MAN-LIKE MACHINES: art / enlightenment / the future


	FADE IN: EXT. CAPE ELIZABETH NEIGHBORHOOD – NIGHT Martin’s car pulls onto his parents’ small cull-de-sac and into their driveway. As he enters the driveway, he takes note of the small collection of large assorted items, including some chairs, an old treadmill, and a weight bench which are gathered at the end of his parents’ driveway. He stops the car behind his parents’ cars and gets out. He gets his large dufflebags of laundry out of his trunk and takes them into the house. INT. MATRINS’ PARENTS’ BREEZEWAY – NIGHT Martin walks in the door, puts his dufflebags on the ground in the breezeway, then enters the door into the kitchen. INT. KITCHEN – NIGHT Martin’s mother, Nancy, is standing at the sink, washing dishes as he enters. MARTIN Hi Mom. NANCY -Kant quote that makes him know he should not put his stuff in the breezeway- Martin goes back out and comes back in with his dufflebags, and takes them downstairs. INT. BASEMENT He puts his dufflebags on the ground and sees one of the family cats, Heidegger, on his bed. He says hello to her and pets her. INT. UPSTAIRS Martin comes back up from the basement and peeks into the living room, where his father, Jerry, is sitting reading the paper. JERRY Martin, listen to this: “On Tuesday at 10:25 AM, officer responded to call regarding skunk stuck in jar. Officer proceeded to scene at 18 Crescent Ave.” – that’s just down the street – “Officer observed traffic flow at a dead halt. Officer further observed skunk in road. Skunk appeared to be trapped with a jar over its head. Skunk as well as commuters appeared distraught. Officer attempted to approach skunk. Skunk became frenzied, running back and forth across Crescent Ave. Mr. Herbert Daigel of Scarborough, first at the scene, offered officer his cell phone.” (beat) Offered officer. (beat) “Officer declined, stating all police business must be conducted across police radio frequencies. Officer instructed Mr. Daigel to return to his vehicle. Skunk, now obviously in a panic, collided with curb, partially breaking jar. After some commotion, skunk freed itself from jar. Officer returned traffic flow to normal, radioed all clear, returned to his patrol. Martin laughs. MARTIN That’s awesome. JERRY just nods, continuing to read the paper, and occasionally whispering “Offered officer” to himself and laughing. MARTIN goes back into the kitchen. NANCY How many bags of laundry did you put in the basement? MARTIN Forty-five, mom. NANCY And you’re planning on doing that all yourself I hope. MARTIN Of course I am. As long as you’ve got a lot of bleach. MARTIN has started to search the cupboards for food, and while he does, NANCY opens the fridge and pulls out a large sandwich she has already made, wrapped in plastic-wrap, and sets it in front of him. It has a little post-it on it that says “NO” on it. She then pulls out a Capri Sun and turns to MARTIN. NANCY Gimme your hand. MARTIN holds out his hand in a manner which says that he is used to this, and she slaps the Capri Sun down into his hand. NANCY then walks over to the radio and turns it on, and walks out of the room. NANCY Have a good meal, Martin. MARTIN unwraps his sandwich and puts the straw into the Capri Sun. He sticks the Post-It that says “NO” on the side of the fridge, next to a few other Post-Its that say “NO”. INT. LIVING ROOM MARTIN leans into the room with his sandwich on a plate, and his Capri Sun. His dad is reading a new paper, and his mom is embroidering a Kant quote onto a small rectangular piece of fabric. MARTIN So what’s all that stuff at the end of the driveway? NANCY Oh that’s trash. MARTIN You’re just leaving it at the end of the driveway? NANCY Yes, Martin. In your absence we have decided to start a trash pile at the end of the driveway. MARTIN Oh, is it for heavy pick-up? JERRY Righteo. MARTIN How long have you had that exercise equipment? NANCY We bought it at an auction after you left for school. We were going to put it in your room. But you never took that stuff of yours out. We bought those back in, what was it Jerry, October? JERRY December. NANCY No, because we bought it with all those knives. You remember, and that weird one? JERRY It was December. MARTIN So it’s gonna be picked-up tomorrow? JERRY No, heavy pick-up for us is the 6th. MARTIN You put it out there six days early? NANCY You know I like to get things done before the beginning of the month. JERRY Efficiency. (beat) Hey Martin, what do the fish look like these days? (beat) Efficiency. MARTIN stares at him. MARTIN Excuse me? JERRY I just made that up. (beat) I’m sorry. MARTIN nods slowly as his father goes back to the paper. MARTIN So the reason I’m here is I’ve got this project for my sculpture class, I’ve got to do an installation. NANCY Martin, what happened to that German class you were taking? MARTIN It has continued, as I have continued to take it. NANCY Oh I thought you dropped out of that. MARTIN No no, I added this sculpture class. I didn’t drop anything. Anyway, I’ve got to design an installation piece, and I wanted to see if you guys had any ideas or suggestions. NANCY Well do you have any ideas? MARTIN I’ve got a few. What about you, Dad? What kind of installation piece should I do? JERRY Hold on a moment… JERRY finished his paragraph, as MARTIN just watches him, waiting. JERRY You should dress up as a skunk with a huge jar on your head. You could go to the mall, and walk around all confused, trying to bump the jar up against walls and stuff. NANCY Oh you’d be the hit at the mall that day, Martin. Little kids would want to get their pictures taken with you. MARTIN What would the point of that be? Or is it some sort of salute to Dada … JERRY It could be a commentary on recycling. NANCY Oh yes. I could make the jar. JERRY It would have to be huge. NANCY Well I have my welding torch you got me for our anniversary. MARTIN You have a welding torch? JERRY Yes, your mother used it to fix the pipe. MARTIN The pipe? JERRY Yes. MARTIN How cool. Mom fixed the pipe. NANCY With my welding torch. EXT. MARTIN’S PARENTS’ HOUSE – NIGHT Shot of the house, with the stuff out at the end of the driveway. Night sounds. INT. DINING ROOM – MORNING JERRY is sitting at the dining room table, reading the paper. Through the window, the pile of stuff can be seen. JERRY notices, through the window, a young man walking up their cul-de-sac with a gym bag that he is rhythmically lifting like it’s a weight. As the man passes the weight bench at the end of their driveway, he stops, and looks at it, looks at his own bag, then sets it down and begins to inspect the weight bench and weights. JERRY turns in his chair to look out the window at the man. The MAN sits on the weight bench and starts to load on some weights. He then lies back, breathes for a moment, and then starts lifting. JERRY stands and goes to the window, with his coffee. For a while, he just watches the guy lift weights. Then he goes back and sits down and opens the paper again. NANCY walks in and immediately sees the man outside on their weight bench, and turns quickly to look at JERRY, as if he might know something about it, but JERRY is just reading his paper. So she turns back to the window and watches the man lift for a while. Then she sits down next to JERRY. NANCY Do you know that young man in the driveway? JERRY No. NANCY Maybe he’s a friend of Martin’s? They look at each other, and realize together with a glance that it can’t be a friend of Martin’s. JERRY He just showed up. Sat down, started lifting. NANCY It looks like the weight he’s using is too heavy for him. Don’t you think he should be using less weight? JERRY Mmm. INT. BASEMENT – DAY MARTIN awakens and gets out of bed. He just stands and scratches for a while, then he puts on his clothes and goes upstairs. INT. DINING ROOM – DAY NANCY and JERRY are sitting at the table when MARTIN walks in. MARTIN sits down and just stares, half-awake. NANCY is doing the crossword, and JERRY is reading the paper. JERRY Wanted: person with a large van or pickup truck to move magazines and take me to the vet on 11/4/2003. JERRY shakes his head. They all just sit there for a while again. NANCY What was your friend doing here earlier, Martin? MARTIN Did someone drop by? NANCY Yes, around seven fifteen, there was a young man in our driveway. He was working out. MARTIN What? NANCY On the weight bench. MARTIN Someone was working out on the weight bench? JERRY Yeah, around seven fifteen. MARTIN Why do you think he was a friend of mine? NANCY He had the same haircut as your roommate last year. MARTIN Hank didn’t have any hair, mom. NANCY Well that’s a type of haircut. MARTIN I suppose so. (beat) What did he say when you asked what he was doing? NANCY Oh no, we didn’t speak to him. We were concerned about the amount of weight he was lifting. It seemed to be too heavy for him. JERRY gives a mime example of a man lifting a very heavy weight with difficulty. MARTIN Dad what was that? JERRY It was the guy. MARTIN Oh, lifting too much weight. You know people lift weights because they want to lift a lot of weight. NANCY Oh but Martin, you should have seen his eyes bulging. MARTIN is silent for a moment. MARTIN There was a strange, young man with a shaved head and bulging eyes working out on your weight bench at the end of your driveway, and you didn’t even tell anybody? NANCY Well we didn’t want to break his concentration. MARTIN Did you call the police? NANCY Well he wasn’t threatening us, Martin. JERRY But I think Martin makes a good point. We should report this. To the newspaper. I’m going to call them right now. JERRY gets up and goes to the phone. NANCY Martin, you should probably go start your loads of laundry. Since you chose to wake up so late, you’ve only got so many hours left in the day, and you know I don’t want to hear the washer or dryer going after I’m in bed. In the middle of this, MARTIN gets up and goes out of the room to put in his laundry, and NANCY finishes her lines alone. INT. BASEMENT – DAY MARTIN is putting his laundry in the washer. INT. KITCHEN – DAY MARTIN comes back into the kitchen and stands with JERRY, who is holding the phone to his ear. After a moment, JERRY whispers. JERRY I’m on hold. MARTIN nods and goes into the dining room. NANCY has already set Martin’s place at the table with a bowl of cereal and a glass of milk with plastic wrap over it and a Post-It note that says “NO”. MARTIN Oh, thanks Mom. MARTIN takes the plastic wrap off the glass and starts to stick the Post-It on the table next to his bowl. NANCY Ah-ah-ah. NANCY wags her finger at him, and he takes the Post-It into the kitchen and sticks it on the fridge with the others. MARTIN starts to eat his cereal, and over his crunching can be heard JERRY in the other room, finally getting through to a reporter. JERRY Yes, hello, sir. I have a submission for your Community Moments feature. Certainly. My name is JERRY MUELLER. (beat) Yes, ok. Well yesterday morning, around, what was it Nancy, seven fifteen? NANCY Well it was around seven twenty on the microwave, but I know that’s fast. JERRY Yes, about seven fifteen, a young man walking past our driveway stopped when he saw a weight bench that we’ve set out for Heavy Pick-Up. It was a rather unusual moment, because he proceeded to make use of the weight bench. Unfortunately, he tried to lift too much weight – no, no, he wasn’t injured – he just used the weight bench. (beat) Well we don’t know. We didn’t speak to him. (beat) Um .. yes I guess that is .. all. But it was very curious you see. He seemed like the type of fellow who lifts weights a lot. And considering where we live .. it seemed .. I don’t know .. curious. (beat) Alright, sir. Thank you very much. Yes you too. I look forward to seeing this tomorrow. JERRY hangs up and claps his hands together, rubbing them and walking into the dining room with a very proud grin on his face. JERRY Very good, very good. How’s your breakfast, Martin? MARTIN It’s G-r-r-reat. EXT. DRIVEWAY – SUNDOWN MARTIN lights a cigarette, standing just outside the door, and as he smokes it, he slowly saunters down the driveway past the cars and walks up to the pile of stuff at the end. MARTIN just looks at the weight bench, standing over it and smoking. After a moment, he reaches down and touches it, feeling the cushion, then he sits on it. The weight bar is still on the bench, and he stands up over it, positioning his cigarette in his lips, and tries to lift it. The bar is too heavy for him, and he repositions his cigarette and tries again, again it being too heavy. MARTIN stands directly over it and tries very hard to lift it, only being able to do so the tiniest bit. Through the window, standing in the dining room, JERRY can be seen mimicking Martin’s actions. INT. KITCHEN – MORNING MARTIN, NANCY and JERRY shuffle into the kitchen, clearly just having awoken, and NANCY starts to pour coffee. JERRY goes out to get the paper. EXT. DRIVEWAY – MORNING JERRY walks out towards the end of the driveway, where the paper is lying, and as he gets there he notices the young man from the day before is walking up the cul-de-sac towards the weight bench, again carrying his gym bag. The man starts to slow his walk, as JERRY reaches the paper at the end of the driveway and looks at him. He slowly approaches JERRY and the weight bench. BALD GUY Morning. JERRY Good morning. I have something to show you. BALD GUY stops and looks concerned and confused, as JERRY fumbles with the paper and opens it to the middle, then searches for a while through one section. JERRY Here it is. Look. I called this in yesterday. INT. DINING ROOM – DAY MARTIN and NANCY are sitting, drinking coffee, and watching out the window as JERRY shows BALD GUY the paper, and they talk. MARTIN Who’s that guy? NANCY Oh that’s our weightlifter. MARTIN Oh my god, Dad’s showing him the article. NANCY Well.. (beat) Well it’s about him. (beat) Look see, he’s started lifting again. I’ll take him some coffee. JERRY comes in with the paper as NANCY gets up to pour the gentleman some coffee. JERRY I showed him the article I called in. He’s very nice. He was just on his way to work, and decided to stop for a lift. MARTIN Mom, how are you gonna know how he takes his coffee? NANCY Oh, all weightlifters take it black. JERRY sits down next to MARTIN and flaps the paper open. JERRY Righteo, dear. MARTIN sips his coffee, and looks out the window at the BALD GUY lifting weights on the bench at the end of the driveway. NANCY walks into view, with a cup of coffee on a silver tray, sets it next to the BALD GUY as he puts down the weight and sits up. He smiles to her, but clearly looks confused. INT. LIVING ROOM MARTIN is sitting on the carpet, and he lays out some of his concept drawings for possible installation pieces around him in a circle. His mother is standing behind him, looking at the drawings. NANCY Oh these look really good, Martin. NANCY starts to sing a made-up song to the tune of “My Favorite Things.” NANCY My son is drawing some weird installations.. Things that look like organs, and strange constellations.. I really hope that he picks these things up.. What is for dinner, I think I’ll make duck. MARTIN Duck does not rhyme with up. NANCY walks past him and out of the room, while continuing to hum the song. MARTIN looks over his drawings for a few moments. INT. DINING ROOM – EVENING MARTIN, JERRY and NANCY are sitting at the table, eating dinner. MARTIN So where’s Hegel, Mom? I haven’t seen him. JERRY Well earlier he and Heidegger were sleeping together on your bed. MARTIN On my bed? Earlier, when? JERRY Oh I think it was a couple of days ago. MARTIN So like, earlier this month? NANCY Well technically when you said that was earlier this month. MARTIN looks confused for a moment, then understands what she means. All of a sudden there is a loud crash from outside, and all three of them quickly turn and look out the window. Out the window, a STOCKY MAN has just dropped one of the weights near the end of the driveway, and he is looking around, worried. He then grabs his bag, dropping a folded newspaper, and runs away into the woods. The three of them all look at each other. EXT. END OF THE DRIVEWAY MARTIN, JERRY and NANCY all walk out to the weight bench where the paper is lying that the man dropped. JERRY picks it up while the other two look around. NANCY I thought I saw him run into the woods. JERRY Look – my article. He must have seen the article and come to inspect. MARTIN He’s right there, he’s hiding behind that tree. MARTIN points at the STOCKY MAN who is hiding behind a tree near the edge of the woods. The MAN sees Martin pointing, and runs out of the woods and down the street, away. The three of them all just stand and watch. EXT. DRIVEWAY – MORNING Shot of the driveway with the pile of stuff at the end, early morning. INT. KITCHEN – MORNING NANCY is making muffins and humming the Stones song Wild Horses to herself. She keeps looking out the window. She sees, after a few moments, two men walking up the cul-de-sac, one of whom is the original BALD MAN. She gets an excited look on her face. NANCY Jerry! Jerry! (beat) Jerry, there are two! JERRY (from upstairs) Two what, dear? MARTIN (from downstairs) Be quiet! NANCY Two weightlifters. It’s the bald man and the man behind the tree! JERRY and MARTIN both enter the kitchen at the same time and look out to see the two men. MARTIN is only in his underwear. MARTIN Is that the guy from last night? NANCY Martin, with all the laundry you brought home, one would think that you would have clothes to wear to beakfast. MARTIN goes back downstairs. JERRY Do I smell muffins? Are you making muffins? NANCY Not for you, Jerry. JERRY Oh. (beat) Well then I’ll have Cornflakes. JERRY goes to get some cornflakes and NANCY takes the muffins out and wraps them in plastic wrap and sticks a note saying “NO” on them while eyeing Jerry. MARTIN comes back upstairs in a suit, though it is sloppy. NANCY Oh that’s much better. I’m just going to take these out to those young men. MARTIN Oh, can I have one first, Mom? NANCY What does the Post-It say, Martin? MARTIN No. NANCY takes the muffins outside. EXT. DRIVEWAY – MORNING NANCY walks out to the men with her muffins. The BALD MAN is lifting and the other MAN is spotting him. NANCY Good morning. OTHER MAN Oh, good morning. NANCY Why were you hiding behind the tree last night? OTHER MAN What? The OTHER MAN seems quite taken aback, and doesn’t know what to say. NANCY Yes, you hid behind that tree, and then you ran away. OTHER MAN How did you know that? NANCY Well we could see you? The OTHER MAN just stares at her, unsure what to say. NANCY Well, no matter. I’m just going to leave these here. You boys have fun. NANCY puts the muffins down on a rolling cart which is in the heap of trash, and walks back inside. The BALD MAN stops lifting and puts down the bar, and they both look at the muffins but do not approach them, due to the “NO” note. BALD MAN You were hiding behind a tree? OTHER MAN At my girlfriend’s house. INT. KITCHEN – MORNING NANCY walks back in and MARTIN and JERRY are eating cereal. JERRY Are you going to take them some coffee? MARTIN Maybe instead of coffee, you should take them PowerAde or something. They are working out, they’re not trying to stay awake. NANCY Oh that’s a good idea. I should pick some up from the store next time I’m out. NANCY sits down at the table and watches the weightlifters through the window. They are all quiet for a while. JERRY November second. Officer responded to call regarding missing child at 211 ½ North Calvert. Upon arrival, Officer determined mother of missing child had phoned in report. Mother and child had been blowing bubbles in driveway when mother entered residence to answer phone. Upon return, three minutes later, child was missing. Despite great distress, mother managed to produce three photos of child upon demand. Officer radioed for backup. Two squad cars were dispatched to search neighborhood. Within five minutes of beginning his search, Officer Carlyle located missing juvenile at 223 North Calvert. Juvenile, aged 3, was standing in neighbor’s driveway, audibly distressed. Officer Carlyle approached juvenile, trying to determine cause for distress. Juvenile reported ant on leg. Officer Carlyle removed ant from juvenile’s leg. Juvenile was returned to 211 ½ North Calvert. NANCY Oh that poor mother. MARTIN Poor mother? Think about the kid – attacked by an ant. JERRY Mmm. EXT. DRIVEWAY – EVENING NANCY walks out to the weight bench and sees that no muffins have been eaten from the tray. Frowning, she picks them up and takes them inside. INT. KITCHEN NANCY sets the tray of muffins on the counter. NANCY They must not have liked my muffins. JERRY (from other room) Why do you say that? NANCY Well they didn’t have any. MARTIN is standing behind her. He looks at her and points at the sticker that says “NO”. NANCY That’s just for your father. MARTIN Mom, other people don’t know that. NANCY Well I’m going to have to put these out for the birds. NANCY takes the sticker off the muffins and goes to put it on the side of the fridge, and while she is facing away and occupied, JERRY sneaks into the room and steals as many muffins as he can fit under his sweater, and when she turns around he is leaving. NANCY Good heavens, Martin, do I not feed you enough? MARTIN I didn’t eat all those muffins just now. NANCY takes the rest of the muffins back outside. MARTIN takes out a cigarette and puts it in his lips as he follows her out. EXT. DRIVEWAY – MORNING There is a crowd of people around the weight bench while one person is working out. A couple of the people go across the street and get more chairs from the neighbors’ pile and bring them to sit down around the weight bench. People are talking, and eating muffins and drinking PowerAde. One person sees the treadmill which is upside down and closed. TREADMILL OPENER Is that a treadmill? OTHER PERSON I don’t know. The TREADMILL OPENER goes to the treadmill and spends some time figuring out that it is upsidedown, and trying to open it and make it work. Finally, after much work, she realizes that it needs to be plugged in. INT. DINING ROOM – MORNING JERRY and NANCY are sitting, JERRY with his paper, and NANCY is watching out the window at the person opening the treadmill. NANCY Oh, it looks like they’re trying to use the treadmill. JERRY Good luck, it doesn’t even open. NANCY No, no, she’s gotten it open. (beat) Oh, Jerry, it was just upside down! Now doesn’t that make you feel foolish. TREADMILL OPENER is now walking up towards the front door of the house. They both watch her, curiously. The doorbell rings. JERRY and NANCY both just look at each other for a moment, not used to hearing the doorbell, then JERRY goes to the door and answers it. JERRY Good morning. TREADMILL OPENER Hi – I was wondering if I could ask you a favor. I wanted to use the treadmill you have out there, but I think it needs to be plugged in. Do you have a long red extension cord? JERRY Well we have an orange one. Will that do? Another person runs up behind the woman. OTHER PERSON Can we actually borrow a piece of paper, also? JERRY Well sure. What’s it for? OTHER PERSON Well we were going to make a sign-up sheet. JERRY Oh that’s a splendid idea! I’ll get you a clipboard, just one moment. JERRY runs back into the house. EXT. DRIVEWAY JERRY is hammering a nail into the tree near the driveway. INT. BASEMENT MARTIN awakens groggily to the sound of hammering. EXT. DRIVEWAY JERRY is now hanging a clipboard with sign-up sheets on it onto the nail on the tree. A small line of people are standing behind him waiting to sign up. JERRY There you go – I’ve made one column for the person lifting, and another column for the person spotting them. That way everything will be very fair. And then this third column will be for the treadmill. I’ve done it in fifteen minute increments – will that do? While he’s doing this, a car pulls up and a woman comes out with a camera and starts taking pictures. JERRY’S face lights up when he sees this. INT. DINING ROOM MARTIN walks in, still half asleep. NANCY is doing the crossword. NANCY Good morning, Martin. MARTIN What was that banging? NANCY Oh your father was putting up the sign-up sheet. MARTIN What’s he signing up for? NANCY laughs. NANCY Oh he’s not signing up. He didn’t even know the treadmill was upside down. MARTIN I don’t understand what’s happening. NANCY Exercise. EXT. DRIVEWAY MARTIN steps out just as JERRY is walking up to the door. JERRY Oh Martin, you just missed it! You could’ve gotten your picture taken with me by the sign-up sheet. MARTIN What sign-up sheet? What’s going on? Who are all these people? Can I have a muffin? JERRY Sure. MARTIN goes up to the tray of muffins and sees that there is now a post-it on the tray which says “Please help yourself.” So he does. He stands there eating a muffin, surrounded by strangers. ONE OF THE GUYS When are you up, dude? MARTIN No, no, I live here. ONE OF THE GUYS Cool. Hey! This guy lives here! A bunch of the people sitting around the weight equipment turn and nod. One lifts his PowerAde to MARTIN. MARTIN continues to eat his muffin. MARTIN swipes a PowerAde and another muffin, and goes inside. INT. BASEMENT MARTIN sits down on his bed, somewhat bewildered. He eats the muffin, and drinks his PowerAde. INT. BASEMENT MARTIN is working on drawings for his installation, and is frustrated at his lack of good ideas. Nothing he has come up with seems to strike a chord with him. INT. DINING ROOM – MORNING JERRY unfolds his paper and begins reading. There is a large crowd again outside, working out and hanging out around the equipment. Some people occasionally go to the sign-up sheet and sign up. JERRY seems very pleased. All of a sudden a huge grin comes across his face. JERRY Nancy! Martin! Come look! NANCY comes into the room and looks at the paper, where JERRY shows her a large picture of himself next to the sign-up sheet. JERRY There’s a whole article about it. NANCY How extraordinary! They both are mesmerized by the article. INT. LIVING ROOM MARTIN is standing by himself watching out the window at the weight lifters, very confused. Finally, he walks out the door. EXT. DRIVEWAY MARTIN walks up to the weight bench and stands next to the person who is spotting while another person works out. He just watches for a few moments, then addresses the lifter. The man lifting does not respond, and instead the DENTIST who is spotting him does. MARTIN What are you doing here? DENTIST It’s my turn spotting. MARTIN No I mean like, all of this? Why are you here? Why this? Does this not seem anomalous to you? DENTIST I think its great! I mean, I tried working out at the gym. It’s so cold. MARTIN is standing listening to the DENTIST shivering and holding himself. DENTIST The gyms just want your money. That’s all they care about. In and out. Everyone’s trying to look good. There’s something communal and beautiful about this, don’t you think? It’s hard to get away from anywhere you go, I mean I’m a dentist and I try to keep my practice as personal as I can, but its still just in and out. People don’t seem to want to know one another anymore. That’s sad. Well sad to me. I want to know my patients. But they don’t seem to want to know me. And no one – look at that squirrel! What is he doing? Oh, oh, he’s gone. No you can’t see him. This is so good its just people doing what they feel like doing. I love that. You are so lucky, man. DENTIST pats MARTIN on the back. DENTIST You are so lucky. A look of realization crosses MARTIN’S face. INT. LIVING ROOM MARTIN is sitting on the floor in the living room sketching furiously concept drawings of his new idea for an installation. JERRY walks up beside MARTIN and looks at the drawings. JERRY How’s it coming, Mister? MARTIN I wanna… (beat) I want to make a sort of a traveling dental van that will go from town to town offering dental services to people who can’t get out to the dentist themselves. It will be a commentary on the way our communities are falling apart and everything is so drive-by now. JERRY That’s a great idea, Martin. I think that will make the paper everywhere you go? Are you still going to need your mother to make that big jar? MARTIN No, Dad, that doesn’t make any sense. JERRY Mmm. INT. BASEMENT MARTIN is packing all of his laundry. He is getting ready to go back to school EXT. DRIVEWAY – NIGHT MARTIN packs his car, gets in and drives away. EXT. DRIVEWAY – MORNING The stuff is gone. The first two men who showed up to lift weights walk up to the end of the driveway and look around confused at the lack of stuff. They then go up to the sign up sheet, sign their names and walk away.