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(somber music)

(uplifting music)

- [Narrator] I sit here lonely, not feeling anything, empty.

My mind can't even think at this point.

No dopamine, no nothing, no liquid, I don't function.

What am I doing? I love her.

I really do love her more than anything,

and I just don't know what I'm doing.

Sorry, it's a bad movie.

Sorry, it's a mad movie.

Fried chicken, yeah.

Why did I even make this film to begin with?

Because I wanted to eat ramen.

I wanted the perfect balance of the tonkatsu,

the oil, the soy sauce, the umami.

That's all I ever wanted.

An even more delicate and difficult balance

than Mongolian barbecue.

With Mongolian barbecue, it's just a matter of how you mix

the sauces and the amount of meat and vegetables

you put into the bowl, and then you put the salad oil in

and just the right amount of minced garlic,

and then it all blends together like an Indian masala.

With ramen, it's different because it's all about waiting

and waiting till the broth is ready and then you know.

But most never know. Most can't wait.

But who will watch this motion picture?

No one will, just let it exist in some sort of

dyspeptic time capsule.

Is dyspeptic even a word? I don't know.

Fried chicken, yeah.

Fried chicken, yay.

I don't know which sounds better, honestly.

Maybe fried chicken, yeah.

Crime chicken, yeah.

Thank you, cars monkey.

It's hard to say what the place of a muse is for an artist.

What is a muse, exactly?

Someone who inspires you for your art.

Someone who inspires you when you wake up each day

so you can continue to create and finish that art.

Someone looking over your shoulder

and telling you that, "Yes, it's okay what you are doing,

everything will be okay.

You can breathe. You can breathe life."

Or is it deeper than that?

Is a muse someone who is deep in your blood

and you can't leave it out like it's in you.

It's your life vein. It's your life pipeline.

I'm not sure what I would do without someone driving my art.

Someone I could write about, someone I would visualize,

someone I could reach, if I only, I could finish the piece.

But life and art is like that.

Almost reaching what you want and never getting there.

Or maybe you do.

(somber music)

I am lonely, but never alone,

but I wanna be with someone always.

I'm like a cat that wants to cuddle up all day,

but the moment I'm next to someone, I just feel suffocated.

I can't be next to someone, but the thing I want most

is to be next to someone.

I don't wanna be alone.

I don't know, I can't write anymore.

Something within myself stops me.

This competition within me wanting to be the winner

that loses, if you know what I mean.

- Send somebody to sector one and three just in case.

Yeah, do now, please. Thank you.

(upbeat music)

Come on.

- Hey.

- [Commander] Hey.

- What's going on?

- [Commander] Nothing.

- Doesn't seem like nothing.

- Yeah, I...

Are you there?

Yeah, well do something about it. Now!

(exciting music)

- Take a breath.

Don't tell me that.

It's gonna be okay.

This is about the sodas thing going on, is it?

You seem so stressed.

Anything I can help with?

- No.

- Why don't you take a break?

Come stand up.

Shake it off a little bit.

This is gonna be fine.

- Yeah, I don't think so.

Goddamn job.

- Put it on pause.

- Don't push random stuff.

- It's on pause.

- [Director] Okay, Nicole.

- [Nicole] Hello?

- [Director] Go.

- Everything's gonna be fine.

Just stand up, take a breath.

I can see what's going on.

I know it's stressful, but...

Sometimes you just need to shake it off a little bit.

I know I'm distracting you, but it's okay.

- Yeah, you're distracting me.

- Good. You need that Sometimes.

(exciting music)

(ominous music)

- I am bored.

- Yes, I know what you mean.

- We need a change.

- Yes, we need a change of plans.

- We need a change of atmosphere.

- Hmm.

(ominous music)

(air whooshing)

- I feel there's a tide coming. I feel it in the air.

I feel it in my bones. It's very unsettling.

- You can count on us. We won't fail you.

- That's why I brought you all here today.

- It's in our blood, it's in our bone.

- [Narrator] I can understand how needing a muse

is being selfish.

Maybe the muse itself has the burden.

This never ending burden of trying hard

to keep the fire a light for the artist.

It's a thankless role, honestly.

But we thank the muses.

We thank them for keeping us going.

- How is it coming along?

- [Narrator] for thinking that life

means something in the end.

Meaning, meaning is everything.

And for that, maybe we, artists are selfish

and yes we are, but they keep us alive.

- [Nicole] You're really talented.

- [Narrator] And we make them immortal.

We idolize them, we worship them.

It goes beyond love, and it goes beyond

any sort of ultimate love.

Yet they don't know the pain and destruction

that comes with it to create that moment

that you immortalize them.

Oh wow, now I'm sounding like a comedy.

Let me stop. It's enough for now.

(exciting music)

- So is it an escape for you?

So what about the endings gonna be?

Adventure, action packed?

- We'll see.

(exciting music)

- We should go on an adventure sometime.

- If it's like this kind, that sounds scary.

- Oh, come on. Where do you wanna go?

(bright music)

(guns fire)

- [Commander] Boom.

(bright music)

- [Director] 18, take one. Scene take 18, take one, mark.

We're still rolling.

(bright music)

Still rolling.

(crew talk indistinctly)

No, no.

Can I get a battery, the one battery on...

Stop.

(director chuckles)

- [Actor] So I don't say that to her, do I?

Do do I say that?

- [Director] Yes, I'll tell you what to say.

- We're not going from the top.

- [Crew] Okay, we're rolling, David.

(bright music)

(guns fire)

(bright music)

(cat meows)

- [Director] Duck, fire, duck, duck, duck.

(guns fire)

(cats meow)

(uplifting music)

- [Narrator] When people think of muses,

maybe they think of classical paintings like Vermeer's Girl

with a pearl earring, for example.

But for me it's pretty simple.

Debra Norville, Ana Kasparian.

With Debra, you just need to look into her eyes

and then you know everything is okay.

Ana just needs to exist and she is everything.

The way she moves, the way she expresses herself

with confidence.

Ana Ana, the way her hair flows in the air,

you visualize it in artistic terms as an artist

through your own filter.

I wouldn't even know what to say to her

if I met her in person.

It might even tear away at this sort of illusion

that she's this immortal goddess.

I think all I would be able to drum up

to say to her is, "I like the way you move."

I honestly don't think I could say anything else to her.

Maybe I could say something like, "I love the way you are."

Or simply, "I love that you exist."

And then she'd have me arrested for stalking her, of course.

- [Director] Yeah. Got it?

(bright music)

That's fine. That's fine.

That's fine. The shot is fine.

- [Crew] Quiet, please we are rolling.

(bright music)

(heart beats)

- You know, I never really liked number three.

I think he's plotting against us.

- You know, I never liked him either.

I can't really put it right down,

but there's something about him I just don't like.

- [Director] Okay.

- I agree with you.

Remember in the Martin case?

- [Director] Yes. Yeah, you good.

- 1603.

He set everyone against us.

Just like he was planning something behind our back.

- You know, you're absolutely right on that.

Six and seven were definitely for sure.

- Failure is not an option.

- Six and seven were definitely, for sure.

- This must be something important, a visit from you.

- I bring good news and bad news.

- I think the change we need to make.

- Is this, about those two?

- Ah, you must be a good mind reader.

- You know, I see a future without three.

- And all we need is one and two.

- Right.

- Now what?

- Well, my intel tells me that they're trying

to split up the court.

- What's my counter offer there?

- And those two have set up their own court

that's operating under the radar.

(guns fire)

- So typical of you only thinking about yourself.

(cup clangs)

(bright music)

- [Director] We ready? Still rolling.

- Isn't that good enough?

(bright music)

Hey, anything could always be better.

- [Narrator] No two people see the same thing.

Our minds are individual and interpret

and collect the data differently.

One can hear the melody in Smetana's Ma Vlast,

while one only hears tension and torment and not the beauty.

The same goes with photography or cinema.

Anything visual.

You can see black while I see blue.

That's the beauty of it all.

- I want someone in this seat.

A person.

Sorry.

(crew laugh)

Person.

There's someone I want in that seat.

But it doesn't have to be someone in that seat.

(bright music)

(crew talk indistinctly) (crew laugh)

(guns fire)

- We have an offer for you.

- We think you'll be very happy

with the terms and conditions.

- Well, I hope these conditions are better than normal.

They better be very lucrative for what's at stake.

- Number three has to be eliminated.

- This is a very good plan that we have.

- There's someone I want put in position.

- There are very many steps involved.

- That's benefit to me.

- We will take the steps.

(bright music)

Little by little.

Everything will be explained.

(gun fires)

(bright music)

- You two, you wanna see one?

- There's a barrier in front of three.

It has to be removed first.

That is what we'll start with.

- Thank you, my dear.

- Oh, what a field day the media would have with this.

(bright music)

I mean, they'd have a great time

with two people.

At a seven leaving?

- Okay, what do you have?

- What do you have?

I can kind of see what you have, actually.

- Three.

- Are you doing these one at a time?

- [Narrator] All of my life I've been fighting

to prove something to her.

Whoever the her and she was some sort of acknowledgement,

even just a nod from her, a simple confirmation

to know that I exist.

But it never comes and I don't even know that I even exist.

She says nothing.

She says nothing.

Because of my selfish reasoning,

I feel that she owes me a response and she doesn't.

She does need to say or do anything.

She's just there. She is there.

Everywhere.

- I'm not even playing like hell no.

- Why? It's nothing.

I found one when I was in Girl Scouts

and all of our friends playing.

- Girls Scouts?

- Yes, I was in Girl Scouts.

Why do you think I like the wilderness?

- It doesn't have to be a person.

Sorry.

(crew laughs)

Doesn't have to be a person.

- [Crew] It could be a dog.

- A Muppet, I don't know.

(bright music)

(hand slams)

(bright music)

(both laugh)

(Slim yells)

- That's what I'm saying.

- Ah, you've been saying a lot of nothing.

- Oh, I seen 'em.

I've seen a whole cave full of them.

Glimmering like a woman's golden straw hair.

Oh, I ain't never seen no beauty so divine in all my life.

- Not even a Rosalie's?

She's gotta tail from here to Saskatoon.

- Don't be so simple, Horatio.

He said, Slim.

I was gonna cut out your tongue. I still might.

Lest you bring me the girl with the glimmer in stones.

You'll know her when you see her.

(bright music)

- You never let me down.

(bright music)

We've done a lot.

- What they said.

- Failure is not an option.

- But, I feel we have to be even more of it.

- Join now for what's coming down.

- What do you need us to do?

- You will know.

(bright music)

- Where does that put me?

- Not in a very good place.

I'd say between a rock and a hard place.

Do you know what that means?

- It means you are gonna get me out of this.

- It's in our blood. It's in our bone.

- What they said.

- Good thinking.

I have a plan.

(ominous throat singing)

(ominous throat singing continues)

(cat meows)

(guns fire)

- We make a good team.

(ominous throat singing)

- Okay.

(ominous throat singing)

- Take one, quiet please.

(crew talk indistinctly)

- What's my counter offer then?

- Isn't that good enough?

- Hey, anything could always be better.

- So typical of you, only thinking about yourself,

trying to get the upper hand.

- [Narrator] Sometimes I think about Phoolan Devi,

the bandit queen of India.

How she fought the violence of the men in her life

with violence.

I wonder about then, Moji Rajaratham,

who assassinated Rajiv Gandhi, and hired by men

to do the duty.

She was only 22 years old.

Had she loved that?

Had she actually lived?

Did she feel anything of her life at that time?

And then one push of the button and it was all over.

Did she feel anything? Was it worth it in the end?

One never knows. She never knew.

But those final moments before she pressed the trigger,

that's a woman with conviction.

That's a woman with strength.

I don't know I'll ever be in such a situation.

Of course I won't.

But the conviction to do what you believe in

and follow through, that fascinates me.

The ability and knowledge to know you will be dead

within 10 seconds from now is a testament to a will.

Whatever that will is, it's a passion.

It's not my passion to die.

It's my passion to live or at least live through

whatever work I am doing.

And maybe something I do lives through my death.

It can be a simple thing, such as a simple Polaroid photo

that someone remembers.

And then maybe I made my mark, I guess.

My footprint.

- Glowing rocks.

Didn't know those Malone boys could speak

with such eloquence when they pontificate.

Oh, but it's-

- Ain't nothing elegant about it.

They gave me seven days and seven nights.

This year's the third.

Damned if I shouldn't be booking a stage coach

to Virginia like.

I traveled in from Cheyenne and I did meet one traveler.

That absolve woman with any glowing rocks.

- Oh.

- Said she would be armed, clad like a warrior of the night

long hair and eyes like a shooting star on fire.

- You ever get that feeling like when a stranger

enters your life and you feel like they were put there

for some kind of reason?

(bright music)

- Well, you always have been good at premonitions.

- My daddy said I should be a preacher.

(both laugh)

- Let's keep an eye on that mysterious beauty.

We may need to invest-tit-gate that situation.

(both laugh)

- invest-tit-gate. - invest-tit-gate.

(exciting electro music)

(guns fire)

- Well, there's one thing that can change my mind.

- What do you mean?

Banished? What the hell?

This is ridiculous. I did this for you guys.

You two.

You two, you wanna stay one and two, listen.

- There's someone I want put in position

that's benefit to me.

- I need an explanation, right now.

Stop messing with me.

- There's no room for negotiation here.

If that's what you're trying to do.

- Do you even realize the capacity of what you're doing?

The situation you're putting me in?

- Oh, well, what do you say then?

I can cause a lot of damage.

- Not as much as I can.

- Hey.

What's the matter?

- If you are looking for Rose Lee, she's down the way.

I'm sure she'd hire you without thinking twice.

- Who said I'm looking for Rose Lee?

I'm here to drink, whiskey.

- You traveling alone?

- What part of I'm looking to drink, don't you understand?

It's been a long day.

Show a lady some curtsy.

- Well, that's certainly more than one cup.

- You said, I'm looking to have just one,

I'll beckon when I'm ready for another.

- Well, your money's good here.

Welcome.

- Make it a double.

- Double the trouble for a lady

that's had a mighty long day.

- Leave it.

I'll settle up with you when I'm done.

- As you wish.

You just be careful.

There's a lot of drifters come through here at night.

I don't want no trouble.

- No trouble.

Only here for one night.

- So what do you think?

- If anything, we could have a bit of fun

before the night ends and the day comes.

- If anything, we could have a bit of a-

- You sure you all right?

- Yeah. Nothing a bit of hot water won't fix.

- I'll see what I can do.

- Backwards bonanza.

- You got that right.

You sure as hell got that right.

(both laugh)

(somber music)

- You okay?

What's going on?

You know, we don't have to stay in tonight.

We can go out, go somewhere nice.

I know your job's stressful for you,

but take a break now and then.

I'm here for you.

(somber music)

- Oh, well, what do you say then?

(somber music)

- You know, you haven't said anything all week.

- You know, you don't have to look like such a puppy dog,

so much going on.

A lot of things you don't know about.

- Like what?

- Just things.

And when the time is right, you'll know.

- Oh, I never trusted the other two.

They have their own language that they speak.

I am the voice of reason.

- I know how deep in you are.

It's gonna cost a lot.

- Anything to get rid of those two.

- Failure, it's not in my vocabulary.

- It better not be because if it is, God help you.

- So I hear things are getting pretty heated right now.

Lots of drama.

Never seen anything like it before.

(mythical music)

- Just take the bone we're throwing you

and do the first step.

My patience is running out.

No more time for games.

- Right.

- Oh, touche.

- You might want to put that away, if I were you.

- I don't need your protection, stranger.

- Nothing a bit of hot water won't fix.

(bright music)

- Cabin is right there.

(bright music)

(gun fires) (person moans)

- And I do love drama as you know.

- Careful.

Now, keep your finger off the trigger.

Don't point at your face.

- Now listen here, I'm not a fan of sodas one and two.

Never been a big fan of either one of them.

- Neither do we. - Neither do we.

- [Gifford] You might. You never know.

- You don't know me.

You ain't got no business telling me what to do either.

Now I reckon you'd be on your way

before I take my side piece here

and put it in the vicinity of your manhood.

Understood?

- Yeah. Name's Gifford.

And I'll let you be.

- I want the formula.

- I am quite fond of my manhood,

I'd like to hang on to it for another day.

- Be on your way. - Mm-hmm.

But there's one more thing.

(TV crackles)

If I may.

There's two men in this ball by the names of Slim and Cooch.

They've been eyeing your ass ever since you walked

into this rat's nest.

And they're armed and vicarious.

Wanted in three states for atrocities I'd rather not

mention in such pleasant company.

- You think I can't handle myself?

- I want to formula, formula.

- Three shot kids, just a tall tale.

- Hmm, oh, I'm starting to believe that you could

handle yourself, but my mama raised a gentleman,

so I sought to serve and protect for those who are in need.

And if y'all settled up with your old whiskey, I'd-

- Ain't nobody ever lived after getting shot three times

in neck to speak of it.

- Yeah, kindly ask you if I could escort you on your way.

You never know if those two.

Snake lickers.

Got private suite waiting out in the dock for you.

- And how do I know you're not a brute?

- Have you ever heard of the three shot kid?

Yeah, gotta bless the good Lord above, right?

For all his good graces.

- By golly. You really are the three shot kid.

- Yes ma'am.

And since they've seen us talking to each other,

they're definitely gonna be following you.

I got some other plans, you know what I mean?

Following us, probably ambushes somewhere

down the line but...

- You got a horse? I've been walking all day.

- Oh yeah, I got a beauty of a horse up the canyon.

- Formula, formula, formula.

- My brother left it for me.

Top of the canyon there, there's a cabin.

Beautiful horse but we can get up there

and yeah, my brother left it for me.

- And I have no doubts in my mind.

Lead the way.

- Mm-hmm.

(bright music)

(monster snarls)

- What do you suggest? - What do you suggest?

- I think I have an idea.

We should make an alliance of sorts.

First you tell me what you want and I'll tell you

what I want.

- There are two people in front of three

that need to be removed, first.

- I don't trust you.

I've heard you fall back on your deals

you've made with others.

- Thank you.

- [Director] Yeah, but Shane, you can lie on the floor.

You just lie on the floor.

- Maybe you should look at it this way.

You're gonna need us more than we need you.

- Okay.

(bright music)

- So you made it.

- It's very gutsy of you to show up like this.

- My time is very important to me.

- We need your help.

- Hmm, well, this is the first time I've ever heard

of you guys asking for help.

Always out here trying to take over the world

like some infinite duo on a high horse.

- [Director] Say, you know, they call you that,

that you're infamous.

- You know they call you that, right? Infamous.

(bright music)

- [Director] We're rolling.

- Where did they go?

- Reckon down that trail there.

- You reckon they got some kind of plan?

- Ooh, all I know is I'm thinking she's the one.

Ah, glowing rocks for no glowing rocks.

You hand that girly over to Beef Malam,

he's gonna be making you happy.

- Oh yeah.

- Infamy is always remembered.

- It's great to be infamous. We live for that.

- Don't tell me that this is about the sodas thing going on,

is it?

You know, I am not surprised practically every agent

out here wants a piece of this pie.

- We'll offer you whatever you want.

We have enough.

(bright music)

We're not going anywhere. You know where we are?

(bright music)

- I told you she was the one. She knows it too.

Cooch?

- Yeah. - You see that?

- What?

- We'll take baby steps, if you're very skittish of us.

- And what's the first step? - Well, there's another duo.

- Hey! you wanna live?

Why don't you drop that piece and be a good little girl?

- Let's assume, for example, that this duo was erased.

- They're not as infamous as us, but there's another duo.

(bright music)

- It could open up a huge playing field for all of us.

(bright music)

- Hey, we, we, we, we just wanted to chitchat.

- Why are you following me?

- You seem like the kind of girl

into collecting pretty rocks.

Is that right?

- That's the answer I saw.

- Take one step closer and this your piece

is gonna send you straight to God.

(both laugh)

- I was talking to...

(gun fires)

- You killed Cooch.

- You should've listened to the lady's wisdom.

(gun fires)

(bright music)

(guns fire)

(agent moans)

(bright music)

(gun fires)

- Hey, hey. Talk to me.

I'm right here.

- Like I don't have to say anything, okay?

I can't do this right now.

- Then when?

There's never a right now, tell me the truth.

Now!

- Do you really wanna know the truth?

- Yeah, I have to. I can take it.

(bright music)

(agent yells)

- Well, I got some tequila for you.

That'll make you feel better.

And got some more water on this rag.

Take care of a clean up a little bit there, darlin'.

Ooh.

- You weren't following me earlier, were you?

- No, ma'am. I just got in from Silverton.

I decided to go down to the saloon

and check out things for myself.

Why?

- I don't know, I could have swore I was being followed

earlier today by a man, but I haven't slept well in ages.

It could have been just a dream.

- Hmm.

Those rocks do sure shine with you.

Where did you get 'em?

- I just found them.

I was on a day's hike and started to rain

and I was just trying to stay dry in a cave.

It was like they were calling out to me

like they knew my destiny.

- Your destiny?

- Nevermind, I just think I need to relax,

the warm water's nice.

- Nice. How's that tequila?

(bright music)

- I've got this. Glad you made it.

We've been waiting for you.

- You've got a minute to say everything you wanna say.

It'll be all over.

- You sure picked the wrong thing to partner up with.

We could have done wonders for you.

The whole world could have been yours.

- I always thought everything I heard about you was true.

You're just a poor judge of character.

- I'm a professional. I never needed a team.

I have all the backup I need right here.

- Let's see about that.

- Sometimes you do need backup,

even when you think you don't.

(guns fire)

- It is a surprise.

- It's a deal.

I love surprises.

- Do we have a deal now?

- What's up next for us?

(guns fire)

(agent yells)

- And that's that.

(bright electro music)

(agent yells)

- It is dark. I can't see anything.

- See this.

- I've waited my whole life for this.

(guns fire)

♪ Looking for a friend ♪

♪ Looking for a friend ♪

♪ There's so much life to see ♪

- Where to next?

- I just want peace.

♪ Its no fun being alone when the sun is going down ♪

♪ You got to use your listening ♪

♪ When you see someone around ♪

♪ Looking for a friend ♪

♪ I'm looking for a friend ♪

- [Narrator] There will always be the agony and struggle.

We've been taught all of our lives that things

could and should be easy, but it's the opposite.

There's always going to be this constant reminder

that things are at odds with each other.

That's the way of the world. That's physics.

But there will always be ramen and fried chicken, yeah.

Yeah.

And Ana Kasparian.

- [Director] Ready?

(crew talk indistinctly)

(crew talk indistinctly)

- [Director] We rolling. Okay ready?

Rolling.

Action.

What say you?

- What say you?

(crew talk indistinctly)

(uplifting music)

(Slim and Cooch laugh)

- [Director] Go ahead.

Struggle. Struggle, yeah.

Go ahead, struggle.

Struggle, struggle, more, more.

More. Struggle more closer.

Struggle. Struggle.

Struggle.

Crawl back a little bit.

- I can't if there's a reel up my butt hole.

- [Director] Get up, get up, get up.

- Get up?

- [Director] Use your hands. Go.

There we go.

(uplifting music)

♪ To be with you ♪

♪ To be with you ♪

♪ To be with you ♪

♪ To be with you ♪

(bright jazz music)

♪ To be with you ♪

♪ To be with you ♪

♪ To be with you ♪

(uplifting music)