The Pass: Unrest on a Private Beach

[light jingle music]

[vehicles whooshing]

[group laughing]

[June] You never go anywhere.

[Gus] Yeah, I do.

[June] Rarely.

[speakers drowned out by traffic]

[Gus] Whatever.

Why leave the city anyway?

[June] ‘Cause the summer is suffocating.

Sam knows.

How long you been out here? [chuckles]

[Sam] I just been coming out here about 15 years.

Used to come with my family.

[June] That’s nice.

It doesn’t bother you that it’s filling up

with all these annoying young people.

[Gus] Like us.

[Sam’s friends laughing]

[Sam] It doesn’t bother me, no!

[June] I just think places like this

are better left alone.

I mean, you don’t want the whole city out here.

I just think it’s a beautiful place, I mean, fucking share.

Damn, you’re so generous.

[Sam’s friends laughing]

I’m serious.

[Gus] So serious.

[June] You shared yourself.

You been out here before?

First time.

[Sam] You like it?

Yeah.

Yeah, it’s beautiful.

You wanna deny this man?

I don’t wanna deny anybody.

Gus, let me try yours.

Thank you.

All right, so what’s going on for tonight?

[June] You tell us.

What about Carl’s?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I’m down. Let’s do it.

I mean, you’re driving right?

Hey, sorry.

You know any good spots to swim around here?

Sure, what kinda spots you looking for?

Anything.

The pass?

Oh yeah. It’s private property.

I mean, it’s Labor Day, it should be cleared out.

[Gus] Sam could take you.

Sure, yeah.

No, that’s okay.

Yeah, it’s right off 25 at the end of the island,

if you know where that is.

There’s a bunch of spray painted rocks so you won’t miss it.

[Ben] Thanks.

Why didn’t you follow him?

Shut up!

[June chuckling]

[distant TV chattering]

[ambient acoustic guitar music]

[footsteps lightly crunching]

[birds chirping] [water trickling]

[footsteps lightly crunching]

You’re not supposed to be here.

It’s okay, neither am I.

It’s beautiful.

What’s your name?

I’m Ben.

[Christopher] Christopher.

Not Chris?

I don’t like it.

You should get in before it gets too dark.

[water trickling]

You’re not going in?

[Christopher] I like to watch.

[water trickling]

[water splashing]

You should dip your feet in, it’s nice.

[water trickling]

You a swimmer?

Professionally?

Could be.

Have the body.

[water trickling]

Not gonna ask me what I do?

What do you do?

I’m a gravedigger.

Never met a gravedigger?

[Ben] No.

[Christopher] I do pools.

That’s what I tell my clients.

Death to their finances.

[water trickling]

So you like digging ditches?

I didn’t say I dig the ditches.

I said I do pools.

I have guys that do that.

I’m sorry, I thought you said you were a gravedigger.

[Christopher] I did!

I was joking.

[water trickling]

Come often, your family?

Or a friend?

Is that what you came for?

No.

[water trickling]

You out here alone?

No.

[water trickling]

You are.

I can tell.

[distant helicopter whirring]

I’ll walk with you, get out.

[helicopters whirring]

Are you having some kinda fucked up fantasy about me?

[ominous ambient music]

You should get out.

[footsteps crunching]

I’m really not looking for anything.

I’m not a fucking gay!

Okay.

Okay.

Sorry.

[Person In Blue Shirt] How was it?

[Ben] It was nice.

You a friend of the Thorn’s?

[Ben] No, I trespassed.

Have a good one.

You too.

[experimental ambient music]

[Sam] Hey!

Hey.

[Ben] Hey.

How was it?

It was nice.

I should have come.

What are you up to now?

Nothing.

Do you want to get a beer?

Couple friends are having a party if you wanna come or.

Yeah.

That’d be cool.

[Sam] Yeah.

Cool. [snickers]

Cool. [snickers]

[Sam] Come on.

Okay.

[Sam] Come on.

[car engine rumbling] [distant heavy metal music]

[experimental electronic music]