Following (1998)

Jeremy Theobald: The Young Man

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• [first lines] 

  Bill : The following is my explanation. Well, more of an account of what happened. I'd been on my own for a while and getting kind of lonely... and bored... nothing to do all day. And that's when I started shadowing.

  The Policeman : Shadowing?

  Bill : Shadowing - Following. I started to follow people

  The Policeman : Who?

  Bill : Anyone at first. Um,

  [sniffs] 

  Bill : you know, that was the whole point - somebody at random, someone who didn't know who I was.

  The Policeman : And then?

  Bill : And then nothing.

• Bill : And when it stopped being random, that's when it started to go wrong.

• Bill : When I started to follow people, specific people, when I selected a person to follow, that's when the trouble started.

• Bill : So what's a girl like you...

  The Blonde : Doing in a place like this?

  Bill : ...doing with a bald old cunt like that?

• [last lines] 

  The Policeman : Is this your handwriting?

  Bill : Yes

• Bill : Jesus Christ! Do you think they believed you?

  Cobb : Of course they didn't fucking believe me!

• Bill : That's it, unless you have any questions.

• Bill : Were you, uh, "working" for him at the time?

  The Blonde : That... is none of your business.

  [gets up to leave] 

  The Blonde : I think you'd better find somebody else to start telling you little stories.

  Bill : Oh come on, I was just joking!