Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Page #3
Later:
Joel sits on a rock and pulls out a notebook. Heopens it and writes with a gloved hand.
JOEL:
January 13th, 2006. Today I skipped work
and took the train out to Montauk.
(thinks)
It's cold.
(thinks some more)
The sky is gray.
(thinks some more)
I don't know what else to say. Nothing
happens. Nothing changes. I saw Naomi
last night. We had sex. It was weird to
fall into our old familiar sex life so
easily. Like no time has passed. After
two years apart suddenly we're talking
about getting together again. I guess
that's good.
He has no other thoughts. He glances up, spots a female
figure in the distance, walking in his direction. She stands
out against the gray in a fluorescent orange hooded
sweatshirt. It's Clementine. He watches her for a bit, then
as she nears, he goes back to his writing, or at least
pretends to. Once she passed, he watches her walk away. She
stops and stares out at the ocean. Joel writes.
JOEL (V.O.) (CONT'D)
If I'm constitutionally incapable of
making eye-contact with a woman I don't
know. I guess I'd better get back to
Naomi.
Later:
Joel walks up near the beach houses closed for theseason. He peeks cautiously in a dark window.
Later:
Joel digs into the sand with a stick.INT. DINER - DAY
It's a local tourist place, but off-season empty. Joel sits
in a booth and eats a grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of
tomato soup. An elderly couple drink coffee at the counter.
Clementine enters, looks around, takes off her hood. Joel
glances at her bright blue hair. She picks an empty booth
and sits. Joel studies her discreetly. The waitress
approaches her with a coffee pot.
WAITRESS:
Coffee?
CLEMENTINE:
God, yes. You've saved my life!
The waitress pours the coffee.
WAITRESS:
You know what you want yet?
CLEMENTINE:
(laughing)
Ain't that the question of the century.
The waitress is not amused.
CLEMENTINE (CONT'D)
You got grilled cheese and tomato soup?
WAITRESS:
Yeah. We're having a run on it.
The waitress heads to the grill. Clementine fishes in her
bag, brings the coffee cup under the table for a moment,
pours something in, then brings the cup back up.
CLEMENTINE:
(calling)
And some cream, please.
Clementine looks around the place. Her eyes meet Joel's
before he is able to look away. She smiles vaguely. He
looks embarrassed, then down at his journal. Clementine
pulls a book from her purse and starts to read. Joel glances
up, tries to see the cover. It's blue. He can't read the
title.
EXT. BEACH - DAY
Joel stares out at the ocean. Far down the beach Clementine
stares at it, too. Joel glances sideways at her then back at
the ocean.
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