Mulholland Drive (2001)

Patrick Fischler: Dan

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• Dan : I just wanted to come here.

  Herb : To Winkie's?

  Dan : This Winkie's.

  Herb : Okay, why this Winkie's?

  Dan : It's kind of embarrassing.

  Herb : Go ahead.

  Dan : I had a dream about this place.

  Herb : [sighs]  Oh, boy.

  Dan : See what I mean?

  Herb : Okay, so you had a dream about this place. Tell me.

  Dan : Well, it's the second one I've had, but they're both the same. They start out that I'm in here, but it's not day or night. It's kind of half-night, you know? But it looks just like this... except for the light. And...

  [shaking his head] 

  Dan : I'm scared like I can't tell you. Of all people, you're standing right over there... by that counter. You're in both dreams and you're scared too. I get even more frightened when I see how afraid you are and then I realize what it is. There's a man... in back of this place. He's the one who's doing it. I can see him through the wall. I can see his face. I hope that I never see that face, ever, outside of a dream.

  [Dan looks down and shakes his head again, clearly terrified of the memory, and sniffs, as though close to tears. Herb cocks his head, waiting for more. The background music becomes increasingly ominous] 

  Dan : That's it.

  Herb : So... you came here to see if he's really out there.

  Dan : [leans in]  To get rid of this god-awful feeling.

  Herb : [nodding]  Right, then.

  [Herb rises and goes to pay the bill at the counter. Dan turns and looks, and his terror increases as he sees Herb standing in the same location as in his nightmare. Dan turns back to his uneaten breakfast, then turns again to see Herb say silently, "C'mon." They exit to investigate the back of the Winkie's restaurant]