A scene from Under the Silver Lake 2018
Sam
[Sam is hanging out with the bar-buddy playing video games]

Hey man, you really think you're gonna find a hidden message in a pop song?

Bar-buddy

I don't know.

Sam

I just remember being in my room when I was like, ten, and coming up with all these weird, little codes and secret languages.

Bar-buddy

It's an entire generation of men obsessed with video games, secret codes,

Sam

Yeah.

Bar-buddy

Space aliens.

Sam
[Chuckles]

Yeah.

Bar-buddy
[Dies in video game]

****. Used to be, a hundred years ago, y'know, any moron could kinda wander into the woods and look behind a rock or some shit and discover some cool new thing, y'know? Not anymore. Where's the mystery that makes everything worthwhile? We crave mystery, 'cause there's none left.

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