To help Ryan Gosling stay in character,
Bianca was treated like an actual person,
as is done by the characters in the movie.
She was dressed privately in her own trailer
and was only present for scenes that she was in.
To eliminate the possibility of any accusation
about having sex with the doll, Bianca was
custom ordered without any genitalia.
The scene where Lars and Bianca
are about to enter the party was
entirely improvised by Ryan Gosling (Lars),
as well as the scene where he performs
CPR on Margo's teddy bear.
In the scene where Lars is reading to Bianca, he is reading from "Don Quixote," whose main character also has 'delusions'.
Ryan Gosling brought in a Talking Heads cassette
to play during the filming of the party
as he thought it would be cool for the scene.
"Everything about them is Perfect."
Perfection belonged to The Bears.
But once in a while, Treadwell came
face-to-face with the harsh reality
of wild Nature.
This did not fit into
his sentimentalised view
that everything Out
There was Good, and
The Universe in Balance
and in Harmony.
Male bears sometimes kill cubs to stop
the females from lactating, and thus
have them ready again for fornication.
Here I differ with Treadwell.
He seemed to ignore the fact that
in Nature there are predators.
I believe the common
denominator of The Universe
is not Harmony, but Chaos,
Hostility and Murder.
Most disturbing for him was to find
The Skull of a young bear.
In the summer of 2000, came
an extended drought.
The creek was so low that for weeks,
there was no salmon run,
and starving bears
simply ate their own.
When interference with
Nature was not enough,
he had to invoke
Higher Powers --
Fun Buffyverse Moments - "You made a bear!"
INTERIOR - UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-
DAHLGREN CHAPEL - DAY
The Bishop walks into the chapel,
and walks to the aisle.
When he reaches the aisle he bows
and then approaches the altar.
He places one of the boucuets in front of one statue,
but as he turns to the camera he walks very slowly
and we see him in shock as he gasps.
We cut to what he has seen.
It's the statue of the Virgin Mary, which has
been horribly desecrated, by being given
a clay penis and pointing clay breasts.
INTERIOR - BELLEVUE PSYCHIATRIC
HOSPITAL - HALLYWAY- DAY
We cut to Karras hurridly walking down
a corridor being followed by his Uncle.
UNCLE
The edima affected her brain, you
understand Dimmy? She don't
let no Doctor come near her.
She was all the time screaming,
even talking to the radio.
KARRAS
You should have called me
the minute it happened.
UNCLE
Listen, regular hospital not going
to put up with her Dimmy, understand?
So we give her a shot and bring her here,
'till the doctors fix up her leg, then we take
her out Dimmy, two or three months
and she's out good as new.
They approach an office and Karras' Uncle
walks in to speak to he nurse.
UNCLE
Miss?
NURSE
Yes?
UNCLE
We want to see
Mrs. Karras.
NURSE
Do you have an appointment?
UNCLE
Yes
NURSE
Are you a relative?
UNCLE
Yes I am Her Brother,
He is Her Son
NURSE
Just a minute.
The grabs a set of keys and writes something in a note book.
We then cut to Damien staring in the window of the ward.
He's see's all sorts of people, all with mental problems.
UNCLE
You know it's funny. If You wasn't A Priest
You'd be famous psychiatrist
now on Park Avenue,
Your Mother, she'd be living in
a penthouse instead of here.
The nurse unlocks the door and opens it.
Damien looks at His Uncle.
UNCLE
You go in Dimmy.
I wait for you outside.
Karras walks in and leaves
His Uncle behind.
NURSE
You'll find Mrs. Karras on the
last bed on the left hand side.
As Damien enters, a few of the patients rush toward him.
Two of them grab him, as the nurse tries to get them away.
Damien barges them out of his way only to have
another patient rush into him and take his collar.
The nurse takes her away as bed-bound patients
look on with arms out stretched.
Damien approaches his mothers bed.
KARRAS
Momma? It's Dimmy momma.
Mrs. Karras slowly turns her eyes to him.
MRS. KARRAS
Dimmy. Why they did this
to me Dimmy? Why?
Damien rushes to comfort his mother.
KARRAS
Momma, I'm gonna take you outta here momma.
Mrs. Karras struggles to turn away from him.
KARRAS
Momma I'm goona take you home.
Mrs. Karras shouts at him in Greek
as Damien tries to comfort her.
KARRAS
Momma, everything's gonna be alright momma,
I'm gonna take you home!
EXTERIOR- NEW YORK- CITY STREET- DAY
We cut to Damien talking
to his Uncle face to face.
KARRAS
Couldn't you have put
her some place else?
UNCLE
Like what? Private hospital? Who got
the money for that Dimmy? You?
INTERIOR- UNIVERSITY OF GEORGETOWN-
BOXING GYM- DAY
We cut Damien taking his frustration out on a punch bag. He
throws a few hard punches before stopping for breath.
INTERIOR- DR. KLEIN'S EXAMINING ROOM- DAY
Brief montage of shots.
Klein administering a physical to Regan.
Including opthalmoscope, tuning fork
and simple coordination tests.
Also blood sample in centrifograph,
and urine sample under microscope.
Final shot has a nurse with her back against the examining table, her expression partly puzzled, partly disturbed
as she observes Regan, who is in her slip
and in constant motion; stepping, twirling,
touching, making nervous movements
whilst aimlessly humming.
Klein is not present.
INTERIOR- DR. KLEIN'S OFFICE- DAY
Chris is seated on the edge of a chair.
Klein is behind his desk,
writing a prescription.
DR. KLEIN
A disorder of the nerves. At least we think it is.
We don't know yet exactly how it works,
but it's often seen in early adolescence.
She shows all the symptoms : the hyperactivity;
the temper; her performance in math.
CHRIS
Why the math?
DR. KLEIN
It affects concentration.
Here tears the prescription away from the pad.
DR. KLEIN
Now this is for Ritalin.
Ten miligrams a day.
CHRIS
What is it? A tranquilizer?
DR. KLEIN
A stimulant.
CHRIS
Stimulant? She's higher
than a kite right now!
DR. KLEIN
Her condition isn't quite what it seems.
Nobody knows the cause of her
hyperkinetic behaviour in a child.
The Ritalin seems to work to relieve the condition,
but we really don't know how or why, frankly.
Your daughter's symptoms could
be an overreaction to depression -
but that's out of my field.
CHRIS
Depression?
DR. KLEIN
Well, you mentioned
Her Father...
The Divorce.
CHRIS
Do you think I should take
her to see a psychiatrist?
DR. KLEIN
Oh no. I'd wait and
see what happens
with the Ritalin.
I think that's The Answer.
Wait two or three weeks.
CHRIS
And those lies
she's been telling?
DR. KLEIN
Lies?
CHRIS
Ya know, those things
to get attention,
like saying that her
bed shakes and stuff.
DR. KLEIN
Have you ever known your daughter
to swear and use obscenities?
CHRIS
Never.
DR. KLEIN
Well, you see, that's quite similar
to things like her lying --uncharacter-
CHRIS
Wait a minute. What are
you talking about?
DR. KLEIN
Well, she let loose quite a string
while I was examining her,
Mrs. MacNeil.
CHRIS
You're kidding! Like what?
DR. KLEIN
Well, I'd say her vocabulary's
rather extensive.
CHRIS
Well, what, for example?
I mean, give me a 'for instance'!
Klein shrugs. No reply.
CHRIS
Hey, come on, I'm grown-up.
What'd she say?
I mean specifically, Doctor.
DR. KLEIN
Well, specifically, Mrs. MacNeil,
she advised me
to keep my fingers away
from her goddam cunt.
CHRIS
(shocked, laughing)
She used those words?
DR. KLEIN
She used those words. Look, I doubt that
she even understood what she was saying.
CHRIS
Yeah, I guess. Maybe not. You don't
think a psychiatrist-?
DR. KLEIN
The best explanation is always the simplest one. Let's wait.
Let's wait and see. In the meantime try not to worry.
EXTERIOR- MACNEIL HOUSE-
PROSPECT STREET- NIGHT
We see the house is lit up as there's a party going on inside.
A car pulls up before we enter.
INTERIOR- MACNEIL HOUSE- NIGHT
We see lots of people enjoying them selves, talking, laughing, eating. Music playing and people having a good time. We see Burke sitting on a couch with two people beside him, he's drunk and is sat twirling his finger around in his drink.
BURKE
There seems to be an
alien pubic hair in my Gin.
The ASTRONAUT
I beg your pardon?
BURKE
Never seen it before in
my life. Have you?
We see more people having fun,
Regan laughing and we then cut to
Father Dyer, a young priest who is talking
to the same guy Burke was.
The ASTRONAUT
Well actually Father, we're quite
comfortable up there, at least compared
to the Gemini and Mercury program.
So they were tight for space, see
we've got about two-hundred
and ten cubic feet so
we can move around.
FATHER DYER
Listen, if you ever go up there again
will you take me along?
The ASTRONAUT
(laughs)
What for?
FATHER DYER
First missionary on mars.
We then cut to Burke who is approaching Karl, who is carrying a
tray of drinks.
BURKE
Tell me, was it public relations you done for the Gestapo or
community relations?
KARL
I'm Swiss.
BURKE
Yes of course. Never went bowling with Goebbels either I suppose
ah?
Karl walks away.
BURKE
Nazi bastard.
We cut to Chris who is talking to Father Dyer.
CHRIS
Over behind the church, you know where I mean over there, it's a
red brick wing?
FATHER DYER
St. Mike's.
CHRIS
What goes down there? I mean who's the priest I keep seeing, he's
there all the time. He has black hair and he's very intense
looking?
FATHER DYER
Damien Karras.
CHRIS
Karras.
FATHER DYER
That's his office back of St. Mike's.
He's our psychiatric counsellor.
He had a pretty rough knock last night
poor guy, his mother passed away.
She was living by herself and I guess --
she was dead a couple of days
before they found her.
We cut to the kitchen where Burke is once again taunting Karl.
BURKE
Cunting Hun! Bloody damn
butchering Nazi pig!
Karl lunges at Burke and grabs him by the throat.
KARL
Bastard! I will kill you.
CHRIS
Karl!!
Chris, Sharon and Willie pull Karl away from Burke.
Willie takes him into another room.
KARL
You fiend!
Burke just laughs and claps his hands.
BURKE
What's for dessert?
INTERIOR- MACNEIL HOUSE-
REGAN'S BEDROOM-NIGHT
We see Regan is tucked up in bed with her eyes closed. Chris
pulls the covers up to her shoulders.
CHRIS
Are you asleep?
There is no reply so Chris kisses her and exits. As Chris
disappears Regan's eyes open suddenly.
INTERIOR- MACNEIL HOUSE- NIGHT
We cut to Chris and Sharon who are trying to help (a very drunk) Burke to the front door. Burke is trying
to mumble a song. Sharon opens
the front door for him.
CHRIS
Listen Burke, your car is on
the curb -- Luis is waiting...
Burke hugs her. Chris looks confused and hugs him back.
Burke pulls away and points his finger
as if he wants to say something,
but he forgets.
CHRIS
What honey?
BURKE
.......Fuck it.
Burke walks off and Chris and Sharon
close the door and return to The Party.
Father Dyer is sitting at the piano
and everyone is singing songs.
FATHER DYER
Hi Chris. Great party.
CHRIS
Yeah, don't stop. Keep going.
FATHER DYER
Listen, I don't need any encouragement,
but my idea of Heaven is
a solid white night club,
with Me as the head liner,
for all eternity and
They love me.
Everyone laughs.
Father Dyer starts to play a song
and everyone sings along.
EVERYONE
"Down on the east side of Toyd..."
FATHER DYER
Toyd, Toyd.
EVERYONE
"Toyd, that's my home, sweet home.
Can we both think it's..."
Regan appears in view and
Father Dyer notices her first.
FATHER DYER
Hey I, I think we
have a guest.
Everyone turns to Regan as she stands
and stares at The Astronaut guy.
REGAN
You're gonna
die up there.
The guy looks puzzled and Regan
begins to urinate on the floor.
