Transcript written by and used with the courtesey of Angela Sugden
Larry
…man, you know what?
Raphael
I’m here about the job.
Larry
And what job is that?
Raphael
Maybe I’m in the wrong place.
Larry
That depends.
Raphael
On what?
Larry
On whether or not you’re in the right place.
Raphael
Are, er, are you the guy I’m supposed to see?
Larry
Well, I don’t know. Who told you that?
Raphael
Some guy I met in a bar.
Larry
Who? Where? When?
Raphael
The other day.
Larry
You’re going to have to do better than that.
Raphael
He gave me this, and he, er, he said… He said that you were looking for somebody with a, er…special kinda talent. You mind if I smoke?
Larry
It’s your life. What guy, which bar?
Raphael
Freedos on sixth street.
Larry
You go there a lot, do you?
Raphael
Sometimes.
Larry
Been drinking?
Raphael
No. Why?
Larry
Well, sometimes you Indians been known to take a drink or two.
Whizzy
Whizzy
Raphael
How much does it pay?
Larry
I don’t have anything to do with the money part of it. Are you, working anywhere now?
Raphael
You think I’d be here if I was?
Larry
Why aren’t you working?
Raphael
There ain’t no jobs.
Larry
Maybe you drink too much.
Raphael
Maybe you don’t drink enough.
Larry
Ho, ho, ho. Have you done any time? That’s a stupid question. What for?
Raphael
Drunk and disorderly. Burglary. Grand Theft Auto as a minor. Assault.
Larry
That’s enough. Three-time loser, habitual. Married?
Raphael
Yeah.
Larry
Kids? Have you got any kids? That’s why you want the job, isn’t it? For your family.
Raphael
I got a boy and a girl.
Larry
What other family you got? No brothers?
Raphael
Why’re you asking me all these questions?
Larry
Well, the family thing can be kinda touchy. Sometimes they can be a real pain in the ass, as you can imagine. Especially brothers.
Whizzy
(Gibberish)
Raphael
I had one, he’s dead.
Larry
How’d he die?
Raphael
Vietnam. He blew his brains out ten days after he got back.
Larry
Oh, really? That kinda thing run in your family?
Raphael
Death?
Larry
Suicide. Hey, I’ll tell you what… Come with me.
Mr McCarthy
Whoa. Erm. Oh, I’m sorry. I thank you very much for coming. I’m very pleased that you… My God.
Raphael
What’s the matter?
Mr McCarthy
Excuse me, please. Sit down. May I ask your name?
Raphael
Raphael.
Mr McCarthy
Raphael. A very beautiful name. It’s unfortunate we, we’re meeting in these somber, dreary circumstances. What we have here is, er, a little bit of shadow-play. May I, offer you some refreshment? Let’s have a drink. Tell me… are you afraid to die?
Raphael
Are you?
Mr McCarthy
No. Not now. No, I’m not afraid to die. I regard death as now, a sort of necessary… metamorphosis. And, perhaps the more painful the death, the more… well, it’s a kind of refinement. See, there’s pain when we come into the world at birth. So it’s fitting there should be, pain at the end of it. A sort of transfiguration, a completion of a… a completion of a, er, an equation. Have you ever seen any woman giving birth? No? Well, her face… is twisted. It’s full of sweat and… anguish. But strangely punctuated by… joy. You know, in some ways, Raphael, I… I feel a kinship. I feel that we are of the same mind. Watching a painful death can be a great inspiration for those who, who are not dying. So that they can see how brave… we can be, when it’s time to go. It is the final measure of bravery to stand up to death. In exquisite anguish. And… I’m sorry. But when death finally, comes and, pays us it’s final visit, we, er… we then can bid him welcome. It seems to me now… that the closer that… one can come to death in life, makes the passage into death all the more easy. And it also leaves behind the greatest gift that anyone can, give another, which is… the courage to face death. And that’s the greatest contribution that anyone can learn. One life’s gone, give another. Well, anyway…
Raphael
How much will I be paid, for that?
Mr McCarthy
Well, actually, trying to be realistic, I suppose that depends on… how willing you are, how brave you are. Because the more you are able to withstand, spiritually, and physically… then, er, the more money’ll be paid to you. You know, it’s always, I mean, it’s crazy, it’s insulting to put a price on life. But if we have to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars, and render unto God the things that are Gods. Then, I’d say fifty-thousand dollars. I’ll pay you some of it right now.
Raphael
What if I take off?
Mr McCarthy
You know, I’ve spent most of my life… developing an instinct. An instinct about people… and I think a man of your spirit, your culture and your honesty… No, I don’t think you will do that. Please take this now, and then respect our agreement.
Raphael
Yeah. When do you want me back?
Mr McCarthy
Let’s say one week, you have one week. Bye, my young friend.
Raphael
Okay. Give me a bottle.
Bartender
Hey, off the bar.
Raphael
Oh, God.
Bartender
Hey, what about your drink? Ass-bag.
Man
Hey, come on, away from the car… …be careful there, don’t blow the horn.
Rita
There’s something on the stove, if you want.
Raphael
I got a job.
Rita
Got a job, or did a job?
Raphael
Got a job. A real job.
Rita
What kinda job’s that?
Raphael
Warehouse in town. Good pay.
Rita
When do you start?
Raphael
In a few days.
Rita
Reece came looking for you.
Raphael
Sure he came to see me?
Rita
What’s that supposed to mean?
Raphael
Oh, I don’t know. Hola, Como Sta?
Junior
How’s your… hole…
Father
Junior.
Junior
…family?
