Final script
- 1. Final script. We hear Joe’s computer boot up while he sleeps, we then hear some heavy distortion. Cut to the sound of somebody writhing on the ground, a muffled shout is heard. Cut to joe recoreding JOE Hello and welcome to lend your ear, your weekly dose of the supernatural and unprovable. In this week’s episode we’ll be continuing our series on vengeful spirits; Tonight: The Green Lady of Crathes Castle, Scotland. More distortion is heard. JOE Look away, your very soul might hang in the balance. Right, tell Nick what I said about that new writer he’s all chummy with. I swear the intro gets clunkier every week. Anyway I’ll see you Tuesday. We hear banging on what seems like a door with more muffled shouts. JOE Like I’d know that. Well they said they were talking to you. Court was fine. None. Long lensed, had to be first to the papers, didn’t know they’d do it, that stuff. Not a dry eye Ellie. Just - move on. James Baldwin reading and an interview with the mail, as glamorous as it's going to get I suppose. It’s not a setback! Right I’ll go now, Talk to you later. Joe hangs up the phone, puts it down ruffly and signs. We hear more shuffles and crys. JOE It’s funny you mention that Reagan because I already had a place picked out. la Palma, near pinewood yeah. It's where me and Marcel Boucher would eat when shooting ‘double-dealing devil’. I just think it would reflect well on your ability to research. Your readers will notice. And one more thing - The line cuts off to a distorted sound of a bed squeaking and keys on a keyboard tapping. Followed by a distorted mess.
- 2. JOE (Distorted) Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Read by Joe Aaron. JOE I can see that, Well of course I fucking didn’t, why would I? Well it is your job, Ellie. And if you want to keep getting paid you’ll find who did it and you’ll Flay them. Yeah? Well maybe Rob should know about Christine, how about that? I’m giving you 2 hours. Alright? Fuck off. Joe throws his phone. A silence is heard. A door opens, and heavy distortion is heard. JOE (Heavy distortion) I had to, you know that Marcel, you knew! They wouldn’t accept it, they didn’t know! Etc. Heavy bands of distortion are heard which transitions into Joe’s reading. JOE He stopped and sat down, staring at the wall. Then he turned to me. He watched me for a long time, in silence. Then, ‘If you were not here,' he said, very slowly, 'this would be the end of Giovanni.' This transitions into Joe’s reading on a speaker with Joe moving, banging and screaming. A glass bottle can be heard edging towards a drop, JOE (Over speaker) I stood up. 'Don't be silly,' I said. It's not so tragic as all that.' I paused. 'Guillaume's disgusting. They all are. But it's not the worst thing that ever happened to you. Is it?' 'Maybe everything bad that happens to you makes you weaker,' said Giovanni, as though he had not heard me, 'and so you can stand less and less.' Then, looking up at me, 'No. The worst thing happened to me long ago and my life has been awful since that day. You are not going to leave me, are you?' I laughed, 'Of course not.' I started shaking the broken glass off our blanket onto the floor. 'I do not know what I would do if you left me.' For the first time I felt the suggestion of a threat in his voice—or I put it there. I have been alone so long—I do not think I would be able to live if I had to be alone again.' 'You aren't alone now,' I said. And then, quickly, for I could not, at that moment, have endured his touch: 'Shall we go for a walk? Come—out of this room for a minute.' I
- 3. grinned and cuffed him roughly, football fashion, on the neck. Then we clung together for an instant. I pushed him away. Ill buy you a drink,' I said. 'And will you bring me home again?' he asked. 'Yes. I'll bring you home again.' As soon as the final line is heard, Joe lets out one final bloodcurdling scream. A bottle can be heard smashing on the floor and a fire erupts followed by seconds of heavy distortion.