Bad Night (Mala Noche)

(Train Engine Chugging]

(Train Whistle Blows]

(Chattering]

(Man Narrating] Working in the store Sunday all day.

(Man] Can I help you?

(Narrator] I want to drink this Mexican boy, Johnny Alonzo, from L.A. near Riverside.

He makes my heart throb...

# Thumpety, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum # when I see him.

He says he's 1 8, but he could be 1 6.

Do you want some chips?

(Narrator] All I want to do is caress him. I want to hold him.

- What's that? - He has these hickeys on his neck.

- What have you got there? - He likes men.

What's that? That looks like a hickey.

Gonna be your friend. Su amigo.

(Narrator] He's out on the street with friends staying in a three-dollar-a-night...

cheap hotel room on Sixth off skid road.

- And he speaks almost no English. - Hey, tell him I'm not the Immigration.

Como se llama?

Me llamoJohnny Alonzo.

(Man] And you don't have any place to stay, do you?

Look here, man. Let me have a pack ofTop, will ya?

That's all I wanna hear.

- There you go, huh? - All right. Thanks a lot.

Thanks.

Hey, Johnny.

Hola.

Que pasa?

Es muy fr/o.

Come here, you little cutie.

You need a place to stay tonight?

I mean, there's always my place.

Okay?

And it's right across from the Y.W.C.A. over there.

Hey. Wait a minute. Come back.

No way.

I'm in love with this boy.

- Really. - You are always in love.

No. I mean, Sarah, he just came into the store.

I mean, I'm sure he just got into town.

You see people come into the store all the time.

Let me invite him to dinner.

Okay.

So where are we gonna fnd him?

- I don't know. - Hmm.

The street.

How old is he?

- He says he's 1 8, but... - Oh.

I don't know. He's probably...

Vegetables and rice.

Sounds good.

- ##(Speakers. ; Woman Singing In Spanish] - (Coin Rattles]

I don't care. Even...

Even if it jeopardizes working at the store...

I have to show him that... that I'm gay for him.

I have to show him how I feel.

What are you doing out here by yourself, honey?

Oh, I... I'm waiting for some friends of mine, actually.

- Oh, okay. You're all right? - Yeah, I'm fne. Thanks.

- ##(Speakers. ; Rock] - (Video Game Sound Effects]

Hello. Hola.

You ran out without paying?

Are they looking for you now?

Are they after you?

Um, we're gonna be leaving pretty soon actually.

- I'm sorry. I didn't know you're... Are you married? - Well, no. It's a... It's some friends of mine.

You know, usually people cook, you know, they're married.

- It's kind of dumb. - No. Um, you're gonna get hit, you know.

Oh, God. I've been hit before, you know.

Hey. What are you doing under my car?

johnny.

No, we'd like to invite you over... Excuse me.

We'd like to invite you for dinner. We're gonna make you some good food.

- We're hoping to cook him for dinner tonight. - You're gonna cook him for dinner?

Gonna make something for them to eat actually.

Tienes hambre? Are you hungry?

- (Car Tires Squeal] - Come on.

Sure. Sure. Come on.

- Take care, okay? - Okay. You too, lady.

- Be careful. - Bye-bye.

; Guau!

Hey. Hey. What are you doing?

I am gonna be making you some good food. Where'd you get this stuff at?

- No, no. I'm gonna be cooking some vegetables. - Listen to her.

All right. All right. He is a sugar freak.

Permiso?

- (Blowing) - (Chattering]

(Johnny] Si.

It's okay. Sure. We can go back. It's all right. Don't freak out.

- What's the matter? - He wants to go back to the hotel.

It's okay. S/. Es posible.

Okay. I'll take him back. Then we'll... Si. Es posible.

##(Car Stereo. ; Rock]

Hey.

Sure. Sure. Tell him to come. Let him get in the front. Get in the front.

- (Spanish) - There's room up here.

##(Continues]

Hola.

##(Continues]

Un momentito.

(Train Whistle Blows]

(Bell Clanging]

(Footsteps]

Shh.

(Chatter On Police Radio]

- (Sarah] What'd he say? - (Spanish)

Well, he says that when, um, they frst came on the train...

they had another friend with them, and...

and the police came... Tres policia?

S/. There were, like, three police.

jumped him, and they...

They hurt their friend. Killed him?

- That's horrible. - I think he, like, killed him.

- What's this... - The biggest pro...

The biggest problem is you get too far removed from the death aspect.

It's like you walk into McDonald's, and they just line the cows up...

and they bump 'em all off for you and you never have to see it happening.

If you had to go out there and kill every piece of meat that you ate...

that's a... that's a little easier for me to buy, you know, because you experience the death.

You see it happening, and you realize what you're doing when you eat it.

But when you walk into a McDonald's and say, "Uh, give me a Big Mac"...

you know, you're just getting dead cow and you never see the cow die.

- That's... - (Sarah] All those poisons release at the time of death too.

(Man] Bad for your karma.

So it's not bad to eat food without meat in it. You know. You can survive.

##(Ballad. ; Men Singing In Spanish]

- ##(Continues] - (No Audible Dialogue)

- (Sarah] Nice meeting you. - Adios.

- Gracias. - Gracias. De nada. De nada.

(Narrating] We returned downhill through the tunnel curves fast.

Jesus Christ. The boy's insane, like all Mexicans, about driving fast and crazy.

In the front seat next to him I cover my eyes, tell him to slow down.

It's too late to get control of the wheel.

The look on his face is pure ecstasy.

The incredible, beautiful, turned-on face of an ignorant Mexican teenager.

His friends laughing in the backseat...

driving a maniacal machine downhill as fast as he can go.

(Thunder Rumbling]

I'll give you $1 5 if I can sleep with Johnny.

Quince dolares.

Si? Para me and Johnny.

Is okay? Bien?

Quince dolares. I wish I had more. I wish I had a hundred.

I love you.

Come on.

Ask him.

Mm-mmm.

I'd give you 50 if I had it, but I only have 1 5.

Quince dolares para tu.

Fifteen dollars?

(Rain Pattering]

Come on. Angel face.

- I want to sleep with him. - Okay, vamos.

Where the hell do you think you're goin'?

- Upstairs. - No visitors.

No, we're not visitors. Uh, I'm with him. We're going upstairs.

Got a key?

- The key. - (Spanish)

- Doesn't have it. - No visitors.

- Oh, come on. We're going upstairs. - You're not going anywhere.

- He lives here. - Where's his key?

- Get out of here. - We're going upstairs.

- No, you're not going anywhere. Open the door. - No.

- Come on. Just open the door. - Get out.

- What's it gonna hurt you? Just open the door. - Get out. Get out.

Bitch!

You fat cow!

Shit!

Damn slut!

Fat cow!

What are you gonna do? You're locked out too.

You want to stay at my place?

You can stay there. It's better than out here.

Okay?

Fuckin' bitch!

##(Bells Chiming. ; "Silent Night"]

I have to go work for about an hour. I'll be right back.

- Make yourself at home. - ##(Continues]

##("Silent Night"Ends]

##(Bells Resume Chiming]

##(Continues]

##(Continues]

(Alarm Ringing]

- (Alarm Continues] - ##(Chiming Continues]

- (Alarm Stops] - ##(Chiming Continues]

(Train Whistle Blows]

(Bell Clanging]

- (Bell Clanging] - (Train Passing]

##(Chiming Continues]

(Train Engine Chugging]

- (Chugging Continues] - (Train Whistle Blows]

Mas lento. Mas lento.

Slow down.

(Train Whistle Blows]

##(Chiming Continues]

- (Bell Clanging] - (Train Passing]

(Train Engine Chugging]

(Narrator] He said he needed to tomar agua... get some water.

Is that when he slips the $ 1 0 bill from my pants, or did I lose it?

I think he got it.