In Bed Page #2

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He told me that nothing

ever happened,

but he had her number

in his cell phone.

And she phoned him

in the middle of our fight.

He started with his nonsense.

He's a compulsive liar.

It's like a disease.

Did you break up with him?

No.

May I have the remote?

Just porn channels, I'm sure.

There was another time, too.

What?

How?

Tell me.

He was a hitchhiker.

It happened in Chilln.

How's that?

I had tried to break up with Rodrigo

something like 20 times.

And couldn't.

Well, one day,

after a huge fight, we broke up.

Seriously.

I did some thinking then.

I decided to use

all my vacation time,

changed my cell phone number.

I excluded him from every directory.

I had to get away from the city.

I told my grandma I was going

to the beach with a girlfriend,

but it was a lie.

I went South.

When my bus was near Chilln,

it stopped.

I went out for a smoke.

Then a guy approached me

and asked for a light.

I handed him my lighter.

He looked at me.

I looked at him.

I put out my cigarette

and left with him.

Really?

We went to a motel.

There we kissed each other.

I'm sure he noticed

how nervous I was.

He asked me what was the matter.

And I told him about Rodrigo.

He did something

Rodrigo never would.

He put me to bed, fixed my covers,

touched my hair,

and told me a story

till I fell asleep.

He was a complete stranger.

Someone I had no ties with,

whatsoever.

And he treated me as if I were

the most important thing to him.

Can we turn down

the air-conditioner?

I'm cold.

Did you see that movie?

No.

I've got a theory about movies.

There's a common memory

implicit in the movies.

Just consider the number

of aesthetic approaches and films.

Imagine we could divide them

and pile them in sets.

As spectators,

we too belong in one of those sets.

That's the clue.

For instance, someone who watches

Hgh Fdelty and then Magnola.

Or who simply likes that aesthetic.

That person belongs to Set A.

And that's okay.

Or let me see another.

Someone who watches

TaxDrver.

Reservor Dogs.

State of Grace.

Fargo.

Et cetera.

That person also belongs in a set.

Set B.

Makes sense.

It's okay.

Imagine someone who watches

Almodvar's Atame and then...

...Dr. Doolttle or Before the Ran

and then Naked Gun...

...and then watches...

What could that be?

Something not related in any way.

That person belongs

to no set at all.

There's no aesthetic identity there.

There's something wrong

with that person.

Look, I used to date a girl

who had seen every action film.

Stallone, Schwarzenegger.

Fine!

But she belongs in a given set.

But one day she invited me

to a Godard film, Vvre sa Ve.

Suspicious, to say the least.

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