1 00:01:50,509 --> 00:01:51,930 You up? 2 00:01:52,210 --> 00:01:53,610 Of course you are. 3 00:01:54,490 --> 00:02:00,970 Night owls, night hogs, lovers, dreamers. 4 00:02:01,830 --> 00:02:05,030 Welcome back to the art of loneliness. 5 00:02:06,070 --> 00:02:08,130 Till dawn do us part. 6 00:02:10,110 --> 00:02:12,150 So settle back and... 7 00:02:12,780 --> 00:02:14,080 Let your mind drift. 8 00:02:15,220 --> 00:02:17,320 Let me take you into my world. 9 00:02:19,540 --> 00:02:26,380 The world of music and rhyme, myth and fantasy. 10 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,820 There's a telescope in the corner of the room. 11 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,260 A woman stands behind it, looking out. 12 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:48,540 Across the way, a woman lies on top of her covers, pleasing herself as she 13 00:02:48,540 --> 00:02:49,980 cries herself to sleep. 14 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:02,680 In the apartment below, an investment banker ties his latest one-night stand 15 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,260 to his four-poster bed with his brand-new suspenders. 16 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:09,840 She does not resist. 17 00:03:12,140 --> 00:03:16,880 Next door, a 40-year-old divorced mother of two seduces her son's college 18 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,420 roommate as her son sleeps snuggly in the room next door. 19 00:03:25,260 --> 00:03:30,120 In the alley behind the church, a 14-year-old prostitute gives head to a 20 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,900 cop as his partner takes her from behind. 21 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,620 My telescope never lies. 22 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:55,760 The other night, I saw a man stabbed to death by a woman's jealous husband. 23 00:03:59,380 --> 00:04:03,680 I watched as the man fell to his knees, begging the woman he loves for 24 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:04,680 forgiveness. 25 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,080 I watched the cups come and carry him away to jail. 26 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:13,520 A man killed. 27 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:17,220 A life lost. 28 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:21,459 What was he looking for? 29 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:28,820 Was it something so simple as someone to talk to on the other end of a telephone? 30 00:04:30,060 --> 00:04:31,060 Hi. 31 00:04:32,660 --> 00:04:35,100 Just wanted to call and see if you were okay. 32 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:37,660 Last night was great. 33 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:40,360 It was for me, too. 34 00:04:42,180 --> 00:04:45,180 And you wait, heart in hand. 35 00:04:47,050 --> 00:04:52,050 To see if he'll suggest meeting again sometime soon. 36 00:04:53,650 --> 00:04:55,070 The clock is ticking. 37 00:04:55,990 --> 00:04:59,190 If not now, when? 38 00:05:03,990 --> 00:05:06,230 And you're tired of going to the gym. 39 00:05:08,250 --> 00:05:13,350 And the little things that used to turn you on don't anymore. 40 00:05:14,590 --> 00:05:15,970 And you ask yourself, 41 00:05:16,940 --> 00:05:18,160 What are you looking for? 42 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,380 And then something happens at work one day. 43 00:05:21,980 --> 00:05:28,480 A man, a wealthy client, appears out of the clouds. 44 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:32,680 He wears dark suit and black sunglasses. 45 00:05:34,660 --> 00:05:38,200 An entourage surrounds him as he steps down from his helicopter. 46 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:44,760 I wanted him to take me by surprise in a helicopter high above the city. 47 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,300 with my face and hands pressed against the glass of the cockpit. 48 00:05:50,660 --> 00:05:57,300 This man I faced made absolutely clear to me without even ever saying a word. 49 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,880 He would not disappoint me. 50 00:06:02,900 --> 00:06:05,520 That I could not tame him. 51 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,820 That he did not need my advice. 52 00:06:10,660 --> 00:06:13,840 He did not need my shoulder to cry on. 53 00:06:14,860 --> 00:06:16,160 Back. Back. 54 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,260 Love. Love. Money. 55 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,040 Money. Pain. Pain. 56 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:21,540 Love. Love. 57 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Boycott. 58 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:46,440 Dear Red Shoes, I'm one of those people who hardly ever sleep. 59 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:48,080 Never have. 60 00:06:48,660 --> 00:06:51,700 And ever since I was a little girl, it was the radio that helped me through 61 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:52,920 those long, lonely nights. 62 00:06:53,720 --> 00:07:00,620 Then one night, in a strange city far away from home, I heard a voice of a 63 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:02,980 kindred spirit speaking to me over the airwaves. 64 00:07:03,260 --> 00:07:06,680 The only person who was ever able to express what I was feeling. 65 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,860 Half poet, half musician. 66 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:11,560 Sue Thayer. 67 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:13,740 Her words... 68 00:07:14,030 --> 00:07:15,030 Her music. 69 00:07:15,210 --> 00:07:17,130 Drawing me to her like a bee to honey. 70 00:07:17,510 --> 00:07:20,310 And for a little while, I became her. 71 00:07:20,590 --> 00:07:21,590 Her eyes. 72 00:07:21,770 --> 00:07:22,770 Her body. 73 00:07:22,970 --> 00:07:25,210 I acted out what she no longer cared to. 74 00:07:26,670 --> 00:07:31,450 I want to feel my body glide across the texture of your skin. 75 00:07:32,790 --> 00:07:36,890 I want to drink your eyes up and throw my love in. 76 00:07:38,570 --> 00:07:42,690 I want to thaw to the edge of you into a wild end. 77 00:07:45,070 --> 00:07:49,990 I want to carve my name across your heart and let no one else in. I want 78 00:07:49,990 --> 00:07:50,990 you. 79 00:07:55,130 --> 00:07:56,250 I want you. 80 00:08:02,890 --> 00:08:05,050 Tomorrow night, sleep tight. 81 00:08:05,510 --> 00:08:06,570 I'm out of here. 82 00:08:08,310 --> 00:08:12,890 I want to wake each morning and see the sunlight dancing on your face. 83 00:08:15,050 --> 00:08:19,290 Bring me to your primitive hell. Let me hand you a saving grace. 84 00:08:20,890 --> 00:08:25,550 I want to play out all your fantasies. We'll do them one by one. 85 00:08:26,730 --> 00:08:28,510 And then we'll lay exhausted. 86 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,440 to dine upon my flesh, I've set a table for you. 87 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:07,440 And if you still hunger for more, I'll heat up another stove or two. 88 00:09:08,740 --> 00:09:13,640 When the night time comes along, I'll lay you in sheets of thorn. 89 00:09:38,090 --> 00:09:40,070 You got an inquiry from the station in Chicago. 90 00:09:40,790 --> 00:09:42,430 They're thinking of putting you on the air. 91 00:09:43,710 --> 00:09:44,890 Tell me about Chicago. 92 00:09:46,470 --> 00:09:49,030 Last time I was there, it rained the whole time. 93 00:09:49,670 --> 00:09:51,890 There's a canal and tall buildings. 94 00:09:52,950 --> 00:09:55,030 And Lake Michigan looks like an ocean. 95 00:09:55,990 --> 00:09:59,550 It's humid in the summer and cold and windy in the winter. 96 00:10:08,750 --> 00:10:12,270 You're tired of working here, aren't you, Frances? 97 00:10:12,770 --> 00:10:13,770 I never said that. 98 00:10:14,770 --> 00:10:15,770 Didn't have to. 99 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:18,310 I ordered you some food. 100 00:10:18,750 --> 00:10:19,850 I watered the trees. 101 00:10:20,990 --> 00:10:22,290 I've been thinking of this place. 102 00:10:32,530 --> 00:10:36,090 If you want, I can take Cody for a walk before I leave. 103 00:10:36,490 --> 00:10:37,490 No, you just go. 104 00:10:38,230 --> 00:10:39,230 We'll be fine. 105 00:10:49,350 --> 00:10:51,250 You know, you can't go on like this, honey. 106 00:10:51,590 --> 00:10:52,590 It's not good. 107 00:10:53,250 --> 00:10:54,570 There's a whole world out there. 108 00:10:55,350 --> 00:10:56,510 You gotta go out sometime. 109 00:10:58,350 --> 00:11:00,050 You can't spend all your time alone. 110 00:13:00,110 --> 00:13:01,110 We're on air. 111 00:13:09,870 --> 00:13:12,550 There's a telescope in the corner of the room. 112 00:13:13,990 --> 00:13:16,670 A woman stands behind it, looking out. 113 00:13:18,630 --> 00:13:23,130 I ask her to describe to me the sexiest thing that ever happened to her. 114 00:13:26,110 --> 00:13:29,190 Making love to a stranger at night. 115 00:13:30,060 --> 00:13:32,620 Between the cars, a fast-moving train. 116 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:41,020 And to this day, she has no idea who the stranger was. 117 00:13:43,380 --> 00:13:46,240 Her friend asks her if he used a condom. 118 00:13:47,220 --> 00:13:50,400 She says... Yes, he did. 119 00:13:50,860 --> 00:13:51,860 Both times. 120 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,220 She told me when she was a kid. 121 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,240 Her mother took her on the train to visit her grandmother who lived in the 122 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:01,240 country. 123 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:08,160 One night on her way to the country, in the reflection of the train window, she 124 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:12,100 watched one of the men playing with himself behind the cover of his paper. 125 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,820 The image was startling to her. 126 00:14:17,820 --> 00:14:18,820 Haunting. 127 00:14:28,910 --> 00:14:30,450 Says he listens to you every night. 128 00:14:32,010 --> 00:14:34,590 He's got a trumpet in the inside pocket of his overcoat. 129 00:14:36,830 --> 00:14:39,970 So when he keeps rhythm, does he do it with his head or with his foot? 130 00:14:41,410 --> 00:14:42,410 Neither. Good. 131 00:14:46,570 --> 00:14:48,970 There's a telescope in the corner of the room. 132 00:14:49,790 --> 00:14:54,410 The stranger slaps a woman hard on her ass while he's making love to her. 133 00:14:56,250 --> 00:14:58,410 The next time they make love, she... 134 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,580 She begs him to slap her again, harder. 135 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,120 So you figured out what I was doing, didn't you, Bobby? 136 00:15:17,420 --> 00:15:19,540 I never know who I'm talking to anymore. 137 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,840 Invisible arrows at invisible targets. 138 00:15:32,110 --> 00:15:35,430 If I was ever going to conjure up someone, it would have to be you. 139 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:40,570 You know, I've got five records in my record collection. 140 00:15:42,530 --> 00:15:43,710 Two of them are yours. 141 00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:46,790 What does that tell you? 142 00:15:49,170 --> 00:15:50,590 That I ran out of steam. 143 00:15:52,470 --> 00:15:54,830 That I just couldn't get it out the third time. 144 00:15:57,830 --> 00:15:59,070 Where have you been, Bobby? 145 00:16:07,340 --> 00:16:09,840 The art of war is the game of love now. 146 00:16:12,460 --> 00:16:13,940 The victor waits in bed. 147 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:19,760 What's it feel like to be in exile? 148 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,920 Where were you when you heard me on the radio? 149 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:28,360 Bakersfield. 150 00:16:29,100 --> 00:16:31,800 They hear me as far as Bakersfield. 151 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:33,680 Further. 152 00:16:41,260 --> 00:16:42,260 Pick up your horn. 153 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:44,760 Follow me. 154 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:50,880 These are the rules. 155 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:56,400 You want to stay the night. 156 00:16:59,380 --> 00:17:01,760 At sunrise, you shower and get dressed. 157 00:17:03,580 --> 00:17:05,300 Without saying goodbye, you leave. 158 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:31,460 You remember Bobby? 159 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,680 Sweet Pea, Bobby McGow? 160 00:17:34,340 --> 00:17:35,760 Back from exile. 161 00:17:36,860 --> 00:17:39,120 There's a telescope in the corner of the room. 162 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,400 A woman stands behind it, looking out. 163 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:45,060 She dials a number. 164 00:17:46,540 --> 00:17:48,160 Tells the grocer what she wants. 165 00:17:49,740 --> 00:17:54,200 An hour later, a delivery boy drops off a carton filled with food at the door. 166 00:17:55,220 --> 00:17:56,600 A man with a trumpet. 167 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,000 Follow the men. 168 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,520 Take my money. Take my home. 169 00:18:03,860 --> 00:18:05,620 Put me on speed dial. 170 00:18:06,140 --> 00:18:07,520 Ask me for favors. 171 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:09,060 Bite my neck. 172 00:18:09,420 --> 00:18:11,800 Fuck my friends. Steal my dog. 173 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:13,760 Undress me, baby. I am yours. 174 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,260 Do with me as you please. 175 00:18:22,260 --> 00:18:24,640 There's a beginning and an end to every relationship. 176 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:35,340 No matter what happens here tonight, this one ends at sunrise. 177 00:18:39,380 --> 00:18:41,240 There's a telescope in the corner of the room. 178 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:44,200 A woman stands behind it looking out. 179 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:46,720 Points it east. 180 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,780 Pollution in the air creates a beautiful sunrise. 181 00:18:51,940 --> 00:18:53,960 What do you do when you sign off the night? 182 00:18:54,940 --> 00:18:55,940 Tell me. 183 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:02,260 I finish off a glass of tequila that I drink all through my show. 184 00:19:08,460 --> 00:19:09,460 Then what? 185 00:19:10,380 --> 00:19:13,040 Sometimes I play back the show I've just recorded. 186 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,240 I enjoy listening to my own voice. 187 00:19:17,540 --> 00:19:18,840 It excites me. 188 00:19:20,940 --> 00:19:23,080 Sometimes I soak in a bath. 189 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:26,860 I haven't sat in a tub since 1968. 190 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:34,520 The last time my mother bathed me, she had the most beautiful voice. 191 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:38,520 I loved her voice. 192 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,620 I love your voice. 193 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:51,340 Francis, as you remove both his coat and his clothes, 194 00:19:51,620 --> 00:19:57,480 describe him to me, inch by inch. 195 00:19:59,180 --> 00:20:00,240 His eyes are brown. 196 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,260 At first glance, they're nothing special. 197 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:06,280 Warm. 198 00:20:06,860 --> 00:20:07,860 Soulful. 199 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:09,520 Gentle. 200 00:20:18,380 --> 00:20:19,620 His arms. 201 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:21,860 His chest. 202 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:23,920 His stomach. 203 00:20:24,740 --> 00:20:27,020 Look as though he may have been an athlete once. 204 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:29,180 I was giving it up. 205 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,600 His ass is hard and strong. 206 00:20:41,260 --> 00:20:42,720 His eyes are beautiful. 207 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,140 And so are his hands and feet. 208 00:20:58,220 --> 00:21:05,100 His lips are pure, his breath is sweet, and his skin is the pallor of 209 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:06,100 a poet. 210 00:22:05,070 --> 00:22:11,050 A blindfolded woman crouches naked in the middle of a dry lake bed. 211 00:22:12,910 --> 00:22:18,650 Two men dressed in high boots and overcoats and steps. 212 00:22:21,050 --> 00:22:22,730 The plane takes off. 213 00:22:24,410 --> 00:22:27,790 Disappears into the setting sun. 214 00:22:29,410 --> 00:22:34,650 The woman takes off running through the sea of 747s. 215 00:22:35,050 --> 00:22:38,730 The men in overcoats and high boots take off after her. 216 00:22:39,170 --> 00:22:41,990 One of the men stumbles and falls. 217 00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:45,850 The other man catches her. 218 00:22:46,970 --> 00:22:48,090 She struggles. 219 00:22:49,070 --> 00:22:50,350 He calms her. 220 00:23:05,260 --> 00:23:06,260 up inside her. 221 00:23:07,300 --> 00:23:08,760 She does not pretend. 222 00:23:11,660 --> 00:23:13,960 He's naked beneath his overcoat. 223 00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:18,760 The woman reaches inside with impatience. 224 00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:22,540 She tries to force him inside of her. 225 00:23:23,620 --> 00:23:24,900 He pulls back. 226 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,700 Taking her face in both his hands, he smiles. 227 00:23:33,710 --> 00:23:38,990 Gently kisses her forehead, the tip of her nose, 228 00:23:39,210 --> 00:23:42,650 her lips. 229 00:23:44,470 --> 00:23:49,390 She sinks down onto her knees and takes them in her mouth. 230 00:23:51,910 --> 00:23:55,130 Found of the speeding train. 231 00:24:01,130 --> 00:24:03,590 the man's breathing becomes heavy. 232 00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:28,270 There's a telescope in the corner of the room. 233 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,280 A woman stands behind it, looking out. 234 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:24,320 Where you been, Bobby? 235 00:25:26,820 --> 00:25:28,920 Skin, pallor of a poet. 236 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:32,520 Gentle eyes. 237 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:37,040 Could have been an athlete. 238 00:25:38,020 --> 00:25:41,540 Could have been, would have been, was. 239 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,760 What do you call a could have been, would have been, was? 240 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,480 For a little while has been. 241 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,180 Warships. Affairs of the heart. 242 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,380 Walks in the park. 243 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,020 Picnics at the beach. 244 00:26:11,340 --> 00:26:12,340 Oh, the sand. 245 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:15,680 The earth. 246 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:19,480 Talking about what we were going to do. 247 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,520 Ideas. Plans. 248 00:26:30,190 --> 00:26:35,290 The night you got drunk and begged me to blow off your toe with a .45 you found 249 00:26:35,290 --> 00:26:38,930 in your stepfather's garage, I asked you why. 250 00:26:41,630 --> 00:26:46,790 You passed out before you could answer. 251 00:26:51,390 --> 00:26:52,690 My name is Midnight. 252 00:26:53,870 --> 00:26:55,750 My good friends call me Bobby. 253 00:26:57,510 --> 00:26:59,150 Where have you been, Midnight? 254 00:27:07,050 --> 00:27:08,050 Why'd you leave me? 255 00:27:09,390 --> 00:27:10,790 I really want to know. 256 00:27:13,790 --> 00:27:15,790 There's a telescope in the corner of the room. 257 00:27:16,770 --> 00:27:18,930 One stands behind it looking out. 258 00:27:21,770 --> 00:27:22,770 Walks in the park. 259 00:27:23,830 --> 00:27:25,070 Picnics on the beach. 260 00:27:26,250 --> 00:27:29,510 Kid sees a pirate with a wooden leg and a limp in a movie. 261 00:27:31,030 --> 00:27:33,810 He's got this English accent. 262 00:27:35,790 --> 00:27:36,890 He talks real funny. 263 00:27:38,870 --> 00:27:41,590 He calls every woman he meets Edwiener. 264 00:27:43,550 --> 00:27:44,550 Edwiener. 265 00:27:44,950 --> 00:27:46,290 And it makes you laugh. 266 00:27:48,670 --> 00:27:50,990 Kid grows up and he gets drunk one night. 267 00:27:52,190 --> 00:27:57,550 And all he can think about is that old pirate with the wooden leg and the limp. 268 00:27:57,630 --> 00:28:00,730 And he wants to be just like him for that moment. He wants to be just like 269 00:28:00,730 --> 00:28:01,730 him, that old pirate. 270 00:28:02,790 --> 00:28:04,810 Blast off my toe, Edwiener. Do it now. 271 00:28:07,950 --> 00:28:09,130 And then he passes out. 272 00:28:13,190 --> 00:28:14,790 All fair and nothing more. 273 00:28:16,870 --> 00:28:18,870 The art of war is a game of love. 274 00:28:23,310 --> 00:28:24,550 Where you been, Bobby? 275 00:28:29,370 --> 00:28:30,430 You gotta know. 276 00:28:33,390 --> 00:28:34,690 When you disappeared, 277 00:28:37,450 --> 00:28:40,310 You broke... You broke my heart. 278 00:28:43,110 --> 00:28:44,170 Why'd you do it? 279 00:28:49,630 --> 00:28:51,870 There's a telescope in the corner of the room. 280 00:28:53,510 --> 00:28:56,170 A woman stands behind it, looking out. 281 00:28:58,330 --> 00:29:00,090 There's no cars in the driveway. 282 00:29:01,470 --> 00:29:03,590 There's no overcoats in the closet. 283 00:29:05,670 --> 00:29:06,690 No umbrella. 284 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:11,160 The art of loneliness. 285 00:29:19,060 --> 00:29:20,760 No one to answer to. 286 00:29:23,140 --> 00:29:24,640 No one to disappoint. 287 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:33,980 Alone is like being a river that never 288 00:29:33,980 --> 00:29:34,980 ends. 289 00:29:37,060 --> 00:29:38,240 There ain't nobody. 290 00:29:39,820 --> 00:29:40,820 Not me. 291 00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:46,220 Not anybody that can compete with the river. 292 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:10,840 Elizabeth built her world around the art she mastered, the art of loneliness. 293 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:18,700 Self-contained, alienated, cloistered with walls so high that no one could 294 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:19,700 scale them. 295 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:25,260 But what I realized in the end is that I no longer wanted what she had. 296 00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:29,340 I craved light and touch and friendship. 297 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:34,640 But most of all, I realized I did not want to be alone. 298 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:41,640 Go back to the car, fella. 299 00:31:42,780 --> 00:31:43,780 Turn on the radio. 300 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,120 See what we can pick up tonight.