- —四川最大高校综合门户网
A CROWDED ROOM byJames Cameron FADE IN:We dont know what were looking at. Its an abstractmass -- swirling lines in constant motion -- but were tooclose to see any form.As WE PULL BACK, we can now make out that they are whatseem like animated streaks of charcoal -- forming andreforming
Where'd you learn to do that?
BILLY looks away.
JUDY
Tommy?
BILLY
You got somethin' else you wanna
know or can I leave?
JUDY
No. Please. How many of you live
there with Billy?
BILLY smiles.
JUDY
More than three? More than five?
BILLY
I'm not really sure. A lot.
GARY
Were you there when... whoever you
were at the time was arrested?
BILLY
No. That was Danny.
JUDY
The little boy.
BILLY
Danny's the keeper of pain.
GARY
What does that mean?
BILLY
College man, Bob? Ivy League?
GARY steams.
BILLY
It means whenever Billy's in any
pain, Danny comes onto the spot to
take it.
JUDY
The spot? What's that?
BILLY
Jesus Christ... it's not my job to
answer all these questions. I'm
outta here.
JUDY
No, wait... Tommy...
But BILLY has retreated into himself once again. Eyes
glazed and half-closed -- lips moving silently.
GARY
This is what you dragged me here for
in the middle of the day?
JUDY
Wait.
In a moment, BILLY "returns" -- but now he sits with
impeccable posture, his fingertips pressed together in
front of him. He speaks in clipped, precise tones with a
perfect Knightsbridge English accent.
BILLY
I must apologize for Tommy's
impudence. He gets frustrated from
being locked up. My name is Arthur.
How do you do?
JUDY and GARY exchange a look. He ain't buying it.
JUDY
How do you do?
JUDY looks again at GARY, who half rolls his eyes.
GARY
(mutters)
Yeah, how are ya...
BILLY
Well, understandably, I've been
better. But Tommy said you have
some questions.
JUDY
Yes. Gary was asking about the
arrest.
GARY
The police found an arsenal of
weapons in your apartment.
BILLY
I have nothing to do with those.
The only one permitted to handle
guns is Ragen. He's the Keeper of
Rage.
GARY
He used those guns when he kidnapped
and raped those three women.
BILLY
(icily calm)
Ragen never raped anyone. He
committed the robberies because we
were skint, but he denies,
absolutely, having anything to do
sexually with those women. And of
the many things he undoubtedly is, a
liar is not among them. All our
lives people have accused us of
being liars. It's become a point of
honor never to tell a falsehood.
JUDY
But if you don't always volunteer
the truth, then that's lying by
omission.
BILLY
Oh come now. As an attorney, you
know very well a witness is under
no compulsion to volunteer
information he hasn't been asked
for. You would be the first one to
tell a client not to elaborate
unless it was in his best interest.
But why don't you meet Ragen and ask
him yourself?
JUDY
Isn't Ragen the one who pulled the
toilet from the wall and threw it at
the guards?
BILLY
He's learned to control his flow of
adrenaline. It gives him unnatural
strength.
(playfully)
But don't worry -- he won't hurt you.
Unless, of course, he feels
