H e n r y G o l d k a m p —

Biggest Imagiste in the Room

FARMER: Can you do a decent impression of a horse?

HORSE: Yeah, I think so.

(FARMER holds microphone up to horse’s mouth; HORSE makes horse noises.)

FARMER AND HORSE: Thank you.

Conversation Through a Door

The sun is down?
Yes.
The sun is down, Mommy?
Yes, the sun is down.
Mommy, the sun’s down?
Yes, I just said that.
Sun down, Mommy?
...
Mommy?
Yes?
Sun down?
Yes.
Mommy is the sun down?
For the love of God.
Hey!
Hey!
Mommy!
What, kid-person?
How much do you love me, Mommy!
Oh... I don’t know. I mean...
It’s night time!
Right.
More than night?
Um.
It’s night time?
YES.
The moon is up?
Yes.
The moon is up, Mommy?
Yes yes yes the moon is up, child.
More than the sun?
Sure. There’s other stuff up there.
Or a half-moon?
Up there sometimes.
Or circle-moon?
Up there sometimes.
Time is up, Mommy?
I hope so.
I like pterodactyls.
Alright.
Like you love me.
Hm.
Is time up or down?
I have very little downtime.
Full-sun, Mommy?
Always I guess.
I like strawberries.
Same.
They are delicious soon.
Maybe we can have some sometime.
Turn night on, Mommy.
That’s beyond my abilities.
Stars up, Mommy?
Forever.
What is time it is?
What time is it?
Six thirty.
Okay.
That’s not right, Mommy.
Well what is then?
Time, Mommy.
Okay.
It skips some.
Some what?
Night is down, Mommy?
Night falls. An accident.
Night fell down, Mommy!
Yikes.
I need water.
Me too.
I need moon water, Mommy.
That’d be nice.
Mommy!
...Kid!
I need moon water, Mommy.
I’ll go get a glass.
Yikes. Don’t come in, I need some privacy here.
Well how can I get you the moon water.
The sun’s going away?
It’s nighttime—it’s on the other side of the world.
Without you?
Yep.
Clouds too?
Those are more permanent.
The moon, Mommy!
Yes, I see it now.
The time is up, Mommy!
About time.
Mommy, I can’t reach!
Just try your best.
If that’s true to you, Mommy.
I think so.
Mommy, the sky is so beautiful, don’t you think?
It often is.
If that’s true to you.
It often is.

Paper Cage: A Short Film

Scene 1: A CLOWN rolls out on a rowboat, throws a cage down on the water with chain, waits.

Scene 2: A CLOWN catches big wet books.

Scene 3: A CLOWN sells them on the sea shore shanty, holds a sign that says FETTERS.

Scene 4: CARS roll by and buy nothing, day after day.

Scene 5: SOMEONE comes up to purchase, not someone, an ANIMAL, a SEAGULL (the CROW
figure), no words, gives a feather to the CLOWN, in exchange for a fresh wet book.

Scene 6: CROW in a nest made of pages.

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