hoodsdavidscott
05-29-2006, 11:38 PM
PAGE 31
PANEL 1: EXT. FOREST CLEARING - AFTERNOON
JUDE (licking his lips nervously): No. That was a fire.
LAUREN: But you set it.
PANEL 2
Jude laughs as he drops the sack.
PANEL 3
Hitting the ground, Lea’s head, upper torso, and one arm fall out of the sack.
PANEL 4
A WHITE FLASH:
PANEL 5: INT. MATHIS’ APARTMENT – NIGHT
From Jude’s POV in B&W, fists fly, striking Lea in the stomach and head. She doubles over and covers herself as Jude continues to pummel her.
PANEL 6
She cries out as he lands another in her gut and folds. His feet lash, kicking her, kicking her against the suitcases spilling their contents, and then the wall.
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PANEL 1: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON
Jude keeps the gun pointed at Lauren.
JUDE: No. I told you. They were killed in a fire.
LAUREN (suspicious): You killed them.
PANEL 2
Jude’s shaking hand reaches for his face and stops.
JUDE (cracking): Why... why do you keep saying I killed my parents?
PANEL 3
Jude’s eyes close, standing there. A faint image of fire plays over his eyelids.
JUDE: It was a fire… a god-damned fire!
PANEL 4
Lauren moves for her knife.
PANEL 5
Jude’s eyes snap open, burned in his retinas, a little boy igniting a wire to a kerosene lamp.
JUDE: THAT’S ALL!
PANEL 6
From Jude’s POV, Lauren regards the gun aimed down at her, crouched in the dirt, inches from her knife.
JUDE (O.F.) So what? You kill yours?
LAUREN: …suppose I did?
PAGE 33
PANEL 1: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON
Jude backs away from Lauren, keeping his gun on her.
JUDE Then you’re a step farther gone than I am… you’re the one on the radio, aren’t you? (grin returns) The serial dumping bodies down California.
PANEL 2
Lauren stands, abandons her knife.
LAUREN: If I am, would I would leave you alive?
JUDE: Bullshit…
PANEL 3
Jude circles around Lauren for his car.
JUDE: You were going to steal my car and dump my body like you did with the others. **** you!
PANEL 4
Lauren’s eyes lock with his. Her tongue touches her lips.
LAUREN: Work with me.
PANEL 5
A crazed glaze in his eyes.
JUDE (barking a short laugh): Sorry. I’m not a killer like you. It’s actually damn lucky, now I think about it.
PANEL 6
Jude backs up to his car, training the gun on Lauren as she follow him.
JUDE: Don’t you ****ing think about it. Alive or dead, I don’t give a shit.
PAGE 34
PANEL 1: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON
LAUREN: You don’t get it… Kill me now and get it over with.
PANEL 2
Jude crosses to the driver side, eyes locked on Lauren.
JUDE: I think you want to live just as much as I do.
PANEL 3
He opens the door and gets into the car. Lauren moves for the other door as he slams the driver door shut.
PANEL 4: INT. JUDE MATHIS’ CAR - AFTERNOON
The gun aims out the passenger window as Lauren drops into view. The engine blazes.
PANEL 5
From Lauren’s POV, Jude aims at her, throwing the car into gear.
JUDE: Thank’s a mil, Lauren! I trust you don’t mind taking credit for another one!
PANEL 6: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON
Lauren flips off the car backing away from it.
PAGE 35
PANELS 1 – 3: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON
From Lauren’s POV, the car tears out of the turnout, kicking up dust in its wake to continue through the mountain pass.
PANEL 4
Lauren’s feet walk to the knife discarded in the dirt.
PANELS 5 - 6
Kneeling, Lauren picks up her knife, presses against her lips closing her eyes.
PAGE 36
PANEL 1: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON (GETTING NEAR DUSK)
Lauren’s eyes snap open. In them, a transparent Jude stares out with her.
LAUREN: You should’ve killed me before I fell for you.
BLACKOUT
END
PANEL 1: EXT. FOREST CLEARING - AFTERNOON
JUDE (licking his lips nervously): No. That was a fire.
LAUREN: But you set it.
PANEL 2
Jude laughs as he drops the sack.
PANEL 3
Hitting the ground, Lea’s head, upper torso, and one arm fall out of the sack.
PANEL 4
A WHITE FLASH:
PANEL 5: INT. MATHIS’ APARTMENT – NIGHT
From Jude’s POV in B&W, fists fly, striking Lea in the stomach and head. She doubles over and covers herself as Jude continues to pummel her.
PANEL 6
She cries out as he lands another in her gut and folds. His feet lash, kicking her, kicking her against the suitcases spilling their contents, and then the wall.
PAGE 32
PANEL 1: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON
Jude keeps the gun pointed at Lauren.
JUDE: No. I told you. They were killed in a fire.
LAUREN (suspicious): You killed them.
PANEL 2
Jude’s shaking hand reaches for his face and stops.
JUDE (cracking): Why... why do you keep saying I killed my parents?
PANEL 3
Jude’s eyes close, standing there. A faint image of fire plays over his eyelids.
JUDE: It was a fire… a god-damned fire!
PANEL 4
Lauren moves for her knife.
PANEL 5
Jude’s eyes snap open, burned in his retinas, a little boy igniting a wire to a kerosene lamp.
JUDE: THAT’S ALL!
PANEL 6
From Jude’s POV, Lauren regards the gun aimed down at her, crouched in the dirt, inches from her knife.
JUDE (O.F.) So what? You kill yours?
LAUREN: …suppose I did?
PAGE 33
PANEL 1: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON
Jude backs away from Lauren, keeping his gun on her.
JUDE Then you’re a step farther gone than I am… you’re the one on the radio, aren’t you? (grin returns) The serial dumping bodies down California.
PANEL 2
Lauren stands, abandons her knife.
LAUREN: If I am, would I would leave you alive?
JUDE: Bullshit…
PANEL 3
Jude circles around Lauren for his car.
JUDE: You were going to steal my car and dump my body like you did with the others. **** you!
PANEL 4
Lauren’s eyes lock with his. Her tongue touches her lips.
LAUREN: Work with me.
PANEL 5
A crazed glaze in his eyes.
JUDE (barking a short laugh): Sorry. I’m not a killer like you. It’s actually damn lucky, now I think about it.
PANEL 6
Jude backs up to his car, training the gun on Lauren as she follow him.
JUDE: Don’t you ****ing think about it. Alive or dead, I don’t give a shit.
PAGE 34
PANEL 1: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON
LAUREN: You don’t get it… Kill me now and get it over with.
PANEL 2
Jude crosses to the driver side, eyes locked on Lauren.
JUDE: I think you want to live just as much as I do.
PANEL 3
He opens the door and gets into the car. Lauren moves for the other door as he slams the driver door shut.
PANEL 4: INT. JUDE MATHIS’ CAR - AFTERNOON
The gun aims out the passenger window as Lauren drops into view. The engine blazes.
PANEL 5
From Lauren’s POV, Jude aims at her, throwing the car into gear.
JUDE: Thank’s a mil, Lauren! I trust you don’t mind taking credit for another one!
PANEL 6: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON
Lauren flips off the car backing away from it.
PAGE 35
PANELS 1 – 3: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON
From Lauren’s POV, the car tears out of the turnout, kicking up dust in its wake to continue through the mountain pass.
PANEL 4
Lauren’s feet walk to the knife discarded in the dirt.
PANELS 5 - 6
Kneeling, Lauren picks up her knife, presses against her lips closing her eyes.
PAGE 36
PANEL 1: EXT. FOREST CLEARING – AFTERNOON (GETTING NEAR DUSK)
Lauren’s eyes snap open. In them, a transparent Jude stares out with her.
LAUREN: You should’ve killed me before I fell for you.
BLACKOUT
END