Lime
2017, 25 minutes
A stormy encounter between an enforcer and a body remover
The year is 1972. Debt collector HARRY LIME sits on the toilet seat with a large telephone in one hand and a blue lobster cigarette in the other. There’s a body in the bathtub. Sometime later the doorbell rings. Harry’s slightly psychotic business associate EDDIE FALCO is revealed smoking a cigarette in the doorway. Eddies appearance oozes confidence, he has greasy slicked shoulder length hair, sunglasses and a neatly trimmed moustache; he carries a black briefcase. Harry points Eddie in the direction of the body and the two men enter the bathroom. The two later proceed downstairs with the bin bags in hand; we hear from Harry’s voiceover that Eddie’s well-known nickname is “Eddie the Butcher”. Eddie’s 1950 red Pontiac Firebird sits out front; Eddie puts the bin bags in the trunk and then asks Harry if he’s hungry, the engine starts and the two are gone. In the car an argument erupts.