At First Sight Page #5

KNOCK KNOCK:

AMY:

Coming!

Rubbing her leg - she limps/half walks to the door - opens it to:

Virgil:
dark glasses, cane, smile

AMY:

Virgil..?

She pulls a towel in closer - then realizes it doesn't matter

VIRGIL:

My turn to apologize. I should have told

you I was blind it wasn't fair.

AMY:

That's OK. You want to come in -

I just got out of the shower - give me

a minute to get changed?

VIRGIL:

(as he moves in)

Sure, I promise I won't look.

As Amy starts to get changed in the bathroom.

VIRGIL:

Anyways, I was in the neighborhood --

actually the whole town's my neighborhood

-- and since you've never been to our

illustrious village, I thought maybe we could

go into town - see what we see.

AMY:

See what we see?

VIRGIL:

Figure of speech

.

AMY:

You mean right now, tonight?

VIRGIL:

Great - I'm blind and you're deaf - what a pair.

EXT. MAIN STREET - EVENING

A few store windows lit up. Some people eating dinner at a

streetside cafe. Virgil, holding Amy's arm as they walk down the

street.

WITH AMY AND VIRGIL WALKING:

VIRGIL:

... the Mechanic at the top of the street is Doug - smokes too

much - but a good guy. Three steps down is Carlson's hardware

- he's got a laugh like a donkey - we sometimes listen to games

together - he's a Devil's fan. And just up ahead should be Grady's

junk shop - he calls it "antiques"...

Smells like junk. I'd hate to see what it looks like

.

A woman bustles past, NANCY BENDER, weighed down with groceries.

VIRGIL:

(intuitively)

Hey Nancy.

NANCY:

Hey Virgil - got that book in for you.

VIRGIL:

Nancy's our librarian, brings in

any braille book I want.

NANCY:

(to Amy)

The guy's nuts about the pyramids -

anything he can get his hands on...

VIRGIL:

Thank-you Nancy - you should get your

groceries home - your ice cream's melting.

Nancy laughs - as she moves off.

AMY:

Nice place - you seem to know everyone here.

VIRGIL:

Moved here when I was eight.

My family figured it would be a

good place for me to grow up.

Tell me what you see.

AMY:

Well, there's a good structure to the

town - genuine lines, good use of space.

To be honest I'd find a better balance

to a lot of these buildings. But that's me.

VIRGIL:

What's you?

AMY:

The architect in me - can't leave well

enough alone. Art school in college -

I made the arms for the Venus DeMilo.

(realizing he probably doesn' t understand)

see, the Venus De Milo has no arms and...

VIRGIL:

(laughs)

I know the Venus De Milo has no arms, and

the Mona Lisa has this captivating smile

and David doesn't wear a fig leaf.

AMY:

How do you...

VIRGIL:

I may not have been a lot of places -

but I read about things, then make an

image up here -- (points to his head)

--that works for me.

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