1 00:01:02,938 --> 00:01:04,774 ♪ You don't have to go too far before you're stuck ♪ 2 00:01:04,815 --> 00:01:06,233 ♪ Inside a jar with no clothes ♪ 3 00:01:08,611 --> 00:01:10,404 ♪ You don't have to go too far before you're stuck ♪ 4 00:01:10,446 --> 00:01:12,239 ♪ Inside a jar with no clothes ♪ 5 00:01:19,663 --> 00:01:20,831 ♪ Screaming, screaming on my shelf ♪ 6 00:01:20,873 --> 00:01:22,708 ♪ You have to keep it to yourself ♪ 7 00:01:25,211 --> 00:01:26,337 ♪ Screaming, screaming on my shelf ♪ 8 00:01:26,378 --> 00:01:28,214 ♪ You have to keep it to yourself ♪ 9 00:01:30,758 --> 00:01:32,885 ♪ Why resist you, why not fist you, throw your fit ♪ 10 00:01:32,927 --> 00:01:34,011 ♪ See who cares ♪ 11 00:01:36,222 --> 00:01:38,390 ♪ Why resist you, why not fist you, throw your fit ♪ 12 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:40,017 ♪ See who cares ♪ 13 00:02:59,972 --> 00:03:02,308 Pauly, you're gonna freeze put here. 14 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:05,185 I like the cold. Did you see that kid? 15 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:06,979 What kid? 16 00:03:09,315 --> 00:03:12,443 He's been waiting for you, like a prom date. 17 00:03:17,323 --> 00:03:18,866 Can I help you? 18 00:03:22,161 --> 00:03:23,287 You're Ed Saxberger. 19 00:03:24,330 --> 00:03:25,664 What is this about? 20 00:03:25,706 --> 00:03:27,917 My name is Wilson Meyers. Meyers, everyone calls me. 21 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:30,127 Okay. 22 00:03:30,169 --> 00:03:31,754 I apologize for showing up like this, but I discovered 23 00:03:31,795 --> 00:03:33,047 that you lived here in my neighborhood. 24 00:03:34,340 --> 00:03:35,633 Okay. And? 25 00:03:37,176 --> 00:03:38,677 I read Way Past Go. 26 00:03:42,598 --> 00:03:44,391 You are the Ed Saxberger, right? The poet? 27 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:46,060 Of course you are. 28 00:03:46,101 --> 00:03:47,102 I recognize you from the back cover. 29 00:03:48,312 --> 00:03:50,314 You read Way Past Go ? That's crazy. 30 00:03:51,732 --> 00:03:53,359 Where'd you find a copy? 31 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,945 I bought it at Foyles on Charing Cross Road, 32 00:03:55,986 --> 00:03:57,529 and then I read it at a pub in Covent Garden 33 00:03:57,571 --> 00:03:58,447 straight through. 34 00:04:00,115 --> 00:04:02,660 It's brilliant. We all think so. 35 00:04:02,701 --> 00:04:03,994 My whole group. 36 00:04:04,036 --> 00:04:05,496 Your group? 37 00:04:05,537 --> 00:04:10,292 We're, um, an artistic community of poets and artists, 38 00:04:10,334 --> 00:04:12,378 essayists, intellectuals. 39 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:13,921 It sounds pretentious, I know, but-- 40 00:04:13,963 --> 00:04:17,132 Uh, is this some kinda joke? Did Pauly put you up to it? 41 00:04:17,174 --> 00:04:18,884 I'm dead serious. 42 00:04:18,926 --> 00:04:20,803 I don't know when you last read the book yourself, 43 00:04:20,844 --> 00:04:24,723 but it's as if the poems were written yesterday. 44 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:29,520 They're modern, they're moving, they're scathing, they're-- 45 00:04:29,561 --> 00:04:34,149 They-- they just slap you across the face with their style 46 00:04:34,191 --> 00:04:35,234 and their relevancy. 47 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:36,193 They're timeless. 48 00:04:37,361 --> 00:04:40,531 Bravo! Well, that was a long time ago. 49 00:04:40,572 --> 00:04:41,824 October 1979. 50 00:04:41,865 --> 00:04:43,742 You were younger than I am now when you wrote it. 51 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:45,494 That's very impressive. 52 00:04:49,039 --> 00:04:51,875 I don't want to be presumptuous in any way, 53 00:04:51,917 --> 00:04:55,838 but could we take you out to dinner sometime? 54 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:57,506 My friends and I, as an act of... 55 00:04:58,632 --> 00:04:59,800 I don't know, uh, 56 00:04:59,842 --> 00:05:02,886 inspirationally motivated gratitude. 57 00:05:02,928 --> 00:05:04,179 Oh, inspirationally motivated. 58 00:05:04,221 --> 00:05:05,347 I'm-- I'm not speaking coherently, 59 00:05:05,389 --> 00:05:09,059 but I completely understand. 60 00:05:09,101 --> 00:05:10,769 I-- 61 00:05:10,811 --> 00:05:12,896 What I mean to say is, my friends and I... 62 00:05:12,938 --> 00:05:15,065 Um, dinner with us. 63 00:05:15,107 --> 00:05:16,692 You have much more important matters to attend to. 64 00:05:16,734 --> 00:05:18,527 I've taken up enough of your time already. 65 00:05:18,569 --> 00:05:20,279 - I'm sorry. - It's okay. 66 00:05:22,364 --> 00:05:23,699 Stopped writing poetry? 67 00:05:23,741 --> 00:05:25,367 Years ago. 68 00:05:25,409 --> 00:05:29,288 I work at the post office for years now, so... 69 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:30,581 A man of letters. 70 00:05:31,999 --> 00:05:33,292 I guess you could say that. 71 00:05:34,835 --> 00:05:37,921 Well, you wrote a masterpiece, whether people know about it 72 00:05:37,963 --> 00:05:39,631 or not. 73 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:42,342 And nothing can alter that. That's forever. 74 00:05:46,472 --> 00:05:48,557 Thank you. That's nice to hear. 75 00:05:50,934 --> 00:05:52,895 What can I tell my friends? 76 00:05:52,936 --> 00:05:56,815 Uh, tell them I'm very touched, 77 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:59,026 and I don't know, uh, 78 00:05:59,068 --> 00:06:00,527 give them my best regards. 79 00:06:01,987 --> 00:06:03,822 We're always at Any Old Place on LaGuardia... 80 00:06:04,823 --> 00:06:07,701 ...if it ever feels enticing. 81 00:06:10,079 --> 00:06:12,873 Okay, maybe sometime. 82 00:06:12,915 --> 00:06:14,416 Okay. Fantastic. 83 00:06:23,008 --> 00:06:24,426 So? 84 00:06:24,468 --> 00:06:25,511 So what? 85 00:06:25,552 --> 00:06:27,971 I wish I had a secret admirer. 86 00:06:28,013 --> 00:06:29,389 Eat your heart out. 87 00:06:32,976 --> 00:06:35,562 ♪ Now look at the trouble that I'm in ♪ 88 00:06:36,605 --> 00:06:38,941 ♪ You know, you'd better ♪ 89 00:06:38,982 --> 00:06:41,276 ♪ Watch out for Charley's girl ♪ 90 00:06:44,113 --> 00:06:45,364 ♪ Watch out for Charley's girl ♪ 91 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,574 Oh, so close. 92 00:06:50,202 --> 00:06:52,788 ♪ Watch out for Charley's girl ♪ 93 00:07:04,591 --> 00:07:05,551 Late for you. 94 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:07,052 Yeah, you know. 95 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:08,387 I got your number seven already. 96 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:09,721 Oh, good. Thanks. 97 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:11,348 - Hey. - Hey. 98 00:07:11,390 --> 00:07:13,308 - What's new? - Oh, nothing. 99 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:15,352 I just took Mikey for 40 bucks tonight. 100 00:07:15,394 --> 00:07:16,353 He won't quit. 101 00:07:16,395 --> 00:07:17,771 Now you can retire. 102 00:07:20,691 --> 00:07:22,359 Rack 'em up. 103 00:07:24,403 --> 00:07:25,779 Hey, Mikey. 104 00:07:25,821 --> 00:07:27,406 Hey, brother. How you doin'? 105 00:07:41,086 --> 00:07:43,130 Hi, we're back 106 00:07:43,172 --> 00:07:44,298 in the hospital again. 107 00:07:44,339 --> 00:07:45,549 It's almost midnight. 108 00:07:45,591 --> 00:07:50,053 Um, it seems like things have really taken a turn 109 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:51,138 this time. 110 00:07:51,180 --> 00:07:54,057 He was asking about you before. 111 00:07:54,099 --> 00:07:56,602 He-- he thinks that you're here, or that you're coming. 112 00:07:56,643 --> 00:07:58,187 I don't know. 113 00:07:58,228 --> 00:08:00,355 Doctor's coming out now. I gotta go. 114 00:08:00,397 --> 00:08:03,150 Uh, you really need to call me back, okay? 115 00:08:03,192 --> 00:08:05,485 He's your brother too. 116 00:08:05,527 --> 00:08:07,070 Alright, bye. 117 00:08:36,350 --> 00:08:37,351 Saxberger! 118 00:08:41,563 --> 00:08:43,774 Just my luck. 119 00:08:43,815 --> 00:08:44,858 Where are you headed this evening? 120 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:47,319 Uh, I'm out for a walk. 121 00:08:47,361 --> 00:08:48,779 May I join you? 122 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:49,780 Yeah, sure. 123 00:08:51,657 --> 00:08:52,532 How's your weekend? 124 00:08:52,574 --> 00:08:53,533 Good. You? 125 00:08:54,910 --> 00:08:56,745 I'm sure I sound overeager, and that's embarrassing, 126 00:08:56,787 --> 00:08:59,039 but the truth is I've been feeling very inspired 127 00:08:59,081 --> 00:09:00,791 - since we spoke. - Yeah? 128 00:09:00,832 --> 00:09:03,794 And it's had a really energetic effect on our group. 129 00:09:03,835 --> 00:09:06,546 I've even started writing a new poem, an epic 130 00:09:06,588 --> 00:09:09,841 about Alexander the Great and the Oracle of the Amun-Ra, 131 00:09:09,883 --> 00:09:10,926 of all things. 132 00:09:10,968 --> 00:09:12,010 - There you go. - Sounds ridiculous, 133 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:13,637 but it occurred to me 134 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,555 that evening after we met, and it just seems to be able 135 00:09:15,597 --> 00:09:17,266 to contain all the things that I've been thinking about. 136 00:09:17,307 --> 00:09:20,269 You know, divinity, this impossible journey, 137 00:09:20,310 --> 00:09:23,772 you know, mortality, immortality. 138 00:09:23,814 --> 00:09:24,731 I haven't finished it, of course. 139 00:09:26,108 --> 00:09:28,068 I'm just gonna kinda let it be, wait for it to kinda 140 00:09:28,110 --> 00:09:31,488 ferment in my mind like a fine must. 141 00:09:31,530 --> 00:09:32,155 Yeah. 142 00:09:32,197 --> 00:09:33,448 I-- I head this way. 143 00:09:33,490 --> 00:09:35,367 Would you ever consider reading my work? 144 00:09:35,409 --> 00:09:36,493 I don't know. 145 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:38,578 It would be such an honor. 146 00:09:40,372 --> 00:09:42,624 Sorry if I overstepped, overeager. 147 00:09:44,543 --> 00:09:48,338 No, I'm happy to look at it. But don't expect much. 148 00:09:48,380 --> 00:09:50,841 Oh, my God, really? Thank you, Saxberger. 149 00:09:50,882 --> 00:09:52,259 Call me Ed. 150 00:09:52,301 --> 00:09:54,052 In our group, we call everyone by their last names. 151 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:56,179 Sort of a thing we decided on. 152 00:09:56,221 --> 00:09:57,848 Where are you from? 153 00:09:57,889 --> 00:09:58,890 Why do you ask? 154 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:00,809 Mm, just curious. 155 00:10:00,851 --> 00:10:02,894 You have a very formal way of talking. 156 00:10:04,521 --> 00:10:08,942 I find there's too much umming and like, sorta, 157 00:10:08,984 --> 00:10:10,777 you know, in the world. 158 00:10:11,486 --> 00:10:13,030 - You know? - Sorta. 159 00:10:14,573 --> 00:10:16,033 - You know. - Yeah. 160 00:10:16,074 --> 00:10:18,535 I was just about to meet up with my friends, the group. 161 00:10:18,577 --> 00:10:20,662 - Mm-hmm. - Would you like to join me? 162 00:10:20,704 --> 00:10:24,624 Oh, yeah. It-- it's getting kinda late. 163 00:10:24,666 --> 00:10:25,459 I understand, it's just... 164 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:29,755 You have no idea how much talk there's been about you 165 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:30,839 at our table. 166 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:41,808 I know this place. 167 00:10:43,352 --> 00:10:45,395 But it used to be called something else. 168 00:10:49,816 --> 00:10:50,817 Here they are. 169 00:10:57,574 --> 00:10:59,242 This is Carmichael, playwright. 170 00:10:59,284 --> 00:11:00,744 Hi. 171 00:11:00,786 --> 00:11:03,997 This is Scherfey, a kind of, um, experimental writer. 172 00:11:04,039 --> 00:11:05,624 - Brussard, who's a critic. - Essayist. 173 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:07,292 - Yes, essayist. - Hello. 174 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:10,379 - And this is Winn, who writes... - Uh, everything. 175 00:11:11,171 --> 00:11:12,923 - Everything? - Yeah. 176 00:11:12,964 --> 00:11:14,299 It's nice meeting you fellas. 177 00:11:14,341 --> 00:11:15,342 You too. 178 00:11:16,218 --> 00:11:17,386 This is Saxberger. 179 00:11:17,427 --> 00:11:19,429 - Oh! - Oh, my God, Saxberger. 180 00:11:19,471 --> 00:11:20,555 Okay. 181 00:11:20,597 --> 00:11:21,598 What an honor to meet you. 182 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:22,849 Hello. 183 00:11:22,891 --> 00:11:24,017 - Sherfey. - How's it going? 184 00:11:24,059 --> 00:11:25,435 - Nice to meet you. - Great. 185 00:11:27,354 --> 00:11:31,024 Listen, I-- I'm-- I'm really touched by your interest. 186 00:11:32,484 --> 00:11:34,528 Yeah, you, uh, you work in, uh, the post office, right? 187 00:11:34,569 --> 00:11:36,154 - Yeah. - The, like, Bukowski? 188 00:11:37,155 --> 00:11:38,323 I guess. 189 00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:40,367 It's, uh, pretty astonishing you've been lost 190 00:11:40,409 --> 00:11:41,576 for so many years. 191 00:11:41,618 --> 00:11:43,370 Sorry. My-- my mom's gonna pick me up soon. 192 00:11:43,412 --> 00:11:47,416 I just wanted to ask you if you could sum up your, like-- 193 00:11:47,457 --> 00:11:51,253 Your, like, career touchstones, and what that would amount to. 194 00:11:51,294 --> 00:11:54,339 You know, I'm-- I don't know how to do that. 195 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:55,715 Who would you say your contemporaries were? 196 00:11:55,757 --> 00:11:57,801 Who was a-- a part of your circle? 197 00:11:57,843 --> 00:12:01,638 Well, I didn't really have a circle, per se. 198 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:05,809 I mean, I knew some of the older guys, like, um... 199 00:12:05,851 --> 00:12:06,685 ...Robert Creeley. 200 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:07,644 - You know him, right? - Mm-hmm. 201 00:12:07,686 --> 00:12:08,562 Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 202 00:12:08,603 --> 00:12:09,688 And, uh... 203 00:12:11,815 --> 00:12:12,899 Fuck, uh... 204 00:12:13,984 --> 00:12:16,945 Uh, who else? Amiri Baraka. 205 00:12:16,987 --> 00:12:19,865 - Hmm. - Uh, Ed Dorn. 206 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:22,367 - Nice. - I met Burroughs a few times. 207 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:24,327 So iconic. 208 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:28,331 It must just be so satisfying to have published poetry 209 00:12:28,373 --> 00:12:29,666 like yours. 210 00:12:29,708 --> 00:12:31,168 Satisfying? 211 00:12:31,209 --> 00:12:35,046 In the sense of being, like, sticking to your own... 212 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:36,298 ...authenticity. 213 00:12:36,339 --> 00:12:38,300 Unlike those bullshit poseurs over there. 214 00:12:38,341 --> 00:12:39,843 - Hmm. - Who are they? 215 00:12:39,885 --> 00:12:41,636 Fucking influencers. 216 00:12:41,678 --> 00:12:43,221 You got your standard influencers, 217 00:12:43,263 --> 00:12:45,223 a cultural critic, which is really just another 218 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:46,683 way of saying influencer. 219 00:12:46,725 --> 00:12:49,644 You have your experiential creator, 220 00:12:49,686 --> 00:12:51,688 which is who the fuck knows. 221 00:12:51,730 --> 00:12:53,315 Mm-hmm. 222 00:12:53,356 --> 00:12:54,816 And somebody's girlfriend 223 00:12:54,858 --> 00:12:56,735 who's really just an aspiring influencer, 224 00:12:56,776 --> 00:12:58,820 if such a thing can even be imagined. 225 00:12:58,862 --> 00:13:00,405 To our knowledge, they don't talk. 226 00:13:00,447 --> 00:13:02,949 They only communicate through sociopath media. 227 00:13:02,991 --> 00:13:05,535 - They're addicts. - Heroin? 228 00:13:05,577 --> 00:13:06,620 No, uh, phone. 229 00:13:07,704 --> 00:13:10,665 We reject technology, 230 00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:11,917 - as much as we can. - Sorry. 231 00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:14,085 You know, we've all seen firsthand the way that it-- 232 00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:15,629 It rots the brain. 233 00:13:15,670 --> 00:13:17,214 You won't get an argument from me. 234 00:13:17,255 --> 00:13:19,758 At least people know who they are. 235 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:22,719 Well, no one with any real depth knows who they are. 236 00:13:22,761 --> 00:13:23,970 Saxberger doesn't know who they are. 237 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:25,764 Still people know them more than they know us. 238 00:13:26,848 --> 00:13:28,350 Do you have a name for your group? 239 00:13:28,391 --> 00:13:31,561 I guess bullshit poseurs is already taken. 240 00:13:33,855 --> 00:13:35,148 The Enthusiasm Society. 241 00:13:36,024 --> 00:13:36,816 What do you think? 242 00:13:38,902 --> 00:13:42,364 Not bad. Uh, sounds Victorian. 243 00:13:43,615 --> 00:13:45,116 Catchy tongue-in-cheek. 244 00:13:45,158 --> 00:13:46,451 It's got it all. 245 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:49,037 It says we're standing up against negativity, 246 00:13:49,079 --> 00:13:51,540 vulgarization, the monetization of everything, 247 00:13:51,581 --> 00:13:54,876 the coarsening of culture, you know? 248 00:13:54,918 --> 00:13:57,003 I'm glad someone's doing it. 249 00:13:57,045 --> 00:13:58,296 We need to find a new way 250 00:13:58,338 --> 00:13:59,464 of getting ourselves out there. 251 00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:00,966 We need to find a way of announcing ourselves 252 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:02,467 to the world. 253 00:14:02,509 --> 00:14:03,593 That's what we've been talking about. 254 00:14:04,928 --> 00:14:09,849 Well, uh, people, you know, used to do readings. 255 00:14:09,891 --> 00:14:11,142 I-- I guess they still do. 256 00:14:12,644 --> 00:14:16,940 Just rent a space and invite people. 257 00:14:16,982 --> 00:14:19,317 - A reading? - Yeah. 258 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:22,904 I mean, you know, a-- a kind of formal introduction 259 00:14:22,946 --> 00:14:24,239 - to our work-- - Sure. 260 00:14:24,281 --> 00:14:25,490 And our collective point of view, uh-- 261 00:14:25,532 --> 00:14:27,909 How do we distinguish it from all the other bullshit? 262 00:14:27,951 --> 00:14:29,661 It's gotta be rooted in something real. 263 00:14:29,703 --> 00:14:31,246 We have to bring literature back to the people. 264 00:14:31,288 --> 00:14:33,873 Think of it as-- as-- a-- as a kind of a-- a-- 265 00:14:33,915 --> 00:14:35,500 a sincerely ironic throwback. 266 00:14:35,542 --> 00:14:37,419 We do it in a place where it would've been done back 267 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:38,295 in Saxberger's day. 268 00:14:38,336 --> 00:14:39,754 We ban phones. 269 00:14:39,796 --> 00:14:42,632 We hire a real photographer to document it 270 00:14:42,674 --> 00:14:44,342 with a film camera. 271 00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:45,594 We pass around a hat. 272 00:14:45,635 --> 00:14:47,095 - Yeah. - Ask for donations. 273 00:14:47,137 --> 00:14:48,263 All right. 274 00:14:48,305 --> 00:14:49,598 What do you think, Saxberger? 275 00:14:49,639 --> 00:14:50,557 Sounds good. 276 00:14:51,933 --> 00:14:53,310 - Okay. - Okay. 277 00:14:53,351 --> 00:14:55,520 The essay you were writing, and that piece you sent me. 278 00:14:55,562 --> 00:14:56,855 The one that I just read. 279 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,440 Uh, I changed it. I-- I-- it's a monologue. 280 00:14:58,481 --> 00:14:59,608 We can show people these things. 281 00:15:05,655 --> 00:15:07,532 So, a weird question. 282 00:15:08,783 --> 00:15:10,410 How did you like hanging out with us? 283 00:15:10,452 --> 00:15:11,244 I don't know. 284 00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:15,081 Sorry, awkward question. 285 00:15:15,123 --> 00:15:16,499 Uh, I liked it very much. 286 00:15:17,459 --> 00:15:18,710 What do you think of our group? 287 00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:19,836 What do you mean? 288 00:15:19,878 --> 00:15:22,631 I mean, do you think we seem impressive? 289 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:24,341 Oh, sure. Yeah. 290 00:15:25,842 --> 00:15:27,177 There are some key figures missing tonight. 291 00:15:27,218 --> 00:15:29,304 You'll have to meet them, too, especially Gloria. 292 00:15:29,346 --> 00:15:31,723 I wondered if there were some girls in your group. 293 00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:33,933 Oh, yes. She's an actress. 294 00:15:33,975 --> 00:15:36,561 Truly larger than life. 295 00:15:36,603 --> 00:15:40,106 She's older than us, but yeah. 296 00:15:40,148 --> 00:15:41,441 When you meet her, you'll-- you'll see what I mean. 297 00:15:44,027 --> 00:15:46,738 Thank you very much. It was fun. 298 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:49,866 Saxberger, I've been trying to work up the courage 299 00:15:49,908 --> 00:15:50,950 to ask you this since we left. 300 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:55,538 Would you ever consider allowing us to use something 301 00:15:55,580 --> 00:15:56,498 of yours in the event? 302 00:15:57,582 --> 00:15:58,500 Mine? 303 00:16:00,085 --> 00:16:02,128 You don't need that. 304 00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:03,922 You have your own work. 305 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:04,923 Not like yours. 306 00:16:08,218 --> 00:16:10,512 Okay. I'll fix something out. 307 00:16:10,553 --> 00:16:13,056 Thank you so, so much, Saxberger. 308 00:16:13,098 --> 00:16:16,184 Hey. Okay, okay, all right. Uh, good night. 309 00:16:16,226 --> 00:16:17,102 - Good night. - Good night, yeah. 310 00:16:17,143 --> 00:16:18,269 Thank you. 311 00:18:07,837 --> 00:18:09,589 - Hey, Saxberger. - Hey! 312 00:18:09,631 --> 00:18:10,632 Saxberger! 313 00:18:10,673 --> 00:18:11,591 What a pleasure to see you again. 314 00:18:11,633 --> 00:18:13,009 Thanks. 315 00:18:13,051 --> 00:18:14,677 I was in the neighborhood and I thought I'd drop by. 316 00:18:14,719 --> 00:18:16,012 - Make some room for Saxberger. - Thanks. 317 00:18:16,054 --> 00:18:18,431 We're just, uh, going over the structure of our event. 318 00:18:19,891 --> 00:18:24,521 Should it be called, uh, What We Want, or What It Is? 319 00:18:24,562 --> 00:18:25,939 - Mm-hmm. - Perfect. 320 00:18:26,981 --> 00:18:29,359 What about you, Saxberger? 321 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,945 I still have to see what there is. 322 00:18:33,404 --> 00:18:35,532 I had a thought. Please, hear me out. 323 00:18:36,658 --> 00:18:37,617 What about something new? 324 00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:41,371 Just imagine how exciting it would be for the audience 325 00:18:41,412 --> 00:18:43,039 if you were to write something new. 326 00:18:43,081 --> 00:18:45,959 But, uh, uh, nobody knows my work. 327 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,544 It-- it's all new to them. 328 00:18:51,714 --> 00:18:55,760 You know, I haven't written poetry in... 329 00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:59,556 I don't even remember it's been that long. 330 00:18:59,597 --> 00:19:00,557 All the better. 331 00:19:04,269 --> 00:19:07,981 I had my moment it ended. So, now it's your time. 332 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:11,359 This will be your new moment. The return. 333 00:19:12,902 --> 00:19:14,988 Look, the people out there, they don't understand anything. 334 00:19:15,029 --> 00:19:16,364 They just consume what's given to them. 335 00:19:17,407 --> 00:19:18,533 That's why you're one of us. 336 00:19:21,494 --> 00:19:23,663 Just consider it. 337 00:19:23,705 --> 00:19:25,164 - Please. - My boys. 338 00:19:25,206 --> 00:19:26,833 GROUP Oh, Gloria! 339 00:19:26,875 --> 00:19:28,084 There she is. 340 00:19:28,126 --> 00:19:30,920 How's it going, kids? Oh, I've missed you. 341 00:19:30,962 --> 00:19:32,380 This is Saxberger. 342 00:19:32,422 --> 00:19:33,631 - Hello. - Hello, there. 343 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:34,757 Gloria Gardener. 344 00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:35,675 Pleasure. 345 00:19:37,385 --> 00:19:39,012 So, are you an artist, too? 346 00:19:40,263 --> 00:19:41,764 Gloria, this is Saxberger. 347 00:19:41,806 --> 00:19:42,974 Hmm. 348 00:19:43,016 --> 00:19:44,392 Who wrote Way Past Go. 349 00:19:46,728 --> 00:19:47,937 Oh. 350 00:19:49,272 --> 00:19:51,774 Of course, this is exactly how you would look. 351 00:19:53,151 --> 00:19:55,361 It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Saxberger. 352 00:19:55,403 --> 00:19:56,821 Thank you. 353 00:19:56,863 --> 00:19:58,531 Saxberger here has agreed to take part in our recital. 354 00:19:58,573 --> 00:20:00,158 - Reading. - I just got chills. 355 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:01,743 - Well, um... - What are you drinking? 356 00:20:01,784 --> 00:20:03,620 You decide, darling. 357 00:20:03,661 --> 00:20:06,372 Just help the man out. Do you want a sloe gin fizz? 358 00:20:06,414 --> 00:20:08,041 Do you want a chai latte? 359 00:20:08,082 --> 00:20:10,293 For the love of God, not a chai latte. 360 00:20:11,419 --> 00:20:15,214 How about an absinthe? Yes, an absinthe! 361 00:20:15,256 --> 00:20:16,716 I'll have a black coffee, thanks. 362 00:20:16,758 --> 00:20:18,843 So, how's the play going, Gloria? 363 00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:21,471 Ugh. There's never enough financing. 364 00:20:21,512 --> 00:20:22,722 One of our key castmates 365 00:20:22,764 --> 00:20:24,766 just dropped out to do an episode 366 00:20:24,807 --> 00:20:26,351 of some police procedural on network television. 367 00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:28,269 What? Ugh! Ugh. 368 00:20:28,311 --> 00:20:29,520 - It's obscene! - Ugh! 369 00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:30,605 Threw up in my mouth. 370 00:20:30,647 --> 00:20:31,773 I promise I'll let you kids know 371 00:20:31,814 --> 00:20:32,732 when we're back on our feet. 372 00:20:32,774 --> 00:20:34,525 Well, I'll be on pins and needles. 373 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:38,071 Anyway, I want to hear more about your reading. 374 00:20:38,112 --> 00:20:40,281 Actually, it's an event. Right? 375 00:20:40,323 --> 00:20:42,075 Well, Saxberger's giving some serious thought 376 00:20:42,116 --> 00:20:43,368 to writing something new. 377 00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:45,578 Thinking about it. 378 00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:48,373 And? 379 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:51,960 Uh, well... 380 00:20:54,879 --> 00:20:55,755 Sure, why not? 381 00:20:55,797 --> 00:20:56,881 GROUP MEMBERS Yay. 382 00:20:56,923 --> 00:20:58,049 Saxberger. 383 00:20:58,925 --> 00:21:00,134 Can I perform it? 384 00:21:00,176 --> 00:21:01,928 Unless you were planning on reading it yourself. 385 00:21:03,221 --> 00:21:05,348 I, uh, I haven't even started. There's not even a word yet. 386 00:21:05,390 --> 00:21:08,851 If I don't do your poem at this reading/recital/whatever, 387 00:21:08,893 --> 00:21:10,186 I will die. 388 00:21:11,437 --> 00:21:14,107 Well, in that case, my dear, you can read it. 389 00:21:14,148 --> 00:21:15,525 Oh. Wonderful. 390 00:21:15,566 --> 00:21:17,068 This is gonna be great, I think. 391 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:19,112 Let's go get some dinner. We've got a lot to discuss. 392 00:21:19,153 --> 00:21:20,405 You'll come with us, right, Saxberger? 393 00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:21,739 - Yep. - Yeah. 394 00:21:23,866 --> 00:21:25,410 - Saxberger. - Oh, thanks. 395 00:21:43,553 --> 00:21:45,054 Or sit at the opposite side of the table. 396 00:21:45,096 --> 00:21:46,180 That's fine, too. 397 00:21:46,222 --> 00:21:47,557 Is it 398 00:21:47,598 --> 00:21:49,142 No matter what you do, don't eat anything down here. 399 00:21:49,183 --> 00:21:50,184 - Only there, there, there-- - Why not? 400 00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:51,102 ...and on the back. 401 00:21:51,144 --> 00:21:52,270 So did you know Ginsberg? 402 00:21:54,022 --> 00:21:57,358 No. By the time I got to city, he was pretty cranky. 403 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,361 I-- I did go to a few of his readings and a friend 404 00:22:00,403 --> 00:22:02,905 of mine used to hang out with him. 405 00:22:02,947 --> 00:22:04,240 I knew Jimmy Schuyler pretty well. 406 00:22:04,282 --> 00:22:05,366 Hmm. 407 00:22:05,408 --> 00:22:06,534 Poor Jimmy. 408 00:22:06,576 --> 00:22:07,618 Yeah. 409 00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:11,247 - Sweetheart. - Yeah. 410 00:22:11,289 --> 00:22:12,999 Next time someone asks you a question like that, you say, 411 00:22:13,041 --> 00:22:14,459 "Sure, I knew 'em all." 412 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,710 Oh, okay, okay. 413 00:22:15,752 --> 00:22:19,464 I thought I would mark this occasion by reviving 414 00:22:19,505 --> 00:22:22,633 an old practice, the toast. 415 00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:24,677 So... 416 00:22:27,930 --> 00:22:32,018 ...we spend a lot of our time as a-- aspiring 417 00:22:32,060 --> 00:22:36,397 practicing artists looking up to the icons of the past, 418 00:22:36,439 --> 00:22:38,775 standing in their long and formidable shadows... 419 00:22:41,444 --> 00:22:44,822 ...the old masters who held art on their backs, 420 00:22:44,864 --> 00:22:48,326 despite all of the adversities they might have faced 421 00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:53,122 and regardless of whether they received praise or silence. 422 00:22:54,457 --> 00:22:56,125 One of these noble men, criminally overlooked 423 00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:57,835 and undervalued, is with us here today. 424 00:22:59,337 --> 00:23:02,590 We salute you, Ed Saxberger, for all that you have done 425 00:23:02,632 --> 00:23:04,383 and everything that you have yet to do. 426 00:23:05,468 --> 00:23:06,427 - To Saxberger. - Saxberger. 427 00:23:06,469 --> 00:23:07,678 - Cheers. Cheers. - Yeah. 428 00:23:08,763 --> 00:23:10,598 - Saxberger. - Cheers. 429 00:23:12,350 --> 00:23:16,229 You know, it's-- it's customary to answer one 430 00:23:16,270 --> 00:23:17,939 toast with another toast. 431 00:23:21,192 --> 00:23:23,861 I don't think I've spoken to a group this big 432 00:23:23,903 --> 00:23:25,321 since my boss retired. 433 00:23:29,283 --> 00:23:30,785 You know... 434 00:23:31,828 --> 00:23:35,373 ...it strikes me how young all of you are 435 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:37,667 and how very impressive. 436 00:23:39,836 --> 00:23:43,381 I used to be the youngest one in every group, 437 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:46,926 and then one day, I became the oldest. 438 00:23:48,803 --> 00:23:51,347 Whatever I have contributed... 439 00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:55,476 I'm very touched. 440 00:23:57,103 --> 00:24:01,649 So, to you preservers of the national 441 00:24:01,691 --> 00:24:03,943 artistic inheritance 442 00:24:03,985 --> 00:24:08,823 from the great tradition of Whitman, Pound, and Williams... 443 00:24:10,116 --> 00:24:14,162 ...it is to you, gentlemen, and to you, Gloria, 444 00:24:14,203 --> 00:24:15,496 that I raise my glass. 445 00:24:15,538 --> 00:24:16,831 Cheers. 446 00:24:16,873 --> 00:24:18,249 GROUP MEMBERS Cheers. 447 00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:21,002 - To Saxberger. - Saxberger. 448 00:24:27,175 --> 00:24:28,092 No, no, no, no. Absolutely not. 449 00:24:28,134 --> 00:24:31,262 Now, listen, I-- Listen. 450 00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:33,514 - We insist. - No, let me do something. 451 00:24:33,556 --> 00:24:35,349 - No, no, no, Ed, please. - No, hey. 452 00:24:35,391 --> 00:24:36,434 We insist. 453 00:24:37,685 --> 00:24:39,228 - You sure? - Yes. 454 00:24:39,270 --> 00:24:41,522 Well, that's very kind. Thank you, guys. 455 00:24:41,564 --> 00:24:42,648 Thanks. 456 00:25:08,883 --> 00:25:11,427 No, this is me. 457 00:25:11,469 --> 00:25:12,720 This is me. 458 00:25:12,762 --> 00:25:13,888 - Ah. - All right. 459 00:25:22,939 --> 00:25:23,940 Okay. 460 00:25:23,981 --> 00:25:25,441 Good night. 461 00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:34,158 Hey! 462 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,203 Saxberger! Saxberger! 463 00:25:37,245 --> 00:25:38,246 Good night, guys! 464 00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:45,044 ♪ Good night, Saxberger ♪ 465 00:25:46,504 --> 00:25:47,588 Good night. 466 00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:48,673 - Good night! - Bye-bye! 467 00:25:48,714 --> 00:25:49,382 Good night! 468 00:25:50,716 --> 00:25:52,468 Ah! 469 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:10,653 Hey. 470 00:26:10,695 --> 00:26:13,864 Uh, what do most people smoke nowadays. 471 00:26:13,906 --> 00:26:14,740 Which people? 472 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:19,370 Uh, young people, like kids that go to NYU. 473 00:26:24,125 --> 00:26:25,793 And one of these lighters. 474 00:26:30,965 --> 00:26:33,217 That'll be $18.72. 475 00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:35,511 - You're kidding. - Nope. 476 00:26:43,227 --> 00:26:44,395 Thanks. 477 00:26:54,030 --> 00:26:55,614 Tell 'em to take 478 00:26:55,656 --> 00:26:56,574 my bare walls down. 479 00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:58,326 My cement abutments. 480 00:26:58,367 --> 00:27:00,911 Their parties thereof and claws of claws. 481 00:27:02,204 --> 00:27:05,082 Leave me the land. Scratch out the land. 482 00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:09,337 May prose and property both die out, and leave me peace. 483 00:27:09,378 --> 00:27:11,422 The descent beckons 484 00:27:11,464 --> 00:27:13,049 as the ascent beckoned. 485 00:27:14,175 --> 00:27:17,386 Memory is a kind of accomplishment, 486 00:27:17,428 --> 00:27:19,055 a sort of renewal. 487 00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:25,269 Even an initiation since the space that it opens 488 00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:26,187 are new place-- 489 00:27:30,733 --> 00:27:31,776 Are you brother? 490 00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:34,362 Are you alive? Are you dead? 491 00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:38,366 The harpers will sing forever 492 00:27:38,407 --> 00:27:39,784 of how Achilles met Helen among the shades. 493 00:27:43,079 --> 00:27:44,830 But we were not. 494 00:27:44,872 --> 00:27:48,167 We are now shadows as we walk-- 495 00:27:48,209 --> 00:27:50,127 Saxberger, it's Meyers. 496 00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:53,381 Uh, look, I have a couple things I wanna show you. 497 00:27:53,422 --> 00:27:54,757 Can you drop by my place? 498 00:27:54,799 --> 00:27:56,759 I'm stuck here while I wait for the plumber to come 499 00:27:56,801 --> 00:27:58,094 and fix my sink. 500 00:27:58,135 --> 00:27:59,470 Uh, I'm on Sullivan. 501 00:28:00,763 --> 00:28:03,516 It's unlocked! I'll be right out. 502 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:13,567 I'm glad it's you. 503 00:28:13,609 --> 00:28:14,902 I'm still waiting for the plumber. 504 00:28:16,153 --> 00:28:19,240 It's kind of ostentatious, I know. 505 00:28:20,324 --> 00:28:21,617 It's a bit sickening, I guess. 506 00:28:21,659 --> 00:28:22,952 Hmm, not really. 507 00:28:22,993 --> 00:28:24,036 I mean, for a poet. 508 00:28:26,414 --> 00:28:29,625 Well, Stevens was a poet, but he was a big executive 509 00:28:29,667 --> 00:28:30,793 at an insurance company. 510 00:28:30,835 --> 00:28:32,044 Huh. 511 00:28:32,086 --> 00:28:34,213 Eliot worked in a bank. So... 512 00:28:34,255 --> 00:28:35,381 My parents bought it as an investment 513 00:28:35,423 --> 00:28:36,715 when I started at NYU. 514 00:28:36,757 --> 00:28:38,551 Ultimately, it's cheaper than the dorms. 515 00:28:38,592 --> 00:28:43,305 Oh, okay. So, you're done with school? 516 00:28:43,347 --> 00:28:45,099 Yeah, I finished up my MA a little bit ago. 517 00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:49,145 Uh, poetry, NYU? 518 00:28:49,186 --> 00:28:52,398 Gallatin. I created my own major. 519 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,817 Virtues of style, rhetoric and voice, 520 00:28:54,859 --> 00:28:56,360 but poetry was the main component, 521 00:28:56,402 --> 00:28:57,445 as you might imagine. 522 00:28:57,486 --> 00:28:58,612 Sure. 523 00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:04,910 First edition. 524 00:29:04,952 --> 00:29:05,953 Ah. 525 00:29:09,790 --> 00:29:10,916 Oh. 526 00:29:21,427 --> 00:29:22,386 Wow. 527 00:29:24,555 --> 00:29:26,265 Uh, c-- can I keep this? 528 00:29:26,307 --> 00:29:27,308 Sure. 529 00:29:29,435 --> 00:29:32,146 I debated a long time over the font, the card stock. 530 00:29:32,188 --> 00:29:33,522 Details like that really matter. 531 00:29:33,564 --> 00:29:35,399 In 20 years, no one will have any physical memories. 532 00:29:35,441 --> 00:29:36,901 That's right. 533 00:29:36,942 --> 00:29:38,486 I've experienced firsthand the way the technology rots 534 00:29:38,527 --> 00:29:40,112 the brain, and I want no part of it. 535 00:29:40,154 --> 00:29:41,864 Yeah, you mentioned that. 536 00:29:41,906 --> 00:29:47,119 Uh, the others, did they all go to NYU? 537 00:29:47,161 --> 00:29:50,247 Carmichael went to ETW for playwriting. 538 00:29:50,289 --> 00:29:53,209 But, uh, Sherfey went to Parsons, 539 00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:56,045 which is just an expensive daycare, dropped out. 540 00:29:56,086 --> 00:29:57,421 Winn is homeschooled, although he does seem 541 00:29:57,463 --> 00:29:59,131 to raise his hand a lot. 542 00:29:59,173 --> 00:30:00,382 Fernandez went to RISD. 543 00:30:00,424 --> 00:30:02,510 For some reason, he's taken a vow of silence. 544 00:30:02,551 --> 00:30:03,886 Brussard... 545 00:30:06,514 --> 00:30:08,015 If I'm not mistaken, his family owns 546 00:30:08,057 --> 00:30:10,351 every last soybean in the State of Missouri. 547 00:30:11,602 --> 00:30:13,812 He's got a penthouse over on Ludlow. 548 00:30:15,272 --> 00:30:16,857 I heard his father gave him a lump sum to keep him out 549 00:30:16,899 --> 00:30:18,192 of St. Louis forever. 550 00:30:20,277 --> 00:30:23,447 At any rate, uh, the group is pretty motley. 551 00:30:23,489 --> 00:30:24,740 Always in flux. 552 00:30:24,782 --> 00:30:25,699 How about Gloria? 553 00:30:27,618 --> 00:30:29,161 You seem particularly interested in Gloria. 554 00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:31,247 No. 555 00:30:32,248 --> 00:30:34,959 Uh, you just mentioned everyone else. 556 00:30:37,461 --> 00:30:40,297 Gloria's background is bit of a mystery. 557 00:30:40,339 --> 00:30:41,298 She likes it that way. 558 00:30:43,259 --> 00:30:45,344 We don't care about what schools people went to, 559 00:30:45,386 --> 00:30:47,137 or who their father is. 560 00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:51,725 I mean, reverence for art is what binds us together. 561 00:30:51,767 --> 00:30:52,935 The rest is just... 562 00:30:54,270 --> 00:30:56,647 ...background noise, the-- the delusional trimmings 563 00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:58,899 of late-stage capitalism. 564 00:30:58,941 --> 00:31:02,611 Not to be so "ooh, capitalism", 565 00:31:02,653 --> 00:31:04,280 but it's true. 566 00:31:04,321 --> 00:31:05,489 We're radical. 567 00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:09,743 But ultimately, our contribution to society 568 00:31:09,785 --> 00:31:12,538 and our religion is our art. 569 00:31:12,580 --> 00:31:13,539 Not that we're apolitical. 570 00:31:13,581 --> 00:31:14,748 I mean, that's important, of course. 571 00:31:14,790 --> 00:31:18,043 But what about you? Where did you go to school? 572 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:22,631 I dropped out of high school, actually. 573 00:31:22,673 --> 00:31:25,551 - I love that. - Yeah, well, I don't know. 574 00:31:26,927 --> 00:31:29,722 I moved to the city in '77. 575 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:34,059 I'm picturing you with just, like, a duffel, 576 00:31:34,101 --> 00:31:35,436 $11 in your pocket 577 00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:38,314 No. It wasn't at all like that. 578 00:31:38,355 --> 00:31:42,526 I just had ants in my pants and wanted to get to Mecca. 579 00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:44,278 How did you know that you were a poet? 580 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,488 I didn't. I just started writing. 581 00:31:46,530 --> 00:31:48,490 There was a lot of poetry in the air at the time. 582 00:31:48,532 --> 00:31:50,034 Hmm. 583 00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:53,621 I was always going to readings, doing readings myself. 584 00:31:53,662 --> 00:31:55,789 I was, like, part of a community. 585 00:31:55,831 --> 00:31:57,333 You know, kinda like yours. 586 00:31:57,374 --> 00:31:59,251 Yeah, I see that. 587 00:31:59,293 --> 00:32:01,629 Oh, I wanted to mention to you, I spoke to my family friend 588 00:32:01,670 --> 00:32:02,838 about you. 589 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:04,381 He's an agent at Knoll. He'd like to meet. 590 00:32:05,716 --> 00:32:07,593 Me? Meet me? 591 00:32:07,635 --> 00:32:08,385 Yes. 592 00:32:08,427 --> 00:32:09,511 Uh, what about? 593 00:32:10,846 --> 00:32:11,972 About you. 594 00:32:13,557 --> 00:32:16,143 He hip-pockets me as a favor, lets me, uh, put his name 595 00:32:16,185 --> 00:32:17,686 in the corner when I submit to periodicals, 596 00:32:17,728 --> 00:32:20,022 but he's got a lot of great writers. 597 00:32:21,106 --> 00:32:21,899 Poets, novelists. 598 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,150 Uh, which poets? 599 00:32:23,192 --> 00:32:24,485 He's a good man and he loves writers. 600 00:32:28,072 --> 00:32:29,031 So may I tell him yes? 601 00:32:30,366 --> 00:32:34,078 Um, sure, why not? I mean, you never know, right? 602 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,128 I should get going. 603 00:32:44,922 --> 00:32:47,257 How about our poem? How's it coming along? 604 00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:49,843 Ah, it's good. It's early. 605 00:32:50,719 --> 00:32:53,722 It's a work in progress. 606 00:32:53,764 --> 00:32:57,559 What is your process? Sorry, presumptuous question. 607 00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:03,357 Well, you know, I walk around and see stuff. 608 00:33:05,609 --> 00:33:08,195 I don't know, it's been so long. 609 00:33:08,237 --> 00:33:10,030 Uh, do I have a process? I don't think so. 610 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:12,408 When do you suppose it'll be finished? 611 00:33:13,325 --> 00:33:14,410 I don't know. 612 00:33:15,953 --> 00:33:18,872 I like to let things settle before I commit to anything. 613 00:33:21,208 --> 00:33:22,835 Interesting choice of words. 614 00:33:24,837 --> 00:33:26,380 Well, this was fun. 615 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,719 Let me know when you've got something on paper. 616 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:32,761 Oh, okay. 617 00:33:33,929 --> 00:33:36,098 Ed, uh, Saxberger... 618 00:33:38,225 --> 00:33:39,351 ...you should write your memoirs. 619 00:33:40,894 --> 00:33:42,062 Thanks for having me over. 620 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,073 Alexa, volume up 50%. 621 00:33:56,994 --> 00:33:58,203 Hey, how's it going? 622 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:02,374 Hey, you made it! 623 00:34:03,876 --> 00:34:05,377 Look at this guy. 624 00:34:05,419 --> 00:34:07,796 Hey, what's with the scarf? 625 00:34:07,838 --> 00:34:09,089 It's a scarf. 626 00:34:10,758 --> 00:34:11,759 You got me a present? 627 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,510 Yeah, it's your birthday, isn't it? 628 00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:15,304 Oh, yeah. That's real nice. 629 00:34:15,345 --> 00:34:16,346 Yeah. 630 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:20,350 I mean, that-- that-- that's just real nice. 631 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:21,268 Real nice, man. 632 00:34:21,310 --> 00:34:22,561 I got it. 633 00:34:22,603 --> 00:34:23,854 - Hey, Marie? - Yeah. 634 00:34:23,896 --> 00:34:27,316 Give this man a drink, and I'll take my ginger ale. 635 00:34:27,357 --> 00:34:28,650 You got it. 636 00:34:28,692 --> 00:34:30,360 You're not even gonna have one on my birthday? 637 00:34:30,402 --> 00:34:33,197 Six years tells me no, but I love you anyway. 638 00:34:35,741 --> 00:34:36,867 Uh, nice shot, nice shot. 639 00:34:36,909 --> 00:34:39,703 I don't know, he's kind of a leader. 640 00:34:39,745 --> 00:34:42,039 He's pretentious, like, uh, something out of 641 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,749 an Edith Wharton novel. 642 00:34:43,791 --> 00:34:46,877 Like a dandy. Fancy, you know, refined. 643 00:34:46,919 --> 00:34:48,212 Like a rich kid? 644 00:34:48,253 --> 00:34:50,756 No like those ones that you used to see 645 00:34:50,798 --> 00:34:52,633 that dressed like they were poor. 646 00:34:52,674 --> 00:34:55,844 He has heirs. Plus, he's not such a kid. 647 00:34:55,886 --> 00:34:57,429 Must be nice. 648 00:34:57,471 --> 00:35:01,558 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 649 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:06,146 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 650 00:35:06,188 --> 00:35:11,693 ♪ Happy birthday, dear Arnold ♪ 651 00:35:11,735 --> 00:35:16,198 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 652 00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:19,576 Wooh! 653 00:35:22,704 --> 00:35:24,289 Hey, you don't have to open it now. 654 00:35:24,331 --> 00:35:25,833 This isn't a bridal shower. 655 00:35:25,874 --> 00:35:28,752 Come on, what are you talking about? 656 00:35:28,794 --> 00:35:31,880 Way Past Go by Ed Saxberger? 657 00:35:34,049 --> 00:35:36,844 I bet the pages are all blank inside. 658 00:35:36,885 --> 00:35:39,012 Uh, I didn't need a reason. 659 00:35:39,054 --> 00:35:40,472 Uh, oh, okay, okay. Forget it. 660 00:35:40,514 --> 00:35:42,182 - I didn't need-- - Forget it, forget it. 661 00:35:42,224 --> 00:35:43,725 Hey, hey, hey. That's my present, man. 662 00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:45,894 You can't just take back a person's present. 663 00:35:45,936 --> 00:35:47,437 What is it? 664 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:50,315 Hey, it's a book of poems that I wrote when I was a kid. 665 00:35:51,608 --> 00:35:54,486 - Bullshit. - No, no, I-- I wrote it in 1979. 666 00:35:55,362 --> 00:35:57,698 Look, tha-- that's me. 667 00:35:57,739 --> 00:36:00,450 - Oh. - Oh, wooh, pretty boy. 668 00:36:00,492 --> 00:36:01,660 Oh, forget it. 669 00:36:06,039 --> 00:36:08,041 Okay, I-- I wrote a poem for Arnold, too. 670 00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:09,543 - You wanna hear it? - Yes. 671 00:36:09,585 --> 00:36:10,919 All right. 672 00:36:10,961 --> 00:36:11,795 There once-- 673 00:36:13,005 --> 00:36:14,131 Oh, boy. 674 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:16,425 There once was a man from Bay Ridge. 675 00:36:16,466 --> 00:36:19,761 He drank to forget his marriage. 676 00:36:19,803 --> 00:36:21,263 His wife was named Lisa. 677 00:36:21,305 --> 00:36:22,264 Yeah. 678 00:36:22,306 --> 00:36:25,017 She knew how to tease ya. 679 00:36:25,058 --> 00:36:26,602 Oh, she does. 680 00:36:26,643 --> 00:36:28,937 For her tits were too nice to disparage. 681 00:36:28,979 --> 00:36:29,855 Boo! 682 00:36:29,897 --> 00:36:31,106 You're a dead man. 683 00:36:31,148 --> 00:36:32,357 Ed, read your poems. 684 00:36:33,233 --> 00:36:35,277 - Come on, Ed. - For you guys? 685 00:36:36,862 --> 00:36:37,988 It'll be lost on you. 686 00:36:38,030 --> 00:36:39,197 - Come on! - Come on. 687 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:40,490 Yeah, do something. 688 00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:42,242 Do something from, uh, Don't Pass Go. 689 00:36:43,994 --> 00:36:45,454 Read it. Come on. 690 00:36:45,495 --> 00:36:47,623 What, you think we're too lowbrow? 691 00:36:47,664 --> 00:36:48,582 Yeah, I do. 692 00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:51,001 Excuse me? 693 00:36:52,502 --> 00:36:54,838 Yeah, I do think you're too lowbrow. 694 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:55,756 What the fuck, Ed? 695 00:36:55,797 --> 00:36:57,007 Hey, come on, cool down. 696 00:36:57,049 --> 00:36:58,759 You think you're some kind of fucking intellectual 697 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,969 because you wrote some poems 50 years ago? 698 00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:06,600 You have no idea. 699 00:37:06,642 --> 00:37:07,476 About what? 700 00:37:08,518 --> 00:37:09,728 Who you talking to. 701 00:37:17,027 --> 00:37:18,737 Here. Hang-- hang on to this. 702 00:37:19,780 --> 00:37:21,114 It's a first edition. 703 00:37:23,367 --> 00:37:25,327 Hey, c-- hey, where you going? Come on, Ed. 704 00:37:25,369 --> 00:37:28,580 Oh, man. Jesus. 705 00:37:28,622 --> 00:37:30,791 There once was a man named Saxberger. 706 00:38:02,322 --> 00:38:04,032 You know, Susan's very organized, 707 00:38:04,074 --> 00:38:06,535 so at least that's off my shoulders. 708 00:38:06,576 --> 00:38:08,453 But, uh, it's getting to the point where I'm really 709 00:38:08,495 --> 00:38:10,747 gonna need some extra help here. 710 00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:14,876 Well, let's see how it goes. 711 00:38:14,918 --> 00:38:16,253 Yeah, let's see how it goes. 712 00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:17,045 Didn't hear that one before. 713 00:38:17,087 --> 00:38:18,338 Listen... 714 00:38:18,380 --> 00:38:20,424 ...I should go now. 715 00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:22,009 He asked about you again. 716 00:38:22,050 --> 00:38:23,635 Right. 717 00:38:23,677 --> 00:38:25,429 I know you don't wanna deal with this. 718 00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:26,638 But all that stuff that happened 719 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,640 that was a long time ago now. 720 00:38:28,682 --> 00:38:30,851 Listen, he's not gonna get better. 721 00:38:30,892 --> 00:38:32,269 You don't want this weighing on you. 722 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:33,478 I know, I know. 723 00:38:35,022 --> 00:38:36,523 Family's the most important 724 00:38:36,565 --> 00:38:37,441 thing there is in this life. 725 00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:38,483 Who says? 726 00:38:41,903 --> 00:38:43,238 Okay. Great. 727 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,240 Now you're getting me upset. 728 00:38:45,282 --> 00:38:47,034 - I'm gonna go now. - Okay. 729 00:38:47,075 --> 00:38:48,910 And when I call you, 730 00:38:48,952 --> 00:38:50,412 how about call me back for once? 731 00:38:50,454 --> 00:38:51,705 Okay. 732 00:38:51,747 --> 00:38:52,622 Okay? 733 00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:54,166 Goodbye. 734 00:38:54,207 --> 00:38:55,459 Goodbye. 735 00:39:09,222 --> 00:39:16,438 ♪ Dimmi quando tu verrai ♪ 736 00:39:18,732 --> 00:39:22,569 ♪ Dimmi quando, quando, quando ♪ 737 00:39:22,611 --> 00:39:24,404 ♪ L'anno, il giorno e l'ora in cui ♪ 738 00:39:25,989 --> 00:39:27,324 remain somewhat of a the mystery to the-- 739 00:39:27,365 --> 00:39:28,784 Saxberger. Saxberger. 740 00:39:28,825 --> 00:39:30,994 I went to the coffee shop. They said you'd be here. 741 00:39:31,036 --> 00:39:32,496 - You gotta see this. - Take a seat. 742 00:39:32,537 --> 00:39:33,914 Look, look, look. 743 00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:35,248 - What are we celebrating? - Here, here. 744 00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:36,124 We don't recommend just anything. 745 00:39:36,166 --> 00:39:37,584 Hmm. 746 00:39:37,626 --> 00:39:38,877 These aren't just a bunch of influencers. 747 00:39:38,919 --> 00:39:40,045 I mean, these are real taste makers. 748 00:39:40,087 --> 00:39:41,254 Nice, nice. 749 00:39:41,296 --> 00:39:42,589 To make it simple, you know, bare bones. 750 00:39:42,631 --> 00:39:44,049 - Yeah. - Bare bones, one light. 751 00:39:44,091 --> 00:39:44,966 We don't need anything else. 752 00:39:45,008 --> 00:39:45,926 What about music? 753 00:39:47,552 --> 00:39:48,887 Going in and out. 754 00:39:48,929 --> 00:39:50,931 What, like a cute little playlist? 755 00:39:50,972 --> 00:39:52,265 Who the fuck do you think we are? 756 00:39:52,307 --> 00:39:53,141 Fuck off, Brussard. 757 00:39:55,977 --> 00:39:57,896 Saxberger. 758 00:39:57,938 --> 00:40:01,775 You know, Gloria is with Carmichael now. 759 00:40:01,817 --> 00:40:03,318 Okay. 760 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,153 I just-- I thought you should know. 761 00:40:06,029 --> 00:40:07,405 Why? 762 00:40:07,447 --> 00:40:09,199 Well, I see what she's doing with you. 763 00:40:10,367 --> 00:40:12,119 She did it to me, too. 764 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:13,578 Look, right there. 765 00:40:14,746 --> 00:40:15,705 Yo, Brussard, 766 00:40:15,747 --> 00:40:17,082 I wanna talk to you about something. 767 00:40:17,124 --> 00:40:18,083 I was thinking about it 768 00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:18,917 and I do actually think-- 769 00:40:18,959 --> 00:40:20,001 Excuse me, be right back. 770 00:40:20,043 --> 00:40:21,211 that music could be good. 771 00:40:21,253 --> 00:40:22,462 Just a short playlist or something like... 772 00:40:22,504 --> 00:40:23,588 Okay, we're not gonna have... 773 00:40:23,630 --> 00:40:25,090 Gloria agrees, actually. 774 00:40:25,132 --> 00:40:26,967 - I'm sure she does. - But we can't have any- 775 00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:28,135 She probably wants to sing it. 776 00:40:28,176 --> 00:40:29,261 We can't have any... 777 00:40:29,302 --> 00:40:30,679 - Hello. - Hello again. 778 00:40:33,014 --> 00:40:35,851 I know what he was just whispering to you, 779 00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:38,186 that that young man over there is my lover. 780 00:40:38,228 --> 00:40:39,771 Yep. 781 00:40:39,813 --> 00:40:43,859 Brussard came on to me once, well, a few times a little bit. 782 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:47,487 But once, he really came on to me and I pushed him down 783 00:40:47,529 --> 00:40:49,322 the stairs of my apartment building. 784 00:40:49,364 --> 00:40:50,657 That's terrible. 785 00:40:50,699 --> 00:40:53,869 I can't stand how jealous and petty he is. 786 00:40:55,787 --> 00:40:58,248 It's just because he can tell that I like you, 787 00:40:58,290 --> 00:41:00,625 and it drives him crazy. 788 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:02,544 - ...magic show. - I'm not saying that! 789 00:41:02,586 --> 00:41:06,631 I have a very high tolerance for despicable men. 790 00:41:06,673 --> 00:41:08,425 No. You're just gonna be trying to, like, 791 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:09,926 set off firecrackers on stage. This is ridiculous. 792 00:41:09,968 --> 00:41:10,969 That's the exact opposite 793 00:41:11,011 --> 00:41:11,970 of what I'm trying to say. 794 00:41:12,012 --> 00:41:13,054 We just need to be simple. 795 00:41:13,096 --> 00:41:14,139 No one's gonna take us seriously. 796 00:41:15,348 --> 00:41:16,683 ...simple, okay? 797 00:42:12,197 --> 00:42:13,114 Okay. 798 00:42:16,284 --> 00:42:17,452 Okay. Bye. 799 00:42:25,794 --> 00:42:26,670 Sorry. 800 00:42:27,754 --> 00:42:29,714 I apologize in advance. 801 00:42:29,756 --> 00:42:32,509 We just moved in here and obviously 802 00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:34,844 have not renovated, so... 803 00:42:35,887 --> 00:42:37,597 An office is an office, right? 804 00:42:39,224 --> 00:42:40,183 That's funny. 805 00:42:41,810 --> 00:42:44,145 Seriously, thank you for meeting with me. 806 00:42:44,187 --> 00:42:46,731 Hey, it's, uh, an honor and a pleasure. 807 00:42:48,233 --> 00:42:50,402 So, why don't you tell me about yourself? 808 00:42:51,319 --> 00:42:52,404 What do you want to know? 809 00:42:54,698 --> 00:42:56,157 You haven't had one of these meetings before, 810 00:42:56,199 --> 00:42:57,367 I'm assuming. 811 00:42:57,409 --> 00:42:58,159 You could tell. 812 00:42:59,703 --> 00:43:01,329 Well, we're just getting to know each other. 813 00:43:01,371 --> 00:43:02,372 - Right. - Okay? 814 00:43:02,414 --> 00:43:03,540 To see if we'd like to work together. 815 00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:05,375 - Okay. - Okay. 816 00:43:05,417 --> 00:43:06,626 Yeah. 817 00:43:06,668 --> 00:43:10,964 Uh, I was born in Western Pennsylvania 818 00:43:11,006 --> 00:43:15,051 and I've been here in the city since I was 17. 819 00:43:15,093 --> 00:43:16,344 Jewish? 820 00:43:16,386 --> 00:43:19,264 Uh, by name, but my father wasn't observant. 821 00:43:19,306 --> 00:43:22,142 My mother's family was mainly German. 822 00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:24,936 Uh, we were raised Catholic. 823 00:43:24,978 --> 00:43:26,938 Mm-hmm. And what did they do? 824 00:43:28,648 --> 00:43:30,775 Uh, he worked in a mill. 825 00:43:30,817 --> 00:43:35,697 Uh, it was a brewery, paper mill town. 826 00:43:35,739 --> 00:43:36,781 She was a homemaker. 827 00:43:37,741 --> 00:43:38,950 That's the real America. 828 00:43:41,202 --> 00:43:42,412 How do you know Meyers? 829 00:43:43,955 --> 00:43:44,748 Wilson, you mean? 830 00:43:44,789 --> 00:43:45,623 Right, right. 831 00:43:45,665 --> 00:43:47,584 Our families go way back. 832 00:43:47,625 --> 00:43:50,754 My father founded a law firm where his father is now 833 00:43:50,795 --> 00:43:54,924 a senior partner and, uh, probably take the reins one day. 834 00:43:54,966 --> 00:44:00,013 Um, I grew up in Mamaroneck. My sister babysat him. 835 00:44:00,055 --> 00:44:02,640 You know, all the typical suburban, uh... 836 00:44:03,892 --> 00:44:05,226 ...uninteresting stuff. 837 00:44:05,268 --> 00:44:07,145 So, uh, enough about me. 838 00:44:07,896 --> 00:44:08,938 Why don't I tell you a little bit 839 00:44:08,980 --> 00:44:10,065 about what we do around here? 840 00:44:10,106 --> 00:44:12,025 - Okay. - Okay? 841 00:44:12,067 --> 00:44:13,777 We have no mandate. 842 00:44:13,818 --> 00:44:16,905 We are passion driven, and we represent unique, 843 00:44:16,946 --> 00:44:21,242 voices and then we help them get to where they wanna go. 844 00:44:21,284 --> 00:44:25,830 Um, I have poets, I have content creators 845 00:44:25,872 --> 00:44:28,750 and sports figures and authors, and cookbook writers, 846 00:44:28,792 --> 00:44:30,794 uh, who's actually killing it, by the way. 847 00:44:30,835 --> 00:44:32,545 What kind of cookbook? 848 00:44:32,587 --> 00:44:35,757 Uh, pies. It's just pies. 849 00:44:38,259 --> 00:44:40,345 So my tastes are-- are pretty eclectic, 850 00:44:40,387 --> 00:44:42,347 as you can probably tell. 851 00:44:42,389 --> 00:44:43,932 And I'm indicative of that. 852 00:44:43,973 --> 00:44:45,475 Exactly. 853 00:44:45,517 --> 00:44:48,770 And you work at the post office now, Meyers tells me. 854 00:44:48,812 --> 00:44:49,896 37 years. 855 00:44:50,814 --> 00:44:52,190 That is so amazing. 856 00:44:53,483 --> 00:44:54,734 Wow. 857 00:44:54,776 --> 00:44:57,570 So Meyers gave you a copy of Way Past Go? 858 00:44:57,612 --> 00:44:59,614 Yes. Yeah, it's just amazing work. 859 00:44:59,656 --> 00:45:01,241 It's so impactful. Really. 860 00:45:01,282 --> 00:45:02,659 Yeah. 861 00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:05,412 And you're thinking of reissuing my work, I'm assuming? 862 00:45:06,746 --> 00:45:08,748 Um, eventually. 863 00:45:08,790 --> 00:45:10,917 Maybe, yeah, once the memoir's finished. 864 00:45:10,959 --> 00:45:12,961 - Memoir? - How far into it are you? 865 00:45:15,004 --> 00:45:16,673 I haven't even given it a thought. 866 00:45:19,551 --> 00:45:21,678 Well, we can make it painless for you, if you like. 867 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:24,973 We'd, uh, we'd set you up with somebody, and you just 868 00:45:25,014 --> 00:45:27,267 tell the stories and enjoy some catered lunches, 869 00:45:27,308 --> 00:45:28,560 and then they-- they put it together. 870 00:45:28,601 --> 00:45:32,480 Look, to be honest, the memoir was Meyers' idea, 871 00:45:32,522 --> 00:45:34,065 not mine. 872 00:45:34,107 --> 00:45:35,191 Oh. 873 00:45:39,028 --> 00:45:44,284 Look, we use the term discovery around here a lot, 874 00:45:44,325 --> 00:45:46,953 but you, sir, are not a discovery. 875 00:45:48,246 --> 00:45:52,834 You are something much better and much rarer. 876 00:45:53,918 --> 00:45:57,630 You are a rediscovery. 877 00:45:59,674 --> 00:46:02,844 I'm a rediscovery? I didn't know. 878 00:46:02,886 --> 00:46:05,513 Yeah. And, uh, and that's precious. 879 00:46:08,266 --> 00:46:09,142 What do you think? 880 00:46:11,895 --> 00:46:13,480 Could I have some time to think about it? 881 00:46:16,941 --> 00:46:19,611 I totally understand. You take all the time you need. 882 00:46:21,571 --> 00:46:25,158 I have got a Zoom, so... 883 00:46:30,079 --> 00:46:31,122 Ed. 884 00:46:32,582 --> 00:46:34,542 Did you see some students moved into 1F? 885 00:46:34,584 --> 00:46:35,585 They look about 11. 886 00:46:35,627 --> 00:46:36,503 No, I didn't. 887 00:46:37,629 --> 00:46:38,922 You like to bake? 888 00:46:38,963 --> 00:46:40,965 Uh, not really. 889 00:46:42,217 --> 00:46:43,301 Sure you do. 890 00:46:59,734 --> 00:47:00,693 Hi. 891 00:47:01,903 --> 00:47:03,696 I wanted to see your place. 892 00:47:04,948 --> 00:47:05,990 Okay. 893 00:47:06,991 --> 00:47:08,201 Uh, let me help you. 894 00:47:16,292 --> 00:47:17,168 Welcome. 895 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:20,838 That's a very elegant coat. 896 00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,675 Oh, thank you. It was a gift. 897 00:47:26,594 --> 00:47:28,596 So here is where he writes. 898 00:47:28,638 --> 00:47:30,306 Uh, not yet. 899 00:47:31,724 --> 00:47:33,768 But you did write, and you will again. 900 00:47:33,810 --> 00:47:34,769 I don't know. 901 00:47:35,770 --> 00:47:36,771 You think that now, but you don't know 902 00:47:36,813 --> 00:47:39,148 how the fame will affect you. 903 00:47:39,190 --> 00:47:40,775 Fame? 904 00:47:40,817 --> 00:47:42,193 Yeah. Fame. 905 00:47:43,278 --> 00:47:45,530 Uh, don't put the cart before the horse. 906 00:47:45,572 --> 00:47:46,739 You might think the boys are silly, 907 00:47:46,781 --> 00:47:47,991 but they have connections. 908 00:47:48,032 --> 00:47:49,867 It could be big for you. 909 00:47:49,909 --> 00:47:52,078 You know, you really ought to mentally prepare. 910 00:47:53,246 --> 00:47:55,498 And how are you preparing for your fame? 911 00:47:59,377 --> 00:48:01,713 Uh, did I say something wrong? 912 00:48:02,463 --> 00:48:03,381 No. 913 00:48:04,841 --> 00:48:06,342 It's just there's nothing more exciting 914 00:48:06,384 --> 00:48:08,303 than a rediscovered male genius. 915 00:48:09,470 --> 00:48:11,347 What about a female genius? 916 00:48:11,389 --> 00:48:12,807 It's better to be an ingénue. 917 00:48:15,226 --> 00:48:17,270 Uh, excuse me. 918 00:48:20,189 --> 00:48:21,399 Yeah? 919 00:48:21,441 --> 00:48:22,567 It's Arnold. 920 00:48:22,609 --> 00:48:24,319 Uh, I'm a little busy now. 921 00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:26,195 Open up, schmuck. 922 00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,828 - Who's Arnold? - Uh, he-- he's a friend. 923 00:48:33,870 --> 00:48:35,496 Should I hide under the bed or behind a shower curtain? 924 00:48:35,538 --> 00:48:36,205 No. 925 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:42,587 Hey. Sorry to bust in. 926 00:48:42,629 --> 00:48:44,297 Ah, it's okay. What's going on? 927 00:48:44,339 --> 00:48:45,506 Who is it dear? 928 00:48:45,548 --> 00:48:48,343 Oh, you know, hey, I can come back another time. 929 00:48:48,384 --> 00:48:49,844 Gloria Gardner. 930 00:48:53,389 --> 00:48:54,474 Enchanté. 931 00:48:55,058 --> 00:48:56,434 No, please. 932 00:48:56,476 --> 00:48:59,562 I'll meet you downstairs across the street at the café, 933 00:48:59,604 --> 00:49:00,563 Edward darling. 934 00:49:00,605 --> 00:49:01,731 Okay. 935 00:49:05,109 --> 00:49:06,653 Edward darling. 936 00:49:09,322 --> 00:49:11,783 Hey, we haven't seen you around for a couple of days. 937 00:49:11,824 --> 00:49:14,911 Ah, I'm sorry, but, you know, those guys really wound me up. 938 00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:16,496 It wasn't you. 939 00:49:16,537 --> 00:49:18,039 - They're great guys, but-- - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 940 00:49:18,081 --> 00:49:19,874 You know, sometimes they can be real assholes. 941 00:49:19,916 --> 00:49:23,294 Yeah, I-- I get it. Who is she? 942 00:49:25,046 --> 00:49:28,299 She's an actress. She's reading my poems. 943 00:49:28,341 --> 00:49:30,051 Reading your poems? 944 00:49:30,093 --> 00:49:33,179 Yeah, there's a group in there having a reading. 945 00:49:33,221 --> 00:49:34,597 It's nothing. It's no big deal. 946 00:49:34,639 --> 00:49:36,057 30 years we know each other and now all of a sudden 947 00:49:36,099 --> 00:49:36,849 you got secrets? 948 00:49:37,725 --> 00:49:39,894 It's not important. 949 00:49:39,936 --> 00:49:42,438 Okay. So, uh, can we come? 950 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:44,607 No. I mean it. 951 00:49:44,649 --> 00:49:45,775 Uh, I don't want anyone there. 952 00:49:45,817 --> 00:49:47,276 All right, fine. 953 00:49:47,318 --> 00:49:49,153 I-- I-- I won't tell anyone and we-- we won't come. 954 00:49:51,989 --> 00:49:52,949 Can I come? 955 00:49:55,159 --> 00:49:57,078 - We'll see, maybe. - Good. 956 00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:00,665 Listen, uh, thanks for coming but, uh, you know? 957 00:50:00,707 --> 00:50:01,624 - Uh. - She's waiting for me now. 958 00:50:01,666 --> 00:50:02,500 Okay, I get it. 959 00:50:02,542 --> 00:50:03,334 Yeah, she's, uh, she's- 960 00:50:03,376 --> 00:50:04,919 She's cool. She's cool. 961 00:50:04,961 --> 00:50:06,254 Yeah, okay. 962 00:50:06,295 --> 00:50:09,006 So I guess, uh, you're not gonna check out 963 00:50:09,048 --> 00:50:10,049 the Georgetown St. John's game? 964 00:50:10,091 --> 00:50:12,385 Oh, damn. I-- I-- I forgot all about that. 965 00:50:12,427 --> 00:50:13,928 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. - I got a lot of stuff to do. 966 00:50:13,970 --> 00:50:14,721 Whatever. 967 00:50:20,226 --> 00:50:21,227 What do you have there? 968 00:50:21,269 --> 00:50:22,603 You know what these are. 969 00:50:22,645 --> 00:50:23,646 Oh. 970 00:50:26,190 --> 00:50:28,109 Come on. It'll be fun. 971 00:50:29,527 --> 00:50:30,778 If you say so. 972 00:50:44,417 --> 00:50:47,003 SoHo's changed a lot since you got here, right? 973 00:50:47,044 --> 00:50:48,629 Oh, yeah. 974 00:50:48,671 --> 00:50:52,008 You see those windows at the top of that building? 975 00:50:52,049 --> 00:50:54,051 That was Frank Moore's loft. 976 00:50:54,093 --> 00:50:56,512 When I first got to the city, I went to a party there 977 00:50:56,554 --> 00:51:00,016 and met poets, painters, writers, and theater people. 978 00:51:00,057 --> 00:51:02,059 Cookie Mueller did a reading. 979 00:51:02,101 --> 00:51:05,146 Cookie was cool. Sharon was there. 980 00:51:07,064 --> 00:51:08,941 Downtown was another world then. 981 00:51:10,193 --> 00:51:11,736 SoHo was like living on the moon. 982 00:51:11,778 --> 00:51:13,070 You couldn't get a cab. 983 00:51:14,238 --> 00:51:17,116 Everyone was an artist, everyone was poor, 984 00:51:17,158 --> 00:51:19,160 everyone was young, until they weren't. 985 00:51:30,755 --> 00:51:32,131 My hands are cold. 986 00:51:33,049 --> 00:51:34,050 Here. 987 00:51:39,138 --> 00:51:41,891 What do you do to get by? Acting gigs? 988 00:51:41,933 --> 00:51:43,351 Mostly. I manage. 989 00:51:43,392 --> 00:51:45,478 I sing, too. 990 00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:47,563 Well, you're different than those rich kids 991 00:51:47,605 --> 00:51:50,024 that don't have to do anything. 992 00:51:50,066 --> 00:51:53,820 It seems like you work hard and you make your own way. 993 00:51:55,321 --> 00:51:57,198 You're not supposed to think that. 994 00:51:57,240 --> 00:51:57,865 I'm not? 995 00:51:57,907 --> 00:51:59,700 No. 996 00:51:59,742 --> 00:52:03,120 You're supposed to think that I eat caviar for breakfast 997 00:52:03,162 --> 00:52:06,457 and that I go to Paris every year to buy the finest silks. 998 00:52:08,793 --> 00:52:09,836 Who are you? 999 00:52:11,170 --> 00:52:12,171 That's more like it. 1000 00:52:13,506 --> 00:52:14,549 I mean it. 1001 00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:20,221 Saxberger. Saxberger. 1002 00:52:21,931 --> 00:52:24,183 Oh, Saxberger. 1003 00:52:24,225 --> 00:52:26,227 Gloria. 1004 00:52:27,645 --> 00:52:28,729 Gloria. 1005 00:52:33,818 --> 00:52:35,111 Gloria. 1006 00:52:54,714 --> 00:52:56,507 I was supposed to read my poem today. 1007 00:52:57,884 --> 00:52:59,343 Oh, shoot. What time is it? 1008 00:52:59,385 --> 00:53:00,052 - Um-- - We gotta go. 1009 00:53:00,094 --> 00:53:00,887 We're gonna be late. 1010 00:53:02,054 --> 00:53:03,389 Where are we going? 1011 00:53:03,431 --> 00:53:05,224 Oh, we're going back in time. 1012 00:53:08,811 --> 00:53:10,146 Gloria! 1013 00:53:10,187 --> 00:53:14,442 Willkommen, bienvenue, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 1014 00:53:14,483 --> 00:53:15,568 So... 1015 00:53:20,364 --> 00:53:23,576 ♪ I was young, I was just 16 then ♪ 1016 00:53:23,618 --> 00:53:27,038 ♪ When you came up from Burma one day ♪ 1017 00:53:27,079 --> 00:53:30,458 ♪ And you told me to pack up my suitcase ♪ 1018 00:53:30,499 --> 00:53:33,711 ♪ And you did, and you took me away ♪ 1019 00:53:33,753 --> 00:53:37,006 ♪ I said, do you work nice and steady ♪ 1020 00:53:37,048 --> 00:53:42,511 ♪ Or do you go sailing and roving out to sea? ♪ 1021 00:53:42,553 --> 00:53:45,640 ♪ And you said, I have a job on the railroad ♪ 1022 00:53:45,681 --> 00:53:48,976 ♪ And, baby, how swell it's all gonna be ♪ 1023 00:53:50,311 --> 00:53:53,773 ♪ You said a lot, Johnny, it was all lies ♪ 1024 00:53:55,441 --> 00:53:58,819 ♪ You sure had me fooled, Johnny, right from the start ♪ 1025 00:53:58,861 --> 00:54:05,201 ♪ I hate you when you laugh at me like that ♪ 1026 00:54:07,244 --> 00:54:11,248 ♪ Take that damn pipe out of your mouth, Johnny ♪ 1027 00:54:14,085 --> 00:54:18,923 ♪ Surabaya Johnny ♪ 1028 00:54:20,633 --> 00:54:23,469 ♪ Is it really the end? ♪ 1029 00:54:25,262 --> 00:54:29,600 ♪ Surabaya Johnny ♪ 1030 00:54:29,642 --> 00:54:34,438 ♪ Will the pain ever mend? ♪ 1031 00:54:35,523 --> 00:54:40,444 ♪ Surabaya Johnny ♪ 1032 00:54:40,486 --> 00:54:42,405 ♪ Oh ♪ 1033 00:54:42,446 --> 00:54:49,245 ♪ I burn at your touch, you have no heart, Johnny ♪ 1034 00:54:50,454 --> 00:54:56,168 ♪ But I love you so much ♪ 1035 00:54:59,255 --> 00:55:02,675 ♪ At first you were kind and gentle ♪ 1036 00:55:02,717 --> 00:55:05,928 ♪ Till I packed up and went off with you ♪ 1037 00:55:05,970 --> 00:55:09,015 ♪ And it lasted two weeks until one day ♪ 1038 00:55:09,056 --> 00:55:10,141 ♪ You laughed at me ♪ 1039 00:55:10,182 --> 00:55:12,393 ♪ Oh, and you hit me, too ♪ 1040 00:55:12,435 --> 00:55:15,730 ♪ You dragged me all over the city ♪ 1041 00:55:15,771 --> 00:55:21,068 ♪ Up the river, and down to the sea ♪ 1042 00:55:21,110 --> 00:55:24,321 ♪ Now I look at myself in the mirror ♪ 1043 00:55:24,363 --> 00:55:27,992 ♪ And there's an old woman staring back at me ♪ 1044 00:55:28,034 --> 00:55:30,953 ♪ You didn't want love, Johnny, you wanted cash ♪ 1045 00:55:32,663 --> 00:55:36,375 ♪ But when I look at those lips, Johnny, and that was that ♪ 1046 00:55:36,417 --> 00:55:41,130 ♪ I gave you all I had, but you wanted more, Johnny ♪ 1047 00:55:43,382 --> 00:55:47,094 ♪ Wipe that nasty grin right off your face, you rat ♪ 1048 00:55:49,346 --> 00:55:52,808 ♪ Surabaya Johnny ♪ 1049 00:55:54,894 --> 00:55:56,854 ♪ No one's meaner than you ♪ 1050 00:55:58,773 --> 00:56:03,402 ♪ Surabaya Johnny ♪ 1051 00:56:03,444 --> 00:56:07,823 ♪ But oh, God, I still love you ♪ 1052 00:56:08,741 --> 00:56:12,912 ♪ Surabaya Johnny ♪ 1053 00:56:12,953 --> 00:56:14,538 ♪ Oh ♪ 1054 00:56:14,580 --> 00:56:18,250 ♪ I burn at your touch ♪ 1055 00:56:18,292 --> 00:56:21,837 ♪ You have no heart, Johnny ♪ 1056 00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:29,345 ♪ But I love you so much ♪ 1057 00:56:42,274 --> 00:56:45,694 Oh, yeah. Hmm, hold on. 1058 00:56:45,736 --> 00:56:48,864 Uh-uh, okay. Uh, you want-- 1059 00:56:48,906 --> 00:56:49,907 I try one now? 1060 00:56:49,949 --> 00:56:51,283 - Okay. - Okay. 1061 00:56:51,325 --> 00:56:55,079 Um, there once was a man from old Flatbush. 1062 00:56:55,121 --> 00:57:00,501 He tried to find-- no, wait a second. 1063 00:57:00,543 --> 00:57:02,545 - Let-- let me... - This is so stupid. 1064 00:57:02,586 --> 00:57:04,505 Um, not quite-- 1065 00:57:05,673 --> 00:57:08,884 There once was a man from old Flatbush. 1066 00:57:08,926 --> 00:57:12,096 Ba, da, da, da, da, da, da, fat tush. 1067 00:57:13,556 --> 00:57:17,560 He looked far and li-- wi-- he looked far and wide 1068 00:57:17,601 --> 00:57:19,270 for a beautiful bride. 1069 00:57:20,938 --> 00:57:24,316 And the ones he knew cried 1070 00:57:24,358 --> 00:57:26,861 and seasons collide. 1071 00:57:28,445 --> 00:57:29,488 Good. 1072 00:57:31,740 --> 00:57:32,741 Right? 1073 00:57:32,783 --> 00:57:33,909 Oh, yeah. 1074 00:57:38,372 --> 00:57:40,916 You must've been beautiful when you were young. 1075 00:57:59,476 --> 00:58:01,020 Seasons collide. 1076 00:58:09,653 --> 00:58:10,821 Seasons collide. 1077 00:58:10,863 --> 00:58:17,912 ♪ I love you so much ♪ 1078 00:58:19,538 --> 00:58:21,624 Seasons collide. 1079 00:59:03,207 --> 00:59:05,376 Seasons collide. 1080 00:59:07,253 --> 00:59:10,089 What thou lov'st well remains, 1081 00:59:10,130 --> 00:59:12,007 the rest is dross. 1082 00:59:14,718 --> 00:59:18,222 What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee. 1083 00:59:21,725 --> 00:59:25,479 What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage. 1084 00:59:29,441 --> 00:59:31,068 Past is past. 1085 00:59:32,820 --> 00:59:36,073 And if one remembers what one meant to do and never did... 1086 00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:40,619 ...is not to have thought to do enough. 1087 00:59:49,795 --> 00:59:51,714 Past is past. 1088 00:59:54,258 --> 00:59:55,509 Seasons collide. 1089 01:00:04,476 --> 01:00:05,811 Seasons collide. 1090 01:00:20,367 --> 01:00:22,661 I'll never write another poem. 1091 01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:34,465 Well, so far only about a dozen, and five of those 1092 01:00:34,506 --> 01:00:35,841 are Winn's family. 1093 01:00:35,883 --> 01:00:38,302 And our neighbor and our-- our neighbor's friend. 1094 01:00:38,344 --> 01:00:40,679 Most people just show up and buy a ticket at the door. 1095 01:00:40,721 --> 01:00:42,056 - No, they don't. - Yeah, they do. 1096 01:00:42,097 --> 01:00:42,931 So, what? You-- 1097 01:00:42,973 --> 01:00:44,099 Hi. I'm Ed. 1098 01:00:44,141 --> 01:00:45,642 She's a friend. 1099 01:00:45,684 --> 01:00:47,394 Regardless, the best thing we can do is make sure 1100 01:00:47,436 --> 01:00:49,688 if you want someone there, they know when it is. 1101 01:00:49,730 --> 01:00:52,399 Remind your friends. Call in the favors. 1102 01:00:52,441 --> 01:00:54,443 Winn, how many times have we emailed them? 1103 01:00:54,485 --> 01:00:55,361 That's his wife's... 1104 01:00:55,402 --> 01:00:56,695 Can you pull that up? 1105 01:00:56,737 --> 01:00:58,072 - Give me a sense-- - What about your friends? 1106 01:00:58,113 --> 01:00:59,156 of how many people you got... 1107 01:00:59,198 --> 01:01:00,491 I don't have any friends. 1108 01:01:01,992 --> 01:01:03,744 You don't have any friends from back in the day? 1109 01:01:03,786 --> 01:01:04,828 Like who? 1110 01:01:04,870 --> 01:01:07,081 Like, Gregory Corso. 1111 01:01:08,415 --> 01:01:10,459 I-- he wasn't my friend. And besides, he's dead. 1112 01:01:10,501 --> 01:01:11,502 Oh, sorry. 1113 01:01:11,543 --> 01:01:13,212 I mean, I was thinking of somebody else. 1114 01:01:13,253 --> 01:01:14,546 Um, sorry, I can't remember now. 1115 01:01:14,588 --> 01:01:17,341 I have work friends, but they don't really have 1116 01:01:17,383 --> 01:01:18,759 an ear for poetry. 1117 01:01:18,801 --> 01:01:20,969 Well, once they're in the chair, they're the audience, 1118 01:01:21,011 --> 01:01:21,804 and that's what we need. 1119 01:01:21,845 --> 01:01:23,097 The more, the better. 1120 01:01:23,138 --> 01:01:24,723 Hey, did you give Gloria your poem? 1121 01:01:24,765 --> 01:01:26,558 Uh, no, I haven't finished it yet. 1122 01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:28,644 So, where are you at in the process? 1123 01:01:28,685 --> 01:01:32,731 I'm, uh, I haven't written it out fully yet. 1124 01:01:37,319 --> 01:01:40,155 Actually, I haven't even started it. 1125 01:01:41,407 --> 01:01:42,533 - It's tomorrow. - I know. 1126 01:01:42,574 --> 01:01:44,993 Will you be able to finish it? Or... 1127 01:01:45,035 --> 01:01:46,203 Probably not. 1128 01:01:49,957 --> 01:01:52,418 So, what are we supposed to do? 1129 01:01:56,004 --> 01:01:58,132 Well, you already have a lot of other poems, right? 1130 01:01:58,173 --> 01:01:59,258 That's true. 1131 01:01:59,299 --> 01:02:01,802 We can use, uh, one of the older ones. 1132 01:02:01,844 --> 01:02:03,303 It would be new to the audience in any case, 1133 01:02:03,345 --> 01:02:04,388 like you said. 1134 01:02:04,430 --> 01:02:05,597 Would you be okay with that, Saxberger? 1135 01:02:05,639 --> 01:02:06,765 That sounds good. Thank you. 1136 01:02:06,807 --> 01:02:08,183 No, it doesn't w-- it already says new work. 1137 01:02:08,225 --> 01:02:09,601 Well, it's too late to reprint them now, 1138 01:02:09,643 --> 01:02:10,519 - so it doesn't-- - All right. Okay. 1139 01:02:10,561 --> 01:02:11,645 I-- I wasn't being lazy. 1140 01:02:11,687 --> 01:02:12,896 I don't want you to think that, you know? 1141 01:02:12,938 --> 01:02:14,356 I-- I just couldn't do it. 1142 01:02:14,398 --> 01:02:18,193 It's not a sad thing, it just didn't happen. 1143 01:02:18,235 --> 01:02:22,739 You know, sometimes I think if I was living a different life, 1144 01:02:22,781 --> 01:02:26,577 like if I had some residencies, a tenure spot somewhere, 1145 01:02:26,618 --> 01:02:31,206 maybe if I was living that life, maybe it would be easier 1146 01:02:31,248 --> 01:02:32,249 to write a poem. 1147 01:02:32,291 --> 01:02:34,543 But that didn't happen. 1148 01:02:35,836 --> 01:02:38,839 A-- and I'm not sure I wanted that life anyway. 1149 01:02:40,090 --> 01:02:41,592 We'll use the old one. 1150 01:02:43,302 --> 01:02:44,303 It's okay, Ed. 1151 01:02:46,013 --> 01:02:47,139 - Winn. - Yeah. 1152 01:02:47,181 --> 01:02:48,515 The list serves that you emailed. 1153 01:02:48,557 --> 01:02:50,142 - Mm-hmm. - Can you send me them? 1154 01:02:50,184 --> 01:02:51,185 - Yeah. - All of them. 1155 01:02:51,226 --> 01:02:52,478 - I wanna see the list. - Yeah. 1156 01:02:52,519 --> 01:02:53,979 Because how many of the people 1157 01:02:54,021 --> 01:02:56,023 on here are people we don't know? 1158 01:02:56,064 --> 01:02:57,566 If he puts it on paper, maybe we'd have a show. 1159 01:03:09,369 --> 01:03:10,245 Hello? 1160 01:03:10,287 --> 01:03:11,622 It's me. 1161 01:03:11,663 --> 01:03:12,498 Who? 1162 01:03:12,539 --> 01:03:13,624 Saxberger. 1163 01:03:16,502 --> 01:03:18,170 Now is not really the best time. 1164 01:03:19,838 --> 01:03:22,007 You showed up at my place unannounced. 1165 01:03:34,520 --> 01:03:35,562 Hi. 1166 01:03:37,314 --> 01:03:38,607 Hell of a climb. 1167 01:03:38,649 --> 01:03:41,276 Yeah. Look, it's, uh, it's good to see you, 1168 01:03:41,318 --> 01:03:42,486 but this is no good time. 1169 01:03:42,528 --> 01:03:44,238 You have to go somewhere? 1170 01:03:44,279 --> 01:03:45,739 No. 1171 01:03:45,781 --> 01:03:48,325 I'm sorry for barging in, but I came to see you. 1172 01:03:48,367 --> 01:03:51,328 This is a friend. He's gonna leave in a minute. 1173 01:04:01,296 --> 01:04:02,256 That's your roommate? 1174 01:04:03,173 --> 01:04:04,633 Yeah. 1175 01:04:06,510 --> 01:04:07,761 Okay, this is just too much. 1176 01:04:07,803 --> 01:04:08,595 Fine. I... I know. 1177 01:04:24,278 --> 01:04:25,779 How'd you hook up with him? 1178 01:04:25,821 --> 01:04:27,322 It's his apartment, and he's a dear old friend. 1179 01:04:27,364 --> 01:04:29,700 So, what's-- what's going on? 1180 01:04:29,741 --> 01:04:30,951 Not very friendly. 1181 01:04:33,620 --> 01:04:35,122 Let's have the rest of this conversation 1182 01:04:35,163 --> 01:04:36,790 the next time we see each other, all right? 1183 01:04:36,832 --> 01:04:37,833 Is everything okay? 1184 01:04:37,874 --> 01:04:38,959 Yes, it's fine. 1185 01:04:42,004 --> 01:04:43,505 Are you fucking this guy for free rent? 1186 01:04:43,547 --> 01:04:44,965 Jesus, Saxberger. 1187 01:04:45,007 --> 01:04:48,176 Uh, sorry. I'm just trying to understand. 1188 01:04:48,218 --> 01:04:50,053 I'm fine, really. 1189 01:04:51,555 --> 01:04:53,807 I came here because I wanted to tell you 1190 01:04:53,849 --> 01:04:55,017 that I've been thinking about you. 1191 01:04:57,394 --> 01:04:58,604 Okay. 1192 01:05:02,107 --> 01:05:03,317 Did I do something wrong? 1193 01:05:03,358 --> 01:05:04,610 No. 1194 01:05:05,652 --> 01:05:07,988 Things are just complicated for me. 1195 01:05:09,197 --> 01:05:12,451 Well, hey, marked the poem for tomorrow. 1196 01:05:12,492 --> 01:05:13,285 Great. 1197 01:05:14,077 --> 01:05:15,495 Hey, hey. 1198 01:05:15,537 --> 01:05:18,123 I want you to get dressed and come with me, 1199 01:05:18,165 --> 01:05:19,666 I'll take you out to dinner. 1200 01:05:19,708 --> 01:05:23,211 That sounds lovely, but I need to take a rain check, okay? 1201 01:05:23,253 --> 01:05:25,088 I-- I just wanna make sure you're really okay. 1202 01:05:25,130 --> 01:05:26,840 Yes. Really. 1203 01:05:26,882 --> 01:05:28,342 Hmm? 1204 01:05:28,383 --> 01:05:30,844 You better leave, okay? I'm gonna say goodbye now. 1205 01:06:27,567 --> 01:06:29,111 That's kind of a communal space. 1206 01:06:30,404 --> 01:06:31,988 There actually seems to be people living here. 1207 01:06:32,030 --> 01:06:33,615 - You'll see. - The Soviet anthem 1208 01:06:33,657 --> 01:06:35,325 there, that Brussard's cue. 1209 01:06:35,367 --> 01:06:36,576 - That's our opera. - Saxberger is here. 1210 01:06:36,618 --> 01:06:37,994 I think there's other three in here as well 1211 01:06:38,036 --> 01:06:39,246 that I sent to you. 1212 01:06:39,287 --> 01:06:40,247 Hey. 1213 01:06:41,373 --> 01:06:43,375 What's this hippie place? 1214 01:06:43,417 --> 01:06:45,210 I know, it's all a bit déclassé, 1215 01:06:45,252 --> 01:06:46,336 but people know this place. 1216 01:06:46,378 --> 01:06:48,213 I mean, people come here. 1217 01:06:48,255 --> 01:06:50,132 We're gonna get a great house, I promise. 1218 01:06:50,173 --> 01:06:51,258 The guys are in the back. 1219 01:06:51,299 --> 01:06:52,384 I just don't understand 1220 01:06:52,426 --> 01:06:53,135 why can't you just read it? 1221 01:06:53,176 --> 01:06:53,969 You should shut up, man. 1222 01:06:54,010 --> 01:06:54,678 Why can't you read it? 1223 01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:56,179 - Hi, fellas. - Hey. 1224 01:06:56,221 --> 01:06:57,764 No, there's just no way that I can read it. 1225 01:06:57,806 --> 01:06:59,391 It's written explicitly for a woman. 1226 01:06:59,433 --> 01:07:02,269 I haven't prepared. C-- could we find a woman? 1227 01:07:02,310 --> 01:07:03,770 It's fine. 1228 01:07:03,812 --> 01:07:05,397 No, I'm not a performer. I'm a playwright. 1229 01:07:05,439 --> 01:07:06,815 I mean, that has to mean something. 1230 01:07:06,857 --> 01:07:08,108 What are you talking about? 1231 01:07:08,150 --> 01:07:11,111 Gardner isn't coming. She doesn't feel like it. 1232 01:07:11,153 --> 01:07:12,654 What? 1233 01:07:12,696 --> 01:07:13,905 Yeah, she's sick. 1234 01:07:13,947 --> 01:07:15,532 - She's sick? - She might not come. 1235 01:07:15,574 --> 01:07:16,992 Who's gonna read my poem? 1236 01:07:17,033 --> 01:07:18,326 Well, it's-- it's a migraine. 1237 01:07:18,368 --> 01:07:19,786 - She has them. - A migraine? 1238 01:07:19,828 --> 01:07:21,830 No, her and Carmichael got into an argument. 1239 01:07:21,872 --> 01:07:23,415 That's all. She's just winding him up. 1240 01:07:23,457 --> 01:07:24,791 She's making him sweat. It's gonna be all right. 1241 01:07:24,833 --> 01:07:25,917 Hey, fuck off, Brussard. 1242 01:07:25,959 --> 01:07:26,835 Well, this is-- 1243 01:07:26,877 --> 01:07:29,045 Oh, this is so fucked up, man. 1244 01:07:29,087 --> 01:07:31,548 I don't even know what I'm doing here. 1245 01:07:31,590 --> 01:07:32,966 This isn't easy for me. 1246 01:07:34,301 --> 01:07:36,344 For you, you-- you-- you're all young, well off. 1247 01:07:36,386 --> 01:07:38,847 You got nothing to lose. 1248 01:07:38,889 --> 01:07:41,808 It's like you don't give a shit. Meyers, what's the plan? 1249 01:07:41,850 --> 01:07:43,643 - Plan? - My poem, who's gonna read it? 1250 01:07:43,685 --> 01:07:46,521 There's a lot going on. This isn't all about your poem. 1251 01:07:46,563 --> 01:07:47,522 Willkommen, bienvenue. 1252 01:07:47,564 --> 01:07:48,732 Well... 1253 01:07:48,774 --> 01:07:49,733 Gloria. 1254 01:07:55,781 --> 01:07:57,574 Am I the last one here? 1255 01:07:57,616 --> 01:07:59,785 Yeah, but you're on time. Don't worry. 1256 01:08:03,079 --> 01:08:06,792 I almost missed it, kids, but I'm here. Okay? 1257 01:08:06,833 --> 01:08:08,335 - Saxberger freaked out. - Oh, fuck it. fuck it. 1258 01:08:08,376 --> 01:08:13,215 Can I get a glass of room temperature water? 1259 01:08:15,759 --> 01:08:17,177 I thought you knew this, 1260 01:08:17,219 --> 01:08:19,095 No, Fernandez has taken his... 1261 01:08:19,137 --> 01:08:20,806 People, they are angry. 1262 01:08:20,847 --> 01:08:22,015 That's my neighbor. 1263 01:08:50,877 --> 01:08:54,089 For years, a battle has been raging for the soul 1264 01:08:54,130 --> 01:08:57,926 of our community of artists, a battle very few... 1265 01:08:57,968 --> 01:09:01,680 Brainwashing social media, it's threatening your very 1266 01:09:01,721 --> 01:09:03,765 freedom of thought. 1267 01:09:03,807 --> 01:09:07,561 It's homogenizing the masses and paving way to dictatorship, 1268 01:09:07,602 --> 01:09:09,604 clickbait cognitive dictatorship. 1269 01:09:10,856 --> 01:09:12,357 And when dictatorship is a fact-- 1270 01:09:12,399 --> 01:09:13,692 Okay. That's my cue. 1271 01:09:13,733 --> 01:09:15,443 Revolution is a right. 1272 01:09:16,653 --> 01:09:19,906 Revolution is a right. 1273 01:09:21,658 --> 01:09:25,245 For those of you who don't know, that's Victor Hugo, 1274 01:09:25,287 --> 01:09:27,205 one of the greatest writers of the 19th century. 1275 01:09:27,247 --> 01:09:29,040 Just help me out of this. 1276 01:09:29,082 --> 01:09:31,042 Terminate your cellular devices immediately 1277 01:09:31,084 --> 01:09:32,586 for the remainder of the evening. 1278 01:09:34,045 --> 01:09:37,883 It is my honor to introduce to you the Enthusiasm-- 1279 01:09:37,924 --> 01:09:39,718 - Ugh! - Society. 1280 01:09:39,759 --> 01:09:42,095 Okay, I got it. 1281 01:10:26,222 --> 01:10:27,724 Where is my little boy? 1282 01:10:29,976 --> 01:10:32,312 That's a question of every day, isn't it? 1283 01:10:32,354 --> 01:10:36,775 That's what the neighbors ask, and his school friends, 1284 01:10:36,816 --> 01:10:38,193 and the policeman, too. 1285 01:10:38,234 --> 01:10:40,278 I told them I didn't know, and I still don't. 1286 01:10:41,571 --> 01:10:42,948 Where is my little boy? 1287 01:10:46,368 --> 01:10:49,704 Even a doctor's visit feels like a refreshing change 1288 01:10:49,746 --> 01:10:53,166 of pace, even the DMV. 1289 01:10:54,834 --> 01:10:57,545 He played outside with the neighborhood kids. 1290 01:10:57,587 --> 01:10:59,005 It was that kind of place. 1291 01:11:00,423 --> 01:11:02,759 I grew up in a hideous place, but here... 1292 01:11:05,011 --> 01:11:06,805 ...this is a childhood. 1293 01:11:10,183 --> 01:11:11,685 Where's my little boy? 1294 01:11:13,728 --> 01:11:17,524 I know where my son's body is... 1295 01:11:19,150 --> 01:11:20,944 ...but where is my son? 1296 01:11:23,363 --> 01:11:27,909 After the accident, after I panicked 1297 01:11:27,951 --> 01:11:33,498 and cleaned everything up, I hid his tiny body 1298 01:11:33,540 --> 01:11:36,918 from everyone, even his own father. 1299 01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:38,586 Where did he go then? 1300 01:11:43,133 --> 01:11:48,471 Such a decision cannot be undone once it is made, you see? 1301 01:11:50,890 --> 01:11:52,350 You see! 1302 01:11:54,060 --> 01:11:57,897 I can tell you see. 1303 01:12:11,911 --> 01:12:13,413 - Hello. - My name is Max Murphy, 1304 01:12:13,455 --> 01:12:14,539 and this is an experimental poem-- 1305 01:12:14,581 --> 01:12:16,541 - Hey, that was amazing. - Mm-hmm. 1306 01:12:16,583 --> 01:12:18,668 That was one for the ages. 1307 01:12:18,710 --> 01:12:20,628 - Come on. - ...Meditation in Autumn. 1308 01:12:20,670 --> 01:12:21,755 You're incredible. 1309 01:12:21,796 --> 01:12:24,841 Thank you. I just need to sit down. 1310 01:12:27,302 --> 01:12:28,678 Oh. 1311 01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:33,266 I just need a New York minute. 1312 01:12:37,979 --> 01:12:43,359 Great talons shred the sky, weeping rain-- 1313 01:12:43,401 --> 01:12:46,362 Gloria, you're reading next. Winn's poem isn't very long. 1314 01:12:46,404 --> 01:12:47,447 Coursing like a mighty river. 1315 01:12:47,489 --> 01:12:50,492 Hey, Gloria. 1316 01:12:53,203 --> 01:12:56,623 down the rivulets that spread through and over 1317 01:12:56,664 --> 01:12:57,999 my core existence. 1318 01:12:58,041 --> 01:12:59,542 Is she okay? 1319 01:12:59,584 --> 01:13:01,669 Yeah. No, she's okay. She's breathing fine. 1320 01:13:01,711 --> 01:13:03,463 Gloria, Gloria. 1321 01:13:03,505 --> 01:13:07,634 And my words sparkle like diamonds. 1322 01:13:12,931 --> 01:13:14,724 Love you, sweetie. 1323 01:13:14,766 --> 01:13:16,351 She's 1324 01:13:17,936 --> 01:13:19,312 You're gonna have to read it yourself. 1325 01:13:19,354 --> 01:13:20,814 I guess so. 1326 01:13:20,855 --> 01:13:21,773 It'll be all right. 1327 01:13:22,816 --> 01:13:24,651 This is as it always should have been. 1328 01:13:24,692 --> 01:13:25,985 Where's the book? 1329 01:13:26,027 --> 01:13:28,780 I think it's in her jacket. I'm gonna introduce you. 1330 01:13:34,202 --> 01:13:34,911 Fuck. 1331 01:13:41,209 --> 01:13:45,463 A rare thing to discover someone whose work 1332 01:13:45,505 --> 01:13:48,383 is as relevant today as it was in 1979. 1333 01:13:50,552 --> 01:13:54,681 Someone who confoundingly slipped through the cracks 1334 01:13:54,722 --> 01:13:56,474 of a culture that desperately needed him. 1335 01:13:57,350 --> 01:13:59,185 Ah. 1336 01:13:59,227 --> 01:14:04,399 It is my great honor and pleasure to reintroduce 1337 01:14:04,440 --> 01:14:07,986 the great New York poet, Ed Saxberger. 1338 01:14:14,993 --> 01:14:17,370 I am going to be reading from Way Past Go. 1339 01:14:24,127 --> 01:14:27,338 I flew like a spark from the fires I kindled, 1340 01:14:27,380 --> 01:14:31,509 back in the rusted hollow heart of this America. 1341 01:14:32,969 --> 01:14:35,597 Kept my eyes on the sky from the back window of a Peter 1342 01:14:35,638 --> 01:14:38,766 Pan bus, all the way into my dark glittering 1343 01:14:38,808 --> 01:14:40,226 asphalt Mecca. 1344 01:14:41,644 --> 01:14:46,232 Pockmarked streets I ached to walk, rolled out for me, 1345 01:14:46,274 --> 01:14:51,029 a wine dark carpet with an underworld humming underfoot. 1346 01:14:51,070 --> 01:14:54,282 My moving shadow landed downtown... 1347 01:14:55,491 --> 01:14:58,203 ...where everything was always happening, 1348 01:14:58,244 --> 01:15:00,371 right now and forever. 1349 01:15:02,457 --> 01:15:07,295 A thousand and one nights on $1.98 a day. 1350 01:15:07,337 --> 01:15:10,381 Discount delights of shimmering rayon 1351 01:15:10,423 --> 01:15:14,260 and scattered stones of cubic zirconia. 1352 01:15:14,302 --> 01:15:19,891 Canal Street, canvas sky over cardboard sea, 1353 01:15:19,933 --> 01:15:23,937 from dawn to dawn, right now and forever. 1354 01:15:26,105 --> 01:15:29,609 We made everything happen and never stopped, 1355 01:15:29,651 --> 01:15:34,322 and never called it work, because it was all only ours... 1356 01:15:35,865 --> 01:15:41,454 ...beat to beat, from waking up cold on cracked rib floors, 1357 01:15:41,496 --> 01:15:45,124 to writing these words for you, and only you. 1358 01:15:47,669 --> 01:15:52,298 Eyed you behind the bar at Three Roses, pencil wrists, 1359 01:15:52,340 --> 01:15:55,593 raccoon eyes, puckered lipsticked mouth 1360 01:15:55,635 --> 01:15:59,472 that murmured, "How about you write me a sonnet?" 1361 01:16:00,848 --> 01:16:04,143 Wrote that first one by candlelight at your place 1362 01:16:04,185 --> 01:16:07,981 on Grand and Thompson, after we came so hard 1363 01:16:08,022 --> 01:16:09,315 that we both cried. 1364 01:16:12,318 --> 01:16:15,113 Writing this one, with shivering hand... 1365 01:16:16,239 --> 01:16:18,658 ...on the uptown A Train, 1366 01:16:18,700 --> 01:16:23,204 to get to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem, longer than a sonnet, 1367 01:16:24,497 --> 01:16:27,375 a poem that won't end until it finds you... 1368 01:16:29,002 --> 01:16:30,295 ...wherever you've gone to. 1369 01:16:31,754 --> 01:16:34,757 Maybe tending bar at the Blarney Stone, 1370 01:16:34,799 --> 01:16:37,010 or out on tour with that band again. 1371 01:16:38,344 --> 01:16:41,848 Maybe picking peaches in the San Joaquin Valley, 1372 01:16:41,889 --> 01:16:47,312 or doing the au pair thing in L.A., or maybe you're with me 1373 01:16:47,353 --> 01:16:51,190 like Eurydice, daring me to turn around. 1374 01:16:53,067 --> 01:16:58,031 That first night at Three Roses, rockets whispered in my ear, 1375 01:16:59,157 --> 01:17:00,325 "She'll burn you, man." 1376 01:17:01,951 --> 01:17:06,289 And that's just what you did, right now and forever. 1377 01:17:23,598 --> 01:17:25,224 Way to go, Grandpa! 1378 01:17:35,443 --> 01:17:37,070 Way to go, Grandpa! 1379 01:17:39,364 --> 01:17:42,533 Incredible. Really loved it. 1380 01:17:42,575 --> 01:17:43,785 - I don't know. - You all right, Saxberger? 1381 01:17:44,827 --> 01:17:46,454 Yeah, I'm good. Yeah. 1382 01:17:46,496 --> 01:17:48,039 - That was great. - Oh, good. Thank you. 1383 01:17:48,081 --> 01:17:49,374 Congratulations on your performance up there. 1384 01:17:49,415 --> 01:17:50,583 - It was excellent. - Good. 1385 01:17:50,625 --> 01:17:52,377 Way to go, Grandpa! 1386 01:17:56,005 --> 01:17:56,964 That's great. 1387 01:17:57,006 --> 01:17:58,216 Get ready for offers. 1388 01:18:20,113 --> 01:18:21,531 Hey, Saxberger. 1389 01:18:25,535 --> 01:18:26,411 How'd it go? 1390 01:18:27,370 --> 01:18:28,579 Just beautifully. 1391 01:18:32,083 --> 01:18:34,293 You don't look satisfied. 1392 01:18:34,335 --> 01:18:35,461 Honestly. 1393 01:18:39,298 --> 01:18:41,175 I'm really thirsty. 1394 01:18:42,677 --> 01:18:44,137 - I'm having a hard time. - Uh, I, uh, uh... 1395 01:18:44,178 --> 01:18:46,055 Listen, let me help you with this. 1396 01:18:49,976 --> 01:18:51,060 It's cold. 1397 01:18:52,103 --> 01:18:53,312 There you go. 1398 01:18:55,648 --> 01:18:56,691 Thank you. 1399 01:18:57,984 --> 01:19:00,695 Will you tell Carmichael that I accepted the role 1400 01:19:00,736 --> 01:19:01,863 in Minneapolis? 1401 01:19:03,656 --> 01:19:05,116 I don't know what you're talking about. 1402 01:19:07,743 --> 01:19:11,914 I'm doing Winter's Tale at a very respected theater 1403 01:19:11,956 --> 01:19:13,249 in Minneapolis. 1404 01:19:14,333 --> 01:19:15,418 Wonderful. 1405 01:19:17,670 --> 01:19:19,672 That's great news, right? 1406 01:19:21,549 --> 01:19:22,633 Yeah. 1407 01:19:27,555 --> 01:19:32,018 You know, I'm an artist. 1408 01:19:32,059 --> 01:19:33,102 Yeah, I know. 1409 01:19:33,144 --> 01:19:36,522 And I belong to no one, just my art. 1410 01:19:37,732 --> 01:19:38,733 I know. 1411 01:19:45,740 --> 01:19:46,741 I gotta go. 1412 01:20:36,123 --> 01:20:37,667 What's that? 1413 01:20:37,708 --> 01:20:39,585 Uh, it's just a little something. 1414 01:20:39,627 --> 01:20:41,212 Uh, you been to a party? 1415 01:20:41,254 --> 01:20:42,129 May I? 1416 01:20:46,008 --> 01:20:51,055 Atque in perpetuum frater, ave atque vale. 1417 01:20:52,557 --> 01:20:54,267 What does that mean? 1418 01:20:54,308 --> 01:20:55,768 Goodbye and farewell, brother. 1419 01:20:56,686 --> 01:20:58,771 - You leaving? - No. 1420 01:20:58,813 --> 01:21:00,356 I'm just quoting some poetry. 1421 01:21:02,191 --> 01:21:04,652 You should keep it. Looks better on you. 1422 01:21:05,653 --> 01:21:06,904 Good night. 1423 01:21:31,470 --> 01:21:32,722 Hi, Jimmy died 1424 01:21:32,763 --> 01:21:33,723 a couple of hours ago, 1425 01:21:33,764 --> 01:21:35,391 just thought you should know. 1426 01:21:36,892 --> 01:21:38,227 See you later. 1427 01:22:44,085 --> 01:22:47,880 The Enthusiasm Society, a self-declared literary 1428 01:22:47,922 --> 01:22:51,217 group with a cheerful or sarcastic name, 1429 01:22:51,258 --> 01:22:53,135 depending on your interpretation, 1430 01:22:53,177 --> 01:22:56,722 staged a recital/reading/ performance. 1431 01:22:56,764 --> 01:22:57,890 Maybe a hodgepodge is more like it. 1432 01:22:59,433 --> 01:23:03,604 A hodgepodge of poets, and writers, and actors. 1433 01:23:03,646 --> 01:23:08,275 As an event, it all had a kind of ramshackle charm. 1434 01:23:08,317 --> 01:23:11,070 Apart from a haunting reading by an old-- by an-- 1435 01:23:11,112 --> 01:23:15,991 an old village bard, and an all-stops-out 1436 01:23:16,033 --> 01:23:18,411 performance by a veteran actress, 1437 01:23:18,452 --> 01:23:20,287 you didn't miss much if you didn't attend. 1438 01:23:22,790 --> 01:23:23,666 Where's Gloria? 1439 01:23:23,708 --> 01:23:26,085 She and Saxberger came out okay. 1440 01:23:26,127 --> 01:23:30,089 Uh, she wanted me to tell you guys that, uh, 1441 01:23:30,131 --> 01:23:32,925 she was offered a gig at this theater in Minneapolis, 1442 01:23:32,967 --> 01:23:33,968 and she's gonna take it. 1443 01:23:35,177 --> 01:23:36,178 Good for her. 1444 01:23:39,140 --> 01:23:41,726 Here's, um, some arts website. 1445 01:23:43,269 --> 01:23:47,148 Um, "yesterday, a reading of works by Lower 1446 01:23:47,189 --> 01:23:48,774 Manhattan's best-known..." 1447 01:23:50,484 --> 01:23:51,485 Best-known? 1448 01:23:52,778 --> 01:23:56,407 Um, "literary society, Enthusiasm, who was 1449 01:23:56,449 --> 01:23:59,452 organized by the group's Diaghilev-Wilson Meyers." 1450 01:24:00,536 --> 01:24:01,871 Who's Diaghilev? 1451 01:24:01,912 --> 01:24:05,332 Ballet Russe. Nijinsky, Stravinsky. 1452 01:24:05,374 --> 01:24:07,209 The-- he's a great impresario. 1453 01:24:10,755 --> 01:24:11,964 Uh, buh, buh. 1454 01:24:12,006 --> 01:24:13,966 "Poems, monologues, and essays presented 1455 01:24:14,008 --> 01:24:16,343 by the mostly young authors themselves, 1456 01:24:16,385 --> 01:24:17,720 and actresses." 1457 01:24:18,679 --> 01:24:22,057 Uh, then they just sorta name... 1458 01:24:24,101 --> 01:24:25,728 Yeah, all of us. 1459 01:24:25,770 --> 01:24:29,064 So that's-- that's good, right? 1460 01:24:29,106 --> 01:24:31,192 Special mention of the actress. 1461 01:24:31,233 --> 01:24:35,988 Um, "And met with lively ovations from the audience. 1462 01:24:36,030 --> 01:24:38,783 Even if the fermenting must has a way to go before 1463 01:24:38,824 --> 01:24:41,786 aging into an elegant wine, this group of young 1464 01:24:41,827 --> 01:24:45,206 artistes could signal the start of something new 1465 01:24:45,247 --> 01:24:47,708 and the return of something old and sorely needed." 1466 01:24:47,750 --> 01:24:48,834 That's not bad. 1467 01:24:48,876 --> 01:24:50,586 That's actually pretty good. Yeah. 1468 01:24:50,628 --> 01:24:54,924 ♪ To the tables down at Mory's ♪ 1469 01:24:54,965 --> 01:24:56,175 Something off about it. 1470 01:24:57,301 --> 01:24:58,135 What do you mean? 1471 01:24:58,803 --> 01:24:59,929 Who did it say wrote it? 1472 01:25:01,430 --> 01:25:04,308 Uh, tuh, tuh. Just says staff. 1473 01:25:09,063 --> 01:25:10,689 You're being awfully fucking quiet over there. 1474 01:25:13,108 --> 01:25:14,693 Are you just letting the must ferment? 1475 01:25:16,278 --> 01:25:17,488 Wait, what does that mean? 1476 01:25:22,034 --> 01:25:22,993 He wrote it. 1477 01:25:27,456 --> 01:25:28,791 I don't understand it. 1478 01:25:28,833 --> 01:25:29,583 You wrote that? 1479 01:25:30,876 --> 01:25:32,044 I don't understand. 1480 01:25:33,587 --> 01:25:35,631 I may have used my influence a bit, it's-- 1481 01:25:35,673 --> 01:25:37,341 Used your influence or you wrote it? 1482 01:25:39,718 --> 01:25:41,095 It's a matter of positioning. 1483 01:25:41,136 --> 01:25:42,555 If Diaghilev were alive today, he would've written 1484 01:25:42,596 --> 01:25:43,931 his own reviews. 1485 01:25:43,973 --> 01:25:45,558 It's a half step away from what they already are. 1486 01:25:45,599 --> 01:25:47,977 And, I mean, I-- I couldn't write you a rave review! 1487 01:25:49,687 --> 01:25:50,688 I was very fair. 1488 01:25:50,729 --> 01:25:52,523 You're not fucking Diaghilev. 1489 01:25:53,816 --> 01:25:55,359 And who gave you the permission to anoint us 1490 01:25:55,401 --> 01:25:57,236 the start of the return of fucking anything? 1491 01:25:57,278 --> 01:25:59,905 I mean, who even made you our fucking leader? 1492 01:25:59,947 --> 01:26:03,367 I am the leader! Who else would be the leader? 1493 01:26:04,869 --> 01:26:08,664 I worked day and night to bring us all under one tent! 1494 01:26:08,706 --> 01:26:10,499 Why? Because I believe! 1495 01:26:11,750 --> 01:26:14,670 I brought us together! I kept us together! 1496 01:26:14,712 --> 01:26:18,048 I founded Ed, for God's sake! 1497 01:26:18,090 --> 01:26:20,634 Sorry, I didn't suck your dick about some stupid 1498 01:26:20,676 --> 01:26:22,011 fucking essay! 1499 01:26:23,596 --> 01:26:27,182 ♪ We're little black sheep ♪ 1500 01:26:27,224 --> 01:26:31,604 ♪ Who have gone astray ♪ 1501 01:26:31,645 --> 01:26:35,232 ♪ Baa, baa, baa ♪ 1502 01:26:35,274 --> 01:26:37,568 What the fuck do you believe in, huh? 1503 01:26:37,610 --> 01:26:38,986 Nothing! 1504 01:26:39,028 --> 01:26:45,284 ♪ Gentleman songsters off on a spree ♪ 1505 01:26:46,243 --> 01:26:48,245 ♪ Doomed from here ♪ 1506 01:26:48,287 --> 01:26:49,330 Fuck this. 1507 01:26:49,371 --> 01:26:52,625 ♪ To eternity ♪ 1508 01:26:53,751 --> 01:26:58,964 ♪ Lord have mercy on such as we ♪ 1509 01:26:59,006 --> 01:27:00,299 That's enough for me. 1510 01:27:01,383 --> 01:27:02,217 Yeah, me, too. 1511 01:27:03,344 --> 01:27:04,845 Wanna go get dinner? 1512 01:27:04,887 --> 01:27:07,681 No. I'm too tired. 1513 01:27:07,723 --> 01:27:09,099 Yeah. 1514 01:27:09,141 --> 01:27:10,225 ♪ Gentleman songsters off on a spree ♪ 1515 01:27:10,267 --> 01:27:11,518 I lost my appetite, too. 1516 01:27:15,606 --> 01:27:20,778 ♪ Doomed from here to eternity ♪ 1517 01:27:23,072 --> 01:27:30,037 ♪ Lord have mercy in such as we ♪ 1518 01:27:31,914 --> 01:27:37,586 ♪ Baa, baa, baa ♪ 1519 01:27:46,261 --> 01:27:48,555 Saxberger. Hi. 1520 01:27:49,974 --> 01:27:52,226 I just-- I wanted to say that I-- 1521 01:27:52,267 --> 01:27:56,271 I really have a lot of respect for you and your work. 1522 01:27:57,189 --> 01:27:58,482 That's very kind. 1523 01:27:59,942 --> 01:28:03,696 Well, uh, anyway, I was, uh, wondering 1524 01:28:03,737 --> 01:28:05,990 if you'd be amenable 1525 01:28:06,031 --> 01:28:08,784 to taking a look at some of my work. 1526 01:28:10,452 --> 01:28:12,037 You know, I-- I really trust your opinion 1527 01:28:12,079 --> 01:28:13,288 and I'd like to know 1528 01:28:13,330 --> 01:28:17,584 if you think I have any talent. 1529 01:28:17,626 --> 01:28:18,627 You're young. 1530 01:28:18,669 --> 01:28:20,462 You have everything ahead of you. 1531 01:28:20,504 --> 01:28:23,424 Yeah, I-- I know. I realize that. 1532 01:28:25,759 --> 01:28:27,052 It's just, you know, 1533 01:28:27,094 --> 01:28:28,345 before I dedicate my life to something I wanted-- 1534 01:28:28,387 --> 01:28:29,221 Look, look. 1535 01:28:30,347 --> 01:28:32,891 Whatever you send me, I'll look at it. 1536 01:28:32,933 --> 01:28:35,060 I'd be happy to. 1537 01:28:35,102 --> 01:28:37,563 But as far as deciding whether you 1538 01:28:37,604 --> 01:28:39,231 have talent or not, I don't know the first 1539 01:28:39,273 --> 01:28:40,232 thing about that. 1540 01:28:42,151 --> 01:28:43,444 But you're Saxberger. 1541 01:28:43,485 --> 01:28:47,322 Hey, if it was really good or really awful, maybe. 1542 01:28:48,365 --> 01:28:50,868 But then, talent is just part of it. 1543 01:28:52,453 --> 01:28:56,832 You know, you really shouldn't put your self-worth 1544 01:28:56,874 --> 01:29:00,085 on a platter and hand it to an old guy like me. 1545 01:29:04,048 --> 01:29:06,592 Wait. You're-- you're a genius. 1546 01:29:06,633 --> 01:29:07,551 Stop. 1547 01:29:09,136 --> 01:29:11,847 Why do you put so much stock in my opinion? 1548 01:29:16,393 --> 01:29:17,436 Tell me something. 1549 01:29:18,437 --> 01:29:21,356 Did you honestly like Way Past Go? 1550 01:29:29,114 --> 01:29:30,365 I've been dying to read it, really. 1551 01:29:30,407 --> 01:29:32,367 And I keep asking Meyers, 1552 01:29:32,409 --> 01:29:34,036 he promised he would lend it to me. 1553 01:29:34,078 --> 01:29:36,163 He promised everybody, but you can't really rely on him. 1554 01:29:36,205 --> 01:29:38,290 - So? - I mean he-- You know... 1555 01:29:38,332 --> 01:29:40,501 - I'd wanted to read it. - Nobody read it, right? 1556 01:29:40,542 --> 01:29:42,503 But your reading was amazing. 1557 01:29:42,544 --> 01:29:43,754 Okay. 1558 01:29:48,133 --> 01:29:50,427 You don't read mine. I don't read yours. 1559 01:29:51,845 --> 01:29:52,971 Okay? 1560 01:30:01,105 --> 01:30:02,356 Good luck, kid. 1561 01:30:26,088 --> 01:30:27,464 - Hey, Ed. - Hey. 1562 01:30:27,506 --> 01:30:28,173 - Hey. - Yeah. 1563 01:30:28,215 --> 01:30:29,007 There he is. 1564 01:30:58,912 --> 01:30:59,705 All right, all right. 1565 01:30:59,746 --> 01:31:00,914 You were this close. 1566 01:31:00,956 --> 01:31:02,541 That's something, that's something, 1567 01:31:02,583 --> 01:31:03,542 that's something. 1568 01:31:04,459 --> 01:31:05,460 Okay. Here we go. 1569 01:31:06,670 --> 01:31:09,381 I like that. No, I don't like that. 1570 01:31:09,423 --> 01:31:11,258 I like that, but I don't like that. 1571 01:31:11,300 --> 01:31:13,302 - Oh. - Oh. 1572 01:31:13,343 --> 01:31:16,221 - Yee-yee. Yee-yee. - Sorry, buddy. 1573 01:31:16,263 --> 01:31:17,139 Yee-yee. 1574 01:31:28,192 --> 01:31:29,860 Keep going, baby. 1575 01:31:29,902 --> 01:31:31,111 Okay. 1576 01:31:31,153 --> 01:31:32,112 I can do that. 1577 01:31:32,154 --> 01:31:33,697 There you go. 1578 01:31:33,739 --> 01:31:35,824 Scratch off the back.