Four Sheets to the Wind (2007) - full transcript
After his father's untimely suicide, Cufe leaves his home in a Native American reservation in search of a more fulfilling life.
[ Piano music playing ]
[ Insects chirping ]
-[ Speaking muscogee ]
[ Slow piano music plays ]
[ Pills rattling ]
[ Body dragging ]
[ Loon calling ]
[ Record crackling ]
[ Crackling stops ]
[ Pills rattling ]
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Loon calling ]
[ Water splashing ]
[ Dog whimpers ]
[ Dog panting ]
-Cufe? Where's your dad?
Oh, god.
You stupid son of a bitch.
Why'd you go
and do that to yourself?
-He told me the other day that
he never wanted to be buried.
He said funerals ain't nothing
but a big circus.
-[ Inhales deeply, sighs ]
-He told me to put him
in the pond
where the lady lives.
-[ Sniffles ]
-That's what he said.
-Go get your cousin.
We have to tell him.
Take your dad's pickup.
[ Engine turns over ]
[ Dial tone ]
[ Telephone ringing ]
[ Ringing continues ]
-Okay.
[ Beep ]
Hello?
[ Clears throat ]
Hey.
What's wrong?
What?
[ Voice breaking ] What?
-It's fucked up, man.
-It's expected to have
a funeral ...
body and all.
-Well, I ain't going down there,
that's for goddamn sure.
He's probably at the bottom
all screwed up and...
-Well, let's fake it.
-Yeah.
Yeah, we could fake it.
We could get a casket
and everything.
We'll just tell everyone
he requested a closed casket.
-Christ.
-No, no, seriously.
It's what we got to do.
It'll work. Won't it, Jim?
-Yeah. I'm with it.
-This is stupid, cufe.
[ Slow piano music plays ]
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Dog barking in distance ]
[ Vehicle approaching ]
[ Brakes squeaking ]
[ Gear shifts ]
[ Engine turns off ]
[ Truck door opens, closes ]
-Hey, Sonny.
-Cora.
Cora, I'm real sorry
to hear about Frankie.
That ... that just disturbs me
to all hell.
I ...
- we appreciate that, Sonny.
-[ Breathes heavily ]
-Uh, come in.
-[ Inhales sharply ]
Oh, geez.
I haven't been out here forever.
[ Laughs ]
-I know.
Used to have some fun, eh?
-Yes, we did. [ Chuckles ]
You know, Cora,
I wa... I was wondering.
[ Scoffs ] Well, shit.
About five or six years ago,
I bought a bunch of these
old coffins ... to fix them up.
You know, they were used
in some play or some damn thing.
All of them made of wood
and, you know,
none of them worth a frog's ass
except for one, and I kept that,
and I planned
to be buried in that,
but, uh...I was thinking...
What if I was to give that
to y'all?
I mean, i-it would mean
the world to me
if you'd Bury Frankie in it.
U-Unless ... unless
you already got a coffin.
-Well, actually, no ...
hadn't picked one out yet.
We were gonna do that today.
[ Sighs ]
That's very sweet of you, Sonny.
Sure.
Sure, we'd be proud
to Bury him in it.
-[ Chuckles ]
[ Chuckling ] Great.
[ Inhales deeply, sighs deeply ]
[ Chuckling ] I'm sorry.
It just makes me feel so good
to think that Frankie's
gonna make his final journey
in a ... in a coffin I made.
Or ... or fixed up.
You're gonna love it.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Slurps ]
[ Telephone ringing ]
[ Ringing continues ]
[ Beep ]
-Hello?
-Cufe. What's up?
What the fuck you doing home?
We got work to do.
-I'm digging a fricking grave,
man.
-Hey, I didn't put your father
in a pond.
Come on, man.
I need you to get some weights.
-Weights?
How much?
-Well, how much do you think
he weighed?
-I don't know ...
150 pounds maybe?
-Yeah, I got an idea.
And don't fuck around, either.
Come on.
-I'm not, man.
And where the hell are you?
You said you were gonna
come down and help me out.
-Yeah.
-♪ Bring your warriors
from the past ♪
-♪ micco rebel from the sun
♪ bring your warriors
from the past ♪
♪ micco rebel from the sun
♪ bring your warriors...
-Hi, Larry.
Sonny brought the coffin,
so I'm gonna
go take care of everything.
-Need help?
-No. I already told you.
Seminole culture says that, uh,
if the family wishes it, uh,
only a family member,
such as myself,
can see and/or prepare the body.
-[ Chuckling ] Well,
I never heard of that.
Sounds like horse shit to me.
-Well, if you want
to call my aunt Cora
and tell her that you don't
agree with her traditional ways,
go right ahead.
-Hell, no.
The last thing I need
is to haggle with Cora smallhill
all day.
-All right, then.
-♪ Yo, this is dedicated
to the west coast ♪
♪ this is dedicated
to the midwest ♪
♪ this is dedicated
to the reservation ♪
♪ this is dedicated
to the rest ♪
[ Singing in native language ]
-Hey.
Sonny brought
your dad's coffin in.
Man, he's a crazy fucker.
Guy cracks me up.
It's got war paint and shit
all over it.
[ Laughs ]
[ Insects chirping ]
Your dad, he was a cool guy.
I remember staying
with your parents
when I was younger.
He was a funny guy.
I remember this one time.
He had been drinking
all afternoon,
and there was
this tornado warning,
and I was freaking out,
crying and shit.
And he came over to me
and told me not to worry,
that he knew a dance
that was gonna protect US
from the tornado.
And he went out
into the front yard,
started dancing
and singing and shit.
And that tornado...
It never came.
When I was older,
your mom told me he was watching
the weather channel
with Gary england.
[ Exhales sharply ]
He knew that tornado
was never coming.
[ Both laugh ]
[ Chuckles ]
All right, here you go.
Kick the tires
and light the fires, boy.
-Hey, Jim?
-Yeah?
-You ever feel like...
Just getting
the fuck out of here?
-Yeah.
But where would I go?
I mean, this is home.
[ Car door closes ]
[ Car approaches ]
-See, I've always dabbled
in native American arts.
You know, nothing big, you know,
just little things that ...
see, I'm a half-breed.
Well, actually,
I'm 1/8th cherokee.
-Ohh.
-But it's the best thing
I've ever done.
I mean, you know, I find
art comes natural to our people,
don't you?
-Yeah.
-You guys tried the corn dogs?
-[ Chuckles ]
-Could never get your daddy
to wear it ...
too little for him.
-Hey, you seen miri?
-Not yet.
She called earlier,
said she'd be here soon.
Can't count on her for anything.
There.
You look real nice.
-[ Clears throat ]
[ Keys jingle ]
[ Engine sputtering ]
[ Musical alarm sounds ]
[ Keys jingle ]
-Oh, fuck you.
[ Keys jingle ]
[ Musical alarm sounds ]
[ Singing in native language
in distance ]
-Thanks for everything, Jim.
-Don't worry about it.
You go get your seat.
-[ Exhales loudly ]
Coming?
-Nah. I'm gonna stay here.
[ Singing in native language
continues ]
[ Singing in native language
continues ]
[ Singing fades ]
-[ Exhales loudly ]
-Does cufe plan to stay here
forever?
-I don't know.
Did you ask him?
-No.
Don't you think he needs
to get out of here?
-[ Scoffs ]
Probably would be
the best thing for him.
-He could stay with me
for a while.
-Tell him that.
-[ Slurps ]
Good coffee.
-You know your daddy.
He could always make the best.
-Why are you acting weird?
-I don't know what you mean.
I'm not acting weird.
-You haven't looked me
in the eye all day.
-My husband just died.
How do you expect me to act?
-No, no, it's not that
"my husband just died"
kind of weird.
You act like
you're hiding something.
Who found him?
-Cufe.
-Where was he?
-In his chair.
-I can't believe
he's fucking dead.
-Can we not talk about this?
-Mom, we just had his funeral.
How can we not talk about him?
-It's depressing.
-Well, yeah.
How'd you think it'd be?
-[ Sighs ]
So, you still have that job?
-[ Scoffs ] Shit.
Forget it.
-Fine.
-Fine.
I knew this would be
a pain in the ass.
-Quit your cussing.
It's your daddy's funeral.
-Fuck you.
-Fuck you!
-I would have come earlier...
But work.
[ Chuckles ]
I had to steal gas
to get down here.
Poor dad.
I wish I could have
talked to him.
I-I haven't...Talked to him
in months.
Did you see the body?
Why are you two acting
so fucking weird?
He killed himself, didn't he?
That's why
it was a closed casket.
He killed himself, didn't he?
[ Scoffs ]
Mom can't lie to me.
Her eye twitches every time.
And if you were really
doing that bad,
she would have called me.
So...
What, he shoot himself
or something?
-He took pills.
-[ Scoffs ]
Why would he do that?
To mom?
-I don't know.
[ Blue Jay squawking ]
He was real sick, you know?
Heard him crying
the other night.
You know, mom really misses you.
I think you should come around
more often.
-No, she doesn't.
She just wants
you to feel sorry for her.
-So...
What are you gonna do now?
-Go back to Tulsa.
Unless you want to go to the bar
for a bit.
[ Chuckles ]
-Nah.
-Well...
-[ Sighs ]
-You should come visit me.
-Yeah.
That'd be pretty cool.
-[ Lightly chuckles ]
-Cufe!
Cufe!
-I'm here!
-Come here!
I need your help.
-[ Sighs ]
-Hey, I'm gonna take off.
-Really?
-[ Chuckling ] Come here.
I love you.
-I love you, too.
-♪ Damn you, boy, for leaving
♪ I love you more
than I love myself ♪
♪ damn you, boy, for leaving
♪ I love you more
than anyone else ♪
♪ sayin' your lack of judgment
[ singing indistinctly ]
♪ I take away the huggin'
and kissin' ♪
♪ and all those extra goodies
♪ that I couldn't do
witho-o-o-ut ♪
♪ ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...
-Hey!
-What are you thinking?!
-You're a dipshit.
-♪ ...run 'cross
the country wide ♪
♪ run 'cross
the country wide ♪
♪ run 'cross
the country wide ♪
[ Telephone rings ]
-I remember you and your mother
used to work for me.
You were just a...
Little guy then,
running around the old clinic.
[ Inhales deeply ]
I guess I asked you in here
to see how you're handling
your loss.
-I don't know.
It's weird.
I can't...Sleep.
-You know, I get a lot
of confused Indians
that walk through these doors.
It's tough enough being
an Indian these days,
and now you've got
this loss to deal with.
What tribe are you again?
-I'm enrolled seminole,
uh, but I'm also creek.
-That's it.
[ Inhales deeply, sighs ]
I once dated a seminole.
[ Chuckling ] Oh.
A real Princess she was.
Those were the days.
Yeah, we met at school
in Norman.
Used to go to powwows
and then go 69ing.
[ Chuckles ]
Yeah, those were the days.
-You mean 49ing?
-That's...what I said.
[ Inhales deeply, sighs deeply ]
That's what she used to call me.
Said it meant
"great white warrior."
[ Chuckling ] Well, you probably
already knew that.
[ Inhales deeply ]
Cufe, [sighs]
It takes a long time
to get over the loss
of a parent.
I mean, they're there for you
your whole life,
and then just like that,
they're gone.
It's about the worst thing
in life to have to go through.
So, uh, if you ever need
to come in and chat,
you just call my secretary.
-I-I'm thinking about, like,
starting Sonny's chili ...
like a label.
There's a guy in the city
who's very interested in it.
I don't know if he's just
blowing smoke up you know, but...
-hmm, come here.
-What? Oh.
I do that all the time.
I'm sorry.
-That's all right.
-Did you get it?
-Yeah, I got it.
-Very attractive, isn't it?
-No, it's okay.
-Gravy in the beard.
-That's okay.
[ Laughs ]
[ Slow piano music plays ]
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Door opens, closes ]
Hey.
-Where you been?
-I just went to get
something to eat with Sonny.
-Sonny?
[ Scoffs ]
Already, huh?
-We're just friends, cufe.
-You know, maybe if we were
a little more helpful to dad,
he wouldn't have done this.
-Cufe, come on.
It's not our fault.
It was his choice.
We didn't make it for him.
And it's not myfault
that your daddy and I
didn't get along.
He was a hard man
to get along with.
Right there near the end...
There was weeks, and I'd realize
he hadn't said a word.
Weeks.
Is life much different
now that he's gone?
I miss him, too.
But I don't know.
[ Inhales deeply, sighs ]
When I first met your daddy...
I thought he was it.
It was at a party ... my first.
[ Chuckles ]
The girls and I, we snuck out
of boarding school
over to this birthday party
in eufaula.
He was slinking off
in some corner, in the shadows.
I did everything
to get his attention.
I kept staring at him.
He never so much as
looked at me.
Finally, I got the nerve.
I went up to him, and I said,
"hey, capane.
What's your name?"
He looked at me
out of the corner of his eye,
said in that quiet voice of his,
he said...
"Four sheets to the wind."
[ Chuckles ]
I said, "what?"
[ Laughs ]
He said, "that's my name."
[ Chuckles ]
Those were his first words
to me.
Mom was so pissed
when we got married.
She always wanted me to marry
a rich white man.
I ran off and married the first
poor Indian I could find.
How'd your meeting go?
-What?
-With Charles.
-Oh, okay.
He gave me some pills
to help me sleep.
-Hmm.
-You know, I'm thinking
about going and visiting miri.
-Really?
Well...
[Sighs] Better take a suit.
You never know
when you might need one.
Cufe?
Don't ever do me
like your sister did.
Let me know what you're up to,
what you're doing.
That's what keeps a person going
when they get older.
Good night, son.
-♪ Where did you go,
pretty eyes of snow? ♪
♪ You know, it's a mystery
in the morning ♪
♪ I watched you sleep
on my TV ♪
♪ I feel your ghost
inside of me ♪
♪ broken eyes,
you're...Whiskey torn ♪
♪ you kept your distance,
but I lost mine ♪
-[ Retching ]
-♪ Couldn't set you free
as far as I can see ♪
♪ I feel your ghost
inside of me ♪
♪ I feel your ghost
inside of me ♪
-[ Sniffles ]
[ Dog barking in distance ]
[ Door opens, closes ]
[ Baby crying in distance ]
[ Sighs ]
-You looking for miri?
-Um, yeah.
-[ Chuckles ] That's her door.
This is mine.
-Oh, I'm sorry.
-[ Chuckling ] It's okay.
-Um, she's my sister, actually.
Do you know her?
-Well, she's my neighbor.
I'm francie.
-Uh, cufe.
-Cufe, nice to meet you.
-You too.
[ Door hinges squeaking ]
[ Door hinges squeaking ]
-Well, it was nice to meet you.
-You too.
-Hmm.
-♪ You go about your days
all wrong ♪
♪ you're singing
such an evil song ♪
♪ you don't even...
-Do I pay for it now,
or do I put it on a ...
I guess a tab, then.
-[ Singing indistinctly ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-Can I borrow your lighter?
-Hey.
Yeah, sure.
[ Lighter clicks ]
-Cufe, right?
-Mm-hmm.
And...fra-a-ncine?
-[ Mockingly ] Franci-i-e.
-Francie. Sorry.
-[ Laughs ]
So, no sign of your sister?
-Uh, no.
[ Sighs deeply ]
Probably should have called
before I came.
-She's probably
just out partying.
I've seen her stumble in
at, like,
8:00 in the morning some days.
-Yeah, she can be pretty ...
[Scoffs] Pretty crazy.
-Will you do a shot with me?
I'll buy.
-Mm-hmm.
-Can we get two shots
of Tequila?
Is Tequila okay?
Okay.
Cheers.
-Cheers.
[ Glasses clink ]
[ Coughs ]
-Drink some beer.
Ahh.
[ Laughs ]
So, what do you do?
-Um...
Nothing...really.
-I'm just, like, forcing you
to hang out with me.
I'll leave you alone.
-Well, no.
Uh, sorry. Uh...
[ Sighing ] Uh...
I got punched in the face
the other day at a bar.
So, I don't know.
I feel a little paranoid and...
-Do you want to go
sit at a table?
-Yeah, sure.
-♪ With your refection
[ indistinct conversations ]
-That was always my dream
as a kid, though.
I always wanted to go
to California.
Just seemed like this...
Picture-perfect place
and so far away.
My dad always said,
"yeah, yeah, we'll go there."
But you know when you're a kid,
and you don't know
where the money comes from,
you don't know
your parents are really poor.
Miri actually went there.
After she graduated
from high school,
she moved there to become,
like, an actress or some shit.
I don't know.
But she lasted, like, two weeks,
and she brought this guy home ...
some weird guy.
[ Laughs ]
He was so weird.
He just would sit.
He wouldn't say anything.
Wow, I'm sorry.
I'm just going on.
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-[ Sighs ]
[ Glass taps ]
Well ... [ Sighs ]
Shall we walk each other home?
-Sure.
-[ Laughs ]
-No way.
-I'll wait to see
if you can get in.
-Okay.
Oh, uh, it's open, actually.
-Mmm.
I had fun.
-Yeah, me too.
-So, am I gonna see you again?
How long you in town?
-Uh ... [ Sighs ]
I don't know ... a couple ...
well, like a week or so.
-Cool.
Good night.
-Good night.
[ Keys jingling ]
[ Lock unlatches ]
Miri?
[ Door hinges squeaking ]
[ Francie's door closes ]
-[ Coughing ]
-Is that you?
[ Door closes ]
Miri?
-[ Lightly coughing ]
-What's wrong?
-[ Spits ]
-Oh, fuck. Come on, come on,
come on, come on.
Oh, shit. Come on.
-[ Coughs ]
[ Retching ]
-Oh, shit.
Oh.
-[ Hacking ]
-Fuck. Oh, shit.
How much did you drink, miri?
-[ Lightly retches ]
-Oh, damn.
-I stink.
[ Breathes heavily, sniffles ]
I need ... I-I need to bathe.
[ Sniffles ]
-Oh, my god.
Hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Wait, wait, wait.
Let me Lea...
let me leave the room.
-Turn the shower on.
-What?
-Put it on.
-It's gonna be cold.
[ Water running ]
[ Smack ]
-Oh, what the fuck?!
-Wake up!
[ Chuckles ]
-Jesus Christ, miri!
-[ Laughing ] Oh!
I feel like shit.
-[ Sighing ] Oh, god.
You're fucked up.
-I was out with your cousins.
-[ Scoffs ] Martin and them?
-Where were you when I got in?
-[ Sighs ] I was at the bar
with your neighbor.
-Francie?
-Yeah.
-Cool.
She's fun.
She's cute, too.
-Shit.
-I'm just sayin'.
-Yeah.
-Wow.
I'm glad you hung out with her.
-[ Scoffs ] Yeah.
Hey, I'm frickin' starving.
You want
to go get something to eat?
-Let's go.
It's on me.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-[ Slurping ]
I'm happy you came, cuf.
So, you had, like, a whole
conversation with francie?
-Yeah.
-Well, I guess you're not gonna
turn out like dad, after all.
See what happens?
You get out of that town,
you meet cool people.
We're going out
with my friend David tonight.
-Who's David?
-Just this guy
I've been seeing.
You should ask francie
to come over today.
-[ Sighs ] That'd be stupid.
-Well, you're gonna have to
find something to do
while I'm at work.
-I'll watch TV.
-[ Sarcastically ] Oh, fine.
-[ Chuckles ]
[ Crowd cheering]
[ Applause]
-Wow, with applause like that,
you'd think
I just became president.
[ Laughter]
[ Slow country music plays ]
-Hey.
Sorry I'm late.
-Mm.
-Who's this?
-My brother, cufe.
-Choofey, how are you?
-Cufe.
- Choof... cufe, ch...
[ Chuckling ] Wow, wow.
Your parents weren't fucked up
when they named you, were they?
-Actually, it was
my grandfather's name,
and he's dead.
-Oh.
I was just kidding with you.
-It means "rabbit."
-Rabbit. Good.
I'm David.
I have no idea what that means,
but David.
I guess it just means "David" ...
from David and Goliath maybe.
A round of booze!
-♪ ...you can't control
♪ and you should pull
your vanity down ♪
♪ pull your vanity down
-"Cufe, we're out of coffee.
You'll have to go downstairs.
Also, talk to francie.
She invited you to a party
tonight, and you're going.
No questions asked.
Anyway, I'll be home
at 5:00. ... Miri."
-You think it'd be stupid
if I wore this suit, or...
-No.
It's, like, an artsy party.
[ Chuckling ] You could go naked
if you wanted.
- Pbht.
I need a style.
-You look good.
Since when did you start caring
about how you looked anyway?
-Since I started
getting invited to parties.
[ Chuckles ]
-Hmm.
-[ Sighs ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-1...2.
1, 2, 3, 4.
-♪ Yeah
[ up-tempo music plays ]
♪ Well, I woke up
♪ do you know what I mean?
♪ All this tragic girl
from the indie scene ♪
♪ see her in the city
♪ black hair and '60s jeans
[ indistinct conversations ]
♪ You see her name
on every mailing list ♪
♪ she's the underground queen
♪ she's got real communication
♪ eating Sushi rolls...
-Man, I like your suit.
-Oh, thanks.
You too.
-Yeah, I got this at the new,
uh, vintage store on utica.
-Uh, this is my dad's.
[ Soft, funky music plays ]
- Hey, what's up, man?
Hey, let me ask you a question.
Where have all the Indian gone?
- Small towns?
I don't ... what do you ...
- no, man.
Don't ... don't say anything.
I want to ask you...
Where have all the Indian gone?
-♪ My boyfriend lives
three hours away ♪
♪ my boyfriend lives for...
-...fetus can beat US.
-Aw.
[ Laughter ]
-That is terrible!
-That's sick.
-That is bad!
[ Chuckles ]
-So...
- That's good.
Oh, man, that ... that dude
with his jokes.
[ Both chuckle ]
I was laughing,
but I didn't understand them.
-[ Chuckles ]
Cufe smallhill.
Can I tell you,
that's the coolest fuckin' name
I've ever heard?
-Oh, thank you.
-Don't mention it.
-I used to frickin' hate it.
-Why?
-Well, everyone always
gets it wrong.
I always ... what? ...
I get called coofy
or...Coof-chew, um...
[ Both laugh ]
-Yeah, well, I'm always
Francine...Or Frances.
-[ Sighs ]
Yeah, I know.
-My feet hurt.
-[ Sighs ]
-You called me Francine.
-I know.
-You don't remember that?
-Yeah. Yeah.
-Do you remember
when you called me Francine?
-But I just met you, so...
-[ Laughs ]
-...i didn't know.
You travel a lot?
-Yep.
You ever travel?
-Yeah, I went to Texas once
when I was a youngster.
-[ Chuckles ]
-Oh.
Where's this at?
-That is rockaway beach.
It looks like a postcard,
doesn't it?
-Yeah.
-His pants were falling down
as we ran into the water.
[ Both chuckle ]
-Why don't these
have any pictures in them?
-'Cause I don't have
any to go in them yet.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
And now I have one.
-Yeah, well, that's my bad side.
-[ Chuckles ]
-You should have taken one
from this side.
You want to take another one
from this side?
-Eh. Ready?
- Okay, go.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
[ Click ]
[ Guitar plays mid-tempo music ]
-♪ Lion
♪ tigers
♪ and bears
♪ and bears
♪ witches
♪ and dragons
♪ upstairs
-I'm sorry about your dad.
I had to give miri a jump
the morning of the funeral.
How are you doing?
-Good.
I'm doing good.
-So, tell me about him.
What was he like?
-[ Sighs ]
He was real fun to be around...
At times...
And he wouldn't ...
he would have got a kick
out of you, actually.
He wouldn't, like, tell you
what he felt about you,
but when he didn't think
anyone was looking...
He would give you
this approving glance or smile,
like, this, you know,
approving look, you know.
In his silence, you felt,
like, comfort, you know, like...
Oh, and his little
awkward smiles.
We ... we would go fishing.
And we'd be on the pond all day,
barely even saying anything.
We'd share, like...
Share maybe four words
with each other, and that's it.
But it felt like
we'd been talking all day.
I can't even bait a fishhook
without him, you know.
He used to always do that.
It was his job.
My mom asked me the other day
if [sighs] if things are
different now that he's gone,
and...
I didn't know, you know,
at the time, I didn't...
But things aredifferent now.
I feel different.
-♪ Pick up the phone
-it just really upsets me,
and it hurts me that he ...
what he did, you know,
he didn't have ...
he didn't have to do it.
I just want to see him again.
I want to talk to him
one more time.
I just want to...
I just want to go fishing
with him one more time.
[ Sighs ]
[ Sighs ]
-♪ Why don't you?
♪ Why don't you...
Pick up the phone? ♪
♪ Pick up the phone
-[ Snoring ]
[ Door hinges squeaking ]
[ Door hinges squeaking ]
-Boy.
[ Sighs ]
What are you doing up so early?
-You know you two
can't fall in love?
She's my fuckin' neighbor.
-Ow!
-[ Moans loudly ]
-That's David.
He's sick.
He's been doing that
for an hour.
We went out last night,
which is why I'm in here,
because he won't
shut the fuck up.
-[ Sarcastically ]
Yeah, he's a real winner.
-Oh, yeah, I know.
But he always picks up the tab.
-[ Chuckles ]
Hey, who's that guy that always
falls asleep in the hall?
-Darryl the janitor.
You know, mama called
this morning.
-Really? What'd she say?
-She wanted to ask you
about last night.
-What'd you tell her?
-I told her
you must have got lucky.
-[ Scoffs ]
-She said to remember
what she told you
about them big-city girls.
-[ Scoffs ]
-Will somebody get me
a glass of water?
-Go get him one.
-[ Scoffs ]
-Please?!
-Shut up.
-Meet me at the café after work.
We'll get some coffee.
And don't fuck up my car, cuf.
-I won't. Damn.
-I know it runs like shit,
but it's all I got.
-Oh, hey, do I got to
come pick you up?
-No, I'll ask Jackie
for a ride home.
Don't forget, dinner at 6:00.
See you later.
[ Coffee machine whirring ]
-Miri?
I need to talk to you.
We were 40 bucks short
yesterday.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-♪ I thought I told you
I was leavin' ♪
♪ that I told you
I was leavin' ♪
♪ I thought I told you
I'd be gone... ♪
-Maybe she had to
work late like me.
-Where do you work, again?
-A wine bar.
-Do you like it?
-Sure.
-Can I get some free samples?
-[ Chuckling ] Yeah.
-[ Chuckles ]
Nah, I'm just kidding.
I wouldn't want
to get you fired.
-[ Chuckles ]
It's ... it's totally menial.
So, do you really have to...
Leave tomorrow morning?
-Yeah, I got to go...Help my mom
with some stuff at home,
but...I'll come back.
-You better come back.
-♪ I thought I told you
everything you wanted to know ♪
♪ I thought I told you
I was wrong ♪
♪ I thought I told you
I was leavin' ♪
-What's wrong? ♪
boyfriend leave you?
-♪ I thought I told you
-i don't want to talk about it.
-Hmm.
[ Clicks tongue ]
I like you.
Can I buy you a drink?
-[ Sniffles ]
Sure. Line them up.
-[ Chuckles ]
Bartender, hey.
I'll get this lady
another drink, yeah?
[ Chuckles ]
-[ Sniffles ]
[ Click ]
[ Coins rattling ]
[ Slow country music plays ]
-♪ The streets are dirty
with decay ♪
♪ the whores all think
it's judgment day ♪
♪ everybody is waiting
-you know, she was gonna
get married once.
She had a fiancé and everything,
and then
he got thrown in prison.
-What?!
-Yeah.
Um, he was in this crazy fight
and picked up a bar
and just kicked the shit
out of some guy,
like, fucked him up
pretty ... pretty bad.
-When was this?
-Um, like three years ago.
[ Keys rattling ]
-You know, she and the landlord
are always
at each other's throats.
I think she has trouble
with the rent.
-♪ Ride on, easy rider
♪ down that easy-riding road
-do you want to go
on a trip with me?
-Where would we go?
-We could go...Somewhere west.
California?
-What would I need to bring?
-Just bring yourself.
I've got some money saved up.
-I don't ... I don't have
much money.
-You don't need much.
If you'd get maybe
a couple hundred bucks together.
-♪ Ride on, easy rider
-yeah.
♪ Down that easy-ridin' road
-♪ You know, I-I sometimes
live my life at night ♪
♪ but you look so much better
in the daylight ♪
♪ that I-I get up
early as I can ♪
♪ sometimes for better,
some for worse ♪
♪ but when it's good
♪ see how fine I am
♪ There's a feeling
that I battle once a day ♪
♪ you'd be better off
if I just go away ♪
♪ and even if I start
to think it's true ♪
♪ I'll be stayin' anyway
♪ 'cause at the end,
it's up to you ♪
♪ and I'm not sad,
I'm not angry, I ain't fooled ♪
♪ but, honey,
I'm scared of you ♪
♪ are you scared of me, too?
[ Telephone rings ]
-Hello?
Hey, Sonny.
He got back yesterday.
I think he's hung over.
I put him to work.
[ Laughs ]
Tomorrow night?
We could go that new Mexican
restaurant if you wanted to.
All right.
[ Door opens ]
7:00?
Okay.
[ Door closes ]
Okay. Bye.
-[ Sighs ]
[ Sniffles ]
[ Sighs ]
Shit.
-Aw, watch your mouth.
-You say "shit" all the time.
-So, you all done?
-Yeah.
[ Sighs ]
-Miss the city?
-It's only been a day.
-When there's love,
a day is a lifetime.
-I'm not in love, mom.
-Who is this girl
you been running around with?
-You know, I'm thinking of
going traveling with her.
-Where to?
-I don't know.
[ Sighs ]
Somewhere.
-When you going?
-I want to go soon.
But I have to roof some houses
for a couple weeks
till I get enough cash to go ...
like, a couple hundred bucks.
-You don't want
anyone supporting you.
-They get
tired of you real quick.
Don't know why
you'd want to go anyway.
-I'm not leaving.
[ Sighs ]
I just want to...
Get away from here
for a little while.
-So, what's with thisgirl?
-What do you mean?
-Do you get along good?
Do you talk?
-We talk, mom.
-Just don't go letting
it be a sex thing.
You'll never make it.
-[ Sighs ]
Can I get some coffee?
-Yeah.
You know where it is.
-[ Sighs ]
[ Telephone ringing ]
-Hi, this is miri.
Leave a message.
I'll call you back.
[ Beep ]
-Hey, miri. This is cuf.
I'm just calling
'cause I haven't heard from you,
and I didn't get to
say goodbye, so...
Yeah, I'm all right.
I'm at home now.
I'm gonna
just be here with mom,
so I guess just give me a call
when you get this
or you have some time.
All right, I love you.
[ Beep ]
[ Click ]
[ Beep ]
[ Sighs ]
-I had my prostate
checked four times.
Think I got some sort of std.
Something just ain't right.
-Man, you always think
you have some kind of std.
-Well, this time,
it's real, though.
-Just 'cause you're always
around dead people, man.
I don't know
how you can do that.
I'd start feeling
like iwas dying, too.
-Your mom tells me you've been
hanging out with some chick.
-Yeah, my mom talks too much.
-Serious?
-I don't know.
-I just like
hanging out with her, man.
She's cool.
-Coming from you,
that sounds serious.
You been sleeping?
You need anything?
-I've been sleeping better.
-You taking something?
-These sleeping pills
that Charles prescribed me.
I don't like them, though.
I gave them to miri.
-Should have gave them to me.
-♪ My heart won't budge
♪ I start fallin' and sleepin'
♪ I fix my eyes
and I'm breathin' ♪
♪ makin' sure we're gone
♪ da da da da
♪ my heart won't budge
♪ like she's a bad addiction
-miri?
-[ Singing indistinctly ]
♪ Till my breath is gone
♪ but there's one less phone
[ telephone rings ]
♪ Da da da da
-hello?
It is.
[ Siren wailing ]
[ Woman on P.A.
speaking indistinctly ]
[ Engine turns off ]
-[ Sighs ]
[ Door opens ]
[ Door closes ]
Why'd you do it, miri?
-I don't think I meant to.
[ Sniffles ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Sobbing ]
-♪ You been weighin'
heavy on my mind ♪
♪ for some time now
♪ for some time
♪ all of our flowers
have wilted up and died ♪
♪ but how they shine, lord
♪ how they shine
♪ Takes more than promises
to carry through ♪
♪ it takes more than I can do
♪ takes more than promises...
♪ ...through
the hands of time... ♪
-[ Sighs ]
[ Engine turns over ]
[ Motor squealing ]
[ Horn honking ]
[ Cow moos ]
-♪ All the people
I am leavin' behind ♪
♪ I'll see you
on the other side ♪
♪ I'll be there for you
♪ when the wolves
break through ♪
♪ and if I were
to see your face ♪
♪ in another time or place
♪ I'll be there for you
♪ when the wolves
break through ♪
[ Harmonica solo ]
♪ I've lived my whole life
without you ♪
♪ nothing's easy, and it shows
♪ I tried so hard
to go on without you ♪
♪ nothing's easy, and it shows
♪ sing a song
for the bitter end ♪
[ Harmonica solo ]
♪ And all these words,
they tend to get in the way ♪
♪ of the things that
I've been tryin' to say ♪
♪ I'll be there for you
♪ when the wolves
break through ♪
♪ and if you should
forget your path ♪
♪ or stop to
think about your past ♪
♪ I'll be there for you
♪ when the wolves
break through ♪
♪ I've lived my whole life
without you ♪
♪ nothing's easy, and it shows
♪ I tried so hard
to go on without you ♪
♪ nothing's easy, and it shows
♪ sing a song
for the bitter end ♪
[ Harmonica solo ]
[ Insects chirping ]
-[ Speaking muscogee ]
[ Slow piano music plays ]
[ Pills rattling ]
[ Body dragging ]
[ Loon calling ]
[ Record crackling ]
[ Crackling stops ]
[ Pills rattling ]
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Loon calling ]
[ Water splashing ]
[ Dog whimpers ]
[ Dog panting ]
-Cufe? Where's your dad?
Oh, god.
You stupid son of a bitch.
Why'd you go
and do that to yourself?
-He told me the other day that
he never wanted to be buried.
He said funerals ain't nothing
but a big circus.
-[ Inhales deeply, sighs ]
-He told me to put him
in the pond
where the lady lives.
-[ Sniffles ]
-That's what he said.
-Go get your cousin.
We have to tell him.
Take your dad's pickup.
[ Engine turns over ]
[ Dial tone ]
[ Telephone ringing ]
[ Ringing continues ]
-Okay.
[ Beep ]
Hello?
[ Clears throat ]
Hey.
What's wrong?
What?
[ Voice breaking ] What?
-It's fucked up, man.
-It's expected to have
a funeral ...
body and all.
-Well, I ain't going down there,
that's for goddamn sure.
He's probably at the bottom
all screwed up and...
-Well, let's fake it.
-Yeah.
Yeah, we could fake it.
We could get a casket
and everything.
We'll just tell everyone
he requested a closed casket.
-Christ.
-No, no, seriously.
It's what we got to do.
It'll work. Won't it, Jim?
-Yeah. I'm with it.
-This is stupid, cufe.
[ Slow piano music plays ]
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Dog barking in distance ]
[ Vehicle approaching ]
[ Brakes squeaking ]
[ Gear shifts ]
[ Engine turns off ]
[ Truck door opens, closes ]
-Hey, Sonny.
-Cora.
Cora, I'm real sorry
to hear about Frankie.
That ... that just disturbs me
to all hell.
I ...
- we appreciate that, Sonny.
-[ Breathes heavily ]
-Uh, come in.
-[ Inhales sharply ]
Oh, geez.
I haven't been out here forever.
[ Laughs ]
-I know.
Used to have some fun, eh?
-Yes, we did. [ Chuckles ]
You know, Cora,
I wa... I was wondering.
[ Scoffs ] Well, shit.
About five or six years ago,
I bought a bunch of these
old coffins ... to fix them up.
You know, they were used
in some play or some damn thing.
All of them made of wood
and, you know,
none of them worth a frog's ass
except for one, and I kept that,
and I planned
to be buried in that,
but, uh...I was thinking...
What if I was to give that
to y'all?
I mean, i-it would mean
the world to me
if you'd Bury Frankie in it.
U-Unless ... unless
you already got a coffin.
-Well, actually, no ...
hadn't picked one out yet.
We were gonna do that today.
[ Sighs ]
That's very sweet of you, Sonny.
Sure.
Sure, we'd be proud
to Bury him in it.
-[ Chuckles ]
[ Chuckling ] Great.
[ Inhales deeply, sighs deeply ]
[ Chuckling ] I'm sorry.
It just makes me feel so good
to think that Frankie's
gonna make his final journey
in a ... in a coffin I made.
Or ... or fixed up.
You're gonna love it.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Slurps ]
[ Telephone ringing ]
[ Ringing continues ]
[ Beep ]
-Hello?
-Cufe. What's up?
What the fuck you doing home?
We got work to do.
-I'm digging a fricking grave,
man.
-Hey, I didn't put your father
in a pond.
Come on, man.
I need you to get some weights.
-Weights?
How much?
-Well, how much do you think
he weighed?
-I don't know ...
150 pounds maybe?
-Yeah, I got an idea.
And don't fuck around, either.
Come on.
-I'm not, man.
And where the hell are you?
You said you were gonna
come down and help me out.
-Yeah.
-♪ Bring your warriors
from the past ♪
-♪ micco rebel from the sun
♪ bring your warriors
from the past ♪
♪ micco rebel from the sun
♪ bring your warriors...
-Hi, Larry.
Sonny brought the coffin,
so I'm gonna
go take care of everything.
-Need help?
-No. I already told you.
Seminole culture says that, uh,
if the family wishes it, uh,
only a family member,
such as myself,
can see and/or prepare the body.
-[ Chuckling ] Well,
I never heard of that.
Sounds like horse shit to me.
-Well, if you want
to call my aunt Cora
and tell her that you don't
agree with her traditional ways,
go right ahead.
-Hell, no.
The last thing I need
is to haggle with Cora smallhill
all day.
-All right, then.
-♪ Yo, this is dedicated
to the west coast ♪
♪ this is dedicated
to the midwest ♪
♪ this is dedicated
to the reservation ♪
♪ this is dedicated
to the rest ♪
[ Singing in native language ]
-Hey.
Sonny brought
your dad's coffin in.
Man, he's a crazy fucker.
Guy cracks me up.
It's got war paint and shit
all over it.
[ Laughs ]
[ Insects chirping ]
Your dad, he was a cool guy.
I remember staying
with your parents
when I was younger.
He was a funny guy.
I remember this one time.
He had been drinking
all afternoon,
and there was
this tornado warning,
and I was freaking out,
crying and shit.
And he came over to me
and told me not to worry,
that he knew a dance
that was gonna protect US
from the tornado.
And he went out
into the front yard,
started dancing
and singing and shit.
And that tornado...
It never came.
When I was older,
your mom told me he was watching
the weather channel
with Gary england.
[ Exhales sharply ]
He knew that tornado
was never coming.
[ Both laugh ]
[ Chuckles ]
All right, here you go.
Kick the tires
and light the fires, boy.
-Hey, Jim?
-Yeah?
-You ever feel like...
Just getting
the fuck out of here?
-Yeah.
But where would I go?
I mean, this is home.
[ Car door closes ]
[ Car approaches ]
-See, I've always dabbled
in native American arts.
You know, nothing big, you know,
just little things that ...
see, I'm a half-breed.
Well, actually,
I'm 1/8th cherokee.
-Ohh.
-But it's the best thing
I've ever done.
I mean, you know, I find
art comes natural to our people,
don't you?
-Yeah.
-You guys tried the corn dogs?
-[ Chuckles ]
-Could never get your daddy
to wear it ...
too little for him.
-Hey, you seen miri?
-Not yet.
She called earlier,
said she'd be here soon.
Can't count on her for anything.
There.
You look real nice.
-[ Clears throat ]
[ Keys jingle ]
[ Engine sputtering ]
[ Musical alarm sounds ]
[ Keys jingle ]
-Oh, fuck you.
[ Keys jingle ]
[ Musical alarm sounds ]
[ Singing in native language
in distance ]
-Thanks for everything, Jim.
-Don't worry about it.
You go get your seat.
-[ Exhales loudly ]
Coming?
-Nah. I'm gonna stay here.
[ Singing in native language
continues ]
[ Singing in native language
continues ]
[ Singing fades ]
-[ Exhales loudly ]
-Does cufe plan to stay here
forever?
-I don't know.
Did you ask him?
-No.
Don't you think he needs
to get out of here?
-[ Scoffs ]
Probably would be
the best thing for him.
-He could stay with me
for a while.
-Tell him that.
-[ Slurps ]
Good coffee.
-You know your daddy.
He could always make the best.
-Why are you acting weird?
-I don't know what you mean.
I'm not acting weird.
-You haven't looked me
in the eye all day.
-My husband just died.
How do you expect me to act?
-No, no, it's not that
"my husband just died"
kind of weird.
You act like
you're hiding something.
Who found him?
-Cufe.
-Where was he?
-In his chair.
-I can't believe
he's fucking dead.
-Can we not talk about this?
-Mom, we just had his funeral.
How can we not talk about him?
-It's depressing.
-Well, yeah.
How'd you think it'd be?
-[ Sighs ]
So, you still have that job?
-[ Scoffs ] Shit.
Forget it.
-Fine.
-Fine.
I knew this would be
a pain in the ass.
-Quit your cussing.
It's your daddy's funeral.
-Fuck you.
-Fuck you!
-I would have come earlier...
But work.
[ Chuckles ]
I had to steal gas
to get down here.
Poor dad.
I wish I could have
talked to him.
I-I haven't...Talked to him
in months.
Did you see the body?
Why are you two acting
so fucking weird?
He killed himself, didn't he?
That's why
it was a closed casket.
He killed himself, didn't he?
[ Scoffs ]
Mom can't lie to me.
Her eye twitches every time.
And if you were really
doing that bad,
she would have called me.
So...
What, he shoot himself
or something?
-He took pills.
-[ Scoffs ]
Why would he do that?
To mom?
-I don't know.
[ Blue Jay squawking ]
He was real sick, you know?
Heard him crying
the other night.
You know, mom really misses you.
I think you should come around
more often.
-No, she doesn't.
She just wants
you to feel sorry for her.
-So...
What are you gonna do now?
-Go back to Tulsa.
Unless you want to go to the bar
for a bit.
[ Chuckles ]
-Nah.
-Well...
-[ Sighs ]
-You should come visit me.
-Yeah.
That'd be pretty cool.
-[ Lightly chuckles ]
-Cufe!
Cufe!
-I'm here!
-Come here!
I need your help.
-[ Sighs ]
-Hey, I'm gonna take off.
-Really?
-[ Chuckling ] Come here.
I love you.
-I love you, too.
-♪ Damn you, boy, for leaving
♪ I love you more
than I love myself ♪
♪ damn you, boy, for leaving
♪ I love you more
than anyone else ♪
♪ sayin' your lack of judgment
[ singing indistinctly ]
♪ I take away the huggin'
and kissin' ♪
♪ and all those extra goodies
♪ that I couldn't do
witho-o-o-ut ♪
♪ ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...
-Hey!
-What are you thinking?!
-You're a dipshit.
-♪ ...run 'cross
the country wide ♪
♪ run 'cross
the country wide ♪
♪ run 'cross
the country wide ♪
[ Telephone rings ]
-I remember you and your mother
used to work for me.
You were just a...
Little guy then,
running around the old clinic.
[ Inhales deeply ]
I guess I asked you in here
to see how you're handling
your loss.
-I don't know.
It's weird.
I can't...Sleep.
-You know, I get a lot
of confused Indians
that walk through these doors.
It's tough enough being
an Indian these days,
and now you've got
this loss to deal with.
What tribe are you again?
-I'm enrolled seminole,
uh, but I'm also creek.
-That's it.
[ Inhales deeply, sighs ]
I once dated a seminole.
[ Chuckling ] Oh.
A real Princess she was.
Those were the days.
Yeah, we met at school
in Norman.
Used to go to powwows
and then go 69ing.
[ Chuckles ]
Yeah, those were the days.
-You mean 49ing?
-That's...what I said.
[ Inhales deeply, sighs deeply ]
That's what she used to call me.
Said it meant
"great white warrior."
[ Chuckling ] Well, you probably
already knew that.
[ Inhales deeply ]
Cufe, [sighs]
It takes a long time
to get over the loss
of a parent.
I mean, they're there for you
your whole life,
and then just like that,
they're gone.
It's about the worst thing
in life to have to go through.
So, uh, if you ever need
to come in and chat,
you just call my secretary.
-I-I'm thinking about, like,
starting Sonny's chili ...
like a label.
There's a guy in the city
who's very interested in it.
I don't know if he's just
blowing smoke up you know, but...
-hmm, come here.
-What? Oh.
I do that all the time.
I'm sorry.
-That's all right.
-Did you get it?
-Yeah, I got it.
-Very attractive, isn't it?
-No, it's okay.
-Gravy in the beard.
-That's okay.
[ Laughs ]
[ Slow piano music plays ]
[ Insects chirping ]
[ Door opens, closes ]
Hey.
-Where you been?
-I just went to get
something to eat with Sonny.
-Sonny?
[ Scoffs ]
Already, huh?
-We're just friends, cufe.
-You know, maybe if we were
a little more helpful to dad,
he wouldn't have done this.
-Cufe, come on.
It's not our fault.
It was his choice.
We didn't make it for him.
And it's not myfault
that your daddy and I
didn't get along.
He was a hard man
to get along with.
Right there near the end...
There was weeks, and I'd realize
he hadn't said a word.
Weeks.
Is life much different
now that he's gone?
I miss him, too.
But I don't know.
[ Inhales deeply, sighs ]
When I first met your daddy...
I thought he was it.
It was at a party ... my first.
[ Chuckles ]
The girls and I, we snuck out
of boarding school
over to this birthday party
in eufaula.
He was slinking off
in some corner, in the shadows.
I did everything
to get his attention.
I kept staring at him.
He never so much as
looked at me.
Finally, I got the nerve.
I went up to him, and I said,
"hey, capane.
What's your name?"
He looked at me
out of the corner of his eye,
said in that quiet voice of his,
he said...
"Four sheets to the wind."
[ Chuckles ]
I said, "what?"
[ Laughs ]
He said, "that's my name."
[ Chuckles ]
Those were his first words
to me.
Mom was so pissed
when we got married.
She always wanted me to marry
a rich white man.
I ran off and married the first
poor Indian I could find.
How'd your meeting go?
-What?
-With Charles.
-Oh, okay.
He gave me some pills
to help me sleep.
-Hmm.
-You know, I'm thinking
about going and visiting miri.
-Really?
Well...
[Sighs] Better take a suit.
You never know
when you might need one.
Cufe?
Don't ever do me
like your sister did.
Let me know what you're up to,
what you're doing.
That's what keeps a person going
when they get older.
Good night, son.
-♪ Where did you go,
pretty eyes of snow? ♪
♪ You know, it's a mystery
in the morning ♪
♪ I watched you sleep
on my TV ♪
♪ I feel your ghost
inside of me ♪
♪ broken eyes,
you're...Whiskey torn ♪
♪ you kept your distance,
but I lost mine ♪
-[ Retching ]
-♪ Couldn't set you free
as far as I can see ♪
♪ I feel your ghost
inside of me ♪
♪ I feel your ghost
inside of me ♪
-[ Sniffles ]
[ Dog barking in distance ]
[ Door opens, closes ]
[ Baby crying in distance ]
[ Sighs ]
-You looking for miri?
-Um, yeah.
-[ Chuckles ] That's her door.
This is mine.
-Oh, I'm sorry.
-[ Chuckling ] It's okay.
-Um, she's my sister, actually.
Do you know her?
-Well, she's my neighbor.
I'm francie.
-Uh, cufe.
-Cufe, nice to meet you.
-You too.
[ Door hinges squeaking ]
[ Door hinges squeaking ]
-Well, it was nice to meet you.
-You too.
-Hmm.
-♪ You go about your days
all wrong ♪
♪ you're singing
such an evil song ♪
♪ you don't even...
-Do I pay for it now,
or do I put it on a ...
I guess a tab, then.
-[ Singing indistinctly ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-Can I borrow your lighter?
-Hey.
Yeah, sure.
[ Lighter clicks ]
-Cufe, right?
-Mm-hmm.
And...fra-a-ncine?
-[ Mockingly ] Franci-i-e.
-Francie. Sorry.
-[ Laughs ]
So, no sign of your sister?
-Uh, no.
[ Sighs deeply ]
Probably should have called
before I came.
-She's probably
just out partying.
I've seen her stumble in
at, like,
8:00 in the morning some days.
-Yeah, she can be pretty ...
[Scoffs] Pretty crazy.
-Will you do a shot with me?
I'll buy.
-Mm-hmm.
-Can we get two shots
of Tequila?
Is Tequila okay?
Okay.
Cheers.
-Cheers.
[ Glasses clink ]
[ Coughs ]
-Drink some beer.
Ahh.
[ Laughs ]
So, what do you do?
-Um...
Nothing...really.
-I'm just, like, forcing you
to hang out with me.
I'll leave you alone.
-Well, no.
Uh, sorry. Uh...
[ Sighing ] Uh...
I got punched in the face
the other day at a bar.
So, I don't know.
I feel a little paranoid and...
-Do you want to go
sit at a table?
-Yeah, sure.
-♪ With your refection
[ indistinct conversations ]
-That was always my dream
as a kid, though.
I always wanted to go
to California.
Just seemed like this...
Picture-perfect place
and so far away.
My dad always said,
"yeah, yeah, we'll go there."
But you know when you're a kid,
and you don't know
where the money comes from,
you don't know
your parents are really poor.
Miri actually went there.
After she graduated
from high school,
she moved there to become,
like, an actress or some shit.
I don't know.
But she lasted, like, two weeks,
and she brought this guy home ...
some weird guy.
[ Laughs ]
He was so weird.
He just would sit.
He wouldn't say anything.
Wow, I'm sorry.
I'm just going on.
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-[ Sighs ]
[ Glass taps ]
Well ... [ Sighs ]
Shall we walk each other home?
-Sure.
-[ Laughs ]
-No way.
-I'll wait to see
if you can get in.
-Okay.
Oh, uh, it's open, actually.
-Mmm.
I had fun.
-Yeah, me too.
-So, am I gonna see you again?
How long you in town?
-Uh ... [ Sighs ]
I don't know ... a couple ...
well, like a week or so.
-Cool.
Good night.
-Good night.
[ Keys jingling ]
[ Lock unlatches ]
Miri?
[ Door hinges squeaking ]
[ Francie's door closes ]
-[ Coughing ]
-Is that you?
[ Door closes ]
Miri?
-[ Lightly coughing ]
-What's wrong?
-[ Spits ]
-Oh, fuck. Come on, come on,
come on, come on.
Oh, shit. Come on.
-[ Coughs ]
[ Retching ]
-Oh, shit.
Oh.
-[ Hacking ]
-Fuck. Oh, shit.
How much did you drink, miri?
-[ Lightly retches ]
-Oh, damn.
-I stink.
[ Breathes heavily, sniffles ]
I need ... I-I need to bathe.
[ Sniffles ]
-Oh, my god.
Hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Wait, wait, wait.
Let me Lea...
let me leave the room.
-Turn the shower on.
-What?
-Put it on.
-It's gonna be cold.
[ Water running ]
[ Smack ]
-Oh, what the fuck?!
-Wake up!
[ Chuckles ]
-Jesus Christ, miri!
-[ Laughing ] Oh!
I feel like shit.
-[ Sighing ] Oh, god.
You're fucked up.
-I was out with your cousins.
-[ Scoffs ] Martin and them?
-Where were you when I got in?
-[ Sighs ] I was at the bar
with your neighbor.
-Francie?
-Yeah.
-Cool.
She's fun.
She's cute, too.
-Shit.
-I'm just sayin'.
-Yeah.
-Wow.
I'm glad you hung out with her.
-[ Scoffs ] Yeah.
Hey, I'm frickin' starving.
You want
to go get something to eat?
-Let's go.
It's on me.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-[ Slurping ]
I'm happy you came, cuf.
So, you had, like, a whole
conversation with francie?
-Yeah.
-Well, I guess you're not gonna
turn out like dad, after all.
See what happens?
You get out of that town,
you meet cool people.
We're going out
with my friend David tonight.
-Who's David?
-Just this guy
I've been seeing.
You should ask francie
to come over today.
-[ Sighs ] That'd be stupid.
-Well, you're gonna have to
find something to do
while I'm at work.
-I'll watch TV.
-[ Sarcastically ] Oh, fine.
-[ Chuckles ]
[ Crowd cheering]
[ Applause]
-Wow, with applause like that,
you'd think
I just became president.
[ Laughter]
[ Slow country music plays ]
-Hey.
Sorry I'm late.
-Mm.
-Who's this?
-My brother, cufe.
-Choofey, how are you?
-Cufe.
- Choof... cufe, ch...
[ Chuckling ] Wow, wow.
Your parents weren't fucked up
when they named you, were they?
-Actually, it was
my grandfather's name,
and he's dead.
-Oh.
I was just kidding with you.
-It means "rabbit."
-Rabbit. Good.
I'm David.
I have no idea what that means,
but David.
I guess it just means "David" ...
from David and Goliath maybe.
A round of booze!
-♪ ...you can't control
♪ and you should pull
your vanity down ♪
♪ pull your vanity down
-"Cufe, we're out of coffee.
You'll have to go downstairs.
Also, talk to francie.
She invited you to a party
tonight, and you're going.
No questions asked.
Anyway, I'll be home
at 5:00. ... Miri."
-You think it'd be stupid
if I wore this suit, or...
-No.
It's, like, an artsy party.
[ Chuckling ] You could go naked
if you wanted.
- Pbht.
I need a style.
-You look good.
Since when did you start caring
about how you looked anyway?
-Since I started
getting invited to parties.
[ Chuckles ]
-Hmm.
-[ Sighs ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-1...2.
1, 2, 3, 4.
-♪ Yeah
[ up-tempo music plays ]
♪ Well, I woke up
♪ do you know what I mean?
♪ All this tragic girl
from the indie scene ♪
♪ see her in the city
♪ black hair and '60s jeans
[ indistinct conversations ]
♪ You see her name
on every mailing list ♪
♪ she's the underground queen
♪ she's got real communication
♪ eating Sushi rolls...
-Man, I like your suit.
-Oh, thanks.
You too.
-Yeah, I got this at the new,
uh, vintage store on utica.
-Uh, this is my dad's.
[ Soft, funky music plays ]
- Hey, what's up, man?
Hey, let me ask you a question.
Where have all the Indian gone?
- Small towns?
I don't ... what do you ...
- no, man.
Don't ... don't say anything.
I want to ask you...
Where have all the Indian gone?
-♪ My boyfriend lives
three hours away ♪
♪ my boyfriend lives for...
-...fetus can beat US.
-Aw.
[ Laughter ]
-That is terrible!
-That's sick.
-That is bad!
[ Chuckles ]
-So...
- That's good.
Oh, man, that ... that dude
with his jokes.
[ Both chuckle ]
I was laughing,
but I didn't understand them.
-[ Chuckles ]
Cufe smallhill.
Can I tell you,
that's the coolest fuckin' name
I've ever heard?
-Oh, thank you.
-Don't mention it.
-I used to frickin' hate it.
-Why?
-Well, everyone always
gets it wrong.
I always ... what? ...
I get called coofy
or...Coof-chew, um...
[ Both laugh ]
-Yeah, well, I'm always
Francine...Or Frances.
-[ Sighs ]
Yeah, I know.
-My feet hurt.
-[ Sighs ]
-You called me Francine.
-I know.
-You don't remember that?
-Yeah. Yeah.
-Do you remember
when you called me Francine?
-But I just met you, so...
-[ Laughs ]
-...i didn't know.
You travel a lot?
-Yep.
You ever travel?
-Yeah, I went to Texas once
when I was a youngster.
-[ Chuckles ]
-Oh.
Where's this at?
-That is rockaway beach.
It looks like a postcard,
doesn't it?
-Yeah.
-His pants were falling down
as we ran into the water.
[ Both chuckle ]
-Why don't these
have any pictures in them?
-'Cause I don't have
any to go in them yet.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
And now I have one.
-Yeah, well, that's my bad side.
-[ Chuckles ]
-You should have taken one
from this side.
You want to take another one
from this side?
-Eh. Ready?
- Okay, go.
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
[ Click ]
[ Guitar plays mid-tempo music ]
-♪ Lion
♪ tigers
♪ and bears
♪ and bears
♪ witches
♪ and dragons
♪ upstairs
-I'm sorry about your dad.
I had to give miri a jump
the morning of the funeral.
How are you doing?
-Good.
I'm doing good.
-So, tell me about him.
What was he like?
-[ Sighs ]
He was real fun to be around...
At times...
And he wouldn't ...
he would have got a kick
out of you, actually.
He wouldn't, like, tell you
what he felt about you,
but when he didn't think
anyone was looking...
He would give you
this approving glance or smile,
like, this, you know,
approving look, you know.
In his silence, you felt,
like, comfort, you know, like...
Oh, and his little
awkward smiles.
We ... we would go fishing.
And we'd be on the pond all day,
barely even saying anything.
We'd share, like...
Share maybe four words
with each other, and that's it.
But it felt like
we'd been talking all day.
I can't even bait a fishhook
without him, you know.
He used to always do that.
It was his job.
My mom asked me the other day
if [sighs] if things are
different now that he's gone,
and...
I didn't know, you know,
at the time, I didn't...
But things aredifferent now.
I feel different.
-♪ Pick up the phone
-it just really upsets me,
and it hurts me that he ...
what he did, you know,
he didn't have ...
he didn't have to do it.
I just want to see him again.
I want to talk to him
one more time.
I just want to...
I just want to go fishing
with him one more time.
[ Sighs ]
[ Sighs ]
-♪ Why don't you?
♪ Why don't you...
Pick up the phone? ♪
♪ Pick up the phone
-[ Snoring ]
[ Door hinges squeaking ]
[ Door hinges squeaking ]
-Boy.
[ Sighs ]
What are you doing up so early?
-You know you two
can't fall in love?
She's my fuckin' neighbor.
-Ow!
-[ Moans loudly ]
-That's David.
He's sick.
He's been doing that
for an hour.
We went out last night,
which is why I'm in here,
because he won't
shut the fuck up.
-[ Sarcastically ]
Yeah, he's a real winner.
-Oh, yeah, I know.
But he always picks up the tab.
-[ Chuckles ]
Hey, who's that guy that always
falls asleep in the hall?
-Darryl the janitor.
You know, mama called
this morning.
-Really? What'd she say?
-She wanted to ask you
about last night.
-What'd you tell her?
-I told her
you must have got lucky.
-[ Scoffs ]
-She said to remember
what she told you
about them big-city girls.
-[ Scoffs ]
-Will somebody get me
a glass of water?
-Go get him one.
-[ Scoffs ]
-Please?!
-Shut up.
-Meet me at the café after work.
We'll get some coffee.
And don't fuck up my car, cuf.
-I won't. Damn.
-I know it runs like shit,
but it's all I got.
-Oh, hey, do I got to
come pick you up?
-No, I'll ask Jackie
for a ride home.
Don't forget, dinner at 6:00.
See you later.
[ Coffee machine whirring ]
-Miri?
I need to talk to you.
We were 40 bucks short
yesterday.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
-♪ I thought I told you
I was leavin' ♪
♪ that I told you
I was leavin' ♪
♪ I thought I told you
I'd be gone... ♪
-Maybe she had to
work late like me.
-Where do you work, again?
-A wine bar.
-Do you like it?
-Sure.
-Can I get some free samples?
-[ Chuckling ] Yeah.
-[ Chuckles ]
Nah, I'm just kidding.
I wouldn't want
to get you fired.
-[ Chuckles ]
It's ... it's totally menial.
So, do you really have to...
Leave tomorrow morning?
-Yeah, I got to go...Help my mom
with some stuff at home,
but...I'll come back.
-You better come back.
-♪ I thought I told you
everything you wanted to know ♪
♪ I thought I told you
I was wrong ♪
♪ I thought I told you
I was leavin' ♪
-What's wrong? ♪
boyfriend leave you?
-♪ I thought I told you
-i don't want to talk about it.
-Hmm.
[ Clicks tongue ]
I like you.
Can I buy you a drink?
-[ Sniffles ]
Sure. Line them up.
-[ Chuckles ]
Bartender, hey.
I'll get this lady
another drink, yeah?
[ Chuckles ]
-[ Sniffles ]
[ Click ]
[ Coins rattling ]
[ Slow country music plays ]
-♪ The streets are dirty
with decay ♪
♪ the whores all think
it's judgment day ♪
♪ everybody is waiting
-you know, she was gonna
get married once.
She had a fiancé and everything,
and then
he got thrown in prison.
-What?!
-Yeah.
Um, he was in this crazy fight
and picked up a bar
and just kicked the shit
out of some guy,
like, fucked him up
pretty ... pretty bad.
-When was this?
-Um, like three years ago.
[ Keys rattling ]
-You know, she and the landlord
are always
at each other's throats.
I think she has trouble
with the rent.
-♪ Ride on, easy rider
♪ down that easy-riding road
-do you want to go
on a trip with me?
-Where would we go?
-We could go...Somewhere west.
California?
-What would I need to bring?
-Just bring yourself.
I've got some money saved up.
-I don't ... I don't have
much money.
-You don't need much.
If you'd get maybe
a couple hundred bucks together.
-♪ Ride on, easy rider
-yeah.
♪ Down that easy-ridin' road
-♪ You know, I-I sometimes
live my life at night ♪
♪ but you look so much better
in the daylight ♪
♪ that I-I get up
early as I can ♪
♪ sometimes for better,
some for worse ♪
♪ but when it's good
♪ see how fine I am
♪ There's a feeling
that I battle once a day ♪
♪ you'd be better off
if I just go away ♪
♪ and even if I start
to think it's true ♪
♪ I'll be stayin' anyway
♪ 'cause at the end,
it's up to you ♪
♪ and I'm not sad,
I'm not angry, I ain't fooled ♪
♪ but, honey,
I'm scared of you ♪
♪ are you scared of me, too?
[ Telephone rings ]
-Hello?
Hey, Sonny.
He got back yesterday.
I think he's hung over.
I put him to work.
[ Laughs ]
Tomorrow night?
We could go that new Mexican
restaurant if you wanted to.
All right.
[ Door opens ]
7:00?
Okay.
[ Door closes ]
Okay. Bye.
-[ Sighs ]
[ Sniffles ]
[ Sighs ]
Shit.
-Aw, watch your mouth.
-You say "shit" all the time.
-So, you all done?
-Yeah.
[ Sighs ]
-Miss the city?
-It's only been a day.
-When there's love,
a day is a lifetime.
-I'm not in love, mom.
-Who is this girl
you been running around with?
-You know, I'm thinking of
going traveling with her.
-Where to?
-I don't know.
[ Sighs ]
Somewhere.
-When you going?
-I want to go soon.
But I have to roof some houses
for a couple weeks
till I get enough cash to go ...
like, a couple hundred bucks.
-You don't want
anyone supporting you.
-They get
tired of you real quick.
Don't know why
you'd want to go anyway.
-I'm not leaving.
[ Sighs ]
I just want to...
Get away from here
for a little while.
-So, what's with thisgirl?
-What do you mean?
-Do you get along good?
Do you talk?
-We talk, mom.
-Just don't go letting
it be a sex thing.
You'll never make it.
-[ Sighs ]
Can I get some coffee?
-Yeah.
You know where it is.
-[ Sighs ]
[ Telephone ringing ]
-Hi, this is miri.
Leave a message.
I'll call you back.
[ Beep ]
-Hey, miri. This is cuf.
I'm just calling
'cause I haven't heard from you,
and I didn't get to
say goodbye, so...
Yeah, I'm all right.
I'm at home now.
I'm gonna
just be here with mom,
so I guess just give me a call
when you get this
or you have some time.
All right, I love you.
[ Beep ]
[ Click ]
[ Beep ]
[ Sighs ]
-I had my prostate
checked four times.
Think I got some sort of std.
Something just ain't right.
-Man, you always think
you have some kind of std.
-Well, this time,
it's real, though.
-Just 'cause you're always
around dead people, man.
I don't know
how you can do that.
I'd start feeling
like iwas dying, too.
-Your mom tells me you've been
hanging out with some chick.
-Yeah, my mom talks too much.
-Serious?
-I don't know.
-I just like
hanging out with her, man.
She's cool.
-Coming from you,
that sounds serious.
You been sleeping?
You need anything?
-I've been sleeping better.
-You taking something?
-These sleeping pills
that Charles prescribed me.
I don't like them, though.
I gave them to miri.
-Should have gave them to me.
-♪ My heart won't budge
♪ I start fallin' and sleepin'
♪ I fix my eyes
and I'm breathin' ♪
♪ makin' sure we're gone
♪ da da da da
♪ my heart won't budge
♪ like she's a bad addiction
-miri?
-[ Singing indistinctly ]
♪ Till my breath is gone
♪ but there's one less phone
[ telephone rings ]
♪ Da da da da
-hello?
It is.
[ Siren wailing ]
[ Woman on P.A.
speaking indistinctly ]
[ Engine turns off ]
-[ Sighs ]
[ Door opens ]
[ Door closes ]
Why'd you do it, miri?
-I don't think I meant to.
[ Sniffles ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Sobbing ]
-♪ You been weighin'
heavy on my mind ♪
♪ for some time now
♪ for some time
♪ all of our flowers
have wilted up and died ♪
♪ but how they shine, lord
♪ how they shine
♪ Takes more than promises
to carry through ♪
♪ it takes more than I can do
♪ takes more than promises...
♪ ...through
the hands of time... ♪
-[ Sighs ]
[ Engine turns over ]
[ Motor squealing ]
[ Horn honking ]
[ Cow moos ]
-♪ All the people
I am leavin' behind ♪
♪ I'll see you
on the other side ♪
♪ I'll be there for you
♪ when the wolves
break through ♪
♪ and if I were
to see your face ♪
♪ in another time or place
♪ I'll be there for you
♪ when the wolves
break through ♪
[ Harmonica solo ]
♪ I've lived my whole life
without you ♪
♪ nothing's easy, and it shows
♪ I tried so hard
to go on without you ♪
♪ nothing's easy, and it shows
♪ sing a song
for the bitter end ♪
[ Harmonica solo ]
♪ And all these words,
they tend to get in the way ♪
♪ of the things that
I've been tryin' to say ♪
♪ I'll be there for you
♪ when the wolves
break through ♪
♪ and if you should
forget your path ♪
♪ or stop to
think about your past ♪
♪ I'll be there for you
♪ when the wolves
break through ♪
♪ I've lived my whole life
without you ♪
♪ nothing's easy, and it shows
♪ I tried so hard
to go on without you ♪
♪ nothing's easy, and it shows
♪ sing a song
for the bitter end ♪
[ Harmonica solo ]