Ned Rifle Edit

A bit too intense for me.

A bunch of different languages, and I don't do drugs, and

A career, maybe even the ministry.

A few well placed fart jokes, enough with the earnest reflection,

A formalist.

A little.

A lot of damage can occur in a few hours, sir.

A lovely phrase, I think.

A photo shoot done with Fay.

A publisher has paid her to write her autobiography.

A renewed interest in even your work, Mr. Grim.

A single, right?

A son of the devil.

A suite?

A symptom of mental disorder, which, honestly, we should've

A thing if not for you.

A what?

A what?

A YouTube feed? A series of Tweets?

About being the devil or whatever.

About literature.

About Simon's passive aggressive will to power,

About the girl he went to prison for having sexual relations with?

About what?

About what?

Absolutely not!

Academic advisor.

Across his ass.

Adding to mass cultural self congratulation, is, of course,

Advances of an overweight and perspiring adolescent

After that, who knows? Who cares?

Ah, we meet finally.

Ah, yes.

Ah! That's Zach, my comedy coach.

Ah.

Alice, what do you say?

Alice: "The secret things belong unto the Lord our God."

All of us.

All points on the globe are equally dismal for me, Susan.

All semester long he's encouraging me to revise

All set?

All the French symbolists.

All: Amen.

Always had to get you out of fights in high school.

Am I going to be baptized or something?

Am I hip?

Am I not funny?

Amelia, please.

Amen.

An embarrassment of riches!

An older guy named Henry.

Analysis of my own work.

And a suite available.

And afterwards, he still refused to introduce me.

And again.

And cultural touchstone.

And disposable, as it is.

And everything.

And everything.

And fearless of the enemy.

And Henry Fool.

And here it is.

And I hadn't seen him in years.

And I have to go get a room.

And inevitably expressing the world to one's self and to

And no, I'm not religious.

And now we can be together, you and me finally, without

And placed in a Federal penitentiary in Upstate New York.

And she's ghost writing your mom's autobiography.

And so, you mean to say, Fay doesn't

And the controversy is more than likely to generate

And the lipstick is not on, you know, correctly.

And the power, and the glory that is God.

And the security it has provided me these past 4 years

And to annotate and insisting we meet after class to discuss

And Verlaine, Rimbaud.

And what if I am?

And what's his delusion?

And whatever you're drinking.

And you do?

And you'll talk to him?

And, well, of course, fuck, and then he totally goes along

And, were they, like, together?

Announcer on TV: Well, the big news of the hour is, once again,

Any interference.

Anything else?

Anything irreparable.

Anyway, I need someone to help me get all this in order.

Anyway, Ned's been traumatized by all this.

Anyway, the point, Susan, it is impossible for every

Apparently, he's lived with a devout family these past 4 years.

Apparently.

Appropriate physical contact only.

Are they allowed to do that?

Are you familiar with his work?

Are you kidding me?

Are you staying at the hotel?

Are you sure it's her?

Are you, by any chance, headed toward

Around to a discussion of your poetry.

As an evocation of the joys and sorrows of influence.

As far as I know, he's always at the topless bar down

As Ned, my nephew, who introduced us.

As soon as I can.

As well?

Ashbrook Pharmaceuticals, Portland, Oregon.

Ashbrook Pharmaceuticals.

At a supermarket on Route 47.

At least I know where she is now.

At least you're allowed to see people, talk to people.

Auf wiedersehen, mademoiselles.

Aw, Susan.

Be always acceptable in thy sight.

Be always acceptable in thy sight.

Because I think she sorta digs me.

Because no matter what she was reviewing, it always came

Because she was, as I should've expected,

Begun to exhibit side effects.

Best thing that ever happened to that girl.

Between 7:00 and 9:00 on Wednesday.

Biting, precise, and, well, yes, obsessive.

Bookstore in Seattle, writes in weekly, and assassinates my character

Bouncer: Dude, it's nothing personal.

Boy: Look, Ned.

Bud, concentrate.

Bud?

Bud? You're looking for Bud?

Bud.

But anyway, I think it's you he gets that from.

But he's around?

But how are you?

But I can't live with Simon.

But I can't seem to get this joke right.

But I was 20 by the time you got out.

But it's more fluid than that.

But really, I know why.

But she can go in?

But she might do him harm.

But that is, I think, it generally.

But that's just it.

But they've set up an account for you.

But this poem, you see, requires a certain creatural detail.

But well written?

But you're not popular, and it takes most people a while to

But, Mama, why is Ned in witness protection anyway?

But...

Buy me lunch.

Can I hold that for you?

Can I see him?

Can you get me some rum, please?

Can you hold that farther away?

Can you throw him out?

Can you type?

Catholic's right across the parking lot.

Caught in flagrante delicto with, as he once told me

Centers on my friendship with Henry.

Chaste?

Chet, can you see what the problem is

Clair made it.

Clair, you know we can't discuss those things.

Clair: Derek!

Clair: I don't know if it'll be any good or anything.

Clair: You mean Fay Grim.

Clair?

Come back soon.

Come on, Bud. We're friends, right?

Come on! Come on! It's not our business.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on. We're leaving.

Comes across in her prose.

Complicated, perverse, and deeply repressed sexual needs

Could be.

Cross country?

Dad?

Dad.

Dad.

Decisive, committed, admittedly obscure work

Defend me, O God, thy humble servant in all assaults

Definite side effects from this amalgamation of chemicals

Derek and Clair: Happy birthday!

Derek, help your sister bring out the coffee and dessert.

Derek, what did I tell you?

Derek: It's a Bible.

Derek: They let that lady terrorist go today.

Did I?

Did you see that?

Disgraceful and tragic episode.

Do I really have to hear this?

Do I write that?

Do they have a restaurant, you think?

Do what?

Do you have a girlfriend?

Do you have a room for my friend here?

Do you know why he was in prison?

Do you really think he'll leave, now that he's 18?

Do you think I'd ever want to go into a place like this

Do you think I'm a prostitute?

Do you think that's the right word?

Do you type?

Doctor, I can't work under these conditions.

Doctor: As delusions go, it's a remarkable narrative.

Doctor: Don't be taken in.

Doctor: My point exactly, why do you insist on remaining here?

Does that mean two beds?

Don't forget me in here.

Don't open it now.

Don't spend it all in one place.

Don't.

Done due diligence in detecting before we agreed to

Done.

Double done.

Dr. Ford, is it Thursday already?

Dude, it's a gentleman's club, O.K.?

Each thrust.

Early 30s, skinny, addicted to lipstick.

Edward Rifle.

Edward.

Element demonic.

Endured it?

Entertainment guide.

Every touch.

Ex poet laureate.

Exactly, that ungrateful climber, and now with this

Exactly. She's kind of helpless.

Excellent.

Excuse me, Reverend.

Excuse me?

Fay can't spell to save her life.

Fay, I believe Ned intends to do something terrible.

Fay, listen, I need to talk to you about something important.

Fay, she sat here and talked about my poems in a way that

Fay, time's up.

Fay, you have a visitor.

Fay.

Fay's kid.

Female officer: Hold it, son. No sudden movement.

Find someplace to pull over.

Fine. Come on.

Fool.

For leading her astray, away from the light,

For the knowledge.

For the road, huh?

For your incarceration.

For your sake?

Forever and ever.

Forget about him, Ned.

Forget about it.

Friends wake up.

From a secret U.S. military detention center

From jumping out windows and under trains.

Fuck me.

Fuck.

Fucked up.

Get dressed, you have to get out of here.

Get this well read, fringe iconoclast to ghost it.

Get to know you before they like you, and once they like you,

Ghost write my sister's autobiography.

Girl: What do you suppose he's thinking about?

Girls just sorta can't resist me.

Give him three minutes alone, and he'd **** you.

Give me the bullet.

Give me your glass.

Go buy yourself some things.

Go on, get some sleep.

God computes the best possible world and creates it.

God, I love it when you get all fired up and indignant like this.

God, I'm such an idiot.

God's on his side, I suppose.

Good image, should I write that?

Good luck.

Good morning.

Good old fashioned slapstick humor, naughty innuendo,

Good thinking, Olive.

Good, it needs some

Got the key?

Gotta make it look like you did some work around here today, Derek.

Gotta pee.

Great. What are you all dolled up for?

Guard it with your life, young lady.

Ha! Playing the field, good, be careful though, O.K.?

Half convinced of its own worthlessness.

Hangs out down here?

Happy Birthday.

Hard to tell. Don't wait up.

Hasn't he gotten tall?

Have him participate.

Have you found Henry?

Have you got a room free?

Have you read my poetry?

Have you seen that young woman around, the young lady who

Have you sent her?

He appreciates my ideas.

He believes, apparently with perfect sincerity, that he is,

He deserves to die for the trouble he's caused you.

He didn't impregnate your sister or nothing?

He does.

He hates me, of course.

He introduced her to me.

He lives in your house.

He loves you very much.

He never leaves the building.

He ran off with some woman I was traveling with.

He replied to an ad we placed asking for volunteers

He said 10:00?

He sees things?

He smiled and said hello.

He taught me to write.

He took this job as a, I don't know, test case for some drug company

He was advised to remain incognito.

He was born into the human realm in 1591 to run riot during the

He'll have the suite. We'll take the single.

He's 18 today.

He's a degenerate.

He's a great tragic actor.

He's a jerk.

He's an idiot. She's a floozie.

He's been here for a little over a year.

He's free to leave witness protection if he chooses.

He's got his pin code written on a Post It note

He's got the information about the publisher and the money.

He's loaded, but we can only withdraw $400 a day.

He's not allowed in the store anymore.

He's so damn impressionable, that kid.

He's, like, you know, a man and everything.

Hello, ladies.

Henry, please.

Henry, who seems to work at, or used to work at a certain

Henry, who were those women?

Henry: And so you stabbed the guy?

Henry: I can't do this to her again.

Henry: I'm not an easy man to live with, Susan.

Henry: Oh, this is quaint in a desperate sort of way.

Henry: So, it's like this.

Henry!?

Henry?

Henry? Yes.

Henry.

Her husband and two little girls.

Her name is Susan, too.

Her name was Susan.

Here he comes now.

Here to thank me.

Here's his gun.

Hey, you ain't, like he don't owe you money or nothing, right?

Hey, you know, you guys have work to do,

Hey!

Hey.

Hey.

Hi, Clair.

Hi.

Hi. I'm here to see a friend of mine. Mr. Simon Grim?

Hi. It's me again Edward Rifle.

His own failures, his own ineptitude, his delusions.

History, European mostly, Renaissance and some

Home?

Hope of parole is finally being transferred

Hopefully, we can reach him before he does

How about you?

How can we have a home when she's in prison the rest of her life?

How can you ask me that?

How do I look?

How I clutched the bedspread and drooled.

How it feels to have someone listening.

How long will you be?

How long?

How many nights?

How will we get there?

How, may I ask, have I offended thee?

However, there is the issue of his delusions, typically

However, we were advised to cease experimenting with these

Hundreds of people follow my blog, and many of them write

I am, as it were, a wanted man.

I am, in fact, suffering certain,

I believe so.

I believe you have a true calling.

I bet he's had sex and everything.

I can use some help with this.

I can't. Not now.

I could never find the right word for how he feels

I could prove I had gainful employment.

I did my graduate dissertation on the work of Simon Grim.

I did my graduate thesis on his poetry.

I did some stupid things.

I did. I did know what I wanted.

I didn't ask you to.

I didn't think he had it in him.

I do have a double, though.

I do yoga.

I don't look like a slut, do I?

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

I don't think Zach knows the first thing about being funny.

I fired him.

I got caught in the rain yesterday.

I gotta watch his back.

I grew up.

I had braces until I was 26.

I had no idea they would come back.

I have a weekly video blog.

I have few friends.

I have no singles left.

I have some business to do there for Simon Grim.

I have to go meet someone.

I have to go.

I have to take care of something first.

I haven't seen him since I was a little kid.

I haven't slept.

I haven't worked it out perfectly yet, but if there is

I hear she's got a life sentence.

I hope I don't offend you, son, but your mother has very

I hope I haven't hurt your feelings.

I hope not.

I hope she's not a psycho killer or anything.

I hope we can talk again soon, but I have to ask, are you

I just don't want any unnecessary resentment, if you know what I mean.

I know I'm a little older than you, but I'm fun, and I know

I know that.

I know what chaste means, Fay.

I know where you live, asshole.

I know, as you do, that I've made mistakes, indiscretions.

I know, but I like you.

I know, right?

I know.

I know.

I know.

I know.

I know.

I learned it here, sir, and I thank you

I lied about about...

I like the way he thinks.

I may have to be away for a while.

I mean, am I repeating myself?

I mean, apart from having you.

I mean, at least, until your father

I mean, I'm not apologizing,

I mean, New York, right?

I mean, of course, through the reading

I mean, really, these guys are

I mean, really, why.

I mean, she's a woman, now, of course.

I mean, there are laws even.

I merely endured the world until my friend, Henry, showed me

I might be totally mistaken.

I might've killed a man but for this woman.

I once participated in the most fantastic group sex

I put myself to sleep at night for years replaying it again,

I read what really matters.

I really can't believe that sanctimonious little church mouse is my son.

I really did think my parents were away for the weekend.

I recognize that voice the tempter, the challenger,

I remember every moment of it.

I saw him hail a cab. And?

I see my reputation has preceded me.

I see.

I see. I was mistaken. Sorry, man.

I send him his reading material, books I steal from

I sometimes work for his comedy coach, Zach.

I think more people follow my blog to read him than to see

I think she's innocent.

I think so.

I think you should move on from the idea of temporality

I thought he was dead.

I thought you said the motel was just down the road?

I thought, of course.

I understand.

I use the term "antagonist" to start with,

I used to dance here.

I waited.

I want to be popular and liked, like everybody else.

I wanted you to.

I was anorexic for a while.

I was confused.

I was going to say "Go in peace."

I was hired to ghost write your wife's autobiography.

I was impressed.

I was just a garbage man before Henry came to town.

I was not innocent. How dare you say that.

I was really enjoying our time together.

I was the janitor at your junior high school.

I was up all night driving.

I was wondering how long you'd be able to stand that guy.

I wasn't allowed into the state of Ohio without written

I will.

I wish this family the peace, the happiness,

I wish...

I wouldn't have done anything scandalous.

I'd appreciate a lift, if you'd be so kind.

I'd love to. I mean, if that's O.K.

I'll be in the bar.

I'll be over in Erotica if you need me.

I'll call back in a few hours.

I'll come back tomorrow.

I'll convince him to leave on his own.

I'll get off here.

I'll get something to cook.

I'll go.

I'll just follow you, yours whenever you want me.

I'll leave the rest to you.

I'll leave you to it for now. Talk to you later, Simon.

I'll need my own room.

I'll only tell him to expect a visitor.

I'll pay this back in time.

I'll set everything right. I'll make amends.

I'll talk to your publisher and see what I can find out.

I'm a friend.

I'm a wanted criminal, a known felon, a murderer.

I'm about to post a new one,

I'm certain of it. I've read her dissertation.

I'm chaste, Mom.

I'm coming home.

I'm going to kill him for destroying my mom's life,

I'm going to kill him.

I'm interested in the young woman you've hired to

I'm just going to wait here in the car till my

I'm just looking for my friends.

I'm just revising my new material.

I'm moved by how intimately you've engaged in my poetry.

I'm Ned.

I'm O.K. now, but it wasn't so bad, because I was

I'm O.K. right here.

I'm sorry, I'll do anything for Fay,

I'm sorry, Reverend, but that's not likely.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm starting a book club. Oh, and a big publishing company

I'm supposed to help you.

I'm through with it.

I'm working.

I'm your son.

I've always read the poems, even, and especially the later ones,

I've got wait a minute. Hold on.

I've got a passage in here somewhere about, you know,

I've got these mercenary quacks by the cojones like

I've got your purse.

I've heard him say his prayers.

I've prayed on it, Reverend. I'm not sure it's for me.

Ice cubes. I'll get napkins.

If I didn't have to?

If I may say so, Fay, Ned is like a son to me.

Imagine.

In a hospital anyways.

In a mental hospital.

In an instantaneous calculation made in eternity,

In and post comments.

In any event, your secret is safe with me.

In confidence, an ugly and mean spirited 13 year old girl

In fact, Mr. Grim, you have another visitor.

In fact, we just have the one room, a single.

In increasingly elaborate ways.

In the head with a baseball bat or something.

In the infinite amplitude of his love, God wants to create

In the laundry.

In what?

In whatever it is you're selling.

Indifferent to mainstream approval and unafraid

Influence upon you.

Inherited from the friendly, encouraging, but ultimately

Input entirely

Interesting, but where has Ned gone?

Is he with you now?

Is she your girlfriend?

Is she?

Is that O.K.?

Is that so?

Is that what he told you?

Is that what you want?

Is there a church around here?

Is this an intervention?

Is this the confessions?

Is uncontingent and eternal, rather than temporally or

It doesn't matter.

It hurts to witness this.

It means he'll kill the man he thinks is responsible

It means the world to me, and I was so afraid

It provided a material out of which to shape an image

It speaks to me.

It to this place.

It was astonishing.

It was difficult to get out from the shadow he cast.

It was the same with me.

It's a long, wild, passionate encomium to Henry.

It's a miracle he's as well adjusted as he is.

It's actually more like being inspired by the wind,

It's bad, huh?

It's been a while, and real life experience has taught me much,

It's clear he allowed himself to be influenced by

It's come to my attention she's written a quite thorough

It's expressed better in the body of the text itself,

It's free.

It's hard to say.

It's him.

It's incendiary.

It's just something written here.

It's just that the nature of being is already the subject

It's just the law.

It's not far.

It's perfectly harmless, mind numbingly attuned to

It's quite hilariously obsessive.

It's the elevator to the 4th floor, room 423.

It's the lady terrorist, Fay Grim.

It's the least you can do, I think, really.

It's the new thing. Have you seen his blog?

It's the street side.

It's what God wants.

Its own reward cheap, immediate,

Jesus Christ.

Jesus, I don't want to kill anyone.

Just wait here.

La Guardia Airport. Man: O.K.

Legal action.

Let him go. Let him go! Let him go.

Let me get dressed.

Let me talk to him.

Light on our situation.

Lighten my darkness, O Lord, I beseech thee, and by thy

Like what?

Limited sources that must be outgrown.

Listen, I'll call you tomorrow.

Listen, kid, I have lots of offspring.

Listen, Ned can I call you Ned?

Listen, thanks for talking to me.

Local pilgrims seeking wisdom.

Look at these towels.

Look, I have a friend downstairs who wants to meet you.

Look, I have to smoke someplace.

Look, mom wants me to get you out of here

Look, Susan, I paid dearly for our little afternoon of bliss.

Look, Uncle Simon, my mom said you had some money for me.

Looking for a friend of mine who I think used to work here.

Lots?

Lots. Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Seventh Day Adventist, a mosque.

Make your peace with God, Reverend.

Man on TV: So, Lisa, what's the feeling there on the ground?

Man on TV: The suburban single mom from Woodside Queens convicted

Man: Go ahead.

Man: I say being in prison her whole life long...

Man: I'm sorry, we actually only have one single room available.

Man: Is he expecting you?

Man: Look, young man, we don't want any trouble around here.

Man: Should've killed that slut when they found her.

Man: Sure.

Man: Susan.

Man: There's no way you're 21, buddy.

Man: There's nothing here for miles.

Man: Turns out, she's been in and out of psychiatric care

Man: Yes, sir.

Mary, pull yourself together.

Mass cultural phenomena, proudly detailing the most

Master's degrees for writing college papers on post Marxist

May not fear the power of the adversary,

May not fear the power of the adversary,

Maybe we should get some donuts

Maybe. I don't know.

Me? I haven't been inside a church since you married Henry.

Meals, all I've got to do is pretend I'm insane once or

Mistakes have been made before.

Mmm... What?

Mom said he hadn't paid his taxes or something.

Mom, forgive me, but you're not a terrorist, right?

Mom, it's O.K. I believe you.

Mom, it's O.K..

Mom? How?

More than anything in the world.

More than I want to.

Most days, she wants to die, but more and more, she's just

Mother teach you no manners at all?

Mr. Grim.

Mr. Rifle, they're ready for us.

Mr. Rifle.

Mr. Rifle.

My friend will be here with it any minute now.

My meeting with Simon Grim was amazing.

My name is Daniel. Reverend Gardner.

My stand up routine, honestly.

Named Susan.

Ned may have mentioned me to you.

Ned, are you going to introduce us, or did your

Ned, how much do you know about your dad's early years?

Ned, this is Bud.

Ned, you've got to find them.

Ned, Zach.

Ned: Defend me, O God, thy humble servant in all assaults

Ned: I don't want to cause any trouble.

Ned: Thank you, Clair.

Ned: Where's that comedy coach of yours?

Ned: Wow, that's a lot of money.

Ned? Ned who? Who's Ned?

Ned.

Need my help with her memoir?

Nevertheless, she became popularly associated

Night, for the love of thy Holy Son, our Savior,

No legal right to compensation in that regard.

No matter, man. I can't let you in.

No one's ever thought to put it all in order.

No parole, all that.

No problem.

No rush.

No way! That's her?

No, but I can get these laundered here.

No, but the rooms have kitchens.

No, he's chaste, I'm certain.

No, hold on.

No, I have to I have to go.

No, I lost him. He disappeared again.

No, I mean, this graduate student who's writing a story of my life.

No, I'm through with all that.

No, it's gotta be a secret.

No, of course it is, but, Fay, did Henry ever tell you

No, of course not.

No, ontologically.

No, our lawyers have indicated, that would cast a bad

No, please.

No, shit, you're a God fearing man?

No, well, it's not about Simon, but it pertains.

No, when?

No, you're not.

No, you're the poet laureate stalker.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No. "Judges." Sit down. Go ahead, Ned.

No. Clair, that's just superstitious.

No. Make sure she knows the room's hers.

No. Really?

No. She knows all about your poetry.

No. Should I?

No. So are you coming?

No. Thank you.

Nobody's business.

Not at all, please, come on in.

Not even now, now when he's about to leave?

Not me exactly. No.

Not really, but I'm not that into poetry.

Not yet.

Now have these high paid tenured positions lock step

Now, any ideas about where my father might be?

Number one assistant, or was.

O Lord, give unto thy servant that peace that the

O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

O.K.

O.K. Call me.

O.K., a double is O.K..