Eva B. by Gary O. Bennett
INT. EVA
Fade in on the ceiling. Moving into frame is Eva, who’s face
rises from one side of the lens. As she rises, she pulls up
one strap of her night top. She looks down at the lens, into
the eyes of the man she straddles. The camera’s POV is that
of the man. Eva looks down at a point between her legs, then
back up at the man. A moment passes.
EVA
You want me to try again?
There is no answer. There is no response.
EVA
It doesn’t mean anything. (beat) It is
not important.
There is no answer. There is no response.
EVA
What is important is love, and mine grows
stronger for you with each day.
There is no answer. There is no response. Eva again looks
down at a point between her legs. She is lost in thought.
EVA
I watch you with people. I see how you
watch them. How you speak only when you
have something to say. Others, they talk
and talk and all they talk is nonsense.
I can see you analyzing them, dissecting
them…dissecting their words, what they
mean, whether they’re lying.
There is no answer. There is no response. Eva pauses a
moment.
EVA
I could tell you were annoyed at Martin
the other day. I don’t like him. He’s a
sycophant.
Eva watches the man’s reaction to her remark.
EVA
But I know you know that. I also know
you don’t like Hermann anymore. I can
tell. You keep your distance from that
fat slob…you cock your head and look at
him sideways. These things I see.
Eva again looks down at he man, examining him. A moment
passes.
EVA
The people should see you now.
We know that the man reacts to this remark by Eva’s reaction.
She quickly glances down between her legs, and is embarrassed
by her remark.
EVA
I don’t mean like this in bed…with me.
I mean when you are gentle. The people
don’t know how gentle you are. That is a
failing of Josef. He must tell the
people, he must show your
compassion…I…don’t like the way
Josef’s wife looks at you. I think she
wants to make love to you…I think she
wants to have your children…You know,
she thinks she’s better than me. She
does not treat me well…and her little
brats…our children would be so
beautiful…so perfect…so…
Eva realizes she has touched on a senstive topic. She again
glances between her legs.
EVA
Maybe there is a reason…God has a
plan…he does not want you to focus on
animal instincts. He wants you to keep
your focus on the people…on the
future…on leading us into the future.
Maybe that’s why…there’s talk about
how…how you became this way. They say
when you were young a friend made you a
dare that you wouldn’t stick your…into
the mouth of a goat…and that…well
that the goat took a bite out of
you…and that’s why…
There is no answer. There is no response. The man reacts.
Eva examines him with concern.
EVA
You’re crying. See how gentle a man you
are. See how sensitive. Only once
before have I seen you cry. At that
speech last year in Munich…don’t cry.
It is better this way. Now you are not
distracted by petty human impulses. That
goat did the people a favor. Maybe that
goat was an angel, and this was your
covenant with God to do his work on
earth.
Eva leans down, here eyes just inches from the lens. Eva
kisses the man. She raises her head and looks into the man’s
eyes and whispers.
EVA (cont’d)
I love you. You are not half a man…you
are more than a man…more than any other
man. And it is our secret that God and
you have a covenant.
Eva smiles and leans down, hugging the man. We see the
ceiling.
FADE TO BLACK.
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