Blood Sports by Eden Robinson

PATOLMIC : You’re lying! Where is she!
    Mr. Bauer shouts. Continuous thumps and shouts.
    R. PATOLMIC : You smug, smart-mouthed little puke! You don’t want to piss me off!
    Mr. Rieger runs back into the kitchen. He carries a baseball bat. He pauses to shut off the camera.
    [00:56:08]
    Richard Patolmic lies on the floor of the storage room in apartment 304 of The Woodcourt Apartments. Mr. Patolmic is unconscious and has extensive bruising to his face and his leg rests at an angle that suggests it has been broken.
    The camera swings quickly to show the hallway. Tom Bauer’s face is slack. His mouth and nose are bleeding. His neck shows extensive bruising. He walks aimlessly through apartment 304. He appears to be sleepwalking. Loud knocking can be heard.
    J. RIEGER : Door’s open!
    Mr. Bauer continues to move through the living room. Guy Francis enters the room and studies Mr. Bauer.
    J. RIEGER : Spooky, huh? He used to do this when we were kids.
    G. FRANCIS : What the hell’s wrong with him?
    J. RIEGER : Some kind of seizure.
[pause]
I’ve got a surprise in the storage closet.
    G. FRANCIS : Are you fucking out of your mind?

VHS 3
 
Title:
RABBIT SEASON
Date:
15-04-1993
Duration:
01:56:19
    [00:00:00]
    Mr. Rieger pins Mr. Bauer to the floor in the living room of apartment 304. Mr. Bauer struggles, but Mr. Rieger is kneeling on his arms and straddles him. Fading bruises are visible around neck and lower lip.
    J. RIEGER : Someone is still mad about Paulina.
    Mr. Bauer turns his face from the camera.
    J. RIEGER : Poor Tom. All rejected.
    T. BAUER : Get off me!
    J. RIEGER : You can’t see it now, but I did you a favour. She is one wild –
    Mr. Bauer frees an arm and the recording stops.
    [00:05:13]
    Mr. Bauer stands with his hands on his knees. He appears out of breath.
    J. RIEGER : Let’s make this interesting. If you can make it past me to the lobby, I will forgive all your debts.
    Mr. Bauer stands straight and presses his hands into his left side. Mr. Rieger makes drum-roll sounds.
    J. RIEGER : On your mark! Get set! Go!
    Mr. Bauer does not move. He glares at the camera.
    J. RIEGER : I said go.
    Mr. Bauer attempts to sit on the couch.
    J. RIEGER : Meep! Come on, Tommy. Let’s see some go-get’um attitude!
    Mr. Bauer turns his face from the camera.
    J. RIEGER : Give up? Smart boy. You wouldn’t even make it to the –
    Mr. Bauer suddenly runs toward the hallway, but does not head toward the front door.
    J. RIEGER : You moron! The other way!
[laughs]
He makes it too easy. Tick-tock, time’s up!
    Mr. Rieger follows Mr. Bauer into the bedroom, where the window is open. Mr. Rieger leans out the window. Mr. Bauer shimmies down the drainpipe. As he reaches the ground, he makes an obscene gesture before sprinting to the side of the building and disappearing from view.
    J. RIEGER : Firebug, I owe you an apology. What a sneaky little shit.
    [00:06:27]
    Christa Bauer cries on the couch in the living room of apartment 304.
    J. RIEGER : Of course you can accept it. It’s a gift. The camera focuses on a large-screen TV and an entertainment centre.
    C. BAUER : You bought this with blood money!
    J. RIEGER : Blood money? What are you talking about?
    C. BAUER : I’m sorry, honey, but you have to leave. I can’t have drugs in my house. How –
    [00:07:05]
    Guy Francis is in the driver’s seat. The camera flashes by him as it follows Mr. Bauer, who is on his black and yellow ten-speed bike. Mr. Bauer appears unaware that he is being followed as he weaves through downtown traffic.
    [00:10:57]
    Mr. Bauer rides on Low Level Road beside the railway tracks in North Vancouver. There are no houses along this stretch of road. Bauer rides east toward the Ironworker’s Memorial
[Second Narrows]
Bridge. Traffic is light. The reflective lights on Mr. Bauer’s pedals circle as they are spotlighted by the vehicle following him.
    J. RIEGER : Get closer.
    G. FRANCIS : He’ll make us.
    J. RIEGER : Bring me right beside him.
    The vehicle pulls