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[gentle music]

[man sighs]

- [Marie] Can I tell you
something in confidence?

I find my husband
so goddamned irritating

that I'm
planning to leave him.

And that's a fact.

[gentle music]

[typewriter clatters]

♪ You can dance

♪ You can make me laugh

[dog barking]

♪ You got X-ray eyes

♪ You know how to sing

♪ You're a diplomat

♪ You got it all

♪ Everybody loves
you ♪ [typewriter crashes]

♪ You can
charm the birds ♪

♪ Out of the sky,
but I, I've got one thing ♪

[dog barking]

♪ You have always
known just what to say ♪

♪ And when to go

♪ But I've got one thing

♪ You can
see in the dark ♪

♪ But I've got one thing

[garbage crunching]

♪ I loved you better

[upbeat music]

[garbage clattering]

♪ Send it up,
watch it rise, see it fall ♪

♪ Gravity's rainbow

♪ Send it up,
watch it rise, see it fall ♪

♪ Gravity's angel

- [Radio Host]
Well, good morning.

It's 7:00 a.m., and it's
gonna be another really hot day.

Sorry, folks, but we're
gonna have some showers too,

I'm afraid,
so bring your umbrellas.

- Let's begin
at the beginning.

[radio host laughs]

Yesterday afternoon,
I was sitting in the kitchen,

quietly
reading a magazine,

when my fucking pig of
a husband suddenly came in

and asked me where
his goddamned, horrible,

piece of shit,
200-year-old typewriter was.

I threw your
typewriter out,

you goddamned,
fucking, incredible pig.

I threw it out because
it makes too much noise.

"Get yourself a nice,
little computer

that doesn't make
any noise," I told him.

You
goddamned son of a bitch.

You idiot. You shit.

Get yourself a nice,
little computer

that doesn't
make any noise,

you worthless
piece of cock-sucking turd.

[Bruce snoring]

[Marie sighs]

I'll tell you, frankly,
I'm fed up with this asshole.

I've had it up to here,

and I'm gonna
fucking well leave him

and see how he likes it.

Do you hear me?

I hate my life with you.

Don't you get it?
I hate it!

- Oh.

Oh.

Oh, hello,
darling.

- No.

- Is it time to get up?
- No, no.

Oh, god,
please.

Don't wake up.

Ugh,
look at you.

Do you have to just lie
there in a disgusting heap?

If you're gonna get up

and start wrecking
my whole fucking day,

would you
please get out of bed

and get some of
that filth out of the sink

and make me
some breakfast?

Now.

Now! Now!

I said now!

[refrigerator door opens]

[gentle music]

[refrigerator door closes]

It was a miserable summer.

It was hot.

We didn't have jobs.

We were
running out of money.

We didn't have
anything to read that was good.

It was all worthless shit.

I had the flu
the whole time.

[Marie sighs]

[dog barking]

- [Bruce] So, darling,
I found some rolls.

[knife clattering]

- Great.
[car horn honking]

Just great.

What happens now,
eh, honey?

- They were saying-
- Eh, honey?

Eh, honey? What happens now,
eh, honey?!

- Well, actually,
darling,

I've been planning to
leave rather early today.

You see, Roger and
I thought we might have

a quick lunch together.
- Oh, wow.

Lunch with Roger. Wow, the
world's most fascinating person.

Boy, I wish I could
be around for that lunch.

Ooh. Gosh.

Wow.

Lunch with Roger.

Jesus, think he'll tell
you some of those great ideas

he has about disposable
sewage in the 19th century?

[gentle music]

Ooh, boy,
Roger.

What a brain
he has. Oh, god.

I love to listen to Roger
when he gets into his groove.

Do you know what I mean?

Just so enlightening to
hear his ideas come crawling

right out of his
very own mouth.

Oh,
god. Roger, he's really great.

- Darling, I really think
I'd better get ready

to meet Roger now because-

- You know, I am
just the teeniest bit jealous

to think that you
went ahead and made plans

with my favorite person,

just leaving
me here at home

to think about all
the marvelous insights

I won't be hearing.

But I forgive you because I
know you men need time alone

just to suck each other
off in your own little way.

- But you won't mind,
will you, my love,

if I just shave a bit
and brush my teeth now?

You didn't need to
use the bathroom, did you?

Am I getting in your way?

- Why, no,
not at all.

Getting in my way?

As if that could happen.

[Marie laughs]

You get in my way?
What a funny idea.

Oh,
god.

You are really funny.

- All right,
then, darling.

I'll see you in a moment.

[Marie sighs]

- When I told him
about the typewriter,

he went downstairs,
and he looked in the street.

And he looked,
and he looked,

but he couldn't find his filthy,
little machine.

So then he came upstairs
in his torn, little sweater,

and he put his head on my chest,
and he cried.

And he cried, and he cried,
and he cried, and he cried,

and finally, I thought, "Well,
I really have to leave you."

[Bruce sobbing]

"I mean,
you're a fine, little man.

You're not a bad,
little man,

but, I mean,
I really have to leave you,

and I really
have to leave you,

and there's really
nothing else to say."

And that's when I
decided I had to leave him.

[elegant piano music]

- [Bruce] Hi,
darling.

- Hi,
Bruce.

[dishware clattering]

- Do you think we should
throw out this coffee,

or keep it one more day?

- Oh, I don't know,
Bruce.

What would
you say about it?

Let's hear your opinion.

Keep it for a day,
or just toss it out?

- Well, why don't I make
you a fresh pot right now,

just so you'll have some?

- Oh, why, Bruce,
how thoughtful.

I didn't know
you were a saint.

That's
really just terrific.

You make a perfect saint.

- Oh. Well,
thank you, darling.

I'll just do this
quickly. [filter tapping]

[Marie sniffing]

[Marie sighs]

[Marie sniffing]

- Bruce, darling, I think I
can smell something, dear.

I think I can smell urine,
sweetheart.

I think your trousers
have urine on them, dear.

Do you think you
should change them?

- Darling, I'm trying
to concentrate

on making this coffee.

Is that all right with you,
sweetheart?

Please don't disturb me.

- But, Bruce,
sweetheart,

your trousers have
urine on them today, dear.

I think they should be changed,
don't you?

- I'm doing my best,
darling.

I'm doing my best,
simply the best that I can.

Simply my best.

Simply the
best that I can.

Now, these are not the trousers
that I'm planning to wear.

I'm planning to change them,
but I need my concentration.

I need to pay attention
to the thing that I'm doing.

Do you follow me,
darling?

- Yes, Bruce, I think I do,
dear. I think I do, dearest.

[dial clicks]
[flame roars]

We had arranged to go to Frank's
for a party that evening.

Frank was a friend.

I wanted to stay home.

I had to talk to Bruce.

You know,
Bruce, sweetheart,

do you think
we really need to go

to Frank's tonight,
darling?

Why don't we just
stay home for the evening?

I need to talk to you,
sweetheart.

It's been so long
since we've talked.

I really have to talk to
you about various things.

- Well, darling, I know
we haven't had much

of a talk in a very long while,
and that would be so nice,

but, you know, I just don't
see how we can avoid going

over to Frank's at this point,really.

- But, Bruce, do we
really need to go?

- Well, darling,
he's invited us.

And as a matter of fact,

I really don't feel
like going there at all,

but I think
we just have to.

I mean, he did invite us,
and we said we would go there.

We said we would go there,
so at this point,

I just don't see how we can
avoid going there now, you see?

But the thing is,
we can just stay briefly,

and then we can have
dinner someplace pleasant,

and we can
talk all we like.

Now,
doesn't that sound nice?

- Well, all right,
Bruce.

Whatever you want.

Shall I meet you at Frank's,then?

- Oh, yes. Why
don't you, darling?

Why don't you
just meet me there?

And then afterwards,
we'll go someplace nice,

and we'll
have a bite to eat,

and then we can
just talk all we like.

Now,
is that all right, darling?

I love you,
sweetheart.

Goodbye,
darling.

Coffee's almost ready.

- Goodbye,
Bruce.

- Goodbye,
darling.

[door closes]

- [Marie] I was tired.

I was sick.

I had thrown
out his typewriter,

and now I
planned to leave him.

[gentle music]

It would be
awful to tell him,

awful to finally kill
the life we'd had together,

taking my things
out of these rooms

which had
once seemed so nice,

but then it would be over with,
and everything would change.

I'd leave the apartment,
the neighborhood, the street.

[upbeat music]

[shower running]

[gentle music]

♪ Maybe
doesn't make me hot ♪

♪ Maybe
doesn't burn me up ♪

♪ Maybe
doesn't make me sigh ♪

♪ Maybe makes
me wonder why ♪

♪ Maybe I'm
in love with you ♪

♪ Maybe I
could love him too ♪

♪ If you don't
know what to say ♪

[patrons chattering]

- God,
you're looking fabulous.

- Well,
thank you.

Thanks. You too.

- No, no, but,
really,

that jacket is completely new,
isn't it?

- Well, I have to
admit that it is.

Something happened
to the gray one, you know.

I'm not sure.

I think it was
because I was leaning up

against this green
wall in this new place that...

You know, there's this
new place, in my neighborhood,

where you can get
these just amazing quantities

of vegetables very,
very cheaply.

But the thing is,
you have to be willing

to get really a lot
of the same vegetable.

I mean, you know, they'll
sell you a bag of cauliflower

that's about,
you know, [laughs] this big.

And, you know,
I...

It's just exciting.

♪ Yes,
I do ♪

[gentle music]

[Marie sighs]

♪ Yes is smart,
yes makes me laugh ♪

♪ Yes says,
baby, be right back ♪

♪ Maybe isn't
calm and cool ♪

♪ Maybe
better stay in school ♪

♪ If you don't
know what to do ♪

♪ Maybe it's
goodbye to you ♪

♪ Yes is funny,
yes is rich ♪ [thunder rumbles]

I mean,
you know, by that time,

nearly every country in Europe
had a municipal department

specifically directed
toward the construction

of enormous
tunnels underneath the street.

Massive tunnels.

I mean, they'd figured out
this was one municipal problem

that was
never gonna go away.

Massive tunnels
in Rome and Paris.

Anyway,
that very same year,

you suddenly find a Bavarian
public works commissioner,

one Klaus Kretz, coming
up with a rather novel idea.

Now, I'm absolutely serious,
because his memo is legendary.

I think you can
actually still see it framed

in the Museum
of Municipal Affairs.

Anyway, this Kretz was
working as a merchant marine

long before he worked
in the municipal government,

and he'd been to India, and
he wrote this memo which said,

you know, "When I was
in the Indian city of Bangalore

during my stint as
a merchant marine,

I happened to
notice the streets were filled

with these rather enormous,
terribly well-fed pigs."

[both laughing]

- No.

[both chuckling]

[siren wailing]

[dog barking]

[Marie sighs]

♪ Maybe
doesn't turn me on ♪

♪ Maybe's
not filet mignon ♪

♪ If your
answer's I don't know ♪

♪ Maybe I
will let you go ♪

♪ Yes is tender,
yes is true ♪

♪ Yes says,
baby, I love you ♪

♪ Yes,
I do ♪

[dishware clattering]

[patrons chattering]

- Hey, you remember Bradley
Congress, don't you?

- Sorta thin guy-
- Used to be

Bill van Veen's roommate?

- Yes.
- Well, this is unbelievable.

He's working
for Thorpe now.

- Really?
- It's incredible.

So I called
Thorpe the other day,

and this rather officious
guy says, "He isn't in,"

and "Is there
anything I can do for you?"

And I figure,
you know, "Oh, why not?"

So I ask him a couple
of pretty simple questions,

and he is really annoying.

I mean,
he's acting like

I'm sort of stupid for asking,
you know?

So finally, I say, "Oh,
whom am I speaking to exactly?"

And he says,
rather reluctantly,

"Well,
Bradley Congress."

[Bruce chuckles]

And I say, "Bradley Congress,
Bill van Veen's old roommate?"

And he said,
"What?

Who are you?"

So after a while,
you know,

we ended up
having lunch together,

and he turned out to be
this rather charming fellow.

And the weirdest thing of all,
guess who he's married to.

- Mm,
who?

- Natalie Nauman.
- Ooh!

[Roger laughs] No,
impossible.

Oh,
my god.

[Roger laughs]
[Bruce laughs]

- And she said,
"I'm serious.

There's a cow
that's escaped next door,

and I have to go
put the cow back,"

'cause she lived in Wisconsin.
- Really?

Really?
- Yeah.

- Wow.
- Yeah.

- Well,
it was great

to see you.
- It was wonderful.

- Yes.
- It was just great, yeah.

- Okay.
- Okay.

- Okay.

- Great.

[upbeat music]

[gentle guitar music]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[woman singing
in foreign language]

[dishware clattering]

- Whoa!

What's in that sandwich?

- It's roast
veal with tomatoes.

- [Man] Oh,
yeah?

[man laughs]

[dog barking]

[gentle music]

[woman singing
in foreign language]

[dog barking]

- It was a long time before
I had to be at Frank's,

so I decided to walk
there by an indirect route.

[gentle ethereal music]

Why had a dog come
out of nowhere to find me?

[Marie laughs]

[Marie laughs]

[ball bouncing]
[bell jingling]

At first,
he was following me.

But after a while,
I started following him.

We didn't seem to go far.

We were walking
on streets I'd somehow

never ran across before.

[child screams]
[people laughing]

[door opens]

[gentle music]

Wait!

Stop!

[water splashing]

The sound of the
water was intoxicating.

He felt it too.

We sat on the grass
and listened to the water.

[Marie chuckling]

[couple shouting]

[door opens]

[door closes]

- [Bruce] Do you have
a room available?

- Certainly, sir.
- Go on, get out of here!

Go!

Fucking asshole!

- [Man] Shut the fuck up.

- Go back to her,

why don't you?!
- Fuck it, I'm outta here.

- [Woman] Go! Good!

[card rattling]

- Do you have any luggage?

- No,
no.

No luggage.

[woman screaming]

[wall thudding]

[woman screaming]

[couple shouting]

- [Man] This is a
perfectly nice place.

This place
is fucking great!

- Oh?!
- You know how much this cost.

Look-
- I don't give a shit!

I don't give a shit!

[woman
screams] [baby crying]

What's that?!

What's that,
you fucker?!

[couple shouting]
[baby crying]

- [Man] Just put it down!

Put it down!

Stop!

[woman screams] Stop!

Just stop!
- What is that?!

- [Man] Just stop,
okay?!

- [Woman] Oh,
sure, I'll stop!

Next time-

- The next
one's gonna hurt!

[baby crying]
[couple shouting]

[siren wailing]

[gentle bell music]

[car horn honking]

[window squeaking]

[gentle music]

[Bruce sighs]

[refrigerator door opens]

[refrigerator door closes]

[bottle cap rattles]

[siren wailing]

[people chattering]

- [Marie] I woke up.

It was cold.

It was time
to get to Frank's.

It was time to meet Bruce

and finally tell him
that I had to leave him.

[dog barking]
[thunder rumbling]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[siren wailing]

[gentle music]

[upbeat music]

[doorbell buzzes]

[door buzzes] [door opens]

[man singing in
foreign language]

[door closes]

[people chattering]

- [Man] Hey,
you made it.

- Yes.

Gosh.
- Well, come on in.

Always room for one more,
I hope.

[man laughs]

Well, here.
We'll just toss this in here.

- [Woman] Are you okay?

- [Man] I'm fine, I really
wish you wouldn't do this

in front of all-
- Okay.

[woman laughs]

- [Marie] Bruce obviously
wasn't there yet.

I kept telling
myself that he promised

we'd only stay briefly,

and then we'd go
out to dinner and talk.

[people laughing]

- Hey.

What can I get you?

- I'm not sure.

- [Bartender] In that case,
try a Malaysian Tuesday.

[people laughing]

- That's great. Thank you.

- [Woman] That there
are babies dying

because they
were brought up

on milk that was
intentionally mislabeled.

- But, Jean-
- There are old men and women

that could be our parents

that can't even
afford to buy underwear.

I mean,
these are people with pride,

and they need all
the money they have

just to
survive and pay rent.

- [Man] I know.

- [Jean] But they don't have
anything to complain about.

- [Man] Jean,
I understand.

Please, my only point was that
people can do what they want.

- Oh,
that is fucked.

It's fucked.
- Fucking insane.

He's just insane.

I mean, I've done
everything I can for this guy.

I mean,
I've helped him.

I've worked very hard for
the guy for three whole years,

but it's
driving me bananas

to the point where I
really don't know what to do.

Do you see
what I'm saying?

- [Woman]
Sure. He's insane.

Really,
I'm just trying to help you.

- [Man] I mean that
I'm in a situation

which I don't like
and I have to get out of it,

and I'm not sure how
to get out of it, that's all.

- [Woman] What if I
just might not be able

to find anything else?

[people chattering]

- [Man] No, it's brightness
and just bigness.

- [Woman] You like
this, don't you?

- No.
- You like the drama.

- Bettina.
- Hey, Bruce.

- [Bruce]
Great to see you.

- [Bettina] Great
to see you too.

- Hello.
- Good to see you, man.

- [Bruce] Oh, yeah,
hi.

Frances.

Frances, oh,
you look fantastic.

Cassandra. Hey,
gorgeous dress.

Mwah.

Mwah.
- Aww, hi,

it's nice to see you.

[people chattering]

- I seem to be a little
late. I'm so sorry.

Have you been here long?

- Not really.
- No?

Oh, no. That looks
like a bar over there.

[people laughing]

- [Marie] He looked
like a prince.

He was handsome.

He looked like a god.

- [Bruce] Mm,
this one.

- Ooh, very wise choice, sir.
- Oh, good.

I hope so.

- Hey,
Bruce.

- Oh. Janet.

- Hi.
- Hello.

How are you?
- How you been?

- I've been
just fine. You?

- I'm great.
- You look gorgeous.

- Thank you very much.
- This is a lovely party.

Can I have some salt?
- Hey, Annie.

- [Bruce] Did you put
salt on that already?

- [Bartender] There's
just a little bit of salt.

- Okay.
- Are we having plans?

- Christie?
- Yeah.

- [Woman] She's
supposed to be here.

[people laughing]

[people chattering]

- [Man] Because he gave me
the job, and I started out-

- [Woman] Are
you getting a salary too?

- [Man] No, yes,
yes.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- You work with
Frank, don't you?

- No,
I don't.

- Oh, I thought I once saw
you over at his office.

I sell them
stuff sometimes.

Actually, I never know
who I'm gonna see over there

because
Rosemary keeps reorganizing

the
departments all the time.

Always thought that's a
rather inefficient way to run...

[people laughing]

- [Man] I don't think
it's a safe piece.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

Yeah,
I'm fine.

- [Man] I mean, you go
to a lot of parties?

[glasses clinking]
[people laughing]

- [Man] Sometimes,
yeah.

- Ah. Very delicious.

I think I'll get plowed.

What a party.

The people here are great.

Really,
really fantastic.

Really delightful.

- Janet in particular,
eh, darling?

- Janet?

Janet? What?

Are you joking?

Janet? Janet?

Well, yes, Janet is an
unusual woman, darling.

I mean, did you know
that she's actually a dancer?

But really, darling.
- Well, she's very attractive.

Yes, well,
yes.

Yes,
she is.

She is very attractive,
but not to me.

You see,
darling, not to me, darling.

- A little overheated,
though, by her, sweetheart.

- What? You
must be crackers.

I'm as sound as a bell,
if you get my meaning.

- Oh.
[Bruce groans]

Spilled the drink,
eh, darling?

- Wow.

Wow,
gotta watch the angle

of those fucking,
those fucking-

- Bruce, sweetheart, you seem
a little tight, a little high.

- Listen,
are you kidding?

You are in very good hands
tonight, darling, believe me.

Believe me,
I am in very good shape.

I am really in
very good shape.

And you're not in bad shape
yourself, you know, darling?

I mean,
fuck Janet.

You are really
looking very attractive.

Very,
very attractive, darling.

I'm really not kidding.

I really...

You really look great.

I mean, your hair, darling,
and that marvelous lipstick.

- Well, Bruce-
- No, I...

Really,
darling.

I'm really being serious.

The people at this party are
very excited by you, darling.

I've been watching
the way they look you over.

And I mean, these people
would really like to have you.

They'd really
like to have you.

I mean, they really want you,
if you get my meaning.

- Well,
Bruce-

- Darling, your hands
are awfully cold. Why is that?

- I'm not sure.

- But why are your
hands cold, darling?

Are you sick? Are you?

- I don't think so,
Bruce.

- Darling, listen to me, you
don't think it's possible-

- What?

I mean,
you don't think that-

- No, no,
darling.

I was
referring to the flu.

I mean,
I'm sure that you're all right.

You just looked
a little bit peaked.

But now why
don't you sit here quietly,

and I'll get you a drink?

You need another drink now,
darling.

- What?

[Marie groaning]

- Excuse me. Excuse me.

Let me get
this part straight

in my head
before we go any further.

I mean, you seem to
be saying that, pretty soon,

children won't
need to learn to read.

Isn't that
really your point?

- No, I didn't-
- Oh, I'm sorry.

I thought that was
what you just finished saying.

- [Man] No, I really didn't say
children don't need to read.

- What?
- Slap me, hit me-

- Oh,
the TV show.

I don't watch television.
- Oh.

- I'm afraid I don't
watch television.

- [Marie] I needed to
get us outta there,

but Bruce seemed to
be having the time of his life.

- Soon, they'll be
machines on the market

and sooner than we think,

that will be capable of
sending virtual messages

directly to our brain.

- Oh,
what a marvelous man.

Oh, he's so extraordinary.
He's so remarkable.

And I've just
been sitting there,

day after day,
just taking it all in.

And that's fine.
That's wonderful.

But the fact happens to be

that the guy is
really driving me bananas.

- Right.

- [Woman] Sure.

- This is the man
that you work for?

- Yes. I mean,
the guy's insane.

He's fucking insane.

- World without
any books at all.

I mean,
books will just be out.

I mean, really,
just no more books.

No more books of any kind

because they really
won't be needed, will they?

So why should anyone
learn to read? Why should they?

I mean,
isn't that really what the whole

situation comes to,
really?

- [Woman] Coming
into your space,

I don't think
that's appropriate.

- It's just impossible.

And I work for the guy.

I mean, I've done
what I can for the guy.

I've worked very hard for
the guy for three whole years.

I've worked my ass off, and
he just can't leave me alone.

And it's
reached the point,

well,
just really reached the point

where it's just
driving me bananas.

[people chattering]

[gentle music]

[Marie sighs]

- [Man] You people
have completely

missed the point.
- Excuse me.

- [Man] It's a satire.

- Well,
here you go, darling.

Here's that drink.

And here's one for me.

Oh.

Oh,
good Christ, I like these.

Are you all right,
darling?

I mean,
you look just great.

Just great.

Great.

So why don't you tell me?

Be frank with me,
darling.

Let's be
absolutely true to what we feel.

I mean, really, darling,
do you care for me at all?

I mean,
let's talk frankly.

Do you actually like me?

What do you feel?
Why not just tell me?

Do you love me,
darling?

Do you actually love me?

- Well, Bruce, I find
you very attractive,

if that's what you mean.

You're a very beautiful man,
Bruce.

You're a
very beautiful man.

You have a very beautiful body,
actually.

- Well, darling, do you
really find me handsome?

- You're a very
handsome man, Bruce.

You're a very,
very attractive man.

- That's very exciting.

I like that,
darling. I really do like it.

[chuckles]

Only you should fuck
me more often, then, darling.

I mean,
if you find me so handsome-

- Bruce,
really?

- No,
really. I mean it.

You should
fuck me more often,

because, I mean, you
can be sort of a cunt, darling,

at certain times,
when you refuse to fuck me.

[Marie sighs]

Anyway, I'm just saying
you should fuck me more often.

- I hear you,
Bruce.

- Well, I'm being
an asshole, I know.

I mean,
sometimes, that's my way.

Sometimes I
seem to be an asshole.

I mean, other people aren't,
but I am one, somehow.

An asshole,
I mean.

I mean, you know me,
darling. I'm an asshole.

Bruce,
really?

- But I need
another drink.

I really do like
the way they're making

these drinks here tonight.

They're just
extremely decently prepared.

Shall I get you one,
sweetheart?

I'll bet you'd like
another drink, wouldn't you?

I'll bet you would.

[dog barking]

- [Woman] Weird.

- You're
drawing a connection

between two
completely different things.

I mean, the fact that these
machines have been invented

doesn't really
have much to do with

my opinions
about popular music.

- [Man] Well, didn't
you just say that?

Didn't you say
children should listen

to popular
music in school?

- [Man] Oh, here I
am. Coming through.

Hot soup.

- No, I'm curious
as to why you feel

it's important,
in any way, to-

- [Man] I mean, it was a
weird night that we [laughs]...

[people chattering]

[dog barking]

- [Woman] Okay,
can I just ask you,

why didn't
you call him back?

[people chattering]

[bird tweeting]

- [Man] I mean,
what are you doing?

What are
you doing in here?

- [Man] Well, if you were doing
something that is perhaps...

[people chattering]

- It's so hard to deal
with a guy like this

on a day-to-day basis

because you really
don't wanna hurt his feelings.

But on the other hand,

you really
wanna do certain things

that would
probably really hurt him.

And you really should do them,
but you just don't want to.

- Right.

- You're trying to be nice,
but he makes it impossible.

- There are times when
you just have to be brutal

with people like that.

- But, you know, I understand
what you're saying.

But I mean, isn't it possible
for people to just sometimes

not feel what
they actually do feel?

- What?

- Do you know what I mean?

- Sure.
- I mean, they may actually

feel a certain thing,

but they don't
really know that they do

because,
in their own conscious minds,

they're so incredibly
involved in what they think

that they feel that they don't
really feel the thing at all.

Do you see
what I'm saying?

I mean, like,
for example,

a very common
example is when you're supposed

to feel
pleased by something.

- Right.
- Mm.

Like, when
somebody gives you a present,

and you're
supposed to feel pleased,

but, actually, you don't
because the thing is something

that actually you hate,

or you actually
already have the thing.

Well, then,
you're not supposed to say,

"Well,
I really hate this."

You're supposed to say,

"Oh, boy,
that's great, I really like it."

- [Bruce] Well, here's
that drink now, my love.

- Thank you,
Bruce.

I feel really sick.

- Oh.

Well, you can rest right here,
darling.

You can even fall asleep.

No one will disturb you.

- I think I'm gonna close
my eyes for a minute.

- Was very enjoyable
for all concerned.

The exquisite dishes,
the languid conversations.

Oh, my god,
of course, we loved it all.

It was utterly sublime.

The embroidered napkins,

the little bars of soap
in the guest bathrooms.

If anyone tells you
that we didn't adore it,

they're simply a liar.

The inside walls of
those limousines were lined

with some kind
of a beige moleskin

that made you feel somehow

as if the outside
world was barely...

[gentle music]

[winds blowing]

[waves crashing]

- Come.

Join us.

- We're having one of Margaret's
special stews tonight.

It's spring squash with
pea shoots and tomatoes.

- [Man] Gwendolyn
was just telling us

about a
ceremony she attended.

- Yes, well, I was just
saying that, by this time,

most of us had
drunk from the rushing river.

And,
of course, we were naked.

[group chuckling]

And then,
the woman with the necklace

reached into a little bag

and took out a jewel
that looked like a blue marble.

See,
I brought one back with me.

[Marie gasps]

- Oh.
- Ooh.

- [Marie] Oh.

[Marie chuckles]

- And then the woman
with the necklace

picked one of the people
and did something like this.

[gentle music]

[Marie laughs]

[chandelier jingling]

[group chuckling]

[group
applauding] [group laughing]

- So beautiful.

- Come on, come on.
- Come on.

- You can do it.
- Come on.

[group cheering]
- Maybe they're just

too tired for-

- Obviously, I'm not
saying I know the whole story.

I'm not saying I
know more than you do.

I've been there,
of course,

but I've never
really lived there.

I don't really know about

the way things
work there. [Marie yawns]

I've read certain articles-
- Oh, you've read an article.

- [Man] I've read
certain articles.

I've read
certain articles,

talked to some people
who know more than I do,

and the fact happens to
be that I happened to be there

at the very odd moment,

I happened to be
there when some of the things

I've read about
happened to be occurring.

- [Woman] You were
there yourself?

- [Woman] Or are
you saying that...

[gentle music]

[man coughing]

- Why do you
think [coughs]...

Why do you think the
thought of popular music

bothers you so much?

[man coughing]

- Doesn't bother me a bit.

- [Man] Well, don't you think
there's anything to be learned

by listening to them?
- Well, I saw that man

being pressed
between two panes of glass,

and it was horrible,
horrible. [woman screaming]

I mean,
you can't imagine.

The way his tongue
was hanging to one side.

He looked just like
a slaughtered beast.

- But why are you
telling me this?

- [Man] These
are the articles.

These people...

Don't you see?
[woman laughing]

- This is what I was trying
to explain to your brother.

- Don't bring him into this.
- Don't what?

- [Woman] Don't bring
my brother into this!

- Oh,
he's already in it.

He is involved in this.

He is involved in it.

He's in the field
we're discussing.

Don't tell me not
to bring him into it.

He's in it.

- [Man] No limits on their
demands or appetites.

[people chattering]

- [Man] See, ultimately, the
idea of anything gourmet,

specifically,
sort of disgusts me.

- [Woman] That's sad.

[people laughing]

- Well, I was sitting over
there in the other room.

I had to sit down
and rest for a minute

'cause I'd had quite a
few of those margaritas.

And I started thinking
back over the day I'd had,

and I realized I'd
really had quite a day.

I really had.

First, lunch with Roger,
which was enjoyable, as always.

And then I had
some shopping to do.

So I started to walk through
some unfamiliar parts of town.

Then I really had
such an interesting walk.

I walked through
different sorts of streets,

and even down by a
waterfront somewhere.

And,
eventually, I got thirsty.

And I went into a cafe

where they made
me a delicious drink

made of freshly
squeezed orange juice and soda.

- Here you go.
- Well, I was sipping my drink

when, all of a sudden,
there was a blaze of sunlight

from the street outside,

and a young woman came in
and sat down right next to me.

She almost immediately
reached into her bag,

and,
with great precision,

brought out a sheet of newspaper
and started to read it.

I could see it was an
article about a horrible murder

that had
happened recently.

And I thought to myself,

"Something had gone
wrong in this person's life.

She's lost.

She's
searching for something."

Her face was intense,
desperate,

with a wild restlessness.

I thought, "I'm gonna
start a conversation with her.

And then I'm gonna go to
her apartment and fuck her."

Wait!

That meat is hot.

- What did you just say?

- I was...

You have to be
careful not to burn yourself.

I realized that a
sexual encounter might unlock

a terrible grief in her.

She might become unstable,
even hysterical.

I looked at her feet.

They seemed dirty.

I decided to
masturbate instead.

Can I have the check,
please?

[woman screaming]

[wall thudding]
[woman screaming]

[couple shouting]

I went to a sordid hotel
which looked out on an alley.

But across the passageway,
a stranger appeared in a window.

Was she aware of me?

She showed herself to me,
expecting nothing in return.

I felt she was
warm and loving,

and I was moved,

overwhelmed.

I watched,
and I felt nourished.

I felt replenished.

[gentle music]

[object crashes]

[man yelling]

My god.

I was already
supposed to be at Frank's.

And there was still something
I wanted to buy on the way.

[lively music]

After I left the store,
I didn't wanna run.

I was afraid of sweating.

I walked with big strides,
rapidly, controlling the sweat.

[people laughing]
[people chattering]

- [Man] It's as if they
slapped the wrong guy.

That's what's
funny about it.

- [Man] Oh,
that's interesting.

- Bettina.
- Hey, Bruce.

- Great to see you.

- [Bettina] Great
to see you too.

- Hello.
- Good to see you.

- I made it to Frank's
just a little bit late.

[people chattering]

- [Marie] I
slept so soundly.

My body seemed to
sink into the sofa so heavily,

so far,
like an object falling in water.

When I woke up again,
I felt really sick.

Bruce was
sitting right next to me.

- Well, darling, I'm
glad to see you awake.

You had me
worried for a while.

I wish you could've
heard the conversation

I was just
having with Jack.

There were
some amazing things

about the
treatment of certain illnesses

that he was
explaining to me.

I mean,
did you know that, at one time,

vomiting was
considered an expression

of sadness rather than a-

- Bruce, did you slap
me when I was sleeping?

- Why,
of course not, darling.

What do you
mean? Are you crazy?

- I don't feel normal.

- God, darling,
you...

Do you think
you might be...

I mean, what's
going on? [Marie groaning]

Are you mentally ill?

I mean,
what is it?

Do you think you
might actually be crazy now?

- Oh, Bruce-
- Darling, I really hope not.

- Oh, Bruce,
please.

- Oh, I've had this
terrible feeling lately

that something was
gonna happen somehow.

- Just talk to me,
Bruce.

Help me.

Hold me.
- Oh.

Oh, god, well,
let's see.

Do I have
anything to say to you?

Well, I had a
marvelous lunch with Roger.

Prawns and peas.

It was absolutely great.

- Aw, darling,
I'm sick.

- Yes.

And then,
oh!

Oh,
yes.

Gloria and I
were just having

the most
fascinating conversation.

We were talking
about the whole question

of people having servants.

And I was saying
that it really seems

to be sort of a
shame that the whole tradition

of people having
servants has gone out of style,

because, I mean,
the whole point of it was

that servants were
people who could be counted on

to really care
about your welfare,

and sort of respect you,
whether you deserved it or not.

- [Marie groans]
- And I just think that's...

I just think
that's so nice.

[Marie sighs] Oh,
darling, I'm boring you.

I'm so sorry. Really,
how dreadful.

- Bruce,
please.

- It's just awful.

I really am sorry.

Well,
I'll get you another drink,

and meanwhile,
you can just rest here.

I have to have a talk
with Grace over there.

- With who,
Bruce?

- Well,
you remember, darling.

The friend of Chuck's.

The brunette.

The woman who
went fishing in her panties.

- What?
[Bruce chuckles]

- Actually...

You know,
actually, darling,

I spent the night with her once,
about 11 years ago.

And I have to say,
she was really amazing.

I mean,
pardon me, darling,

but her vagina was just
incredibly tight, you know?

It was like being
gripped by a hand.

And I remember
when we were done,

my penis was just
absolutely bright red.

I mean, it looked like a
raw piece of meat or fish.

And I felt
absolutely drained.

My testicles
were as dry as bones.

They ached for a week.

God,
it was great.

It was really something.

- Darling,
I'm sick!

- Darling, why is
it that whenever

we have a conversation,
you always feel sick?

I mean,
you ask me to talk to you,

and then I do,
and then you feel sick.

Have you ever
really noticed that?

Because it's really sort
of a pattern with you, darling.

And, I mean,
it's kind of upsetting.

It actually gives me a pain
in my ass, if you wanna know.

- All right,
Bruce.

- And,
I mean, really, darling,

the faces you
make sometimes,

I mean,
the people here are gonna think

you're an absolute nut.

- All right, Bruce.
I said all right!

All right!

- [Woman] Remember when
they tied the guy up

with the rattlesnakes?

- I do not.
- Do you remember that?

They tied him up
with the rattlesnakes.

- I didn't see that.
- And they injected him

with amphetamine and they
gave him an hour to get out.

Do you remember that?

- We had been at the party
for a really long time.

I decided it
was time to leave.

I went to Frank's
bedroom to get my coat.

[telephone ringing]

Hello?

- [Man] Hey,
who's this?

Jane? [static crackling]

- I'm not...

I don't feel very well,
so I can't talk right now.

- [Man] Calm down.

Please.
- Who is this?

[static crackling]

Should I get
Frank for you?

- [Man] This is Willy.

- Willy,
I'll go get Frank.

[people chattering]

I went to find Frank.

I was feeling very sick.

I finally found Bruce.

- I can't stand.

- He went to get his
coat, and then we left.

We walked to a restaurant.

I picked it.

I like it.

I used to go there all
the time when I was single.

We ate dinner in silence.

The restaurant was cold.

Thank you.

[dishware clattering]

- Darling, you
seem to be drinking

a lot of coffee,
sweetheart.

Do you think that's wise?

I mean, I wonder,
darling.

I mean,
sometimes it makes you

a bit nervous,
don't you think so?

- What? What?

Are you
telling me something?

- Well, you know, darling,
I was only talking.

I mean, you know me,
darling. Sometimes I say things.

No, I mean, darling, I was
only saying that sometimes...

I mean, you seem
to be a little bit nervous

already tonight,
darling.

And I sometimes
notice that sometimes

when you actually
already are feeling nervous,

you seem to
like to drink coffee.

And sometimes that
can actually have the effect

of actually
making you more nervous

than you
already were before.

So that's really
all I was trying to say,

actually,
darling.

I'm sorry.

I don't mean to upset you.

- Look, Bruce, there's a
reason I wanted to talk to you,

something I needed to say.

- What is it,
sweetheart?

- Bruce, do you know I
never really loved you?

I never loved you.

I never loved you.

- Well,
I don't-

- I pretended to you.

Sometimes I even
pretended to myself.

Most of the time,
I didn't even do that.

You see,
I don't even like you.

Not at all.

I don't like you.
I don't respect you.

You're nothing but shit,
as far as I'm concerned.

- Do you think we
should just have

our dinner for the moment?

Darling, I mean, perhaps
we should go into all this

when we've
finished our meal.

- I don't enjoy your company,
I don't enjoy being with you.

You're pitiful.
You're pathetic.

You're actually one of
the least interesting people

I've ever met in my life.

- Yes, well, my darling,
what do you think?

Are we gonna have
our meal here or not?

I mean, this was the restaurant
that you wanted to go to.

And personally, I would've
rather had something cheap,

and this is not my
favorite kind of food.

But if we are
gonna be here,

then it seems
somewhat absurd

if all we're gonna do is
have an unpleasant conversation.

- Bruce-
- I mean, I had thought

that we were going to
have a nice evening together.

I know you're unhappy.

But we could
discuss your unhappiness,

and still have a very
nice evening together.

- I hate you,
Bruce.

That's why I
have to leave you.

I'm very,
very sorry.

[door opens]

- [Man] Oh, hey,
Fred.

All right, you know, we're
both gonna have the scungilli.

No, I mean, I've been
feeling worse and worse

for several days,
you know.

I mean,
I feel just fine.

And then I eat,
and I get this sensation

that somehow the food
was just rotting in my stomach.

I mean, something was not
happening correctly in there.

And then, suddenly, I get
these sharp, shooting pains,

like a sort of flash,
like lightning,

along the entire length
of my asshole, somehow.

Oh, and then,
by Friday, whole new sensation.

My stomach starts
to give these little leaps,

these lurches like this,
like [groaning].

And I feel like I
really have to go

to the bathroom,
very badly.

And then two
seconds go by,

and it goes away,
and I feel all right.

And I don't have to go
to the bathroom anymore.

Well, finally,
late in the afternoon,

get one of these lurches,

and I sorta really
rush to the bathroom,

and I sit right down on the
toilet, and then, right then,

suddenly,
I begin to feel dizzy and faint.

I really feel awful.

I actually think,
I'm gonna throw up.

- God.

- There's a kinda
burning sensation

along my whole rectal area,
so it's very painful to shit.

But the
horrible thing is that I've-

- Excuse me,
sorry.

Excuse me,
you see, we're eating our meal.

- You what?

- I say,
we're eating our meal.

And your conversation,
we couldn't help hearing it.

- What?

What?

- We can't...

We're eating.

- Is this guy trying to tell
me I'm talking too loudly?

- [Bruce] Well,
sir...

- Pardon me.

Can I make a suggestion?

Would you mind?

I'd like you to
return to your table.

That way, we won't
have any kind of trouble.

- Oh.

I see,
yes.

Oh, yes, well, if that's
the way you feel about it.

Well,
yes.

I see.

Uh-huh.

All right.

Fine,
fine.

Well,
all right.

Yes.

Oh,
yes.

Uh-huh.

- You eat shit,
Bruce.

- Yes, well, okay,
okay.

- I'm sorry I met you.

I'm sorry I knew you.

Of all the men I knew,
you turned out to be the worst.

It's very sad.

Our dinner was spoiled,
and my life was spoiled,

all because I met you.

I wish I
hadn't. [Bruce sighs]

I wish I hadn't.

- Yeah,
it's a shame.

- You horrible shit.

- Yeah,
that's right.

- You horrible shit!

- Well, darling, would
you like to leave now?

I mean, I don't imagine
you'll be wanting any dessert.

- No?

- Well, I didn't-
- Well, fuck you, Bruce,

maybe I'd like some.

- Oh. Well,
great.

Well, that's great. We'll,
have some, yes.

Sir.

Sir.

We'll have that thing,
that thing with the pears.

Right away,
actually.

- Oh. All right.

- [Bruce] Yes, that
would be great.

- Yes,
that would be great.

- Must you always
mock me, darling?

- Well, Bruce, I'm
afraid I can't help it.

You're just so mockable.
You're my mockable boy.

[group laughing]

- [Woman] That is the
funniest thing I've ever seen.

[group chattering]

- So, Bruce, do you
actually not care at all

that I'm leaving you?

- Oh, are you
leaving me, darling?

- Yes, I'm planning
to leave you.

[Bruce sighs]

- Well, darling, I think
it's a little funny

just to tell me that,
isn't it?

I mean, what brings this up
right at this moment, you see?

I mean,
what have I done?

I've just gone to a
certain restaurant for dinner,

and I'd understood it
to be one that you like,

and as far as I can tell,

it's lived up
to expectations

at least a hundred percent,
I would say.

- Bruce, you're
funny. You really are.

So you
actually don't care at all

that I'm leaving you,
then.

- Well, you're not really
leaving me, darling.

I mean,
you feel that you would like to,

but you really
aren't actually leaving,

if you see what I mean.

- You don't
think I'm leaving?

- Well,
are you?

- Yes, I am,
Bruce. I really am.

- But, darling, I mean, don't
you know you can't leave me?

I mean, don't you
know that I love you, darling?

- Love me?

Love me?

Bruce, it's ridiculous for
you to even use that word

because you have
no idea what it stands for!

Don't you know
you're not a living person?!

- I'm sorry, darling.
I thought I was one.

[footsteps treading]

Well, what am I,
then?

I mean, I run
around like a living person.

I say things.

I talk to people.

I even have certain feelings,
believe it or not.

- Bruce,
I don't feel well.

- I try to be decent.

- No, Bruce,
listen to me,

you are not human,
you are not a person.

You have no connection
to me or to any other person,

and you never will have one,
and you never can have one,

and that is why,
to me, you are nothing

but a filthy piece of shit

that's attached
to me physically.

So I am cutting you off me,
you see.

I am cutting you off me.
I am cutting you away from me!

- Marie, please.
- No, don't you see?

Your face isn't
really even a face,

because there is nothing
behind it, because you are dead.

Dead. You're a horrible,
dead piece of meat.

Oh, god,
it is awful.

I am sitting with
someone who isn't even alive,

and that is
why it's so easy!

It's so easy,
it's so easy to leave!

I'm so sorry!

I'm so sorry.

[Bruce sighs]

- Darling?

- What?

- Darling, do you
know what I did today?

I bought a new
typewriter for myself.

It's right
here in the box.

It was made in Romania,
and it was remarkably cheap.

But the incredible thing is
it's really very well-designed.

It's almost silent.

I tried it out at the store,
and it worked like a charm.

I really love it.

I'll show you
when we get home.

It's just not noisy.

It won't
bother you at all.

- You bought
a new typewriter?

- Yes,
I did.

- But do you think
you'll miss your old one?

- Well, you know, I
really don't think so.

- [Marie] We finished
our dessert,

and then I took him home.

By the time we left the
restaurant, he was drunk again.

We went home in a taxi.

Bruce was giving his thoughts
on the subjects of the day.

- I can't believe they're
closing all those nightclubs.

I mean,
if it bothers them so much,

that music
playing on their block

and people dancing
and enjoying themselves,

why don't they
go live in the country?

Why don't they
go live on a farm?

- I know. It's true.

- People come to the
city to have a good time.

Let them go
and live on a farm

with some sheep
if they feel that way.

- I really agree.

- Marie...

- It's all right,
Bruce.

- Oh,
god.

Things are
really spinning.

- It's all right.

As we rode,
he hugged me tightly.

He hugged me as
we went around corners.

He hugged me
when the taxi went faster.

When we got home,
the apartment was cool.

There was a breeze.

[lock clicking]

- He said there's this
incredible new place

that sells fruit
behind the laundromat.

- Oh, yeah, Mrs. Katz
told me about it.

[typewriter clacking]

[typewriter whirring]

[typewriter clacking]

- Isn't that amazing?

[typewriter clacking]

[typewriter whirring]

[bell dings]
[typewriter whirring]

[bell dings]
[typewriter whirring]

[typewriter clacking]

- I made some hot milk,

and we sat in our chairs,
and we drank it.

And then I put him to bed.

Bruce,
come on, sweetheart.

[gentle piano music]

[Bruce sighs]

I stayed up for a while.

I took a shower.

I read a newspaper.

Then I went to bed myself.

[cars whooshing]

It was warm
under the sheet.

I watched the
shadows moving on the wall.

I listened to the cars
rushing by outside the window.

[thunder rumbles]

[rain pattering]

Then it
started to rain again.

It began very gently,
very lightly.

And then the sound of the
rain grew stronger and heavier.

I sank down farther into
the darkness of my pillow,

farther and
farther and farther,

and I slept.

[gentle guitar music]

[woman singing
in foreign language]