Lord of Illusions

TITLE SEQUENCE As the credits run, we INTERCUT the following two sequences: EXT. NEVADA DESERT - IDOLS - DAY A SLOW DRIFT through a collection of crudely constructed, surreal, six- foot tall "IDOLS."Like modern demons. Grotesque.Disturbing. WE LAP DISSOLVE between details of their twisted anatomies:headlamp eyes, bright metal claws, broken glass teeth. EXT. NEVADA ROADS - DESERT - DAY Two vehicles, one a Volkswagen "bus" decorated with stylized flames, the other a '66 Thunderbird, speeding along a series of eerily empty desert roads, somewhere in a wilderness of sand and heat. END CREDITS. CUT WIDE TO; EXT. NEVADA DESERT - DAY A violent WIND HOWLS around, but through the sand we-can just make out a large, ominous building:the HOUSE of William Nix.Its walls are white- washed and scrawled with GRAFFITI. The "family" of IDOLS surrounds the doorway, guarding it. ON SCREEN, the words:'"Nevada - Thirteen Years Ago" EXT. NIX'S HOUSE - DAY We're at the front door now, which stands open.Leaning against the door- frame is a scrawny, wild-eyed YOUTH, about sixteen.His name is BUTTERFIELD.He's got a brooding, almost sultry look on his face.One of his eyes is black, the other milky blue.He's whittling something with a scalpel. Distantly, the sound of CAR ENGINES.Butterfield narrows his eyes. BUTTERFIELD'S P.O.V. The Volkswagen "bus" and Thunderbird are approaching the house. BUTTERFIELD (softly) Swann...? He turns from the door.In his haste he drops the WOOD he's whittling.