Deleted scene from CAROL (2015)
EXT. HUDSON RIVER PIER. NEW YORK. NIGHT.
DANNIE and THERESE sit together on the pier, looking across
I’m glad you called… I never see
you no more! Now that you’ve got
the fancy job with the smooth
hours. You punch out, I punch in.
It doesn’t feel fancy, hauling
gallon jugs of developer all day.
But I kind of love it, you know?
Sure. (beat) Hey - guess what
happened to me? No? Can’t think of
THERESE smiles, shakes her head.
I met a girl. Louise. She’s got
green eyes, she’s a movie
encyclopedia, and the most amazing
thing? She thinks I’m boss.
(she’s pleased for DANNIE)
Yeah. (beat) If you want, we can
all hang out some night. Go to a
That sounds swell. I’d love to meet
her. (pause) Did, uh - Have you
I seen him. (beat) Think he wanted
to talk, maybe. But I, uh… I
don’t know. I feel bad for him. But
He stops, glancing up at THERESE, then looking away.
THERESE’s thoughts seem to harden and a brief darkness falls
Use what feels right. Throw away
Something Carol once said to me.
Did she… do that? To you?
THERESE struggles for this…
I can’t - go. Back. To that place.
Where you keep it all locked up…
the sadness, shame… You let
people down. You let yourself -
down. So you cry and you… hide
and think - things, constantly,
if you stare at the phone long
enough or - take a train and
just… lurk… it could all…
return. (silence) And then one day
the phone is just a phone. A train
going to Jersey is just a train to
Jersey. You stop - crying and
hiding. And you know you’re able to
use things and throw them away.
The river looks like a swath of black cellophane.
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