad I met you." "Chris!" "Chris." "Chris, hey." " What?" "Hey, how's it going?" " Arert you going to miss your flight?" "Yeah, I am." "But it doesn't matter." "Listen, I want to take you to breakfast." "Cool!" "Hey, you guys, we'll be right back." "Don't go anywhere, ok?" "I met this girl named Lori." "Who is just so fucking rad." "We spent the whole night together." "It's like..." "This is what I needed for the whole time." "I never dealt with the whole Sisse thing." "I just kind of left without..." " I am so happy for you, man." "I missed my flight, but I'll get another flight back in a couple of days, get all my stuff, bring it out here to Salt Lake and stay with Sisse..." "Lori." "Actually, I was thinking of hanging out a couple extra days myself." "Those two guys back there at the hotel, I justjoined their band." "We're playing our first gig tonight." " You already started a band?" "You should bring your new girlfried and come by and watch us play." "Listen." "I am going back over to Lori's." "Just write down the address and everything and I'll come check you guys out." " Yeah, as soon as I get it from the guys." "Cool." "Cheers to that." "Hey, how are you?" " Hi." "Fine, I'm great, hi." "This is a really bad time, right now." " Really?" "Yeah." " We said 11 o'clock, right?" "We were supposed to meet?" "I'm sorry." "But maybe we could talk about it later." "Lori, who is it?" " Listen, I'm right back." "See, it's a really bad time." " Do you want me to check out of my hotel?" "I can get my stuff and bring it back here." " You want to bring your stuff?" "What for?" "Well, I'm supposed to come over and stay." " What the hell is going on?" "Who are you?" " I'm Peter." "Who's Peter?" " This is the guy from last night." "The guy from last night?" " Why is he back here?" "I don't know." "Listen, I don't know what you are doing here." "Why are you here?" "Why am I here?" " Yes." "Last night was last last night, ok?" "Why do they always come back to my house?" " Yeah, but I didn't ask him back." "That's what you said the last time." " No, wait." "You didn't ask me back?" "It's her house?" "I thought it was yours!" "I missed my flight because of you." "I'm supposed to be in L. A..." " That's not my problem." "I didn't tell him to come back, I promise." " You're not the first." "What the hell am I supposed to do now?" " Alright, fine." "It isn't my problem." "What dou you expect me to do now?" "What do you expect me to do now?" "What?" "You need to get out now." "You need to get the fuck out!" "Now!" "Now!" " Ok." "I'm going." "No." " Please, please." "You're constantly lying." "Constantly." " I'm so sorry." "Ok." " Hey, man." "I'm glad you could make it." "So where's Lori?" " She's not coming." "Not bad, hm?" "My mandoline is gone." "It's gone, Peter." "My life is gone." "Ok, Chris." "Can't we buy another one, can we get another mandoline?" "No." "Itjust wouldn't be the same." "It has been through everything with me." "I learned to play with that." "It has my soul, my spirit, my essence." "Without my mandoline, Peter, I'm lost." "I don't know what to do without it." "Ok." "We'll find it, Listen, calm down, just calm down for me, alright." "Maybe it was a mistake." "Maybe they took it by accident." "They didn't know it was a mandoline, guitar, you know, maybe it was a mistake." "Help me find it." " Ok, where..." "It is as important to me as your thesis is to you." "I totally understand that." " I don't know what to do." "Ok, where did you meet them?" " I met them by the hotel." "Ok, we'll go there, ok?" "It's gonna be alright, man." "They were thieves, they stole it, ok?" "This is kind of shit happens." "Yeah, well, it's a shame." " Look, Chris," "I can't fly back because I have to wait three days for the right price." "I can't afford to stay here any longer." "I can't stay with Lori anymore." "So why don't we just ride back together." "Ok." " Alright." "Alright?" " Yes, thanks." "Peter!" "Peter, look, it's my mandoline." " What?" "Two dollars." "It costs two dollars, and it's the same mandoline." "This is my mandoline, the very same one." " Yeah!" "This is so great, man." "Yeah!" "Good for you, man." " And it's still in tune." "Two dollars is my favorite number." "Two dollars is a very fine number." "Two dollars is my favorite price for anything today." "That was a good ride, don't you think?" " My ass is about to fall off." "Do you want some music or something?" " You, or the CD?" "Your choice, brother." "CD." " You got it." "Listen." "I've got to get some work done." "So, I hope you don't mind." "Oh, no, not at all." "It must be nice to work out here in the wilderness, underneath the open sky and the stars..." "Must feel like an inspiration." "I don't really need inspiration right now." "Right now I need my research material." "You say that thing has to be original?" " Yeah, yeah." "It's original." "I mean that's kind of the idea." " Seems hard." "I mean, seems like everything has been in one way or another, already." "Don't you think?" "Sure." "I guess you could say that." "America really is beautiful." "I know you don't think so, but it is." "Chris, how can you say that after... these two guys who act like your friends, steal your precious mandoline?" "You know, that's fucking America for you." "That is America." "That's good." " Oh, ok." "And how's that?" "America teaches you thinks." "Lessons." "Lessons that you need to learn." "What pray tell lessons did Chris learn?" "That when you have something, you usually take it for granted." "And then, when it's gone, it's like your life is gone." "And then suddenly America gives that thing back to you and what do you do?" "Cherish it." "It's like new." "It's beautiful." "Looks better." "Sounds better." "Feels better because it is better." "How much do you think that lesson cost me?" " Let me guess." "Two dollars." "Two bucks for a lesson that I would have given everything I have for." "Well, don't you see." "In America, lessons are cheap, and that's what makes this country beautiful." " Well, Chris." "Two dollars is my favorite number." "Two dollars is a very sound number." "Two dollars taught me everything I know." "Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris." "Please, Chris." "You know sometimes you're just a little..." "Sometimes what?" " Well, sometimes you're..." "Go ahead, lad, spit it out." "I could use the critisism." "Sometimes you're a loopy freak." " Would you say super freak?" "Oh yeah." "I'd say super freakazoid, bitch master monster freakjammer soul man, whatever you want." "That's right." "Now, werert you glad you kept going?" " I'm not so ready to admit to that." "Just yet." "Well, then tell me this then, being the superfreak that I am." "How much have you thought about that foreigner chick since we are out here?" "Not much." "Well, there you are." "The Gods are smiling and all is well." "We are free men, Peter." "These are great days, brother." "No chains." "No chains at all." "I love rocks." "Amazing, right?" " You know, when all is said and done, this country ain't that bad." "I'll give you that much, you're not totally insane." "You're a free man, Peter." "Freedom!" " You'll disturb the tourists." "This is amazing!" "I'm happy." "Oh, fuck, Jesus, did you see that?" " What?" "What?" "A fucking bookstore, man." " Come on, I'll give you money." "But what about the Grand Canyon?" " Fuck the Grand Canyon." "There are probaly used books in there." "So old that words are falling off the goddamn pages." "I mean, what is the likelihood of finding a used bookstore in fucking redneck land?" "Peter, that's not a nice thing to say." " Ok, fine, stupid white people land, then." "Come on, let's go." "This is good." "Alright, wow." "It's a beautiful day, we got a long way to go." "No, Chris." "We're not going anywhere." "What?" "This is the Grand Canyon, man." "It is one the seven wonders of the world." "No, Chris, this is hell, ok?" "That is a big fucking hole in the ground." "And by the way, it is not one the seven wonders of the world." "Well, they should make it one." "I mean, there's bookstores allover Los Angeles." "How often do we get a chance to go out, see the road, enjoy life?" "You know what, I've had enough of life." "Ok, right now I want to be alone with these books, ok?" "I just fucking want an hour alone with these books." "Ok, ok." "It's cool." "Alone." "Ok." "Jeez!" "Are you ready yet?" "Ok." "Ten dollars, this is fucking crazy." "This is the last one we have." " Hey, look." "Looks good." "Hey, Peter." "What's the name of your thesis again?" " It's called" ""Mars evolution towards..." "...the inner abstract"." "Hey, maybe this can help." "Seven fucking years." "Seven fucking years!" "Oh God." " Hey, Peter, it's ok." "Oh, my God." "My life." " Someone wrote a book about your thesis." "Don't take it so hard, man." " This is your fucking fault." "No, wait." "It's not my fault your thesis wasrt original." "Don't say that, don't ever fucking say that!" " Ok, ok." "Oh, go back." "Go back there." "Go back and wipe my fingerprints off the book, ok?" "Just wipe them off." "No, don't go." "This isn't happening." "This isn't fucking happening, ok?" "Erase it from your memory." "We never saw that book." "It doesn't exist." " Fine, fine." "But it did." "Doesrt exist." " You don't look so well." "Do you want something to drink?" " No, I'm fine." "Are you sure?" " Yeah, I'm good." "I'm really good." "I don't know, you look kind of sick." "Maybe we should rest here for a while." "Oh no, let's drive." "I want to drive." "I could drive for fucking days." ""King of the road", man." "Kings of the road." "I've been working on this new song." "Do you want to hear a lesson?" "Here's a fucking American lesson for you." "A "blue sky, purple mountain, applepie, straight from Uncle Sam" lesson." "Do you want to know what it is?" "Do you want to know what it is?" "Don't push your friends." "You're a cretin, ok?" "You're a little sick patriotic weirdo of country whose citizens, by the way, hate you." "You are devoid of any sense of reason whatsoever." "You are fucking Forrest Gump." "Your anecdotes are superfluous and common and boring and fucking corny." "I don't know who is more stupid, you or me." "I mean I am the one that decided to go with you, hm?" "You are a fuck up." "And you have fucked up my life." "I was really fucking happy." "If you hadrt shown me that goddamn book," "I wouldn't have known it existed." "I know that might not make sense to you." "It might be too esoteric for your pea-like fucking brain." "By showing me that thing you have killed my work and thus you have killed me." "Does that make sense?" "Do you get what I'm saying?" "I think that's the first time I've ever understood anything you've said." "It's..." "Mars is based on..." "The return to the simple." "Oh, fuck." "Hey." "Hey, man." "Want some water?" " Yeah, yeah, thanks." "Listen," "I fucking smashed your mandoline last night." "I..." "Yeah." " Sorry." "I mean..." "I was really fucked up, and I'm not the most relaxed person in the world." "I'm not that good at dealing with things like you are." "In fact, I getjealous of you sometimes." "But..." "You know of course the thesis was not your fault, it was my fault." "I mean, well." "Anyway, regardless..." "I'm fucking sorry that I broke your mandoline, man." "I know how much it means to you." "I don't really know how to say this." "So, I'll just say it the way you say it." "I feel like you're my brother, Chris." "Let's get out of here." "Hey, Chris." " What?" "Like a thawping sound." " What?" "Like somebody's..." "This is a paintball field." "We're under attack, let's get them, soldier." "I thought this was a campground." "Time out, we're civilians." "Let's play." "Ok." "My helmet." "Serpentine!" "Go underground." "Go underground." "Get his gun." " Who wants some?" "Let's go!" "We got everything her, we got Paris, we got the Middle East." "We got Monte Carlo, we got New York." "Treasure Island." "We even have Egypt here." "See here, we have everyhing." "We don't need to go anywhere else." "That's where James Bond gambles and drinks his Smirnoff Vodka." "James Bond is like the epitome of style and class." "In that last movie he's drinking Smirnoff." "That ist the worst vodka in the world." "That's because he didn't come to Vegas." " Hey, you know." "And because they got rid of Sean Connery, too." "Sean." "Hey, you do that pretty good." " Yes, yes." "I do." "Sempai." "Sempai." "I am the semshay, you are the sempai." " So tell me, Mr. Bond, can you take me to Monte Carlo so we can make a little bit of money?" "Sure thing, just get me a couple hookers." "Stop!" "This is one of my favorite places in the world." " But so, that one is, is it cause it's higher, that it's the first one?" "Hello." " Get away from my mommy." "Sounds like a..." " What's that?" "What is that?" "Mommy, stay alive, stay alive." "What is that?" " Mommy." "Can you hear me, Mom?" "It's a 911 call." " Please help my Mom." "What's going on here?" " It's a 911 call." "My Mom's throwing up blood on the floor." "I don't know what's happening to her." "Ok, hold on, hold on." "I'm getting you the paramedics." "Don't hurt me." "Mom, please?" " Yes, hello, calling 137." "My Mommy." "She has blood down her mouth." "She has her eyes wide open, and she's looking all around." "She doesn't know where she is." "Is she gonna die?" "Is she gonna die?" "What's the address?" "Well, I'm with my mom." "She's only 41, I'm only 9." "Mommy?" "Hold, just a minute." "How old are you?" " I'm 9." "Calm down, ok?" " No." "Mom." "Are you ok?" "Mommy, breathe." "Ok, can you hurry up, please." "I'm shaking." "Please help me." "Are there any other adults there?" " This is so fucking bad, man." "Are you the only one home?" " Yeah, I'm scared." "I'm scared." "Mommy, come on, please." "God will help you, Mommy." " Is she still laying down?" "Yeah." "She's scared." "That little girl." " Get on the bike, Chris." "That little girl." "Chris, get on the fucking bike." "Chris." "Come on, man." "Get on the bike." "They're broke." "I broke them." "Fuck." "Fuck." "Peter." " What?" "Can you fix these for me?" "Please?" "Hey, how ya doir there, Tonto?" "Yeah, I'm talking to you." "Get the fuck out of my town!" "Out!" " Ok." "I don't want another red skinned motherfucker..." "Out." " Hey, what the hell is going on?" "I said I want this Mohican motherfucker out of here." "Take this Tomahawk and get the fuck out of here." " You go in and pay for the gas." "What's this, your squaw?" "Look, you'll get a problem with me, ok?" " I want you guys to get out of here." "This guy comes around here steel our gas." "Red skinned motherfucker." "What did you say?" " Peter." "Hey." "There's no reason to fight about this." " No, fuck that man." "No, wait a minute." "Come on, you guys, what are you doing?" "Guys." "Come on." "Wait, there's no reason to fight over this..." "There's no reason..." "Fuck." "I didn't mean to hit him that hard." " Chris." "Get the fuck out of here, man." "Here, come here." "Let me see this." " It's just a bump, man." "Fuck, what the fuck is wrong with that guy?" "Ok, we're calling the police." " Come on." "Let's just get out of here." "I don't want any police." "I don't want any death." " Come here." "No, I just want to go home." " Chris, come here." "Look me in the eye." "Are you alright?" " Yeah, I'm fine." "Let's just get out of here, ok?" "Shit hurts, man." "Fucking awful day, man." "You know, it's weird, man." "First the CB call, this girl, and then this asshole at the gas station." "You know, the reason why that guy's an asshole is because he doesn't belong to anything." "He's alone." "Right?" "Hm?" "You taught me that." "Hey, man, come on." "You're not alone." "That's not entirely true." "You know, Chris." "I didn't tell you this, but... my dad left when I was like ten." "And, you know," "it hit my mom really hard, and she sort of climbed into a hole and never came out." "I guess I climbed in that hole, too." "But I think now it's time for me to come out of the hole." "My God, Jesus, he really hit you there, didn't he?" " It's just a cut." "Just a cut." "My God." "Wait, let me look at it." "You'll live." "I'm going to get you a towel." "You know, Chris, when we get back to L.A., we're gonna get drunk, ok?"