Dedalus (2020) - full transcript

Boy.

Boy.

The weeds are back out there.

Guess I'll have to call the
co-op again.

Outside.

...downpours really aren't
affecting the ongoing drought very much.

I can plant as fast as
the

Trump! Trump! Trump!

I was
telling some of the folks backstage

I never ever
thought we would do this well this fast,

this has been
so incredible, what's happened all over,



but
what's happened in Iowa, has been...

Oh my god.

Well, I'm taking the car!

I feel disgusting just being
there.

Still pissed I lost my favorite
boxers.

You realize we're gonna have to
tell our wives about this someday?

This is how our grade'll be
remembered.

Shit, man.

I don't remember any of it.

Bullshit.

Other people saw, dude.

Everybody blacked out.

I high-fived you.

You mean during?



I knew I wanted this to happent o
someone, I just wasn't sure who.

How's your summer, Al?

Too hot to even go campin'.

Oh, where do you go camping
usually?

Yellowstone.

Oh really, did you drive out
there?

Yeah, I took a bus.

Oh wow. How long does that
usually take?

I don't know, it was back kinda
when I was in high school.

Anyway, you have a nice day.

Date of birth?

Lose your way?

Hey kiddo. Doin' some shopping
all by yourself?

My change, please?

Huh?

Slow down a little.

Yeah I'll be your cocksuck.

I get so turned on kneeling for
you.

I'll be your cocksuck.

Are you a student?

No.

New to the city?

No.

What took you so long to find
this place?

Do you come here often?

It's good on Fridays.

You're a very nice man.

Thanks.

And you like older men?

Yeah.

Lucky us.

Usually when guys chat me up, the first
thing they ask is if I'm generous.

Are you generous?

Are you?

Aren't you cold?

I live around the corner.

Make yourself comfortable.

Do you have anything to eat?

Yeah, well, you're just wasting
away, aren't you.

Just a small-town, corn-fed gay
boy,

moved to New York City to follow
his dreams.

Do you like my bed?

It's a bit short.

It came wrapped up like a
cylinder.

Is this whole townhouse yours?

Yeah. Make yourself comfortable.

Donald Trump will carry the state
of Florida, with its 29 electoral votes

Donald Trump wins Florida. A huge
win. That's his second home, in Florida.

He's ahead right now, with 98%
of the vote in, by more than 131,000 votes

He's ahead right now, with 98%
of the vote in, by more than 131,000 votes

A big win for Donald Trump, in
Florida. He predicted he would win Florida.

He has won Florida. Let's take a
look at the electoral college map right now.

Donald Trump has taken
the lead.

Is Bill short for William?

Fuck Daddy. Fuck Daddy.

Are you okay?

Mhm.

Me too.

Can I sit?

Mhm.

I'm Daisy.

I get to sleep in your bed?

Can I charge my phone?

Maybe I'll rent an apartment
today.

I say that every day, though.

How 'bout this one?

Okay.

He's not gonna miss these?

These pants?

Does he have any underwear?

Maybe some underwear.

I don't know how to use this
fuckin' thing.

Well that looks like you.

Feels like me.

You like purple?

Not particularly.

Yeah it's terrible, take it off.

How 'bout... this.

Here you go.

Yeah.

Well if you want something a
little nicer...

...try that.

He has so many B.O. stains on
his shirts.

It fits.

Do you think he'll know I'm
homeless?

Let's go with your eyes.

What do you do?

I'm a lawyer.

But that's just what I do for a
living,

Most of my friends are artists
and performers.

'cuz everybody does.

'Cuz everybody does.

'cuz everybody does.

I'm just old.

You're much more handsome than
in your photo.

You're more cute in your photo.

I'm not cute.

I have seven brothers and
sisters.

We're not a typical family, we
all like each other.

We get along really well.

I was raised Irish Catholic.

I must not've been a very cute
kid,

'cuz the priests never so much
as glanced at me.

My dad was an amazing man.

He sang in the church choir,

'cuz he loved to sing and stuff.

Yeah, he was my best friend.

Do you see him much?

My parents both passed a while
ago. Would you like another?

I
wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on
high, o'er veils and hills

When, all
at once I saw a crowd

A host of
golden daffodils

Beside
the lake, beneath the trees

Fluttering
and dancing in the breeze

Continuous
as the stars that shine

and
twinkle on the milky way

They
stretched in never-ending line

Along the
margin of a bay

Ten-thousand, I saw at a glance

Tossing
their heads in spritely dance

The
waves...

I get nervous.

Is he a sugar daddy?

So, um, you sent me a lot of
messages.

Did I? Well, we're here now.

You have small ears.

I do?

Well, compared to the rest of
you.

You okay?

USA! USA! USA!

What's happening?

You can stay at the apartment if
you'd like.

Yeah, thanks.

You don't say much.

I'm quiet.

Are you always this quiet?

I'm a good listener.

So, what do you wanna do for
dinner?

I could really go for some
meatballs.

Maybe some dessert?

Do you want anything?

I want you.

I have three kids, by two
ex-wives.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you
sooner, but you didn't ask,

so I didn't have to lie to you.

I hope we can still be friends.

Cheers.

It's okay.

So this guy told me he was in a
relationship, but lookin' for a dad

And I had to ask him about that,
because for me,

Dad implies supporting him, and
accepting him.

Hey, let's get comfortable, do
you mind if I do this?

Come on, do what I'm doin'.

Isn't that nice?

My ex-wife was a first-rate
lying bitch.

And my ex-boyfriend wasn't much
better.

But he did give better head.

Come here. Come sit here.

I'm fuckin' my boy. I'm fuckin'
my boy.

It's hard to find good people.

So, uh, I don't want to offend
you, but, uh,

I can't really hang out anymore
this afternoon.

Every Sunday I get so anxious about
having to go back to work the next morning

that I can't think about
anything else.

I wouldn't be very good company.

I should probably see a
psychiatrist.

It's okay. I'll see you soon.

Yeah, yeah, definitely, we'll
see what's happening, huh?

Should we split this?

I'm really sorry, I don't have
any cash on me.

That's okay.

- I-I got it.
- Thanks.

Good luck with work tomorrow.

Oh, yeah, thank you.

I'll probably want to shoot myself in
the head a couple times when I get up,

but, uh, once I get there, it'll
be okay.

Hello?

Hello, my name is
Joseph, what's yours?

Joseph.

What? Aw, no way.

Funny coincidence.

I'm looking for someone
to spend time with, and yes, I can pay.

What are you looking to do?

Just have some safe fun. I
live upstate in Tuckahoe, but I can travel.

What do you do?

I work in a
restaurant. I'm a chef.

What else do you
like to do?

I like movies.

I'm sure you like
movies, who doesn't, huh?

Wanna see a movie this weekend?

I'd love that.

I'd love to make more than 500.

Maybe you can give me money for
the tickets?

I will have
more than 500 in my wallet.

I'll get the tickets.

I got it.

Daddy.

What am I gonna do about you?

Which one is your good eye?

I'm a cyclops.

I love you.

Okay, here's one you can help me
with.

"Cease, exclamation point, at
sea."

I got nothin'.

"Avast."

You find your socks?

Mhm.

You need to get used to me not
being a part of your life.

Have you ever been arrested?

Well, I threw an ash tray at the
mother of my son...

...but I managed to avoid jail
time.

I'm gonna smack you back to the
cornfields of Iowa.

You got back in touch with me.
Why?

I don't know.

Hey. Let's go to Atlantic City.

Come on, we'll play some games,
go to a show, go to the spa,

we'll get a couple nice meals,
we'll get a room, what do you think?

What'd I do to deserve that?

Because you're so nice.

My twin brother molested one of
my daughters.

She was thirteen.

So do I have a reason to beat
the living fuck out of him?

I made peace with the fact that
he did it, but it wasn't easy.

Want me to show him where my
mother lives?

Oh yeah.

Here, gamble with this.

Can I turn the light on?

Come here.

How hard is that?

You have to understand. It was a
different time.

So, what's the plan, man?

Oh, it's complicated.

I have to work in the morning,
and you know how I am about my work,

and if you stay here, you're not
going to let me sleep.

Yes I will.

No you won't.

Jesus Christ.

We used to walk down the block,
and if we heard music,

we would just go in. If there was a
party, we automatically knew people.

Do you know I have lived in this
same apartment, the whole time?

Wow.

Mhm. Crazy.

All right.

All right.

We'll get together soon.

Okay.

Have fun. And be a good
boy.

I miss you.

I don't want to be
missed.

Everybody wants to be missed.

Maybe.

Are you an actor?

I'm a lawyer.

Oh yeah.

Boy.

Um, they have rolls and stuff.
It's pretty good.

Anyway have a good day.

Can I borrow some money?

I'd be a terrible fucking mom.

I love you.

I love you too.

I love you too.

Listen, um,

I'm really glad you texted me
tonight.

Though I don't usually go for
guys with smooth chests.

I don't usually go for felons.

Do you think I could crash with
you tonight?

No. No no.

Look, we can't have everything,
uh...

I'm not who you think I am.

What?

What, you're going to force
yourself on m...

Be careful, please.

I love your skin.

I hate my skin.

Mm, I love your name.

Well, find somebody else's name
to love.

I think you should leave.

That's not a bad way of saying
goodbye.

Pump. Pump. Pump. Couple more.

You're going to feel a little
pinch.

Little pinch.

We had a house together.

He stayed, and I had to leave.

For the first time in my life,
I'm bitter.

Promise me you'll fuck me again.

I don't need money.

Okay.

I'm gonna turn you a little bit this
way to give you a more flat light.

No, that way.

That's much... yeah, that's even
kinder.

I ain't kiddin' you.

Good.

Your being ill, you know, I
think of your mother, also.

Yeah.

And, uh...

You would've loved my mother.

I mean this is very good, thank you very
much, it was more than that, it was just...

I wouldn't think of having my
picture taken.

So, but you're taking good care
of yourself, right?

Well I imagine they won't let
you, uh, you know...

They don't let me do anything.

Right.

What's this... they don't let
you do anything?

Not much.

Stay where you are, Helen, that's very
nice. I really like this.

Oh my god, this is
amazing. You're amazing Helen!

Can you spare five minutes at
this late hour?

No no no, I'm not gonna do it. I
just wanted to... because...

You know what?

It's out of my hands, it's...

Basically, I can't...

I'm at wit's end.

I'm at wit's end.

It's out of my hands, it's...

Hello?

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

Ten.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

Ten.

This and this and this I'm gonna
put in here.

What is this? So I have to open
this, right? Download it.

Oh god, no.

Did I ever write down...

Did I ever write down what my...

I don't know what my number is.

I do not know what my number is.

I forgot my password.

If I stand up, and I'm just going to hold
on here, and she gave me this exercise...

You can see I can barely raise
it.

Mhm.

And... what else did she do?

She had one other thing, where I
put a, uh,

band on here, and it gets
resistance.

Sure.

And I have no idea what happened,
but the change, last Saturday and since

has been quite striking to me.

Okay.

You know, the joke always is,
you throw away your cane, and, you know...

All right.

Do you find yourself tripping at
all, or anything like that?

No.

Does that foot catch on you?

No.

And, I, what else is there to
tell you... nothing.

I have no pain, and when I did
walking on Saturday and Sunday,

I didn't have any pain when I
came home, the next day.

Well, I know what the weakness
is from.

Right.

You have a slippage on two
levels, at L5 and L5S,

where the bones are shifting a
bit out of position.

Right.

And that happens to some people,
as their discs wear out.

The spine becomes a little bit
unstable.

It's not like it's wobbling all
over the place,

but they shift just slightly out
of position.

Right.

And that can trap the nerve, and
certainly the left-sided nerve,

your L5 nerve, your number 5 nerve,
which controls the power of your hip,

goes down to the foot, controls
the power of your foot there,

that looks like it is pinched.

Yeah.

Now, when you have weakness, if it's
weakness that is really limiting you,

meaning you're tripping over your
foot all the time, your hip is weak,

you can't walk without a cane,
those kinds of things,

oftentimes we are recommending to fix
that, because if you wait too long,

and then you do it, sometimes you
can't get the return of that function.

If you have pain, most people
who have significant pain

don't tolerate that for too
long.

That argument was just, out in
outer space.

Whatever the money involved is
fine, but send the check, and,

I don't think it's that kind of
question, I don't know why, all right?

I'm doing it.

There may have been complications,
but it's not my problem this week.

So, that's what I wanted to say:
I've done what I can today.

All right? That's all for now,
okay?

I lost it.

I don't know what needs to be
done.

And I'm scared.

And I tried to change, and I did
change.

But I didn't... I didn't do anything,
that would make a difference.