A scene from Under the Silver Lake 2018
Shooting Star 1
[Sam is seated on couch with Shooting Star wandering around apartment]

What do you do?

Sam

Nothing. [Chuckles]

Shooting Star 1

I mean, for work

Sam

Oh, God. All I'm ever hearing is what do I do for work or; "how's work"? Where's- "where do you work"? [Chuckles] Work- "work good"? "You working good"?

Shooting Star 1

People have to work.

Sam

What about you? You- You're in movies. Why are- why are you, uh, y'know, doing this?

Shooting Star 1

Yeah, I made one little indie movie and barely. Do you know how expensive it is to live here?

Sam

Yeah, I do. [Chuckles]

Shooting Star 1

Do you want a blowjob from the supporting actress Academy Award nominee last year? [She starts taking off dress] Shooting Star. [Sam chuckles] Do you wanna go down on the girlfriend of the lead in your favorite sitcom? Call Shooting Star. Wanna **** an "IT" girl? It's not that hard. You are a patron of the arts, and I can pay my bills. [She gets on top of Sam] You gave 'em your credit card, right?

Sam

Uh-huh. [She starts kissing him] Can I ask you something?

Shooting Star 1

Sure.

Sam

I was wondering last night at the cemetery, who was that pirate-looking guy in the limo?

Shooting Star 1

No idea.

Sam

You don't know his name?

Shooting Star 1

No, he's anonymous.

Sam

You don't know anything about him?

Shooting Star 1

Mmm-hmm.

Sam
[Chuckles]

Oh. Okay.

Shooting Star 1

You got any food? [Reaches for pizza and spots Sarah's polaroid, holding it up] I know this girl.

Sam

Really?

Shooting Star 1
[Walks to him]

Mmm-hmm. [Throws pizza slice on coffee table and gets back on Sam]

Sam

How do you know her?

Shooting Star 1

Saw her at this party a couple years ago.

Sam

Oh, yeah?

Shooting Star 1

Mmm-hmm.

Sam
[Chuckles]

Did you talk to her?

Shooting Star 1

No. that would have been impossible. [Chuckles]

Sam

Why?

Shooting Star 1

She was in this glass cube in the middle of the living room. Was, like, some bad performance art, I guess.

Sam

Hmm.

Shooting Star 1

And she was just sitting there, wearing a Dalmatian bathing suit, not moving, not making eye contact, and all these drunk old men tapping on the glass, and she wouldn't budge. [They chuckle]

Sam

Who took there?

Shooting Star 1

Oh, some asshole producer, you know, he brought me and some girls as his dates.

Sam

Oh, what was his name?

Shooting Star 1

I don't remember. He makes these big action films based on household cleaning products.

Sam

Yeah, I know who you're talking about.

Shooting Star 1
[Chuckles]

Yeah. So we get there, we go through the gate, and they check our IDs, and [sighs] we're just free to roam around this luxury neighborhood, to go in any house we want, any room we want. There's food everywhere, music, dancers, craziness.

Sam

Hmm.

Shooting Star 1

It's this big open party right out of Gatsby.

Sam

Wow. [Chuckles] So whose place was it?

Shooting Star 1

No one ever really said. It was weird. But there was this one house, the biggest house on the block, this big stone mansion, and we weren't allowed to go near it. It's the only place off-limits.

Sam

Hmm.

Shooting Star 1

And I heard some girls in the bathroom talking about how it belonged to some songwriter

Sam

Must have been some song.

Shooting Star 1

Hmm. No shit.

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