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[原创] MADE-UP LIFE --- 任晓欧之剧本创作(定期更新)

2004-11-19 17:48:43   来自: 任晓欧 (纽约)
  [这个贴子最后由任晓欧在 2004/11/24 09:32pm 第 1 次编辑]
  
  Fade in.
  INT – SUBWAY STATION
  We see a running train on the track from outside.
                                         
  INT - SUBWAY 
  Paning inside the train and focusing on a girl's face takes few minutes. Htwe Htwe, Asian,21, wearing black dress, sitting still with her eyes wide open, her feet bare and her smile posed. She's looking at a guy who stands just in front of her. From her point of view, we see everything in black and white, and we see the guy: LOU, Asian, 23, dressed in jeans and T-shirt, smiling at her. Htwe Htwe tries to say something, but Lou suddenly turns to left and becomes surprised. Follow his point of view, we see there're lots of people on this train, dressed and posed all differently. HOWEVER, THEY ARE ALL LOU. Lou turns back and looks at Htwe Htwe. Htwe Htwe seems confused about "this Lou" and "those Lou".
                                               
  INT – SUBWAY STATION
  We see the running train from outside again.
     
                                              FADE TO:
  INT - HTWE HTWE'S BEDROOM – DAYBREAK
  The noise of subway turns into the sound of alarm clock, and Htwe Htwe wakes up from the dream. She poses and dazes for a while then grabs the cell phone and dials a number.
  As we hear the ring, the screen is divided into two parts. Left side shows Lou's living room when right side remains showing Htwe Htwe's bedroom. So we can actually see both of them during the talking.
  Lou is lying on the couch, reading under the night-light. He hears the ring and picks it up quickly.
                        
                          Lou
              Hello?
                       Htwe Htwe
              I just had a dream about you.
                          Lou
              What was it like?
                       Htwe Htwe
              Well, it was weird, ‘coz I saw lots
              of you on the same train.
                          Lou
              Were you also on the train?
                       Htwe Htwe
              Of course I was there, but ahhh...
                          Lou
              What?
         
                       Htwe Htwe
              Nothing, I just ahhh... I just wasn't sure
              about you.
                          Lou (sits up)
              What do you mean?
                       Htwe Htwe
              I don't know... I was ... I guess I was smiling at
              you and you were smiling at me. We were sort
              of sharing and enjoying the moment, but suddenly
              I realized that there was something else, something sharp
              and real, and it was like ... stabbing. You know that feeling?
              I felt like being stabbed, right in my dream ... by bunch of
              you.
                     
           
                          Lou (laughs)
              Bunch of me?
  
                       Htwe Htwe
              Yeah, I saw at least twenty of you on that train, and each
              one seemed so real, but it felt as if none of them was
              really you at the same time... 
                          Lou
              Does it remind you about the “fact”?
                       Htwe Htwe
             
              Well, I'm not sure. Is it about the one's appearance and his
              nature? It shouldn't be that obvious, right?
  
                          Lou
              And it can't explain why you saw the individual me and        
              dozens of me , but not just me and another me.
                       Htwe Htwe
              Right! That confused me also.
                          Lou
              Hummm...
                       Htwe Htwe
              Well... how is your story?
                          Lou
              How is my story? How can I tell you? I have the idea, but
              I'm still missing a story.
                       Htwe Htwe
              How come?
                          Lou
              Well, have you ever felt like telling people something
              badly, but you don't know how to start? That is what I'm
              feeling right now.
                       Htwe Htwe
              Must be painful...
                         
                          Lou
              Not really, sometimes it's even interesting. I mean it's
              better than missing an idea. At least I can tell a story
              if you give me the beginning and the characters.
                                                 
  INT – SUBWAY STATION
      
  We see the running train.
  
                                                 
  INT – LECTURE HALL, COLLEGE – DAY
  We see a room number – 107 – then the door is pushed open. We step in this large lecture room from back door and get closer and closer to a group of people who pose differently in the front. Stopping at a point, we hear a loud slap of the closing door. All the posed people turn to face the camera, and one of them walks forward. CHEN, Asian guy, 23, dressed sloppily.
                          Chen
              What happened? Where were you?
                       Htwe Htwe
              That's what I wondered about you this morning.
              (beat) Where were you for the whole night?
                          Chen
              Wait, am I being interrogated here? I called you in the
              morning, but your phone line kept being busy... for the
              entire morning! I told you we would went through the
              storyboard today before lunch time... 
  Chen
  checks his cell phone.
                          Chen (cont)
              ... and it's almost 1:00 in the afternoon right now.    
              (beat) Do I deserve any excuses, since I'm the director                        
              of this god damn video project?
                       Htwe Htwe
              See how easily you skipped my question.
                          Chen
              Well, fine, then just skip it! I was missing for a night, but
              what's the big deal? I only care about if my assistant's
              on time.
                       Htwe Htwe (almost screaming)
              I'm not just your assistant, I AM YOUR GIRLFRIEND!
  Chen calms himself for seconds and turns back to send the group away. After everyone left, he pulls at Htwe Htwe's hair softly.
                          Chen
              I'm sorry, I was just working last night.
                       Htwe Htwe
              On what? A girl? Was it the one I know, or it was a brand
              new one?
                          Chen
              Don't be silly. I was just working on the project. You know
              how serious I am about it. Besides, it's important to everyone
              in the group. Once we make it, we'll ...
           
                       Htwe Htwe
              We'll have a problem here, Chen.
                          Chen
              We always have problems. Listen, can we just skip it?                      
  
                       Htwe Htwe
              Like what we did before? Everytime, Chen, everytime you
              wanna skip it. You can skip our problems, but you can't
              skip ourselves.
                          Chen
              Sounds as if we are problems.
                       Htwe Htwe
              You are the problem!
  Htwe Htwe gets angrier, but Chen suddenly grabs her close and grins cheekily.
                       Htwe Htwe (struggles)
              What the hell you are doing?
                          Chen (kisses her)
              You look cute when you are angry.
                       Htwe Htwe (tries to be cool)
              Don't treat me like a kid. It won't work that often.
                          Chen
              Tell me what made you so busy in the morning? Who was
              with you on the phone?
                       Htwe Htwe
              Someone understands why I shouldn't suffer all of
              these.
                          Chen
              It was a guy then.
                       Htwe Htwe
              Oh, shut up!
                          Chen
              Do I know him?
                       Htwe Htwe (pushes him away)
              Don't drive me nuts.
                          Chen (serious)
              Well, fine! If you don't want me to care, what can I do?
                       Htwe Htwe
              That's the way you care about me? You weren't in my
              apartment and you weren't at home yesterday night.
              That was the right time to care about my feeling.
                          
                          Chen
              Ok! I was with a girl who you knew about or not, I mean,
              whatever, and we made love. Is that what you wanna
              hear about?
                       Htwe Htwe
              What's the fun of hurting me?
      
                          Chen
              I didn't mean it. You made me say this. I just gave you
              what you were asking for.
                       Htwe Htwe
              Since when you became so shameless?
  
                          Chen (clod)
              I am who I was, and I'll be who I am.
  Htwe Htwe
  looks at Chen disappointedly.
                          Chen (peaceful)
              I’ll wait for you in the cafeteria after class.
      
  Chen
  grabs his canvas packable and poses to leave.
  Htwe Htwe
  throws herself into Chen's arms.
                       Htwe Htwe (cries like a child)
              Don't leave me like this. I love you.
                          Chen
              I have to run for the class. Upper Junior never skip classes.
                       Htwe Htwe
              We haven't talked for weeks.
                          Chen
              Then what? You wanna talk to me right before
              my class? Come on, don't be childish. Let me join my
                          Chen (cont)
              class. See, I'm almost late.
                       Htwe Htwe
              Chen ...
  
                          Chen (hugs her casually)
              I'll see you after class.
  Chen walks away. Through the closing door, we see Htwe Htwe sobbing, and then, we see the room number 107 again.
  
  EXT – BUS STOP – DAY
  
  The number 107 becomes the number of a bus stop at street corner. The camera pans down: Lou is waiting under the sign. His cell phone starts ringing. When he answers it, the screen shows both of Chen's and Lou's location.
                          Chen
              Hey, I'll be at your place in 10 minutes.
                           Lou
              Cool. But I'm leaving.
                          Chen
              What? What the hell are you leaving for?
                           Lou
              Milk.
                          Chen
              Shit, can't you leave for something more significant?
                           Lou
              Like what? One day, I wake up in the morning and realize
              there's a drug dealer waiting for me right outside. So, hey,
              maybe I can grab some milk when I finish the drug dealing.
                          
                         
                          Chen
             Don't try to be funny. You've been so good in that boring
             “music geek” style.
  INT – LOU'S APARTMENT – DAY
  It's a small but nice studio. We hear someone opening the door.
  Chen
  strikes in and drops three packs of water on the floor.
                          Chen (gasps)
             When you said “just milk”, I did trust you.
  Lou
  following Chen steps in with two large brown bag in his arm.
                           Lou
             Move! Move! You block my way!
  Chen
  tries to dodge but bumps into Lou by mistake.
  They both fall down and drop things everywhere.
                         Lou/Chen
             Damn!
  They stand up and Chen looks around Lou's apartment which is clean and tide.
                          Chen
             You are gay!
                           Lou
             All right, before I sue you for that biased speech, help me
             pick up the stuff.
  Chen
  looks at the mess on the floor.
                         
                          Chen
             Why? They look perfect on their spots. How can you figure                        
             out what food you have at home if hiding all of them in
             that “ standing-coffin” which is dark, lonely, gloomy and
             cold.
                           Lou
             You mean refrigerator?
                          Chen
             Oh, that's how you people call it?
                           Lou
             You wanna help or not?
                          Chen
             I do! What are you talking about? I'm here for helping.
             I just wanna make sure everything before you arrest them...
             wait... where's the milk? It just fled or what?
  They both look around.
                          Lou
             I forgot to get some.
  Chen
  poses still and slient for a while.
                          Chen
             What a genius!
                                              
  INT – LOU'S KITCHEN – DAY
  It's a simple eat-in kitchen which hasn't any style at all. Panning all over in the kitchen with the soundtrack of “Amelie” in the background makes everything smooth and soft... until someone drops an empty box of pizza on the floor.
  Chen
  acts as a perfect pizza swallower.
                          Chen
             How come you live like a monk?
                          Lou
             You can't judge my life as monk's rashly just because I don't
             live in the way you do.
                          Chen
             Well, I'm sorry, but I will only be able to understand and
             talk to the world in my way. So, let's say, to me, you are
             living like a monk. I mean, look at you, you barely smoke
             and drink, try to be systematic in all you do and you never
             chase girls. That freaks me out, man.
                          Lou
             That's not true. I'm fond of girls pretty much.
  

2004-11-20 08:41:55  和尚 (冰城)

  竟然会写外国字,真是小甜菜啊。
  

2004-11-20 09:13:48  和尚 (冰城)

  HTWE HTWE有两个男朋友吗?LOU是第三者?还是CHEN?
  

2004-11-20 09:23:51  和尚 (冰城)

  everyone slaves to convention
  

2004-11-20 23:49:28  四耳洞 (北京西城)

  俺是农民不懂字母
  

2004-11-21 19:32:10  胡蝶 (北京)

  让我咋个爱上英语嘛?!好好的中文系,英语课却比中文课多,还有三个外教。抵制!反感!
  

2004-11-21 22:55:27  qq0117 (天津河西)

  她是在纽约混的
  企图拿这个剧本找个能看懂的什么红粉知己什么的
  大家就不用在乎字母的事情了
  相信你们都看的懂
  不象我,简直就是在看视力表
  眼都花了
  

2004-11-22 04:37:25  任晓欧 (纽约)

  谁说我在纽约!!!
  我在甘肃牛的腰
  我们村子很穷诶
  为了省电,我都是点灯上网的~
  

2004-11-22 11:15:02  伊娲伊 (上海)

  一般般的咚咚咋变成e文就有味道了勒。
  

2004-11-22 11:32:36  任晓欧 (纽约)

  偶的冬冬可不一般哦
  还没写完而且也有特有的隐含~
  

2004-11-22 12:00:32  伊娲伊 (上海)

  加油~快更新啊
  

2004-11-22 12:05:05  任晓欧 (纽约)

  我厌学了~怎么办~
  

2004-11-24 11:07:03  和尚 (冰城)

  我刚上大一就已经厌学了。本来应该在学校上课的,可是我觉得太累,就请了一个月的假回家休息。否则也不能天天上网。
  

2004-11-24 18:56:00  michle555 (北京房山)

  不要做出什么让自己以后后悔的事哦!
  我大一上了一个学期就没上了,过了将近快三年以后,现在的我后悔了,现在想想在学校可以不念书,但是可以好好的过大学生活,做一些有意思的事情.人啊,老是不会好好珍惜眼前的东西,偏偏要等失去了以后才知道后悔,希望下辈子能让我做个聪明人
  

2004-11-24 21:33:52  任晓欧 (纽约)

  更新一次
  

2004-11-24 23:32:14  和尚 (冰城)

  我很想好好享受大学生活,问题是我的大学生活不自由啊:平时不让出校,也不准随便回寝室。
  我回家是最明智的了,否则一定后悔。
  

2004-11-25 06:39:15  任晓欧 (纽约)

  我不知道干什么了都~
  人称迷茫~
  

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