Slow West Page #4

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SINGER (IN FRENCH)

Did you enjoy our music?

JAY answers in French

JAY (IN FRENCH)

Yes. I enjoyed the song very much

SINGER (IN FRENCH)

It’s a song about love

11.

JAY (IN FRENCH)

Love is universal, like death

JAY nods to the band, who start playing again, and ridesafter SILAS

13 EXT - DRY LAKE, DEAD TREE, FLOWERS - DAY 13

The Sun bakes the land. JAY and SILAS keep heading WEST

SILAS SELLECK (V.O.)

The kid was a wonder. He saw things

differently. To him we were in a

land of hope and good will. The way

I saw it, kick over any rock and

most likely a desperado would crawl

out and knife you right in the

heart if there was a dollar in it

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14 EXT - RIDGE OVERLOOKING DRIED RIVER BED - DAY 14

A rag-tag posse of seven men and a woman, all on horseback,

form a row and watch a distant SILAS and JAY cross the river

bed

The posse are all distinct and characterful

A Chinese man, ‘TATOO MAN’, in traditional Chinese garb, longblack hair and beard

A Dylan-esque musician ‘THE MINSTREL’ with a feather in hishat and a banjo strapped to his back

A Mexican woman, poncho and braids ‘MARIMACHO’

A wizened ol’ gold-digger type. Large soft hat, silver beard -

this is SKELLY

A good looking young kid, arrogant expression. This is ‘THEKID’

A crazy looking goggle-eyed man, aged beyond his years bydrugs and liquor. This is PEYOTE JOE

The gang leader - PAYNE - Massive fur coat, cigar

PAYNE watches SILAS and JAY with added interest and a knowinghalf smile

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EXT - NIGHT - FOREST CAMP 15

SILAS and JAY have set up camp

JAY sits on his blanket, SILAS up against a tree

JAY throws rabbit bones from his plate into the trees

SILAS sees this

JAY lies back and looks at the stars while SILAS is filling

bullet shells with fresh gunpowder

JAY:

Same stars. Same moon

SILAS ignores him

JAY (CONT’D)

One day we’ll be wandering ‘round

that moon

SILAS ignores

JAY (CONT’D)

They’ll build a railroad

SILAS keeps ignoring

JAY (CONT’D)

But a railroad up and down the

ways. A railroad to the moon. And

when we get there, first thing

we’ll do is hunt the natives down

SILAS bites

SILAS:

No Indians on the moon

JAY sits up

JAY:

No. The natives of the moon. The

moon people

SILAS flashes JAY an incredulous look

JAY lies back down, points to stars and begins his nightly

recital

JAY (CONT’D)

Pegasus, The Great Bear, The Dragon

A crackle of sticks under foot in the darkness

SILAS:

Shh!

13.

JAY shuts up

SILAS gets up, picks up rifle

JAY sits up

SILAS soldier-like, c*cks rifle, moves off into the woods

JAY about to follow

SILAS (CONT’D)

Sit down

JAY obeys, and now feels more alone than he did when he wasalone..

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