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WAF-CAP  영화가 좋아

 

택시 드라이버

 

해리, 전화 받아

 

이 일을 택한 이유는?

 

- 불면증 때문에요
- 포르노 영화라도 보지

 

- 현재 하는 일은?
- 밤새 돌아다니며

 

지하철, 버스를 타느니
택시를 몰아보려고요

 

- 밤에 빈민가에 갈 수 있나?
- 언제 어디든 괜찮아요

 

- 휴일 근무는?
- 상관없어요

 

면허증 보여주게

 

- 위반 경험은?
- 깨끗해요, 마음씨도 백옥 같고

 

사람 갖고 놀 건가?
계속 이럴 거면

 

골치 아프니까
그냥 돌아가게

 

미안합니다
별 뜻 없었어요

 

- 건강 상태는?
- 좋아요

 

- 나이는?
- 스물여섯

 

- 학력은?
- 별로…

 

말할 게 없어요

 

- 병역은?
- 73년 5월 명예 제대

 

- 육군이었나?
- 해병대요

 

나도 해병대였네

 

파트타임으로 하겠나?
올빼미로 하겠나?

 

근무 시간이 길었으면 하는데요
올빼미가 뭐죠?

 

이거 작성해서
내일 아침 가져오게

 

58번 가로 돌아가
57번 가는 꽉 막혔어

 

5월 10일

 

비가 거리의 쓰레기를
깨끗이 씻어 내린다

 

근무 시간은 오후 6시부터
다음 날 아침 8시까지

 

주 6일이나 7일 일한다
힘들긴 해도 할 일이 있다

 

주 300에서 350불 수입에
미터기를 안 꺾으면 더 벌수도 있다

 

쓰레긴 밤에 쏟아져 나온다

 

매춘부, 깡패, 남창,
호모, 게이, 마약 중독자 등등

 

인간 말종들이다

 

언젠가 저런 쓰레기를
씻어내 버릴 비가 쏟아질 것이다

 

원하면 어디든 간다
브롱크스, 브루클린, 할렘까지

 

전혀 개의치 않는다

 

흑인을 안 태우는 기사도
있지만 난 아무렇지 않다

 

48번가 6번지,
정말 예쁘구나

 

음주 운전에 걸리면
안 되거든

 

서비스 좋으면
두둑이 주지

 

화끈하게 놀자고

 

- 이봐, 더 빨리 달려
- 기대해요

 

매일 밤 차고로 돌아오면
뒷좌석의 시트를 청소해야한다

 

피를 닦아낼 때도 있다

 

- 도와드릴까요?
- 이름이? 난 트래비스예요

 

그래요?
뭐 드려요?

 

- 이름 좀 말해줘요
- 이러지 말아요

 

아가씨 이름만
말해달라니까요

 

- 지배인 부를까요?
- 이름만…

 

- 트로이
- 알았어요

 

사탕 하나 줘요

 

쥬쥬 있어요?
큰 걸로

 

이것뿐인데요

 

이걸로 줘요
코카콜라 한 잔도

 

로얄 크라운 콜라뿐이에요

 

1달러 85센트

 

12시간을 일해도
잠이 안 온다

 

제길, 지루한 날들의
연속이다

 

내 인생엔
어떤 변화가 필요하다

 

평생을 내 안에서만
갇혀 보낼 순 없다

 

남들처럼 똑같이
살아야 한다

 

처음 그녀를 본 건
팔렌타인 선거 본부에서였다

 

하얀 원피스를 입고

 

천사처럼 나타났다
쓰레기 같은 뉴욕에서

 

아무도 천사한테

 

손대선 안 된다

 

찰스 팔렌타인을
대통령으로

 

2상자 보내왔으니
선거용 배지가 모두 5천 개야

 

지난번 슬로건은
"국민이 주인" 이었지만

 

이번 새 배지는
"국민은 주인" 이잖아

 

"국민이 주인" 이랑
"국민은 주인" 은 달라

 

싸우지 말자고

 

결론은 간단해, 이번에 보낸
배지 값은 줄 수 없어

 

- 톰, 잠깐 좀 봐
- 왜?

 

앤디 결제가 떨어지면
각 지부로 복사본을 보내

 

뉴욕 타임스 기사도
같이 보낼게

 

복지 정책에
중점을 둬야 해

 

- 밀고 나가야지
- 이미지 메이킹이 중요해

 

팔렌타인 의원은 활동적이고
지적이고 참신하고 매력 있고

 

- 섹시하고
- 물론이지

 

구강 세척제 선전 같잖아
법에 걸리는 거 아냐?

 

선거에서 약은
못 팔게 돼 있잖아

 

그것 때문에
삼촌도 감옥에 있어

 

농담이야, 결혼 생활이
감옥 같으시대

 

- 저기 좀 봐
- 사랑해

 

- 안 보여? 잘 봐
- 알았어, 잠깐만

 

- 어디?
- 택시 운전사가 쳐다보잖아

 

- 무슨 택시?
- 문 앞에 있는 택시

 

- 얼마나 됐는데?
- 꽤 됐어

 

- 신경 쓰여?
- 아니

 

- 신경 쓰고 있잖아
- 눈치도 빨라

 

내가 누군데,
한 마디 하고 올게

 

- 조심해
- 보고 있어

 

- 걱정하지 마
- 배짱은 좋네

 

출구가 막히니까
차 좀 빼줄래요?

 

아이섀도에
마스카라, 볼 연지

 

볼 연지가 아냐
볼 터치라고

 

- 그게 그거잖아
- 볼 터치야

 

- 트래비스
- 집 사람도 쓴다니까

 

- 그런 건 트래비스가 훤해
- 커피 한 잔

 

어쨌든 화장도 짙고
향수 냄새도 진했는데

 

차가 다리 중간쯤 갔을 때
스타킹을 갈아 신는 거야

 

그래서?

 

뒷좌석에 뛰어들어
여자한테 올라타면서

 

"재미 좀 볼래?" 그랬지
뿅 가게 해줬더니

 

여자가 흥분하면서 그런
경험은 처음이라며

 

팁을 200달러 주더라고
자네도 이 친구들 알지?

 

- 잔돈 바꿀 거 있어?
- 이 친구 별명이 돈벌레야

 

요즘 어때?

 

나 말이야?

 

택시 기사가 살해당했다는
뉴스 들었어

 

- 강도가?
- 아니, 정신 이상자래

 

- 122번가에서
- 깜둥이 소굴이야

 

장소 안 가리고 간다며?

 

트래비스?

 

- 장소 안 가린다며?
- 맞아

 

- 골치 아픈 놈도 많지?
- 그렇지, 뭐

 

- 권총 있어? 필요 없어?
- 별로

 

필요하면 싸게 파는
친구를 소개시켜줄게

 

난 있지만 안 써
호신용이지, 뭐

 

좋은 거 보여줄게

 

트래비스, 이것 봐

 

에롤 플린 욕조 타일이야
제품 기호도 있어

 

여기 F405434

 

수위표야, 한 명일 때
둘일 때, 셋일 때

 

한 번 안 팔아볼래?
반 떼줄 테니까

 

- 관심 없어
- 슬슬 가봐야겠어

 

정말 미안해

 

- 속았지?
- 감쪽같군

 

이거 해볼래?

 

잠깐만, 거의 끝났어
뭔데?

 

이쪽 손은 손가락
세 개가 없고

 

다른 쪽은 아예 없다면
성냥을 어떻게 켤까?

 

- 한 번 해봐
- 자신 없는데

 

힘들겠지만
한 번 해볼게

 

손가락 두 개론
정말 힘드네

 

잠깐만

 

못하겠어

 

- 신문팔이는 잘하던데
- 난 신문 안 팔잖아

 

- 이탈리아인 아냐?
- 흑인이야

 

이탈리아인이라면
폭력 단원이었음이 분명해

 

임무에 실패하면
손가락이 잘리거든

 

밀고자를 죽일 땐
카나리아를 남겨놓고

 

- 일종의 상징이지
- 왜 비둘기를 안 쓰지?

 

잘은 모르지만

 

비둘기는 잡아야 되지만
카나리아는 쉽게 살 수 있잖아

 

- 자원 봉사 좀 하려고요
- 네, 이쪽으로

 

이 분을 돕고 싶어요

 

- 왜 절 돕겠다는 거죠?
- 굉장한 미인이니까요

 

고마워요
팔렌타인 씨를 어떻게 보시죠?

 

당신이 돕길 원하는
우리 후보님 말예요

 

정책은 잘 모르지만
차기 대통령감 같아요

 

표 모을 수 있어요? 후보님의
복지 정책은 어떻게 보세요?

 

자세히는 모르지만
좋을 것 같아요

 

- 진심이세요?
- 그럼요

 

저 분한테 가면 당신 자릴
만들어줄 거예요

 

심야 택시를 몰기 때문에
낮엔 시간 낼 수 없어요

 

- 뭘 원하시죠?
- 커피 한 잔 안 할래요?

 

- 왜요?
- 이유를 말하죠

 

외로워 보여서요
지날 때마다 보면

 

주위에 사람들도 많고, 전화도
늘 분주해 보이지만

 

당신 눈빛이나
행동하는 걸 보면

 

행복해 보이지 않아요

 

뭔가가 필요해요
친구 같은 존재가

 

- 친구가 돼 준다고요?
- 맞아요

 

어떻게 생각해요?

 

여기서서 물어보기는 좀 그렇고
이럴 게 아니라

 

밖에서 5분만
시간을 내줘요

 

나쁜 뜻은 없어요

 

머리 좀 식혀요

 

- 휴식 시간이 4시예요
- 오늘 4시요?

 

- 그때 오죠
- 그러세요

 

그럼 4시에 문 앞에서

 

난 트래비스예요
베시 맞죠?

 

고마워요, 베시

 

5월 26일 오후 4시

 

베시를 '차일드' 커피숍으로
데려갔다

 

난 블랙커피에 치즈를 얹은
사과 파이를

 

베시는 커피와 과일 샐러드를
주문했다

 

자원 봉사자들이 많아
관리하기 힘들어요

 

그 고충 이해해요
나도 그래요

 

집이나 물건 정리를
잘 못하거든요

 

이런 표어가 필요해요
'언젠간 정비하자'

 

- "정리" 겠지요
- "정비" 요

 

아니, 웃자고 한 얘기예요

 

사무실에도 그런 코믹한
표어가 붙어있죠

 

직장은 맘에 들어요?

 

사람들이 좋아요
팔렌타인 씨는 유력한 후보이고

 

눈이 참 아름다워요

 

- 같이 일하는 그 남자 좋아해요?
- 착해요

 

- 마음에 드냐고요
- 재밌고, 일도 열심이고

 

- 문제는 좀 있지만
- 꽤 많아 보여요

 

헛다리 짚는 것 같아요
처음 두 사람을 봤을 때

 

금방 별 사이가 아니란 걸
감지했어요

 

하지만 우린 서로 강하게
끌리고 있다고 느꼈지요

 

그래서 자신 있게
말을 건넨 거예요

 

그런 감정을 느끼지
못했더라면

 

용기도 못 냈을 거예요

 

그 남자완 아무 사이도
아니고요, 내 말에 동감하죠?

 

그래서 여기 왔죠

 

- 고향은 어디예요?
- 북쪽이에요

 

그 남잔 바보같이
보여서 싫어요

 

- 당신을 존중하지도 않고
- 당신 같은 사람 처음 봐요

 

영화 보러 안 갈래요?

 

- 일해야 돼요
- 다음에 가자고요

 

좋아요
당신 보니 그게 생각나요

 

- 뭐가요?
- 크리스토퍼슨 노래

 

- 누군데요?
- 작곡가예요

 

제목이 "예언자와 마약상" 인데
현실과 환상 사이의

 

모순을 노래했어요

 

내가 그래요?
마약 밀매 같은 건 안 해요

 

아뇨, 상반된 면을
가진 것 같아서요

 

베시한테 내일 영화 보러
가자고 전화했더니

 

처음엔 망설이다
결국 승낙을 했다

 

베시 성이 뭐였지?
물어보는 걸 잊었다

 

젠장
그런 걸 깜박하다니

 

이곳 전세는 유리하지만
캘리포니아가 문제입니다

 

리무진을 탈 걸 그랬어요

 

택시도 상관없어
대책을 세워야 돼

 

- 팔렌타인 씨 맞으시죠?
- 그렇소

 

손님들한테 의원님을
지지하라고 늘 부탁하죠

 

- 고맙소, 트래비스 씨
- 승리하실 겁니다

 

스티커는 회사 규정에
어긋나 못 붙였어요

 

말이 안 통한다니까요

 

리무진보다 택시를 타면
느끼는 게 참 많소

 

- 그래요?
- 정말이오

 

뭐 좀 물어봐도 되겠소?

 

국내 최고 현안이 뭐라고
생각하시오?

 

사실 정치 쪽은
잘 몰라요

 

말해보시오

 

냄새나는 하수구 같은
이 도시를 청소해 달라고

 

대통령 될 사람한테
당부하고 싶어요

 

어떨 땐 인간쓰레기
냄새가 너무 심해서

 

미쳐버릴 정도죠

 

대통령이 화장실 물 내리듯
말끔히 씻어내려야 합니다

 

무슨 말인지
알 것 갔소

 

혁신적인 개혁이
있어야만 가능한 일이오

 

요금 여기, 잔돈은 됐소

 

- 얘기 즐거웠소
- 건투를 빌겠습니다

 

고맙소

 

빨리, 어디든 가요

 

어서요

 

내려, 함부로
까불지 좀 마

 

감방 가고 싶어?
말 들어

 

말썽 부리지 말고

 

운전수, 신경 쓰지
말고 가봐

 

안녕?

 

잘 있었어요?
선물이에요

 

진 크루퍼의 싱코페이션
연주입니다

 

- 이럴 필요 없어요
- 돈 쓸 데가 없어서요

 

- 당신도 들으면 좋은데
- 전축이 고장 났거든요

 

어떻게 견뎌요?
난 음악 없인 못 사는데

 

난 음악을 잘 모르지만,
알고는 싶어요

 

- 못 들어봤단 뜻이죠?
- 네

 

당신 전축으로 같이
듣고 싶은데요

 

다음은 40년 전의
칙 웨브

 

스웨덴 부부 성교육

 

이거 본다고요?
포르노잖아요

 

아녜요, 많이들 보러 오는
괜찮은 영화예요

 

- 정말이에요?
- 종종 오거든요

 

제 부모님은 엄격했어요

 

오래전부터 스웨덴에선
성교육의 토대를 닦아나갔다

 

- 어디 가요?
- 괜히 들어왔어요

 

- 이런 영화는 싫어요
- 불쾌해 할 줄 몰랐어요

 

- 이런 류의 영화를 본다고요?
- 그렇게 나쁘지 않아요

 

같이 자자고 말하는
거나 같아요

 

그럼 당신이 좋아하는
영화를 보러 갑시다

 

- 우린 안 맞아요
- 잠깐만요

 

- 갈래요
- 잠깐, 내 말 좀 들어요

 

- 택시
- 얘기하기도 싫어요?

 

- 레코드는요?
- 그건 벌써 가지고 있어요

 

- 가져가요
- 출발하세요

 

전화해도 되죠?
내 차도 있는데…

 

안녕, 베시?
트래비스예요

 

저번 일 미안해요
내가 실수했어요

 

다른 곳에라도 갔더라면
좋았을 텐데

 

기분 풀렸어요?

 

일로 인한 스트레스가
심해서 그렇겠죠

 

일이 바쁜가요?

 

언제 우리 같이
저녁 식사 안 할래요?

 

그럼 커피는요?
사무실로 갈게요

 

알았어요

 

꽃 받았어요?

 

못 받았어요?
꽃 보냈는데

 

좋아요, 내일이나 모레
전화해도 되요?

 

알았어요, 그럼 안녕

 

몇 번 더 전화했지만
아예 받지도 않았다

 

보낸 꽃들은 되돌아왔다

 

꽃향기 때문에 골치가
더 아파온다

 

뱃속까지 아프지만
어쩔 도리가 없다

 

건강은 마음먹기에 달렸다

 

건강은 마음먹기에…

 

달렸다

 

- 소란 피우지 말아요
- 왜 날 피해?

 

왜 전화도 안 받지?
내가 모를 줄 알아?

 

- 나가 줄래요?
- 바보 취급하지 마

 

- 손 저리 치워
- 알았어요, 나가요

 

너 같은 인간은
지옥에나 떨어져

 

경찰을 부르겠어
경관!

 

경관! 얼씬도 마
경찰 부르기 전에

 

그녀도 차갑고 냉담한
인간들 중 하나였다

 

똑같은 심장을 가진
냉혈 동물처럼

 

코너에 세워주게
바로 저기

 

아니, 미터기는 그대로,
뭐하는 건가?

 

미터기 그냥 두라고
말하지 않았나?

 

미터기 다시 꺾게
요금은 얼마든지 줄 테니

 

미터기 꺾어
꺾으라니까

 

그래, 밑으로

 

좋아
뭐하는 건가? 쓰지 마

 

그냥 얌전히 앉아 있게

 

딴 짓 하지 말고
쥐 죽은 듯이

 

앉아 있으라고

 

저기 불 켜진
창 보이나?

 

2층에 있는 창

 

2층 맨 끝에 있는
창 말이야

 

2층의 불 켜진
창 좀 봐

 

안 보이나? 보이지?

 

바로 저기야

 

여자 그림자 보이나?

 

- 여자가 보이냐니까
- 보여요

 

그럼 잘 지켜봐
내 마누라니까

 

내 아파트가 아냐

 

누가 사는지 아나?
자네가 알 리 없지

 

누가 사는지 알아?
깜둥이가 살아

 

어떻게 생각하나?

 

그놈을 죽일 거야

 

확 죽여 버릴 거라고
어떻게 생각하나?

 

어떻게 생각해?
대답하지 마

 

대답할 필요 없어

 

44구경 매그넘 총으로
그년을 쏴 버릴 거야

 

44구경으로, 그 총으로
그녀를 없애버리겠어

 

매그넘 총에 맞은
여자 얼굴 본 적 있나?

 

완전히 망가져서
형체조차 안 남지

 

여자 사타구니 쏜 것도
본 적 없지?

 

거길 쏴버릴 테니
고경하라고

 

날 완전히 미친
놈으로 생각하겠군

 

그렇지?
돈 놈으로 보이지?

 

제정신이 아니라고
생각하지? 그렇지?

 

미치광이로 보여?

 

대답할 필요 없어
요금은 줄 테니까

 

부티나게 빼입은 난쟁이가

 

금발 미인을
끼고 탄 거야

 

- 여자도 난장이야?
- 아니, 여잔 쭉 빠졌어

 

언제 한 번 난장이도
안아봤으면…

 

재미있잖아, 택시 타도
앞자리만 앉고

 

또 시내로 가는
호모 둘을 태웠는데

 

똑같은 티를 입고 타자마자
치고받고 싸우길래

 

당신네들 안방이냐고
하며 몇 마디 해줬지

 

미국은 자유 국가니까
맘대로 해도 되지만

 

내 택시 안에서
육탄전은 안 된다고

 

캘리포니아에선 호모끼리
헤어져도 위자료를 준대

 

재밌군
앞서가는 주라니까

 

- 둘 다 내리라고 했지
- 경찰이 외다리를 쫓더라고

 

- 목다리였어
- 경찰이?

 

- 아니, 경찰이 외다리를…
- 어서 와, 트래비스

 

5달러 빌려갔지?

 

두둑한데?

 

난 팁도 못 건졌어
공항에서 촌놈들 태우고

 

롱비치를 거쳐
맨해튼까지 갔는데도

 

- 돈벌이 어때?
- 별로

 

- 가야겠어
- 위저드

 

- 잠깐 얘기 좀 해
- 또 봐, 킬러

 

서로 속 얘긴 별로
안했지만

 

- 이쪽으론 대선배니까
- 내 별명이 해결사잖아

 

사실은 요즘…

 

고민 있지?
속 시원히 얘기해봐

 

의욕을 상실했어

 

빠져나가서 뭔가를
하고 싶어

 

택시가 지겹지?

 

글쎄… 모르겠어

 

여길 빠져나가
정말로…

 

뭔가를 하고 싶어
궁리는 많이 해보지만

 

이렇게 생각해 보라고

 

남자가 직업을 가지면

 

직업이 그 사람이
되어버리지

 

한 마디로

 

그 일 밖엔 모르게 돼

 

난 택시를 17년 몰고
밤에만 10년 몰았지만

 

아직 내 차가 없어
왜냐고? 필요 없으니까

 

회사 차를 모는 게
내가 원하는 일 같거든

 

알겠어? 직업을 가지면
그게 얼굴에 나타나

 

빈민이거나 부자거나
변호사나 의사나

 

죽는 놈, 살아난 놈
태어나는 놈도 같아

 

자네 젊음이 부럽네

 

여자도 안고 술도
마시며 즐길 수 있지

 

선택의 여지가 없어
우린 낙오자들이야

 

차이는 있겠지만

 

이런 엉터리 충고는
처음이야

 

나 같은 택시 기사한테
뭘 기대했나?

 

- 자네 말도 이해 못하는데
- 하긴 나도 그래

 

걱정하지 마, 킬러
괜찮아 질 거야

 

알아, 나도
여러 사람들… 봤어

 

고마워

 

어쨌든

 

괜찮아질 거야

 

- 상대 후보를 어떻게 보시죠?
- 훌륭한 인물이고

 

그만한 상대라면

 

경쟁할 맛도 나지만
제가 표방하는 정책이

 

훨씬 더 참신하고
승산이 있다고 봅니다

 

재능 있는 후보지만
선거에선 어림없습니다

 

현재 선거 운동의
현황은 어떻습니까?

 

"국민은 주인" 이란 모토처럼
주도권은 국민에 있습니다

 

전 원래 낙천적이지만
지금은 더 낙관적입니다

 

국민들이 제 요구에 부응하고
호응도가 높아

 

이런 경향이 지속되면
예비 선거는 물론

 

11월엔 유례없는 득표율을
기록하게 될 겁니다

 

그 여잘 죽여 버릴 테야
죽여 버릴 거야

 

안녕, 스포트?

 

- 택시가 계속 따라와
- 돌아보지 마

 

안녕?

 

놀러 갈래요?

 

어딜 가든
외로움이 따라온다

 

술집, 택시 안,
거리, 가게에서도

 

외로움에서
탈출할 수는 없다

 

6월 8일, 인생의
전환기가 찾아왔다

 

똑같은 날들이
쳇바퀴 돌 듯

 

끊임없는 사슬처럼
계속 이어지다가

 

갑자기 찾아온 변화

 

트래비스, 앤디라고
이동 판매상이야

 

- 44구경 매그넘 있어요?
- 비싸요

 

- 돈은 있어요
- 좋긴 좋아요

 

차도 한 방에 날아가니까

 

이거예요
팔 때도 제 값을 받죠

 

잡아봐요
최고예요

 

할렘의 흑인한텐
500불에도 팔 수 있지만

 

진가를 알아주는
사람들만 거래하죠

 

좀 크다 싶으면
다른 걸로 해요

 

38구경도 있고
이거예요

 

기가 막혀요

 

니켈 도금에 총신이 짧아
조준하기도 쉽고

 

아프리카에선 매그넘으로
야생 코끼리도 죽이지만

 

38구경에 비하면…

 

다른 총들은 장난감이죠
예를 들어

 

망치 대신 못질해도
조준점은 그대로예요

 

성능이 뛰어나
감탄한다니까요

 

자동 권총 보여줄까요?
콜트 25구경. 작고 기막히죠

 

탄창에는 6발
약실에 1발 들어가죠

 

약실에 1발만
넣었다간 손해예요

 

이건 왈서 380으로

 

탄창에 8발 들어가는데
이것도 굉장해요

 

2차 대전 때 38구경 대신
장교한테만 지급됐죠

 

감쪽같죠?

 

다 얼마예요?

 

총기를 그냥 갖고
다녀선 안 되죠

 

멕시코제 수제 권총집이
40불이에요

 

매그넘이 350불,
38구경이 250

 

25구경이 125,
왈서가 150이에요

 

전부 여기 넣어서

 

마약은요? 글래스, 해쉬, 코카인,
메스칼린, 진정제도 있고

 

- 각성제는요?
- 그런 건 관심없어요

 

크리스털 메스도
구할 수 있고

 

2천이면 새 캐딜락에
증서까지 구해줘요

 

6월 29일, 체력을 다지는
훈련에 들어갔다

 

그간 너무 게을렀었다
아침마다 팔굽혀 펴기 50번에

 

턱걸이 50번 하고
약과 식단을 조절하고

 

원기를 충전해

 

탄탄한 몸으로
만들어야 한다

 

이렇게 크다니…

 

정말 굉장해

 

점점 딱딱해지고
흥분하기 시작했어

 

머릿속 계획은 점차
구체화 된다

 

진정한 힘
정의를 구현할 힘이 필요하다

 

- 이거 더 없어요?
- 선거 본부에 가봐요

 

스피커는 괜찮아
한두 번 해본 게 아냐

 

- 언제 해봤어?
- 사실은 처음이야

 

- 베시? 베시?
- 왜?

 

베시, 이리 와봐

 

반가워요

 

당신 비밀 경호원
맞죠?

 

- 의원님 기다려요
- 그냥 기다린다고요?

 

틀린 대답은 아니죠
난 태양을 기다려요

 

비밀 경호원이냐고
물어본 건

 

왜냐면…

 

저쪽에 수상해 보이는
사람들이 있어서요

 

분명히 봤는데

 

- 아무리 봐도…
- 수상해요?

 

어디로 갔지?

 

비밀 경호원 되는 거
힘들어요? 내 적성엔 맞겠는데

 

관찰력도 뛰어나고
해병대에 있었거든요

 

군중들도 잘 다루고요

 

그 핀, 경호원들이
하는 거죠?

 

비밀 경호원한테
어울리네요

 

총은 어떤 거 씨요?
38구경? 45구경? 357 매그넘?

 

- 더 큰 걸 쓰나요?
- 정말 관심 있으면

 

이름과 주소를 주면
안내 책자를 보내 드리죠

 

정말요? 좋아요

 

잘 됐군요

 

이름은 헨리 크링클
K-r-i-n-k-l-e

 

- 하퍼 가(街) 154번지
- 하퍼?

 

토끼처럼 뛴다는
하퍼 말예요

 

페어론, 뉴저지

 

- 우편번호는요?
- 610452

 

여섯 자리군요

 

- 아니, 61045예요
- 알았어요

 

- 전화번호랑 혼동했어요
- 적어뒀으니까

 

- 곧 책자를 보내죠
- 정말 고마워요

 

오늘 조심해요, 이런 곳은
특히 위험하니까

 

너보단 빨라
망할 자식아

 

오는 거 봤어
비열한 놈

 

여기 내 앞에서
움직이기만 해봐

 

수작부리지 마

 

나한테 말한 거야?

 

나한테?

 

나한테 했어?

 

누구한테 한 거야?
여긴 나뿐인데

 

누구한테 수작 부리는
거야?

 

그래? 좋아

 

잘 들어, 이제껏 참을 만큼
참아왔어

 

더는 못 참아
잘 들어

 

사람이 참는 데는
한계가 있는 법이야

 

온갖 인간쓰레기들과
싸우는 사나이가 있어

 

바로 나야

 

각오해

 

트래비스, 요즘 어때?

 

입 닥치고
돈 다 내놔

 

- 빨리 꺼내
- 쏘지 마, 줄 테니까

 

뭘 꾸물거려?
다 내놔

 

- 이게 다야? 잔돈도 긁어
- 이게 전부야

 

어서 양말 속에
감춘 것도 꺼내

 

- 없다니까
- 이봐

 

- 쓰러졌어?
- 그래, 맞았어

 

망할 놈

 

- 죽었어?
- 몰라, 눈이 움직여

 

더러운 놈

 

총기 면허증이 없는데
어떻게 처리하지?

 

걱정 마, 나한테 맡겨

 

빨리 여기서 나가
내가 처리할 테니까

 

올해 들어 벌써
5번째 강도야

 

위대한 시인 휘트먼도
이런 말을 했습니다

 

"나는 고통 받는 인간으로서
거기 있었다"

 

바로 그대로입니다
우린 고통 받는 국민으로

 

거기 있었습니다

 

월남에서 고통 받았고

 

아직도 실업, 인플레,
범죄, 부패로 고통 받고 있습니다

 

아버지, 어머니께
7월은 두 분의

 

결혼기념일 뿐 아니라

 

아버지의 날, 어머니의
생신이 들어 있죠

 

죄송해요, 정확한 날짜는
기억 못 하지만

 

이 카드로 대신
축하를 보냅니다

 

약속처럼 주소를
알려 드릴 순 없어요

 

지금 정부 일을 하는데
보안이 필요해서요

 

이해하실 거예요
건강하고 수입도 좋아요

 

사귀는 여자도 있는데
보시면 흡족하실 거예요

 

이름이 베시라는 것밖엔
말씀 못 드려요

 

주차 금지 구역이야

 

어서, 빨리 차 빼

 

이 카드로 모두의
안부를 빕니다

 

염려 마세요, 언젠가
불쑥 귀향할 테니까요

 

사랑하는 아들 올림

 

- 어떻게 생각해?
- 말하고 싶지 않아

 

그 사람 평탄하게
못 살 것 같았는데

 

예상대로 이혼할 거래

 

필립이 나한테 청혼해왔어

 

그 사람을 사랑해

 

그럼 우리는?
우리 결혼은?

 

- 우리 결혼은 법적 효율이 없잖아
- 하나님 앞에서 맹세했잖아

 

부탁이야, 이해해줘
난 필립을 사랑해

 

빌어먹을

 

- 놀고 싶어요?
- 그래

 

저 남자 보이죠?
매튜예요, 말하고 와요

 

앞에서 기다릴게요

 

당신 매튜 맞죠?
좀 놀고 싶은데

 

경찰 나리, 난 손 씻었어요
친구 기다리는 건데

 

- 그것도 죄가 돼요?
- 경찰 아녜요

 

근데 왜 나한테 물어?

 

저 여자가 보내서

 

권총은 안 숨겼겠지?

 

그런 거 없어요

 

진짜 카우보이야?
그럼 한시름 놨고

 

15분에 15달러
30분이면 25달러

 

- 비싸군
- 쩨쩨하긴

 

나도 말 키운 적 있는데
차에 치여 죽었어

 

돈 아까우면 그냥
얌전히 돌아가

 

맛들이면 정신없을 걸
12살짜리 계집이라고

 

원하는 건 뭐든
죄다 해볼 수 있어

 

장담하건데 나올 때
다리가 후들거릴 걸?

 

폭력은 금물이야

 

- 좋아, 하겠어
- 여기서 돈 꺼내지 마

 

나랑 하는 게 아니잖아
쟤한테 직접 줘

 

- 또 보자고, 경찰 나리
- 뭐라고?

 

- 또 보자고, 경찰 나리
- 난 경찰 아냐

 

경찰이라도
별 수 없지, 뭐

 

- 아니라니까
- 좋아, 믿어주지

 

화끈하게 놀아봐

 

묘한 친구군

 

아무렴 어때
가서 재미 봐

 

이봐
방 값은 10불이야

 

시간 잴 거야

 

들어와요

 

정말 12살이야?

 

이봐요, 15분은
눈 깜짝할 새예요

 

담배 한 대 피우면
끝이라고요

 

몇 살이지?
말하기 싫어?

 

- 이름은 뭐야?
- '이지' 예요

 

- 이름 말이야
- 외우기 쉽잖아요

 

- 본명이 뭐지?
- 마음에 안 들어요

 

본명이 뭐냐니까

 

- '아이리스' 예요
- 이름 좋은데, 왜?

 

그건 당신 생각이고요

 

벗지 마
나 기억 안 나?

 

전에 내 택시에 탔는데

 

매튜란 자가 쫓아와
강제로 끌어내렸잖아

 

- 기억 안 나요
- 전혀 안 나?

 

- 네
- 내가 구해줄게

 

빨리 끝내요
스포트가 화낼 거예요

 

- 스포트는 또 누구야?
- 매튜 별명이에요

 

이렇게 해줘요?

 

잠깐만, 모르겠어?

 

- 도망가려고 했잖아
- 제정신이 아니었겠죠

 

- 마약도 하게 해?
- 그만해요

 

- 왜 그래?
- 안 할 거예요?

 

- 널 돕고 싶어
- 놀아줄게요

 

젠장
빌어먹을

 

제기랄
내 말 이해 안돼?

 

- 놀기 싫음 관둬요
- 도망가고 싶지 않아?

 

- 내가 왜 왔는지 몰라?
- 알고는 있어요

 

도망가려던 걸 보고
구하러 온 거잖아요

 

- 그렇죠?
- 도망가고 싶지 않아?

 

- 언제든 떠날 수 있어요
- 그럼 그 날 저녁엔?

 

너무 취해서…

 

매튜가 잡아준 거예요

 

내가 갈 데가
없단 걸 아니까

 

보호해준 거라고요

 

믿기지 않지만

 

할 수 없지

 

아저씨 마음은
정말 고마워요

 

- 또 볼 수 있니?
- 간단하잖아요

 

이렇게는 말고
밖에서 건전하게

 

내일 아침 식사 어때?
난, 1시쯤에 일어나요

 

- 내일은 좀…
- 돼? 안돼?

 

좋아, 알았어
그럼 1시에

 

내일 보자

 

난 트래비스야

 

고마워요, 트래비스

 

안녕, 내일 봐

 

귀여운 아이리스

 

받아요, 제대로 써요

 

- 언제든 환영이야, 카우보이
- 고맙군요

 

왜 부모님한테
돌아가라는 거죠?

 

날 미워해요, 아무 이유 없이
가출한 것 같아요?

 

하지만, 이렇게
사는 건 지옥이야

 

- 집으로 돌아가
- 여성 해방 운동도 몰라요?

 

넌 아직 어려
부모 보호 밑에서

 

남자 친구도 사귀고
학교에도 가고

 

- 뭘 모르는군요
- 모르는 건 너야

 

네 주위에 득실대는
쓰레기 같은 놈들한테

 

몸을 팔고 있잖아
돈은 딴 놈이 챙기고

 

벌레 같은 놈이

 

너야말로 뭘 몰라

 

난 인간쓰레기와
살인자완 놀아나지 않아

 

고향은 어디야?

 

- 누가 살인자예요?
- 스포트 말이야

 

사람은 안 죽여요
천칭자리거든요

 

나도 천칭자리라
서로 잘 맞아요

 

살인자나 마찬가지야

 

게자리 사람이
연애를 잘 한대요

 

- 게다가 마약 중독자고
- 아저씬 그렇게 대단해요?

 

태어나서 줄곧
바르게만 살았어요?

 

네가 도망쳐 나오면
스포트가 어떻게 나올까?

 

그냥 떠나면 돼요
여자들은 많으니까

 

그렇지 않다면
어쩔 거야?

 

- 경찰을 부를까요?
- 경찰은 도움이 안돼

 

스포트는 잘 대해줘요
때린 적도 없고

 

여자애들 몸 팔게 하는
나쁜 놈이야

 

그런 인간쓰레기는
뿌리를 뽑아야 돼

 

내 평생 그런 벌레 같은
인간 말종은 처음이야

 

널 뭐라 했는지 알아?

 

네가 맛깔스런
병아리 갈보래

 

농담일 거예요

 

곧 버몬트 쪽으로
갈 거예요

 

거기는 한 번도
안 가봤지만

 

잡지에서 봤는데
느낌이 안 좋았어

 

- 같이 안 갈래요?
- 거길 가자고? 싫어

 

왜요?

 

그런 데는 싫어
모르는 사람뿐이고

 

전갈자리죠? 그렇군요
틀림없어요

 

중요한 일이 있어
갈 시간도 없어

 

- 무슨 일인데요?
- 정부 일을 하고 있어

 

- 택시는 위장이고
- 수사관이에요?

 

- 그렇게 보여?
- 네

 

- 맞아
- 그럼 누가 더 이상한 거죠?

 

- 같이 안 갈래요?
- 차비 좀 줄게

 

- 필요 없어요
- 놈들 돈은 받지 마

 

네가 필요한 돈은
내가 줄 테니까

 

한동안 못 만날 거야

 

- 신경이 곤두서서 그래
- 이런 생활이 싫어

 

네가 이런 생활을 즐긴다는 건
나도 원치 않아

 

만약 그렇다면
넌 내 여자가 아냐

 

- 나한테 신경 안 쓰잖아
- 바쁘니까 그렇지

 

외로웠구나?

 

늘 같이 있고
싶어 하는 거 알잖아

 

네가 필요해

 

너 없인 못 살아
그걸 잊지 마

 

내 곁에 있어줘
이리 와

 

안아줄게

 

네 곁에 있으면
기분이 좋아져

 

네게 사랑받는 이 기쁨을
모두에게 가르쳐주고 싶어

 

여자들이 다 너처럼
사랑받아야 할 텐데

 

지금 너무 행복해

 

난 정말 행운아라는
생각이 들어

 

날 원하고 필요로 하는
여잘 안고 있으니까

 

정말로 너만을 사랑해

 

아이리스, 집에 돌아갈
여비로 충분할 거다

 

이걸 볼 때쯤이면,
난 이 세상에 없어

 

이제야 내가 나아갈
방향이 분명해졌다

 

이런 확신이 생긴 건
생전 처음이다

 

미국의 차기 대통령
찰스 팔렌타인 씨입니다

 

감사합니다
신사 숙녀 여러분

 

이 콜럼버스 광장의
교차로는

 

뜻 깊은 곳입니다

 

도로와 우리 삶의
교차점인 동시에

 

오늘 중요한 역사의
교차점이 되는 것입니다

 

역사의 교차로에서

 

오랫동안 잘못된 길로
들어서서

 

빈곤, 실업, 인플레를
겪어야 했지만

 

마침내 오늘 전환점을
맞게 됐습니다

 

더 이상 소수를 위해
희생할 수 없습니다

 

새 길이 순탄하다면
그건 거짓말입니다

 

험난할 겁니다

 

올바른 길은
험난하기 마련이죠

 

다함께 올바른
길로 나아갑시다

 

이 나라 주인은
여러분이며

 

여러분이 정치할 때입니다

 

저기 저 놈 잡아

 

- 어서 쫓아가
- 사라졌어

 

도망갔어

 

좀 벌었어?
돈 받았지?

 

- 아이리스 있지?
- 네

 

- 스포트, 요즘 어때?
- 그럭저럭

 

- 어디서 만났더라?
- 여자 장사는 잘 돼?

 

- 나 알아?
- 아니, 그러는 넌?

 

- 시비 걸지 말고 꺼져
- 나 몰라?

 

아이리스 알지?

 

아니, 그런 이름 몰라
당장 여기서 꺼져

 

- 정말 아이리스 몰라?
- 처음 듣는 이름이야

 

혼나기 전에 꺼져
말썽 피우지 말고

 

- 총 있어?
- 꺼지라니까

 

이거나 먹어

 

이 미친 놈

 

이 망할 자식
죽여 버릴 테다

 

각오해, 죽여 버리겠어

 

죽여 버릴 테다
미친 자식

 

쏘지 말아요

 

갱단 물리친 택시 운전사

 

친애하는 트래비스 씨
회복 소식을 듣고

 

얼마나 기쁜지 모릅니다
아이리스를 데리러 갔을 때

 

병원에 들렀지만
혼수상태라고 하더군요

 

이 은혜를 어떻게 갚아야
할 지 모르겠군요

 

잃었던 딸을 되찾아
너무나 행복합니다

 

선생은 우리 가족의
위대한 영웅입니다

 

요즘 아이리스는
전처럼

 

학교에서 열심히
공부하고 있습니다

 

변화에 적응하느라
마음 고생이 심하지만

 

다신 가출 않기로
약속했습니다

 

끝으로
저희 부부는

 

다시 한 번 진심으로
감사를 드립니다

 

형편상 뉴욕까지
찾아뵙긴 힘들지만

 

이 은혜 잊지 않겠습니다
피츠버그에 오시게 되면

 

부디 저희 집을
방문해주시기 바랍니다

 

깊이 감사드리며…
버트, 아이비 부부 드림

 

개인택시 모는 에디가
타이어 바꾸자고 해서

 

새 거라 안 되고
마누라를 바꾸자 했지

 

- 미스 뉴저지였거든
- 당연히 안 바꾸지

 

- 도보이, 위저드, 킬러
- '찰리 티'

 

- 트래비스, 손님이야
- 제길

 

나중에 봐

 

- 안녕, 트래비스?
- 안녕?

 

팔렌타인 씨가 지명됐더군요

 

17일 남았어요

 

이기길 바래요

 

당신 기사 봤어요
좀 어때요?

 

아무렇지도 않아요
괜찮아요

 

신문에서 좀 부풀린 거죠

 

어깨만 좀 뻐근해요

 

트래비스

 

얼마죠?

 

그럼…

 

한글 자막 - 스타 영상 번역

 

 

Harry, answer that.

 

So what do you wanna hack for, Bickle?

 

I can't sleep nights.

 

-There's porno theaters for that.
-I know. I tried that.

 

So what do you do now?

 

Now? Ride around nights mostly.
Subways, buses.

 

Figure I might as well
get paid for it.

 

You wanna work uptown?
South Bronx, Harlem?

 

I'll work anytime, anywhere.

 

Will you work Jewish holidays?

 

Anytime, anywhere.

 

Let me see your chauffeur's license.

 

How's your record?

 

It's clean.

 

It's real clean, like my conscience.

 

You gonna break my chops? I got
enough trouble with guys like you.

 

If you're gonna, you can
take it on the arches.

 

Sorry, sir, I didn't mean that.

 

-Physical?
-Clean.

 

-Age?
-26.

 

Education?

 

Some.

 

Here, there.

 

Military record?

 

Honorable discharge.

 

May 1973.

 

-Were you in the Army?
-Marines.

 

I was in the Marines too.

 

So what is it?

 

You need an extra job?

 

Are you moonlighting?

 

Well, I just wanna work long hours.

 

What's moonlighting?

 

Look…

 

…just fill these out
and check back tomorrow.

 

O'Brien, please step up.

 

Take the car out
through 58th Street, please.

 

Because it's crowded on 57th.

 

May 10th.

 

Thank God for the rain,
which washed away…

 

…the garbage and the trash
off the sidewalks.

 

I'm working long hours now.

 

Six in the afternoon to six
in the morning, sometimes even eight.

 

Six days a week,
sometimes seven days a week.

 

It's a long hustle,
but it keeps me real busy.

 

I can take in $300,
$350 a week.

 

Sometimes even more,
when I do it off the meter.

 

All the animals come out at night.

 

Whores, skunk-pussies, buggers,
queens, fairies, dopers, junkies.

 

Sick, venal.

 

Someday, a real rain will come and
wash all this scum off the streets.

 

I go all over. I take people to
the Bronx, Brooklyn, Harlem.

 

I don't care.
Don't make no difference to me.

 

It does to some.
Some won't even take spooks.

 

Don't make no difference to me.

 

48th and 6th, please.

 

Man, you are gorgeous!
Beautiful little girl.

 

I can't afford to get stopped.

 

We wouldn't want that to happen.

 

There'll be a big tip for you
if you do the right things.

 

You got a way.

 

You got a way.

 

Now you're talking!

 

Driver, hurry up, will you?

 

Each night when I return the cab,
I clean the come off the back seat.

 

Some nights, I clean off the blood.

 

Can I help you?

 

Yeah, what's your name?

 

My name is Travis.

 

That's nice.
What can I do for you?

 

I'd like to know what your name is.

 

Gimme a break.

 

You can tell me what your name is.
I'm not gonna do anything.

 

-Do you want me to call the manager?
-You don't have to--

 

Troy!

 

All right. Okay, I mean…

 

Can I have a Chuckles there?

 

Do you have any Jujus? They last
longer. I'd like to get them too.

 

What you see is what we got.

 

I'll take these.

 

Coca-Cola.

 

We don't have Coca-Cola.
Royal Crown Cola is all we got.

 

A dollar eighty-five.

 

Twelve hours of work
and I still can't sleep.

 

Damn.

 

Days go on and on.
And they don't end.

 

All my life needed was
a sense of someplace to go.

 

I don't believe that one should devote
his life to morbid self-attention.

 

I believe someone should
become a person like other people.

 

I first saw her at Palantine campaign
headquarters at 63rd and Broadway.

 

She was wearing a white dress.

 

She appeared like an angel…

 

…out of this filthy mass.

 

She is alone.

 

They…

 

…cannot…

 

…touch…

 

…her.

 

You delivered two boxes. I think
it's a total of 5000 campaign buttons.

 

Now, all the ones we had before
and our slogan is…

 

…"We are the people,"
and "are" is underlined.

 

These new buttons have "we" underlined.

 

That reads, "_We_ are the people."
Well, I think there's a difference.

 

"_We_ are the people" is not
the same as "We _are_ the people."

 

Let's not fight.

 

Look, we'll make it real simple.

 

We don't pay for the buttons.

 

-We throw the buttons away, all right?
-Tom, come here a minute.

 

What?

 

If Andy okays this canvass report,
send a copy to all headquarters.

 

I gotta xerox that
New York Times article.

 

-Don't forget the new photos.
-I didn't.

 

We have to emphasize mandatory welfare.
That's the issue to push.

 

First push the man, then the issue.

 

Senator Palantine is a dynamic man.

 

An intelligent, interesting,
fresh, fascinating man.

 

You forgot sexy.

 

I did not forget sexy.

 

You sound like
you're selling mouthwash.

 

We are selling it.

 

-Are we authorized to do that?
-Very funny.

 

You can get in trouble
selling pharmaceuticals here.

 

My uncle's in jail because of that.

 

It's not really jail. Of course,
with his wife, anything would be jail.

 

Look over there.

 

I love you.

 

Notice anything?

 

-No.
-Well, put your glasses on.

 

Okay, just a minute. All right.

 

That taxi driver's been staring at us.

 

What taxi driver?

 

The one that's sitting there.

 

-How long has he been there?
-It feels like a long time.

 

-Does he bother you?
-No.

 

You mean yes.
You're being sarcastic.

 

You're quick.
You're really quick.

 

I try to be real quick.

 

I'll play the male
in this relationship--

 

Good luck.

 

--and tell him to move.
And l don't need good luck.

 

Oh yes, you do.
You just think you don't.

 

You're blocking our doorway.
You think you might move your cab?

 

You know, eye shadow, mascara…

 

…lipstick, rouge.

 

Not rouge. Blush-on, they call it.

 

-The kind with the brush.
-Yeah, it's Blush-on.

 

-Hey, Wiz.
-That's Blush-on. My wife uses it.

 

Ask Travis. He's a ladies' man.

 

A cup of coffee.

 

Whatever the fuck it is,
she uses a lot of it.

 

And then perfume. The spray kind.

 

Then in the middle of
the Triboro Bridge--

 

And this woman is beautiful,
she changes her pantyhose.

 

-No.
-Oh, yeah.

 

What'd you do?

 

I throw the man out, and I jump
in the back seat and whip it out.

 

And I said, "You know what this is?"

 

She says, "It's love."
I fuck her brains out.

 

She goes wild and says, "That's the
greatest single experience of my life."

 

Then she gave me a $200 tip
and her phone number in Acapulco.

 

You know Doughboy, Charlie T.

 

Hey, Travis.
Got change for a nickel?

 

Doughboy will do anything for a buck.

 

So how's it hanging?

 

What's that?

 

I turn on the radio. Some fleet driver
from Bell just got all cut up.

 

Stickup?

 

No, he got cut up by some crazy fucker.
Cut half his ear off.

 

Where?

 

It was on 122nd Street.

 

Fucking Mau Mau land.

 

You run all over town,
don't you, Travis?

 

You run all over town, don't you?

 

You handle
some pretty rough customers.

 

Yeah, I have.

 

You carry a piece?

 

You need one?

 

I know a fella who can get you
a real nice deal.

 

Lots of shit around.

 

I never use mine. I'm conservative.

 

But it's a good thing to have
just as a threat.

 

I'm gonna go dig my dirt.

 

Look.

 

Piece of Errol Flynn's bathtub.

 

Dig the symbols.

 

F-4-0-5-4-3-4.

 

And the watermark.

 

There's one person…

 

…there's two persons…

 

…and there's three persons.

 

I got this at his estate, The Pines.

 

Take it, and if you can sell it,
you give me half of what you got.

 

I don't want to.

 

I'm gonna get in my cab and boogie.

 

Oh, I'm so terribly sorry.

 

Nothing.

 

That's very cute. Thank you.

 

Hey, you wanna see something?

 

Wait, I just typed,
"You wanna see something?"

 

If you had these three fingers
missing on this hand…

 

…and that hand missing
on that hand…

 

-…how would you light the match?
-I wouldn't.

 

Go ahead. Give it a try.

 

Well, I don't think I could do it.

 

No?

 

It's gonna be difficult.

 

I'll give it a try.

 

I got my thumb back for a second.
Thank God.

 

Just a minute.

 

I can't do it.

 

The guy at the newsstand can.

 

Well, I don't work at a newsstand.

 

-Anyway, he's probably ltalian.
-No.

 

-You're sure?
-He's black.

 

If he had been ltalian,
he might've been a thief.

 

If a thief screws up on the job,
the mob blows his fingers off.

 

This sounds like a joke,
but it's true.

 

If they kill a stool pigeon,
they leave a canary on the body.

 

-It's symbolic.
-Why not a pigeon instead of a canary?

 

I don't know why not.
Wait a minute.

 

You gotta catch a pigeon. A canary,
you can walk into a pet store…

 

…kill it right there.
Put it on anyone you want.

 

-I'd like to volunteer.
-I'll take you right over here.

 

I'd rather volunteer to her,
if you don't mind.

 

Why do you have to volunteer to me?

 

Because you are the most beautiful
woman I have ever seen.

 

Thanks.

 

But what do you think of Palantine?

 

The man you're volunteering
to help elect President.

 

I don't know what his policies are,
but I'm sure he'll make a good one.

 

-Do you want to canvass?
-Yeah, I'll canvass.

 

How do you feel about
his stand on welfare?

 

I don't really know his stand on
welfare, but I'm sure it's a good stand.

 

You're sure of that?

 

We all work together here,
day and night…

 

…so I'm sure the gentlemen
will sign you up over there.

 

The thing is, I drive a taxi at night,
so it's kind of hard for me…

 

…to work in the day.

 

Then what exactly do you want?

 

Would you like to have
coffee and pie with me?

 

Why?

 

Why? I'll tell you why.

 

I think you're a lonely person.

 

I drive by a lot, and I see you here.

 

I see a lot of people around you…

 

…and I see these phones
and all this stuff on your desk…

 

…and it means nothing.

 

And when I came inside and met you…

 

…I saw in your eyes
and how you carried yourself…

 

…that you're not a happy person.

 

And I think you need something.

 

If you wanna call it a friend,
you can call it that.

 

You're gonna be my friend?

 

What do you say?

 

It's a little hard standing here
and asking you, so…

 

Five minutes, that's all.
Just outside. Right around here.

 

I'm there to protect you.

 

Come on. Just take a little break.

 

I have a break at 4:00.
If you're here--

 

4:00 today?

 

-I'll be here.
-I'm sure you will.

 

-All right. Four p.m.
-Right.

 

-Outside in the front?
-Yes.

 

Oh, my name is Travis. Betsy?

 

I appreciate this, Betsy.

 

May 26th, four o'clock p.m.

 

I took Betsy to Charles' Coffee Shop
on Columbus Circle.

 

I had black coffee and apple pie
with a slice of melted yellow cheese.

 

I think that was a good selection.

 

Betsy had coffee
and a fruit salad dish.

 

She could've had
anything she wanted.

 

15,000 volunteers
in New York alone isn't bad.

 

But the organizational problems!

 

Yeah, I know what you mean.
I got the same problems.

 

I gotta get organized. Little things,
like my apartment, my possessions.

 

I should get a sign: "One of
these days, I'll get organiz-ized."

 

You mean "organized"?

 

Organiz-ized.

 

Organiz-ized. It's a joke.

 

O-R-G-A-N-E-Z-I-E-Z-D.

 

You mean "organiz-ized." Like those
signs in offices that say, "Thimk."

 

Do you like where you work?

 

We've got some good people.
Palantine's got a good chance.

 

You know you have beautiful eyes?

 

Do you like the guy you work with?

 

He's okay.

 

But do you like him?

 

He's funny and very good at his job.
Though he does have a few problems.

 

I'd say he has quite a few problems.

 

His energy seems to go
in the wrong places.

 

When I walked in and I saw
you two sitting there…

 

…I could just tell
that there was no connection…

 

…whatsoever.

 

And when I walked in,
there was something between us.

 

There was an impulse
we were both following.

 

So that gave me the right
to talk to you.

 

Otherwise, I never would've
had the right to talk to you.

 

I never would've had
the courage to talk to you.

 

And with him,
I felt there was nothing.

 

When I walked in, I knew I was right.
Did you feel that way?

 

I wouldn't be here if I didn't.

 

Where are you from?

 

Upstate.

 

That fellow, I don't like him.

 

Not that I don't like him,
I just think he's silly.

 

I don't think he respects you.

 

I don't believe I've ever met
anyone quite like you.

 

You wanna go to…

 

…a movie with me?

 

-I have to go back to work now.
-I don't mean now. Another time?

 

Sure. You know what you remind me of?

 

What?

 

That song…

 

…by Kris Kristofferson.

 

Who's that?

 

The songwriter.

 

"He's a prophet…

 

He's a prophet and a pusher…

 

…partly truth, partly fiction,
a walking contradiction."

 

You saying that about me?

 

Who else would I be talking about?

 

I'm no pusher.
I've never pushed.

 

Just the part about the contradictions.

 

You are that.

 

I called Betsy again. She said
maybe we'd go to a movie…

 

…after work tomorrow.
That's my day off.

 

At first she hesitated,
but I called her again and she agreed.

 

Betsy, Betsy. Oh, no.

 

Betsy what?
I forgot to ask her last name.

 

Damn! I gotta remember
stuff like that.

 

Don't worry about anyone
committing themselves…

 

…until things come in
from California.

 

Listen, I think we should've
waited for the limo.

 

I don't mind the cab,
but I mind…

 

…going to California
without the right preparation.

 

Are you Charles Palantine,
the candidate?

 

Yes, I am.

 

I tell everybody that comes in this taxi
that they have to vote for you.

 

Why, thank you…

 

…Travis.

 

I'm sure you'll win.
Everybody I know will vote for you.

 

I was gonna put your sticker
in my taxi…

 

…but the company said
it was against their policy.

 

They're a bunch of jerks.

 

Let me tell you, I have learned
more about America…

 

…from riding in cabs than in all
the limos in the U.S.

 

-Oh, yeah?
-That's true.

 

-Can I ask you something, Travis?
-Sure.

 

What bugs you the most
about this country?

 

Well, I don't know. I don't follow
political issues that closely, sir.

 

Well, there must be something.

 

Well, whatever it is, he should
clean up this city here…

 

…because it's like an open sewer.
It's full of filth and scum.

 

Sometimes I can hardly take it.

 

Whatever becomes the President
should just…

 

…really clean it up. You know?

 

Sometimes I go out and I smell it.
I get headaches, it's so bad.

 

And they just never go away, you know?

 

I think that the President
should just…

 

…clean up this mess. He should
flush it right down the fucking toilet.

 

I think I know what you mean, Travis.

 

But it's not gonna be easy.

 

-We'll have to make radical changes.
-Damn straight.

 

Here you go.
Keep the change.

 

Thank you.

 

-Nice talking to you.
-Nice talking to you.

 

You're a good man.
I know you're gonna win.

 

Thank you, I think.

 

Just get me outta here,
all right?

 

Come on!

 

Come on, baby.
This is a real drag.

 

Now, come on!
Don't make a scene.

 

You wanna get busted?

 

Bitch, be cool!

 

Don't start no trouble.

 

Cabbie, just forget about this.

 

Be cool, bitch!

 

Get your ass out of here!

 

Hi there.

 

-Have a nice day today?
-Not particularly.

 

Got a present for you.

 

Now back to Gene Krupa's
syncopated style shortly.

 

Why'd you do that?

 

What else am I gonna do
with my money?

 

I wish you'd have listened to this.

 

I would have, except my record
player doesn't work now.

 

Your stereo's broken?

 

How do you stand it?
I can't live without music.

 

I don't follow music too much,
but I would really like to.

 

Then you haven't played
this record yet.

 

But I was thinking maybe we could
listen to it on your record player.

 

Now, going back through
40 years of Chick Webb.

 

You gotta be kidding.

 

What?

 

This is a dirty movie.

 

No, no. This is a movie
that a lot of couples come to.

 

-All kinds of couples go here.
-You sure about that?

 

Yeah, I see them all the time.

 

Come on.

 

-Where are you going?
-I have to leave.

 

-Why?
-I don't know why I came in here.

 

-I don't like these movies.
-Well, I mean--

 

I didn't know you'd feel
that way about this movie.

 

-If I had--
-Are these the only movies you go to?

 

Yeah, I mean I come and--
This is not so bad.

 

Taking me here is as exciting
to me as saying, "Let's fuck."

 

There are other movies
I can take you to.

 

I don't know much about them,
but I can take you other places.

 

We're just different.

 

-Wait a second.
-I have to go.

 

I've got to go now.

 

-Wait a second, I want to talk.
-But I have to go.

 

Taxi!

 

Can I talk to you at least?
Won't you at least to talk to me?

 

Take the record.

 

-I've already got it.
-But, please.

 

-I bought it for you, Betsy.
-Okay, now I've got two. Let's go.

 

Can I call you?

 

Jesus Christ, I got a taxi.

 

Hello, Betsy.

 

Hi, it's Travis.

 

Listen, I'm sorry
about the other night.

 

I didn't know that was
the way you felt about it.

 

Well, I didn't know. If I--
I'd have taken you somewhere else.

 

Are you feeling better or…?

 

Maybe you had a virus or something.
A 24-hour virus, you know.

 

It can happen. Yeah.

 

You've been working hard, huh?

 

Would you like to have
some dinner with me…

 

…in the next few days or something?

 

How about a cup of coffee?

 

I could come by the headquarters
or something, and we could…

 

Okay, okay.

 

Did you get my flowers and the…?

 

You didn't get them?
But I sent some flowers.

 

Can I call you again?

 

Tomorrow or the next day?

 

No, I'm gonna--
Okay, yeah, sure.

 

So long.

 

I tried several times to call her…

 

…but after the first call,
she wouldn't come to the phone.

 

I also sent flowers,
but with no luck.

 

The smell of the flowers
made me sicker.

 

The headaches got worse.
I think I got stomach cancer.

 

I shouldn't complain, though.

 

You're only as healthy…

 

You're only as healthy as you feel.

 

You're only…

 

…as healthy…

 

…as…

 

…you…

 

…feel.

 

-Let's not have trouble.
-Why won't you talk to me?

 

You think I don't know you're here?

 

You think I don't know?

 

-Please leave.
-Take your hands off!

 

I just want you to know--

 

Please.
This is no place to do this.

 

-Take your hands off!
-Just leave.

 

-All right, leave, then!
-I wanna tell you…

 

…you're in hell!
And you'll die in hell.

 

-There's a cop over there.
-You're like the rest of them.

 

Look, I'm calling the cop.
Officer!

 

Officer!

 

Don't come around here,
because I'll call the police!

 

I realize now, how much she's just
like the others, cold and distant.

 

Many people are like that.

 

Women for sure.
They're like a union.

 

Yo, cabbie!

 

Pull over to the curb over there.
Right over there.

 

No, don't.

 

The fucking meter.
What are you doing?

 

What are you doing with the meter?

 

Did I tell you to do that
with the meter?

 

Put the meter back.
I don't care what I have to pay.

 

I'm not getting out.
Put the meter back on.

 

Put it down.

 

That's right.

 

Put it down!

 

That's right.

 

Why are you writing?
Don't write!

 

Put the thing down.
Just sit.

 

I didn't tell you to write.
I just said, "Pull over."

 

Pull over to the curb and sit here.

 

We're gonna sit.

 

Cabbie, you see that light up there?
In the window?

 

The light?
The window in the second floor.

 

The one that's closest
to the edge of the building.

 

The light up in the window.
Second story.

 

What are you, blind?

 

Do you see the light?

 

Yeah, you see it. Good.

 

See the woman?

 

Do you see the woman in the window?

 

Yeah.

 

I want you to see that woman
because that's my wife.

 

But that's not my apartment.

 

It's not my apartment.
You know who lives there?

 

No, you wouldn't know.
But you know who lives there?

 

A nigger lives there.

 

How do you like that?

 

And I'm gonna kill her.

 

There's nothing else.
I'm gonna kill her.

 

What do you think of that?

 

I said, "What do you think of that?"

 

Don't answer.

 

You don't have to answer everything.

 

I'm gonna kill her
with a .44 Magnum pistol.

 

I have a .44 Magnum pistol.
I'm gonna kill her with that gun.

 

Did you ever see what a .44 Magnum
can do to a woman's face?

 

It'd fucking destroy it.
Just blow it right apart.

 

That's what it can do to a face.

 

Did you ever see what
it can do to a woman's pussy?

 

You should see what a .44 Magnum's
gonna do to a woman's pussy.

 

What's that?

 

I know you must think
that I'm, you know…

 

You must think
I'm pretty sick or something.

 

Right? You must think
I'm pretty sick?

 

Right? I bet you really
think I'm sick, right?

 

You think I'm sick?

 

You don't have to answer.
I'm paying for the ride.

 

I picked up this midget, you know.

 

He's very well-dressed,
Italian suit…

 

…good-looking,
with a beautiful blonde.

 

-A lady midget?
-No, the guy was a midget.

 

-The blonde was a lady.
-I got you.

 

Those midgets are funny.

 

Sometimes I like to hold a midget.

 

They always want to sit
in the front seat.

 

Then I pick up these two fags.
They're going downtown.

 

They're wearing rhinestone T-shirts.
They start arguing and yelling.

 

The other one says, "You bitch,"
and starts beating him.

 

I say, "I don't care
what you do in the privacy…

 

…of your own home,
behind closed doors."

 

This is a free country.

 

We got a pursuit of happiness thing.
You're consenting, you're adult.

 

But, you know, in my fucking cab,
don't go busting heads.

 

-Do what you want.
-Tell them to go to California.

 

In California, when two fags split up,
one's got to pay the other alimony.

 

Not bad. They're way ahead
out there, you know? California.

 

So I tell them to get out.

 

One time, I saw a cop chase
this guy with one leg.

 

-He was on crutches, you know.
-The cop?

 

No, the dude he was chasing.
Fucking cops, they chase anything.

 

You got that five you owe me?

 

My man is loading, loading.

 

I be broke if I hadn't caught me
some people from Ohio out at Kennedy.

 

I took them into Manhattan by way
of Long Beach, tipped me $5.

 

How's the action around?

 

It's very slow.

 

I'm shoving on.

 

Hey, Wiz, wait.

 

-Can I talk to you for a second?
-Bye, Killer.

 

You can have them!

 

Hey, don't be hitting my man!

 

You better take your ass out, boy!

 

I know you and I ain't talked
too much, you know.

 

But you've been around, so…

 

Shoot, that's why
they call me the Wizard.

 

I got…

 

It's just that I got a…

 

Things got you down?

 

Yeah, happens to the best of them.

 

Yeah, they got me real down.
Real…

 

I just want to go out…

 

…and you know, really,
really do something.

 

Taxi life, you mean?

 

No, it's…

 

I don't know.

 

I just want to go out…

 

I really want to…

 

I got some bad ideas in my head.

 

Look at it this way.

 

A man takes a job.

 

And that job…

 

…you know, that becomes what he is.

 

You know, like…

 

You do a thing,
and that's what you are.

 

I've been a cabbie for 17 years.
Ten years at night.

 

And I still don't own my own cab.
You know why?

 

Because I don't want to.
That must be what I want.

 

To be on the night shift,
driving somebody else's cab.

 

You understand?

 

You get a job, you become the job.

 

One guy lives in Brooklyn,
one guy lives in Sutton Place.

 

You get a lawyer,
another guy's a doctor.

 

Another guy dies,
another guy gets well…

 

…and people are born.

 

I envy you, your youth.

 

Go out and get laid.
Get drunk. Do anything.

 

You got no choice, anyway.
I mean, we're all fucked.

 

More or less, you know?

 

I don't know. That's about
the dumbest thing I ever heard of.

 

It's not Bertrand Russell,
but what do you want? I'm a cabbie.

 

I don't even know what
you're talking about.

 

Maybe I don't know either.

 

Don't worry so much. Relax, killer,
you're gonna be all right.

 

I know.
I've seen a lot of people…

 

…and I know.

 

Okay. Thanks, man.

 

Yeah, you know.
You're all right.

 

What do you think of your opponent's
chances in the upcoming primary?

 

Mr. Goodman is a fine man.

 

I would certainly,
if it came to it, prefer him…

 

…to our opponent
in the other party.

 

I think that my programs
are better defined than his.

 

They're more imaginative.
I have a better chance of winning.

 

It's academic, though.
He's not going to win. I am.

 

I see.

 

Well, one more thing
I'd like to ask you.

 

How do you feel
your campaign is going?

 

When we came up with our slogan
"We are the people"…

 

…when I said
"Let the people rule"…

 

…I felt I was being
overly optimistic.

 

I must tell you that I am more
optimistic now than ever before.

 

The people are rising to the demands
that I have made on them.

 

The people are beginning to rule.

 

I feel it is a groundswell.
I know…

 

…it will continue
through the primary and in Miami.

 

And I know it will rise…

 

…to an unprecedented swell
in November.

 

That bitch!
I'll blow her brains out!

 

I'll kill her, goddamn it!
I'm gonna get my hands and kill her!

 

Shoot, goddamn it!

 

Hey, Sport.

 

-That guy keeps following us.
-Don't look at him.

 

Hey, guys.

 

Wanna take a walk?

 

Loneliness has followed me
my whole life, everywhere.

 

In bars, in cars…

 

…sidewalks, stores, everywhere.

 

There's no escape.

 

I'm God's lonely man.

 

June 8th.

 

My life has taken another turn again.

 

The days move along
with regularity, over and over…

 

…one day indistinguishable
from the next.

 

A long, continuous chain.

 

And then suddenly…

 

…there is change.

 

This here's Easy Andy.
He's a traveling salesman.

 

How are you doing, Travis?

 

-You got a .44 Magnum?
-It's an expensive weapon.

 

It's all right. I got money.

 

It's a real monster.

 

Stop a car at 100 yards,
put a round right through the engine.

 

Here you go.

 

It's a premium, high resale weapon.

 

Look at that.

 

That's a beauty.

 

I could sell this gun to some
jungle bunny in Harlem for $500.

 

But I just deal high-quality goods
to the right people.

 

How about that?

 

This might be too big
for practical purposes.

 

In which case,
for you, I'd recommend…

 

…38 snub-nosed.

 

Look at this.

 

That's a beautiful little gun.

 

It's nickel-plated, snub-nosed,
but basically a service revolver.

 

It'll stop anything that moves.

 

The Magnum, they use that
in Africa for killing elephants.

 

That .38…

 

…that's a funny gun.

 

Some of these guns are like toys.

 

That .38, you go out and
hammer nails with it all day…

 

…come back and it'll cut
dead center on target every time.

 

It's got a really nice action to it
and a heck of a wallop.

 

You interested in an automatic?

 

It's a Colt .25 automatic.
It's a nice little gun.

 

It's a beautiful gun.

 

Holds six shots in the clip,
one in the chamber.

 

If you're dumb enough
to put one there.

 

Here.

 

Look at this.

 

.380 Walther.

 

Holds eight shots in the clip.

 

That's a nice gun.

 

That's a beautiful little gun.
Look at that.

 

During World War II, they used
this gun to replace the P38.

 

Just given out to officers.

 

Ain't that a little honey?

 

-How much for everything?
-All together?

 

Only a jackass would carry
that cannon in the streets like that.

 

Here's a beautiful handmade holster
I had made in Mexico.

 

Forty dollars.

 

Three-fifty for the Magnum,
two-fifty for the .38…

 

…one and a quarter for the .25,
one-fifty for the .380.

 

Take this and wait here.
I'll walk down with you.

 

How about dope? Grass?
Hash? Coke?

 

Mescaline? Downers?
Nebutal? Chloral hydrates?

 

-Uppers, amphetamines?
-I'm not interested in that stuff.

 

I can get you crystal meth,
nitrous oxide.

 

How about a Cadillac?
A brand-new Cadillac…

 

…with the pink slip, two grand.

 

June 29th.

 

I gotta get in shape.
Too much sitting has ruined my body.

 

Too much abuse has gone on
for too long.

 

From now on, it'll be
50 pushups each morning.

 

Fifty pull-ups.
There will be no more pills.

 

There will be no more bad food,
no more destroyers of my body.

 

It'll be total organization.
Every muscle must be tight.

 

Look at the size of that.
Oh, yeah.

 

Oh, it looks so good.

 

It's getting harder and harder,
and it's throbbing now.

 

The idea had been growing
in my brain for some time.

 

True force.

 

All the king's men cannot
put it back together again.

 

-Where do we get more?
-Where do you think? At headquarters.

 

All the way back there?

 

-Come on.
-They'll work.

 

-Maybe it's the speakers.
-I've done this 100 times.

 

-You've done this before?
-Yes, don't worry.

 

-When was the last time?
-I've never done this before.

 

What?

 

Come here, come here.

 

You're a Secret Service man,
aren't you?

 

Just waiting for the senator.

 

You're waiting for the senator?

 

That's a very good answer.

 

Shit, man.

 

I'm waiting for the sun to shine.

 

No, the reason I asked
if you were a Secret Service man--

 

I won't say anything--

 

Is because I--

 

I saw some suspicious-looking
people over there.

 

-You did?
-They were right over there.

 

They were just here.

 

They were very, very…

 

Suspicious.

 

Where did they go?

 

Is it hard to get to be in
the Secret Service?

 

Why?

 

I was just curious, because
I think I'd be good at it.

 

I'm very observant.

 

I was in the Marine Corps, you know.

 

I'm good with crowds.

 

I noticed your little pin there.
It's like a signal, isn't it?

 

Sort of.

 

A signal. A secret signal for
the Secret Service.

 

What kind of guns you guys carry?

 

.38s? .45s? .357 Magnums?
Something bigger, maybe?

 

Look, if you're really interested,
if you give me your name and address…

 

…we'll send you all the information
on how to apply. How's that?

 

-You will?
-Sure.

 

Why not?

 

My name is Henry…

 

…Krinkle. K-R-l-N-K-L-E.

 

154 Hopper Avenue.

 

Hopper?

 

You know, like a rabbit? Hip, hop.

 

Fair Lawn, New Jersey.

 

Is there a zip code?

 

6-1-0-4-5-2.

 

That's six digits. 6, 1, …

 

Oh, well, 6-1-0-4-5.

 

I was thinking of my telephone number.

 

Well, I've got it all.

 

Henry, we'll get all the stuff
right out to you.

 

Thanks a lot. Hey, great.
Thanks a lot. Hell. Jesus.

 

-Be careful today.
-Right. Will do.

 

You have to be careful around
a place like this. Bye.

 

Faster than you. Fucking sick.

 

I saw you coming, you fuck.

 

Shitheel!

 

I'm standing here.
You make the move.

 

You make the move.

 

It's your move.

 

Don't try it, you fuck.

 

You talking to me?

 

You talking to me?

 

You talking to me?

 

Then who the hell else are you
talking to? You talking to me?

 

Well, I'm the only one here.

 

Who the fuck do you think
you're talking to?

 

Oh, yeah?

 

Listen, you fuckers,
you screwheads.

 

Here is a man who would not
take it anymore.

 

Who would not let--

 

Listen, you fuckers,
you screwheads.

 

Here is a man who would not
take it anymore.

 

Who stood up against
the scum…

 

…the cunts, the dogs,
the filth, the shit.

 

Here is someone who stood up.

 

Here is…

 

You're dead.

 

Hey, Travis, que pasa?

 

Hi, Melio. Que pasa?

 

Yeah, man?

 

Shut your fucking mouth and give
me the cash out the drawer. Come on!

 

-Let's go. Give me the damn cash.
-Don't shoot.

 

Stop taking so long.
Come on!

 

Let me have it. Give me the bread.

 

-This all you got?
-That's it.

 

I don't have any more money, man.

 

-That's all I got!
-You got more.

 

-I tell you, I got no money!
-Reach in your sock.

 

Give me the rest of
the fucking bread.

 

-Did you get him?
-Yeah, I got him.

 

Shit, man.

 

-Is he dead?
-I don't know. His eyes are moving.

 

I ain't got a permit.
I don't know what I'm gonna do.

 

Don't worry.
I'll take care of it.

 

Can I pay you?

 

Just get out of here.

 

No, man. I'll take care of it.
Go ahead.

 

That's the fifth motherfucker
this year!

 

Walt Whitman, that great
American poet…

 

…spoke for all of us when he said…

 

…"I am the man. I suffered.

 

I was there."
Today I say to you…

 

…we are the people. We suffered.

 

We were there.

 

We, the people,
suffered in Vietnam.

 

We, the people, suffered.
We still suffer…

 

…from unemployment, inflation…

 

…crime and corruption.

 

Dear Father and Mother…

 

…July is the month I remember…

 

…which brings not only your
wedding anniversary…

 

…but also Father's Day
and Mother's birthday.

 

I'm sorry I can't remember
the exact dates…

 

…but I hope this card
will take care of them all.

 

I'm sorry, again, I cannot
send you my address…

 

…like I promised to last year.

 

But the sensitive nature of my work for
the government demands utmost secrecy.

 

I know you will understand.

 

I am healthy and well
and making lots of money.

 

I've been dating a girl
for a few months…

 

…and I know you'd be proud
if you could see her.

 

Her name is Betsy, but I can tell
you no more than that.

 

Hey, cabbie, you can't park here.

 

Come on! Come on, let's go!
Let's go! Move it!

 

--bear the burden of suffering
for the few.

 

No more will we fight the wars
of the few…

 

…through the heart of the many.

 

I hope this card finds you
all well, as it does me.

 

I hope no one has died.
Don't worry about me.

 

One day there will be a knock on
the door and it'll be me.

 

Love, Travis.

 

Don't you have some idea?

 

I'm not the one who
wants to talk.

 

You must know that the reason
that I didn't marry him…

 

…is because I couldn't stand
to be a cause of divorce.

 

Now he's getting a divorce anyway.

 

Phillip wants to marry me, Brock.

 

I do love him.

 

What about us, June?

 

Our marriage?

 

You know our marriage wasn't legal.

 

In the eyes of God, we are married.

 

Brock, please don't do this to me.

 

I love him--

 

Damn.

 

God damn!

 

-Are you looking for some action?
-Yeah.

 

See that guy over there?

 

Go talk to him.
His name is Matthew.

 

I'll be over there waiting for you.

 

Your name Matthew?
I want some action.

 

Officer.

 

I swear I'm clean. I'm just
waiting here for a friend.

 

You're gonna bust me for
nothing, man?

 

I'm not a cop. I ain't a--

 

Then why are you asking me for action?

 

Because she sent me over.

 

I suppose that ain't a .38
you got in your sock.

 

.38?

 

I'm clean, man.

 

Shit, you're a real cowboy?

 

That's nice, man. All right.
That's all right.

 

15 dollars, 15 minutes.
25 dollars, half an hour.

 

Shit.

 

Cowboy, huh?

 

I once had a horse.
On Coney lsland.

 

She got hit by a car.

 

Well, take it or leave it.

 

If you wanna save yourself
some money, don't fuck her.

 

She'll be back for more.

 

She's 12 years old. You ain't
never had no pussy like that.

 

Do anything you want.
Come on her…

 

…fuck her in the mouth, in the ass.
Come on her face.

 

She'll get your cock so hard,
she'll make it explode.

 

But no rough stuff. All right?

 

All right, I'll take it.

 

Hey, man! Don't take out no money
over here.

 

You gonna fuck me?

 

You're gonna fuck her.
You give her the money.

 

Catch you later, copper.

 

What'd you say?

 

See you later, copper.

 

I'm no cop, man.

 

Well, if you are,
it's entrapment already.

 

I'm hip.

 

Funny, you don't look hip.

 

Have yourself a good time.
Go ahead, man.

 

You're a funny guy.

 

But looks aren't everything.

 

Go ahead, man. Have a good time.

 

The room'll cost you ten bucks.

 

I'm timing you too.

 

Come on.

 

Are you really twelve?

 

Listen, mister, it's your time.
15 minutes ain't long.

 

When that cigarette burns out,
your time is up.

 

How old are you?

 

You won't tell me?

 

What's your name?

 

Easy.

 

That's not any kind of name.

 

It's easy to remember.

 

Yeah, but what's your real name?

 

I don't like my real name.

 

What's your real name?

 

Iris.

 

What's wrong? It's a nice name.

 

That's what you think.

 

No, don't do that.
Don't you remember me?

 

Remember when you got into a
taxi? It was a checkered taxi.

 

You got in and that guy
Matthew came by…

 

…and he said he wanted to
take you away.

 

He pulled you away.

 

I don't remember that.

 

You don't remember?

 

I'm gonna get you out of here.

 

We better make it
or Sport will get mad.

 

-How do you wanna make it?
-I don't want to. Who's Sport?

 

That's Matthew. I call him Sport.

 

Wanna make it like this?

 

Listen, I…

 

Can't you understand something?

 

You came into my cab.

 

You wanted to get out of here.

 

I must've been stoned.

 

Why? They drug you?

 

Come off it, man.

 

What are you doing?

 

Don't you wanna make it?

 

I don't wanna make it.
I wanna help you.

 

Well, I could help you.

 

Damn, man!

 

Goddamn it!

 

Shit, man. What the hell's
the matter with you?

 

We don't have to make it, mister.

 

Damn it!
Don't you want out of here?

 

Can you understand why I'm here?

 

I think I understand.

 

I tried to get into your cab…

 

…and now you wanna come
and take me away.

 

Is that it?

 

Yeah, but don't you wanna go?

 

I can leave any time I want.

 

Then what about that one night?

 

Look, I was stoned.

 

That's why they stopped me.

 

When I'm not stoned I got
no place else to go.

 

So they just…

 

…protect me from myself.

 

I don't know.

 

I don't know. Okay, I tried.

 

I understand.

 

And it means something, really.

 

Well look, can I see you again?

 

-That's not hard to do.
-Not like that.

 

I mean, you know, regularly.
This is nothing for a person to do.

 

How about breakfast tomorrow?

 

-Tomorrow?
-I get up at 1:00.

 

One o'clock?

 

Well, I got that thing.
I don't know--

 

Do you want to or not?

 

Yeah, I want--
Okay, all right.

 

-One o'clock.
-One o'clock.

 

Okay. See you tomorrow.

 

Oh, Iris. My name is Travis.

 

Thanks a lot, Travis.

 

So long, Iris.
See you tomorrow.

 

Sweet Iris.

 

This is yours.

 

Spend it right.

 

Come back anytime, cowboy.

 

I will.

 

Why do you want me to go back
to my parents?

 

They hate me.

 

Why do you think I split?
There ain't nothing there.

 

But you can't live like this.
It's a hell.

 

A girl should live at home.

 

Didn't you ever hear of women's lib?

 

What do you mean, "women's lib"?

 

You're a young girl.
You should be at home now.

 

You should be dressed up,
going out with boys.

 

You should be going to school.

 

-You know, that kind of stuff.
-Oh, God, are you square.

 

I'm not square. You're square.

 

You're full of shit, man.

 

What do you mean?
You walk out with…

 

…fucking creeps,
lowlifes and degenerates…

 

…and you sell your little
pussy for nothing, man?

 

For some low-life pimp?

 

Stands in a hall.

 

I'm square? You're the one
that's square, man.

 

I don't go screw and fuck with
killers and junkies like you.

 

You call that being hip?

 

What world you from?

 

Who's a killer?

 

That guy Sport's a killer.

 

Sport never killed nobody.

 

-He killed--
-He's a Libra.

 

He's a what?

 

I'm a Libra too.
That's why we get along so well.

 

He looks like a killer to me.

 

I think that Cancers make
the best lovers…

 

…but my whole family's air signs.

 

He's also a dope-shooter.

 

What makes you so high and mighty?
Will you tell me that?

 

Don't you ever look at your
own eyeballs in the mirror?

 

What'll you do about
Sport and that old guy?

 

-When?
-When you leave.

 

I'll just leave them.

 

-Just leave?
-They got other girls.

 

You can't just do that.
What are you gonna do?

 

Want me to call the cops?

 

The cops don't do nothing.
You know that.

 

Sport never treated me bad.
He didn't beat me up once.

 

But you can't allow him to do
the same to other girls.

 

You can't allow him to do that.

 

He's the lowest kind of person.

 

Somebody's got to do
something to him.

 

He's the scum of the earth.

 

He's the worst…

 

…sucking scum I have ever,
ever seen.

 

You know what he told me about you?

 

He called you names. He called
you a little piece of chicken.

 

He doesn't mean it.

 

I'll move up to one of them
communes in Vermont.

 

I never seen a commune before,
but I don't know…

 

I saw…

 

…some photos once in a magazine.
It didn't look very clean.

 

Why don't you come with me?

 

What? Come to the commune
with you? No, no.

 

Why not?

 

I don't go to places like that.

 

Come on, why not?

 

I don't get along with
people like that.

 

Are you a Scorpion?

 

That's it. You're a Scorpion.
I can tell every time.

 

Besides, I gotta stay here.

 

Come on. Why?

 

I got something important to do.

 

So what's so important?

 

Doing something for the government.

 

The cab thing is just part-time.

 

Are you a narc?

 

Do I look like a narc?

 

I am a narc.

 

God! I don't know who's
weirder, you or me.

 

-Sure you don't wanna come with me?
-I'll give you the money to go.

 

-You don't have to.
-I want you to take it.

 

I don't want you to take
anything from them.

 

And I wanna do it.

 

I don't have anything better
to do with my money.

 

I might be going away
for a while.

 

You're just a little tense,
that's all.

 

I don't like what I'm doing, Sport.

 

Baby, I never wanted you
to like what you're doing.

 

If you ever liked what you were doing,
you wouldn't be my woman.

 

You never spend any time
with me anymore.

 

Well, I got to attend
to business, baby.

 

You miss your man, don't you?

 

I don't like to be away
from you either.

 

You know how I feel about you.

 

I depend on you.

 

I'd be lost without you.

 

Don't you ever forget that.

 

How much I need you.

 

Come to me, baby.

 

Let me hold you.

 

When you're close to me like this,
I feel so good.

 

I only wish every man could know
what it's like to be loved by you.

 

That every woman, everywhere…

 

…had a man who loves her
like I love you.

 

God, it's good so close.

 

You know, at times like this…

 

…I know I'm a lucky man.

 

Touching a woman who
wants me and needs me.

 

It's only you that keeps me together.

 

Now I see it clearly.
My whole life is pointed…

 

…in one direction. I see that now.

 

There never has been
any choice for me.

 

Ladies and gentlemen…

 

…the next president of the U.S.,
Senator Charles Palantine.

 

Thank you, Tom.

 

Ladies and gentlemen…

 

…we are met today at a crossroads,
Columbus Circle.

 

This is no ordinary place.

 

It is a place where many roads
and many lives intersect.

 

It is appropriate that
we meet here today…

 

…because these are not ordinary times.

 

We meet at a crossroads in history.

 

For far too long, the wrong roads
have been taken.

 

The wrong roads have led us
into war, into poverty…

 

…into unemployment and inflation.

 

Today I say to you,
we have reached the turning point.

 

No longer will we, the people,
suffer for the few.

 

I would lie to you if I told you
the new roads would be easy.

 

They will not be easy.

 

Nothing that is right and good
has ever been easy.

 

We, the people, know that.

 

And we, the people,
know the right roads and the good.

 

Today I say to you,
we are the people, you and I.

 

And it is time to let the people rule!

 

Thank you.

 

All right, let him through. Pull back.

 

Over there. Get that man.

 

Give him some air!

 

Give him some air, will you?

 

-I never saw him.
-I saw him run.

 

-I saw him.
-Where was he?

 

What's happening?

 

Got the money?

 

Iris in her room?

 

Hey, Sport, how you doing?

 

Okay, okay, my man. How--

 

-Where do I know you from, man?
-I don't know.

 

How's everything in the pimp business?

 

Do I know you?

 

No.

 

Do I know you?

 

Get out of here. Get lost.

 

Do I know you?

 

How's Iris?

 

You know Iris.

 

No, I don't know nobody named Iris.

 

Iris? Come on, get out of here, man.

 

You don't know Iris?

 

I don't know nobody named Iris.

 

No?

 

Get back to your tribe
before you get hurt.

 

I don't want no trouble, okay?

 

You got a gun?

 

Get the fuck out of here, man.
Get out of here.

 

Suck on this.

 

You crazy son of a bitch!

 

Fucking son of a bitch!

 

I'll kill you!

 

I'll kill you! I'll kill you!

 

I'll fucking kill you!

 

Son of a bitch!

 

I'll kill you!

 

You fucking bastard! I'll kill you!

 

You crazy son of a bitch!
I'll kill you!

 

Don't shoot him!

 

Dear Mr. Bickle.:

 

I can't say how happy
Mrs. Steensma and I were…

 

…to hear that you are
well and recuperating.

 

We tried to visit you at the hospital…

 

…when we were in New York
to pick up Iris…

 

…but you were still in a coma.

 

There is no way we can repay you…

 

…for returning our Iris to us.

 

We thought we had lost her…

 

…and now our lives are full again.

 

Needless to say…

 

…you are something
of a hero around this household.

 

I'm sure you want to know about Iris.

 

She's back in school and working hard.

 

The transition has been
very hard for her…

 

…as you can well imagine.

 

But we have taken steps to see…

 

…she has never cause
to run away again.

 

In conclusion…

 

…Mrs. Steensma and I
would like to again thank you…

 

…from the bottom of our hearts.

 

Unfortunately, we cannot afford
to come to New York again…

 

…to thank you in person,
or we surely would.

 

But if you should ever
come to Pittsburgh…

 

…you would find yourself
a most welcome guest in our home.

 

Our deepest thanks,
Burt and Ivy Steensma.

 

Eddie, the owner-operator, comes up
and says, "I want to swap tires."

 

I say, "These are new tires.

 

Why not throw in something else,
like your wife?"

 

She was Miss New Jersey, 1957.

 

That's why the fleet has no spares.

 

Doughboy, Wizard, Killer.

 

-Charlie T.
-What's happening?

 

Hey, Travis, you got a fare.

 

Shit.

 

Well, see you later.

 

See you, Travis.

 

Hello, Travis.

 

Hello.

 

I hear Palantine got the nomination.

 

Yeah, won't be long now.
Seventeen days.

 

Well, I hope he wins.

 

I read about you in the papers.
How are you?

 

It was nothing, really.
I got over that.

 

Papers always blow these things up.

 

Just a little stiffness. That's all.

 

Travis…

 

I'm…

 

How much was it?

 

So long.