Paris, Texas (1984) Edit

A bank account?

A bank: She's going to deposit some money in a certain bank today:

A little more than a year ago, she stopped calling.

A long time ago.

A man gets himself into a fix sometimes.

A picture...

A vacant lot.

A ver: Huh?

About 1 7 or 1 8, I guess.

After everybody thought he was talking about Paris, France.

After Hunter came to live with us...

After I came all this way?

After what happened between you and Jane...

Ah.

Ahora, sí: Okay.

Ahora:

Ahora: Camine:

All he could tell us was that someone brought him there in a car.

All he wanted to do was sleep:

All kinds of trouble expensive trouble.

All right, all right: Settle down: I see it:

All right, sir.

All right?

All right. That number is 667 DJ P.

All the cars we have here are 'birds, Olds, Chevies or whatever.

All the girls are downstairs:

All the spar Everything went flying all over the place and formed space.

All we hear is planes day in and day out:

Always running:

Am l Am I looking at your face now?

And And the sun formed, and it was so hot that

And always,just when she was about to get away, he'd be there:

And don't say I didn't warn youl

And everywhere else in the valley all the way to Arizona:

And finally it wasn't a joke anymore. He st

And for the first time...

And he actually believed it.

And he couldn't run any further:

And he didn't even know:

And he dreamed about this place without knowing its name.

And he heard her trying to run to the highway:

And he wants to see you.

And he was going to dedicate himself to making a home for her:

And he'd stay out late to test her.

And I owe it to you to bring you back together:

And if anybody talks to you, tell 'em your daddy's inside and he'll be right back.

And if you think that's going to be fun...

And if you're a girl,you can live with a guy or you can live with a dog:

And inching her way out of the bed:::

And it costs a little to get him out:

And listen.

And right now, I'm afraid.

And rolled on the wet ground:

And see if they can tell me who you are.

And she

And she liked that:

And she was very beautiful, you know?

And some underwear and socks from Walt.

And that throws up on the carpet, that chews on your underwear:

And the guy was... quite a bit older.

And the hot lava hit the water and formed rock to make land.

And the more he was away from her, the crazier he got:::

And then he'd quit again:

And then it turns into nothing. Then it goes pshh.

And then one night

And then suddenly everything changed:

And they were always laughing at stupid things.

And this is my mom.

And tied her to the stove with his belt:

And when he woke up, he was on fire.

And when she told him these dreams, he believed them:

And when you live alone, you gotta think about:::

And wires money for Hunter.

And your grandfather.

And:::

And...

Anne and me are like his parents now.

Anne keeps wanting to go there:

Anne kept sendin' me pictures of him...

Anne, it's okay. He's in here.

Anne?

Anyway, he started to drink real bad...

Are you out there?

Area code [ Continues, lndistinct ]

Aren't you hungry?

At Walt's...

Awesome!

Because all they wanted to do was be with each other:

Because I'm gonna find her.

Because it has to be you.

Because it's too far to drive.

Because...

Before you know it, you'll be back in the land of the living, Trav.

But a funny thing started to happen:

But believe me...

But finally he knew that it was never gonna work out:

But he couldn't stand being away from her either:

But he didn't see her.

But he started telling everybody all the time...

But I can't allow you on the lot, sir.

But I can't stay with you.

But I'm even more afraid of...

But it left me alone in a way that...

But it's tough living alone in a city like this:

But my daddy

But my mother...

But nothing seemed to satisfy her:

But on the last call...

But pretty soon, she started to worry:

But right now, she's somewhere in Houston.

But she learned how to muffle the bell by stuffing a sock into it:::

But that got him even madder.

But there was nothin' there.

But they were gone.

But we never seem to find the time 'cause my company keeps me kind ofbusy:

But, damn it, I'm your brother, man.

But, see

Buy her things, take her out to dinner once a week:

Bye, Mom. Gotta go now.

Can't come true.

Clear out past Barstow:::

Come on with me in the car. Huh?

Come on, Dad.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on. Let's get in the car. Trav?

Come on. Pretty please.

Come onl Dadl

Con confianza: ¿Me entiende?

Con dignidad:

Could be. Get in the truck, and I'll tell you my plan.

Dad, can you hear me? Can you hear me?

Dad, when are they gonna make spaceships like they make cars?

Dad! Wake up!

Daddy always had a joke about it.

Damn it.

Did they flip out?

Did you ever go to Paris?

Did you have a good trip?

Did your brother ever get hisself into a car wreck?

Do you go home with them?

Do you like it?

Do you like them?

Do you mind if I sit down?

Do you mind if I sit down?

Do you mind if I take off my sweater?

Do you realize how many people you're detaining?

Do you recognize me?

Do you remember her?

Do you remember your father?

Do you remember your little boy? Hunter.

Do you think he still loves her?

Do you understand me?

Do you want some?

Dogs, on the other hand, are real cute:

Don't complain. It's past 1 0:00.

Don't go yet.

Don't go yet.

Don't you recognize me? It's Walt.

Don't you trust me or somethin'? Huh?

Driving.

Eating and talking.

Either that, or...

Eradicated!

Eso: Mm hmm.

Even the baby seemed to be an injustice to her:

Even though I was alone.

Everything stopped.

Except now he got really crazy:

Excuse me, sir, but were you in to visit me the other day?

For Hunter's future.

For right here, today, standing on the very head of my mother:::

Four years.

From some hospital in South Texas a place called Terlingua.

From the day the baby was born, she began to get irritated with everything around her:

Full of adventure:

Gee, Anne and l, we sort of gave up on you:

Get over here!

Give us the number, will you, please?

Goddamn it! You tell me what happened, Travis!

Good night, Dad.

Good.

Good. Then call Walt and Anne.

Great: There's some great stuff in it:

Guess who I'm visiting here in Texas.

Guess...

Had disappeared:

Has your voice.

Have another one?

Having fun. Lots of fun.

He He saw this idea:

He caught her one night when the sock fell out:::

He caught her, dragged her back to the trailer:::

He couldn't stand being away from her, uh, during the day when he went to work.

He didn't even notice it at first:

He didn't feel anything anymore:

He didn't know what had happened to you orJane:

He died... couple of years after this picture.

He does?

He ever felt possible.

He had this idea

He had this idea about her...

He has to sleep somewhere.

He He always laughed real hard about it.

He just He just panicked or something.

He just left her there and went back to bed:::

He just ran.

He kept trying to make everything all right for her

He liked to make her laugh.

He looked at her:::

He never looked back at the fire.

He ran again:

He ran through the flames...

He ran through the flames...

He ran until the sun came up:::

He started believing it.

He started imagining all kinds of things.

He started thinking that she was seeing other men on the sly.

He stopped drinking and got a steady job:

He thought if she never got jealous of him that she didn't really care about him.

He wanted her to get jealous, but she didn't.

He was convinced that she loved him now because she was carrying his child:

He was kind of raggedy and wild.

He would he would come back in an hour.

He would be an hour older, but the little baby would be a very old man.

He would just appear and stop her:

He would stop her somehow:

He would wait before he said ''Texas'' till everybody thought

He, uh He would introduce Mama as the girl he met in Paris.

He'd come home from work and accuse her of...

He's He's waiting for you.

He's been gone since early this morning.

He's been living with Anne and me ever since you disappeared:

He's eight in January.

He's got to get tired sometime.

Here we are in the middle of the Mojave Desert in a place that doesn't have a name.

Here, Trav.

Here, Trav. Here's your stuff.

Hey, I didn't tell you this in order to make you leave.

Hey, Trav, do you remember the time...

Hey: Now you're goin':

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey. You wanna trade these new boots for those old boots?

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

His arms were burning, and he threw himself outside and

Hmm: You were a general?

Hmm?

Honey, he hasn't slept in a bed since we started for here: I swear to God:

How are we gonna find her in a big city like this?

How come?

How do you mean?

How How can you have two fathers?

How long do you expect Hunter to buy that?

How long have I been gone? Do you know?

How much extra money do you make? How much How much money do you make on the side?

How old is he now?

How would I know that, Hunter?

Hunter in position one. Over.

Hunter was about three: Don't you remember that?

Hunter, did you really get a good look at her, or what?

Hunter, I'm asking you a question. Can you answer it?

Hunter, it's me.

Hunter, this is Travis.

Hunter, Travis is your real dad. You know that, don't you?

Hunter, what do you mean you're in San Bernardino?

Hunter,you tell Travis to turn around:::

Hunter!

Hunter!

Hunter?

Hunter.

Hunter. Where are you?

I

I I told him you're his father.

I I want to talk to you.

I ain't got beds enough to be puttin' up mutes.

I am looking at you.

I bet it was really hot coming across the Mojave Desert.

I bought that land when we were all together, with your mom:

I brought Hunter with me.

I can be silent too, you know.

I can find the highway again.

I can get you a job at the airport doing that.

I can guarantee you the safety zone will be eliminated!

I can't even hardly remember what happened.

I can't even sleep for five minutes without some crisis.

I can't see you,Jane.

I can't stand airplanes anymore, especially since we live in this house.

I could always feel you walking around and talking someplace.

I could hear you.

I could hear your voice.

I could see you, smell you.

I couldn't picture you anymore.

I couldn't stand the... pain...

I couldn't, Travis.

I didn't have what I knew he needed.

I didn't know where else to go.

I didn't want to use him to fill all my emptiness.

I do it all the time.

I don't know what happened:

I don't know what kind of trouble you got into:

I don't know when.

I don't know where I turned off. Didn't have a name.

I don't know, honey, no.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know. I haven't seen him in over four years.

I don't know. Is there somethin' I can do for you?

I don't mean to pry.

I don't mind listening.

I don't think that's even necessary.

I don't think we're gonna get the very same car.

I don't understand why you have to have the very same car you had before:

I don't understand you.

I don't wanna talk either sometimes:

I don't want anything.

I even imagined you talking back to me.

I figured that that's where I I began.

I forgot.

I got plenty of time.

I got that back at that clinic back there.

I guess so:

I guess you better tell him the truth.

I have to rush off to get Hunter to school on time:

I haven't gotten over.

I hear your voice all the time.

I hope you're right, Hunter.

I just didn't realize how much rage I had.

I just don't know exactly what it is you want:

I just don't think I'm the one you want to talk to.

I just gave up.

I just have to ask you to come back to the office with me.

I just thought maybe you'd like to see some of it.

I knew these people.

I know he's dead.

I know how hard it is to talk to strangers sometimes:

I know that now.

I know that, but how come you got it?

I know what the hell I'm talking aboutl

I know, I know. Uh, my brother left something in the car.

I know.

I know. But you can handle it.

I know. It's none of my business.

I like 'em.

I like it.

I love him,just like he was my own flesh and blood:

I love those: Some of them are beautiful:

I love you more than my life.

I love you, Hunter.

I make you this promise on my mother's headl

I may be a slime bucket...

I mean about Travis.

I mean Walt.

I mean, it'll get kind of lonely.

I mean, uh, her before she found Daddy.

I mean, you can go home with 'em if you want to. All these places say that.

I never even told Walt or Hunter.

I never felt like you were dead.

I never tried.

I see what you see.

I see.

I started out there:

I think he does.

I thought maybe you might like to see some of it.

I thought we might live there someday.

I told you these weren't toys. Over.

I tried to find her. I tried everything. I couldn't find her.

I tried to talk out loud to you like I used to...

I used to talk to you all the time...

I walked around for months talking to you.

I wanna find her too. When do we go?

I want to come with.

I wanted to see him so bad that I didn't even dare imagine him anymore.

I was afraid I'd never be able to say the right words to you...

I was just thinking. Maybe, uh, I can meet Hunter after school...

I was not going to, because somehow it makes things easier that nobody knows.

I wish you'd get to the point, 'cause I'd like to see my brother.

I wonder where she's going:

I wrote it down if you want it.

I'd just as soon that both of us keep our mouths shut for the whole rest of the trip.

I'd say about three seconds.

I'll be eight then!

I'll be there.

I'll just take off my sweater.

I'll just take off my sweater.

I'll listen...

I'll see if I can find one for you.

I'll tell Hunter... that you're coming.

I'm afraid of walking away again.

I'm afraid of what I might find.

I'm gonna bring him home to visit:

I'm gonna find Jane.

I'm gonna leave.

I'm just afraid.

I'm just trying to help you, Trav. That's all.

I'm not crazyl

I'm not even sure I can locate the same car you had before.

I'm sick of this fuckin' mystery.

I'm so used to calling her ''Mom.''

I'm sorry, sir. I think you'll maybe want to talk to one of the other girls.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay?

I'm talking about from the range of my voice right here:::

I'm tired of doing all the talking:

I'm, um I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I've already seen it.

I've been treating you like a spoiled kid ever since I picked you up in the desert.

I've got an idea.

If he traveled at the speed of light...

If there's anything you wanna talk about, I'll just listen.

If we're following the wrong car, we're gonna have to wait a whole other month.

If you turn the light off in there, will you be able to see me?

If, um

In a galaxy far, far away. [ Laughs ]

In a hotel.

In person...

In that car.

Is four years a long time?

Is it you?

Is that her? Look at See if it's her. Can you tell?

Is that right?

Is that your car?

Is there somethin'

Is there something you want to tell me?

Is this your first visit here?

It comes from a bank in Houston.

It just seems like everything has changed between us so fast

It slowly faded.

It was a big joke...

It was almost like you were there.

It was easier when I just imagined you.

It went [ Imitates Explosion ] and blew up.

It won't hurt you to walk home once in your life.

It would take an extra two days. I can't afford the time, Trav.

It would take them three seconds to get from California to Houston...

It would wake me up in the middle of the night...

It's a little out of the way.

It's a navigation to nowhere!

It's all right if you leave me.

It's almost as if you wanted him to leave.

It's been four years. She's completely disappeared.

It's been so long.

It's close to the Red River.

It's half his life.

It's kind of long.

It's like a gap.

It's mine.

It's not ''business.''

It's right here.

Jane used to call asking about him.

Jealousy was a sign ofher love for him:

Jesus Christ.

Just Will you tell him that I'm coming, okay? Okay.

Just an ordinary trip down to the grocery store was:::

Just disappeared.

Just give us the license number. We'll find it.

Just in case.

Just like you were there in the room with me.

Just lucky, I guess.

Just plain and good.

Just relax:

Just to be home with her:

Kind of kind of a sickness.

Kind of feels good to be in new clothes, huh?

L l mean me, Travis Clay Henderson:

L've never seen a bank like that:

La vache qui rit: Sticky.

Left, Dad.

Let me finish, Travis.

Let me talk to him:

Let's get closer: We could wavel

Let's go, Trav.

Let's go!

Let's hear some rock 'n' roll. Hey, how's it going?

Let's hear you play: Give us something good:

Like what?

Listen, sweetheart, if I could see you, I wouldn't be working here.

Little higher.

Look at that truck.

Look, it's just easier to fly, Trav.

Looks just like Texas to me.

Looks like a girl's car to me.

Los Angeles, California:

Lt was me that tore you apart:::

Lt wasn't the plane: He'll just get off again:

Lt's weird when it when it when there's water in between:

Maybe I'm mistaken.

Me neither:

Meridian Hotel.

Mexico.

Mire:

Mm hmm.

Mm hmm.

Mm mmm. You keep that.

Money, credit cards:

Mother Dana, Booth 1 9:

Movies. You know, Super 8.

Must be in a kind of jam, huh?

My body remembers.

My God.

My legs get a little tired from standing all the time.

My mother

Never can tell.

Nice, huh? Just been in here three months.

No, I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of falling.

No, I'm not gonna leave you.

No, no: No: Don't:

No, no. We have to have the very same car.

No, not yet:

No, not yet.

No, sir, we don't.

No: Este

No? Uh, well, tell you what.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No. Aw, forget it.

No. Does he think that you're his father?

No. No, no, no!

No. they're both They're both fathers.

No. Wasn't me.

Nobody walks.

Not a word.

Not facing this fear.

Not knowing when the next check was coming in:

Not your mother:::

Nothin' really.

Nothing?

Now come on. It's all right.

Now I don't know what to say.

Now I'm working here.

Now you tell me what happened with you and Jane!

Now, I want to ask you one last question:

Nurse Bibs. Nurse Bibs and a rubber horse.

Of seeing him grow up and missin' it.

Of what will happen to us if we lose Hunter.

Of, uh, Paris.

Oh, God: lt don't matter:

Oh, God.

Oh, I don't blame you.

Oh, I see. You want to look like a father.

Oh, mercy.

Oh, sure. We just missed you a lot.

Oh, that sounds like a great idea, Travis.

Oh, Travis.

Oh, well, I'll just contact our lost and found department for you if that's the case.

Oh, well, we're not allowed to see the customers out here.

Oh,yeah, we will: Come on:

Oh! God.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh. I thought I remembered Jane telling me once...

Oh. Let me see it again.

Oh. Oh, I see.

Oh. There is a towel for you, Travis.

Okay, come on. Let's go have dinner. Come on.

Okay, I'll be there. I'll get there as fast as I can.

Okay:

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay. She's coming down. Stay on the line.

On light speed:

One night she told him that she was pregnant:

Only from that little movie we saw.

Or a relative of yours?

Or streets.

Ought to know and understand to the very marrow of their bonesl

Over in that lane! In that lane!

Paris, Texas?

Paris?

Paris?

Paris.

Places in Texas.

Please don't go.

Please don't go. I'm sorry.

Please go on.

Please.

Please. Please.

Poolside makes 2 4.

Radical!

Raris, Texas:

Relax and tell me what's on your mind:

Right now.

Right. We'll see.

Rit: [ Trills ''R'' ] Rit:

Rlease get it right 'cause I'm getting I'm getting cranky:

Roll the windows up, lock the doors.

Room 1 520.

Room 1 520.

Rues, ¿cómo pues?

Running across fields:::

Saved them. [ Chuckles ]

See you later.

See, my daddy had, uh

She

She accused him ofholding her captive by making her have a baby:

She asked me to open a bank account for Hunter.

She decided Hunter should be with us.

She goes to this bank on the fifth of each month...

She got mad at everything:

She made me promise not to tell anyone she was calling:

She said she couldn't be a mother to him anymore.

She saw herself at night, running naked down a highway:::

She started to change:

She stopped being a mother to him a long time before that.

She told him that she dreamed about escaping:

She wanted something. I just couldn't figure out what it was.

She was

She was about three or four months'pregnant:::

She was just enraged:

She was so

She was so shy.

She was there, wasn't she?

She was very good:

She was young.

She wasn't worried about him or jealous:

She went that way!

She's leaving the bank! Get over here!

She's leaving the bankl

Shit!

Six Remember that?

So he could hear at night if she tried to get out ofbed:

So he quit:::

So he tied a cowbell to her ankle:::

So what else do you do?

So, what can I do for you today, hmm?

So, where'd you find that beard?

So...

Some great shots of Hunter in it.

Somethin' must have cut your tongue off.

Sometimes 50 or five.

Sometimes a hundred dollars.

Sometimes your voice would wake me up.

Somewhere without language...

Sounds like they were very happy.

Spending the day with somebody else.

Stufflike like ****, like murder: Especially from the police force:

Sure picked a hell of a spot to land in. I don't blame you for running out of it.

Sure. Anything you like.

Sure. You think you remember how?

Tell 'em, uh, that you're with me and that we're going to Texas.

Tell me what the hell happened to you over the last four years?

Tell me where you are, Hunter.

Terlingua.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks. [ Sighs ]

That Look at that. That is really wild.

That what you got in your hand.

That Anne and me came down to visit you about five years ago?

That is a promisel

That the Earth just formed into one hard, big ball...

That was all she dreamed about escape:

That you flew to Dallas together::: or somewhere:

That's a tough decision, let me tell you:

That's great. That's just dandy.

That's just the way it is.

That's me when I was in the navy.

That's not the point.

That's okay if you call him ''Dad.''

That's okay.

That's only her in a movie...

That's very nice of you, Travis.

That's what I wanted to talk to you about.

That's when I was in the band.

That's where she and Daddy first, uh, made love.

That's where the space center is.

The girl was... very young...

The girls here spend so much time with a guy that most of them live alone:

The Meridian.

The two of us.

The whole universe...

Then come on. Let's go.

Then he listened to his son scream:

Then he ran.

Then he'd get another job when the money ran out:::

Then under the water, a volcano went [ Imitates Explosion ]

Then what was she?

Then what?

Then when the sun went down:::

Then why do you keep pushing them together?

Then...

Then...

There are many different kinds of fathers, señor Travis.

There is something I have to tell you.

There were blue flames burning the sheets of his bed.

There will be no safety zone!

There'll be so many cars, we'll never find her:

There's 1 0,000 cars here, Hunter: How are we gonna find her?

There's nothin' out there.

There's two red cars now. Which one is it?

These two people.

They couldn't squeeze the time of day out of him.

They didn't much care for anything else:::

They got cute little noses, cute little tails:

They named me that:

They were always together:

They were in love with each other.

They were real happy.

They will invade you in your bedsl

They will pluck you right out of your fancy sports carsl

They will snatch you from your hot tubsl

They're all alike.

They're gonna flip out.

Think maybe you're ready to...

This is it? This is Paris?

This is not a place to bring a fancy woman.

This is not bad stuff.

This section right here?

This time, when he came home late at night:::

This whole galaxy...

This, uh ls that all you do is just talk?

Thought you were afraid of heights.

Till everybody thought that... he meant

To be a rich father, señor Travis...

To see if she'd get jealous.

To you.

Toward the only two people he loved...

Trav, I need to talk to you a little bit about Hunter.

Trav? This way.

Traveled at the speed oflight for an hou

Travis in position two. We got it covered.

Travis is his father, and Hunter is his son.

Travis, I don't want to feel I'm hiding something.

Travis:::

Travis?

Travis.

Travis.

Uh

Uh, car wreck. No, uh, not that I know of.

Uh, have you seen Jane or talked to her?

Uh, I purchased it in in the mail...

Uh, no, l've never even been to Europe:

Uh, no.

Uh, over. I didn't get that last part.

Uh, the father.

Uh, too bad things don't look the same on the ground.

Uh, Tupperware parties violent things:

Uh, well,just tell him I had to go on a business trip.

Uh, what?

Uh, where the hell's that?

Um