Rent (2019) Movie Script
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In these dangerous times where
the world
is ripping apart
at the seams
we can learn from those
who stare death
in the face every day
by reaching out to
each other and
bonding as a community
rather than hiding
from the terrors
of life December 24
9:00 pm
1991
I start to shoot my
latest film today
let's see if I've got
anything to say
I doubt it!
First shot "Roger
tuning his Fender guitar
he hasn't played in a year
this won't tune.
So we hear
he's just coming back
from half a year
of withdrawal
are you talking to me?
not at all
tell the folks at home
what you're doing, Roger
I'm writing one great
saved!
We screen zoom in on the
answering machine
speak that was a very loud
beep I don't even know
if this is working Mark Mark
are you there
are you screening
your calls, it's mom
we wanted
screen? Who, me?
Tell the folks at home
what you're doing Roger
I'm writing one great song
Yesss we screen
speak "chestnuts roasting"
Collins!
I'm downstairs hey!
Throw down the key.
A wild night is
now pre-ordained
I may be detained.
Detained?
Collins?
Hello?
What does he mean?
What do you mean detained?
Ho ho ho.
Benny!
Crap!
Dudes, I'm on my way.
Great!
Damn.
I need the rent.
What rent?
This past year's rent, which
I let slide.
Let slide?
You said we were "golden."
When you bought the building.
With your father-in-law's money.
Remember -- you used to live
here.
How could I forget?
You, me, Collins and Maureen.
How is the drama queen?
She's performing tonight.
You know that protest?
At the lot?
Oh, I know.
Still her production
manager?
Two days ago I was bumped.
You still dating her?
Last month I was dumped.
She's in love
she's got a new man?
Well, no.
What's his name?
Joanne.
Rent, my amigos, is due.
Or I will have to evict you.
Be there in a few.
Be there in a few.
The power blows.
This is not the first time
they've lost the power
how do you document
real life when real life's
getting more
like fiction each day
headlines bread-line
blow my mind
and now this deadline
eviction or pay
rent how do you document
real life
when real life's getting more
like fiction each day
headlines bread-lines
blow my mind
and now this deadline
eviction or pay
how do you write a song
when the chords sound wrong
though they once sounded
right and rare
when the notes are sour
where is the power
you once had to
ignite the air
we're hungry and frozen
some life that we've chosen
how we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
last year's rent
how do you start a fire
when there's nothing to burn
and it feels like something's
stuck in your flue
how can you generate heat
when you can't feel your feet
and they're turning blue
you light up a mean blaze
with posters
and screenplays
how we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
last year's rent
don't screen, Maureen
it's me Joanne your substitute
production manager
hey hey hey did you eat
don't change the subject Maureen
but darling
you haven't eaten all day
you won't throw up
you won't throw up
the digital delay
didn't blow up, exactly
there may have been
one teeny tiny spark
you're not calling Mark
how do you stay on your feet
when on every street
it's trick or treat
and tonight it's trick
welcome back to town
I should lie down
everything's brown
and uh-oh I feel sick
Where is he?
How we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
last year's rent
How we gonna pay
last year's rent
Alison baby you sound sad
I can't believe those two
after everything I've done
ever since our wedding
I'm dirt
they'll see
I can help them all out
in the long run ugh!
"The music ignites the night are
gathering ugh --
with passionate fire" forces
ugh --
Maureen, I'm not a theatre
person are gathering ugh --
the narration can't ugh --
crackles and pops turn away
ugh --
with incendiary wit" forces
ugh -- could never be a theatre
person are gathering I can't
think.
Zoom in as they burn the past
forces ugh --
to the ground are gathering
ugh --
and feel the heat hello?
Ugh -- hello?
Hello?
Maureen?
Your equipment won't work?
Okay, all right, I'll go!
How do you leave
the past behind
when it keeps finding ways
to get to your heart
it reaches way down deep
and tears you inside out
'til you're torn apart
how can you connect
in an age where strangers
landlords, lovers
your own blood
cells betray confident, riotous
angry, hopeful
what binds the
fabric together
when the raging
shifting winds of change
keep ripping away
draw a line in the sand
and then make a stand
use your camera to spar
use your guitar
when they act tough
you call their bluff
we're not gonna pay
we're not gonna pay
we're not gonna pay
last year's rent
this year's rent
next year's rent
rent rent rent rent rent
we're not gonna pay rent
cause everything is rent
We're not gonna pay rent
cause everything is rent
Christmas bells
are ringing Christmas bells
are ringing Christmas bells
are ringing somewhere else!
Not here
you okay honey?
I'm afraid so
they get any money?
No had none to get
but they purloined my coat
well you missed a sleeve!
Thanks.
Hell, it's Christmas Eve.
I'm angel.
Angel Dumott Schunard.
Well, that's who I'm going for
this week, at least.
Friends call me Collins.
You made that tree?
I have many talents.
Let's get a band-aid for your
knee.
I'll change
then a "life support" meeting
at 9:30
yes, this body provides
a comfortable home
for the acquired immune
deficiency syndrome
as does mine
oh, we'll get along fine
get you a coat, have a bite
make a night I'm flush
my friends are waiting --
you're cute when you blush
the more the merry ho ho ho
and I do not take no
I don't suppose you'd like to
see her performance protest
thing in the lot tonight?
Maybe come to dinner?
But think about it.
Would be good for you to get out
of the house.
And it's time to take your AZT.
His girlfriend April left a
note saying "we've got aids"
before slitting her wrists in
the bathroom.
I'll check up on you later.
Change your mind.
I'm writing one great song
before I --
one song glory
one song before I go
glory
one song to leave behind
find one song one last refrain
glory from the pretty boy
front man who wasted opportunity
one song he had the world
at his feet glory
in the eyes of a young girl
a young girl find glory
beyond the cheap
colored lights
one song before the sun sets
glory on another empty life
time flies time dies glory
time flies time dies glory
one blaze of glory
one blaze of glory
glory find glory
glory find glory
in a song that rings true
truth like a blazing fire
an eternal flame
find one song
a song about love glory
from the soul of a young man
a young man find the one song
before the virus takes hold
glory like a sunset
one song
to redeem this empty life
time flies and then
no need to endure anymore
time dies
the door
Damn it, Mark.
What'd you forget?
Got a light?
I know you you're --
you're shivering
it's nothing
they turned off my heat
and I'm just a little
weak on my feet
would you light my candle?
What are you staring at?
nothing
your hair in the moonlight
you look familiar
can you make it?
Just haven't eaten much today
at least the room stopped
spinning anyway what?
Nothing.
Your smile reminded me of --
I always remind people of --
who is she?
She died.
Her name was April.
It's out again
sorry about your friend
would you light my candle?
well --
yeah.
Ow!
Oh.
The wax -- it's -- dripping!
I like it -- between my --
fingers.
I figured -- oh, well.
Goodnight.
It blew out again?
No.
I think that I dropped my stash.
I know I've seen you
out and about
when I used to go out
your candle's out
I'm illin'
I had it when I walked
in the door it was pure
is it on the floor?
The floor?
They say I have the best ass
below 14th street
is it true?
What?
You're staring again.
Oh no.
I mean you do -- have a nice--
I mean -- you look familiar.
Like your dead girlfriend?
Only when you smile.
But I'm sure I've seen you
somewhere else.
Do you go to the cat scratch
club?
That's where I work I dance
help me look
yes!
They used to tie you up
it's a living
I didn't recognize you
without the handcuffs
we could light the candle
oh won't you light the candle
we could light the candle
oh won't you light the candle
why don't you forget
that stuff
you look like you're 16 I'm 19
but I'm old for my age
I'm just born to be bad
I once was born to be bad
I used to shiver like that
I have no heat I told you
I used to sweat I got a cold
uh-uh I used to be a junkie
but now and then I like to
uh-huh
feel good here it..
Um...
What's that?
A candy bar wrapper.
We could light the candle
what'd you do to my candle?
We could light the candle
what'd you do to my candle?
That was my last match
our eyes'll adjust
thank god for the moon
maybe it's not
the moon at all
I hear Spike Lee's
shooting down the street
bah humbug
bah humbug cold hands
yours too
big like my father's.
You wanna dance?
With you?
No.
With my father I'm Roger
they call me they call me Mimi
They call me they call me Mimi
Last night one of our cast
members sustained an injury.
Brendan Hunt, our Roger, has
broken his foot and will be
unable to perform tonight.
But Brent has always been
about community, resiliency and
bouncing back.
So the show must go on.
Most of what you'll see
tonight will come from last
night's performance, but we have
all rallied together to rework
the final act so that all of us
including Brennan and the
original Broadway cast of "RENT"
can perform it for you live.
In the words of Jonathan
Larson --
no day but today!
Look who I found!
Computer
genius, adjunct professor, and
the undisputed coolest man to
ever live in our apartment.
Bustelo Marlboro
banana by the bunch
a box of captain crunch
will taste so good
and firewood
look it's Santa Claus
hold your applause
oh hi
oh hi after seven months?
Sorry this boy could
use some Stoli oh holy night
you struck gold at MIT?
they expelled me
for my theory of actual reality
which I'll soon impart
to the couch potatoes
at New York university
still haven't
left the house?
I was waiting for you
don't you know
well, tonight's the night
come to the life cafe
after Maureen's show
no flow
gentlemen, our benefactor
on this Christmas Eve
whose charity is only
matched by talent I believe
a new member
of the alphabet city
avant garde
Angel Dumott Schunard
Avant garde
Angel Dumott Schunard
today for you
tomorrow for me
today for you
tomorrow for me
And you should hear her beat!
You earned that on the street?
It was my lucky day today
on Avenue A
when a lady in a limousine
drove my way
she said, "dahling be a dear
haven't slept in a year
I need your help
to make my neighbor's
yappy dog disappear
this Akita Evita
just won't shut up
I believe if you play non-stop
that pup will breathe
its very last
high strung breath
I'm certain that cur
will bark itself to death"
today for you
tomorrow for me
today for you
tomorrow for me
we agreed on a fee
a thousand dollar guarantee
tax-free and bonus
if I trim her tree
now who could foretell
that it would go so well
but sure as I am here
that dog is now
in doggy hell
after an hour, Evita
in all her glory
on the window ledge
of that 23rd story
like Thelma and Louise did
when they got the blues
swan dove into the courtyard
of the Gracie Mews
today for you
tomorrow for me
today for you
tomorrow for me
then back on the street
where I met my sweet
as he was moaning and groaning
on the cold concrete
the nurse took him home
for some Mercurochrome
and I dressed his wounds
and got him back on his feet
singing today for you
tomorrow for me
today for you
tomorrow for me
I said today for you tomorrow
for me today for you
tomorrow for me oh oh oh
for me
joy to the world.
Benny still has a key?
Benny owns the building.
Hey you bum!
Yeah, you!
Move over!
Get your ass off that range
rover!
That attitude toward the
homeless is exactly what Maureen
is protesting tonight.
Maureen is protesting losing
her performance space.
Not my attitude.
She's not worried about the
people who live in that empty
lot.
She's worried about losing a
home for her angry little
protest skits.
What's happened to Benny?
What happened to his heart?
And the ideals he once pursued?
Any owner of that lot next
door has the right to do with it
as he pleases.
Happy birthday, Jesus!
The rent --
you're wasting your time.
We're broke.
And you broke your word.
This is absurd.
There is one way you won't
have to pay.
I knew it!
Next door the home of
cyberarts you see.
And now that the block is
re-zoned, our dream can become a
reality you'll see boys you'll
a state of the art digital
virtual interactive studio I'll
forgo your rent and on paper
guarantee that you can stay here
for free if you do me one small
favor.
What?
Convince Maureen to cancel
her protest.
Why not just get an
injunction or call the cops?
I did and they're on standby.
But my investors would rather I
handle this quietly you can't
quietly wipe out an entire tent
city, then watch 'it's a
wonderful life' on TV!
You want to produce films and
write songs?
You need somewhere to perfect
it.
It's what we used to dream
about, think twice before you
reject it.
You'll see boys you'll see boys
you'll see the beauty of a
studio that lets us do our work
and get paid with condos on the
top whose rent keeps open our
shop just stop her protest and
you'll have it made you'll see
or you'll pack.
That boy could use some Prozac.
Or heavy drugs.
Or group hugs.
Which reminds me - "We have
a detour to make tonight.
Anyone who wants to can come
along.
Life support is a group for
people coping with life.
We don't have to stay too long.
First I've got that protest
to save.
Roger?
I'm not much company
you'll find
behave he'll catch up later
he's just got
other things on his mind
you'll see boys
we'll see boys
let it be boys!
I like boys boys like me
we'll see
you've reached Maureen and
Joanne.
Be at my show tonight at the
11th street lot.
Well, Joanne, we're off
I tried you at the office
and they said
you're stage managing
or something
the hearings oh yes kitten
mummy's confirmation hearing
begins on the tenth
we'll need you alone
by the sixth
Harold!
For mummy's sake, kitten
no doc martens this time
and wear a dress
oh and kitten have a merry
And a bra!!!
Tonight's big show is in
mortal danger due to technical
difficulties.
Can Maureen's pathetic ex save
the day?
Mark?
Yeah.
And you must be Joanne.
I told her not to call you
that's Maureen
but can I help since I'm here
I hired an engineer great
so, nice to have met you wait
she's three hours late
the samples won't delay
but the cable
there's another way
say something anything
test one two three
anything but that
this is weird it's weird
very weird super weird
I'm so mad that I don't know
what to do
fighting with microphones
freezing down to my bones
and to top it all off
I'm with you
feel like going insane?
Got a fire in your brain?
and you're thinking
of drinking gasoline?
As a matter of fact
honey, I know this act
it's called the tango Maureen
the tango Maureen
it's a dark, dizzy
merry-go-round
as she keeps you dangling
you're wrong
your heart she is mangling
it's different with me
and you toss and you turn
'cause her cold eyes can burn
yet you yearn
and you churn and rebound
I think I know what you mean
the tango Maureen
has she ever
pouted her lips
and called you 'pookie'
never have you ever
doubted a kiss or two?
This is spooky did you swoon
when she walked
through the door?
Every time so be cautious
did she moon over other boys?
More than moon
I'm getting nauseous
where'd you learn to tango?
where'd you learn to tango?
With the Spanish ambassador's
daughter in her dorm room at
Miss Porter's.
And you?
With Nanette Himmelfarb, the
rabbi's daughter, at the
Scarsdale Jewish community
center.
It's hard to do this backwards.
You should try it in heels!
She cheated she cheated
Maureen cheated
yup she cheated
I'm defeated
I should give up right now
gotta look on the bright side
with all your might
I'd fall for her still anyhow
when you're dancing her dance
you don't stand a chance
her grip of romance
makes you fall
so you think, 'might as well'
dance a tango to hell
at least I'll have
tangoed at all
the tango Maureen
gotta dance 'til
your diva is through
you pretend to believe her
cause in the end
you can't leave her
but the end it will come
still you have to play dumb
'til you're glum and you bum
and turn blue
why do we love
when she's mean?
And she can be so obscene try
the Mike
My Maureen patched.
Thanks.
You know, I feel great now!
I feel lousy.
Hi, honey, we're --
"pookie?"
you've never called me "pookie."
Told ya so.
Forget it.
We're patched.
Maureen!
By the end of 1991, nearly
Ten million people worldwide,
including one million Americans
have been diagnosed with HIV.
There are 206,563 reported cases
of aids.
While the antiretroviral
medication known as AZT shows
promise as a treatment,
promise as a treatment, its
effectiveness remains uncertain.
156,143 people have died from
the disease.
More than 31,000 people have
died in New York City alone.
Pam.
Gordon.
Ali.
Steve.
Sue.
I'm angel.
Tom.
Collins.
I'm Cy.
Let's begin.
There's only us.
There's only this.
Sorry excuse me.
Oops.
And you are?
Oh I'm not -- I'm just here
to -- I don't have --
I'm here with -- Mark, I'm Mark.
Well, this is quite an operation
sit down, Mark.
We'll continue the affirmation.
Forget regret, or life is
yours to miss.
Excuse me, folks I'm having a
problem with this credo.
My T cells are low.
I regret that news, okay?
All right.
But Gordon, how do you feel
today?
What do you mean?
How do you feel today?
Okay.
Is that all?
Best I've felt all year.
Then why choose fear?
I'm a new yorker!
Fear's my life!
Look I find some of what you
teach suspect because I'm used
to relying on intellect but I
try to open up to what I don't
know.
Because reason says I should
have died six months ago.
No other road, no other way,
no day but today.
What's the time
well it's gotta be
what's the time
well it's gotta be
close to midnight
my body's talking to me
it says time for danger
it says I wanna
commit a crime
wanna be the cause
of a fight
wanna put on a tight skirt
and flirt with a stranger
I've had a knack
from way back
at breaking the rules
once I learn the games
get up life's too quick
I know someplace sick
where this chick'll
dance in the flames
we don't need any money
I always get in for free
you can get in too
if you get in with me
let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
you wanna play
let's run away
we won't be back
before it's Christmas day
when I get a wink
before it's Christmas day
when I get a wink
from the doorman do you
know how lucky you'll be
that you're on line
with the feline
of avenue B
let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
you wanna prowl be my night owl
well take my hand
we're gonna howl
out tonight in the evening
I've got to roam
can't sleep in the city
of neon and chrome
feels too damn
much like home
when the babies cry
so let's find a bar
so dark we forget
who we are
where all the scars
of the nevers and maybes die
let's go out tonight
have to go out tonight
you're sweet wanna
hit the street
wanna wail at the moon
like a cat in heat
just take me out tonight
please take me out tonight
don't forsake me out tonight
I'll let you make me out tonight
tonight tonight tonight
who do you think you are
tonight tonight tonight
who do you think you are
barging in on me and my guitar
little girl hey
the door is that way
you better go you know
the fire's out anyway
take your powder
take your candle
your sweet whisper
I just can't handle
well take your hair
in the moonlight
your brown eyes
goodbye, goodnight
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you I should no
another time another place
our temperature
would climb there'd be a
long embrace
we'd do another dance
it'd be another play
looking for romance
come back another day
the heart may freeze
or it can burn the pain will
ease if I can learn
there is no future
there is no past
I live this moment
as my last there's only us
there's only this
forget regret or life
is yours to miss
no other road
no other way no day but today
excuse me if I'm off track
but if you're so wise
then tell me why do
you need smack
take your needle
take your fancy prayer
and don't forget
get the moonlight
out of your hair
long ago you might've
lit up my heart
but the fire's dead
ain't never ever
gonna start another time
the words would only rhyme
we'd be in outer space
it'd be another song
we'd sing another way
you wanna prove me wrong
come back another day
another day there's only yes
only tonight we must let go
to know what's right
no other course
no other way no day but today
I can't control
control your temper
my destiny she doesn't see
I trust my soul
who say's that
there's a soul my only goal is
just to be just let me be
there's only now
who do you think
there's only here
give in to love
barging in on me or live in fear
and my guitar no other path
little girl hey no other way
the door is that way
no day but today
the fire's out anyway
no day but today
take the powder
take the candle
no day but today
take your brown eyes
your pretty smile
your silhouette
no day but today another time
another place another rhyme
a warm embrace no day but today
another dance another way
another chance another day
no day but today
I'm writing one great song
no day but today
I'm writing one great song
before I --
will I lose my dignity
before I --
will I lose my dignity
will someone care
will I wake tomorrow
from this nightmare
will I lose my dignity
will someone care
will I wake tomorrow
from this nightmare
will I lose my dignity
will someone care
will I wake tomorrow
from this nightmare
will I lose my dignity
will someone care
will I wake tomorrow
from this nightmare
will I wake from this
nightmare?
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing out
of town Santa Fe
evening, officers!
Smile for Ted Koppel, officer
Martin!
and a merry Christmas to your
family g'night.
Who the hell do you think you
are?
I don't need any damn help
from some bleeding heart
cameraman my life's not for you
to
make a name for yourself on!
Easy sugar, easy he was just
trying to --
just trying to use me to kill
his guilt
it's not that kind of movie,
honey let's go this block has
gotten
way too full of artists hey
artist -- you gotta dollar?
I thought not.
New York City uh huh
center of the universe sing it
girl
times ain't pretty but I'm
sure they
can't get any worse I hear
you.
it's a comfort to know when
you're singing
the hit the road blues that
anywhere else you could
possibly go
after New York'd be a
pleasure cruise
Now you're talking.
well, I'm thwarted by a
metaphysic puzzle and I'm
sick of grading papers that I
know and I'm shouting in my
sleep I need a muzzle
all this misery pays no
salary, so let's open up a
restaurant in Santa fe sunny
Santa Fe would be nice we'll
open up a restaurant
in Santa Fe and leave this
to the roaches and mice oh --
oh --
to the roaches and mice oh --
oh --
you teach?
I teach -- computer age
philosophy.
But my students would rather
watch TV.
America.
America!
you're a sensitive aesthete
brush the sauce onto the meat
you could make the menu
sparkle with rhyme
you could drum a gentle drum I
could seat guests
as they come chatting not
about heidegger but wine!
Let's open up a restaurant in
Santa Fe Santa Fe
our labors would reap
financial gains
gains, gains, gains we'll open
up a restaurant
in Santa Fe Santa Fe
and save from devastation our
brains
save our brains we'll pack up
all our junk
and fly so far away devote
ourselves to
projects that sell we'll open
up a restaurant in Santa Fe
forget this cold bohemian
hell
oh oh oh oh
do you know the way to Santa
oh oh oh oh
do you know the way to Santa
oh oh oh oh
do you know the way to Santa
Fe?
you know, tumbleweeds prairie
dogs yeah
dogs yeah
so, I'm going to leave you two
alone.
See you at Maureen's show.
Try and convince Roger to
come!
Have fun, you two.
So how do you like the outfit?
Be honest.
It's a great look for you.
Of course, I liked the other
look too.
I think this is the one,
Collins.
I finally feel like me.
Well, then, I love it.
Oh, you love it?
You can fall in love with -- an
outfit so fast?
I do believe I can, Ms. Angel
Dumott Shunard.
So... are we a thing?
Darling, we're everything.
live in my house I'll be your
shelter
just pay me back with one
thousand kisses
be my lover and I'll cover
you
open your door I'll be your
tenant
don't got much baggage to lay
at your feet
but sweet kisses I've got to
spare
I'll be there and I'll cover
you
I think they meant it when
they said you can't buy love
now I know you can rent it a
new lease you are, my love on
life be my life
life be my life
just slip me on I'll be your
blanket
wherever, whatever I'll be
your coat
you'll be my king and I'll be
your castle no, you'll be my
queen and I'll be your moat
I think they meant it when they
said you can't buy love now
I know you can rent it a new
lease you are, my love on life
be my life I've longed to
discover something as true as
this is so with a thousand
sweet kisses
if you're cold and you're
lonely
I'll cover you with a thousand
sweet kisses you've got one
nickel only I'll cover you
with a thousand sweet kisses
when you're worn out and tired
I'll cover you with a thousand
sweet kisses
I'll cover you when your heart
has expired oh lover, I'll
cover you yeah-ah-ah-ah-ah
oh lover, I'll cover you
Steve?
Joanne
the Murget case?
A dismissal!
Good work counselor
we're okay honeybear - wait!
I'm on the other phone
yes, I have the cowbell
we're okay
so tell them we'll sue
but a settlement will do
sexual harassment and
civil rights too
Steve, you're great
no, you cut the paper plate
Didja cheat on Mark a lot
would you say?
We're okay honey, hold on
Steve hold on
hello?
Dad yes
I beeped you
Maureen is coming to
mother's hearing we're okay
honeybear
what?
Newt's lesbian sister
I'll tell them
you heard?
they heard
we're okay and to you, dad
oh, Jill is there?
Wait Steve, gotta
Jill with the
short black hair?
The Calvin Klein model?
Steve gotta go!
The model, who lives
in penthouse a?
We're we're okay
I'm on my way
Christmas bells are
ringing Christmas bells are
singing how time flies
when compassion dies
no sleighbells
no candy canes no yule log
no tinsel no holly
no hearth no
Santa Claus is coming
a cause Santa Claus ain't
coming no room at the
holiday inn oh no
and it's beginning to snow
how about a fur in perfect
shape
owned by an MBA from uptown
I got a tweed
broken in by a greedy
broker who went broke
and then broke down
you don't have to do this
hush your mouth
it's Christmas
I do not deserve you angel
give give
wait all you do
what's on the floor?
is give
give let's see some more
me some way to show no
no no
no how you've touched
me so kiss me
it's beginning to snow
she said, a would you light
my candle?
and she put on a pout
and she wanted you
to take her out tonight?
Right she got you out!
She was more than okay
but I pushed her away
it was bad I got mad
and I had to get her out of
my sight wait
there that's her
Maureen?
Mimi!
Whoa!
I should go
hey, it's beginning to
follow the man
follow the man
with his pockets
full of the jam
follow the man
got any D, man?
follow the man
follow the man got any C, man?
Follow the man got any X
any smack any horse
any jugie boogie boy
any blow?
hey
hey I just want to say
I'm sorry for the way
forget it
I blew up
can I make it up to you?
How?
dinner party?
That'll do hey, lover boy
cutie pie you steal my client
you die you didn't miss me
you won't miss her
you'll never lack
for customers
wish me luck, Alison
the protest is on
got any C, man?
L.L. Bean, Geoffrey Beene
Burberry zip-out lining
got any D, man?
honest living
Mark, this is Mimi
she'll be dining
Mark, this is Mimi
she'll be dining
with us got any B, man?
Here's a new arrival
that is an ounce
hats, dats, bats
got any crack?
That's my coat!
got any X?
We give discounts
got any C, man?
I think we've met
let's get a better one
it's a sham got any D, man?
That's what he said
I said it's a gram!
But she's a thief!
got any B, man?
But she brought us together
which investor's
coming?
Got any crack?
I'll take the leather
got any x?
your father?
Damn!
got any C, man?
Got any D, man?
Got any B, man?
got any x?
Crack?
I'm willin'
I'm illin' gotta get my
sickness off c-d help me
follow the man follow the man
follow the man jugie boogie
jugie boogie follow the man
follow the man any crack
any x any jugie boogie, boy
any blow any x
any jugie boogie, boy
got any D, man?
Got any C, man?
got any crack
any x
any jugie boogie?
I'm dreaming of a
right Christmas
just like the ones I
used to know
jingle bells prison cells
fa la la la la la
fa la la la la
you have the right to remain
silent night holy night
fall on your knees
oh night divine
you'll do some time
fa la la la la
tensions between the east
village homeless population and
the NYPD are reaching a fever
pitch.
No housing, no peace!
No housing, no peace!
As 1991 draws to a close.
Tonight, one woman attempts to
heal the divide, or perhaps fan
the flames.
And we get to watch either way!
Qu guapa.
Qu Bella.
Mir, tan cute!
Last night I had a dream.
I found myself in a desert
called cyberland.
It was hot.
My canteen had sprung a leak and
I was thirsty.
My canteen had sprung a leak and
I was thirsty.
Out of the abyss walked a
cow -a " Elsie.
I asked if she had anything to
drink.
She said -- I'm forbidden
to produce milk in cyberland
we only drink diet coke
She said -- only thing to do
is jump over the moon
they've closed
everything real down
like barns, troughs
everything real down
like barns, troughs
performance spaces
and replaced it all
with lies and rules
and virtual life
but there is way out.
Leap of faith leap of faith
leap of faith leap of faith
only thing to do leap of faith
leap of faith
is jump over the moon
Leap of faith
is jump over the moon
leap of faith leap of faith
I gotta get out here
it's like I'm being
tied to the hood
of a yellow rental truck
packed in with fertilizer
and fuel oil
pushed over a cliff
by a suicidal Mickey Mouse
I've gotta gotta gotta gotta
gotta gotta
gotta gotta find a way
to jump over the moon
leap of faith
To jump over the moon
leap of faith
leap of faith only thing to do
leap of faith leap of faith
is jump over the moon
leap of faith
leap of faith
then a little bulldog
entered.
His name was Benny.
Really, Maureen?
And although he once had
principles,
he abandoned them to live as a
lap dog to a wealthy princess of
the establishment.
A 1-2-3, a that's bull", Benny
said.
Ever since the cat took up the
fiddle.
That cow's been.
Jumpy.
She's had trouble with her milk
and that moon ever since.
Maybe it's a female thing.
Cause who'd want to leave
cyberland anyway?
Walls ain't so bad.
The dish and spoon for instance.
They were down on their luck.
Knocked on my doghouse door.
I said -- not in my backyard,
utensils.
The only way out.
Is up.
A leap of faith
still thirsty?
Parched.
Have some milk.
I lowered myself beneath her
swollen udder and sucked the
sweetest milk I'd ever tasted.
Climb on board
as a harvest moon rose over
cyberland, we reared back and
sprang into a gallop.
Leaping out of orbit, I awoke
singing.
Leap of faith leap of faith
leap of faith leap of faith
only thing to do leap of faith
leap of faith
only thing to do is jump
leap of faith leap of faith
only thing to do is jump
leap of faith
leap of faith over the moon
leap of faith leap of faith
only thing to do is jump
leap of faith
leap of faith over the moon
leap of faith leap of faith
over the moon over the
moooooooo moooooooo
moooooooo moo with me.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
No please no
not tonight please no
mister can't you go
not tonight can't have a scene
what go, please go
you hello, sir?
I said no important customer
what am I just a blur
you sit all night
you never buy
that's a lie that's a lie
I had a tea the other day
you couldn't pay
oh yeah
Benjamin coffin the third --
here wine & beer
the enemy of Avenue A
and Mr. Grey
what brings the mogul in his
own mind
to the life cafe
I would like to propose a toast
to Maureen's noble try
it went well
go to hell why did Muffy --
Alison miss the show
there was a death in the family
if you must know
a beat who died
our Akita Evita
Mimi I'm surprised
a bright and charming
girl like you hangs out
with these slackers
who don't adhere to deals.
They make fun.
Yet I'm the one.
attempting to do some good
or do you really want
a neighborhood
where people puke
on your stoop
every night Bohemia, Bohemia
a fallacy in your head
this is Calcutta.
Bohemia is dead.
dearly beloved
we gather here
to say our goodbyes
dies irae dies illa
kerie eleison
yitgadal v' yitkadash
here she lies
no one knew her worth
the late, great daughter
of mother earth
on this night
when we celebrate
the birth waaaa!
In that little town
of Bethlehem
we raise our glass
you bet your ass to
La vie boheme la vie boheme
la vie boheme la vie boheme
Ia vie boheme
to days of inspiration
playing hooky making something
Ia vie boheme out of nothing
the need to express
to communicate la vie boheme
to going against the grain
going insane
Ia vie boheme going mad
to loving tension
la vie boheme
no pension
to more than one dimension
la vie boheme
to starving for attention
hating convention
hating pretension
la vie boheme
not to mention of course
hating dear old mom and dad
la vie boheme
to riding your bike
Ia vie boheme
midday past the three
piece suits la vie boheme
to fruits to no absolutes
la vie boheme to absolute
to choice to the village voice
la vie boheme
to any passing fad
to being an us for once
instead of a them
la vie boheme la vie boheme
is the equipment in a pyramid
it is Maureen the mixer
doesn't have a case
don't give me that face
Ladies -- hey mister
she's my sister
Maureen, we need to --
to hand-crafted beers
made in local breweries
to yoga to yogurt
to rice and beans and cheese
to leather to latex
to curry vindaloo
to huevos rancheros
and Maya Angelou emotion
devotion
to causing a commotion
creation vacation
mucho -- compassion
to fashion
to passion when it's new
to Sontag to Sondheim
to anything taboo
Ginsberg, Dylan
Cunningham and Cage
Lenny Bruce
Langston Hughes to the stage
to Uta to Buddha
Pablo Neruda, too
why Dorothy and Toto
went over the rainbow
to blow off auntie em
la vie boheme
and wipe the speakers off
before you pack yes Maureen
well hurry back
they kiss deep.
Sisters we're close
brothers bisexuals
trisexuals homo sapiens
carcinogens hallucinogens
men PeeWee Herman
German wine turpentine
Gertrude Stein Antonioni
Bertolucci Kurosawa
Carmina Burana to apathy
to entropy to empathy
-- Vaclav Havel
the Sex Pistols ABC
to no shame never
playing the fame game to --
to sodomy it's between god
and me to S&M
waiter waiter
la vie boheme this just in!
The mythical land of Bohemia,
long believed to be dead, is
showing shocking signs of life!
Mimi Marquez has begun
serving her lifetime appointment
as minister of national security
and BDSM.
Mark Cohen is your new
secretary of state propaganda!
Thank you, thank you.
And please keep it going for the
revolutionary Riot Grrrl who
made tonight possible in the
first place.
The reigning queen of Bohemia,
Ms. Maureen Johnson!
Your new boyfriend
doesn't know about us
there's nothing to know
don't you think
that we should discuss
it was three months ago
And Roger, the unofficial
bard of Bohemia, will attempt to
write a bittersweet, evocative
love song.
That doesn't remind us of
Musetta's waltz.
Angel dumott schunard takes
her rightful place as first
lady, queen of all she surveys,
and beacon of hope in these
darkest of days.
And first philosopher Tom
Collins will recount his
exploits as an anarchist,
including the tale of his
successful reprogramming of the
MIT virtual reality equipment to
self-destruct, as it broadcasts
the words --
actual reality act up
fight aids excuse me
did I do something wrong
I get invited
then ignored all night long
I've been trying I'm not lying
no one's perfect
I've got baggage
life's too short babe
time is flying
I'm looking for baggage
that goes with mine
I should tell you.
I've got baggage too
should tell you
baggage wine and beer!
AZT break
you me
you I should tell you
I should tell you I'm disaster
I forget how to begin it
let's just make
this part go faster
I have yet to be in it
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell
I blew the candle out
just to get back in
I'd forgotten how to smile
until your candle
burned my skin
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell
well, here we go now we
oh no I know
this something is here goes
here goes guess so
it's starting to who knows
who knows who knows where
who goes there who knows
here goes trusting desire
starting to learn
walking through fire
without a burn
clinging a shoulder
a leap begins stinging and older
asleep on pins so here we go
now we oh no
I know oh no
who knows where who goes there
here goes here goes
here goes here goes
here goes here goes
are we packed?
Yes, and by next week I want
you to be.
Pookie?
My name is not pookie.
And we will discuss us later.
And Mark -- you should see.
They've padlocked.
Your building.
And they're rioting
on avenue B
Benny called the cops.
What?!
They don't know
what they're doing
the cops are sweeping the lot
But no one's leaving.
They're sitting there, mooing!
Yea to dance
no way to make a living
masochism
pain perfection
muscle spasm chiropractors
short careers eating disorders
film adventure
tedium no family
boring locations dark rooms
perfect faces egos
money Hollywood and sleaze
music food of love
emotion mathematics
isolation rhythm
power feeling
Harmony and heavy competition
anarchy revolution
justice
screaming for solutions
forcing changes, risk
and danger
making noise and making pleas
to --
--
-- cross dressers too
to me to me
to me to you, and you and you
you and you
to people living with
living with living with
not dying from disease
let he among us without sin
be the first to condemn
la vie boheme
la vie boheme la vie boheme
anyone out of the mainstream
la vie boheme
is anyone in the mainstream
la vie boheme
anyone alive with a -- drive
la vie boheme
tear down the wall
aren't we all
the opposite of war isn't peace
it's creation
In here, the party continues
all night long.
Outside, the snow dances.
A riot breaks out in the lot.
Open our park no police state
open our park no police state
open our park
no police state
And oblivious to it all, Mimi
and Roger share a small, lovely
kiss.
Viva la vie
boheme
new year's Eve, 1991.
Four of my best friends have
been diagnosed with HIV.
This could be the year we
this could be the year we lose
one of them.
This could be the year we lose
them all.
Five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
moments so dear
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
how do you measure measure a
year
The holidays were really hard
to get through.
I just got some really
discouraging news.
I don't know how I'm gonna --
hey, just take it day by day,
hour by hour.
Even minute by minute.
In daylights in sunsets
in midnights in cups of coffee
in inches in miles
in laughter in strife
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
how do you measure a year
in the life how about love
how about love how about love
measure in love
seasons of love
Measure in love
seasons of love
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred journeys to plan
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
How do you measure the
life of a woman or a man
in truths that she learned
or in times that he cried
in bridges he burned
or the way that she died
it's time now to sing out
the story never ends
let's celebrate
remember a year
in the life of friends
remember the love
remember the love
remember the love
measure in love
measure your life in love
seasons of love
seasons of love
seasons of love
seasons of love
seasons of love
seasons of love
It's been exactly one week
since Roger met Mimi, angel met
Collins, Maureen inadvertently
started a massive riot of which
I happened to get some amazing
footage, by the way and Joanne
dumped Maureen.
Oh, and Benny locked us out of
our building.
It's still winter
it's still cold
and so tonight in honor of the
one week anniversary
of this auspicious occasion
we celebrate the only
way we know how
We try to break back in.
Happy new year.
How long til next year?
Three and a half minutes.
I'm giving up my vices
I'm going back
back to school eviction or not
this week's been so hot
that long as I've got you
I know I'll be cool
I couldn't crack
the love code dear
til you made the lock
on my heart explode
it's gonna be
a happy new year
a happy new year
Coast is clear.
You're supposed to be working.
That's for midnight.
Where are they?
There isn't much time.
Maybe they're dressing.
I mean what does one wear
that's apropos for a party,
that's also a crime?
Chips, anyone?
You can take the girl out of
Jersey but you can't take the
Jersey out of the girl.
My riot got you on TV, I
deserve a royalty.
Be nice you two or no god
awful champagne.
Don't mind if I do no luck?
Bolted, plywood, padlocked
with a chain.
A total dead end.
Just like my ex-girlfriend.
Honey?
I know you're there.
Please pick up the phone.
Are you okay?
It's not funny, it's not fair,
how can I atone?
Are you okay?
I lose control but I can
learn to be good give me one
more chance.
And I'll do what I should.
I'll kiss your doc martens.
Let me kiss your doc martens.
Do everything you wish I would.
That might be --okay.
Down girl.
Heel, stay.
I did a bit of research.
With my friends at legal aid.
Technically, you're squatters.
There's hope, but just in
case --
rope?
We can hoist a line --
to a fire escape--
in the back, we'll tie off at --
there's a bench!
I can't take them as chums.
Start hoisting, wench.
Last week I wanted just to
disappear my life was dust.
But now it just may be a happy
new year.
A happy new year.
Bond, James Bond.
And pussy galore.
In person.
Pussy, you came prepared!
I was a boy scout once.
And a brownie, 'til some brat
got scared.
Aha!
Moneypenny, my martini!
Will bad champagne do?
That's shaken, not stirred.
Pussy, the bolts.
Just say the word two
minutes left to execute our
plan.
Where's everyone else?
Playing spider-man.
Because while we were locked
out, Benny had had the power
turned back on.
Mark walks to the phone, presses
a button.
Mark Mark are you there
are you there
are you screening your calls
it's mom we're all
impressed that the riot
footage made the nightly news
and your father says mazel tov
honey. Call him
love, mom
Alexi darling
Alexi darling from buzzline.
That trashy tabloid news show?
What do they want with me?
Your footage of the riots a-one.
Feature segment network deal
time.
I'm sending you a contract.
Ker-ching, ker-ching.
Marky give us a call, 970-4301
or at home try 863-6754.
Or my cellphone at 919-763-0090
or you can e-mail me at --
I think we need an agent!
We?
That's selling out.
But it's nice to dream
yeah, it's network TV.
And it's all thanks to me
somehow I think I smell the
whiff of a scheme.
Me too.
We can plan another protest.
We?
This time you can shoot from
the start.
You'll direct, starring me!
Open sesame!
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
I see that you've beaten me
to the punch
how'd you know we'd be here?
I had a hunch.
You're not mad?
I'm here to end this war.
It's a shame you went and
destroyed the door.
Why all the sudden the big
about face?
The credit is yours you made
a good case.
What case?
Mimi came to see me.
And she had much to say.
That's not how you put it at
all yesterday.
I couldn't stop thinking.
About the whole mess.
Mark, you'll want to get this on
film?
I guess.
I regret the unlucky
circumstances of the past seven
days.
Circumstance?
You padlocked our door.
And it's with great pleasure
on behalf of cyberarts that I
hand you this key.
I had no juice in my battery.
Reshoot.
I see, this is a photo
opportunity.
The benevolent god ushers
the poor artists back to their
flat.
Were you planning to take down
the barbed wire from the lot?
And let those people back in?
Anything but that!
Mimi, since your ways are so
seductive.
You came on to me!
Persuade him not to be so
counterproductive.
Liar!
Why not tell them what you
wore to my place?
I was on my way to work --
black leather and lace!
My desk was a mess.
I think I'm still sore.
Cause I kicked him.
And told him I wasn't his whore!
Does your boyfriend know.
Who your last boyfriend was?
I'm not her boyfriend I don't
care what she does
people!
Is this any way to start a new
year?
Have compassion.
Benny just lost his cat
my dog, but I appreciate
that.
My cat had a fall and I went
through hell.
It's like losing a --
how did you know that she fell?
Champagne?
Don't mind if I do.
To dogs.
No Benny -- to you!
Let's make a resolution.
I'll drink to that.
Let's always stay friends.
Tho' we may have our disputes.
This family tree's got deep
roots
friendship is thicker than
blood.
That depends that a shot at me?
Yeah, it was.
Depends on true devotion.
Depends on love.
Depends on not denying emotion.
Perhaps.
It's gonna be a happy new year.
I guess.
It's gonna be a happy new year.
You're right.
It's gonna be a happy new year.
I'm sorry.
Coming?
In a minute.
I'm fine. Go.
Well, well, well.
What have we here?
It's gonna be a happy new year.
Valentine's day, 1992.
I do not have a date.
Or a job.
Alexi darling keeps calling
about the Buzzline gig.
I keep saying no.
I still have a soul.
As for my ex, she is, as far as
I know, back with her ex.
I said once more from the
top.
I said no.
-- But maybe check in on that
again tomorrow.
You cannot just stand there
and moo again.
You shoot down every single
one of my ideas.
You've been planning this
protest for a month and you have
nothing.
I have the groundhog thing.
You, dressed as a cyber
groundhog to protest the
cyberarts groundbreaking?
Less than brilliant.
That's it, miss Ivy league.
What does Ivy league have to
do with anything?
Ever since new year's I have
been on my best behavior.
I let you direct.
I didn't pierce my nipples
because it grossed you out.
I didn't stay and dance at
Pandoras box that night,
a 'cause you wanted to go home.
You were flirting with that
woman in rubber.
Joanne.
Honestly.
There will always be women in
rubber flirting with me.
Give me a break.
every single day I walk down
the street I hear people
say, "baby's so sweet" ever
since puberty everybody stares
at me boys, girls I can't
help it baby so be kind and
don't lose your mind just
remember that I'm you're baby
take me for what I am who I
was meant to be and if you give
a damn take me baby or leave
me take me baby or leave me
a tiger in a Cage can never
see the sun this diva needs
her stage baby let's have fun!
You are the one I choose
folks'd kill to fill your
shoes you love the limelight
too, now baby so be mine and
don't waste my time cryin'
"honeybear are you still my
baby?" take me for what I am
who I was meant to be and if
you give a damn take me baby or
leave me no way can I be
what I'm not but hey - don't you
want your girl hot! don't
fight don't lose your head cause
every night - who's in your
bed? who's in your bed?
Kiss, pookie.
Bed? who's in your bed?
Kiss, pookie.
It won't work.
I look before I leap I love
margins and discipline I
make lists in my sleep baby
what's my sin? never quit, I
follow through I hate mess -
but I love you what to do with
my impromptu baby so be wise
a 'cause this girl satisfies
you've got a prize who don't
compromise you're one lucky
baby take me for what I am
a control freak
who I was meant to be
a snob, yet overattentive
and if you give a damn
a lovable, droll geek
take me baby or leave me
and anal retentive!
that's it!
The straw that breaks my
the straw that breaks my
back I quit unless you
take it back women
what is it about them?
can't live with them
or without them! Take
me for what I am who I was meant
to be and if you give a damn
me for what I am who I was meant
to be and if you give a damn
take me baby or leave me
take me baby or leave me guess
I'm leavin' I'm gone! it's
it's the coldest, nastiest
I'm leavin' I'm gone! it's
it's the coldest, nastiest
I'm leavin' I'm gone! it's
it's the coldest, nastiest
march I can remember.
Angel has spent most of the year
in the hospital, with Collins
always at her side.
Roger's still trying to write
that song.
But now he's usually working at
Mimi's.
Maureen and Joanne are
officially broken up.
It seems Mimi and Roger are not
far behind.
Sorry.
Sorry I'm late.
Sorry.
Where were you?
Are you alright?
I'm fine, don't worry about me.
How's Benny?
I wasn't with Benny.
Of course not.
I'm going back to my place.
Wait.
I should tell you.
I should --
never mind.
Yeah, never mind.
Happy spring.
without you the ground
thaws the rain falls the
grass grows without you the
thaws the rain falls the
grass grows without you the
seeds root the flowers bloom
the children play the stars
seeds root the flowers bloom
the children play the stars
gleam the poets dream the
eagles fly without you the
gleam the poets dream the
eagles fly without you the
earth turns the sun burns
but I die without you
earth turns the sun burns
but I die without you
without you the breeze warms
the girl smiles the cloud
moves without you the tides
change the boys run the
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
blue within
me, without
you the tears dry
you the tears dry
you the tears dry
you the tears dry
you the tears dry
without you without you
without you without you
without you without you
without you without you
it's too hot to answer you.
It's too hot to answer you.
Alexi darling Memorial Day
weekend in East Hampton on the
beach just saw Alec Baldwin
told him you say hi
just kidding we still need
directors you still need money
you know you need money pick up
the phone don't be afraid of
ker-ching kerching Marky sell us
your sole soul.
Just kidding.
We are waiting.
Keep waiting Alexi.
Summer's just getting started.
But it will be over before we
know it.
Hot hot hot hot
hot hot hot hot
hot hot hot hot
hot hot hot hot
hot sweat
sweet wet
wet wet
red heat
let her hot
bastard! Sweat
you whore! Sweet
you cannibal! Wet wet
wet more!
Red
you animal! Heat no latex
please don't stop
rubber please, please
rubber don't stop, stop
fire stop, stop, stop
latex rubber don't please
red, red please, please
please please fluid no hot
fluid no hot contact yes hot
no contact sweat, sweet
fire wet
fire wet burn wet
burn, yes! Red, heat
no latex
rubber rubber
fire latex rubber
latex bummer lover bummer
the sheet disappears take me
take me take me
ahh take me
take me, oh today for you
tomorrow for me
today me, tomorrow you
tomorrow you love
you love you love
I love you I love you!
Ahh take me
take me take me
Um.
Wait.
No.
Ow!
Where'd it go?
Safe.
Damn.
I think I missed.
Don't get pissed.
It was bad for me.
Was it bad for you?
It's okay.
It's over.
It's over.
It's over.
So we thank you, dear angel,
for lighting our way with style
and grace and love.
She pulled me aside one night
to talk legal advice.
Not for her; For everyone in the
east village.
Squatters, child protective
services, medical insurance.
She wanted to help.
And she always did.
Angel was one of my closest
friends. It's right that it's
Halloween, because it was her
favorite holiday.
I knew we'd hit it off the
moment we met.
Some skinhead was bothering her,
and she said she was more of a
man than he'd ever be and more
of a woman than he'd ever get.
And then there was the time
he-- she--
walked up to this group of
tourists. And they were
petrified because, a - they were
obviously lost and B - had
probably never spoken to a
person like her before in their
lives. But she offered to take a
picture with them. And then she
said she'd help 'em find the
Statue of Liberty.
So much more original than
any of us.
You'd find an old tablecloth on
the street and make a dress and
next year, sure enough, they'd
be selling them at Saks.
You always said how lucky you
were that we were all friends
but it was us, baby, who were
the lucky ones.
But it was us, baby, who were
the lucky ones.
Live in my house
I'll be your shelter
live in my house
I'll be your shelter
just pay me back with
one thousand kisses
just pay me back with
one thousand kisses
be my lover and I'll cover you
be my lover and I'll cover you
open your door
I'll be your tenant
don't got much baggage
to lay at your feet
but sweet kisses
I've got to spare
I'll be there
and I'll cover you
I think they meant it
when they said you
can't buy love
now I know you can rent it
a new lease you are, my love
on life
all my life
I've longed to discover
something as true as this is
so with a thousand five
hundred
sweet kisses
if you're cold twenty-five
thousand I'll cover you
and you're lonely six-hundred
minutes
with a thousand five hundred
sweet kisses you've got one
twenty-five thousand
I'll cover you nickel only
moments so dear
with a thousand five hundred
sweet kisses when you're worn
out twenty-five thousand
I'll cover you and tired
six-hundred minutes
With a thousand five hundred
sweet kisses twenty-five
thousand when your heart
has expired oh lover
I'll cover you yeah-ah-ah-ah
oh lover I'll cover you
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
Six hundred minutes
five hundred twenty-five
thousand seasons of love
Thousand seasons of love
Thousand seasons of love
Hi.
Is this Alexi darling?
Hi.
Mark Cohen.
Yes, I'm still alive.
Yeah.
I'd like to come work for you
guys.
Today?
Today's not great.
I'm at my friend's --
twenty minutes?
Okay.
I'll be there.
Yeah.
Happy Halloween to you too.
how did we get here?
How the hell --
how did I get here?
How the hell -- Christmas.
Christmas Eve last year, how
could a night so frozen be so
scalding hot? how can a
morning this mild be so raw?
Why are entire years strewn on
the cutting room floor of
memory when single frames
from one magic night forever
flicker in closeup on the 3D
IMAX of my mind that's poetic.
That's pathetic.
why did Mimi knock on Roger's
door
and Collins choose that phone
booth
back where angel set up her
drums
why did Maureen's equipment
break down
why am I the witness and when
I capture it on film
will it mean that it's the end
and I'm alone
I took that job at Buzzline.
It's true you sold your
guitar and bought a car?
It's true I'm leaving now
for Santa Fe
it's true you're with this
yuppie scum?
You said you'd never speak
to him again
Not now.
who said that you have any
say in who she says things to at
all?
Yeah.
who said that you should
stick your nose in other
people's --
Who said I was talking to you?
We used to have this fight
each night
Calm down.
she'd never admit I existed
everyone please.
he was the same way he was
always
"run away, hit the road,
don't commit" you're full of
it
Mimi -- she's in denial
he's in denial
didn't give an inch
guys.
when I gave a mile
come on.
I gave a mile
gave a mile to who?
come on guys chill.
I'd be happy to die for a
taste of what angel had
someone to live for unafraid
to say I love you
all your words are nice
Mimi
but love's not a three way
street
you'll never share real love
until you love your self
I should know
you all said you'd be cool
today so please for my sake --
I can't believe she's gone I
can't believe you're going
I can't believe this family
will die
angel helped us believe in
love I can't believe you
disagree
I can't believe this is
goodbye
I missed you so much.
I missed you.
Ow.
Calm down, Maureen.
Calm down, Maureen?
Guys.
Thomas B. Collins?
Coming.
I hear there are great
restaurants out west
some of the best.
How could she?
how could you let her go?
You just don't know how
could we lose angel?
Maybe you'll see why when
you stop escaping your pain
at least now if you try
angel's death won't be in vain
her death is in vain
are you insane?
There's so much to care about
there's me there's Mimi
Mimi's got her baggage
too
so do you
who are you to tell me what
I know, what to do
a friend
but who, Mark, are you?
"Mark has got his work"
they say "Mark lives for his
work" and "Mark's in love with
his work" important work, like
Buzzline.
Keep hiding in your work.
Hiding?
From what?
facing your failure facing
your loneliness
facing the fact you live a
lie
yes, you live a lie tell you
why
you're always preaching not to
be numb when that's how you
thrive
you say you know how we all
feel, but you really detach from
feeling alive
perhaps it's because I'm
the one of us to survive
poor baby.
Mimi still loves Roger is
Roger really jealous or afraid
that Mimi's weak
Mimi did look pale
Mimi's gotten thin Mimi's
running out of time Roger's
running out the door --
no more.
Oh no.
I've gotta go I'll call.
I hate the fall.
you heard?
Every word you don't want
baggage
without lifetime guarantees
you don't want to watch me
die?
I just came to say goodbye,
love
goodbye, love came to say
goodbye, love, goodbye
just to came to say
glory goodbye love
one blaze of
goodbye love
glory
goodbye love, goodbye
I have to find
please don't touch me
understand
I'm scared I need to go away
I know a place, a clinic.
A rehab.
I could never -- I'll pay.
Goodbye love goodbye love
came to say goodbye, love,
goodbye
just came to say goodbye
love
just came to say goodbye
love
goodbye love goodbye love
hello disease
off the premises now.?
We don't give handouts here.
what happened to "rest in
peace?"
off the premises, queer.
Hey.
Tell the priest I'll be right in
to take care of it.
And watch your mouth.
You're talking to my friend.
Must be nice to have money.
Sure is.
I think it only fair to tell
you, you just paid for the
funeral of the person who killed
your dog.
I know.
I always hated that dog.
Let's pay him off, then we'll
all get drunk.
Can't.
I have a business meeting.
Punk.
Let's go.
Well.
I guess I'm off to sell my soul.
"Mark Cohen, for Buzzline.
Coming up, devil worshiping
welfare queens are coming to
take your jobs."
Oh my god, what am I doing?
Don't breathe too deep don't
think all day
dive into work drive the other
way
that drip of hurt that pint of
shame
goes away just play the game
you're living in America at
the end of the millennium
you're living in America leave
your conscience at the tone
and when you're living in
America at the end of the
millennium
you're what you own
the filmmaker cannot see
and the songwriter cannot
hear
yet I see Mimi everywhere
angel's voice is in my
ear just tighten those
shoulders
just clench your jaw til
you frown
just don't let go
or you may drown
you're living in America at
the end of the millennium
you're living in America where
it's like the twilight zone
and when you're living in
America at the end of the
millennium you're what you
own so I own not a notion I
escape and ape content I don't
own emotion, I rent what was
it about that night what was it
about that night connection
in an isolating age for once
the shadows gave way to light
for once the shadows gave way to
light for once I didn't
disengage angel, Mimi I hear
you I see you I hear it I see
it I see it I hear it I see
it I hear it my film!
My song! Alexi?
One song Mark glory call me
a hypocrite Mimi but I
need -- your eyes I quit.
dying in America at the end
of the millennium we're
dying in America to come into
our own but when you're
dying in America at the end of
the millennium you're not
alone I'm not alone I'm not
alone speak
Roger this is your mother
Roger, honey I don't get these
postcards
moving to Santa Fe, back in
New York, starting a rock band
Roger where are you
Mimi, chica
donde estas?
Tu mama esta llamando
donde estas Mimi?
Kitten wherever are you
Mark, are you there
are you there
I don't know if he's there
we're all here wishing you
were here too where are you
Mark, are you there are you
where are you Mark
are you there
are you there
I don't know if
please call your mother
December 24
10:00 pm
eastern standard time I can't
believe a year went
by so fast
now we measure how
the year has passed
turn the projector on
first shot Roger
with the Fender guitar
he just got out of hock
when he sold the car
that took him away and back
I found my song
found his song
if he could just find Mimi
I tried - you know I tried.
Fade in on Mark
who's still in the dark
but he's got great footage
which he's cut together
to screen tonight
for an audience of one.
A non-paying audience of one.
This is gonna be good.
You don't have to say that.
I mean it.
I'm glad you're working on this.
I'm glad you're home.
Then again, maybe we won't
screen it tonight.
I can fix it.
I just need to figure out how to
find the flashlight in the dark.
Without a flashlight.
Man, what do you two do when
I'm not here?
I had a little hunch.
You could use a little flow.
Tutoring again?
Negative.
Back at N.Y.U.?
No, no, no --
I rewired the ATM at the food
emporium.
To provide an honorarium to
anyone with the code.
The code a-n-g-e-l
yet, Robin Hooding isn't the
solution.
The powers that be must be
undermined where they dwell.
In a small, exclusive gourmet
institution --
where we overcharge
the wealthy clientele
let's open up a
restaurant in
ahh, ahh Santa Fe
Santa Fe with a private
corner banquette ahh, ahh
in the back in the back
we'll make it yet ahh, ahh
we'll somehow get to
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
but you'd miss New York
before you could unpack ohh
Mark!
Roger!
Anyone help!
Maureen?
It's Mimi - we can't get her
up the stairs.
No!
she was huddled in the park
in the dark
and she was freezing
and begged to see you
let's get her inside.
Oh god.
Roger -- got a light
I know you you're shivering
She's been living on the street.
We need some heat.
I'm shivering.
We can buy some wood, and
something to eat.
I'm afraid she needs
more than heat
I heard that.
Collins will call for
a doctor, honey
don't waste your money
on Mimi, me, me
Hello?
911?
I'm on hold.
Cold, cold -- would you light
my candle yes.
Oh, god -- find a
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
Benny wasn't any
Shhh I know.
I should tell you why I left
it wasn't a 'cause I didn't
I know I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I love you who do you think
I love you who do you think
you are?
leaving me alone with
my guitar hold on
there's something you
should hear
it isn't much but it
took all year
your eyes
as we said our goodbyes
can't get them out of my mind
and I find I can't hide from
your eyes
the ones that took me
by surprise
the night you came into
my life
where there's moonlight
I see your eyes
how'd I let you slip away
when I'm longing so to
hold you
now I'd die for one more day
'cause there's something
I should have told you
yes, there's something
I should have told you
when I looked into your eyes
why does distance make
us wise?
You were the song all along
and before the song dies
I should tell you
I should tell you
I have always loved you
you can see it in my eyes
I have always loved you
you can see it in my eyes
Mimi!
moooooooooo!
Mimi!
moooooooooo!
Mimi!
moooooooooo!
What?
I jumped over the mooooooon!
Yes!
I was in a tunnel.
Heading for this warm, white
light --
oh, my god.
And I swear angel was there.
And she looked good!
And she said, "turn around
girlfriend, and listen to that
boy's song --" she's drenched
her fever's breaking
there is no future
there is no past
thank god this moment's
not the last there's only us
there's only this
forget regret or life
is yours to miss
no other road no
other way no day but today
I can't control
will I lose my dignity
my destiny will someone care
I trust my soul
will I wake tomorrow
my only goal from this
is just to be nightmare
without you there's only now
the hand gropes there's only
the ear hears here
the pulse beats
give in to love
life goes on or live in fear
but I'm gone no other path
a cause no other way
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
no day but today
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
five hundred twenty-five
thousand six hundred minutes
five hundred
twenty-five thousand
moments so dear
twenty-five thousand
six hundred minutes
how do you measure
measure a year?
How about love
how about love
how about love
measure in love
seasons of love love
seasons of love
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
six hundred minutes
five hundred
twenty-five thousand
journeys to plan
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
six hundred minutes
how do you measure
the life
of a woman or a man?
In truths that she learned
or in times that he cried
in bridges he burned
or the way that she
died it's time now
to sing out
tho' the story never ends
let's celebrate
remember a year in the
life of friends
remember the love
remember the love
remember the love
measure in love
measure, measure your
life in love seasons of love
life in love seasons of love
seasons of love
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bonding as a community
rather than hiding
from the terrors
of life December 24
9:00 pm
1991
I start to shoot my
latest film today
let's see if I've got
anything to say
I doubt it!
First shot "Roger
tuning his Fender guitar
he hasn't played in a year
this won't tune.
So we hear
he's just coming back
from half a year
of withdrawal
are you talking to me?
not at all
tell the folks at home
what you're doing, Roger
I'm writing one great
saved!
We screen zoom in on the
answering machine
speak that was a very loud
beep I don't even know
if this is working Mark Mark
are you there
are you screening
your calls, it's mom
we wanted
screen? Who, me?
Tell the folks at home
what you're doing Roger
I'm writing one great song
Yesss we screen
speak "chestnuts roasting"
Collins!
I'm downstairs hey!
Throw down the key.
A wild night is
now pre-ordained
I may be detained.
Detained?
Collins?
Hello?
What does he mean?
What do you mean detained?
Ho ho ho.
Benny!
Crap!
Dudes, I'm on my way.
Great!
Damn.
I need the rent.
What rent?
This past year's rent, which
I let slide.
Let slide?
You said we were "golden."
When you bought the building.
With your father-in-law's money.
Remember -- you used to live
here.
How could I forget?
You, me, Collins and Maureen.
How is the drama queen?
She's performing tonight.
You know that protest?
At the lot?
Oh, I know.
Still her production
manager?
Two days ago I was bumped.
You still dating her?
Last month I was dumped.
She's in love
she's got a new man?
Well, no.
What's his name?
Joanne.
Rent, my amigos, is due.
Or I will have to evict you.
Be there in a few.
Be there in a few.
The power blows.
This is not the first time
they've lost the power
how do you document
real life when real life's
getting more
like fiction each day
headlines bread-line
blow my mind
and now this deadline
eviction or pay
rent how do you document
real life
when real life's getting more
like fiction each day
headlines bread-lines
blow my mind
and now this deadline
eviction or pay
how do you write a song
when the chords sound wrong
though they once sounded
right and rare
when the notes are sour
where is the power
you once had to
ignite the air
we're hungry and frozen
some life that we've chosen
how we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
last year's rent
how do you start a fire
when there's nothing to burn
and it feels like something's
stuck in your flue
how can you generate heat
when you can't feel your feet
and they're turning blue
you light up a mean blaze
with posters
and screenplays
how we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
last year's rent
don't screen, Maureen
it's me Joanne your substitute
production manager
hey hey hey did you eat
don't change the subject Maureen
but darling
you haven't eaten all day
you won't throw up
you won't throw up
the digital delay
didn't blow up, exactly
there may have been
one teeny tiny spark
you're not calling Mark
how do you stay on your feet
when on every street
it's trick or treat
and tonight it's trick
welcome back to town
I should lie down
everything's brown
and uh-oh I feel sick
Where is he?
How we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
how we gonna pay
last year's rent
How we gonna pay
last year's rent
Alison baby you sound sad
I can't believe those two
after everything I've done
ever since our wedding
I'm dirt
they'll see
I can help them all out
in the long run ugh!
"The music ignites the night are
gathering ugh --
with passionate fire" forces
ugh --
Maureen, I'm not a theatre
person are gathering ugh --
the narration can't ugh --
crackles and pops turn away
ugh --
with incendiary wit" forces
ugh -- could never be a theatre
person are gathering I can't
think.
Zoom in as they burn the past
forces ugh --
to the ground are gathering
ugh --
and feel the heat hello?
Ugh -- hello?
Hello?
Maureen?
Your equipment won't work?
Okay, all right, I'll go!
How do you leave
the past behind
when it keeps finding ways
to get to your heart
it reaches way down deep
and tears you inside out
'til you're torn apart
how can you connect
in an age where strangers
landlords, lovers
your own blood
cells betray confident, riotous
angry, hopeful
what binds the
fabric together
when the raging
shifting winds of change
keep ripping away
draw a line in the sand
and then make a stand
use your camera to spar
use your guitar
when they act tough
you call their bluff
we're not gonna pay
we're not gonna pay
we're not gonna pay
last year's rent
this year's rent
next year's rent
rent rent rent rent rent
we're not gonna pay rent
cause everything is rent
We're not gonna pay rent
cause everything is rent
Christmas bells
are ringing Christmas bells
are ringing Christmas bells
are ringing somewhere else!
Not here
you okay honey?
I'm afraid so
they get any money?
No had none to get
but they purloined my coat
well you missed a sleeve!
Thanks.
Hell, it's Christmas Eve.
I'm angel.
Angel Dumott Schunard.
Well, that's who I'm going for
this week, at least.
Friends call me Collins.
You made that tree?
I have many talents.
Let's get a band-aid for your
knee.
I'll change
then a "life support" meeting
at 9:30
yes, this body provides
a comfortable home
for the acquired immune
deficiency syndrome
as does mine
oh, we'll get along fine
get you a coat, have a bite
make a night I'm flush
my friends are waiting --
you're cute when you blush
the more the merry ho ho ho
and I do not take no
I don't suppose you'd like to
see her performance protest
thing in the lot tonight?
Maybe come to dinner?
But think about it.
Would be good for you to get out
of the house.
And it's time to take your AZT.
His girlfriend April left a
note saying "we've got aids"
before slitting her wrists in
the bathroom.
I'll check up on you later.
Change your mind.
I'm writing one great song
before I --
one song glory
one song before I go
glory
one song to leave behind
find one song one last refrain
glory from the pretty boy
front man who wasted opportunity
one song he had the world
at his feet glory
in the eyes of a young girl
a young girl find glory
beyond the cheap
colored lights
one song before the sun sets
glory on another empty life
time flies time dies glory
time flies time dies glory
one blaze of glory
one blaze of glory
glory find glory
glory find glory
in a song that rings true
truth like a blazing fire
an eternal flame
find one song
a song about love glory
from the soul of a young man
a young man find the one song
before the virus takes hold
glory like a sunset
one song
to redeem this empty life
time flies and then
no need to endure anymore
time dies
the door
Damn it, Mark.
What'd you forget?
Got a light?
I know you you're --
you're shivering
it's nothing
they turned off my heat
and I'm just a little
weak on my feet
would you light my candle?
What are you staring at?
nothing
your hair in the moonlight
you look familiar
can you make it?
Just haven't eaten much today
at least the room stopped
spinning anyway what?
Nothing.
Your smile reminded me of --
I always remind people of --
who is she?
She died.
Her name was April.
It's out again
sorry about your friend
would you light my candle?
well --
yeah.
Ow!
Oh.
The wax -- it's -- dripping!
I like it -- between my --
fingers.
I figured -- oh, well.
Goodnight.
It blew out again?
No.
I think that I dropped my stash.
I know I've seen you
out and about
when I used to go out
your candle's out
I'm illin'
I had it when I walked
in the door it was pure
is it on the floor?
The floor?
They say I have the best ass
below 14th street
is it true?
What?
You're staring again.
Oh no.
I mean you do -- have a nice--
I mean -- you look familiar.
Like your dead girlfriend?
Only when you smile.
But I'm sure I've seen you
somewhere else.
Do you go to the cat scratch
club?
That's where I work I dance
help me look
yes!
They used to tie you up
it's a living
I didn't recognize you
without the handcuffs
we could light the candle
oh won't you light the candle
we could light the candle
oh won't you light the candle
why don't you forget
that stuff
you look like you're 16 I'm 19
but I'm old for my age
I'm just born to be bad
I once was born to be bad
I used to shiver like that
I have no heat I told you
I used to sweat I got a cold
uh-uh I used to be a junkie
but now and then I like to
uh-huh
feel good here it..
Um...
What's that?
A candy bar wrapper.
We could light the candle
what'd you do to my candle?
We could light the candle
what'd you do to my candle?
That was my last match
our eyes'll adjust
thank god for the moon
maybe it's not
the moon at all
I hear Spike Lee's
shooting down the street
bah humbug
bah humbug cold hands
yours too
big like my father's.
You wanna dance?
With you?
No.
With my father I'm Roger
they call me they call me Mimi
They call me they call me Mimi
Last night one of our cast
members sustained an injury.
Brendan Hunt, our Roger, has
broken his foot and will be
unable to perform tonight.
But Brent has always been
about community, resiliency and
bouncing back.
So the show must go on.
Most of what you'll see
tonight will come from last
night's performance, but we have
all rallied together to rework
the final act so that all of us
including Brennan and the
original Broadway cast of "RENT"
can perform it for you live.
In the words of Jonathan
Larson --
no day but today!
Look who I found!
Computer
genius, adjunct professor, and
the undisputed coolest man to
ever live in our apartment.
Bustelo Marlboro
banana by the bunch
a box of captain crunch
will taste so good
and firewood
look it's Santa Claus
hold your applause
oh hi
oh hi after seven months?
Sorry this boy could
use some Stoli oh holy night
you struck gold at MIT?
they expelled me
for my theory of actual reality
which I'll soon impart
to the couch potatoes
at New York university
still haven't
left the house?
I was waiting for you
don't you know
well, tonight's the night
come to the life cafe
after Maureen's show
no flow
gentlemen, our benefactor
on this Christmas Eve
whose charity is only
matched by talent I believe
a new member
of the alphabet city
avant garde
Angel Dumott Schunard
Avant garde
Angel Dumott Schunard
today for you
tomorrow for me
today for you
tomorrow for me
And you should hear her beat!
You earned that on the street?
It was my lucky day today
on Avenue A
when a lady in a limousine
drove my way
she said, "dahling be a dear
haven't slept in a year
I need your help
to make my neighbor's
yappy dog disappear
this Akita Evita
just won't shut up
I believe if you play non-stop
that pup will breathe
its very last
high strung breath
I'm certain that cur
will bark itself to death"
today for you
tomorrow for me
today for you
tomorrow for me
we agreed on a fee
a thousand dollar guarantee
tax-free and bonus
if I trim her tree
now who could foretell
that it would go so well
but sure as I am here
that dog is now
in doggy hell
after an hour, Evita
in all her glory
on the window ledge
of that 23rd story
like Thelma and Louise did
when they got the blues
swan dove into the courtyard
of the Gracie Mews
today for you
tomorrow for me
today for you
tomorrow for me
then back on the street
where I met my sweet
as he was moaning and groaning
on the cold concrete
the nurse took him home
for some Mercurochrome
and I dressed his wounds
and got him back on his feet
singing today for you
tomorrow for me
today for you
tomorrow for me
I said today for you tomorrow
for me today for you
tomorrow for me oh oh oh
for me
joy to the world.
Benny still has a key?
Benny owns the building.
Hey you bum!
Yeah, you!
Move over!
Get your ass off that range
rover!
That attitude toward the
homeless is exactly what Maureen
is protesting tonight.
Maureen is protesting losing
her performance space.
Not my attitude.
She's not worried about the
people who live in that empty
lot.
She's worried about losing a
home for her angry little
protest skits.
What's happened to Benny?
What happened to his heart?
And the ideals he once pursued?
Any owner of that lot next
door has the right to do with it
as he pleases.
Happy birthday, Jesus!
The rent --
you're wasting your time.
We're broke.
And you broke your word.
This is absurd.
There is one way you won't
have to pay.
I knew it!
Next door the home of
cyberarts you see.
And now that the block is
re-zoned, our dream can become a
reality you'll see boys you'll
a state of the art digital
virtual interactive studio I'll
forgo your rent and on paper
guarantee that you can stay here
for free if you do me one small
favor.
What?
Convince Maureen to cancel
her protest.
Why not just get an
injunction or call the cops?
I did and they're on standby.
But my investors would rather I
handle this quietly you can't
quietly wipe out an entire tent
city, then watch 'it's a
wonderful life' on TV!
You want to produce films and
write songs?
You need somewhere to perfect
it.
It's what we used to dream
about, think twice before you
reject it.
You'll see boys you'll see boys
you'll see the beauty of a
studio that lets us do our work
and get paid with condos on the
top whose rent keeps open our
shop just stop her protest and
you'll have it made you'll see
or you'll pack.
That boy could use some Prozac.
Or heavy drugs.
Or group hugs.
Which reminds me - "We have
a detour to make tonight.
Anyone who wants to can come
along.
Life support is a group for
people coping with life.
We don't have to stay too long.
First I've got that protest
to save.
Roger?
I'm not much company
you'll find
behave he'll catch up later
he's just got
other things on his mind
you'll see boys
we'll see boys
let it be boys!
I like boys boys like me
we'll see
you've reached Maureen and
Joanne.
Be at my show tonight at the
11th street lot.
Well, Joanne, we're off
I tried you at the office
and they said
you're stage managing
or something
the hearings oh yes kitten
mummy's confirmation hearing
begins on the tenth
we'll need you alone
by the sixth
Harold!
For mummy's sake, kitten
no doc martens this time
and wear a dress
oh and kitten have a merry
And a bra!!!
Tonight's big show is in
mortal danger due to technical
difficulties.
Can Maureen's pathetic ex save
the day?
Mark?
Yeah.
And you must be Joanne.
I told her not to call you
that's Maureen
but can I help since I'm here
I hired an engineer great
so, nice to have met you wait
she's three hours late
the samples won't delay
but the cable
there's another way
say something anything
test one two three
anything but that
this is weird it's weird
very weird super weird
I'm so mad that I don't know
what to do
fighting with microphones
freezing down to my bones
and to top it all off
I'm with you
feel like going insane?
Got a fire in your brain?
and you're thinking
of drinking gasoline?
As a matter of fact
honey, I know this act
it's called the tango Maureen
the tango Maureen
it's a dark, dizzy
merry-go-round
as she keeps you dangling
you're wrong
your heart she is mangling
it's different with me
and you toss and you turn
'cause her cold eyes can burn
yet you yearn
and you churn and rebound
I think I know what you mean
the tango Maureen
has she ever
pouted her lips
and called you 'pookie'
never have you ever
doubted a kiss or two?
This is spooky did you swoon
when she walked
through the door?
Every time so be cautious
did she moon over other boys?
More than moon
I'm getting nauseous
where'd you learn to tango?
where'd you learn to tango?
With the Spanish ambassador's
daughter in her dorm room at
Miss Porter's.
And you?
With Nanette Himmelfarb, the
rabbi's daughter, at the
Scarsdale Jewish community
center.
It's hard to do this backwards.
You should try it in heels!
She cheated she cheated
Maureen cheated
yup she cheated
I'm defeated
I should give up right now
gotta look on the bright side
with all your might
I'd fall for her still anyhow
when you're dancing her dance
you don't stand a chance
her grip of romance
makes you fall
so you think, 'might as well'
dance a tango to hell
at least I'll have
tangoed at all
the tango Maureen
gotta dance 'til
your diva is through
you pretend to believe her
cause in the end
you can't leave her
but the end it will come
still you have to play dumb
'til you're glum and you bum
and turn blue
why do we love
when she's mean?
And she can be so obscene try
the Mike
My Maureen patched.
Thanks.
You know, I feel great now!
I feel lousy.
Hi, honey, we're --
"pookie?"
you've never called me "pookie."
Told ya so.
Forget it.
We're patched.
Maureen!
By the end of 1991, nearly
Ten million people worldwide,
including one million Americans
have been diagnosed with HIV.
There are 206,563 reported cases
of aids.
While the antiretroviral
medication known as AZT shows
promise as a treatment,
promise as a treatment, its
effectiveness remains uncertain.
156,143 people have died from
the disease.
More than 31,000 people have
died in New York City alone.
Pam.
Gordon.
Ali.
Steve.
Sue.
I'm angel.
Tom.
Collins.
I'm Cy.
Let's begin.
There's only us.
There's only this.
Sorry excuse me.
Oops.
And you are?
Oh I'm not -- I'm just here
to -- I don't have --
I'm here with -- Mark, I'm Mark.
Well, this is quite an operation
sit down, Mark.
We'll continue the affirmation.
Forget regret, or life is
yours to miss.
Excuse me, folks I'm having a
problem with this credo.
My T cells are low.
I regret that news, okay?
All right.
But Gordon, how do you feel
today?
What do you mean?
How do you feel today?
Okay.
Is that all?
Best I've felt all year.
Then why choose fear?
I'm a new yorker!
Fear's my life!
Look I find some of what you
teach suspect because I'm used
to relying on intellect but I
try to open up to what I don't
know.
Because reason says I should
have died six months ago.
No other road, no other way,
no day but today.
What's the time
well it's gotta be
what's the time
well it's gotta be
close to midnight
my body's talking to me
it says time for danger
it says I wanna
commit a crime
wanna be the cause
of a fight
wanna put on a tight skirt
and flirt with a stranger
I've had a knack
from way back
at breaking the rules
once I learn the games
get up life's too quick
I know someplace sick
where this chick'll
dance in the flames
we don't need any money
I always get in for free
you can get in too
if you get in with me
let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
you wanna play
let's run away
we won't be back
before it's Christmas day
when I get a wink
before it's Christmas day
when I get a wink
from the doorman do you
know how lucky you'll be
that you're on line
with the feline
of avenue B
let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
you wanna prowl be my night owl
well take my hand
we're gonna howl
out tonight in the evening
I've got to roam
can't sleep in the city
of neon and chrome
feels too damn
much like home
when the babies cry
so let's find a bar
so dark we forget
who we are
where all the scars
of the nevers and maybes die
let's go out tonight
have to go out tonight
you're sweet wanna
hit the street
wanna wail at the moon
like a cat in heat
just take me out tonight
please take me out tonight
don't forsake me out tonight
I'll let you make me out tonight
tonight tonight tonight
who do you think you are
tonight tonight tonight
who do you think you are
barging in on me and my guitar
little girl hey
the door is that way
you better go you know
the fire's out anyway
take your powder
take your candle
your sweet whisper
I just can't handle
well take your hair
in the moonlight
your brown eyes
goodbye, goodnight
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you I should no
another time another place
our temperature
would climb there'd be a
long embrace
we'd do another dance
it'd be another play
looking for romance
come back another day
the heart may freeze
or it can burn the pain will
ease if I can learn
there is no future
there is no past
I live this moment
as my last there's only us
there's only this
forget regret or life
is yours to miss
no other road
no other way no day but today
excuse me if I'm off track
but if you're so wise
then tell me why do
you need smack
take your needle
take your fancy prayer
and don't forget
get the moonlight
out of your hair
long ago you might've
lit up my heart
but the fire's dead
ain't never ever
gonna start another time
the words would only rhyme
we'd be in outer space
it'd be another song
we'd sing another way
you wanna prove me wrong
come back another day
another day there's only yes
only tonight we must let go
to know what's right
no other course
no other way no day but today
I can't control
control your temper
my destiny she doesn't see
I trust my soul
who say's that
there's a soul my only goal is
just to be just let me be
there's only now
who do you think
there's only here
give in to love
barging in on me or live in fear
and my guitar no other path
little girl hey no other way
the door is that way
no day but today
the fire's out anyway
no day but today
take the powder
take the candle
no day but today
take your brown eyes
your pretty smile
your silhouette
no day but today another time
another place another rhyme
a warm embrace no day but today
another dance another way
another chance another day
no day but today
I'm writing one great song
no day but today
I'm writing one great song
before I --
will I lose my dignity
before I --
will I lose my dignity
will someone care
will I wake tomorrow
from this nightmare
will I lose my dignity
will someone care
will I wake tomorrow
from this nightmare
will I lose my dignity
will someone care
will I wake tomorrow
from this nightmare
will I lose my dignity
will someone care
will I wake tomorrow
from this nightmare
will I wake from this
nightmare?
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing out
of town Santa Fe
evening, officers!
Smile for Ted Koppel, officer
Martin!
and a merry Christmas to your
family g'night.
Who the hell do you think you
are?
I don't need any damn help
from some bleeding heart
cameraman my life's not for you
to
make a name for yourself on!
Easy sugar, easy he was just
trying to --
just trying to use me to kill
his guilt
it's not that kind of movie,
honey let's go this block has
gotten
way too full of artists hey
artist -- you gotta dollar?
I thought not.
New York City uh huh
center of the universe sing it
girl
times ain't pretty but I'm
sure they
can't get any worse I hear
you.
it's a comfort to know when
you're singing
the hit the road blues that
anywhere else you could
possibly go
after New York'd be a
pleasure cruise
Now you're talking.
well, I'm thwarted by a
metaphysic puzzle and I'm
sick of grading papers that I
know and I'm shouting in my
sleep I need a muzzle
all this misery pays no
salary, so let's open up a
restaurant in Santa fe sunny
Santa Fe would be nice we'll
open up a restaurant
in Santa Fe and leave this
to the roaches and mice oh --
oh --
to the roaches and mice oh --
oh --
you teach?
I teach -- computer age
philosophy.
But my students would rather
watch TV.
America.
America!
you're a sensitive aesthete
brush the sauce onto the meat
you could make the menu
sparkle with rhyme
you could drum a gentle drum I
could seat guests
as they come chatting not
about heidegger but wine!
Let's open up a restaurant in
Santa Fe Santa Fe
our labors would reap
financial gains
gains, gains, gains we'll open
up a restaurant
in Santa Fe Santa Fe
and save from devastation our
brains
save our brains we'll pack up
all our junk
and fly so far away devote
ourselves to
projects that sell we'll open
up a restaurant in Santa Fe
forget this cold bohemian
hell
oh oh oh oh
do you know the way to Santa
oh oh oh oh
do you know the way to Santa
oh oh oh oh
do you know the way to Santa
Fe?
you know, tumbleweeds prairie
dogs yeah
dogs yeah
so, I'm going to leave you two
alone.
See you at Maureen's show.
Try and convince Roger to
come!
Have fun, you two.
So how do you like the outfit?
Be honest.
It's a great look for you.
Of course, I liked the other
look too.
I think this is the one,
Collins.
I finally feel like me.
Well, then, I love it.
Oh, you love it?
You can fall in love with -- an
outfit so fast?
I do believe I can, Ms. Angel
Dumott Shunard.
So... are we a thing?
Darling, we're everything.
live in my house I'll be your
shelter
just pay me back with one
thousand kisses
be my lover and I'll cover
you
open your door I'll be your
tenant
don't got much baggage to lay
at your feet
but sweet kisses I've got to
spare
I'll be there and I'll cover
you
I think they meant it when
they said you can't buy love
now I know you can rent it a
new lease you are, my love on
life be my life
life be my life
just slip me on I'll be your
blanket
wherever, whatever I'll be
your coat
you'll be my king and I'll be
your castle no, you'll be my
queen and I'll be your moat
I think they meant it when they
said you can't buy love now
I know you can rent it a new
lease you are, my love on life
be my life I've longed to
discover something as true as
this is so with a thousand
sweet kisses
if you're cold and you're
lonely
I'll cover you with a thousand
sweet kisses you've got one
nickel only I'll cover you
with a thousand sweet kisses
when you're worn out and tired
I'll cover you with a thousand
sweet kisses
I'll cover you when your heart
has expired oh lover, I'll
cover you yeah-ah-ah-ah-ah
oh lover, I'll cover you
Steve?
Joanne
the Murget case?
A dismissal!
Good work counselor
we're okay honeybear - wait!
I'm on the other phone
yes, I have the cowbell
we're okay
so tell them we'll sue
but a settlement will do
sexual harassment and
civil rights too
Steve, you're great
no, you cut the paper plate
Didja cheat on Mark a lot
would you say?
We're okay honey, hold on
Steve hold on
hello?
Dad yes
I beeped you
Maureen is coming to
mother's hearing we're okay
honeybear
what?
Newt's lesbian sister
I'll tell them
you heard?
they heard
we're okay and to you, dad
oh, Jill is there?
Wait Steve, gotta
Jill with the
short black hair?
The Calvin Klein model?
Steve gotta go!
The model, who lives
in penthouse a?
We're we're okay
I'm on my way
Christmas bells are
ringing Christmas bells are
singing how time flies
when compassion dies
no sleighbells
no candy canes no yule log
no tinsel no holly
no hearth no
Santa Claus is coming
a cause Santa Claus ain't
coming no room at the
holiday inn oh no
and it's beginning to snow
how about a fur in perfect
shape
owned by an MBA from uptown
I got a tweed
broken in by a greedy
broker who went broke
and then broke down
you don't have to do this
hush your mouth
it's Christmas
I do not deserve you angel
give give
wait all you do
what's on the floor?
is give
give let's see some more
me some way to show no
no no
no how you've touched
me so kiss me
it's beginning to snow
she said, a would you light
my candle?
and she put on a pout
and she wanted you
to take her out tonight?
Right she got you out!
She was more than okay
but I pushed her away
it was bad I got mad
and I had to get her out of
my sight wait
there that's her
Maureen?
Mimi!
Whoa!
I should go
hey, it's beginning to
follow the man
follow the man
with his pockets
full of the jam
follow the man
got any D, man?
follow the man
follow the man got any C, man?
Follow the man got any X
any smack any horse
any jugie boogie boy
any blow?
hey
hey I just want to say
I'm sorry for the way
forget it
I blew up
can I make it up to you?
How?
dinner party?
That'll do hey, lover boy
cutie pie you steal my client
you die you didn't miss me
you won't miss her
you'll never lack
for customers
wish me luck, Alison
the protest is on
got any C, man?
L.L. Bean, Geoffrey Beene
Burberry zip-out lining
got any D, man?
honest living
Mark, this is Mimi
she'll be dining
Mark, this is Mimi
she'll be dining
with us got any B, man?
Here's a new arrival
that is an ounce
hats, dats, bats
got any crack?
That's my coat!
got any X?
We give discounts
got any C, man?
I think we've met
let's get a better one
it's a sham got any D, man?
That's what he said
I said it's a gram!
But she's a thief!
got any B, man?
But she brought us together
which investor's
coming?
Got any crack?
I'll take the leather
got any x?
your father?
Damn!
got any C, man?
Got any D, man?
Got any B, man?
got any x?
Crack?
I'm willin'
I'm illin' gotta get my
sickness off c-d help me
follow the man follow the man
follow the man jugie boogie
jugie boogie follow the man
follow the man any crack
any x any jugie boogie, boy
any blow any x
any jugie boogie, boy
got any D, man?
Got any C, man?
got any crack
any x
any jugie boogie?
I'm dreaming of a
right Christmas
just like the ones I
used to know
jingle bells prison cells
fa la la la la la
fa la la la la
you have the right to remain
silent night holy night
fall on your knees
oh night divine
you'll do some time
fa la la la la
tensions between the east
village homeless population and
the NYPD are reaching a fever
pitch.
No housing, no peace!
No housing, no peace!
As 1991 draws to a close.
Tonight, one woman attempts to
heal the divide, or perhaps fan
the flames.
And we get to watch either way!
Qu guapa.
Qu Bella.
Mir, tan cute!
Last night I had a dream.
I found myself in a desert
called cyberland.
It was hot.
My canteen had sprung a leak and
I was thirsty.
My canteen had sprung a leak and
I was thirsty.
Out of the abyss walked a
cow -a " Elsie.
I asked if she had anything to
drink.
She said -- I'm forbidden
to produce milk in cyberland
we only drink diet coke
She said -- only thing to do
is jump over the moon
they've closed
everything real down
like barns, troughs
everything real down
like barns, troughs
performance spaces
and replaced it all
with lies and rules
and virtual life
but there is way out.
Leap of faith leap of faith
leap of faith leap of faith
only thing to do leap of faith
leap of faith
is jump over the moon
Leap of faith
is jump over the moon
leap of faith leap of faith
I gotta get out here
it's like I'm being
tied to the hood
of a yellow rental truck
packed in with fertilizer
and fuel oil
pushed over a cliff
by a suicidal Mickey Mouse
I've gotta gotta gotta gotta
gotta gotta
gotta gotta find a way
to jump over the moon
leap of faith
To jump over the moon
leap of faith
leap of faith only thing to do
leap of faith leap of faith
is jump over the moon
leap of faith
leap of faith
then a little bulldog
entered.
His name was Benny.
Really, Maureen?
And although he once had
principles,
he abandoned them to live as a
lap dog to a wealthy princess of
the establishment.
A 1-2-3, a that's bull", Benny
said.
Ever since the cat took up the
fiddle.
That cow's been.
Jumpy.
She's had trouble with her milk
and that moon ever since.
Maybe it's a female thing.
Cause who'd want to leave
cyberland anyway?
Walls ain't so bad.
The dish and spoon for instance.
They were down on their luck.
Knocked on my doghouse door.
I said -- not in my backyard,
utensils.
The only way out.
Is up.
A leap of faith
still thirsty?
Parched.
Have some milk.
I lowered myself beneath her
swollen udder and sucked the
sweetest milk I'd ever tasted.
Climb on board
as a harvest moon rose over
cyberland, we reared back and
sprang into a gallop.
Leaping out of orbit, I awoke
singing.
Leap of faith leap of faith
leap of faith leap of faith
only thing to do leap of faith
leap of faith
only thing to do is jump
leap of faith leap of faith
only thing to do is jump
leap of faith
leap of faith over the moon
leap of faith leap of faith
only thing to do is jump
leap of faith
leap of faith over the moon
leap of faith leap of faith
over the moon over the
moooooooo moooooooo
moooooooo moo with me.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
No please no
not tonight please no
mister can't you go
not tonight can't have a scene
what go, please go
you hello, sir?
I said no important customer
what am I just a blur
you sit all night
you never buy
that's a lie that's a lie
I had a tea the other day
you couldn't pay
oh yeah
Benjamin coffin the third --
here wine & beer
the enemy of Avenue A
and Mr. Grey
what brings the mogul in his
own mind
to the life cafe
I would like to propose a toast
to Maureen's noble try
it went well
go to hell why did Muffy --
Alison miss the show
there was a death in the family
if you must know
a beat who died
our Akita Evita
Mimi I'm surprised
a bright and charming
girl like you hangs out
with these slackers
who don't adhere to deals.
They make fun.
Yet I'm the one.
attempting to do some good
or do you really want
a neighborhood
where people puke
on your stoop
every night Bohemia, Bohemia
a fallacy in your head
this is Calcutta.
Bohemia is dead.
dearly beloved
we gather here
to say our goodbyes
dies irae dies illa
kerie eleison
yitgadal v' yitkadash
here she lies
no one knew her worth
the late, great daughter
of mother earth
on this night
when we celebrate
the birth waaaa!
In that little town
of Bethlehem
we raise our glass
you bet your ass to
La vie boheme la vie boheme
la vie boheme la vie boheme
Ia vie boheme
to days of inspiration
playing hooky making something
Ia vie boheme out of nothing
the need to express
to communicate la vie boheme
to going against the grain
going insane
Ia vie boheme going mad
to loving tension
la vie boheme
no pension
to more than one dimension
la vie boheme
to starving for attention
hating convention
hating pretension
la vie boheme
not to mention of course
hating dear old mom and dad
la vie boheme
to riding your bike
Ia vie boheme
midday past the three
piece suits la vie boheme
to fruits to no absolutes
la vie boheme to absolute
to choice to the village voice
la vie boheme
to any passing fad
to being an us for once
instead of a them
la vie boheme la vie boheme
is the equipment in a pyramid
it is Maureen the mixer
doesn't have a case
don't give me that face
Ladies -- hey mister
she's my sister
Maureen, we need to --
to hand-crafted beers
made in local breweries
to yoga to yogurt
to rice and beans and cheese
to leather to latex
to curry vindaloo
to huevos rancheros
and Maya Angelou emotion
devotion
to causing a commotion
creation vacation
mucho -- compassion
to fashion
to passion when it's new
to Sontag to Sondheim
to anything taboo
Ginsberg, Dylan
Cunningham and Cage
Lenny Bruce
Langston Hughes to the stage
to Uta to Buddha
Pablo Neruda, too
why Dorothy and Toto
went over the rainbow
to blow off auntie em
la vie boheme
and wipe the speakers off
before you pack yes Maureen
well hurry back
they kiss deep.
Sisters we're close
brothers bisexuals
trisexuals homo sapiens
carcinogens hallucinogens
men PeeWee Herman
German wine turpentine
Gertrude Stein Antonioni
Bertolucci Kurosawa
Carmina Burana to apathy
to entropy to empathy
-- Vaclav Havel
the Sex Pistols ABC
to no shame never
playing the fame game to --
to sodomy it's between god
and me to S&M
waiter waiter
la vie boheme this just in!
The mythical land of Bohemia,
long believed to be dead, is
showing shocking signs of life!
Mimi Marquez has begun
serving her lifetime appointment
as minister of national security
and BDSM.
Mark Cohen is your new
secretary of state propaganda!
Thank you, thank you.
And please keep it going for the
revolutionary Riot Grrrl who
made tonight possible in the
first place.
The reigning queen of Bohemia,
Ms. Maureen Johnson!
Your new boyfriend
doesn't know about us
there's nothing to know
don't you think
that we should discuss
it was three months ago
And Roger, the unofficial
bard of Bohemia, will attempt to
write a bittersweet, evocative
love song.
That doesn't remind us of
Musetta's waltz.
Angel dumott schunard takes
her rightful place as first
lady, queen of all she surveys,
and beacon of hope in these
darkest of days.
And first philosopher Tom
Collins will recount his
exploits as an anarchist,
including the tale of his
successful reprogramming of the
MIT virtual reality equipment to
self-destruct, as it broadcasts
the words --
actual reality act up
fight aids excuse me
did I do something wrong
I get invited
then ignored all night long
I've been trying I'm not lying
no one's perfect
I've got baggage
life's too short babe
time is flying
I'm looking for baggage
that goes with mine
I should tell you.
I've got baggage too
should tell you
baggage wine and beer!
AZT break
you me
you I should tell you
I should tell you I'm disaster
I forget how to begin it
let's just make
this part go faster
I have yet to be in it
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell
I blew the candle out
just to get back in
I'd forgotten how to smile
until your candle
burned my skin
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell
well, here we go now we
oh no I know
this something is here goes
here goes guess so
it's starting to who knows
who knows who knows where
who goes there who knows
here goes trusting desire
starting to learn
walking through fire
without a burn
clinging a shoulder
a leap begins stinging and older
asleep on pins so here we go
now we oh no
I know oh no
who knows where who goes there
here goes here goes
here goes here goes
here goes here goes
are we packed?
Yes, and by next week I want
you to be.
Pookie?
My name is not pookie.
And we will discuss us later.
And Mark -- you should see.
They've padlocked.
Your building.
And they're rioting
on avenue B
Benny called the cops.
What?!
They don't know
what they're doing
the cops are sweeping the lot
But no one's leaving.
They're sitting there, mooing!
Yea to dance
no way to make a living
masochism
pain perfection
muscle spasm chiropractors
short careers eating disorders
film adventure
tedium no family
boring locations dark rooms
perfect faces egos
money Hollywood and sleaze
music food of love
emotion mathematics
isolation rhythm
power feeling
Harmony and heavy competition
anarchy revolution
justice
screaming for solutions
forcing changes, risk
and danger
making noise and making pleas
to --
--
-- cross dressers too
to me to me
to me to you, and you and you
you and you
to people living with
living with living with
not dying from disease
let he among us without sin
be the first to condemn
la vie boheme
la vie boheme la vie boheme
anyone out of the mainstream
la vie boheme
is anyone in the mainstream
la vie boheme
anyone alive with a -- drive
la vie boheme
tear down the wall
aren't we all
the opposite of war isn't peace
it's creation
In here, the party continues
all night long.
Outside, the snow dances.
A riot breaks out in the lot.
Open our park no police state
open our park no police state
open our park
no police state
And oblivious to it all, Mimi
and Roger share a small, lovely
kiss.
Viva la vie
boheme
new year's Eve, 1991.
Four of my best friends have
been diagnosed with HIV.
This could be the year we
this could be the year we lose
one of them.
This could be the year we lose
them all.
Five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
moments so dear
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
how do you measure measure a
year
The holidays were really hard
to get through.
I just got some really
discouraging news.
I don't know how I'm gonna --
hey, just take it day by day,
hour by hour.
Even minute by minute.
In daylights in sunsets
in midnights in cups of coffee
in inches in miles
in laughter in strife
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
how do you measure a year
in the life how about love
how about love how about love
measure in love
seasons of love
Measure in love
seasons of love
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred journeys to plan
five hundred twenty
five thousand
six hundred minutes
How do you measure the
life of a woman or a man
in truths that she learned
or in times that he cried
in bridges he burned
or the way that she died
it's time now to sing out
the story never ends
let's celebrate
remember a year
in the life of friends
remember the love
remember the love
remember the love
measure in love
measure your life in love
seasons of love
seasons of love
seasons of love
seasons of love
seasons of love
seasons of love
It's been exactly one week
since Roger met Mimi, angel met
Collins, Maureen inadvertently
started a massive riot of which
I happened to get some amazing
footage, by the way and Joanne
dumped Maureen.
Oh, and Benny locked us out of
our building.
It's still winter
it's still cold
and so tonight in honor of the
one week anniversary
of this auspicious occasion
we celebrate the only
way we know how
We try to break back in.
Happy new year.
How long til next year?
Three and a half minutes.
I'm giving up my vices
I'm going back
back to school eviction or not
this week's been so hot
that long as I've got you
I know I'll be cool
I couldn't crack
the love code dear
til you made the lock
on my heart explode
it's gonna be
a happy new year
a happy new year
Coast is clear.
You're supposed to be working.
That's for midnight.
Where are they?
There isn't much time.
Maybe they're dressing.
I mean what does one wear
that's apropos for a party,
that's also a crime?
Chips, anyone?
You can take the girl out of
Jersey but you can't take the
Jersey out of the girl.
My riot got you on TV, I
deserve a royalty.
Be nice you two or no god
awful champagne.
Don't mind if I do no luck?
Bolted, plywood, padlocked
with a chain.
A total dead end.
Just like my ex-girlfriend.
Honey?
I know you're there.
Please pick up the phone.
Are you okay?
It's not funny, it's not fair,
how can I atone?
Are you okay?
I lose control but I can
learn to be good give me one
more chance.
And I'll do what I should.
I'll kiss your doc martens.
Let me kiss your doc martens.
Do everything you wish I would.
That might be --okay.
Down girl.
Heel, stay.
I did a bit of research.
With my friends at legal aid.
Technically, you're squatters.
There's hope, but just in
case --
rope?
We can hoist a line --
to a fire escape--
in the back, we'll tie off at --
there's a bench!
I can't take them as chums.
Start hoisting, wench.
Last week I wanted just to
disappear my life was dust.
But now it just may be a happy
new year.
A happy new year.
Bond, James Bond.
And pussy galore.
In person.
Pussy, you came prepared!
I was a boy scout once.
And a brownie, 'til some brat
got scared.
Aha!
Moneypenny, my martini!
Will bad champagne do?
That's shaken, not stirred.
Pussy, the bolts.
Just say the word two
minutes left to execute our
plan.
Where's everyone else?
Playing spider-man.
Because while we were locked
out, Benny had had the power
turned back on.
Mark walks to the phone, presses
a button.
Mark Mark are you there
are you there
are you screening your calls
it's mom we're all
impressed that the riot
footage made the nightly news
and your father says mazel tov
honey. Call him
love, mom
Alexi darling
Alexi darling from buzzline.
That trashy tabloid news show?
What do they want with me?
Your footage of the riots a-one.
Feature segment network deal
time.
I'm sending you a contract.
Ker-ching, ker-ching.
Marky give us a call, 970-4301
or at home try 863-6754.
Or my cellphone at 919-763-0090
or you can e-mail me at --
I think we need an agent!
We?
That's selling out.
But it's nice to dream
yeah, it's network TV.
And it's all thanks to me
somehow I think I smell the
whiff of a scheme.
Me too.
We can plan another protest.
We?
This time you can shoot from
the start.
You'll direct, starring me!
Open sesame!
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
I see that you've beaten me
to the punch
how'd you know we'd be here?
I had a hunch.
You're not mad?
I'm here to end this war.
It's a shame you went and
destroyed the door.
Why all the sudden the big
about face?
The credit is yours you made
a good case.
What case?
Mimi came to see me.
And she had much to say.
That's not how you put it at
all yesterday.
I couldn't stop thinking.
About the whole mess.
Mark, you'll want to get this on
film?
I guess.
I regret the unlucky
circumstances of the past seven
days.
Circumstance?
You padlocked our door.
And it's with great pleasure
on behalf of cyberarts that I
hand you this key.
I had no juice in my battery.
Reshoot.
I see, this is a photo
opportunity.
The benevolent god ushers
the poor artists back to their
flat.
Were you planning to take down
the barbed wire from the lot?
And let those people back in?
Anything but that!
Mimi, since your ways are so
seductive.
You came on to me!
Persuade him not to be so
counterproductive.
Liar!
Why not tell them what you
wore to my place?
I was on my way to work --
black leather and lace!
My desk was a mess.
I think I'm still sore.
Cause I kicked him.
And told him I wasn't his whore!
Does your boyfriend know.
Who your last boyfriend was?
I'm not her boyfriend I don't
care what she does
people!
Is this any way to start a new
year?
Have compassion.
Benny just lost his cat
my dog, but I appreciate
that.
My cat had a fall and I went
through hell.
It's like losing a --
how did you know that she fell?
Champagne?
Don't mind if I do.
To dogs.
No Benny -- to you!
Let's make a resolution.
I'll drink to that.
Let's always stay friends.
Tho' we may have our disputes.
This family tree's got deep
roots
friendship is thicker than
blood.
That depends that a shot at me?
Yeah, it was.
Depends on true devotion.
Depends on love.
Depends on not denying emotion.
Perhaps.
It's gonna be a happy new year.
I guess.
It's gonna be a happy new year.
You're right.
It's gonna be a happy new year.
I'm sorry.
Coming?
In a minute.
I'm fine. Go.
Well, well, well.
What have we here?
It's gonna be a happy new year.
Valentine's day, 1992.
I do not have a date.
Or a job.
Alexi darling keeps calling
about the Buzzline gig.
I keep saying no.
I still have a soul.
As for my ex, she is, as far as
I know, back with her ex.
I said once more from the
top.
I said no.
-- But maybe check in on that
again tomorrow.
You cannot just stand there
and moo again.
You shoot down every single
one of my ideas.
You've been planning this
protest for a month and you have
nothing.
I have the groundhog thing.
You, dressed as a cyber
groundhog to protest the
cyberarts groundbreaking?
Less than brilliant.
That's it, miss Ivy league.
What does Ivy league have to
do with anything?
Ever since new year's I have
been on my best behavior.
I let you direct.
I didn't pierce my nipples
because it grossed you out.
I didn't stay and dance at
Pandoras box that night,
a 'cause you wanted to go home.
You were flirting with that
woman in rubber.
Joanne.
Honestly.
There will always be women in
rubber flirting with me.
Give me a break.
every single day I walk down
the street I hear people
say, "baby's so sweet" ever
since puberty everybody stares
at me boys, girls I can't
help it baby so be kind and
don't lose your mind just
remember that I'm you're baby
take me for what I am who I
was meant to be and if you give
a damn take me baby or leave
me take me baby or leave me
a tiger in a Cage can never
see the sun this diva needs
her stage baby let's have fun!
You are the one I choose
folks'd kill to fill your
shoes you love the limelight
too, now baby so be mine and
don't waste my time cryin'
"honeybear are you still my
baby?" take me for what I am
who I was meant to be and if
you give a damn take me baby or
leave me no way can I be
what I'm not but hey - don't you
want your girl hot! don't
fight don't lose your head cause
every night - who's in your
bed? who's in your bed?
Kiss, pookie.
Bed? who's in your bed?
Kiss, pookie.
It won't work.
I look before I leap I love
margins and discipline I
make lists in my sleep baby
what's my sin? never quit, I
follow through I hate mess -
but I love you what to do with
my impromptu baby so be wise
a 'cause this girl satisfies
you've got a prize who don't
compromise you're one lucky
baby take me for what I am
a control freak
who I was meant to be
a snob, yet overattentive
and if you give a damn
a lovable, droll geek
take me baby or leave me
and anal retentive!
that's it!
The straw that breaks my
the straw that breaks my
back I quit unless you
take it back women
what is it about them?
can't live with them
or without them! Take
me for what I am who I was meant
to be and if you give a damn
me for what I am who I was meant
to be and if you give a damn
take me baby or leave me
take me baby or leave me guess
I'm leavin' I'm gone! it's
it's the coldest, nastiest
I'm leavin' I'm gone! it's
it's the coldest, nastiest
I'm leavin' I'm gone! it's
it's the coldest, nastiest
march I can remember.
Angel has spent most of the year
in the hospital, with Collins
always at her side.
Roger's still trying to write
that song.
But now he's usually working at
Mimi's.
Maureen and Joanne are
officially broken up.
It seems Mimi and Roger are not
far behind.
Sorry.
Sorry I'm late.
Sorry.
Where were you?
Are you alright?
I'm fine, don't worry about me.
How's Benny?
I wasn't with Benny.
Of course not.
I'm going back to my place.
Wait.
I should tell you.
I should --
never mind.
Yeah, never mind.
Happy spring.
without you the ground
thaws the rain falls the
grass grows without you the
thaws the rain falls the
grass grows without you the
seeds root the flowers bloom
the children play the stars
seeds root the flowers bloom
the children play the stars
gleam the poets dream the
eagles fly without you the
gleam the poets dream the
eagles fly without you the
earth turns the sun burns
but I die without you
earth turns the sun burns
but I die without you
without you the breeze warms
the girl smiles the cloud
moves without you the tides
change the boys run the
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
oceans crash the crowds roar
lonely
blue within
me, without
you the tears dry
you the tears dry
you the tears dry
you the tears dry
you the tears dry
without you without you
without you without you
without you without you
without you without you
it's too hot to answer you.
It's too hot to answer you.
Alexi darling Memorial Day
weekend in East Hampton on the
beach just saw Alec Baldwin
told him you say hi
just kidding we still need
directors you still need money
you know you need money pick up
the phone don't be afraid of
ker-ching kerching Marky sell us
your sole soul.
Just kidding.
We are waiting.
Keep waiting Alexi.
Summer's just getting started.
But it will be over before we
know it.
Hot hot hot hot
hot hot hot hot
hot hot hot hot
hot hot hot hot
hot sweat
sweet wet
wet wet
red heat
let her hot
bastard! Sweat
you whore! Sweet
you cannibal! Wet wet
wet more!
Red
you animal! Heat no latex
please don't stop
rubber please, please
rubber don't stop, stop
fire stop, stop, stop
latex rubber don't please
red, red please, please
please please fluid no hot
fluid no hot contact yes hot
no contact sweat, sweet
fire wet
fire wet burn wet
burn, yes! Red, heat
no latex
rubber rubber
fire latex rubber
latex bummer lover bummer
the sheet disappears take me
take me take me
ahh take me
take me, oh today for you
tomorrow for me
today me, tomorrow you
tomorrow you love
you love you love
I love you I love you!
Ahh take me
take me take me
Um.
Wait.
No.
Ow!
Where'd it go?
Safe.
Damn.
I think I missed.
Don't get pissed.
It was bad for me.
Was it bad for you?
It's okay.
It's over.
It's over.
It's over.
So we thank you, dear angel,
for lighting our way with style
and grace and love.
She pulled me aside one night
to talk legal advice.
Not for her; For everyone in the
east village.
Squatters, child protective
services, medical insurance.
She wanted to help.
And she always did.
Angel was one of my closest
friends. It's right that it's
Halloween, because it was her
favorite holiday.
I knew we'd hit it off the
moment we met.
Some skinhead was bothering her,
and she said she was more of a
man than he'd ever be and more
of a woman than he'd ever get.
And then there was the time
he-- she--
walked up to this group of
tourists. And they were
petrified because, a - they were
obviously lost and B - had
probably never spoken to a
person like her before in their
lives. But she offered to take a
picture with them. And then she
said she'd help 'em find the
Statue of Liberty.
So much more original than
any of us.
You'd find an old tablecloth on
the street and make a dress and
next year, sure enough, they'd
be selling them at Saks.
You always said how lucky you
were that we were all friends
but it was us, baby, who were
the lucky ones.
But it was us, baby, who were
the lucky ones.
Live in my house
I'll be your shelter
live in my house
I'll be your shelter
just pay me back with
one thousand kisses
just pay me back with
one thousand kisses
be my lover and I'll cover you
be my lover and I'll cover you
open your door
I'll be your tenant
don't got much baggage
to lay at your feet
but sweet kisses
I've got to spare
I'll be there
and I'll cover you
I think they meant it
when they said you
can't buy love
now I know you can rent it
a new lease you are, my love
on life
all my life
I've longed to discover
something as true as this is
so with a thousand five
hundred
sweet kisses
if you're cold twenty-five
thousand I'll cover you
and you're lonely six-hundred
minutes
with a thousand five hundred
sweet kisses you've got one
twenty-five thousand
I'll cover you nickel only
moments so dear
with a thousand five hundred
sweet kisses when you're worn
out twenty-five thousand
I'll cover you and tired
six-hundred minutes
With a thousand five hundred
sweet kisses twenty-five
thousand when your heart
has expired oh lover
I'll cover you yeah-ah-ah-ah
oh lover I'll cover you
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
Six hundred minutes
five hundred twenty-five
thousand seasons of love
Thousand seasons of love
Thousand seasons of love
Hi.
Is this Alexi darling?
Hi.
Mark Cohen.
Yes, I'm still alive.
Yeah.
I'd like to come work for you
guys.
Today?
Today's not great.
I'm at my friend's --
twenty minutes?
Okay.
I'll be there.
Yeah.
Happy Halloween to you too.
how did we get here?
How the hell --
how did I get here?
How the hell -- Christmas.
Christmas Eve last year, how
could a night so frozen be so
scalding hot? how can a
morning this mild be so raw?
Why are entire years strewn on
the cutting room floor of
memory when single frames
from one magic night forever
flicker in closeup on the 3D
IMAX of my mind that's poetic.
That's pathetic.
why did Mimi knock on Roger's
door
and Collins choose that phone
booth
back where angel set up her
drums
why did Maureen's equipment
break down
why am I the witness and when
I capture it on film
will it mean that it's the end
and I'm alone
I took that job at Buzzline.
It's true you sold your
guitar and bought a car?
It's true I'm leaving now
for Santa Fe
it's true you're with this
yuppie scum?
You said you'd never speak
to him again
Not now.
who said that you have any
say in who she says things to at
all?
Yeah.
who said that you should
stick your nose in other
people's --
Who said I was talking to you?
We used to have this fight
each night
Calm down.
she'd never admit I existed
everyone please.
he was the same way he was
always
"run away, hit the road,
don't commit" you're full of
it
Mimi -- she's in denial
he's in denial
didn't give an inch
guys.
when I gave a mile
come on.
I gave a mile
gave a mile to who?
come on guys chill.
I'd be happy to die for a
taste of what angel had
someone to live for unafraid
to say I love you
all your words are nice
Mimi
but love's not a three way
street
you'll never share real love
until you love your self
I should know
you all said you'd be cool
today so please for my sake --
I can't believe she's gone I
can't believe you're going
I can't believe this family
will die
angel helped us believe in
love I can't believe you
disagree
I can't believe this is
goodbye
I missed you so much.
I missed you.
Ow.
Calm down, Maureen.
Calm down, Maureen?
Guys.
Thomas B. Collins?
Coming.
I hear there are great
restaurants out west
some of the best.
How could she?
how could you let her go?
You just don't know how
could we lose angel?
Maybe you'll see why when
you stop escaping your pain
at least now if you try
angel's death won't be in vain
her death is in vain
are you insane?
There's so much to care about
there's me there's Mimi
Mimi's got her baggage
too
so do you
who are you to tell me what
I know, what to do
a friend
but who, Mark, are you?
"Mark has got his work"
they say "Mark lives for his
work" and "Mark's in love with
his work" important work, like
Buzzline.
Keep hiding in your work.
Hiding?
From what?
facing your failure facing
your loneliness
facing the fact you live a
lie
yes, you live a lie tell you
why
you're always preaching not to
be numb when that's how you
thrive
you say you know how we all
feel, but you really detach from
feeling alive
perhaps it's because I'm
the one of us to survive
poor baby.
Mimi still loves Roger is
Roger really jealous or afraid
that Mimi's weak
Mimi did look pale
Mimi's gotten thin Mimi's
running out of time Roger's
running out the door --
no more.
Oh no.
I've gotta go I'll call.
I hate the fall.
you heard?
Every word you don't want
baggage
without lifetime guarantees
you don't want to watch me
die?
I just came to say goodbye,
love
goodbye, love came to say
goodbye, love, goodbye
just to came to say
glory goodbye love
one blaze of
goodbye love
glory
goodbye love, goodbye
I have to find
please don't touch me
understand
I'm scared I need to go away
I know a place, a clinic.
A rehab.
I could never -- I'll pay.
Goodbye love goodbye love
came to say goodbye, love,
goodbye
just came to say goodbye
love
just came to say goodbye
love
goodbye love goodbye love
hello disease
off the premises now.?
We don't give handouts here.
what happened to "rest in
peace?"
off the premises, queer.
Hey.
Tell the priest I'll be right in
to take care of it.
And watch your mouth.
You're talking to my friend.
Must be nice to have money.
Sure is.
I think it only fair to tell
you, you just paid for the
funeral of the person who killed
your dog.
I know.
I always hated that dog.
Let's pay him off, then we'll
all get drunk.
Can't.
I have a business meeting.
Punk.
Let's go.
Well.
I guess I'm off to sell my soul.
"Mark Cohen, for Buzzline.
Coming up, devil worshiping
welfare queens are coming to
take your jobs."
Oh my god, what am I doing?
Don't breathe too deep don't
think all day
dive into work drive the other
way
that drip of hurt that pint of
shame
goes away just play the game
you're living in America at
the end of the millennium
you're living in America leave
your conscience at the tone
and when you're living in
America at the end of the
millennium
you're what you own
the filmmaker cannot see
and the songwriter cannot
hear
yet I see Mimi everywhere
angel's voice is in my
ear just tighten those
shoulders
just clench your jaw til
you frown
just don't let go
or you may drown
you're living in America at
the end of the millennium
you're living in America where
it's like the twilight zone
and when you're living in
America at the end of the
millennium you're what you
own so I own not a notion I
escape and ape content I don't
own emotion, I rent what was
it about that night what was it
about that night connection
in an isolating age for once
the shadows gave way to light
for once the shadows gave way to
light for once I didn't
disengage angel, Mimi I hear
you I see you I hear it I see
it I see it I hear it I see
it I hear it my film!
My song! Alexi?
One song Mark glory call me
a hypocrite Mimi but I
need -- your eyes I quit.
dying in America at the end
of the millennium we're
dying in America to come into
our own but when you're
dying in America at the end of
the millennium you're not
alone I'm not alone I'm not
alone speak
Roger this is your mother
Roger, honey I don't get these
postcards
moving to Santa Fe, back in
New York, starting a rock band
Roger where are you
Mimi, chica
donde estas?
Tu mama esta llamando
donde estas Mimi?
Kitten wherever are you
Mark, are you there
are you there
I don't know if he's there
we're all here wishing you
were here too where are you
Mark, are you there are you
where are you Mark
are you there
are you there
I don't know if
please call your mother
December 24
10:00 pm
eastern standard time I can't
believe a year went
by so fast
now we measure how
the year has passed
turn the projector on
first shot Roger
with the Fender guitar
he just got out of hock
when he sold the car
that took him away and back
I found my song
found his song
if he could just find Mimi
I tried - you know I tried.
Fade in on Mark
who's still in the dark
but he's got great footage
which he's cut together
to screen tonight
for an audience of one.
A non-paying audience of one.
This is gonna be good.
You don't have to say that.
I mean it.
I'm glad you're working on this.
I'm glad you're home.
Then again, maybe we won't
screen it tonight.
I can fix it.
I just need to figure out how to
find the flashlight in the dark.
Without a flashlight.
Man, what do you two do when
I'm not here?
I had a little hunch.
You could use a little flow.
Tutoring again?
Negative.
Back at N.Y.U.?
No, no, no --
I rewired the ATM at the food
emporium.
To provide an honorarium to
anyone with the code.
The code a-n-g-e-l
yet, Robin Hooding isn't the
solution.
The powers that be must be
undermined where they dwell.
In a small, exclusive gourmet
institution --
where we overcharge
the wealthy clientele
let's open up a
restaurant in
ahh, ahh Santa Fe
Santa Fe with a private
corner banquette ahh, ahh
in the back in the back
we'll make it yet ahh, ahh
we'll somehow get to
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
but you'd miss New York
before you could unpack ohh
Mark!
Roger!
Anyone help!
Maureen?
It's Mimi - we can't get her
up the stairs.
No!
she was huddled in the park
in the dark
and she was freezing
and begged to see you
let's get her inside.
Oh god.
Roger -- got a light
I know you you're shivering
She's been living on the street.
We need some heat.
I'm shivering.
We can buy some wood, and
something to eat.
I'm afraid she needs
more than heat
I heard that.
Collins will call for
a doctor, honey
don't waste your money
on Mimi, me, me
Hello?
911?
I'm on hold.
Cold, cold -- would you light
my candle yes.
Oh, god -- find a
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
Benny wasn't any
Shhh I know.
I should tell you why I left
it wasn't a 'cause I didn't
I know I should tell you
I should tell you
I should tell you
I love you who do you think
I love you who do you think
you are?
leaving me alone with
my guitar hold on
there's something you
should hear
it isn't much but it
took all year
your eyes
as we said our goodbyes
can't get them out of my mind
and I find I can't hide from
your eyes
the ones that took me
by surprise
the night you came into
my life
where there's moonlight
I see your eyes
how'd I let you slip away
when I'm longing so to
hold you
now I'd die for one more day
'cause there's something
I should have told you
yes, there's something
I should have told you
when I looked into your eyes
why does distance make
us wise?
You were the song all along
and before the song dies
I should tell you
I should tell you
I have always loved you
you can see it in my eyes
I have always loved you
you can see it in my eyes
Mimi!
moooooooooo!
Mimi!
moooooooooo!
Mimi!
moooooooooo!
What?
I jumped over the mooooooon!
Yes!
I was in a tunnel.
Heading for this warm, white
light --
oh, my god.
And I swear angel was there.
And she looked good!
And she said, "turn around
girlfriend, and listen to that
boy's song --" she's drenched
her fever's breaking
there is no future
there is no past
thank god this moment's
not the last there's only us
there's only this
forget regret or life
is yours to miss
no other road no
other way no day but today
I can't control
will I lose my dignity
my destiny will someone care
I trust my soul
will I wake tomorrow
my only goal from this
is just to be nightmare
without you there's only now
the hand gropes there's only
the ear hears here
the pulse beats
give in to love
life goes on or live in fear
but I'm gone no other path
a cause no other way
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
I die without you
no day but today
no day but today
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
five hundred twenty-five
thousand six hundred minutes
five hundred
twenty-five thousand
moments so dear
twenty-five thousand
six hundred minutes
how do you measure
measure a year?
How about love
how about love
how about love
measure in love
seasons of love love
seasons of love
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
six hundred minutes
five hundred
twenty-five thousand
journeys to plan
five hundred twenty-five
thousand
six hundred minutes
how do you measure
the life
of a woman or a man?
In truths that she learned
or in times that he cried
in bridges he burned
or the way that she
died it's time now
to sing out
tho' the story never ends
let's celebrate
remember a year in the
life of friends
remember the love
remember the love
remember the love
measure in love
measure, measure your
life in love seasons of love
life in love seasons of love
seasons of love
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We're gonna make a run for it.
Live for glory, not forever
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make this right here
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stand up
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