Title
“The Man without an Identity”
Theme music: a slow piece. Flute and piano.
Scene 1.
[Music: fades out.]
Cut to:
Scene 2.
Scene 3.
Interior of the coffee shop. There are some people having breakfast. At the one of the table, we see two men, John and Dan. At another table, we see a couple, Dave and Jennifer. We see also see a bar with stools.
The man: [Enters
to the coffee shop. Looks around
the coffee shop to see what the purpose of the place is. On the bar, he finds an empty coffee
cup and a dollar bill by the cup.
He walks towards to the seat by the window and sits. He takes a dollar bill from his pocket,
straitens, and gently puts in front of him.]
The waitress: [She
walks to the man’s table, and puts a coffee and picks up the bill without
saying anything. Then she leaves.]
The man: [Looks
into the cup. He slowly picks it
up, and drinks it.]
[Flash back: the out of focus shot of a marble
shinning.]
At the
table behind the man, there is John and Dan sitting having breakfasted.
Dan: “I’m
gonna quit this shit, you know.”
John: [eating]
“what do you mean? You gonna
give it up or what?”
Dan: “Look,
it has been three months, and no luck.”
John: “But
how many did you applied?”
Dan: [drinking
coffee and puts it down] “Enough to know that they are all bastards. I mean, you know, I’m an honest
decent man. I can work much harder
than any of those men out there.”
[He
looks outside.]
[Silence]
Dan: [looks
at John] “you know, I think, I may be too honest. I might talk out about issues and stuff
too much… But I don’t think that’s a bad thing. It’s a good thing to have
opinions. I’m an intelligent
man, you know. I think
that’s why I got fucked at the last place I worked. A man like me does not fit to
today’s society. People don’t
appreciate opinions no more.”
John: “you
were working at Tower Records, right?”
Dan: [silent]
John: “yeah,
I hate Tower Records any ways. Too
expensive.”
The other table next to the man’s table, there
are Dave and Jennifer.
Dave: “No,
Pepsi is too sweet.”
Jennifer: “That’s
why I like it. Coke is not tasty
enough.”
Dave: “Tasty? I am not expecting tasty from a soda.
Soda is all about its refreshing taste.”
The man: [He
is still drinking coffee, as he watches outside.]
Theme music.
The man is walking on the
road, which runs through the woods, farmlands, by the ocean, residential area. Finally, we see him at the vista point
where he can see the city of San Francisco.
Scene 4.
Music continues.
A busy street of the downtown San Francisco: many people walking. We hear crowds, car and footsteps. There are tall buildings, homeless people, and street venders.
The man: [He
is walking much slower than other pedestrians. He is looking around with curiosity and fascination.]
Music fades out.
There are two men, Nick and Ted, and a woman, Alice walking among all the other pedestrians. They are walking opposite direction from The Man.
Nick: “No kidding! Octopus?”
Ted: “Yeah, man! They are truly intelligent animals. They said they are actually smarter than dogs.”
Alice: “No way! Where did you read this?”
Ted: “Oh, I saw in on Discovery channel the other day.”
There are two women, Maggy and Patty talking at the outside table of a café.
Maggy: [excited] “So what did you tell him?”
Patty: [timid] “Oh, I just told him to give me a couple days to think.”
Maggy: [smiles] “Well… I really think you should. I mean, he is a wonderful man. He’s cute, intelligent, and has a good job. And goes to church every Sunday. You know, you are so lucky to have him. I mean, do you know how hard to find a decent man like him these days?”
Patty: [feeling uneasy] “Yeah… I know what you mean… but you know, oh… I don’t know. I just think----“
There are two men, Jeff and Billy walking fast to the same direction as The Man.
Jeff: [with a lot of hand gestures] “So anyway, I had to get my ass back to my fucking apartment, just to pick up my wallet.”
Billy: “Man, that’s sucks, for after all you went through.”
Jeff: “I know, so then, after that, I got back on my car, and drove to school. But you know how it is, of course, the parking was packed. I had to walk for a mile to get to the damn class.”
Billy: “Shit, man. Hey, but you know, at least your truck’s been running good these days.”
They walk pass by The Man who is still walking slowly and looking around.
Montage Sequence
Theme music
At night, The Man is sitting on the bench at the park by the wharf. We see the out of focus images that appeared earlier and footages of people at the park during the night. Homeless people, couples, etc.
Music ends
Scene 5
The park in the morning: sound of the birds singing, and cars. There are people walking and jogging in the park. There are less of homeless people. The Man is sleeping on the bench, and there is a boy, about the age of 5 standing in front of him. The boy is staring at him.
The Man: [Wakes up, and looks at the boy with a little surprise.]
The boy: [To the man] “Do you know how they make marbles?”
The Man: [He gets up and shakes his head]
The boy: “well, I don’t know neither.” [He takes a marble out of his pocket.] “But sure they are beautiful.”
The Man: [Silence, looks at the marble.]
The boy: “this one is my favorite. I like how it shines. I take this to every where.” [The boy puts his marble in his pocket.] [Silent for a moment.] “Well, what is your name?”
The Man: [Silent]
The boy: “I guess it doesn’t matter. My mom told me not to talk to a stranger, because they might hurt me. Are you going to hurt me?”
The Man: [Shakes his head.]
The boy: [Silent for a moment.] “Hey, do you like ships?”
The Man: [Silent]
The boy: “I think they are so cool. I wish I could be on the one of the big ships some day. My mom said I could when I get older. Have you ever being on a ship before?”
The Man: [Shakes his head.]
The boy: “I’m gonna see the ships. Do you want to come?”
The Man: [Silent]
The boy: “Let’s go.” [He pulls the man’s arm, and starts walking]
The Man: [he gets up, and follow the boy.]
Theme Music
They walk up by the sea. There are some ships at the bay. Some yacht at the harbor.
The boy: [excited, point at ships] “See, they are so cool.”
Scene 6
The street near the park: it is around noon. Some cars and busses running. The man and the boy are sitting on the bus stop bench. The boy is playing with shadow figure he creates with his hands.
The man: [He looks up and see a bus at the bus stop.]
The boy: [He stops playing with shadows and look at the man.] “What’s wrong?”
Cut to:
[Flash back: the out of focus shot of a girl spinning around.]
Cut back to:
The man: [He is looking at people getting on the bus.]
The boy: “That’s a bus. You don’t know what the bus is? Well, it will take you to the places you want to go. But you have to pay though. Do you have money?”
The man: [He takes two-dollar from his pocket.]
The boy: “Well, I think it takes one of that. My mom pays when we go visit grand ma…. Do you want to get on the bus?”
The man: [He looks at the boy]
The boy: [He is thinking about something.] “Well, I guess you have enough money, but I’m not sure.” [He takes a marble out] “You know, why don’t you take my marble, and if you don’t have enough money, just give this to the driver.”
The man: [Hesitate to take the marble.]
The boy: “Go a head. It’s my favorite one, but I think you should have it. I won’t give this to my brother, but you are my friend. So take it with you.”
The Man: [He takes the marble from the boy and looks at the boy.]
They both gets up, and the man starts to walk to the bus, but he stops and turns around to
the boy.
The boy: “I can’t go with you. My mom and dad gonna be mad. Good-bye.
The Man: [He turns around and walks to the bus. Then he looks at the boy again right before he goes into the bus.]
The boy: [He waves his hands]
Scene 7
Interior of the bus: we can see landscape outside. Mostly farm land.
Theme Music
The man: [He is looking outside. He takes a marble out of his pocket and stare at it. He also takes a key out of his pocket.]
Cut to:
[The flash back of the marble in out of focus.]
Cut back to:
The man: [He puts his key and the marble to his pocket, and looks outside.]
Music ends
Scene 8
The orchard, almond trees, around sun set. The trees are lined in organized manner.
Cut to:
[The flash back of the girl spinning around in out of focus.]
Cut back to:
The man: [He is walking around the orchard. He finds something on the ground, and squat down. There is a doorknob without a door on the ground. He picks it up. He takes his key and a dollar bill out of his pocket and pick the key. He puts the key to the knob and turns it. The doorknob unlocks.]
Theme Music
The girl: [Distant from the man, a girl about age of 5 is running through orchard laughing.]
The man: [He gets up, starts walking toward to the girl. He leaves the dollar bill on the ground by the doorknob.]
The girl: [Happily and joyfully running around. She runs to the edge of the orchard.]
The man: [Walks towards to where the girl is running to.]
Scene 9
Music continues
The ranch: there are horses, chickens, ducks, and dogs. There is a barn that is fallen and abandoned. There is a driveway, and trees along the side. The land is pink from the sunset.
The girl: [She runs up the driveway.]
The man: [He walks up the driveway after the girl.]
The girl: [She goes to a tree by the barn. She grabs the tree by the trunk and starts to spin around the tree.]
The man: [Stands far from the girl, and watching the girl spinning around.]
The girl: [She stops and recognizes the man.]
The man: [He slowly walks towards to the girl.]
The girl: [She looks at the man.] “Hi.”
The man: [He takes the marble from his pocket, and gives it to the girl.]
The girl: [She takes the marble, and smiles.] “Wow, this is beautiful. Thank you.” [She runs away.]
The man: [Looks up.]
The girl: [She runs towards her mother who is standing about fifty feet from the man. The girl hugs the mother, and shows the marble to the mother.]
The mother: [She looks up to see the man and smiles at him.]
The man: [He smiles.]
The end