One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' Page #4

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Drops a few caps of Death

cut with meth during the day.

I'm not so sure.

We just got a tip in from an informant...

...that Arctor has funds

above and beyond...

...what he gets from his little job.

And when we checked into it...

...we found he wasn't even

working there full-time.

Yeah.

Who's this informant?

We don't know.

Undoubtedly it's a vengeance burn.

That's how these druggies are.

I mean, phoning in on each other

every time they get pissed off.

Anyhow, as of now...

...I'm officially assigning you

to observe Arctor.

If we're ever gonna get to the bottom

of this, it'll be through this guy.

So will that mean

full-time viewer recording?

We got no choice.

We'll install a new

holographic scanning system.

You'll let us know

when they're out of the house.

We'll want storage and printout

on everything.

Total, total, total, totally,

total, total, total providence.

I am walking home,

I find myself on a street I am rarely on...

...and look what I obtain for a mere $50.

- What is it?

- Oh, this would be an 18-speed bike...

...of the all-terrain variety.

I noticed it in a neighbor's yard,

and I inquired as to its availability.

They had four of them.

So I made a cash offer.

- Don't. Drugs.

- Fifty dollars. They acquiesced.

They threw in these

lemon-yellow racing pants.

Even hoisted it over the fence for me,

which I found to be very neighborly.

That's weird. I didn't know you could

get a 18-speed bike nearly new for $50.

It's amazing what you can get for $50.

I'll give you 60 right now,

no questions asked.

You know,

this bike looks a lot like the bike...

...that this girl lives across the street

had that got ripped off a month ago.

This bike could be hot.

They probably jacked it,

these hoister friends of yours.

Sure did, if they've got four

and selling it that cheap.

Right? You should at least show it to her

so she could see if it's hers.

Yeah. Okay, I can do that...

...but this is a boy's bike, okay?

So it can't be.

Not to invalidate your intuition,

but it's not possible. Thank you.

Why do you say it's an 18-speed

when it only has nine gears?

Huh, what?

Yeah. Yeah. Six right here,

three at the other end of the chain.

Six plus three equals nine.

- It's a nine-speed bike.

- Yeah, but even a nine-speed bike...

...for 50 bucks. He still got a good deal.

Okay, those guys told me

it was 18 speeds.

I just got Greeked. I just got...

Wait. Wait.

Now I count eight.

Six here and then two in the front.

- That makes eight.

- What do you think happened...

...to the missing gears?

- Think? I know.

They were working

on it, these gypsy grifters...

...with improper tools,

no technical knowledge.

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