SCENE 16: TAMAR STREET / CLEVELEY CLOSE (INTERNAL)
NOTES
The NOW images for this scene are impossible to re-create as the property inside which the THEN images were shot - the antiques shop - was demolished as part of the redevelopment of the area. See also SCENE 19.
SCRIPT
THOMAS comes inside the shop, closing the door.
It is an unassuming little shop, cluttered with all sorts of things.
THOMAS looks around, surveying and evaluating, rather than searching for a definite object.
THOMAS walks around the shop, camera following his gaze.
An old man’s face springs out from behind a wrought-iron partition.
THOMAS watches it agog.
OLD MAN
What do you want?
THOMAS off
Just looking around.
OLD MAN
There are no cheap bargains here. You’re wasting your time.
THOMAS and the OLD MAN confront one another.
THOMAS
Well, I’ll just have a look.
The OLD MAN comes forward and side-steps THOMAS.
He moves over to a bookshelf.
OLD MAN
What are you looking for?
THOMAS, after a brief hesitation
Pictures.
The OLD MAN takes a packet of dusty papers off the bookshelf.
They are piled underneath some pictures.
OLD MAN
No pictures.
He blows the dust off the papers into THOMAS’s face and returns behind the partition.
THOMAS follows him, waving a hand to clear the air.
OLD MAN
What kind of pictures?
The OLD MAN puts the papers with some others.
THOMAS appears beside him.
THOMAS
Landscapes.
OLD MAN
Sorry. No landscapes.
THOMAS looks at him and smiles.
Right in front of them, standing on top of a bureau behind some small plaster busts, there is an old landscape painting.
THOMAS brings the statues down out of the way.
A close shot of THOMAS removing a bust of Abraham Lincoln.
The OLD MAN dusts his coat a trifle uncomfortably.
OLD MAN
Sold. All sold.
THOMAS leans back as the OLD MAN moves a couple of steps to one side.
Camera follows THOMAS as he goes up to the OLD MAN.
THOMAS
You’re the owner?
OLD MAN
The owner is out.
THOMAS
Expecting him?
The OLD MAN does not reply.
He grunts as he blows the dust off a lamp.
THOMAS makes his way over to the door.