Circle of Eight (2009) Movie Script
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[MILD-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [MUSIC FADES]
- [FIRE CRACKLING]
[POLICE SIREN WAILING]
[REPORTER ON TV]
Just about 25 seconds left now.
In a few moments,
all of Broadway will erupt
as the ball makes its journey,
bringing in the new year.
We got some big flames up there.
[COP 2] Code N at The Dante warehouse.
[REPORTER] Okay, there it is.
The crowd is counting down.
- [POLICE SIREN WAILING]
- [TIRES SCREECHING]
[COP 1] It's not a warehouse anymore.
They changed it to a bunch of lofts.
[COP 2]
Yeah, no shit! There are people in there.
- [MAN YELLING]
- [WOMAN SCREAMS]
["FLAMES GO HIGHER" PLAYING]
Yeah
[SINGING ALONG]
I'm gonna set my soul on fire
My heart beats low
While the flames grow higher
Strike the match
And then the truth is told
I'm gonna set my soul on fire
The Devil made me a woman
I ain't no liar
Her eyes burn black
Like the lake of fire
She struck the match
And then I sold my soul
For the black-haired girl
From the lake of fire
I'm gonna set my soul on fire
My heart beats low
While the flames go higher
[SIREN WAILING]
Strike the match
And then I sold my soul
I just set my soul on fire
[SONG CONCLUDES]
[CAR DOOR SHUTS]
[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]
Oh! Damn it.
[MAN] You gotta ring the bell
at the desk.
Oh?
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- I'm Evan, by the way.
- [WOMAN] Evan.
- Right. I knew that.
- You did?
No, I mean, bad joke. Never mind.
- I'm Jessica.
- Jessica, cool.
Hey, I gotta run out for a second,
but when I get back,
I'll help you with your stuff.
That mirror's gonna be too heavy
for one person to carry.
Oh! Okay, thanks.
[BELL RINGS]
[BUZZER BUZZING]
Funny how he knew, isn't it?
- About what?
- About your mirror.
- What the hell?
- The Dante.
- I'm sorry?
- It's The Dante. I'm The Ed.
My name is Ed.
Oh! Okay,
then I think I'm in the right place.
If you think so.
I'm Jessica.
I'm a day early,
but I sent in my paperwork.
[ELEVATOR WHIRRING]
[ED] Eight C.
Here's your key.
Rules and regulations.
And if I may draw special attention
to Regulation nine, Subsection three,
no tenants are permitted
in the file room under any circumstances.
And the toilet runs.
Sometimes you have to jiggle the handle.
Is there anything that I should know
about the apartment,
like maintenance or anything?
The toilet runs.
Sometimes you have to jiggle the handle.
Right.
Must be a pretty big change for you.
Oh, my God, yes. Where I come from,
it's mostly cows and churches.
[ED] Not a lot of either one
of those here.
Here it's artists.
Mostly musicians, painters, writers.
And although they can be a little
cuckoo.
My thought is, before you know it,
you'll feel like you've known them
all for years.
Thanks, Ed.
- [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
- Which way is it?
Thank you.
[ED] Oh, Jessica?
Yeah?
Happy New Year.
Oh! Thank you. You, too.
[ED] And remember...
stay out of the file room.
Right. No, I will. For sure.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[REFRIGERATOR MOTOR HUMMING]
- [MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [REFRIGERATOR DOOR SHUTS]
- [JESSICA GASPS]
- [WOOD CREAKING]
- [JESSICA] Daniel!
- [SOFT MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[JESSICA] Daniel!
[CHUCKLING] Hey, there you are.
[SIGHS]
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
No. Not again.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[GASPS]
Counterproductive.
They're naked, and they're doing it.
Counterproductive.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Who is it?
- [ED] It's Ed.
I've got things to do. Open up.
Thank you. What's this for?
You put it in your lamp. It makes light.
Okay.
Be sure to lock up.
[BULB BUZZING]
Seriously?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, hey! Please don't turn around yet.
I haven't finished documenting
the shape of the back of your head.
Excuse me, can you stop taping me, please?
No, I can't. Hold on, I'm coming over.
What the hell is the deal with this place?
Hey, can you not just come in here?
I don't know you.
Okay, noted, noted.
Let me just get some footage.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Stop it!
Okay, okay, okay. All right. All... Yes.
Introductions first, then I can film you.
I get this part wrong every time.
Hey, hey, hey, I'm sorry.
I'm not really good with people.
I'm much better with this little lady,
you know.
Um, your eyes, they're a little far apart.
It's... it's... it's endearing.
- [JESSICA] Stop!
- [WOMAN] Randall!
Please do not scare the new girl.
We're going to be spending
a lot of time with her.
- Hi, I'm India.
- [JESSICA] Hi.
- And this is my man-munchy, Damon.
- The pleasure's all mine.
- Randall here means well.
- I do.
He's just, uh, how do I put this nicely,
100% socially retarded.
- I am.
- [DAMON CHUCKLES]
He's making a documentary
about this building.
The building,
the people, how things connect.
Every day here feels like a lifetime.
And I'm his favorite subject.
Yeah, India used to be
an internet sensation.
I used to host a political talk show
in my panties.
But that's all in the past now.
You guys really don't need
to tell me all this.
[INDIA] There's no use keeping secrets.
They all come out sooner or later.
So, what about you, Jessica?
- What are you hiding?
- Me?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, nothing.
I'm just a farm girl from a small family.
It's just me, my mom and my dad.
So, are you coming to the party?
- What?
- Are you coming tonight?
Oh? Yeah,
I'm gonna try to make it. Sorry, I just...
- You thinking about your brother?
- [SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING]
Dude, she said
it was only her and her parents.
Right.
Well, anyway, please try to make it.
It's pretty kickass.
We count down the seconds on the roof.
Three, two, one. Happy New Year!
And then we party till dawn.
- [DAMON AND INDIA CHUCKLE]
- [RANDALL CHUCKLES] Yeah.
Um, okay, yeah, maybe. I'm pretty tired.
- Come.
- It's always, always amazing.
We've been doing it for years.
Like, forever.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- I'm sorry. Your door wasn't locked.
- Oh, no, that's okay. I guess.
You guys have
a really different understanding
of personal privacy in this place.
[EVAN CHUCKLES]
Yeah, I came to give you something.
A little welcome gift.
Thank you.
Can I not be naked when you give it to me?
- Yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. Of course.
- Yeah.
["OPTIONS" PLAYING]
[JESSICA] So, do you always walk
into other people's apartments?
Not always. I try to... [CHUCKLES]
...limit my surprise visits
to twice a week.
How considerate.
Welcome to The Dante.
Wow.
[JESSICA] This is crazy.
- In a good way.
- Oh, yes,
the good kind of crazy. [CHUCKLES]
Thank you.
Well, that's really sweet of you.
I have to say that...
...so far, this place has been pretty weird.
I know,
and I wanted to talk to you about that.
I... I know it's weird here.
And I've been living here for a while.
And...
All right, look.
Things happen in this building.
- I mean...
- What are you trying to say?
Like, the building is haunted?
No, no, no. No, just saying...
[CLEARS THROAT]
I'm just saying that you can trust me.
And I want you to trust me
and believe whatever I have to say.
Like, no matter what happens.
Okay.
Well, right now,
you're kind of scaring me, so...
Please. Just... just trust me.
- Why should I?
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Hi! Hope we're not interrupting anything.
- Well, you are.
We wanted to introduce ourselves,
say hello. My name is Bale...
This is my husband Bale, and I'm Elaine.
And this little guy
is either Hunter or Caleb.
- Which do you think is cuter?
- Um...
Well, either way, we're just so happy
to have you here at The Dante.
It's a really tight-knit group here.
Really, really tight-knit group.
Good group. Good guys, good girls.
- [CLEARS THROAT] Women.
- Women.
Yeah, do you want to see a picture of him?
See? That is his little face right there,
that little white, shady thing.
And I say he looks like a bowl of noodles
- because I eat so much pad Thai [LAUGHS]
- It doesn't make sense so...
It's a joke, Bale. God.
Anyway, those are his little hands.
- They're cute, right?
- Adorable.
We're thinking about naming him Hunter,
'cause it's my mother's maiden name
and she's kind of sick right now,
so it would mean a lot to her.
Guys, could we just stick
to the small talk for now?
- Slow it down a little?
- [JESSICA] Yeah.
I mean,
I'm really sorry to hear about that,
but is there a reason
that you guys are telling me all of this?
It just makes you think
about how connected we all are.
How when one person leaves this Earth,
it affects so many other people.
- It's the circle of life.
- Exactly.
No. No, not exactly, but, you know.
What a shame it would be
if we were gone.
Well, anyway, we're just so happy
to have you here. [CHUCKLES]
Wait, there's something else.
Something...
- Oh! The party!
- [BALE] The party.
You heard about the party?
You have to come. It's on the roof.
Lights, food, drinks, the whole thing.
You'll come. It's awesome.
Okay. We should get going.
- Shame.
- I'll walk these guys out.
I have a question about the party.
[BOTH] Bye! Nice to meet you.
Jessica.
- Huh?
- I'm Jessica.
You never asked what my name was.
Oh, we knew that already,
from talking to India.
Bye.
Sorry, I need to talk to these guys.
[SIGHS]
[EVAN WHISPERING]
It never has and never will.
[ELAINE WHISPERING]
We're getting closer.
[DALE WHISPERING]
What else are we gonna do?
[EVAN] That never worked.
Never has and never will.
Please don't do anything.
- [ELAINE] It has to work.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- Hello?
- [INDIA] Jessica? Hey, hey, it's India.
- I got your phone number from Ed.
- Oh, hey.
- What's going on?
- [INDIA] Do you know where Damon is?
[VOICE CRACKING ON PHONE] I can't find...
and I need to... him right now.
Please, please,
keep an eye out for him and...
Hello?
Hello?
Damn.
Hey, do you guys know where Damon...
is?
Hey, you guys?
Hello?
Hey, Evan? Damon?
Guys? Hello?
Anyone?
[CHAIN RATTLING]
- [JESSICA GASPS, SCREAMING]
- [THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Ed? Ed?
Help! Somebody, please help!
Somebody help!
Help! Stop. Stop! [YELPS]
Stop! Please! Stop!
Please stop! Please stop!
- Stop! Help me! Help! Stop. Please.
- [TIRES SCREECH, SIREN CHIRPS]
- Shit!
- Wow, this is bad.
He's been murdered.
He's been murdered.
He's been murdered!
You have to come and help.
This is so weird.
He... he was right here.
It was... It was... It was horrible.
- It's okay. Just stay calm.
- Are you sure he was here?
Maybe it was another floor.
- But he was... He was somewhere.
- Ma'am, have you been drinking?
I saw a dead body.
India, you...
you told me that he was missing
and then I found him here.
- Who's missing?
- Damon.
- Huh?
- Damon!
Uh, Damon. I just got a text from him
a minute ago.
- [JESSICA] He just sent it?
- [INDIA] Well, maybe five minutes ago.
Yeah, 7:30.
Why?
I... I saw him right here,
and he... he was...
Yeah. You're welcome.
That's so weird.
No, I... I probably just made you think
something was wrong.
You know, calling you,
being over-dramatic. I'm so sorry.
Look, I've just been a total head case.
I mean, totally insane,
obsessing about whether Damon
was going to propose to me.
[EXHALES] Well.
Wow, that's really super exciting.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
- Bye.
- Bye.
I don't understand.
It was real.
I know that it was real.
I think maybe you should go back
to your apartment and get some rest.
I don't really want to be alone right now.
Okay, then.
Well, how about my apartment?
Would a drink help?
How about ten?
I just don't get it.
I mean, Damon was right there.
- [SWITCH TURNS ON]
- [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
Those are really beautiful.
[EVAN] I'm still working
on perfecting it, but...
- [JESSICA] What do they mean?
- [EVAN] Excuse me?
What are they all, um...
saying?
I mean, you are...
You are trying
to say something with all of these, right?
I mean, I don't know.
What's the point, otherwise?
I really,
really like that you asked that.
Yeah, I'm interested
in the idea of spirit as energy.
Like, the part of us that never dies.
Or the part that's always been,
always will be,
and was born outside of time.
So it was never really created
and it can never really be destroyed.
It floats. Free. That part of us.
What's that?
That's how I do it.
I learned the first step on the internet.
You take a bottle of Mountain Dew.
Pour most of it out.
Leave a little bit in.
Pour in some peroxide.
Two shakes of baking soda.
Watch.
[CHUCKLES]
Take your shirt off.
It's okay.
Okay, go behind the glass.
Do this.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Like this?
Eyes on me.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
The paint doesn't stay forever,
so if you'd...
- Oh.
- [EVAN CHUCKLES]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
Yeah, now I can download
these images, composite them,
and use them in any one
of my pieces of work.
Yeah, but you lose the original.
But I never lose the spirit.
The form is always shifting.
It's always migrating.
But always, in essence,
the same.
Forever.
I felt like I had to do that.
Like I was meant to do that.
You were.
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[INHALES SHARPLY]
[EVAN] This has to happen
for the right reason.
- What? Well, what's the right reason?
- [EVAN EXHALES]
I want you.
That seems like a perfect reason.
[EVAN CHUCKLES] Something more.
[EXHALES] Something special.
I don't want our first time to happen...
before it should happen.
I don't know what that means.
I mean... [PANTING]
...look,
you're a little vulnerable right now.
I mean, you got spooked back there.
I... I don't know what happened.
But let's make sure
that when we do this... [PANTS]
...we really want to do this.
That is the sweetest,
- lamest thing I think I have ever heard.
- [LAUGHS]
Thank you?
- So I guess I'll just have to go.
- Ah!
You're killing me. You have no idea
how bad I want
this to happen.
[JESSICA] What's that?
Oh! That shouldn't be there.
That's an experimental.
I think you should leave.
Wait, hold on. Jessica, please. [PANTS]
Okay, listen.
I just want to say...
I want to apologize
for how I acted just now.
You know, sometimes, I don't know.
I get so caught up in my work,
and it just seems like
everything else is pointless.
- So I'm pointless.
- No, no, no, no, it's just...
I'm sorry.
We... we were on the light table, and...
I don't know.
Maybe I'm just not a very nice guy.
No. I think you're an okay enough guy.
- [MILD TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING]
- Okay, then.
We'll leave it at that.
[JESSICA] Okay.
[DOOR SHUTS]
[SIGHS]
[METAL CREAKING]
[WHIMPERS]
[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[SCREAMS] Let me go! Let me go!
Jessica, calm down.
Look at me. Just look at me.
She's dead. I just saw her.
- You didn't see anything. Calm down.
- No, no, no.
Somebody put this plastic thing
on her head.
- Who's doing this? Are you?
- Not me.
- Why should I believe you?
- Well, you have to.
- I am getting out of here right now.
- You can't. It's not that simple.
Our newest resident sure
is finding her experience at The Dante
- to be an interesting one.
- Not now, Randall, Jesus!
You're not supposed to address
the camera directly.
It ruins the authenticity.
Randall, just go back to your nerd palace
and leave us alone, okay?
Here we have Evan of Loft Eight F,
uncharacteristically losing his cool.
Everyone's not quite themselves
of late here at The Dante.
Get the fuck out!
- [JESSICA GRUNTS]
- [EVAN GRUNTS]
[EXHALES] Just listen to me.
The worst thing you can do right now
is start digging around
this place looking for answers.
Forget about India. Forget about Damon.
Forget about the file room...
- [ELAINE] Oh, getting to know each other?
- Little hallway action. Nice.
Guys, the party starts in two hours.
We're gonna run out, grab some guacamole,
maybe some margarita mix.
Don't know, could get crazy.
- Yeah, that sounds really insane.
- Right?
Listen. I was just coming down the hallway
and I swear that I saw...
- You saw...
- Jessica! Jessica!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Evan, I don't know what's going on.
But I think my mind
is playing tricks on me.
Look, this place
has a tendency to do that.
Oh, that is so true. Just last week
I thought I'd put all my clothes away
from the laundry.
But I hadn't.
There were like, three blouses
that I'd completely forgotten about.
And Bale thought it was a riot. [CHUCKLES]
I don't... I don't remember that.
Okay, well, you know,
I think I need to go back to my apartment.
I'm really not feeling so great.
- [POLICE OPERATOR] 911 emergency.
- [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi, uh, yes,
I need to report an emergency.
A couple of emergencies, actually.
[SOBS] I don't know what's going on.
[POLICE OPERATOR] You don't know
what's going on?
I... I mean, I saw people.
I thought I did...
[POLICE OPERATOR]
Ma'am, I'm trying to help you here.
What is the exact nature
of your emergency?
There were bodies. I saw dead bodies.
Can you just send somebody?
[POLICE OPERATOR] Okay, please, ma'am.
Just try to tell me
in plain English what is going on.
I'm... I'm freaking out.
I think people might be dying.
[POLICE OPERATOR] Ma'am, are you okay?
You sound quite distraught.
- Do you need psychiatric help?
- Fuck, don't we all?
[POLICE OPERATOR] Excuse me?
[JESSICA] Can you just send somebody,
please?
[POLICE OPERATOR] What is your address?
It's The Dante building.
- [POLICE OPERATOR] And the address is?
- The address is...
I have it here somewhere. Hold on.
It's... it's 11738.
- [POLICE OPERATOR] 11738?
- Yeah.
[POLICE OPERATOR] I need a street name,
Jessica. Are you sure you're okay?
- No, I'm not sure at all.
- [POLICE OPERATOR] Jessica...
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[WATER TRICKLING]
[METAL SCREECHING]
[WATER TRICKLING]
[GRUNTS]
[WATER TRICKLING]
[MUFFLED THUD]
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[PAPERS RUSTLING]
[DOOR OPENS]
Hello?
Hey, Ed.
I was just looking around.
[ED] I thought I told you
not to go into the file room.
I guess I forgot.
So, what do you keep down here?
[ED] Human bones.
[ED CHUCKLES]
I'm just screwing with you.
It's a boring supply room.
I just don't want people coming down here
and stealing all my cleaning supplies.
Oh.
Well, I would never touch
your cleaning supplies.
You better not...
because they're cursed.
[CHUCKLES] Again, screwing with you.
So, how are you enjoying
our fine apartment building?
Interesting tenants.
That Evan is pretty dreamy.
How's that whole thing
working out for you?
What whole thing?
Oh, I don't know. You and Evan.
I figure the new girl
would like a guy like that.
If not,
I'm a pretty charming fellow myself.
I could take you out for a coffee,
or something harder, if that's your taste.
Oh? Um...
Maybe after I get situated.
Maybe later, when I'm...
Get comfortable here.
Yes, later.
Sounds great.
[TENSED MUSIC PLAYING]
What's the worst thing you've ever done?
- I'll go first.
- Okay.
I used to live in Central Illinois.
Middle America.
Good, wholesome corn country.
You ever tasted an ear of sweet corn
in mid-July?
- I don't think so.
- [ED] Well, you'd know if you had.
You can eat that stuff raw
and it's absolutely delicious.
That's why they call corn
"nature's candy."
Nature's candy.
I don't think
people actually call it that.
Maybe not, but they should.
Anyway, where were we?
Worst thing I've ever done,
Middle America,
yes, I was hiking
in this beautiful state park, Allerton,
surrounded by beauty and all of a sudden,
I get this terrible headache.
Pounding.
You ever had a migraine?
Anyway, terrible headache.
I need to lie down. It's hot out,
so I break into a car in the parking lot,
hotwire it and crank the AC
to keep myself cool.
Are you following?
Well, that was the day I learned
how easy it is to hotwire a car.
One month later,
I had stolen over 500 cars.
SUVs, minivans, what have you.
Started one of the most lucrative
chop shops in Illinois history.
I was pulling in 500,000 dollars a month,
living the good life.
- So what happened?
- [ED CHUCKLES] I blew it up my nose.
I got super-addicted to nasal spray.
Why isn't the elevator moving?
I didn't push the button.
Figured we could have a little
getting-to-know-you time.
[ELEVATOR WHIRRING]
Fair enough.
We'll talk about you some other time.
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
[BALE] Wait a minute. Feel this, man.
- [ELAINE] Randall.
- [BALE] Dude, you can feel it.
I really wanted you to stay.
So what went wrong?
Short answer? Trust.
Lack of trust. I really...
Look, I really wanted you to stay.
When you were talking about your artwork,
you said that this energy inside of us,
that travels from body to body,
you said that it's always the same.
And see, I disagree. People change.
- People change, but not our essence.
- No, our essence, too.
- [EVAN] And you really believe that?
- [JESSICA] Sure.
Like, are you always going
to be afraid of getting close to people?
No.
You think that that's your essence now,
but time's going to flow forward
and you're going to change,
and you'll be, you know, different.
- [EVAN] Yeah?
- Absolutely.
What's going to change me?
Well, what... what changes anybody?
Love.
And, you know, you didn't even notice
it while it was happening,
but you're different in essence.
And before you know it,
you've got hope again.
- And trust. You've changed.
- [EVAN CHUCKLES]
Yeah.
- And anything is possible?
- Anything is possible.
- Sure hope that's true.
- Of course it's true.
I really wanted you to stay.
Why? Why are you fucking with my head?
- Tell me what I ever did to you?!
- Jessica!
I saw myself say that.
Right before I saw Randall.
[JESSICA SCREAMING]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING, BUZZING]
Hello?
Damn it!
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Why?
Why are you guys doing this to me?
Why is everybody dying?
[SOBS] He was electrocuted.
I found him just 20 seconds ago.
I know. I know you didn't do this.
Of course I didn't do this.
Why would you say
something like that to me?
I don't know. I'm sorry.
I'm going to call an ambulance.
They'll take care of this.
I don't understand
how you can be so calm about this.
This man is dead. People are dying.
They're getting killed.
How do you know that you're not next?
How do you know
any of this is happening at all?
Because I can see this dead kid
in front of me.
And I couldn't do anything to save him.
Jessica, there was nothing
you could have done.
- Okay? It was too late.
- [JESSICA] I didn't try to save him.
But he's going to make it, right?
He's gonna be okay?
[MAN] You did everything you could.
[JESSICA] No, I didn't.
I didn't do everything that I could.
I wanted to save him.
I wanted to try to save him,
but I was afraid he was too heavy.
I thought he was going to drag me down.
I thought that I could only save myself.
I got scared and I let him go.
I let my little brother drown!
You think what it's just fine
that I didn't do everything that I could?
That I got scared and I just saved myself?
I wanted to save him.
I want my brother back!
I need to do this again, okay?
I need... I need to try to save him.
So, please, just let me do this again.
Please, I know that I can save him.
[MAN] I'm sorry.
That's not going to happen.
[EVAN] Jessica?
Jess? Jessica?
Where's Daniel?
- Daniel?
- My brother?
- What's happening?
- You passed out in Randall's apartment.
You said you were feeling
overwhelmed by something.
Randall.
He was dead too.
Jessica, there's a purpose to all of this.
I swear.
Or at least you have to hope
that there is.
Don't give me that.
Don't try to sell me on hope.
Come in, I guess.
I'm sorry to interrupt, lovebirds.
It's just a reminder about the party.
It starts in like, 45 minutes.
And oh, if you could bring a bottle
of Pinot or any red, really,
that would be pretty sweet.
Is this really what you guys want
to talk about right now?
This stupid party?
This lame, annual Dante New Year's party
for anyone who's lucky enough to be alive?
Easy there, killer.
I am not the killer. Maybe you are.
- [CHUCKLES] You're crazy.
- [ELAINE CHUCKLES]
Randall's dead.
Go ahead and act surprised,
since you're probably
the ones who killed him.
[EVAN] Jessica, wait.
And out of these two,
I'm gonna put my money on this one,
since I'm pretty sure this guy
doesn't have enough balls to do it.
- What was your name again? Bill?
- Bale.
[JESSICA] Wow, Bale.
I've seen three dead bodies today,
but a dude named Bale
is probably the craziest thing
I've had to deal with all day.
- Hey! That's my man.
- Yeah. Good luck with that.
[ELAINE] You want to talk? Let's talk.
None of this shit went down
till you showed up in this place.
- Yeah!
- You think I'm doing this?
The only thing I know right now
is that I am not doing any of this.
I don't know who's doing it,
and I don't know who's next.
Nobody's next, Jessica. Don't say that.
And remember, I'm with child.
What an unspeakable tragedy that would be.
Why do you talk like that?
What is it with this place?
You know
they don't make death certificates
for unborn babies. But they should.
Why? Why are you fucking with my head?
Tell me what I ever did to you?!
- Tell me!
- Jessica.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
I saw myself say that.
Right before I saw Randall. I saw myself.
And then...
I saw myself say that too.
I heard myself say that
on the tape from the file room.
What is this place?
Who are you people?
Leave me alone!
Get out of my fucking head!
Get out of my head!
Get out of my head!
How did you know
what I was going to do before I did it?
How is all of this happening?
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [JESSICA PANTING]
- [JESSICA GROANS]
- [INDIA LAUGHING]
Hey!
India?
I know I saw you!
[SOBS] What is going on here?
Somebody tell me something! Please!
- It's all right, Jessica. It's okay.
- Please.
- Everything's okay.
- [JESSICA] No.
I think I'm going insane.
I don't know. Just make it stop.
I need you to come up
to the roof with me.
- Please, come up on the roof with me.
- Why?
Because it's New Year's.
Everything is going to become clear,
and everything's going to change.
[ELEVATOR BUZZES]
Either of you guys want half a burrito?
I can't finish this.
I'll eat that.
Roof, please.
- You coming?
- No.
I don't know.
I think I need to lie down.
It's okay. It's okay.
[ELEVATOR WHIRRING]
It's okay.
It's okay.
Look at me, look at me. It's okay.
- [CABLE SNAPPING]
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]
[LOUD CRASH]
They're all dead.
I just want this nightmare to be over.
Come with me.
If you want to end this nightmare,
come with me.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
And stay with me.
I don't get it.
It's you and me.
That's all that matters.
Evan, I have lost my mind.
I don't know what's happening anymore.
I don't know if I'm gonna die.
I don't know if you're gonna die.
I don't know if...
I mean,
maybe I'm the one who's killing them.
Maybe I'm blacking out
and going on killing sprees,
and you're covering it up for me.
It makes about as much sense
as anything, right?
No.
No, hey, look at me.
Do you feel...
Do you feel what I feel for you?
Because I've got nothing left
to make you trust me.
I have been lying to you.
- But it's going to stop now.
- Why?
You'll see,
and you're going to understand.
It's all going to come together
and make sense, I promise.
But you're gonna have to make a choice.
I'll be with you.
I'll be right there.
- Because I love you.
- [DOOR OPENS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey, Jessica.
- What the...
- Her hair looks a little more disheveled
since the last time we saw her.
What's going on? Who are you people?
Please, just stop messing with me.
- Evan!
- Guys, just leave her alone!
Are you stressed?
You don't seem quite
like yourself, Jessica.
I'm so glad
you were able to make the party.
How are you even alive?
[CLEARS THROAT] Ma'am, are you okay?
You sound really distraught.
- Do you need psychiatric help?
- You sound really distraught.
Do you need psychiatric help?
You?
It was you?
- What are you people doing to me?
- Hello?
Are you paying attention?
We wanted you to see what it's like...
to see each of us die
a horrible, gruesome death.
Please help!
Stop! He's been murdered.
Let's get you cleaned up.
[INDIA] It was really disgusting
strangling myself.
But I hope it got through to you.
[ELECTRIC BUZZING]
That's good. I'm going to use that one.
Now? Wait.
- Okay, now!
- [ALL SCREAMING]
Why would you do that?
Think about what you're going to do to us.
What could I possibly do to you?
I do want to say
that I'm sorry if things...
Bale! We have nothing to apologize for.
What is wrong with you people?
This guacamole is so good.
As long as you're stuck here
with us forever,
you've got to taste some of this.
You're going to mess it up again
this time, aren't you?
I swear I don't know
what you're talking about.
[ELAINE] Actually,
we are dead.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[RANDALL] Uh, excuse me.
What?
I'm sorry, there was a little audio hit
on that last line.
So, could you start that again, Jessica?
A little audio hit.
You people are sick.
I don't know what's happening,
but I know I don't want to be near you.
I know that.
[REPORTER] We're here at Times Square
for the biggest party in New York.
This is the place to be.
We've got quite a crowd
forming out here tonight,
getting ready to bring in the New Year.
It seems like everyone in the city
is out here!
I couldn't watch them treat you like that.
I hated the whole thing.
I was never a part of that.
I tried to tell you.
Look, it's okay.
I know you're scared, and you should be.
But not of me.
I don't believe you.
I don't believe anybody anymore.
Yeah, I know, but I still...
But I still think you trust me.
I don't trust anyone.
- Least of all you.
- That I don't believe.
I hate you.
No, you don't.
You love me.
Why would you say something like that?
- Don't mess with my head, Evan.
- I'm telling you what you already know.
One of these days,
you've got to find that.
I have to believe that.
"One of these days"?
I have known you, what, for eight hours?
- You don't see it yet?
- Evan, please...
Everything else can disappear,
but not this.
Not what we have.
It only grows.
I don't understand.
You do. You have to.
[SHUSHING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Jessica, I love you.
Evan.
I love you.
[FIRE CRACKLING]
- [GASPS] What happened?
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[EVAN GROANS]
It won't move! [GROANS]
It's wedged on something.
I can't move it. I'm going to get help.
Jessica, don't go!
- Evan!
- [EVAN] I can't move! I can't move!
- Jessica!
- Evan!
It's fucking jammed on something.
It won't budge!
- Come back! Come back!
- I can't!
- Jessica, please help!
- I'm trying, but I can't!
[EVAN GRUNTS]
[SCREAMS] Oh, my God! I'm on fire!
Jessica!
[JESSICA] Oh, my God!
[EVAN] Jessica!
Jessica, don't!
Somebody help me!
[REPORTER] The crowd is counting down.
Help me!
[EVAN SCREAMING]
God!
Jessica!
[EXCLAIMS]
[EVAN] Jessica!
Jessica, don't go!
[EVAN SCREAMING]
Jessica, don't! No!
Don't leave me!
[SCREAMING]
Jessica!
[ANNOUNCER] ...four, three, two, one!
[SCREAMING]
[THUDS]
["FLAMES GO HIGHER" PLAYING]
[SINGING ALONG]
I'm gonna set my soul on fire
My heart beats low
While the flames go higher
Strike the match
And then the truth is told
I'm gonna set my soul on fire
Damn it!
I always think we're getting closer.
But I'm always wrong.
[ELAINE] What a shame
it would be if we were gone.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[RANDALL] You thinking about your brother?
[ED] What's the worst thing
you've ever done?
[ELAINE] Think about what you're going
to do to us.
[EVAN] You're gonna have to make a choice.
[INDIA] You're going to fuck it up again
this time, aren't you?
[REPORTER] It seems like
everyone in the city is out here!
Flooding the streets, gathering together,
really sharing this moment.
I knew you'd come back here.
Look, it's okay, it's okay.
I know you're scared, and you should be.
But not of me.
I don't believe you.
I don't believe anybody anymore.
Yeah, I know, but I still...
But I still think you trust me.
I don't trust anyone.
- Least of all you.
- That I don't believe.
You love me.
Why would you say something like that?
- Don't fuck with my head, Evan!
- I'm telling you what you already know.
One of these days,
you've got to find that.
I have to believe that.
"One of these days"?
I have known you, what, for eight hours?
Don't you see it?
Everything else can disappear,
but not this.
Not what we have. It only grows.
I don't understand.
You do. You have to.
[SHUSHING]
Evan.
I love you.
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[GASPS] What happened?
[EVAN] Shit!
[EVAN GROANS]
It won't move! [GRUNTS]
I can't move it. I'm going to get help.
[EVAN GRUNTS]
Jessica, don't go!
- Evan!
- [EVAN] I can't move! I can't move!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[EVAN] Jessica! Please come back!
[GRUNTS]
Move, damn you!
- It won't move.
- Jessica.
It's no use.
I won't leave you.
I'm not going to leave you.
[JESSICA] I wanted to save him.
I wanted to try to save him,
but I got scared and I just saved myself.
Evan.
I see it now,
and I'm not going to leave you.
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[EVAN] Jessica.
I've always loved you.
[JESSICA WHIMPERING]
[CHATTER ON POLICE RADIO]
[FIRE CAPTAIN] I heard you guys
were the first ones on the scene.
Yeah. We ran up to the eighth floor,
because we heard someone lived up there.
We covered a lot of ground
but couldn't find anybody,
- so we got the hell out.
- You guys find any bodies?
We pulled six survivors from the roof.
Thing is, they all swear
there was a young white male
and a young white female
still up on the eighth floor.
- You guys find anybody up there?
- [FIRE CAPTAIN] Find nothing yet.
We've still got another apartment
to check.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[FIREMAN 1] You see anything?
[FIREMAN 2] Not a soul.
Let's go.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
Where do I start? Uh...
I, uh, I guess I initially got interested
in The Dante from the lore.
The building is historical. I...
What do you want me to tell you
about The Dante?
The sign above the door should read,
"Abandon hope all ye who enter here,
for this place is hell."
Honestly, I'd hoped
that we could have moved out of here
before the baby was born.
If you want privacy,
go live in an apartment.
My mom, she used to have this saying,
"Good fences don't make good neighbors,
because good neighbors don't need fences."
I grew up in a commune.
Yeah, I thought we should be someplace
where the three of us could be a family,
you know.
Me, Elaine, the baby.
We talked about it,
but nothing ever seemed to happen.
And now...
As... as I began making the film,
I realized that the story
isn't about the history of The Dante,
but about the people who live here.
And now it's like something,
somebody just keeps getting in our way.
It's always awkward
when someone new moves in.
You don't know them,
and they don't know you.
- There are all these boundaries.
- And Jessica, she's an angel.
Jessica seems like
a very private person.
I've drawn her a thousand times.
Memorized every line on her face.
Every expression she makes,
every angle of her body.
I'm not sure
life here is going to work out for her.
[CHUCKLES] I'm in love with her.
She doesn't know it yet.
But she will.
What's the most important thing
about life at The Dante?
Being with India.
I don't care about anything else.
That girl is my world. She's a goddess.
That's Damon. He's so good
about letting me know where he is.
I'd do anything for her.
That girl's to die for.
Is the building haunted?
I've heard rumors
that it was even haunted,
which I'm not sure I believe.
I mean, you know,
you tell a big, scary ghost story
to keep people from wanting to move in.
Ghosts? Come on. Really?
What's the creepiest thing
about The Dante?
People talk about a ghost
in the laundry room.
They say this woman, she died there.
She tied a bag around her neck
and she suffocated.
I think it's an urban myth, actually.
Dude, it's Ed,
and that super-secret file room of his.
Water pipes break.
Electricity doesn't work.
Plumbing backs up.
There's always something to keep me busy.
But, seriously,
if there's any skeletons in this building,
they're locked in that room.
With Ed's fingerprints all over the body.
What's that they say?
Ah, yeah.
"No rest for the wicked."
I don't believe in that stuff.
When I started making the film,
I... I thought I knew where I was going.
And then Jessica moved into our building.
And then things changed.
I realized I wasn't making a documentary
about a building.
I was making a documentary
about a group of people
who are living together
and... and... and sharing their...
their lives and their souls.
And... and... and a group of people
who are linked
forever.
["WORRY" PLAYING]
[SONG CONCLUDES]
[MILD-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [MUSIC FADES]
- [FIRE CRACKLING]
[POLICE SIREN WAILING]
[REPORTER ON TV]
Just about 25 seconds left now.
In a few moments,
all of Broadway will erupt
as the ball makes its journey,
bringing in the new year.
We got some big flames up there.
[COP 2] Code N at The Dante warehouse.
[REPORTER] Okay, there it is.
The crowd is counting down.
- [POLICE SIREN WAILING]
- [TIRES SCREECHING]
[COP 1] It's not a warehouse anymore.
They changed it to a bunch of lofts.
[COP 2]
Yeah, no shit! There are people in there.
- [MAN YELLING]
- [WOMAN SCREAMS]
["FLAMES GO HIGHER" PLAYING]
Yeah
[SINGING ALONG]
I'm gonna set my soul on fire
My heart beats low
While the flames grow higher
Strike the match
And then the truth is told
I'm gonna set my soul on fire
The Devil made me a woman
I ain't no liar
Her eyes burn black
Like the lake of fire
She struck the match
And then I sold my soul
For the black-haired girl
From the lake of fire
I'm gonna set my soul on fire
My heart beats low
While the flames go higher
[SIREN WAILING]
Strike the match
And then I sold my soul
I just set my soul on fire
[SONG CONCLUDES]
[CAR DOOR SHUTS]
[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]
Oh! Damn it.
[MAN] You gotta ring the bell
at the desk.
Oh?
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- I'm Evan, by the way.
- [WOMAN] Evan.
- Right. I knew that.
- You did?
No, I mean, bad joke. Never mind.
- I'm Jessica.
- Jessica, cool.
Hey, I gotta run out for a second,
but when I get back,
I'll help you with your stuff.
That mirror's gonna be too heavy
for one person to carry.
Oh! Okay, thanks.
[BELL RINGS]
[BUZZER BUZZING]
Funny how he knew, isn't it?
- About what?
- About your mirror.
- What the hell?
- The Dante.
- I'm sorry?
- It's The Dante. I'm The Ed.
My name is Ed.
Oh! Okay,
then I think I'm in the right place.
If you think so.
I'm Jessica.
I'm a day early,
but I sent in my paperwork.
[ELEVATOR WHIRRING]
[ED] Eight C.
Here's your key.
Rules and regulations.
And if I may draw special attention
to Regulation nine, Subsection three,
no tenants are permitted
in the file room under any circumstances.
And the toilet runs.
Sometimes you have to jiggle the handle.
Is there anything that I should know
about the apartment,
like maintenance or anything?
The toilet runs.
Sometimes you have to jiggle the handle.
Right.
Must be a pretty big change for you.
Oh, my God, yes. Where I come from,
it's mostly cows and churches.
[ED] Not a lot of either one
of those here.
Here it's artists.
Mostly musicians, painters, writers.
And although they can be a little
cuckoo.
My thought is, before you know it,
you'll feel like you've known them
all for years.
Thanks, Ed.
- [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
- Which way is it?
Thank you.
[ED] Oh, Jessica?
Yeah?
Happy New Year.
Oh! Thank you. You, too.
[ED] And remember...
stay out of the file room.
Right. No, I will. For sure.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[REFRIGERATOR MOTOR HUMMING]
- [MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [REFRIGERATOR DOOR SHUTS]
- [JESSICA GASPS]
- [WOOD CREAKING]
- [JESSICA] Daniel!
- [SOFT MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[JESSICA] Daniel!
[CHUCKLING] Hey, there you are.
[SIGHS]
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
No. Not again.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[GASPS]
Counterproductive.
They're naked, and they're doing it.
Counterproductive.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Who is it?
- [ED] It's Ed.
I've got things to do. Open up.
Thank you. What's this for?
You put it in your lamp. It makes light.
Okay.
Be sure to lock up.
[BULB BUZZING]
Seriously?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, hey! Please don't turn around yet.
I haven't finished documenting
the shape of the back of your head.
Excuse me, can you stop taping me, please?
No, I can't. Hold on, I'm coming over.
What the hell is the deal with this place?
Hey, can you not just come in here?
I don't know you.
Okay, noted, noted.
Let me just get some footage.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Stop it!
Okay, okay, okay. All right. All... Yes.
Introductions first, then I can film you.
I get this part wrong every time.
Hey, hey, hey, I'm sorry.
I'm not really good with people.
I'm much better with this little lady,
you know.
Um, your eyes, they're a little far apart.
It's... it's... it's endearing.
- [JESSICA] Stop!
- [WOMAN] Randall!
Please do not scare the new girl.
We're going to be spending
a lot of time with her.
- Hi, I'm India.
- [JESSICA] Hi.
- And this is my man-munchy, Damon.
- The pleasure's all mine.
- Randall here means well.
- I do.
He's just, uh, how do I put this nicely,
100% socially retarded.
- I am.
- [DAMON CHUCKLES]
He's making a documentary
about this building.
The building,
the people, how things connect.
Every day here feels like a lifetime.
And I'm his favorite subject.
Yeah, India used to be
an internet sensation.
I used to host a political talk show
in my panties.
But that's all in the past now.
You guys really don't need
to tell me all this.
[INDIA] There's no use keeping secrets.
They all come out sooner or later.
So, what about you, Jessica?
- What are you hiding?
- Me?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, nothing.
I'm just a farm girl from a small family.
It's just me, my mom and my dad.
So, are you coming to the party?
- What?
- Are you coming tonight?
Oh? Yeah,
I'm gonna try to make it. Sorry, I just...
- You thinking about your brother?
- [SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING]
Dude, she said
it was only her and her parents.
Right.
Well, anyway, please try to make it.
It's pretty kickass.
We count down the seconds on the roof.
Three, two, one. Happy New Year!
And then we party till dawn.
- [DAMON AND INDIA CHUCKLE]
- [RANDALL CHUCKLES] Yeah.
Um, okay, yeah, maybe. I'm pretty tired.
- Come.
- It's always, always amazing.
We've been doing it for years.
Like, forever.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- I'm sorry. Your door wasn't locked.
- Oh, no, that's okay. I guess.
You guys have
a really different understanding
of personal privacy in this place.
[EVAN CHUCKLES]
Yeah, I came to give you something.
A little welcome gift.
Thank you.
Can I not be naked when you give it to me?
- Yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. Of course.
- Yeah.
["OPTIONS" PLAYING]
[JESSICA] So, do you always walk
into other people's apartments?
Not always. I try to... [CHUCKLES]
...limit my surprise visits
to twice a week.
How considerate.
Welcome to The Dante.
Wow.
[JESSICA] This is crazy.
- In a good way.
- Oh, yes,
the good kind of crazy. [CHUCKLES]
Thank you.
Well, that's really sweet of you.
I have to say that...
...so far, this place has been pretty weird.
I know,
and I wanted to talk to you about that.
I... I know it's weird here.
And I've been living here for a while.
And...
All right, look.
Things happen in this building.
- I mean...
- What are you trying to say?
Like, the building is haunted?
No, no, no. No, just saying...
[CLEARS THROAT]
I'm just saying that you can trust me.
And I want you to trust me
and believe whatever I have to say.
Like, no matter what happens.
Okay.
Well, right now,
you're kind of scaring me, so...
Please. Just... just trust me.
- Why should I?
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Hi! Hope we're not interrupting anything.
- Well, you are.
We wanted to introduce ourselves,
say hello. My name is Bale...
This is my husband Bale, and I'm Elaine.
And this little guy
is either Hunter or Caleb.
- Which do you think is cuter?
- Um...
Well, either way, we're just so happy
to have you here at The Dante.
It's a really tight-knit group here.
Really, really tight-knit group.
Good group. Good guys, good girls.
- [CLEARS THROAT] Women.
- Women.
Yeah, do you want to see a picture of him?
See? That is his little face right there,
that little white, shady thing.
And I say he looks like a bowl of noodles
- because I eat so much pad Thai [LAUGHS]
- It doesn't make sense so...
It's a joke, Bale. God.
Anyway, those are his little hands.
- They're cute, right?
- Adorable.
We're thinking about naming him Hunter,
'cause it's my mother's maiden name
and she's kind of sick right now,
so it would mean a lot to her.
Guys, could we just stick
to the small talk for now?
- Slow it down a little?
- [JESSICA] Yeah.
I mean,
I'm really sorry to hear about that,
but is there a reason
that you guys are telling me all of this?
It just makes you think
about how connected we all are.
How when one person leaves this Earth,
it affects so many other people.
- It's the circle of life.
- Exactly.
No. No, not exactly, but, you know.
What a shame it would be
if we were gone.
Well, anyway, we're just so happy
to have you here. [CHUCKLES]
Wait, there's something else.
Something...
- Oh! The party!
- [BALE] The party.
You heard about the party?
You have to come. It's on the roof.
Lights, food, drinks, the whole thing.
You'll come. It's awesome.
Okay. We should get going.
- Shame.
- I'll walk these guys out.
I have a question about the party.
[BOTH] Bye! Nice to meet you.
Jessica.
- Huh?
- I'm Jessica.
You never asked what my name was.
Oh, we knew that already,
from talking to India.
Bye.
Sorry, I need to talk to these guys.
[SIGHS]
[EVAN WHISPERING]
It never has and never will.
[ELAINE WHISPERING]
We're getting closer.
[DALE WHISPERING]
What else are we gonna do?
[EVAN] That never worked.
Never has and never will.
Please don't do anything.
- [ELAINE] It has to work.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- Hello?
- [INDIA] Jessica? Hey, hey, it's India.
- I got your phone number from Ed.
- Oh, hey.
- What's going on?
- [INDIA] Do you know where Damon is?
[VOICE CRACKING ON PHONE] I can't find...
and I need to... him right now.
Please, please,
keep an eye out for him and...
Hello?
Hello?
Damn.
Hey, do you guys know where Damon...
is?
Hey, you guys?
Hello?
Hey, Evan? Damon?
Guys? Hello?
Anyone?
[CHAIN RATTLING]
- [JESSICA GASPS, SCREAMING]
- [THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Ed? Ed?
Help! Somebody, please help!
Somebody help!
Help! Stop. Stop! [YELPS]
Stop! Please! Stop!
Please stop! Please stop!
- Stop! Help me! Help! Stop. Please.
- [TIRES SCREECH, SIREN CHIRPS]
- Shit!
- Wow, this is bad.
He's been murdered.
He's been murdered.
He's been murdered!
You have to come and help.
This is so weird.
He... he was right here.
It was... It was... It was horrible.
- It's okay. Just stay calm.
- Are you sure he was here?
Maybe it was another floor.
- But he was... He was somewhere.
- Ma'am, have you been drinking?
I saw a dead body.
India, you...
you told me that he was missing
and then I found him here.
- Who's missing?
- Damon.
- Huh?
- Damon!
Uh, Damon. I just got a text from him
a minute ago.
- [JESSICA] He just sent it?
- [INDIA] Well, maybe five minutes ago.
Yeah, 7:30.
Why?
I... I saw him right here,
and he... he was...
Yeah. You're welcome.
That's so weird.
No, I... I probably just made you think
something was wrong.
You know, calling you,
being over-dramatic. I'm so sorry.
Look, I've just been a total head case.
I mean, totally insane,
obsessing about whether Damon
was going to propose to me.
[EXHALES] Well.
Wow, that's really super exciting.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
- Bye.
- Bye.
I don't understand.
It was real.
I know that it was real.
I think maybe you should go back
to your apartment and get some rest.
I don't really want to be alone right now.
Okay, then.
Well, how about my apartment?
Would a drink help?
How about ten?
I just don't get it.
I mean, Damon was right there.
- [SWITCH TURNS ON]
- [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
Those are really beautiful.
[EVAN] I'm still working
on perfecting it, but...
- [JESSICA] What do they mean?
- [EVAN] Excuse me?
What are they all, um...
saying?
I mean, you are...
You are trying
to say something with all of these, right?
I mean, I don't know.
What's the point, otherwise?
I really,
really like that you asked that.
Yeah, I'm interested
in the idea of spirit as energy.
Like, the part of us that never dies.
Or the part that's always been,
always will be,
and was born outside of time.
So it was never really created
and it can never really be destroyed.
It floats. Free. That part of us.
What's that?
That's how I do it.
I learned the first step on the internet.
You take a bottle of Mountain Dew.
Pour most of it out.
Leave a little bit in.
Pour in some peroxide.
Two shakes of baking soda.
Watch.
[CHUCKLES]
Take your shirt off.
It's okay.
Okay, go behind the glass.
Do this.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Like this?
Eyes on me.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
The paint doesn't stay forever,
so if you'd...
- Oh.
- [EVAN CHUCKLES]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
Yeah, now I can download
these images, composite them,
and use them in any one
of my pieces of work.
Yeah, but you lose the original.
But I never lose the spirit.
The form is always shifting.
It's always migrating.
But always, in essence,
the same.
Forever.
I felt like I had to do that.
Like I was meant to do that.
You were.
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[INHALES SHARPLY]
[EVAN] This has to happen
for the right reason.
- What? Well, what's the right reason?
- [EVAN EXHALES]
I want you.
That seems like a perfect reason.
[EVAN CHUCKLES] Something more.
[EXHALES] Something special.
I don't want our first time to happen...
before it should happen.
I don't know what that means.
I mean... [PANTING]
...look,
you're a little vulnerable right now.
I mean, you got spooked back there.
I... I don't know what happened.
But let's make sure
that when we do this... [PANTS]
...we really want to do this.
That is the sweetest,
- lamest thing I think I have ever heard.
- [LAUGHS]
Thank you?
- So I guess I'll just have to go.
- Ah!
You're killing me. You have no idea
how bad I want
this to happen.
[JESSICA] What's that?
Oh! That shouldn't be there.
That's an experimental.
I think you should leave.
Wait, hold on. Jessica, please. [PANTS]
Okay, listen.
I just want to say...
I want to apologize
for how I acted just now.
You know, sometimes, I don't know.
I get so caught up in my work,
and it just seems like
everything else is pointless.
- So I'm pointless.
- No, no, no, no, it's just...
I'm sorry.
We... we were on the light table, and...
I don't know.
Maybe I'm just not a very nice guy.
No. I think you're an okay enough guy.
- [MILD TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING]
- Okay, then.
We'll leave it at that.
[JESSICA] Okay.
[DOOR SHUTS]
[SIGHS]
[METAL CREAKING]
[WHIMPERS]
[THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING]
[SCREAMS] Let me go! Let me go!
Jessica, calm down.
Look at me. Just look at me.
She's dead. I just saw her.
- You didn't see anything. Calm down.
- No, no, no.
Somebody put this plastic thing
on her head.
- Who's doing this? Are you?
- Not me.
- Why should I believe you?
- Well, you have to.
- I am getting out of here right now.
- You can't. It's not that simple.
Our newest resident sure
is finding her experience at The Dante
- to be an interesting one.
- Not now, Randall, Jesus!
You're not supposed to address
the camera directly.
It ruins the authenticity.
Randall, just go back to your nerd palace
and leave us alone, okay?
Here we have Evan of Loft Eight F,
uncharacteristically losing his cool.
Everyone's not quite themselves
of late here at The Dante.
Get the fuck out!
- [JESSICA GRUNTS]
- [EVAN GRUNTS]
[EXHALES] Just listen to me.
The worst thing you can do right now
is start digging around
this place looking for answers.
Forget about India. Forget about Damon.
Forget about the file room...
- [ELAINE] Oh, getting to know each other?
- Little hallway action. Nice.
Guys, the party starts in two hours.
We're gonna run out, grab some guacamole,
maybe some margarita mix.
Don't know, could get crazy.
- Yeah, that sounds really insane.
- Right?
Listen. I was just coming down the hallway
and I swear that I saw...
- You saw...
- Jessica! Jessica!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Evan, I don't know what's going on.
But I think my mind
is playing tricks on me.
Look, this place
has a tendency to do that.
Oh, that is so true. Just last week
I thought I'd put all my clothes away
from the laundry.
But I hadn't.
There were like, three blouses
that I'd completely forgotten about.
And Bale thought it was a riot. [CHUCKLES]
I don't... I don't remember that.
Okay, well, you know,
I think I need to go back to my apartment.
I'm really not feeling so great.
- [POLICE OPERATOR] 911 emergency.
- [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi, uh, yes,
I need to report an emergency.
A couple of emergencies, actually.
[SOBS] I don't know what's going on.
[POLICE OPERATOR] You don't know
what's going on?
I... I mean, I saw people.
I thought I did...
[POLICE OPERATOR]
Ma'am, I'm trying to help you here.
What is the exact nature
of your emergency?
There were bodies. I saw dead bodies.
Can you just send somebody?
[POLICE OPERATOR] Okay, please, ma'am.
Just try to tell me
in plain English what is going on.
I'm... I'm freaking out.
I think people might be dying.
[POLICE OPERATOR] Ma'am, are you okay?
You sound quite distraught.
- Do you need psychiatric help?
- Fuck, don't we all?
[POLICE OPERATOR] Excuse me?
[JESSICA] Can you just send somebody,
please?
[POLICE OPERATOR] What is your address?
It's The Dante building.
- [POLICE OPERATOR] And the address is?
- The address is...
I have it here somewhere. Hold on.
It's... it's 11738.
- [POLICE OPERATOR] 11738?
- Yeah.
[POLICE OPERATOR] I need a street name,
Jessica. Are you sure you're okay?
- No, I'm not sure at all.
- [POLICE OPERATOR] Jessica...
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[WATER TRICKLING]
[METAL SCREECHING]
[WATER TRICKLING]
[GRUNTS]
[WATER TRICKLING]
[MUFFLED THUD]
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[PAPERS RUSTLING]
[DOOR OPENS]
Hello?
Hey, Ed.
I was just looking around.
[ED] I thought I told you
not to go into the file room.
I guess I forgot.
So, what do you keep down here?
[ED] Human bones.
[ED CHUCKLES]
I'm just screwing with you.
It's a boring supply room.
I just don't want people coming down here
and stealing all my cleaning supplies.
Oh.
Well, I would never touch
your cleaning supplies.
You better not...
because they're cursed.
[CHUCKLES] Again, screwing with you.
So, how are you enjoying
our fine apartment building?
Interesting tenants.
That Evan is pretty dreamy.
How's that whole thing
working out for you?
What whole thing?
Oh, I don't know. You and Evan.
I figure the new girl
would like a guy like that.
If not,
I'm a pretty charming fellow myself.
I could take you out for a coffee,
or something harder, if that's your taste.
Oh? Um...
Maybe after I get situated.
Maybe later, when I'm...
Get comfortable here.
Yes, later.
Sounds great.
[TENSED MUSIC PLAYING]
What's the worst thing you've ever done?
- I'll go first.
- Okay.
I used to live in Central Illinois.
Middle America.
Good, wholesome corn country.
You ever tasted an ear of sweet corn
in mid-July?
- I don't think so.
- [ED] Well, you'd know if you had.
You can eat that stuff raw
and it's absolutely delicious.
That's why they call corn
"nature's candy."
Nature's candy.
I don't think
people actually call it that.
Maybe not, but they should.
Anyway, where were we?
Worst thing I've ever done,
Middle America,
yes, I was hiking
in this beautiful state park, Allerton,
surrounded by beauty and all of a sudden,
I get this terrible headache.
Pounding.
You ever had a migraine?
Anyway, terrible headache.
I need to lie down. It's hot out,
so I break into a car in the parking lot,
hotwire it and crank the AC
to keep myself cool.
Are you following?
Well, that was the day I learned
how easy it is to hotwire a car.
One month later,
I had stolen over 500 cars.
SUVs, minivans, what have you.
Started one of the most lucrative
chop shops in Illinois history.
I was pulling in 500,000 dollars a month,
living the good life.
- So what happened?
- [ED CHUCKLES] I blew it up my nose.
I got super-addicted to nasal spray.
Why isn't the elevator moving?
I didn't push the button.
Figured we could have a little
getting-to-know-you time.
[ELEVATOR WHIRRING]
Fair enough.
We'll talk about you some other time.
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
[BALE] Wait a minute. Feel this, man.
- [ELAINE] Randall.
- [BALE] Dude, you can feel it.
I really wanted you to stay.
So what went wrong?
Short answer? Trust.
Lack of trust. I really...
Look, I really wanted you to stay.
When you were talking about your artwork,
you said that this energy inside of us,
that travels from body to body,
you said that it's always the same.
And see, I disagree. People change.
- People change, but not our essence.
- No, our essence, too.
- [EVAN] And you really believe that?
- [JESSICA] Sure.
Like, are you always going
to be afraid of getting close to people?
No.
You think that that's your essence now,
but time's going to flow forward
and you're going to change,
and you'll be, you know, different.
- [EVAN] Yeah?
- Absolutely.
What's going to change me?
Well, what... what changes anybody?
Love.
And, you know, you didn't even notice
it while it was happening,
but you're different in essence.
And before you know it,
you've got hope again.
- And trust. You've changed.
- [EVAN CHUCKLES]
Yeah.
- And anything is possible?
- Anything is possible.
- Sure hope that's true.
- Of course it's true.
I really wanted you to stay.
Why? Why are you fucking with my head?
- Tell me what I ever did to you?!
- Jessica!
I saw myself say that.
Right before I saw Randall.
[JESSICA SCREAMING]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING, BUZZING]
Hello?
Damn it!
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Why?
Why are you guys doing this to me?
Why is everybody dying?
[SOBS] He was electrocuted.
I found him just 20 seconds ago.
I know. I know you didn't do this.
Of course I didn't do this.
Why would you say
something like that to me?
I don't know. I'm sorry.
I'm going to call an ambulance.
They'll take care of this.
I don't understand
how you can be so calm about this.
This man is dead. People are dying.
They're getting killed.
How do you know that you're not next?
How do you know
any of this is happening at all?
Because I can see this dead kid
in front of me.
And I couldn't do anything to save him.
Jessica, there was nothing
you could have done.
- Okay? It was too late.
- [JESSICA] I didn't try to save him.
But he's going to make it, right?
He's gonna be okay?
[MAN] You did everything you could.
[JESSICA] No, I didn't.
I didn't do everything that I could.
I wanted to save him.
I wanted to try to save him,
but I was afraid he was too heavy.
I thought he was going to drag me down.
I thought that I could only save myself.
I got scared and I let him go.
I let my little brother drown!
You think what it's just fine
that I didn't do everything that I could?
That I got scared and I just saved myself?
I wanted to save him.
I want my brother back!
I need to do this again, okay?
I need... I need to try to save him.
So, please, just let me do this again.
Please, I know that I can save him.
[MAN] I'm sorry.
That's not going to happen.
[EVAN] Jessica?
Jess? Jessica?
Where's Daniel?
- Daniel?
- My brother?
- What's happening?
- You passed out in Randall's apartment.
You said you were feeling
overwhelmed by something.
Randall.
He was dead too.
Jessica, there's a purpose to all of this.
I swear.
Or at least you have to hope
that there is.
Don't give me that.
Don't try to sell me on hope.
Come in, I guess.
I'm sorry to interrupt, lovebirds.
It's just a reminder about the party.
It starts in like, 45 minutes.
And oh, if you could bring a bottle
of Pinot or any red, really,
that would be pretty sweet.
Is this really what you guys want
to talk about right now?
This stupid party?
This lame, annual Dante New Year's party
for anyone who's lucky enough to be alive?
Easy there, killer.
I am not the killer. Maybe you are.
- [CHUCKLES] You're crazy.
- [ELAINE CHUCKLES]
Randall's dead.
Go ahead and act surprised,
since you're probably
the ones who killed him.
[EVAN] Jessica, wait.
And out of these two,
I'm gonna put my money on this one,
since I'm pretty sure this guy
doesn't have enough balls to do it.
- What was your name again? Bill?
- Bale.
[JESSICA] Wow, Bale.
I've seen three dead bodies today,
but a dude named Bale
is probably the craziest thing
I've had to deal with all day.
- Hey! That's my man.
- Yeah. Good luck with that.
[ELAINE] You want to talk? Let's talk.
None of this shit went down
till you showed up in this place.
- Yeah!
- You think I'm doing this?
The only thing I know right now
is that I am not doing any of this.
I don't know who's doing it,
and I don't know who's next.
Nobody's next, Jessica. Don't say that.
And remember, I'm with child.
What an unspeakable tragedy that would be.
Why do you talk like that?
What is it with this place?
You know
they don't make death certificates
for unborn babies. But they should.
Why? Why are you fucking with my head?
Tell me what I ever did to you?!
- Tell me!
- Jessica.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
I saw myself say that.
Right before I saw Randall. I saw myself.
And then...
I saw myself say that too.
I heard myself say that
on the tape from the file room.
What is this place?
Who are you people?
Leave me alone!
Get out of my fucking head!
Get out of my head!
Get out of my head!
How did you know
what I was going to do before I did it?
How is all of this happening?
- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [JESSICA PANTING]
- [JESSICA GROANS]
- [INDIA LAUGHING]
Hey!
India?
I know I saw you!
[SOBS] What is going on here?
Somebody tell me something! Please!
- It's all right, Jessica. It's okay.
- Please.
- Everything's okay.
- [JESSICA] No.
I think I'm going insane.
I don't know. Just make it stop.
I need you to come up
to the roof with me.
- Please, come up on the roof with me.
- Why?
Because it's New Year's.
Everything is going to become clear,
and everything's going to change.
[ELEVATOR BUZZES]
Either of you guys want half a burrito?
I can't finish this.
I'll eat that.
Roof, please.
- You coming?
- No.
I don't know.
I think I need to lie down.
It's okay. It's okay.
[ELEVATOR WHIRRING]
It's okay.
It's okay.
Look at me, look at me. It's okay.
- [CABLE SNAPPING]
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]
[LOUD CRASH]
They're all dead.
I just want this nightmare to be over.
Come with me.
If you want to end this nightmare,
come with me.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
And stay with me.
I don't get it.
It's you and me.
That's all that matters.
Evan, I have lost my mind.
I don't know what's happening anymore.
I don't know if I'm gonna die.
I don't know if you're gonna die.
I don't know if...
I mean,
maybe I'm the one who's killing them.
Maybe I'm blacking out
and going on killing sprees,
and you're covering it up for me.
It makes about as much sense
as anything, right?
No.
No, hey, look at me.
Do you feel...
Do you feel what I feel for you?
Because I've got nothing left
to make you trust me.
I have been lying to you.
- But it's going to stop now.
- Why?
You'll see,
and you're going to understand.
It's all going to come together
and make sense, I promise.
But you're gonna have to make a choice.
I'll be with you.
I'll be right there.
- Because I love you.
- [DOOR OPENS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey, Jessica.
- What the...
- Her hair looks a little more disheveled
since the last time we saw her.
What's going on? Who are you people?
Please, just stop messing with me.
- Evan!
- Guys, just leave her alone!
Are you stressed?
You don't seem quite
like yourself, Jessica.
I'm so glad
you were able to make the party.
How are you even alive?
[CLEARS THROAT] Ma'am, are you okay?
You sound really distraught.
- Do you need psychiatric help?
- You sound really distraught.
Do you need psychiatric help?
You?
It was you?
- What are you people doing to me?
- Hello?
Are you paying attention?
We wanted you to see what it's like...
to see each of us die
a horrible, gruesome death.
Please help!
Stop! He's been murdered.
Let's get you cleaned up.
[INDIA] It was really disgusting
strangling myself.
But I hope it got through to you.
[ELECTRIC BUZZING]
That's good. I'm going to use that one.
Now? Wait.
- Okay, now!
- [ALL SCREAMING]
Why would you do that?
Think about what you're going to do to us.
What could I possibly do to you?
I do want to say
that I'm sorry if things...
Bale! We have nothing to apologize for.
What is wrong with you people?
This guacamole is so good.
As long as you're stuck here
with us forever,
you've got to taste some of this.
You're going to mess it up again
this time, aren't you?
I swear I don't know
what you're talking about.
[ELAINE] Actually,
we are dead.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[RANDALL] Uh, excuse me.
What?
I'm sorry, there was a little audio hit
on that last line.
So, could you start that again, Jessica?
A little audio hit.
You people are sick.
I don't know what's happening,
but I know I don't want to be near you.
I know that.
[REPORTER] We're here at Times Square
for the biggest party in New York.
This is the place to be.
We've got quite a crowd
forming out here tonight,
getting ready to bring in the New Year.
It seems like everyone in the city
is out here!
I couldn't watch them treat you like that.
I hated the whole thing.
I was never a part of that.
I tried to tell you.
Look, it's okay.
I know you're scared, and you should be.
But not of me.
I don't believe you.
I don't believe anybody anymore.
Yeah, I know, but I still...
But I still think you trust me.
I don't trust anyone.
- Least of all you.
- That I don't believe.
I hate you.
No, you don't.
You love me.
Why would you say something like that?
- Don't mess with my head, Evan.
- I'm telling you what you already know.
One of these days,
you've got to find that.
I have to believe that.
"One of these days"?
I have known you, what, for eight hours?
- You don't see it yet?
- Evan, please...
Everything else can disappear,
but not this.
Not what we have.
It only grows.
I don't understand.
You do. You have to.
[SHUSHING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Jessica, I love you.
Evan.
I love you.
[FIRE CRACKLING]
- [GASPS] What happened?
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[EVAN GROANS]
It won't move! [GROANS]
It's wedged on something.
I can't move it. I'm going to get help.
Jessica, don't go!
- Evan!
- [EVAN] I can't move! I can't move!
- Jessica!
- Evan!
It's fucking jammed on something.
It won't budge!
- Come back! Come back!
- I can't!
- Jessica, please help!
- I'm trying, but I can't!
[EVAN GRUNTS]
[SCREAMS] Oh, my God! I'm on fire!
Jessica!
[JESSICA] Oh, my God!
[EVAN] Jessica!
Jessica, don't!
Somebody help me!
[REPORTER] The crowd is counting down.
Help me!
[EVAN SCREAMING]
God!
Jessica!
[EXCLAIMS]
[EVAN] Jessica!
Jessica, don't go!
[EVAN SCREAMING]
Jessica, don't! No!
Don't leave me!
[SCREAMING]
Jessica!
[ANNOUNCER] ...four, three, two, one!
[SCREAMING]
[THUDS]
["FLAMES GO HIGHER" PLAYING]
[SINGING ALONG]
I'm gonna set my soul on fire
My heart beats low
While the flames go higher
Strike the match
And then the truth is told
I'm gonna set my soul on fire
Damn it!
I always think we're getting closer.
But I'm always wrong.
[ELAINE] What a shame
it would be if we were gone.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[RANDALL] You thinking about your brother?
[ED] What's the worst thing
you've ever done?
[ELAINE] Think about what you're going
to do to us.
[EVAN] You're gonna have to make a choice.
[INDIA] You're going to fuck it up again
this time, aren't you?
[REPORTER] It seems like
everyone in the city is out here!
Flooding the streets, gathering together,
really sharing this moment.
I knew you'd come back here.
Look, it's okay, it's okay.
I know you're scared, and you should be.
But not of me.
I don't believe you.
I don't believe anybody anymore.
Yeah, I know, but I still...
But I still think you trust me.
I don't trust anyone.
- Least of all you.
- That I don't believe.
You love me.
Why would you say something like that?
- Don't fuck with my head, Evan!
- I'm telling you what you already know.
One of these days,
you've got to find that.
I have to believe that.
"One of these days"?
I have known you, what, for eight hours?
Don't you see it?
Everything else can disappear,
but not this.
Not what we have. It only grows.
I don't understand.
You do. You have to.
[SHUSHING]
Evan.
I love you.
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[GASPS] What happened?
[EVAN] Shit!
[EVAN GROANS]
It won't move! [GRUNTS]
I can't move it. I'm going to get help.
[EVAN GRUNTS]
Jessica, don't go!
- Evan!
- [EVAN] I can't move! I can't move!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[EVAN] Jessica! Please come back!
[GRUNTS]
Move, damn you!
- It won't move.
- Jessica.
It's no use.
I won't leave you.
I'm not going to leave you.
[JESSICA] I wanted to save him.
I wanted to try to save him,
but I got scared and I just saved myself.
Evan.
I see it now,
and I'm not going to leave you.
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[EVAN] Jessica.
I've always loved you.
[JESSICA WHIMPERING]
[CHATTER ON POLICE RADIO]
[FIRE CAPTAIN] I heard you guys
were the first ones on the scene.
Yeah. We ran up to the eighth floor,
because we heard someone lived up there.
We covered a lot of ground
but couldn't find anybody,
- so we got the hell out.
- You guys find any bodies?
We pulled six survivors from the roof.
Thing is, they all swear
there was a young white male
and a young white female
still up on the eighth floor.
- You guys find anybody up there?
- [FIRE CAPTAIN] Find nothing yet.
We've still got another apartment
to check.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[FIREMAN 1] You see anything?
[FIREMAN 2] Not a soul.
Let's go.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
Where do I start? Uh...
I, uh, I guess I initially got interested
in The Dante from the lore.
The building is historical. I...
What do you want me to tell you
about The Dante?
The sign above the door should read,
"Abandon hope all ye who enter here,
for this place is hell."
Honestly, I'd hoped
that we could have moved out of here
before the baby was born.
If you want privacy,
go live in an apartment.
My mom, she used to have this saying,
"Good fences don't make good neighbors,
because good neighbors don't need fences."
I grew up in a commune.
Yeah, I thought we should be someplace
where the three of us could be a family,
you know.
Me, Elaine, the baby.
We talked about it,
but nothing ever seemed to happen.
And now...
As... as I began making the film,
I realized that the story
isn't about the history of The Dante,
but about the people who live here.
And now it's like something,
somebody just keeps getting in our way.
It's always awkward
when someone new moves in.
You don't know them,
and they don't know you.
- There are all these boundaries.
- And Jessica, she's an angel.
Jessica seems like
a very private person.
I've drawn her a thousand times.
Memorized every line on her face.
Every expression she makes,
every angle of her body.
I'm not sure
life here is going to work out for her.
[CHUCKLES] I'm in love with her.
She doesn't know it yet.
But she will.
What's the most important thing
about life at The Dante?
Being with India.
I don't care about anything else.
That girl is my world. She's a goddess.
That's Damon. He's so good
about letting me know where he is.
I'd do anything for her.
That girl's to die for.
Is the building haunted?
I've heard rumors
that it was even haunted,
which I'm not sure I believe.
I mean, you know,
you tell a big, scary ghost story
to keep people from wanting to move in.
Ghosts? Come on. Really?
What's the creepiest thing
about The Dante?
People talk about a ghost
in the laundry room.
They say this woman, she died there.
She tied a bag around her neck
and she suffocated.
I think it's an urban myth, actually.
Dude, it's Ed,
and that super-secret file room of his.
Water pipes break.
Electricity doesn't work.
Plumbing backs up.
There's always something to keep me busy.
But, seriously,
if there's any skeletons in this building,
they're locked in that room.
With Ed's fingerprints all over the body.
What's that they say?
Ah, yeah.
"No rest for the wicked."
I don't believe in that stuff.
When I started making the film,
I... I thought I knew where I was going.
And then Jessica moved into our building.
And then things changed.
I realized I wasn't making a documentary
about a building.
I was making a documentary
about a group of people
who are living together
and... and... and sharing their...
their lives and their souls.
And... and... and a group of people
who are linked
forever.
["WORRY" PLAYING]
[SONG CONCLUDES]