1 00:01:42,422 --> 00:01:45,670 - "Dear Red Shoes, I admire your quest. 2 00:01:46,909 --> 00:01:50,223 "An emotional journey to the heart of your grief. 3 00:01:50,224 --> 00:01:52,366 "That takes courage. 4 00:01:52,367 --> 00:01:53,573 "Funny I should see it that way 5 00:01:53,574 --> 00:01:55,950 "because until a few months ago, 6 00:01:55,951 --> 00:01:59,635 "I was sure emotion was a sign of weakness." 7 00:02:17,115 --> 00:02:19,091 I'm a photo journalist. 8 00:02:19,092 --> 00:02:21,971 I was working on a piece about up-market hookers. 9 00:02:21,972 --> 00:02:24,383 The kind who make 1,500 plus. 10 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,161 - No, I don't do kinky stuff, 11 00:02:27,162 --> 00:02:29,740 I mean I used to, but you just, 12 00:02:29,741 --> 00:02:32,151 you get burnt out too fast. 13 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:33,558 Know what I mean? 14 00:02:37,912 --> 00:02:41,060 In my profession you have to stay objective. 15 00:02:41,061 --> 00:02:45,647 - So, can you fucking believe that guys pay you to do this? 16 00:02:45,648 --> 00:02:47,154 Otherwise it becomes impossible 17 00:02:47,155 --> 00:02:51,274 to distinguish fact from fiction, truth from fantasy. 18 00:02:54,556 --> 00:02:56,231 You loose your edge. 19 00:03:02,259 --> 00:03:05,172 - I guess I remind them of their wives. 20 00:03:05,173 --> 00:03:07,181 You know, before their wives had kids 21 00:03:07,182 --> 00:03:10,196 and got cellulite and hired shrinks. 22 00:03:11,401 --> 00:03:12,706 It was difficult for me no to be affected 23 00:03:12,707 --> 00:03:15,251 by the stories these girls told. 24 00:03:15,252 --> 00:03:16,491 - But it's all an act. 25 00:03:20,008 --> 00:03:22,016 For the most part they were tough, 26 00:03:22,017 --> 00:03:24,025 they needed the score and they knew 27 00:03:24,026 --> 00:03:26,102 how to take care of themselves. 28 00:03:26,103 --> 00:03:29,718 I'm sorry, I just don't think that I can do this. 29 00:03:29,719 --> 00:03:31,459 And their success depended 30 00:03:31,460 --> 00:03:33,973 on the same principle as mine, 31 00:03:35,479 --> 00:03:37,255 the same golden rule, 32 00:03:39,598 --> 00:03:42,211 don't get emotionally involved. 33 00:04:42,625 --> 00:04:45,035 It's insane, you sit there and you, 34 00:04:45,036 --> 00:04:47,547 you direct them and yell at them and they love it. 35 00:04:56,422 --> 00:04:58,598 - But hey, they're paying. 36 00:05:08,311 --> 00:05:10,420 ♪ Eh hey 37 00:05:16,549 --> 00:05:18,055 - I don't know about this. 38 00:05:18,056 --> 00:05:20,199 - And that's why I'm good. 39 00:05:26,595 --> 00:05:29,509 - Good hookers are inevitably good liars. 40 00:05:30,781 --> 00:05:33,460 ♪ Hey, hey, hah 41 00:05:34,766 --> 00:05:36,406 ♪ Ha 42 00:05:36,407 --> 00:05:38,583 ♪ Uh-Huh 43 00:05:38,584 --> 00:05:40,426 ♪ Huh 44 00:05:43,674 --> 00:05:45,851 ♪ Hey, ha 45 00:05:56,199 --> 00:05:58,611 ♪ Ha, uh-huh 46 00:06:05,208 --> 00:06:06,648 - Can I help you? 47 00:06:07,586 --> 00:06:08,589 - Um... 48 00:06:09,829 --> 00:06:11,972 Yeah, I'm just looking for the Parker residence. 49 00:06:11,973 --> 00:06:14,282 Sally and Ed Parker. 50 00:06:14,283 --> 00:06:16,224 - I don't think I've ever heard of them. 51 00:06:16,225 --> 00:06:19,674 - No, I left the exact address behind at the office. 52 00:06:19,675 --> 00:06:21,549 I thought this was the right house 53 00:06:21,550 --> 00:06:23,660 but I, I guess I'm wrong. 54 00:06:26,205 --> 00:06:29,218 Would you like to come inside and use the phone? 55 00:06:29,219 --> 00:06:32,969 - No, you know I left the number behind too. 56 00:06:32,970 --> 00:06:34,644 Same piece of paper. 57 00:06:35,950 --> 00:06:36,954 - I see. 58 00:06:38,462 --> 00:06:39,500 You're a photographer? 59 00:06:40,371 --> 00:06:41,542 - Me? No. 60 00:06:41,543 --> 00:06:44,658 Oh no, I'm just returning that to Sue. 61 00:06:45,763 --> 00:06:46,766 - Sally. 62 00:06:47,772 --> 00:06:49,045 - Sally, right. 63 00:06:53,164 --> 00:06:55,240 - You're a really bad liar. 64 00:06:57,751 --> 00:06:58,755 I mean... 65 00:07:00,162 --> 00:07:04,348 If you're going to lie, tell big, fat, fantastic lies. 66 00:07:06,224 --> 00:07:08,133 Not small, boring ones. 67 00:07:11,214 --> 00:07:15,400 I respect good lies because they require imagination. 68 00:07:18,950 --> 00:07:22,064 That's amazing, what do you do? 69 00:07:23,069 --> 00:07:24,744 - I'm an astronomer. 70 00:07:26,485 --> 00:07:29,833 You know, stars, planets, solar systems. 71 00:07:33,283 --> 00:07:36,865 That's funny, you don't look like a scientist. 72 00:07:36,866 --> 00:07:41,052 - And you don't look like someone who'd forget an address. 73 00:07:45,707 --> 00:07:47,717 - I'm sorry, I got lost. 74 00:07:50,865 --> 00:07:51,869 Bye. 75 00:07:55,352 --> 00:07:58,165 - I'll open the gates for you. 76 00:07:58,166 --> 00:08:01,614 Unless you prefer to climb over the wall. 77 00:08:49,973 --> 00:08:52,316 - I'll have one of the same. 78 00:09:01,425 --> 00:09:06,079 Hi, my name's Jo Dunston, I'm a reporter with the Trib. 79 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:07,084 - Yeah, so? 80 00:09:11,003 --> 00:09:14,317 That's right, you were here the other night. 81 00:09:14,318 --> 00:09:15,322 - Yeah. 82 00:09:16,931 --> 00:09:20,580 - I remember a girl sitting alone. 83 00:09:20,581 --> 00:09:24,431 At first I thought you were a hooker. 84 00:09:24,432 --> 00:09:27,513 But then I saw what you were wearing. 85 00:09:30,695 --> 00:09:32,569 What do you want? 86 00:09:32,570 --> 00:09:34,042 - Just to talk. 87 00:09:34,043 --> 00:09:38,095 I'm doing a piece on high class call girls. 88 00:09:38,096 --> 00:09:41,979 For a start, honey, when it comes to hooking, 89 00:09:41,980 --> 00:09:45,093 there's no high class or low class. 90 00:09:45,094 --> 00:09:48,711 There's only high price and low price. 91 00:09:48,712 --> 00:09:52,898 At either end of the scale you've got cops, and drugs, 92 00:09:54,003 --> 00:09:56,614 nice Johns and assholes, perverts. 93 00:10:02,241 --> 00:10:04,417 Why are you doing this? 94 00:10:04,418 --> 00:10:05,823 - For a start, people will always read 95 00:10:05,824 --> 00:10:08,168 stories about prostitutes. 96 00:10:08,169 --> 00:10:11,382 They're almost mythical creatures. 97 00:10:11,383 --> 00:10:13,191 But for me, I'm more interested in how you remain 98 00:10:13,192 --> 00:10:16,708 professional despite what you feel inside. 99 00:10:28,898 --> 00:10:29,902 Shit! 100 00:10:33,921 --> 00:10:35,795 A guy from the telephone company. 101 00:10:35,796 --> 00:10:36,801 - Oh, Jesus! 102 00:10:43,432 --> 00:10:44,436 Hi. 103 00:10:44,437 --> 00:10:46,478 About six months later 104 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:48,555 I figured why just pay bills. 105 00:10:48,556 --> 00:10:49,593 - Hello, again. 106 00:10:49,594 --> 00:10:52,440 Turn a profit. 107 00:10:52,441 --> 00:10:55,186 But down here, land of the milk and honey... 108 00:10:55,187 --> 00:10:56,626 - Do you have insurance? 109 00:10:56,627 --> 00:10:58,134 - Yeah, of course. 110 00:11:01,449 --> 00:11:03,625 There's this guy once who wanted 111 00:11:03,626 --> 00:11:05,635 me to dress up like a nun. 112 00:11:08,415 --> 00:11:10,222 I guess he'd been to Catholic school 113 00:11:10,223 --> 00:11:11,562 or something and like to be paddled. 114 00:11:11,563 --> 00:11:13,538 - That sounds interesting. 115 00:11:13,539 --> 00:11:14,609 I just couldn't... 116 00:11:14,610 --> 00:11:16,787 - Oh, it's a book on tape. 117 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,542 A Russian spy thriller. 118 00:11:23,050 --> 00:11:24,053 Here. 119 00:11:28,642 --> 00:11:31,220 - Joanna Dunston, five foot 11, 120 00:11:33,532 --> 00:11:35,440 122 pounds, green eyes, 121 00:11:39,794 --> 00:11:40,797 hair red, 122 00:11:42,875 --> 00:11:43,878 Scorpio. 123 00:11:44,851 --> 00:11:45,855 - Oh stars! 124 00:11:51,247 --> 00:11:53,591 Here's my insurance company. 125 00:11:59,150 --> 00:12:01,327 Just let them sort it out. 126 00:12:03,369 --> 00:12:07,856 - I'd like to know the name of that Russian spy thriller. 127 00:12:07,857 --> 00:12:10,034 I love that sort of stuff. 128 00:12:10,938 --> 00:12:12,512 - Dead Sun Rising. 129 00:12:19,176 --> 00:12:20,180 I'm sorry. 130 00:12:58,325 --> 00:13:02,041 - Easter coming up I got plenty of free time. 131 00:13:02,042 --> 00:13:06,228 Business always slacks off during religious holidays. 132 00:13:07,300 --> 00:13:10,180 It's all about Judeo-Christian guilt. 133 00:13:18,217 --> 00:13:23,105 Honey, in my business you get well acquainted with guilt. 134 00:13:23,106 --> 00:13:26,923 All my men have felt guilty at one time or another. 135 00:13:26,924 --> 00:13:28,431 Guilty 'cause they're married, 136 00:13:28,432 --> 00:13:31,243 or 'cause they want you to strap it on 137 00:13:31,244 --> 00:13:34,090 and fuck 'em in the ass, 138 00:13:34,091 --> 00:13:37,338 or 'cause they're putting it on their company's credit card, 139 00:13:37,339 --> 00:13:39,750 because the minute the put it on the table, 140 00:13:39,751 --> 00:13:41,491 they can't act innocent anymore. 141 00:13:41,492 --> 00:13:44,338 - Surely there must be exceptions, 142 00:13:44,339 --> 00:13:48,089 like that guy I saw you with the other night. 143 00:13:51,873 --> 00:13:53,682 - Yeah, he is different. 144 00:13:56,528 --> 00:13:59,742 Sometimes I think I'd fuck him for free. 145 00:13:59,743 --> 00:14:00,746 - Why don't you? 146 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,163 - He only sleeps with women he pays for. 147 00:14:04,164 --> 00:14:05,167 - Why? 148 00:14:06,642 --> 00:14:07,846 - I asked him the same thing, 149 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:12,033 he just said it was more convenient. 150 00:14:13,507 --> 00:14:17,258 You know, just didn't have the time to get intimate. 151 00:14:22,616 --> 00:14:24,758 No, he shouldn't. 152 00:14:24,759 --> 00:14:26,768 I mean, put it this way, 153 00:14:30,653 --> 00:14:33,566 when a man pays for a woman, 154 00:14:33,567 --> 00:14:36,580 he wants more than just her body. 155 00:14:36,581 --> 00:14:38,690 He wants her to believe in him 156 00:14:38,691 --> 00:14:41,335 and believe all the lies that he tells her, 157 00:14:41,336 --> 00:14:45,523 whether he's strong, or rich, or how fabulous a lover he is. 158 00:14:48,871 --> 00:14:53,424 I just believe whatever they want me to believe. 159 00:14:53,425 --> 00:14:56,775 Good hookers are inevitably good liars. 160 00:15:04,075 --> 00:15:07,725 You know, I swear to God, one time this guy got off, 161 00:15:07,726 --> 00:15:09,265 by getting married. 162 00:15:09,266 --> 00:15:12,145 Once a week he would take a hooker to Vegas, marry her, 163 00:15:12,146 --> 00:15:13,792 and then a couple days later divorce her. 164 00:15:16,097 --> 00:15:17,101 - No! 165 00:15:21,355 --> 00:15:22,828 It must be really difficult not to lose 166 00:15:22,829 --> 00:15:24,937 your respect for men when you come in contact 167 00:15:24,938 --> 00:15:27,551 with so many pathetic assholes. 168 00:15:30,364 --> 00:15:33,612 - No, actually it's quite the opposite. 169 00:15:36,090 --> 00:15:40,276 I respect most of them, no matter how weird they are. 170 00:15:41,884 --> 00:15:42,954 Because at least they have the courage 171 00:15:42,955 --> 00:15:45,767 to face up to their fantasies. 172 00:15:45,768 --> 00:15:47,007 - I mean, I'd imagine someone 173 00:15:47,008 --> 00:15:49,653 like Jack would be a great lover. 174 00:15:54,208 --> 00:15:56,385 - How'd you know his name? 175 00:15:57,959 --> 00:16:01,273 - I don't know, you must have told me. 176 00:16:01,274 --> 00:16:02,277 - No. 177 00:16:04,288 --> 00:16:05,393 - Wild guess. 178 00:16:07,269 --> 00:16:08,607 Telepathy maybe. 179 00:16:47,053 --> 00:16:48,425 What are you doin' here? 180 00:16:48,426 --> 00:16:51,941 Come on Joanna, don't play games. 181 00:16:51,942 --> 00:16:55,558 Paula called me this afternoon and told me. 182 00:16:55,559 --> 00:16:58,338 - Well, I guess she knows what side her bread's buttered on. 183 00:16:58,339 --> 00:16:59,945 - She's a loyal friend, that's all. 184 00:16:59,946 --> 00:17:03,261 Jesus, Jack, you buy her body on a regular basis. 185 00:17:03,262 --> 00:17:05,303 Do you think that automatically makes you her friend? 186 00:17:05,304 --> 00:17:06,776 - You think because you're a journalist 187 00:17:06,777 --> 00:17:10,427 you have the right to snoop into people's lives? 188 00:17:10,428 --> 00:17:12,771 If you want to know about me, 189 00:17:12,772 --> 00:17:15,016 then ask me, face to face. 190 00:17:23,053 --> 00:17:26,233 What do you want me to say, Jack? 191 00:17:26,234 --> 00:17:27,473 You want me to say that I wonder what 192 00:17:27,474 --> 00:17:30,454 it would be like to make love to you? 193 00:17:33,736 --> 00:17:36,180 And what are you gonna say to me? 194 00:17:36,181 --> 00:17:39,126 That you want to fuck me without paying for it? 195 00:17:39,127 --> 00:17:42,309 That you're willing to take that risk? 196 00:17:47,902 --> 00:17:52,122 Look, we're both adults, so let's just act like it. 197 00:17:56,106 --> 00:18:00,293 Get this over with and then we can get on with our lives. 198 00:18:17,807 --> 00:18:18,811 Come on... 199 00:18:21,223 --> 00:18:22,864 Play by the rules. 200 00:19:24,182 --> 00:19:25,186 1,500. 201 00:21:27,856 --> 00:21:30,568 Why do you want to be like them? 202 00:21:32,076 --> 00:21:33,817 To fuck without love? 203 00:21:38,271 --> 00:21:41,285 Why are you so afraid of the truth? 204 00:23:11,905 --> 00:23:14,183 You're a really lousy liar. 205 00:23:37,390 --> 00:23:40,740 - I can't do this, and you can't either. 206 00:23:43,418 --> 00:23:45,930 At least be honest about that. 207 00:23:53,331 --> 00:23:57,283 I never did see Jack again, and he never called. 208 00:23:59,928 --> 00:24:03,109 In the end, I guess I got what I wanted. 209 00:24:03,110 --> 00:24:07,396 What every good journalist is after, the truth. 210 00:24:07,397 --> 00:24:10,343 The truth about myself, about Jack, 211 00:24:11,582 --> 00:24:13,021 and about all the other people out there 212 00:24:13,022 --> 00:24:15,600 that turn away from love. 213 00:24:15,601 --> 00:24:20,456 We're not too tough or too busy or too professional. 214 00:24:20,457 --> 00:24:22,532 We're just afraid. - "We're just afraid." 215 00:24:22,533 --> 00:24:25,981 "The truth is, love doesn't conquer all. 216 00:24:25,982 --> 00:24:27,322 "Sincerely, Jo". 217 00:24:30,034 --> 00:24:34,086 Wake up Stella, we can't be reading letters all day long.