Arcade Page #3
- Year:
- 1994
- 58 min
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Greg pulls the Polaroid out and peels off the backing. Before the picture
even develops, he begins rubbing his fingers over it, manipulating the
emulsion.
NICK:
(engrossed in his game
again)
GREG:
Sure. Practice.
BENZ:
Lemme see...
Greg pulls some papers from his backpack and slides them over to Benz.
The papers are color xeroxes of Polaroid blow-ups. Greg has messed with
them, creating swirling, psychedelic patterns with the images. Stilts and
Laurie lean in.
STILTS:
Cool.
GREG:
(still working)
See, when the emulsion's still warm you can
move it around...
(stops)
There.
Greg holds up the Polaroid for Alex to see.
POLAROID:
Greg and Alex are side by side, grinning...all around them the world has
spun into strange colors. It's an odd effect.
Greg drops the photo in his shirt pocket and pats it.
GREG:
Safe keeping.
Meanwhile, Nick's pocket video game emits an EXPLOSION NOISE.
NICK:
Sh*t. I'm out.
He sets the game down, dejected.
BENZ:
You guys going to Dante's after school?
GREG:
I don't know.
BENZ:
Check it out...
Benz pulls a flyer from inside his coat. It's an ad for a new game called
"ARCADE", featuring a pair of evil eyes and glowing hands coming out of a
circuit board. The tag at the bottom reads, "COMING THIS FALL. REALITY
NICK:
(excited)
That's the new Slip-Stream game. Those guys
are good. It's supposed to be interactive.
Graphics are unbelievable.
BENZ:
Yeah? They were handing these out at
Dante's. Test marketing it or something.
Gonna have a demonstration today.
STILTS:
Cool.
LAURIE:
Can you say anything but "cool"?
STILTS:
Of course I can. I can say all sorts of
things...
GREG:
(annoyed)
Guys...
Benz pulls back the flyer and looks at it again.
BENZ:
So how 'bout it?
NICK:
I'm game...
(to Greg)
Greg?
Greg turns to Alex.
GREG:
Come on. We'll hit Dante's after school,
try the game out, maybe get some dinner.
ALEX:
And then keep on driving?
GREG:
Sure. Never come back. Disappear forever.
LAURIE:
(nodding)
I could go for that.
Alex laughs. Laurie took the words right out of her mouth.
CUT TO:
EXT. DANTE'S INFERNO -- DAY
The Inferno is a run-down video arcade near the beach, notable because the
games it sports are generally defective and out of date. Nevertheless,
it's become our group's hang-out. It has its charms.
A huge mural, chipped and faded with age, adorns the front of the
arcade...something straight out of Hieronymus Bosch. Demons in day-glo.
The yawning mouth of an enormous devil surrounds the entrance.
pull up across the street, caravan style. Greg and Alex are in one
car...an ancient Buick Skylark. No Honda Accords or VW Rabbits for this
group.
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