
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
1 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - DAY 1
Close up on a cat’s face - not pleased.
Hand-written title card: DOMINO VS. THE CITY - a film by
Minnie Goetze
A cardboard San Francisco: skyscrapers and the Golden Gate
Bridge. Domino, the cat, peeks out above the buildings.
Title card:
It’s a CAT-ASTROPHE! Everybody run!Domino stomps, destroying the little cars and buildings in
his wake. He claws at one of the tallest buildings, lies down
right in the middle of the set, licks his butt, and looks at
the camera like “Yeah? What?”.
END SUPER 8:
(TITLE CARD:
The Diary ofa Teenage Girl)
2 EXT. SAN FRANCISCO - YERBA BUENA PARK - AFTERNOON 2
MINNIE GOETZE, an intensely smart fifteen-year-old, curious
and strong but not jaded, walks through the seedy sprawling
park.
Minnie’s voice-over, recorded onto a cassette tape:
MINNIE (V.O.)
I had sex today. HOLY SHIIIITTTTT!
Music kicks in - something with a beat. Minnie walks
seriously down the path, until the chorus chimes in, then she
shimmies, or swishes her hips, in time to the music.
Minnie’s POV:
A boy with blond feathered hair takes a longslow puff off of a joint. Smoke wafts up around his face,
dancing with his curls almost magically.
Minnie bounds through the park, past old strung-out hippies
lounging in the grass. One of the women doesn’t have a shirt
on. This is the 70s in San Francisco - it’s just how it is.
A young woman jogs by in a skimpy seventies jogging outfit.
Her unharnessed breasts bounce happily along. Comic stars
appear on her nipples and bounce away. Minnie looks down and
takes a quick peek at her own less ample breasts.
Pink (01/08/2014) 22.
She struts to the music. She leaves animated footsteps in her
path.
Minnie does a little skip, and the music swells and cuts out.
3 EXT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - STREET 3
Minnie runs up and into a Victorian style apartment building.
5 INT. MINNIE’S HOUSE - THE LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS 5
Minnie enters, startled to find her mom, CHARLOTTE, a hip
woman of 34 who wishes she were 25, and GRETEL, 13 and a mini-
Charlotte, pretty and girly, glued to the TV. Charlotte is
still beautiful, though she wears her mistakes on her body.
She sips a gin and tonic. On the TV, news coverage of the
trial of Patty Hearst.
TV ANCHOR:
Patty Hearst, the kidnapped heiress
whose story has riveted the world,
appeared in court again today. She
was described as pallid, dull in
complexion and lacking in energy.
One court reporter described her
demeanor as “zombie-like”.
Minnie tries to sneak past unnoticed. The room is complete
with shag carpeting wall-to-wall, hanging ferns, and colorful
afghans. The picture of Patty Hearst with a gun is on the TV.
TV ANCHOR(CONT’D)
describe the closet that her
captors held her in...
CHARLOTTE:
Oh Minnie. Come watch with us.
GRETEL:
(trying to sound grown-up)
Yeah. It’s history in the making.
Charlotte doesn’t take her eyes off the TV.
3.
TV ANCHOR:
Prosecutors brought in Dr. Harry L.
Kozol, an expert on sex-offenders
and mentally ill criminals...
MINNIE:
No thanks.
CHARLOTTE:
(re:
TV)She’s not mentally ill! F*ck this
guy. Just because she ran away from
her bourgeoisie family and started
over. I know how you feel, Patty!
Charlotte sips her drink, Minnie leans in.
GRETEL:
My teacher said she was
brainwashed. I mean, didn’t they,
like, keep her in a closet?
CHARLOTTE:
No, come on. She’s brave. She
reminds me of my friend Andrea-
she’s searching for something more
real than her privileged bullshit
childhood.
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