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Moth (2016)
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- No please! No, please! No, no! - The 15th of December, 1967. The collapse of the silver bridge. 46 casualties, two missing and not found since. What caused the catastrophe according to the witnesses and reports can be seen on the next slide. First seen in November of 1966. Point pleasant, West Virginia. Near an old explosives factory. Roger and Linda Scarbury, Joan and Mary mallet and their niece. They said it kept following them, even if they tried shaking it off on road 62. There were about 100 reports filed in those two years, but once the bridge collapsed just nothing happened. Whatever is in the photo it just disappeared, left the town, never returned. Where did it go after though? Another unsolved mystery. What could it be? A mythical creature? A mutation? Perhaps some kind of military experiment or maybe this is the angel of death trying to warn us before the catastrophe. What if I told you that it has allegedly resurfaced? In Hungary there were 22 reports in the past two weeks. I am actually going there next week and I will need someone who can take added footage so if you would like to join me just sign up after the lecture. Thank you for your attention everyone. See you in four weeks. Same time, same place, different topics. Have a nice weekend, thank you. And how long have you been learning at the university, Adam? - Actually for two years, yeah, for two years. - And what's at the end of the line? - If all goes well I'll be a forensic investigator. - Wow. Was it always your dream? - I think so, yes. What about you? - Mine? - Yeah. - Actress. - Okay, two boyfriends. Oakes. Journalist. Oh. Anyone else? No. No luck? - No. Can we go? - Yeah. - I just don't know what kind of person they all like. I just don't get it. I been to eight auditions this year now. - I don't know. Maybe you could get into school, you know? Film school. To learn all these things. Maybe... Intonation. I don't know because I'm not involved in it but I guess you have to learn that too. - Yeah I know all this stuff. Actually I took a term. Unfortunately I just couldn't finance it. And my father didn't want to pay for it. You know, he wants me to be an attorney. - An attorney? - Useful and productive member of the society, not just someone who plays a role. My sister, my elder sister Kathy thinks that it's just a joke, hobby. And acting barely beats prostitution. You just play a role and sell yourself for money. This is my family. - If you ask me I think everyone plays a role. Everyone sells themselves. Nobody's honest. It's a good thing this car was waiting for us. - Yeah, the owner took a term at our university and I gave her an extra room and when she left she told me to let her know if she can repay it somehow. - And you called in a favor, I guess. - Yeah. - Why are we recording every single moment? - Well I hope to turn this into a great documentary when we get back. Or not. But since we have this let's just use it, okay? - Okay. You think we'll find anything? - I don't know. I can't tell. - Alright. - Can I ask a personal question, Adam? - Depends. - Where are you from? I mean I know it's impolite to ask something like that but I'm so curious. - You don't like my accent or what? - No, no it's not like that. Your English is perfect. It's just you're not English like. I think you're as British as myself. So? - Yes. - Are you Danish? - Not exactly. - I'm sorry, I didn't want to hurt your feelings. It's not my business, sorry. - I'm from Sweden. I moved to England five years ago and I've been living in London for a while. But I'm not planning to go home. What about you? - Hmm? - You know, you mentioned that you are... - yeah yeah yeah. I'm Ukrainian. - Really? Ukrainian? - Yeah, I was raised there. - Did you have to escape or what? - Escape from what? - You know. What's the reason? - Well there is no dramatic line here. I learned English in elementary and grammar school. Then I graduated from the university as an English history teacher 'cause I also liked history. - Yeah. - And I won a Fulbright scholarship to the us. Virginia. I conducted research there. I lived there for almost, wow, two years. - Two years? - Yeah, for two years. And then a good friend of mine just offered this job in London at the university and I accepted it so here I am, end of story. - Wow. You are very... - very? - Persistent might be the best word. - Well thank you. Honestly, I didn't think if anyone would sign up, but I'm very glad that you're here. - Thanks. I told you I like mysteries. That's why I'm here. Actually. - Actually? - When I was young my mom used to get me books about myths. Greek, Roman myths, stories, legends, stuff like that, you know. And when I read a book I didn't just want to find resolution. - Well mysteries are waiting to be solved, Adam. - Yeah. You solve it and you take away the whole mystery itself. But you don't lose a thing. Everyone just wants to find and solve. - Like who or what the moth man might be. - That's right. But if you found out who or what it is, the whole mystery would disappear. - A lot of people want to solve it. - Us included. - 25 miles and we will hit our accommodation. I suggest we should get up early in the morning and find anyone who might have seen anything suspicious lately. - Okay. I'll set the charger up for the night just in case. - Good idea, thank you. - Okay. - What else? I booked twin beds if it's good for you. - Fine with me, fine by, yeah. - You know other guys would have started getting ideas by now, Adam. - Others maybe, but I am not here to try and bed my teacher. - Oh god. Adam it was just a joke. Are you always this way in the language of women? - I just don't think we've been traveling long enough to talk about things like that. Probably I'm a bit old fashioned but that's how I feel. Sorry. - Now let's talk about whatever you'd like to. What do you want to talk about? - Hey hey hey. - An interview with the reluctant cameraman. Stage is all yours. Come on. - Really? - Really. Why not? - I have only one question, ready? - Yes. - Why do you want to be an actress so bad? Because you want to be an actress so why tell me about it? Stage is yours now. - Well, I suppose it's like you and the mysteries. - What do you mean? Mysteries? - If you film or write something, you just, you know, create a whole new world. I tried writing as well, more or less successfully, mostly less successfully, unfortunately. Anyway, if you just conjure a whole new world you can create whatever you'd like. Sad or beautiful things. It's like for example mysteries. - I don't think you should give up your writing. - I will never give up. I never give up on anything. - That's a good attitude, I like that. Anything else? - No, one is more than enough. Besides, I don't let others pay for it. - You let me. Is this the right place? - Yeah, place in the picture from what I can see right now. - Wow. Looks a bit creepy. - Yeah. Whatever you just got stays on the cutting room floor. - Okay. - Hey Manny. - Oh hey, hey, so you got there already? - Yeah, we arrived, we are in the motel room. - Oh yeah, that guy. - Adam. His name is Adam. - So where is Adam? - He's in the shower now. - Oh, is he? - Silly you. Don't be ridiculous. See? Separate beds. - There's no problem, it's okay. - I know exactly why I'm here so you had better... - I just don't think this is a good idea. Not like this, not so soon. - Everything is going to be alright. If I make up my mind... - look have you got enough money? - Sure. No problem. - Okay, let's talk again tomorrow, this Adam doesn't appeal to me. - He's alright, there won't be any problem with him. - Okay, it's 2am, someone's knocking on my door. I heard some noises from the garden. Tell you I'm not amazed by this place. Thora? Thora? Thora? Okay. She's asleep, I should do, I guess. Okay, shut this, shut this. Heard something from the garden I think. Oh. Shit, shit, shit. Shit. Thora wake up! Wake up! Shit. Wake up. Fuck. Fuck. What the hell? Not a good joke, it's not a good joke, it's not a good joke. Shit. Is anyone there? Who's there? Who's there? Fuck you, idiot! Fuck you! Shit. Think you're funny? - Maybe it was an animal, or a homeless by the window. - And they just happened to try and sneak a peek in the middle of the night, right? - No idea. - Did you see the footage? Did you see the footage? - Yeah, yeah, I told you I saw it, okay? I don't know what that was or what you might have heard. - I saw it and I heard it. Probably it was another guest with a bad sense of humor, but it was 2am, can you believe that? - Were you scared? - No I wasn't. - You weren't? - I don't know how you would have reacted. - Whatever. I slept pretty well. - I'm happy for you. How far are we from our destination? - If the map is right then this road and the right by the signpost. - Right by the signpost, great. - Come on, Adam. Don't get all pissed off about it. It happens. Maybe just there were someone messing around in our dorm. Or maybe there were some kids who just couldn't sleep. - Maybe. Whatever. Someone from the university? - No. It was my mother. - Would you like to talk about it or something? - First time I met her was when I was 18 years old. She bailed you know when I was born. And then she just reappeared from nowhere after my graduation. She brought me some flowers and a box of chocolates. Get this? I never even seen her in my whole childhood and she just brings me some fucking chocolate. And I've hated chocolate ever since. Do you even know a woman who doesn't like chocolate? I don't think so. - My mother hated it. - Really? - Yeah. She passed away. - When? - Three years ago. She was sick. - I'm so sorry. - Whoa whoa whoa whoa. - Ah, what is he doing in the middle of the road? - Shit. Okay okay okay. What is he saying? - He's saying something. - What? - What? I can't hear you! Are you okay? Asshole. - Okay okay okay. - What? - Be careful, be careful. - He's trying to say something. - What? - Are you okay? - Shit. Shit, shit, shit. Get back to the car, Thora. - Everything's alright. This guy was crazy. - Wow, wow. Are we lost? - No, we are not lost. - I think we are lost. - We're not lost, okay? This road is not familiar, that's it. We can get those into use tomorrow, no need to hurry. Everything is going to be alright, okay? - Okay. - This seems to be the right way. - Yeah, seems. - We'll head through this road and there will be forest motel this way. - It's goddamn amazing. Really amazing. - Stop it, okay? Everything is perfect. - Mm hmm. Then let's get going before it gets dark, okay? - Don't worry about a motel. We'll have all those things we are here for and then we'll go home. - Good. Whoa. - What's that? - Cars, cars, cars. - Cars. - That's nice. Show me how happy you are. That's nice. Whoa whoa whoa. - Nobody? - No. Just stop somewhere. - We'll just check the cars. - Yeah. What the hell is? - What the hell is this? - Everything's covered in this. Shit. - Let's just call the police, try your phone, Adam. - Try my phone, and what am I supposed to do with it? I don't know Hungarian. - Someone? Is anyone around there? Nothing? - No. - There's nobody here. This place is abandoned. What? - Come on! - I heard something. I heard some kind of clicking noise. - Fuck. - Are you nervous? - If you won't then I'll say it. I don't think that was sawdust. - Then what was that? - Ever squashed a moth before it could dine on your favorite evening gown? - I don't really have a gown. - Actually, I don't give a fuck if you do or do not. I don't care at all. Abandoned cars by the road. Half a pair of kid's shoes. In the red car I could see the driver's ass print even. You checked the map, here we are in the middle of nowhere. - I believe we are almost there. - You said that an hour ago. But look at our fuel. I haven't seen a gas station for hours. By the way, nothing and no one, except for the hobo. Well, this is not the place where we are supposed to be, right? Must have been abandoned 20 years ago or more. - Look at this. - Thora please, not now. - Pretty nasty. - It's nasty but it's getting dark and we won't know where to sleep. - I can recognize the building. I wrote down the name of the place and the motel too. Stop freaking out. - Thora. - What a beautiful place. Must have been a theater. Amazing. Pretty freaky. Adam? Adam? Fuck you. The middle of the forest. Hello? Hello? Is there anyone here? Wow. Hello. Hello Adam, hey. - We should get back to the car, you know. - Uh huh. Someone's over there! - What? - Over there, in the bushes! - That way? - Yes! Stop, there, to the left! - Nobody's here. - There must be somebody, I saw it. - I said nobody's here! Just come down! - There. - Pretty fucking grainy. - There on the right. You see? - What the fuck? - Maybe it was a bum. Yeah it has to be a bum. You just wouldn't believe, it was full of garbage, the rooms and the corridors. It has to be a hobo paradise. - Mm hmm, mm hmm. - Should already be there. - I was waiting for you to say that. Oh my god. Well that's just fucking fantastic. - Okay, I check it. I'm so sorry. - We'll figure this out somehow. - I saw a road to the right but we took a left. Maybe we should have turned the other way. - Yeah, maybe. - But let's not go back there today, okay? - Why? I just turn around and look for the byway, that's all. - Yeah but I recognize that we barely have a quarter tank of gas so if we just miss the turn then we'll be stranded in the middle of the road. - Yeah, maybe someone would come that way. - How many cars have you seen lately? - Holy shit. That's a hell of a stockpile. - Oh, god bless her. - Here it is, okay. - Oh, thank you. Anything to eat? Some food? Oh oh oh oh, god bless her. The first thing will be when we get back to give her a big hug. - Okay. Bottles of water and this flashlight, it's... - so can we use it? - Yeah, I guess. Not so strong but it will be fine. - It will be fine. - Yeah. - Would you mind? - Just do it. Light in the darkness. - I'm pretty sure you must have regretted coming with me by now. - We regret a lot of things as we head on forward. - What do you mean? - My mother wasn't sick. When I turned 19 I got some money together and I bought my first car. An old wreck, you know, but I worked for it and paid for it myself, without anyone's help. My then-girlfriend's name was Jenny. She had beautiful red hair, sparkling eyes. The most beautiful smile in the world. - Adam? - You know I wanted to take her and my mother for a drive to show them the car. - I'm so sorry. - It was raining that day and there was that impossible curve leading into the town we lived in. Because it flipped around it took the ambulance two hours to carve my mother out of the car. Jenny's head hit the window. She died instantly. Yeah. Mum died in the helicopter. And I was discharged from the hospital three days later. Three days. - I'm so sorry. - One day I had nothing. Yeah. I mean at first I had everything and then nothing. - That's not true. - I haven't even looked at the photo album since it happened. I can't bring myself to. And you know what? I feel ashamed of that. You should talk to your mother. - You can't know what my situation is like. - I truly can't, that's true, you're right. But I would give anything, anything, to tell them how much I love them. - I just couldn't tell that to my mother. - Yeah, but she's trying. Even if it is a box of shitty chocolate or a bunch of flower, she's trying to fix what she messed up. She's trying to fix it. I don't get a second chance but you do, so take it. Because I would personally offended if you didn't take it. We always fighting ourselves and others. We try desperately to achieve things we might not even want to achieve. We keep ignoring so many things, or allow them to pass us by. And we don't realize what's really important. Or worse. We don't even want to. - Where are you going? - I think I could use some fresh air. - Adam, Adam, just wake up, Adam. - What, what, what? - There's something, I heard something, it was like, it was like people shouting. - From where, which way? - In the forest. From behind the car. - Wow. - Probably just some kids but they might know the way out of here. - I don't think that's a good idea, just stay in the car. - Come on, come on. - Just stay in the fucking car. - They can help us, come on. - Shit. What exactly did you hear? - I'm telling you it was like people shouting. - Are you sure that's what you heard? - Come on. - Shh, did you hear that? - What, what did you hear? What did you hear? - Shh, shut the fuck up! - What, what did you hear? - Turn off the flashlight. What the fuck? Shit, shit. Fuck. That's it? That's it, motherfucker! - Now stop that! Where are you going? - What stop, what stop? - Just stop that okay, calm down. Where are you going? - Just back to the car. I'm not staying here another minute. I'm not staying here another fucking minute. Shit. Hey. What? What? Where's the car? - It has to be somewhere. - It has to be but it is not here so where the fuck is our car? - Check that way. - Yeah that way. That way, I will check it, yes, okay, no car, no car, no car. Fuck. Found anything? Found anything? - No! - Answer me if I ask you. - Adam here, come on. - What? - This is the tent that we found in the trunk. - What? No way. The tent. - Yes, yes. - And the bag? - Yes. Just calm down! - Don't fuck tell me what to do! - Calm down please, just relax okay? Listen to me. Everything's going to be alright. Just come here, just help me with this, okay? We'll just keep going, we have to leave this place. Please, help me Adam. - Okay. - You're a real gentleman, you know? - Fuck you. Just fuck you. - Damnit. - Watch your step. Watch your step. - A double cheeseburger and a coke, that's what I go for once we're out of here. And you? - Fries with Mayo. - Fries with Mayo? Seriously? - What's wrong with that? - No pizzas with extra toppings, stuff like that? - No. But I think I could eat fries til I burst, believe me. - It's very cold. - Maybe we should set up camp and get out of here tomorrow. - No, we should find the car. - How did we not hear anyone take it? Shit. - I know. Maybe we took the wrong trail or something, we just ended up somewhere else or not. I really don't know. - Hey, hey. If you give us some flashlight I do something here. - Are we going to sleep there? - Do you have any other idea? - Okay. Just do it. How can I help you? - Enough room? - Sure. You can come a bit closer if you'd like. - I'm okay. We should wake up early in the morning. Everything will be alright, okay? - Right. - You know, the station's going to kill me. Four cameras were in the car. - We'll report it. Just let's get out of here somehow. - Careful, don't drink too much. - You should drink. - Thanks. Not even a damn stream anywhere. - Be careful. - Thanks. What the hell is that? Shit. It's like an old cemetery. Let me see. Oh shit. Shit. Shit. Whoa. - Is this a kid's? - Freshly dug. A few days old. It's like sawdust. - Bag, clothes over there. - Wait, wait. Nothing? - Nuh uh. - What is that? Is that blood or what? Yeah there. Shit, are you okay? - No, I'm not okay. - Thora, you need to pull yourself together. We need to go! - I just need a second, okay? Just a second. - Come on. Come on. Come on. - What? - If you put that away you'd have more energy and you could follow me faster. - I don't give a shit. We've been wandering around for almost a day and a half now. Is it that much of a problem that I want to record whatever did that by the tree? - Yeah you'll probably record a bear or something. - That leaves flakey dust behind? Bears just left a department store, right? Hopped in to get a neat little dresser and had time to bury about 30 people in the forest. - Stop it, alright? - No no no no no, you don't get to tell me what to do. Besides you are going to the wrong way, the trail goes to the right. - We have to go this way. - That is more fucking trees in front. At least we could go around this whole goddamn jungle. - Okay okay okay okay. Just a minute. - What are you doing? - Just a minute. - Oh, Adam. - Here it is. After you, my lady. - You are not helping, you know. - No no no no. - What? - This can't be fucking real. - What? No. Oh god no. - Just a little to the right. We'd be hitting more trees, right? Fuck you! - I just wanted to help! - Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up. That whole shit was your idea, not mine! - I didn't ask you to come with me! - No, you truly didn't. But you fucked this up. - Where are you going? - I'm not about to spend a night next to a cemetery if you don't mind. - Wait for me. - Tomorrow we'll go where I say, okay? - Sure. - Understood? - Yeah, I understood. I'm so sorry. - Try to get some sleep. Shit. Shit. Calm down, calm down. I hear dogs. - What? - I hear dogs. - I heard that sound, back at the cars. - But I can't hear it now. - Maybe it's gone. - I'll check it. - No! Don't go! Please don't leave me here! Maybe I should come with you. - Just stay here in the tent. Shh. - Be careful. - Shh. It's okay now. Just stay here. - Adam? Adam? Adam? Adam? Adam! Adam! - It's me. Let's go, let's go. Come with me. - Adam, I saw it, it was there, it was there. - Hurry, hurry. We need to go. - I see someone. - Where? - By that tree. Oh god, oh god! What are you doing? - I'm looking for her phone. Shit. - Maybe she's alive. Adam. Adam. We have to keep going. - Check her pockets too. Check her pockets. Flashlight out. - It's coming after us! Hurry. - What is that? The car? - Oh my gosh, the car. - Please let it work. - Come on, let's go. - Oh! - Oh my god! - Shit. - I'll just check the phone, okay. Oh god. - No signal? - No, sorry. Oh god. Fuck. - Better get off the trail though, it might be after us. Look, it's a house. - A house? - Yeah. - Where? Go, just go, knock the door. - Shit. - What? Just knock the door. Closed? Just let's find the key. Oh, Adam. Open it, open it. Come on. Come on, come on, come on. - Inside, inside, inside. - Okay, okay, just close it. Adam, Adam! - Open the door Thora! He stab him! - What? He stab him! - What happened? - I was just following the plan. You escaped. - Oh god. - I wanted to follow the plan. The movie. - Get ambulance right now! - But... - call the fucking emergency line, you're the only one who speaks Hungarian! Help's on its way. - I saw it. I saw it. - Just don't talk, just don't talk. Adam, just don't talk, okay? Please don't die. - I won't die. - We will have to be really damn precise for this. - That's what I'm saying. We have to react to everything right away. Anything can happen. - I just don't know why we can't tell the guy too. He seems smart enough. - Yeah but that's how it will be the most authentic. Just trust me on this. I checked the guy, he's a mystery nut. Not to mention that his mother and girlfriend died in a car crash where he was driving. - Damn, that's pretty rough. - Yeah. - Can you really put this stuff on me? - I can put it on you in the car if that's what you would like. Just have to go carefully. - What about the prosthetic hand? - It arrive on Friday, the maker posted it yesterday. - Good. Will the cars be there? - Yes, I know a few people who can help us out. - And what about the homeless guy? - Head of an acting group. He said he would be very much up for playing in a good movie. - You having been an exchange student is a godsend. - Well I know the area well enough to draw you a map. Holy shit, that's terrifying. - Wow, it's even better than in the pictures. - It cost an arm and a leg, too. And I just finished mixing the sound for it as well. - How many speakers did you order? - 15, that should be enough. And I always have an extra just for sure. - Will that be okay? - Don't worry. I'll handle it. I've always been good with this stuff. So yeah, the motel, don't forget to scare him there if he goes back to the room. - Yeah, that would make a good scene. - Yeah, okay so then the old outpost. - Is there anyone around there? - No, just hobos. One of my friends said that those houses haven't been used in more than 10 years. Soldiers and their families used to live there. - It has character. - Sure does. - We will push the car about 200 meters away. You have to be the one to go that way. You can't let him go that way otherwise he'll find it. - Okay but just don't forget that you will have to drain the gas. - Leave that to us. - And won't animals destroy the crosses? - We will pull them out the night before, don't worry. - You have to be really clever once you are in the house. - And you better hold your breath while playing dead. - I'll be the deadest dead person that ever lived. - Okay everybody if it all works out we'll have a decent movie in our hands just for sure. - Well festivals might still not give a shit about us but at least we can make some money out of this. And the industry will notice us too. - And whenever you can keep it rolling and let him have the camera sometimes as well. After all, you are the main character. Okay. Turned out pretty good. Can barely smell it all at. I mixed it up with sawdust. Has Manny sent the money yet? - Sure we have the money. - Thora. Are you sure you're wanting to help us? - Why not? You know the saying. There's no use crying over spilled milk. Okay, we can go. No, please, no, please! No, no! - Yay, a good actress. - Thank you. That's a great opening scene. - Yeah, you were right. Have we reached the next step on the sound of the moth too? Everything will be more than enough. - Thank you. - We are always fighting ourselves and others. We try desperately to achieve the things we might not even want anymore. We keep ignoring so many things or allow them to pass us by. And we don't realize what's really important. Or worse, we don't even want to. I saw it. |
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