A swan song to our In Transit interviews, this is the last of our shuttle bus conversations.

The Subject: John Larkin, an SF-based real estate broker
Where: Prospector Square bus stop

Why are you here?
I'm here as a traffic liasion. But I also came to shop around my screenplay.

What's it about?
An idiot-savant bookie.

Any interest yet?
Not so much. But I haven't been hustling that hard.

So who paid for you to come here?
I did. But if you volunteer, the festival pays room and board. It's not so bad. You work four hours a day and then you can see whatever movies you want, so long as there's space. And the place where they put you isn't bad at all.

Sounds like a good deal. So what movies have got you hot and bothered?
Well, the Tom Waits. Wristcutters, I mean. I love Tom Waits. Who doesn't love Tom Waits? And that Bobcat Goldthwait movie, Stay.

And what's playing on that iPod there?
Miles Davis, Miles Smiles.

Does he smile? He has always seemed pretty serious to me.
Well, he makes me smile.