She quickly rises, trying to get out of the kitchen before she starts crying. That can't be real.
Yeah, to you, he's just another guy who wants to jump your bones. What in the world is wrong with her? Nothing.
She turns her head to look out the window: Her POV: The RED DOOR of the Burnham house stands out, even in the pouring rain. The blender GRINDS as Lester, still in his sweatpants, makes himself a high-protein shake.
Christy left for New York this morning, and... let's just say things were very hectic around the house. Listen, just do me a favor. We HEAR the CAR HORN again from outside. The Definitive Oral History of Reddit GoneWild, Miles Davis vs. Malibu: How the LAPD Terrorized a Jazz Legend, Why Trump’s Twitter Meltdown Could Change the Face of Porn, The YouTube Chef Recreating Every Discontinued Fast Food Menu Item, How the GOP’s Anti-Porn Campaign Went Limp, The App That Helps You Assess If a Social Event Is COVID-Safe.
Wow. A beat. He seems comfortable with the silence; she doesn't. The latter reading may give the screenplay too much credit.
Discipline.
Lester Burnham, I live next door.
I'm not a drunk, I don't fuck other women, I don't mistreat you, I've never hit you, or even tried to touch you since you made it so abundantly clear just how unnecessary you consider me to be. Angela, once again fully clothed, sits at the kitchen counter. You know that. It’s not unusual, of course, for a once-beloved film to age poorly.
ANGLE from outside the shower: Lester's naked body is silhouetted through the fogged-up glass door.
new neighbors--.
I will sell this house today.
Sam Mendes’ debut feature, written by future Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball, was as celebrated in the moment as any film released that year. Who is Tamblin? You never drove it. Any investigation into how and why American Beauty is the worst Best Picture winner of the modern era must begin, as all films do, with the screenplay. There happens to be a lot about me that you don't know, mister smarty man. We'll just leave it all up to Carolyn.
I'm ready. I told you his whole thing about structure and discipline, right? Even if a lot of that talk happens to be derisive, those movies at least feel alive as perpetual button-pushers in a way that American Beauty does not. But.
We HEAR the back door SLAM, then Jane enters and quickly takes her seat at the table.
Carolyn sits in her chair, shivering with rage. Except for the pasta, we got that at Fallaci's.
If people I don't even know look at me and want to fuck me, it means I really have a shot at being a model. The Manager sighs and runs a hand through his greasy hair, wondering what he could possibly have done to deserve this. Oh, well, let's just all sell our souls and work for Satan, because it's more convenient that way.
CLOSE on Carolyn: She doesn't like having things in her way. I apologize for the way things look around here. INT. He totally freaked and decided to send me to military school. I watched you very closely, and you didn't screw up once. We FOLLOW HER out the door, then the camera JERKS back to Lester calling after her.
American Beauty was sold as an examination of boomer ennui delivered with a healthy dose of Gen X anti-consumerism, and a surprising dollop of spiritual yearning.
Before 9/11, before the Great Recession, and before Trump. You were also good tonight. She nods. We follow it as the wind carries it in a circle around us, sometimes whipping it about violently, or, without warning, sending it soaring skyward, then letting it float gracefully down to the ground... Jane and Ricky sit on the bed, watching his WIDE-SCREEN TV. Lester turns down the volume on the stereo.
Jane turns and stares at him, waiting for him to finish. 'Course, I was saving it up for a boob job. She sinks into a chair, stunned. It's 555 0199.
Jane is stunned. I don't care.
Her husband. An ugly but comfortable 70's BOWL CHAIR has been pulled out and cleaned off, his old hot rod magazines strewn across it, and the remote-controlled MODEL JEEP KIT is spread across a card table.
It's okay. He looks directly back at her, leans in and smiles slowly.
She's obviously heard his argument with his father, and she looks into his eyes, searching, aware that something eventful is taking place. Case closed, Ricky goes back to his calculations. Of course, I don't know that yet. I want you to meet somebody.
The Colonel opens the front door to reveal the two JIMS. Lester enters. The Colonel watches him go, uneasy.
I don't know about you, but I need a drink. Then: Don't placate me like I'm your mother, boy. From our current nightmare, we cynically regard the plastic bag as a deception, or another empty promise. It's been six months already. His smile fades, and the moment is gone.
Because of you, and the way that you behave.
On VIDEO: Jane lays in Ricky's bed, wearing a tank top. No, no, that would be too... honest.
That's right.
On VIDEO: We ZOOM toward her as she takes off her bra clumsily. Ricky smiles, shuts and locks his door. Is she happy?
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And it's become more important to you than living.
And you'll never be a freak because you're just too perfect.
As a work of art it simply intended to wake us up to life — to the life we are always already missing — and it must have done something right if I still can’t lose the key metaphor.
Lester opens it and lets him in. And then, Connie Cardullo told me he his parents had to put him in a mental institution. Ricky sits in darkness with his DIGICAM, videotaping. She's on: smiling, animated, LAUGHING too loud at their jokes.
Have you totally forgotten about her? She's somebody you use to feel better about yourself. As if being driven to succeed is some sort of character flaw. The Colonel's POV: Lester leans back in his chair.
He paces in front of one of his GUN CASES; the GLASS DOOR is open, and a gun is conspicuously missing from inside.
All I want is the same courtesy--, Oh, you don't complain? Ricky kneels, gazing at Lester's unseen face... then he smiles, ever so slightly. And she heads out quickly.
So what's your business? Well, you always end up ignoring me and Lester pulls the Colonel inside.
God, it's been a long time since anybody asked me that. INT. He leans out the window to get a better look at: Ricky's POV: Through a WINDOW on the side of the Burnham's GARAGE DOOR, we see Lester, still in his suit, digging through shelves against the back wall.
On the gym floor, the girls perform. Ricky crosses to a built-in CABINET behind the desk.
She pulls back automatically, but it's clear she's drawn to him.
As the Mercedes backs out of the driveway, Lester glances over at him. If you have a problem with the plants, I can always call my landscape architect. Ricky scrambles to dodge his father, but the Colonel is too fast; he punches Ricky in the face, knocking him to the floor. Lester leans in, concerned. He gives the URINE SPECIMEN to Lester, then locks the door. FITTS HOUSE - FRONT PORCH - MOMENTS LATER.
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