what was he even opening up? it sounded like a club but he kept talking about making it a hobo jungle and having a pet door on the front and stuff, like what the hell is even talking about? haha, if anyone has ideas lemme know.
great film btw.
It was a typical 'moment' where the two 'friends' entertain each other by playing along with their sarcastic and ironic attitudes and mockery. Both standing with chin on hand, appearing to carefully consider something, looking around, tense silence while we wonder who will speak and what will be said. The camera draws back, and it is a blown-out graffittied roll-down iron door, presumably where the business (and block) has closed, after they had just met there previously for a sidewalk lemonade. Right, how many businesses can stay open selling two lemonades?
So, they are looking at the door, and Turkington ironically imagines a doggie-door for their $25-cover-charge club guests to enter the 'Hobo Jungle' (that's the 'motif'...get it?!?!!) Where they get to make fun of the OTHER hipsters that will pay a lot of money to 'hang out' in a place they would never deal with in real life.
Worth noting, is just like in their prior meeting when they were sipping lemonades, the 'improv' technique of 'agreeing and adding information' ('yes, and...') was followed UNTIL Swanson unilaterally stopped participating. It stopped "The Comedy" moment cold, there was nowhere for Turkington's character to go with it. And the cold look that Swanson/Heidecker shot Turkington was awful. When you leave an improve partner abandoned, it is about the worst thing you can do to them. You bail to save yourself/your ego, and leave them to the failure. Ugh.
To be clear, I loved the movie and hated the characters. They were well-played by actors I have never seen in dramatic roles, and they were all terrific and vulnerable and cruel and uninhibited. Awesome.