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Merry?
Where did you go?
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What are you doing in the closet?
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I thought it was the housemother.
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For God's sake,
the taxi's waiting.
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- Come on. Are you ready?
- I'm ready.
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- Are you taking him?
- You think it's silly?
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Just because
you don't want to graduate.
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He's been here three and a half years.
Maybe he'd like to.
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I couldn't leave Hamburger.
He's been my family...
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- ... ever since I was little.
- Come on.
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Give me this.
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- Liz?
- Yeah?
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I guess he could stay and be
some sort of company.
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It's okay.
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- Come on, Merry.
- Okay, okay.
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Liz, tell me.
Aren't you just a little bit jealous?
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Are you crazy?
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Well, in a way, Doug's far more
your type than mine, you know.
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He likes the same old boring books.
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A real brain.
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Did I tell you he started smoking a pipe?
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I swear on everything you consider
holy, I do not envy you and Doug.
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Well, he was your date.
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Oh, Liz. Next time we meet I'm gonna
be a married lady.
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What do you think?
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I'm gonna be an unmarried lady.
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There he is.
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Doug.
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Doug.
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Hi.
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Hello, Doug.
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- You been good?
- Flawless.
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Do you see what I mean?
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We better go.
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I'm not stealing your roommate.
She's following me...
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...all the way to California.
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Yeah. You rats.
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Have a wonderful life...
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...trip, everything.
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You owe me one.
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To talk about debuts being auspicious...
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...is to talk about the career
of Liz Hamilton.
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She came to our attention with her
very first novel, Night Song.
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A remarkable achievement...
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...because it won
the National Writer's Award...
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...and she was then only early
in her 20s.
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Since then her essays have appeared
in reviews and in journals.
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And her second novel is promised
to us for later this year.
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Or maybe early next year in 1970...
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...if she gets to it.
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Oh, look. Oh, God.
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- Although she doesn't identify...
- Hi. Liz.
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...herself specifically
with feminist politics...
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...her works are themselves
an evocation of the feminine life.
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A plea for the feminine ethic...
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...a demand for a space to be
just that, female.
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I'm very pleased that she's with us
today.
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Please, help me greet Liz Hamilton.
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Thank you.
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My sincere thanks to Professor Fields.
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My thanks, also definitely sincere,
to the Women's Caucus...
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...for sending me a ticket
to come to this warm climate.
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And receive such a warm reception.
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I'm not sure it's an exclusively
feminine instinct...
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...but I need a lot of warmth.
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Perhaps it is true, as
Professor Fields has said...
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...that I do not involve myself
specifically in feminist politics.
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Why not?
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Perhaps I am too exclusively
involved in work.
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That is, in writing and the paralysis
that seems to come with it.
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I don't know why it is, but writers,
many writers...
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...must face some daily barrier of fear.
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But then, a dear old man,
James M. Cain said that:
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"If your writing doesn't keep
you up nights...
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...it won't keep anyone else up either. "
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I have a confession to make.
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All my life, I've had a love for old men.
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My father was old when I was born.
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Older still, when he died.
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My first novel was a memory of him.
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And I am damn sure
not going to apologize for that.
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And this is, sort of,
the entertaining area.
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It's just a little thing,
but, you know...
84
00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,556
...little tiny houses out here
on the beach...
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...they cost as much as a mansion
down home.
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- Doug.
- Hi, Daddy.
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In case you've forgotten,
that handsome man is my husband.
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- Well, what do you think?
- What?
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- My house.
- Terrific.
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Doug resents we don't
still live near the lab.
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But I could not take it,
I tell you, Pasadena.
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Go see your daddy.
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Look, honey, look who's here.
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- Hi.
- Hi, Doug.
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- You're looking great.
- Oh, you're the one.
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- You're beautiful.
- Is she?
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Let me look?
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Oh, my God. You don't look bad.
And a celebrity too.
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Debby, take your hands
out of your pants.
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You should have seen the admiration
of all those girls.
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Debby, we all have interesting things
under our clothes...
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...but we don't stand around
and pick at them.
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So you were a big hit on campus.
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They tarred, but did not feather me.
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What we call boffo box office.
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Oh, now Douglas, don't you start.
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Here in Malibu,
we all talk show-biz talk.
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Liz is not interested
in any Hollywood silliness.
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She's a New York authoress.
Right, hon?
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She takes her coffee every day
at the Plaza Hotel, Palm Court.
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And she eats her steaks at
the Four Seasons on Park Avenue.
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I'm impressed.
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I take my coffee to go
at a deli on Sixth Avenue.
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I'm even more impressed.
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If he had his way, we'd be over
at Caltech all the time.
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But those college people,
they' re like Atlantics...
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...except they lie even more.
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When do I get to see more
of your husband?
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Later.
We're having a party for you.
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And he's agreed not to work
for just a minute or two.
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A party?
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You're my only friend
who's a celebrity.
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- A very minor celebrity, Merry.
- Oh, hell.
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It'll do these folks good.
They're all such major ones.
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Oh, Liz, honey, look, this is Kent.
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This is Kent, this is Liz.
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Hi.
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Don't fall all over yourself
because it just embarrasses him.
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Don't worry. I only know
how to embarrass myself.
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I'm sorry I haven't read any
of your books.
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Oh, there's only been one.
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But, it's marvelous though,
even the parts I don't understand.
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What parts?
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Parts unknown.
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- Isn't she special?
- But, Merry, wait, I, I-
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How're you doing?
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- I'm drunk.
- Let me catch up.
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You shouldn't be talking to the help.
Half of Hollywood's here.
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Yeah?
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You wanna go for a walk?
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- You get time off?
- She likes me to rebel now and again.
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Hey, your turn.
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I'm right in the middle of a story.
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How's the book coming?
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Well, the first hundred pages?
Terrific.
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I've written them over five times
in five years.
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Is that how you normally write?
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I don't write normally.
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I'm what is called blocked.
Isn't that humorless?
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What about the Frenchman?
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You still into him?
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Into him? You talk hippie talk?
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That's California talk, I think.
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Are you?
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I used to be very young.
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Paris was very old.
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He was intense. I was shy.
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- He did all the work.
- And now?
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They ought to warn you before
they let you fall in love.
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I mean, for the first time.
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You can pick the God-awfullest one.
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And you don't recover.
Not from the first. Never.
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What comes after the Frenchman?
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Nothing for the moment.
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I got no lover, but I got a therapist.
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Now, that's humorless.
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Well, he says, "When I start writing
again, I'll start loving. "
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What he said was, "fucking again. "
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Excuse me, Doug, the man's a Freudian.
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Maybe it's the other way.
Start loving, you'll start writing.
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- I suggested that.
- What'd he say?
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He said, not writing was my problem.
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We missing the party?
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- The party's over.
- I'm sorry.
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It's the habit of this community
to be suspicious.
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When a married man goes off
with a married woman's best friend...
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...that's the occasion for suspicion.
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We better move, because I'm not
changing my habits.
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It's my fault.
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You know that. Anyway, tomorrow night
David Steinberg will be here.
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And on Friday, Joe Namath,
who's gonna be a-
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Joe will not do a monologue,
because it takes him too-
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Kiss? I'm not mad at you anymore.
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- Better.
- That's my best.
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- Thank you, Doug.
- Thank you.
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Good night.
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- Good night, honey.
- Good night.
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Merry, thank you.
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What for?
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For being there.
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One year I come running from Paris,
and you- You're there.
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Another time, I want to crawl into
a hole until the reviews come out...
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...you open the door.
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And the party.
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Oh, that little party. Forget it.
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I always thought if my books were
a success, I would buy you a mink coat.
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- Sable.
- All right, sable.
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Well, it was a big success.
You were in Newsweek, honey.
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There's a lot of broke people
in Newsweek.
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Some of these movie folk here
knew your name.
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They're all rich and famous.
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You're just famous. That's harder to do.
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All the good things happen to you.
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Handsome husband.
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A beautiful little girl.
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And you know how to sew.
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- Are you gonna drink?
- Just a little.
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Why?
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I wanted to talk.
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I can drink and talk. Go.
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Liz, honey, I'm so proud of the way
you turned yourself out.
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I sound like a table leg.
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I mean, what do I do? I sit here
and sew like my grandmother...
214
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...and kiss my husband goodbye
on his way to work.
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Have tea with Rock Hudson.
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Oh, you know, they are just folks here.
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They all got problems
same as you and me.
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We could debate that.
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You take that nice fella,
my little neighbor next door.
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That fellow may be just
a neighbor to you...
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...but he shows up in a lot
of ladies' dreams.
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Well, that is just the point.
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Just because he is a star actor,
doesn't mean he's happy.
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He's always moping around,
coming in here for tuna fish.
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He has got lots of time to sit
home and worry.
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- About what?
- He's had three wives.
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Not one of them worth spit.
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He has become far too familiar
with drugs...
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...some of which he puts up his nose.
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Here, just let me find the part
about Kent.
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Here's the part about-
Here, this is the part about Kent.
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Well, maybe I- Maybe I better start
at the beginning.
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Start what?
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- What is this?
- Well.
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Liz, I know this sounds silly
but this is a novel.
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This whole box.
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How wonderful.
238
00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:21,993
Oh, no.
239
00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,118
It doesn't have all the commas
in place like yours...
240
00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,430
...but it is something I feel real
serious about.
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00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,669
You know, these folks around here,
they come and they sit on this beach.
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00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,956
And it is no different from down home.
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They got problems, honey,
and they tell them to me.
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Because I like to listen.
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00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,878
And then you, you write about them?
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Well, I changed all the names.
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- Oh, good.
- You don't wanna hear this?
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Let me read, it's easier.
249
00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,111
No, it's such a mess.
I better read it.
250
00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,359
- The whole thing?
- Oh, Liz, would you mind?
251
00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,910
Let's just start and see
how far we get, okay?
252
00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:00,911
You're gonna hate this but, okay?
253
00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,393
Okay.
254
00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:09,918
It's got a title.
255
00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,117
It's called A House by the Sea.
256
00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,192
You know, to make you think of Malibu.
257
00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,789
"This was a first for Laurelle Jordan.
258
00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,953
Her first trip to New York,
her first visit to the Plaza Hotel.
259
00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:32,999
Being a girl from Dallas, she marched
into that hotel drinking room...
260
00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,913
...with all the arrogance of
T exas money. "
261
00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:39,193
- You're not getting drunk are you?
- I'm listening.
262
00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,749
"As she sat there fingering the olive
in her crystal clear drink...
263
00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,354
...she was wearing a hat in the shape
of a Stetson.
264
00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:53,389
But this was no cowboy hat.
It was made of mink.
265
00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,632
The little animals who gave up
their lives to make her hat...
266
00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,950
...had all come of age in Siberia.
267
00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,152
There was the sand at her feet...
268
00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,311
...and as many as the grains
of that sand...
269
00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,232
...were the memories of her years...
270
00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,233
...Brad, Elliot, Gerald...
271
00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:16,520
...in and out of her life as the tide
that came now to wash at her feet.
272
00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,397
'Gone,' seemed to say the lapping tide,
all gone.
273
00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:26,998
But her memories and this,
her simple house by the sea. "
274
00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:34,918
Was it okay?
275
00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:38,719
Why do they always end up alone?
276
00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:42,588
Who?
277
00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:48,514
Those ladies, in those stories,
they always end up alone.
278
00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,558
You liked it?
279
00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,112
It knocked me out.
280
00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:57,429
Is that good?
281
00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,750
The Mona Lisa never knocked me out.
282
00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,195
- Do you want some coffee?
- Got any more Scotch?
283
00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:03,588
Haven't you had enough?
284
00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,479
A nightcap. A morningcap.
285
00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:16,315
I don't want you to tell me any lies, Liz.
286
00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,995
Don't worry. I need to get sleep
before I can tell a believable lie.
287
00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,676
Did you like my book?
288
00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,552
How long did it take you
to write it?
289
00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,430
Oh, almost a year. Let's see...
290
00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,591
...I started just after Debby went-
291
00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,876
Well, eight months, in the afternoons.
292
00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,916
Eight months in the afternoons?
293
00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,875
What are you gonna do with it?
Get it published?
294
00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,393
I was going to ask you.
295
00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:47,959
Go ahead. Ask.
296
00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:49,599
I don't like your tone, Liz.
297
00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,079
What is wrong with my tone?
298
00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,913
The New York Review of Books
said I was a master of irony.
299
00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,310
Oh, drink your gin and go to sleep.
300
00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,994
You want me to show the book
to Jules Levi.
301
00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,757
Well, I want you to do whatever
you think is right.
302
00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,797
Jules Levi is the wrong man
for you, Merry.
303
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:06,949
Why?
304
00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:10,715
T oo much important tailoring. He's like
an apple the butler polishes every day.
305
00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,110
He's the most impressive publisher
in the business.
306
00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,429
Let's say he's impressed.
307
00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,592
Liz, would you-?
308
00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,671
Would you show it to Jules Levi...
309
00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,673
...and tell him it not be like
some translation from the Russian?
310
00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,559
I haven't escaped from the
iron curtain or anything...
311
00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,075
- ... but I do know what it feels-
- T o have feelings.
312
00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,231
You know what it feels like
to have feelings.
313
00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:31,992
- I suppose.
- It is not a supposition.
314
00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:33,832
It is a fact,
from the master of irony.
315
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,195
Merry knows what it feels like
to have feelings.
316
00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,918
That is worth money in the pocket.
317
00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:39,752
But not Jules Levi's pocket.
318
00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,512
He doesn't have any pockets.
319
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,399
- T oo much expensive tailoring.
- Why not Jules Levi?
320
00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,677
Jules Levi is interested in something
called serious art. Serious art.
321
00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:49,034
Ask him and he'll tell you.
322
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,749
There are only two markets for serious
art: homosexuals and Jews.
323
00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,515
- That's an ugly thing to say.
- What? Homosexual or Jew?
324
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,671
I could smack your face
and not even feel it.
325
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,512
Another gin and I wouldn't either.
326
00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,313
What's wrong with me writing a book?
Makes you so jealous, huh?
327
00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:06,515
Nothing.
328
00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,911
What is wrong with learning to bounce
balls on your nose eight months?
329
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,277
Maybe I should learn to bounce balls
on my nose. Balls, I should.
330
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,352
I'm too busy writing and rewriting
my first hundred pages...
331
00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:20,479
...for that famous apple-polished,
impressed and impressive publisher.
332
00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,269
He has been waiting years for what
they call my second effort.
333
00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,518
Do you know what it is to be blocked?
334
00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,716
Could you develop a few hang-ups?
335
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,359
Don't you wanna write major art?
336
00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,636
And knock them out
at the local gay Hadassah?
337
00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,279
Why are you all shouting?
338
00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,877
Liz is just being a simple bitch,
is what we call it down home.
339
00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,551
Well, we're not down home.
We're way out West.
340
00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,915
And quit quoting Atlanta as though
it were gospel.
341
00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,832
Atlanta has fallen.
Haven't you heard?
342
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,911
Sherman has spared us
any further wisdom...
343
00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:50,957
...from that quotable capital
of the South.
344
00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:53,509
Give us a quote from Paris, France
then, Miss Smarty.
345
00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:54,874
Okay.
346
00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,510
In Paris in France they had a guy
who was, for the record...
347
00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,875
...both a homosexual and a Jew.
348
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:05,033
Who wrote a seven-volume book they
continue to refer to as a masterpiece.
349
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,555
Who was such nitro-glycerin
in the head...
350
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,950
...that he had to hide out
in a cork-lined room...
351
00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:11,872
...or else he'd have
gone up in shrapnel.
352
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,077
Proust, Marcel Proust.
353
00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,711
He had the good grace
to suffer for his art.
354
00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,155
And didn't push aside
the tuna fish sandwiches...
355
00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,231
...on his Formica kitchen table
to write it.
356
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:23,958
Has anybody slept around here?
357
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,120
Liz Hamilton, it is my duty
to remind you of a promise...
358
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,748
...you extracted from me
early in our careers in college.
359
00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,559
You made me promise to tell you
if you ever went too far...
360
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:34,312
...and were in danger of hurting me.
361
00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,516
Well, you are too far right now.
Apologize.
362
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,351
I apologize.
363
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,119
Tell her I apologize for a basic
lack of honesty.
364
00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:44,633
You have been lying.
365
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,712
Not yet. I would only be lying
if I let you believe...
366
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,475
...it was merely Scotch or gin that are
making me do what I am about to do.
367
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,073
What are you about to do?
368
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,029
Vomit.
369
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,077
She liked my book.
370
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,634
Don't worry, I'll get some sleep
on the plane, I guess.
371
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,594
Oh, give these back to Merry.
372
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,830
And, tell her, thank you.
373
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,116
I wish I understood you two.
374
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,192
Why should you know the secret?
We don't.
375
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:31,513
Thank you.
376
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,472
I'm just sorry.
377
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,191
Why? You've been behaving
like a normal human being.
378
00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:42,191
I'm sorry you don't live around here.
379
00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:43,713
You are?
380
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,389
It'd be nice for Merry having a friend.
381
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,590
Oh, some friend.
382
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,951
You're okay.
383
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,598
Bye, Doug.
384
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,193
Thanks.
385
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:18,472
- Airlines, flight 174...
386
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,632
...for St. Louis and Houston...
387
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,155
...will depart from gate 30.
388
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,512
Are you not drinking?
389
00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:47,190
Not this trip, thanks.
390
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,271
I don't think she's drinking.
391
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,831
A little wine.
That doesn't count.
392
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,789
- Well, don't blame me.
- No, you are blameless.
393
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,079
Thanks.
394
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,757
It was hard at first.
Sure, it's an adjustment.
395
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,991
I can't imagine.
396
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,919
It must be really horrible in its way.
397
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,398
For example, I've never been able
to take this off.
398
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,877
How old was she?
399
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,951
If you don't mind saying?
400
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,878
Twenty-nine.
401
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,391
I'm just two years older.
402
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,832
Any kids?
403
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,673
No. Thank God for that.
404
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,116
You ever known a guy-?
405
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,395
Have you ever known a guy who
loved you so much...
406
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,791
...that he'd run up the stairs because
he couldn't wait for the elevator?
407
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,791
You ran up the stairs for your wife?
408
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:21,949
Sometimes.
409
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,031
I've never lived in an elevator building.
410
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,069
It can be nice.
411
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:29,835
What?
412
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,117
Would you like one last drink
before our approach to Kennedy?
413
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:35,799
Kennedy?
414
00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:40,237
No. Thank you.
415
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,469
Oh, excuse me.
416
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,038
Sorry.
417
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:24,553
Oh, sorry.
418
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,552
The captain has turned on
the no smoking sign in preparation...
419
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,278
...for our landing at Kennedy.
420
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,829
We ask at this time that
you return to your seats...
421
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,912
...and extinguish all smoking materials.
422
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,997
At this time we would like to request
that you put your seatbacks...
423
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,879
...in full upright position, make sure
all carry-on luggage...
424
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,393
...is securely under your seat.
425
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,359
The sound you hear is the landing
gear locking into place...
426
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,158
...and is a normal part of our flight.
427
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,595
The sound you hear is
the captain reversing engines...
428
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,958
...to retard our forward motion
and is a normal part of our procedure.
429
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,593
On behalf of Captain Price
and the entire flight crew...
430
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,990
...we want to welcome you
to the New York area...
431
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,549
...and to thank you for flying TWA.
432
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,439
We hope your trip has been pleasurable.
433
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,636
I work in the city and maybe we could-
434
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,711
You know, I don't even know
your last name.
435
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,474
Max, some things are perfect
just as they are.
436
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,790
- Well, what if I give you my number?
- Well...
437
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,632
Daddy, Daddy.
438
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:26,316
Max, darling. Max, thank God.
I thought we missed you, honey.
439
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,199
The kids fought all the way down
the Saw Mill River Parkway.
440
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:30,554
I wanted to surprise you...
441
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,712
...but it wouldn't have been
much of a surprise if we'd missed you.
442
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:35,996
- Can I help you?
- Oh, no, no. No, thanks.
443
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,111
I've been helped quite enough
for one day.
444
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,036
Come on, let's go.
I made this wonderful dinner.
445
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,872
You're just gonna love it.
446
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:15,993
Jules.
447
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,716
Welcome home, dove.
That is a tan.
448
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,713
Most New Yorkers never get out
of the Polo Lounge out there.
449
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,429
- I passed out on the beach a lot.
- Five years.
450
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,238
I've always had to call you.
451
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,392
I felt like a rejected suitor.
At last you call me.
452
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,198
With your manuscript. Unbelievable.
453
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:34,349
Not quite.
454
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,636
- What are you drinking?
- Scotch and water.
455
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,392
Another martini for you, Mr. Levi?
456
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,836
When a writer calls her publisher,
it's usually love or money.
457
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,673
- They're out of one or the other.
- Well, Jules it's neither.
458
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,796
- You have some money left?
- Yeah.
459
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,154
You're not in love?
460
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,356
No, I've lost my resilience
in that department.
461
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:51,509
How do you mean?
462
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,150
Well, my trust, which at best has always
been minimal, is now entirely gone.
463
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:56,435
Nothing ventured.
464
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,830
I've never found anyone to compare
with you, Jules.
465
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,468
What's wrong with the original?
Try him, terrific.
466
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:03,312
- Sarah says so.
- Sarah who?
467
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:04,469
Your wife, Sarah.
468
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,473
I don't know why so many attractive
ladies are more concerned...
469
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,712
...about my wife's feelings
than mine. Your novel.
470
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:13,634
This isn't mine.
471
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,879
I thought you said you were closing in
on it, on the finish?
472
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,314
I am closing in on it. But-
473
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,914
Since I came back,
I've been possessed with work.
474
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,548
- A couple hours a day I'm possessed.
- Then, what is this?
475
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,360
This is by a friend.
476
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,069
My oldest friend. Truly a friend.
I think it has potential.
477
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:33,559
Give it to Allan for a read.
478
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,358
No, I want you to read it
as a favor.
479
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:36,555
What's it about?
480
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:38,829
Feelings.
481
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,319
What kind of feelings?
482
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,436
The kind of feelings they have in Malibu.
483
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:45,389
Malibu.
484
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,433
Just because I'm from the South,
every time I open my mouth...
485
00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,670
...some Yankee thinks I sound stupid.
486
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,354
Why? Because of the accent?
Well, I don't care.
487
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,239
I'm not gonna curl up
like some salted slug.
488
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,311
I'm proud to be from Atlanta.
489
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,869
I read Gone With the Wind twice a year.
490
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,917
Twice a year, when Merry Noel Blake
takes down Margaret Mitchell's...
491
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,709
...phenomenal bestseller to read,
it's not just to be reminded of home.
492
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,155
She may be comparing royalties.
493
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,912
Ever since her first book...
494
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,595
...A House by the Sea, went through
Hollywood like a cannon shot...
495
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:29,116
...mowing down about half the film
colony with its deadly expos�...
496
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,589
...she has established herself
as more than a writer.
497
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:35,753
This prolific woman, with five torrid
bestsellers, one after the other...
498
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:39,196
...has become a, kind of,
publishing institution.
499
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:40,873
But at what a cost.
500
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,676
I've always loved Merry.
She's a good kid.
501
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:48,594
You don't feel that there's a slightly
altered portrait of you then, in her book?
502
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,596
Now, do I look like the kind
of a guy that- Teenage girls?
503
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,797
I mean, once in a while, some poor
schnook could get carried away.
504
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,349
But, I mean, with all
of the daughters of all of his...
505
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,909
...friends? Including the daughter
of the studio head?
506
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,435
God, somebody's gotta be
a fruitcake to do that.
507
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,354
It's not true then that your attorney
is bringing suit against her?
508
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,069
Nah, I'm sorry to see Merry move out
of the colony.
509
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,276
We should mention,
that's the Malibu Colony.
510
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,317
And that's where the first novel is set.
511
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:19,799
Why did she leave Malibu?
512
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,716
I don t know.
Some guy set fire to her car.
513
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,792
It's hard to imagine that
the stately pyramids along the Nile...
514
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,633
...or the sphinx with its mysterious
smile, could have-
515
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:32,869
You' re gonna miss this.
516
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,598
It's a rerun. You've seen it once.
517
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:35,909
Make me one too.
518
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:37,149
What do you want?
519
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:38,992
Half of whatever you' re drinking.
520
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,071
- that you use a nom de plume.
521
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,429
I was a Christmas surprise to my mama
so she named me Merry Noel...
522
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,352
...you know, M-E-R-R- Y.
523
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,988
All the folks down home call me
Merry Noel to this day.
524
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:52,832
In her second book, Cleo...
525
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,198
...Merry Blake imagines a modern day
Cleopatra, who comes to America...
526
00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:01,876
...and falls in love, and in fact,
into bed, with a chief executive...
527
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,679
- ... who looks like our own Gerald Ford.
- There's your half.
528
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,276
- Do you wanna go to New Y ork?
- Nope.
529
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,078
I'm booked on
to The Merv Griffin Show.
530
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,876
- What would I do?
- What do you do here?
531
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:16,909
I'm sorry.
532
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:18,718
I know how you like to affix blame...
533
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,189
...but I did not close down the project.
The lab did.
534
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,078
I said, I'm sorry.
535
00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:26,437
Sometimes words just slide out
of my mouth.
536
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,194
Like a snake out of its hole.
537
00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:55,719
Home Cookin '.
538
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,438
You like it?
539
00:34:58,320 --> 00:34:59,514
That's it.
That's the title.
540
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:00,715
Home Cookin '.
541
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,996
It's gonna be about Mama.
542
00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:09,631
I keep trying to remember why it was
she kept going off to see Papa.
543
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,711
She had been married
three more times...
544
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:13,916
...and she was living
with her third husband.
545
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,514
And she snuck off to a motel
to see Papa.
546
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,796
She was 60.
547
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,872
My God, she was driven.
548
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,108
- I wonder.
- What?
549
00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:34,280
She must have loved Papa.
550
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,589
You never recover from the first person
you fall in love with.
551
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,876
- Doug, you know that?
- No.
552
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,395
- Well, you said it.
- Liz told me.
553
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,551
- You and Liz talked about love?
- We did.
554
00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:48,632
- When?
- Some years ago.
555
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:05,594
Doug, honey, Doug, could you
excuse me one minute? Just a second.
556
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:07,830
I'll be right back.
Hon, I'll be right back.
557
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,353
You just- I'll be right back.
558
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,988
One second, okay? I've just gotta-
559
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:13,913
Dougy.
560
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,431
I'm sorry.
561
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:21,998
Doug-bug?
562
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,837
- I thought you wanted to-?
- I finished.
563
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,957
Without me?
564
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,238
I only feel, Merv, that you can only be
honest when you do something.
565
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,231
You have to do it,
speak from the heart...
566
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,709
...you have to tell it like it is.
That's how I feel.
567
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,553
- You have a daughter, don't you?
- I do, yes, I do, she's 14.
568
00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:43,840
I wonder, Merry Noel, what advice
you give her about boys?
569
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,117
Oh, well, I just tell her
what my mama told me.
570
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,714
I just tell her, if you think
too much about boys...
571
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:51,438
...you get on the back of a horse.
572
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,236
Quite a philosopher, your mama.
573
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:55,469
She was, yes.
574
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,791
Did you do a lot of horseback riding
as a youngster?
575
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,030
Oh, no, I didn't Merv.
I don't like horses.
576
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,954
They're so big,
but I like jockeys.
577
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:06,678
Do you?
578
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:06,079
You're early.
579
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:10,359
Hi, Doug.
580
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:15,151
- You're not at The Merv Griffin Show?
- I stepped out for a drink.
581
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,398
- I was about to have one myself.
- Me too.
582
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,156
I thought you were sticking
with Merry.
583
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,231
She can never find her way down here.
584
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:27,234
She can figure out how to find a local
bookstore in Satsuma, Florida.
585
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,389
I'm not worried.
586
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,352
I haven't figured out whether
I like you better drunk or sober.
587
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:38,509
No Scotch?
588
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:42,996
Next to the typewriter.
589
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,549
I forgot the literary process.
590
00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:46,835
You're almost right.
591
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,991
I was having drinks with a novelist.
592
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:50,388
That is literary, isn't it?
593
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,553
The novelist?
Are you still seeing him?
594
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,475
- No.
- His wife came back into the picture?
595
00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:59,517
- No.
- You're not talking?
596
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:01,830
If there was something to talk about.
597
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,911
Poor Liz.
598
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,709
I finally figured out after three,
what is it...
599
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,917
...three and a half,
on-again off-again years...
600
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:21,390
...that my friend Paul essentially
considers me an interruption.
601
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,030
T o his otherwise important thoughts.
602
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:30,389
Poor Liz.
603
00:41:34,240 --> 00:41:35,912
Don't worry. I took his best years.
604
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,833
Please God, don't let me burn that bird.
605
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,549
All the times we've been back here,
I've never seen you in the kitchen.
606
00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:46,109
I don't go in the kitchen.
The roaches talk about me.
607
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,638
I'm thinking about moving back here.
608
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,473
I'm not afraid of cockroaches.
609
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:53,834
You're kidding?
610
00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:57,234
They run when I turn on the light.
They're afraid of me.
611
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,072
I mean about moving back here.
612
00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:02,676
There's an opening at the Rockefeller
Institute. I'm going in to see them.
613
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,071
- Does Merry want to live in New York?
- I don't know. I never asked her.
614
00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:08,310
- Well, don't you think you should?
- Liz.
615
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,517
I have this fantasy that if I work
back here I can come by.
616
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,148
- You can incinerate a bird.
- Where is Merry going to be?
617
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,311
- She can fly in between books.
- Oh, yeah.
618
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,550
That's what she does,
flies in between books.
619
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:20,472
- Naughty.
- Hey, I can cook.
620
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,995
Did I tell you? I used to read
Gourmet Magazine.
621
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:24,634
Let me ask you something-
622
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:26,711
I'm thinking, if I get a place
back here...
623
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,997
...I can cook duck or cherries jubilee.
624
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,628
- That sounds fun.
- And invite you.
625
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:39,355
You're thinking, you can move away
from Merry...
626
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,757
...between books and invite her
oldest friend over for duck?
627
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,070
And cherries jubilee.
628
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,232
And then what?
629
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:52,189
- Where does your fantasy go from there?
- I told you way back in college...
630
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:55,909
...when I started going with Merry,
if there ever came a time-
631
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,348
You promised you'd never
mention that again.
632
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:02,389
I lied.
633
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,157
That's Merry, Doug.
634
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:21,793
Doug.
635
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,318
The limousine driver had no idea
where Minetta Lane was.
636
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:34,072
He had to stop and ask a cab.
637
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:36,071
I got so darn angry I took the cab...
638
00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:38,800
...and then that damn fool couldn't even
find the Village.
639
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,269
Goddamn it. I see you found your way
down here.
640
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,000
- Liz has some wonderful Scotch.
- You want a drink, Merry?
641
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,310
I don't. He doesn't.
Why do you give him liquor?
642
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,198
She also sacrificed a chicken.
643
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,352
Great, great. You're drunk.
That's just great.
644
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:52,873
- I'll get it.
- No, I got it.
645
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:54,155
- I'll get it.
- Goddamn it.
646
00:43:57,960 --> 00:43:59,996
Well, I took a Dexamyl
and cleaned house today.
647
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:01,718
You did all this in one day?
648
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,030
Oh, the dexie did it.
I just watched.
649
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:17,473
Good night.
650
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:20,791
- Where are you going?
- Back to the hotel.
651
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:22,632
- Why?
- I've got an interview tomorrow.
652
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,950
I wanna go and drink myself
to sleep. Alone.
653
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:27,076
Do you have any idea
how far away you are...
654
00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:29,549
- ... from sleeping on park benches?
- Come on, Merry.
655
00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:31,790
I wish you weren't always ready
with a Scotch...
656
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:33,678
...and a back scratch for poor Doug.
657
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:35,512
"Poor Doug" likes his
back scratched.
658
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,910
It is, I am told, the spirits
of affection...
659
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,150
...and not the distillery that comfort
the soul.
660
00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:43,198
- Brother!
- Could you please help in that?
661
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:44,395
This is not Bellevue.
662
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:47,358
I do not accept responsibility
for the toxic level of my guests.
663
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,317
You cannot imagine
what it's been like...
664
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,357
...since he drank himself out of his job.
665
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,273
Bullshit. I never drank to do my job
at the lab.
666
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,317
I only drink to perform my job
as husband.
667
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,550
Then you better bring a bottle
to bed next time.
668
00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:00,597
- Let's say we eat.
- Blame me, goddamn it...
669
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,194
...it's clear he blames me
for what turns out to be...
670
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,318
...to my everlasting surprise,
something missing in his character.
671
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:08,835
What's missing are a few intimate
parts of my anatomy.
672
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:10,035
Disgusting.
673
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,794
I do blame myself because
if I hadn't offered them up...
674
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:14,552
...you'd never have sliced them off.
675
00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:17,837
- I wish I had something to slice you up.
- Get your hand off my tie.
676
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,076
How very stupid.
677
00:45:23,240 --> 00:45:24,912
It's a scene from one of your books.
678
00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:27,389
That ain't stupid. It's just trash.
679
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:29,118
- Trash?
- Trash.
680
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:30,349
You said trash?
681
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,909
- Trash.
- Successful trash.
682
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:34,069
You're goddamn right.
683
00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:36,674
You put together enough trash,
you get major garbage.
684
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:50,317
Trash.
685
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:53,278
Trash, my ass!
686
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:13,429
Liz.
687
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:15,869
Doug.
688
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:22,079
Hi, Doug.
689
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,033
I had the interview.
And it wasn't right.
690
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:28,395
Really. I'm sorry.
691
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:30,710
It was probably best.
I'm going down to Houston.
692
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,996
There's a NASA position
that sounds right.
693
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:35,515
That means I'll live in Texas.
Assuming-
694
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,433
- You're serious about this with Merry.
- Yes.
695
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:42,070
I gave her 15 years.
You can't say that I wasn't serious.
696
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:44,114
Aren't you gonna tell her?
697
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,350
We talked it out,
we shouted it out, last night.
698
00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:48,954
- No, about Texas.
- Will you tell her?
699
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:51,350
- Is that why you asked me here?
- No.
700
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,034
No, Doug. Don't start any more
of this fantasy business.
701
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:55,918
Why don't you let me be your friend?
702
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:57,399
You are my friend.
703
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:00,120
Close friend. You need a close friend.
704
00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:02,077
You and Merry are both
my close friends.
705
00:47:02,240 --> 00:47:03,958
You know what the end
of my fantasy is?
706
00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:05,394
- No, Doug.
- Merry divorces me.
707
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:07,471
- Please.
- You forget about being her friend.
708
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:09,392
- Stop.
- Hey, look at me.
709
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:10,549
And you marry me.
710
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:14,952
Doug, you're scaring the shit
out of me.
711
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:30,871
Doug.
712
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:38,239
- What is it?
- You told her you were meeting me?
713
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:40,792
Doug.
714
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:42,508
- I had to.
- Why?
715
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:44,796
Fifteen years.
716
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:46,912
Don't you want me
to tell her something?
717
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:49,513
Yeah.
718
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:51,917
Tell her goodbye.
719
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:53,749
Doug.
720
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:55,876
Doug, wait.
721
00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:00,832
Doug.
722
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:04,233
- Doug.
- He's gone, Merry.
723
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,072
- Gone where?
- He's gone to Texas.
724
00:48:06,240 --> 00:48:09,073
- Texas?
- A job interview in Texas.
725
00:48:09,240 --> 00:48:11,231
Did you tell him I forgive everything
he said?
726
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:13,550
He doesn't wanna talk,
he's leaving, he's left.
727
00:48:13,720 --> 00:48:16,109
- Left what?
- He's left the marriage.
728
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:18,475
He said you all talked it out.
729
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,634
Stupid man. He said stupid things.
730
00:48:23,240 --> 00:48:25,310
Well, go get him. Go.
731
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:28,994
Did he say anything more?
732
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:31,353
He said, goodbye.
733
00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:34,719
Goodbye?
734
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:36,996
- Goodbye.
- That's it?
735
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:43,353
What-?
736
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:45,034
What am I gonna do?
737
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:49,429
You're gonna miss him, terribly.
738
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:53,912
Oh, no, I don't want to.
739
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:55,952
I hate to be unhappy.
740
00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:01,276
You are making me unhappy
and I'm gonna hate you for it.
741
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:04,034
I'm gonna hate you, Doug.
742
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:05,428
I hate you.
743
00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:11,030
- I hate Texas.
- Merry.
744
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,913
Oh, Liz, we were a good marriage.
745
00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:24,150
Everyone said so.
746
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:28,393
I don't mean just the magazines.
I mean, our friends, everyone.
747
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:30,869
Didn't you think we were happy?
748
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:33,590
Now what are they going to say?
749
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:35,352
What can they say?
750
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:38,910
Just something more that was happy,
gone to waste.
751
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:41,436
It's the times.
752
00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:45,271
What ugly times we live in.
753
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:49,593
Another broken home.
754
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:55,077
I never wanted to be a statistic.
755
00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:04,798
Make a new life, isn't that
what abandoned ladies always do?
756
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:06,559
Well, to hell with that.
757
00:50:06,720 --> 00:50:09,393
I'm just gonna keep the same life
with just a piece missing.
758
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:11,790
I'll just break off a piece.
759
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:14,710
I got my career.
760
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,350
I got my daughter.
761
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:22,080
I got you, my friend.
762
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:24,835
Liz, you'll be my friend, won't you?
763
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:26,592
That's a stupid question.
764
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:29,832
We'll just be old friends
like always, huh?
765
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,639
Old friends. Of course.
766
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:15,879
Hello. Sorry.
767
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:18,076
Liz is late.
Take a little off her vote, huh?
768
00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:20,959
I've forgotten how long it takes
to get around in this city.
769
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:22,917
How are the ducks and the pigs?
770
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,435
I have a mill pond.
It's for mills, not for ducks.
771
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:28,910
I'd be damned if I'd live in Connecticut
without something that said "moo. "
772
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,230
- Ducks and pigs don't go "moo. "
- See what I know?
773
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,960
If I can get down to what is called
serious business.
774
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:36,156
- Where'd they put you up?
- The Algonquin.
775
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:37,435
- which I must read.
776
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:39,511
Martha, you have every good intention...
777
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,910
...we know, but you're not gonna
read the rules.
778
00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:45,117
- We know the rules.
- It is not my intention to bore you.
779
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,077
Then don't.
780
00:51:47,240 --> 00:51:48,468
Sorry.
781
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,074
We have until December 31 st
to make the announcement...
782
00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:53,310
...of the best of American fiction
for the year.
783
00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:55,994
- All of you, as previous winners-
- She's going to do it.
784
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:58,879
I have a question. One of the titles
we've been considering...
785
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:00,678
...is Merry Blake's Home Cookin '.
786
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:02,717
It's already getting
some remarkable press.
787
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:05,110
That woman has ground out
sausage for 10 years...
788
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:06,713
...and suddenly a book comes out.
789
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:08,279
That woman is a friend of mine.
790
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:10,396
It's not your fault she wrote
something good.
791
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:12,994
- Even old Dr. No likes it.
- Who?
792
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:15,594
Hennings. Didn't you see his piece
in the Sunday Times?
793
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:17,398
- No, what?
- Enough. Please.
794
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:19,835
He said, "At last she has written
from the heart...
795
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,594
...and decided to bypass the obstruction
of her brain. "
796
00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:23,954
Funny.
797
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:28,837
I wanna register with you, if you feel
I should disqualify myself.
798
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:31,468
If anyone should disqualify himself,
it should be me.
799
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:32,755
What do you mean, Martin?
800
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,070
Well, you know, about me
and Anita Turner.
801
00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:36,832
No.
802
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:40,549
Her book is all about me,
for chrissake.
803
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:44,155
Now, what does that mean?
804
00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:45,548
Oh, Martin, be a big boy.
805
00:52:45,720 --> 00:52:47,517
You be a big boy.
806
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,070
I just wanted you all to be warned.
807
00:52:52,240 --> 00:52:54,834
My old friend Merry has taken
the floor of a hotel...
808
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:58,436
...and she intends to lobby this
entire city for this award.
809
00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:01,637
She's got Jules Levi lined up to throw
a series of what she calls...
810
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:03,074
...opinion-forming parties.
811
00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:06,710
Well, we're the only three who can be
impressed by such tactics.
812
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:09,591
That is a cold statement of truth.
813
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:12,795
When the National Writers' Award
was first formed...
814
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:14,791
...it was the intention of the charter-
815
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,072
1218, please.
816
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:37,432
Thanks.
817
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:41,798
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry.
818
00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:44,155
A messenger brought this for you.
819
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:46,114
The National Writers' Award.
820
00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:47,633
- And this.
- Books, great.
821
00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:49,950
- And there's a man waiting to see you.
- Who?
822
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:52,475
- Mr. Adams.
- Who's that?
823
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:54,232
Christopher Adams.
824
00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:56,630
He's over there, next to the column.
825
00:53:57,600 --> 00:53:59,238
Oh, okay.
826
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:09,317
Mr. Adams?
827
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:11,630
- No. I'm sorry.
- You're not Christopher Adams?
828
00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:14,758
- No, I'm not.
- I am.
829
00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:17,875
Hi. Chris Adams.
830
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:19,029
Liz Hamilton.
831
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:21,111
You wanna do it down here
or go to your room?
832
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:23,840
- Do what?
- You don't remember our appointment?
833
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:27,913
- No, I don't remember our appointment.
- Well, that's okay.
834
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:31,117
It's better than okay, it's terrific.
Nice meeting you.
835
00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:33,589
Would you like a bellboy for these,
Miss Hamilton?
836
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:35,512
I got them.
837
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:37,951
Are you a messenger
from the Writers' Award?
838
00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:40,111
- I'm from the Stone.
- The what?
839
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:41,838
Rolling Stone.
We have an interview.
840
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:43,831
Chris. Chris Adams.
Rolling Stone-
841
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:45,399
God, I'm sorry.
842
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:48,757
I'm also sorry I can't possibly do it.
I've gotta read all these. Sorry.
843
00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:50,672
Well, I'll carry them up for you.
844
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:01,639
Come in.
845
00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:05,755
- Where do you want this?
- Over here.
846
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:28,592
I'll just be a minute.
847
00:55:39,560 --> 00:55:41,391
Give me room service please.
848
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:43,278
Oh, don't put that on yet.
849
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:45,670
- What do you want to drink?
- I don't drink.
850
00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:47,956
- You don't want a soft drink?
- No.
851
00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:52,756
This is room 1218.
852
00:55:53,240 --> 00:55:56,789
I'd like a Scotch, please.
And a water to back it up.
853
00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:59,793
Oh, no, give me double, thank you.
854
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:05,635
Somebody left grass around.
Maybe you'd prefer that?
855
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:06,915
No.
856
00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:12,548
Funny.
857
00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:15,029
When they said someone
from the Stone was coming...
858
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,430
...I imagined a satin jumpsuit...
859
00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:20,672
...and two coke spoons coming out
of your nose.
860
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,832
I don't have to use this
at all, if you don't want.
861
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:25,911
Well, how long is this gonna take?
862
00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:27,195
Whatever you want.
863
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:30,830
You don't wanna talk now, you can
call me later. I'm at the Chelsea.
864
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:32,952
Since when would I want?
865
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:35,031
I mean, you guys.
866
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:36,952
How old are you, may I ask?
867
00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:38,678
Twenty-two.
868
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,918
Well, you're more like 12.
869
00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:43,513
If you say.
870
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:46,355
I don't really understand
why the interview.
871
00:56:46,520 --> 00:56:47,839
Why?
872
00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:50,719
Yeah.
873
00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:53,514
Why me? Why the Stone?
Why me, for the Stone?
874
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:55,159
- It was my idea.
- Yeah?
875
00:56:55,320 --> 00:56:56,435
Yeah.
876
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:58,636
Perhaps you could break
the language barrier...
877
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:00,631
...and let me know
what this is all about.
878
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:03,633
- There's a language barrier?
- I always thought this was a joke...
879
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:05,438
...you know, about your publication.
880
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:07,397
The utterances of those
who can't speak...
881
00:57:07,560 --> 00:57:09,391
...written by those who cannot write...
882
00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:11,471
- ... for those who cannot read.
- I used that.
883
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:12,868
You did?
884
00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:15,516
In one of my interviews.
885
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:18,074
Well, you see.
886
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,231
After your second novel,
it was my idea to do a piece on you.
887
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:26,073
There's no one that fits in
right where you do.
888
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:27,992
The magazine wanted a woman
in the arts.
889
00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:30,958
There were others with more visibility
but I wanted you.
890
00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:34,237
You have political anger.
But reason keeps it cool.
891
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:36,630
Especially in your small
magazine pieces.
892
00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:38,916
Your fiction, there's passion right there.
893
00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:41,230
But again, within the parameters
of taste.
894
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:44,472
Or maybe it's art, not taste,
you'll tell me.
895
00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:48,635
More than any other woman
with a public profile, I respect you.
896
00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:53,510
Well, turn it on
and maybe we'll get started.
897
00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:57,229
No, it's Scotch.
898
00:58:02,880 --> 00:58:05,519
- Oh, Debby.
- Hi, Aunt Liz.
899
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:08,196
- Hi.
- Hi.
900
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:09,554
This is my favorite niece.
901
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:11,836
More or less my niece,
daughter of a friend.
902
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:14,468
Her name is Debby.
This is Chris from Rolling Stone.
903
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:16,676
- Hi. Mom didn't call here did she?
- Four times.
904
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:17,829
What'd she say?
905
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:19,672
I don't know.
I just got the messages.
906
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:23,310
I can tell you right now, she's going
to be opposed to my moving in here.
907
00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:25,710
She is? Well, so am I.
908
00:58:25,880 --> 00:58:28,633
There's only room here for me,
and the ghost of Dorothy Parker.
909
00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:31,189
I'm not really, I've just gotta
get out of that hotel.
910
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:33,271
So I can stay at Ginger's.
She hates Ginger.
911
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:34,429
Well, who's she?
912
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:37,751
Ginger Trinidad.
He's this terrific Puerto Rican poet.
913
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:38,955
You've heard of him.
914
00:58:39,120 --> 00:58:42,271
He started writing poetry in the Tombs,
you know, the New York jail.
915
00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:44,158
- What was he doing there?
- I don't know.
916
00:58:44,320 --> 00:58:45,548
It was in TIME magazine.
917
00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:47,551
He robbed some liquor stores
or something.
918
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:49,278
But it was politically motivated.
919
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:51,192
Well, apart from a few minor details...
920
00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:53,555
...I don't know what your mother
has against him.
921
00:58:53,720 --> 00:58:55,278
Well, we're making it,
that's what.
922
00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:59,069
She's got some weird idea I should save
myself for an astronaut or something.
923
00:59:00,320 --> 00:59:01,958
The Scotch.
924
00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:09,794
Do you ever answer your phone?
925
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:11,757
I have been too busy
answering the door.
926
00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:14,388
- This is Chris Adams.
- How do you do? I see you're here.
927
00:59:14,560 --> 00:59:16,437
- He's from the press.
- Oh, how interesting.
928
00:59:16,600 --> 00:59:19,353
- Which publication do you write for?
- Rolling Stone.
929
00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:22,672
I've just been trying to find out
one little piece of information...
930
00:59:22,840 --> 00:59:25,195
- ... about what went on today?
- You mean about-
931
00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:27,920
- I guess you mean about-
- You know I can't talk about it.
932
00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:29,911
- What did they say?
- They liked your book.
933
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:31,069
That much I can say.
934
00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:33,549
- How much?
- Oh, Jesus.
935
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:35,753
Please, God.
936
00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:39,354
Hi, there. Is Debby here?
937
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:41,636
- You must be Ginger.
- Yeah. You the mother?
938
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:43,631
She's the mother.
I'm the aunt. Come in.
939
00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:44,789
Thank you.
940
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:45,949
- Hi, honey.
- Hi, Ginger.
941
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:47,109
- How you doing?
- Fine.
942
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:49,350
- Ready to go?
- Please.
943
00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:51,511
- Good.
- Just one moment.
944
00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:52,749
Please, young lady.
945
00:59:52,920 --> 00:59:54,717
I know, maybe
you don't like me too much.
946
00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:56,950
Not like you?
I have no reason to dislike you.
947
00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:59,350
It's just a question of my liking
my daughter more.
948
00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:02,034
Perhaps too much, but then again,
she is my daughter.
949
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:04,236
Maybe you don't like Puerto Ricans.
Is that it?
950
01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:06,550
It has nothing to do
with being a Puerto Rican.
951
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:08,870
You could have skin whiter
than apple blossoms.
952
01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:10,917
As long as there's lingering respect...
953
01:00:11,080 --> 01:00:13,469
...from my daughter that she'll
consider my opinion...
954
01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:17,110
...I would prefer that she not race about
the streets of this dangerous city...
955
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,669
- ... with the criminal element.
- Let's go, Ginger.
956
01:00:19,840 --> 01:00:21,273
- Nice meeting you all.
- Ginger.
957
01:00:21,440 --> 01:00:22,998
Debby!
958
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,036
You. Darling, Aunt Liz.
959
01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:34,157
After whom my daughter chooses
to model her most formative years.
960
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:37,392
I've ordered a double, you can have half.
Save your speech until then.
961
01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:40,154
You consider it adventuresome,
her affair with a car thief.
962
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:42,390
- He stole a car?
- He's addicted to the practice.
963
01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:43,959
Maybe he can get me a Mercedes.
964
01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:46,111
Debby would roar
over that cynical humor.
965
01:00:46,280 --> 01:00:47,269
Would you get off it?
966
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:49,510
- I've been keeping this fellow-
- I don't mind.
967
01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:50,908
- I mind.
- I'll go.
968
01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:54,550
- I'll go. Just give me one simple word.
- What simple word?
969
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:56,472
Am I or am I not wasting my time...
970
01:00:56,640 --> 01:00:58,949
...and considerable amount
of money back here...
971
01:00:59,120 --> 01:01:01,429
...or am I going to win
the National Writers' Award?
972
01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:03,079
Well, there are two simple words.
973
01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:04,878
Yes and no.
974
01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:07,833
- That's all for now?
- That is all for now.
975
01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:09,599
Okay.
976
01:01:11,320 --> 01:01:12,355
Don't forget.
977
01:01:12,520 --> 01:01:14,112
Dinner Friday night at Jules'.
978
01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:17,716
I can't, Merry. I've gotta go up to
Connecticut for at least the weekend...
979
01:01:17,880 --> 01:01:19,996
- ... with around 200 books.
- All right.
980
01:01:20,160 --> 01:01:22,310
Well, there's another Tuesday night
at my place.
981
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:24,199
- I'll try.
- Please.
982
01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:26,828
And find someone nice to bring.
983
01:01:40,480 --> 01:01:42,391
Can we do this later?
984
01:01:42,560 --> 01:01:43,959
You know what you need?
985
01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:45,439
You know what I need?
986
01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:47,079
You need to relax.
987
01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:48,229
What do you mean?
988
01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:50,868
Relax? Relax means relax.
989
01:01:51,200 --> 01:01:53,350
You mean, I need someone to relax me?
990
01:01:55,520 --> 01:01:59,035
You think I need someone to relax me?
T o come over here and relax me?
991
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:00,918
I didn't mention someone, no.
992
01:02:01,080 --> 01:02:02,877
- Oh, you were gonna do it?
- Do what?
993
01:02:03,040 --> 01:02:04,871
There's an arrogance about men,
sometimes.
994
01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:07,508
Maybe you haven't noticed,
not being yet a man yourself.
995
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:09,910
- Are you okay?
- Do I sound okay?
996
01:02:10,080 --> 01:02:12,116
Look, all I meant was
you should get some rest.
997
01:02:12,280 --> 01:02:14,840
If you wanna get some rest
with someone, that's up to you.
998
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:17,468
If I wanna get movement in bed
I'll check into a motel...
999
01:02:17,640 --> 01:02:19,790
...and drop a quarter
in the vibrating mattress.
1000
01:02:19,960 --> 01:02:21,791
I'm at the Chelsea
when you wanna do this.
1001
01:02:21,960 --> 01:02:24,918
I'm wrong. It is the young men
who are the most arrogant.
1002
01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:27,799
When it comes to arrogance
in sexual matters...
1003
01:02:27,960 --> 01:02:30,428
...they assume everyone
is falling down over them.
1004
01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:32,636
Put that on. I have a quote.
1005
01:02:35,400 --> 01:02:38,597
I find this mid-century obsession
with young flesh obscene.
1006
01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:41,228
It's like eating green cantaloupes.
1007
01:02:42,080 --> 01:02:44,640
Okay. Goodbye.
1008
01:03:04,680 --> 01:03:06,238
- Is that for 1218?
- Yes, ma'am.
1009
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:07,753
Great.
1010
01:03:11,040 --> 01:03:12,155
Wait.
1011
01:03:14,560 --> 01:03:17,120
Thanks. Down, please.
1012
01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:45,869
Excuse me, could you tell me
where Cartier's is?
1013
01:03:46,040 --> 01:03:49,430
Yes. It's just up there
on the other side of the street.
1014
01:03:50,440 --> 01:03:52,032
Near those flags?
1015
01:03:52,200 --> 01:03:53,599
Yeah.
1016
01:04:23,960 --> 01:04:25,598
It's up there.
1017
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:36,150
This thing doesn't fit.
1018
01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:39,029
It's supposed to be a bracelet.
1019
01:04:39,360 --> 01:04:42,830
It'd be fine, if I wanted a necklace.
1020
01:04:43,560 --> 01:04:45,676
Is it a gift from your mother?
1021
01:04:46,720 --> 01:04:49,917
No. My mother lives
in Redlands, California.
1022
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:02,749
Are you Mrs. Collins?
1023
01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:05,034
No.
1024
01:05:05,920 --> 01:05:08,115
East 71 st Street?
1025
01:05:08,400 --> 01:05:09,674
No.
1026
01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:26,789
At one time, almost every important
literary figure in New Y ork came here.
1027
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:30,036
Over there where you see
the restaurant area...
1028
01:05:30,200 --> 01:05:32,475
...they had a weekly luncheon
called the round table.
1029
01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:36,110
With writers like Robert Benchley,
George Kaufman, Edna Ferber.
1030
01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:40,797
Thank you, Jim, for walking me
all the way down here.
1031
01:05:53,600 --> 01:05:55,830
You do a lot of smiling.
1032
01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:46,989
How old are you?
1033
01:06:49,120 --> 01:06:50,678
Eighteen.
1034
01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:19,996
Who is Mrs. Collins?
1035
01:09:52,440 --> 01:09:55,671
My problem is,
I'm truly an old-fashioned girl.
1036
01:09:56,600 --> 01:09:59,672
I like men who talk.
I love to talk.
1037
01:09:59,840 --> 01:10:02,070
There's a whole generation
crowding up behind us...
1038
01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:04,276
...of people who wanna talk
with their bodies.
1039
01:10:04,440 --> 01:10:06,954
Christ, everyone is so muscular
and chic.
1040
01:10:07,120 --> 01:10:10,669
Their tits spilling out all over
the place, soft fashions.
1041
01:10:10,840 --> 01:10:14,389
We've got a generation of beauties.
They're more beautiful than the Greeks.
1042
01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:16,312
But what happened
to the articulate guy?
1043
01:10:16,480 --> 01:10:18,072
I mean, nobody wants to
talk anymore.
1044
01:10:18,240 --> 01:10:19,673
You don't have to be hard on me.
1045
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:22,673
- I'm just listening.
- Listening is an obscenely intimate act.
1046
01:10:24,400 --> 01:10:26,914
- It laughs.
- Well, you said something funny.
1047
01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:30,709
I don't talk to everyone. I don't make
love to every woman I meet, either.
1048
01:10:30,880 --> 01:10:32,791
Maybe you should catch up
with your peers.
1049
01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:37,431
I'll agree with your point. A way to
approach a woman is through the ears.
1050
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:39,989
Ears, you know.
They're little emblems of sexuality.
1051
01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:43,232
I'm listening to you
through little emblems of sexuality.
1052
01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:49,710
I'm not ready to concede that the young
aren't more sexually arrogant...
1053
01:10:49,880 --> 01:10:51,950
...though, and this is important...
1054
01:10:52,120 --> 01:10:53,997
...I have been recently led to believe...
1055
01:10:54,160 --> 01:10:56,594
...that they might have something
to be arrogant about.
1056
01:10:57,400 --> 01:10:58,958
Namely...
1057
01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:01,760
...endurance and bodies.
1058
01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:05,315
My old friend Bessie Smith...
1059
01:11:05,720 --> 01:11:09,349
...whose records shared many
an afternoon with me in Paris said...
1060
01:11:10,400 --> 01:11:14,951
...she liked it when her daddy
took her for a buggy ride.
1061
01:11:17,760 --> 01:11:20,797
What I like about you is
you never stall.
1062
01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:22,598
How about you, kid?
1063
01:11:23,040 --> 01:11:25,554
I never preferred it with girls my age.
1064
01:11:26,840 --> 01:11:28,831
I was about to make you,
Christopher Adams...
1065
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:32,629
...the lead character of my new book,
Young Flesh.
1066
01:11:33,800 --> 01:11:35,472
Why not with girls your own age?
1067
01:11:35,640 --> 01:11:38,200
They're always watching
for their own orgasm.
1068
01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:42,439
What should they be watching for?
Your orgasm?
1069
01:11:42,600 --> 01:11:44,636
Our orgasm.
1070
01:11:53,320 --> 01:11:55,834
I suppose if I talk fast enough
and stay up all night...
1071
01:11:56,000 --> 01:11:59,356
...I could tell you my life story
before I get on the train in the morning.
1072
01:11:59,520 --> 01:12:00,509
I'll drive you.
1073
01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:02,910
- Connecticut?
- Why not? I got a license.
1074
01:12:03,080 --> 01:12:05,435
Well, for one thing,
I've got to read all those books.
1075
01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:08,114
If you give me a minute,
I'm sure there's another reason.
1076
01:12:08,280 --> 01:12:10,157
Pick you up at 10.
1077
01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:12,872
- All right?
- Okay.
1078
01:12:13,640 --> 01:12:14,789
Night.
1079
01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:16,399
Good night.
1080
01:12:37,480 --> 01:12:38,754
Oh, it's so great.
1081
01:12:38,920 --> 01:12:41,912
- Isn't it terrific?
- Yeah.
1082
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:44,799
- I'll get the bags later.
- Okay.
1083
01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:50,869
Here, here, here, I'll help you.
1084
01:12:52,200 --> 01:12:53,599
Thanks.
1085
01:12:58,680 --> 01:13:00,557
Watch out, it's slick there.
1086
01:13:02,840 --> 01:13:05,229
Hang on, I'll just get the key.
1087
01:13:30,960 --> 01:13:32,359
Thank you.
1088
01:14:03,600 --> 01:14:05,238
Let me look at you.
1089
01:14:46,400 --> 01:14:49,278
Put this on, put this on.
1090
01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:56,952
All right, one more.
1091
01:14:59,760 --> 01:15:01,910
- That's enough. That's enough.
- One more.
1092
01:15:27,640 --> 01:15:28,629
I don't like this.
1093
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:31,314
- Why don't you like this?
- Because I don't like parties.
1094
01:15:31,480 --> 01:15:33,516
- Ginger, you need these people.
- I don't need-
1095
01:15:33,680 --> 01:15:34,715
- Hello, how are you?
- Hi.
1096
01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:36,791
- This is Ginger Trinidad.
- Hi.
1097
01:15:45,080 --> 01:15:46,513
- Francis, how are you?
- Francis.
1098
01:15:46,680 --> 01:15:48,477
Hello, hello.
1099
01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:51,438
- How are you?
- Oh, Merry Noel. You're a beauty.
1100
01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:54,114
I won't be for long if Jules doesn't
give me some rest.
1101
01:15:54,280 --> 01:15:55,554
It's party, party, party.
1102
01:15:57,760 --> 01:15:59,193
Excuse me.
1103
01:16:01,120 --> 01:16:04,032
You are late.
But I barely forgive you.
1104
01:16:04,200 --> 01:16:05,952
- And your young friend.
- Jules.
1105
01:16:06,120 --> 01:16:07,678
Hi, Liz.
1106
01:16:11,360 --> 01:16:13,112
My girls.
1107
01:16:16,760 --> 01:16:17,909
This is Christopher Adams.
1108
01:16:18,080 --> 01:16:19,115
- How do you do?
- Fine.
1109
01:16:19,280 --> 01:16:21,396
Thank you very much.
1110
01:16:39,040 --> 01:16:40,359
Merry.
1111
01:16:53,640 --> 01:16:55,278
I do not believe it.
1112
01:16:56,720 --> 01:16:58,073
It's true.
1113
01:16:59,440 --> 01:17:01,032
You are in love.
1114
01:17:06,360 --> 01:17:09,909
You sly, old land turtle.
1115
01:17:15,360 --> 01:17:16,679
He's-
1116
01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:18,718
He's so young.
1117
01:17:19,680 --> 01:17:21,910
God, I'm sick.
1118
01:17:35,440 --> 01:17:37,635
You see, I'll invite just anyone.
1119
01:17:37,800 --> 01:17:39,518
Is this just anyone?
1120
01:17:39,680 --> 01:17:41,352
I could not believe your review.
1121
01:17:41,520 --> 01:17:44,159
I thought Southern boys
were taught nicer manners than that.
1122
01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:47,198
I bet your mama won't let you say
at home what you say in print.
1123
01:17:47,360 --> 01:17:49,920
Merry Noel,
are you trying to charm me?
1124
01:17:50,080 --> 01:17:52,833
Oh, I'd imagine
that's beyond the realm of possibility.
1125
01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:06,511
Yeats was an absolute madman.
1126
01:18:06,680 --> 01:18:09,274
He and his wife used to sit around
listening for voices...
1127
01:18:09,440 --> 01:18:10,714
...to tell him how to write.
1128
01:18:10,880 --> 01:18:14,759
Once he heard an owl bark,
and it threw him off for days.
1129
01:18:15,200 --> 01:18:17,270
Oh, but what he wrote.
1130
01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:19,831
God, the Irish.
1131
01:18:21,480 --> 01:18:24,358
But one man loved
The pilgrim soul in you
1132
01:18:24,680 --> 01:18:27,752
And loved the sorrows
Of your changing face
1133
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:32,355
I've had this great revelation.
1134
01:18:33,680 --> 01:18:35,193
That it's all right.
1135
01:18:35,360 --> 01:18:36,475
You know?
1136
01:18:36,640 --> 01:18:37,914
No.
1137
01:18:38,200 --> 01:18:39,519
It.
1138
01:18:39,760 --> 01:18:41,239
It's all right. Us.
1139
01:18:41,400 --> 01:18:42,549
I mean...
1140
01:18:42,720 --> 01:18:44,153
...it's all right for me.
1141
01:18:44,320 --> 01:18:46,151
Oh, it's all right to be in love?
1142
01:18:46,320 --> 01:18:48,515
Look, I've the right to let me say it.
1143
01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:50,392
That's what I mean...
1144
01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:51,993
...in love.
1145
01:18:52,720 --> 01:18:54,517
To be in love.
1146
01:18:57,280 --> 01:18:59,396
Does sex confuse you?
1147
01:19:00,160 --> 01:19:01,479
No.
1148
01:19:02,280 --> 01:19:06,159
I don't mean how to do it, though that
can be enormously confusing at times.
1149
01:19:06,320 --> 01:19:09,915
I just mean the question of sex.
1150
01:19:11,440 --> 01:19:13,749
I went to this therapist one summer.
1151
01:19:14,640 --> 01:19:17,791
He had this insane notion
that's probably true...
1152
01:19:18,680 --> 01:19:22,559
...that I had to wait to be emotionally
mauled by some guy before I can write.
1153
01:19:23,320 --> 01:19:25,072
He also said...
1154
01:19:25,840 --> 01:19:28,149
...that I take surrogate lovers.
1155
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:31,560
T o wit, I am aroused by object A.
1156
01:19:31,840 --> 01:19:34,638
I go out and go to bed with object B.
1157
01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:42,115
With you, I feel like
I'm making love to object A.
1158
01:19:52,520 --> 01:19:56,399
Did you ever think that what makes sex
so exciting is that it's so frightening?
1159
01:19:57,000 --> 01:19:59,833
Is that what you think?
Do I frighten you?
1160
01:20:00,960 --> 01:20:04,919
It's like T. S. Eliot. He made this crack
about D. H. Lawrence.
1161
01:20:05,600 --> 01:20:07,636
He said Lawrence
was looking for an intimacy...
1162
01:20:07,800 --> 01:20:10,314
...that was impossible
between a man and a woman.
1163
01:20:11,400 --> 01:20:14,312
Well, I say bullshit, T. S. Eliot.
1164
01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:16,479
See, Eliot was just scared.
1165
01:20:16,640 --> 01:20:20,872
And there was Lawrence like some
sexual test pilot, ready to take the dive.
1166
01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:23,033
You understand?
1167
01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:25,874
Oh, you intellectuals
are too much for me.
1168
01:20:27,160 --> 01:20:29,151
What is everybody afraid of?
1169
01:20:29,320 --> 01:20:32,073
Chances? Risk? Commitment?
1170
01:20:32,240 --> 01:20:37,109
Those are the popular words but, God,
they don't measure up to the old words.
1171
01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:41,592
Lovesick, heartfelt, with this hand...
1172
01:20:41,760 --> 01:20:44,991
...sickness and health, death do us part.
1173
01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:47,515
Those are sensational.
1174
01:20:47,680 --> 01:20:50,592
You can't hear them
without ladies weeping.
1175
01:20:52,240 --> 01:20:54,356
What do men do?
1176
01:20:55,400 --> 01:20:56,958
Don't they weep?
1177
01:20:57,120 --> 01:21:01,477
Well, different style. They've got little
hairs that stand up in a lot of places.
1178
01:21:01,640 --> 01:21:03,835
Are your little hairs standing up?
1179
01:21:05,640 --> 01:21:08,712
Those words, love, honor.
1180
01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:10,871
I'd love to be able to use them,
you know.
1181
01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:14,077
I mean, I'd love to believe in someone,
some one woman so much...
1182
01:21:14,240 --> 01:21:15,958
...that I could believe those words...
1183
01:21:16,120 --> 01:21:18,236
...and they'd just come jumping
out of my mouth.
1184
01:21:20,960 --> 01:21:22,791
What did you mean, some one girl?
1185
01:21:22,960 --> 01:21:26,236
- Isn't a woman too old for you?
- God, you're hard.
1186
01:21:28,360 --> 01:21:30,920
I'm like T. S., I'm scared.
1187
01:21:31,320 --> 01:21:33,595
I mean, I'd like to say to you
I wanna get married.
1188
01:21:33,760 --> 01:21:35,751
But you'd bitch, you'd laugh.
1189
01:21:35,920 --> 01:21:37,319
No, I wouldn't.
1190
01:21:37,480 --> 01:21:39,311
Who do you wanna marry?
1191
01:21:45,880 --> 01:21:48,952
Do you know how many times I've
asked someone to marry me in my life?
1192
01:21:49,920 --> 01:21:51,672
Think about it.
1193
01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:27,716
Oh, it's you.
1194
01:22:27,880 --> 01:22:30,269
That fact doesn't thrill me either.
1195
01:22:30,440 --> 01:22:33,989
Debby doesn't come in.
She doesn't call. I'm giving up on her.
1196
01:22:34,160 --> 01:22:37,914
She's 18, and in this state,
that's old enough for a martini.
1197
01:22:39,480 --> 01:22:43,439
This Brahms you recommended
is crippling my fingers.
1198
01:22:50,480 --> 01:22:54,359
Didn't he write that lullaby,
that Brahms-? "Brahms' Lullaby"?
1199
01:22:54,520 --> 01:22:56,829
I guess, he must have.
It's got his name on it.
1200
01:23:13,080 --> 01:23:14,195
What do you think?
1201
01:23:21,240 --> 01:23:22,309
Perfect.
1202
01:23:22,480 --> 01:23:24,789
No, I mean, the whole picture.
1203
01:23:24,960 --> 01:23:28,191
Self-sufficient woman,
a woman of proven talents...
1204
01:23:28,360 --> 01:23:31,238
...sitting by the fire, playing her piano.
1205
01:23:35,320 --> 01:23:36,469
Is a reporter coming?
1206
01:23:36,640 --> 01:23:38,471
Oh, hardly.
1207
01:23:38,640 --> 01:23:39,914
A man.
1208
01:23:41,680 --> 01:23:42,715
A man.
1209
01:23:43,400 --> 01:23:45,516
He likes lullabies?
1210
01:23:46,320 --> 01:23:47,799
Oh, may I?
1211
01:23:52,040 --> 01:23:54,315
Doug called.
He's in New York.
1212
01:23:54,480 --> 01:23:55,833
Doug Blake?
1213
01:23:56,000 --> 01:23:59,276
He's tanned and successful,
up from Houston. That's what he says.
1214
01:23:59,440 --> 01:24:01,908
He would've come over,
but it's business, business.
1215
01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:03,308
- When's he coming?
- Tomorrow.
1216
01:24:03,480 --> 01:24:06,631
Give him my love. He's a wonderful man.
1217
01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:10,477
He's got something very obvious
in mind. I know it.
1218
01:24:10,640 --> 01:24:12,949
I'm willing to stake my life on it.
1219
01:24:13,120 --> 01:24:14,473
He wants the marriage back.
1220
01:24:14,640 --> 01:24:17,108
It's only been four years.
That's not long.
1221
01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:20,431
They say it takes you five years
for your mattress to lose its imprint.
1222
01:24:20,600 --> 01:24:22,352
We're still imprinted on each other.
1223
01:24:24,080 --> 01:24:25,593
Let me look at you.
1224
01:24:30,120 --> 01:24:32,315
- I've lost.
- What?
1225
01:24:32,480 --> 01:24:35,074
That's why you look like
you're standing on your own udder.
1226
01:24:35,240 --> 01:24:36,753
Oh, Merry, please.
1227
01:24:36,920 --> 01:24:40,071
They took a vote, I've lost.
And you can't tell me.
1228
01:24:41,920 --> 01:24:44,115
- What is today's date?
- I'm not a child.
1229
01:24:44,280 --> 01:24:45,952
Today's date is December 30th.
1230
01:24:46,120 --> 01:24:48,509
The final vote is December 31 st,
as promised.
1231
01:24:52,480 --> 01:24:56,155
Oh, Liz, I've been dreaming
about my party.
1232
01:24:56,320 --> 01:24:59,153
Right at the stroke of midnight,
New Year's.
1233
01:24:59,320 --> 01:25:03,438
I announce the victory of my book
and the rejoining of my marriage.
1234
01:25:03,600 --> 01:25:04,919
How can you be so sure?
1235
01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:06,991
- Of what?
- Either.
1236
01:25:09,600 --> 01:25:11,591
I'm having tables all along here...
1237
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:14,718
...just spilling over
with whatever grows this time of year.
1238
01:25:14,880 --> 01:25:17,599
The trouble with December
is there's no strawberries.
1239
01:25:17,760 --> 01:25:20,832
How am I gonna create a big red area
in the center of the table?
1240
01:25:21,000 --> 01:25:23,070
Stab one of the guests.
1241
01:25:25,200 --> 01:25:28,909
Liz, if all you want is to be unhappy,
I just wish you'd let me be.
1242
01:25:29,080 --> 01:25:31,594
I'm sorry, but those are my thoughts.
1243
01:25:31,760 --> 01:25:33,239
I'm sorry.
1244
01:25:34,240 --> 01:25:36,356
I didn't mean to make you unhappy.
1245
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:39,195
Give my love to Doug.
I meant what I said.
1246
01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:41,351
He's a wonderful guy.
1247
01:25:54,040 --> 01:25:57,510
You know, you two are the only thing
I ever admired.
1248
01:25:57,680 --> 01:25:59,352
A marriage...
1249
01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:02,398
...a real child and you loved each other.
1250
01:26:07,680 --> 01:26:08,669
I'm fine, really.
1251
01:26:09,960 --> 01:26:11,678
I wanna know
what's going on with you.
1252
01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:13,796
Tomorrow, Merry, tomorrow.
1253
01:26:22,120 --> 01:26:25,749
Merry, go back inside.
You'll die out here. I'll call you later.
1254
01:26:27,560 --> 01:26:30,438
Can you lend me your coat for a second?
Just for a second, okay?
1255
01:26:30,600 --> 01:26:34,434
- Yes, ma'am. I'll wait inside.
- Okay, thank you.
1256
01:26:39,600 --> 01:26:40,999
Liz.
1257
01:26:43,360 --> 01:26:45,112
Liz.
1258
01:26:45,880 --> 01:26:47,438
You are so determined.
1259
01:26:47,600 --> 01:26:50,990
If you're going through all this worry
just because of me and that prize.
1260
01:26:51,160 --> 01:26:52,149
No.
1261
01:26:52,320 --> 01:26:53,355
Your writing?
1262
01:26:53,520 --> 01:26:55,272
Please, no.
1263
01:26:55,440 --> 01:26:57,032
Rolling Stone?
1264
01:26:57,200 --> 01:26:59,270
His name is Chris Adams.
1265
01:27:01,400 --> 01:27:03,595
That's what it is.
1266
01:27:08,200 --> 01:27:09,633
He wants to marry me.
1267
01:27:10,760 --> 01:27:12,079
That boy?
1268
01:27:12,240 --> 01:27:13,798
That's what I said.
1269
01:27:13,960 --> 01:27:15,518
He proposed?
1270
01:27:15,680 --> 01:27:17,079
Yes.
1271
01:27:17,240 --> 01:27:19,708
To this mature woman.
1272
01:27:21,640 --> 01:27:24,200
I do not believe that.
1273
01:27:24,360 --> 01:27:25,554
That's my problem too.
1274
01:27:25,720 --> 01:27:27,119
Do you think he's serious?
1275
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:32,230
- He says he is.
- What do you think?
1276
01:27:33,680 --> 01:27:34,954
I said no.
1277
01:27:36,040 --> 01:27:37,155
What do you feel?
1278
01:27:39,480 --> 01:27:41,948
I don't want anyone around
watching my thighs grow old.
1279
01:27:42,120 --> 01:27:45,749
You are such a big, bad bear at times,
you only scare yourself.
1280
01:27:45,920 --> 01:27:47,148
Well-
1281
01:27:47,320 --> 01:27:49,834
I mean, how long could it last?
1282
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:51,399
It's insane.
1283
01:27:52,760 --> 01:27:54,557
- A year.
- You see?
1284
01:27:55,520 --> 01:27:59,911
Or two, maybe three.
From there, there might be a fourth.
1285
01:28:00,080 --> 01:28:01,433
What are you saying?
1286
01:28:01,600 --> 01:28:03,477
There's no guarantees.
1287
01:28:03,640 --> 01:28:05,119
If that man says he wants you...
1288
01:28:05,280 --> 01:28:08,078
...you let him stick around
until your thighs turn to stone.
1289
01:28:08,240 --> 01:28:10,071
What the shit difference does it make?
1290
01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:15,116
Why didn't you say this
in the beginning?
1291
01:28:15,920 --> 01:28:19,469
Well, honey, we're not talking about
a new dress here, this takes a moment.
1292
01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:39,556
1218, any messages?
1293
01:28:39,720 --> 01:28:41,073
No messages.
1294
01:28:41,240 --> 01:28:43,629
Oh, thanks.
1295
01:28:44,600 --> 01:28:46,795
Courthouse? Which courthouse?
1296
01:28:46,960 --> 01:28:48,632
Is he on a story?
1297
01:28:49,200 --> 01:28:53,113
Yes, please. Tell him I'm at the hotel.
I'm eating in.
1298
01:28:53,320 --> 01:28:54,912
Thank you.
1299
01:29:02,200 --> 01:29:03,553
Hello.
1300
01:29:03,760 --> 01:29:06,228
Oh, Debby, it's you.
1301
01:29:06,440 --> 01:29:08,590
Look, your mother's looking for you.
1302
01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:11,992
And I'm trying to keep off this line.
I'm expecting a call.
1303
01:29:12,760 --> 01:29:13,749
What? He's with you?
1304
01:29:13,920 --> 01:29:17,595
Yeah, Chris is here. He's been terrific.
He's in talking to the judge now.
1305
01:29:17,760 --> 01:29:19,079
- Is he in trouble?
- No.
1306
01:29:19,240 --> 01:29:20,389
No, not him. It's Ginger.
1307
01:29:20,560 --> 01:29:23,836
They arrested Ginger for parole violation,
carrying a weapon.
1308
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:26,673
It wasn't even for real.
It was a real gun and everything...
1309
01:29:26,840 --> 01:29:29,274
...but he was using it to see
how people would respond.
1310
01:29:29,440 --> 01:29:31,237
He's starting a new novel.
1311
01:29:31,400 --> 01:29:32,594
Why didn't you call me?
1312
01:29:32,760 --> 01:29:35,957
I was. I was trying to reach you.
You weren't in.
1313
01:29:36,120 --> 01:29:39,271
So I called the Chelsea and I asked
for Chris, thinking you'd be there.
1314
01:29:39,440 --> 01:29:42,432
No way was I calling my mom
and getting the daughter of Dracula.
1315
01:29:42,600 --> 01:29:44,511
Debby, could you please
put Chris on?
1316
01:29:44,680 --> 01:29:47,752
He can't, no. He's in there with Ginger
and the judge.
1317
01:29:48,000 --> 01:29:50,514
Okay, sure. As soon as he can.
1318
01:29:50,680 --> 01:29:52,159
Okay.
1319
01:30:11,920 --> 01:30:12,955
Wait.
1320
01:30:13,120 --> 01:30:17,159
555-9970, please.
1321
01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:22,877
Room 2-1-8.
1322
01:30:26,920 --> 01:30:28,069
What?
1323
01:30:28,240 --> 01:30:30,037
No, this is a friend.
1324
01:30:32,200 --> 01:30:33,758
You must.
1325
01:30:34,760 --> 01:30:36,478
They say?
1326
01:30:36,760 --> 01:30:39,115
They said they don't want
to be disturbed?
1327
01:30:45,880 --> 01:30:48,269
Liz. Liz.
1328
01:30:59,920 --> 01:31:02,480
I'm having lunch uptown with Doug.
1329
01:31:03,000 --> 01:31:04,319
Well, I'm going downtown.
1330
01:31:04,480 --> 01:31:07,199
Oh, we'll go downtown.
Go downtown.
1331
01:31:25,400 --> 01:31:26,992
Well?
1332
01:31:28,160 --> 01:31:30,958
I thought we can have
this conversation later over a drink.
1333
01:31:31,120 --> 01:31:32,633
I lost.
1334
01:31:34,240 --> 01:31:36,151
- Not exactly.
- I won.
1335
01:31:36,320 --> 01:31:39,710
- Not exactly.
- Well, what in God's earth-?
1336
01:31:40,200 --> 01:31:42,077
It was a dead heat.
1337
01:31:43,160 --> 01:31:45,913
A split prize?
1338
01:31:46,200 --> 01:31:48,156
Well, not really. It was decided that...
1339
01:31:48,320 --> 01:31:50,311
...two people should win first prize.
1340
01:31:50,480 --> 01:31:51,913
You...
1341
01:31:52,080 --> 01:31:53,752
...and Sharon Gay.
1342
01:31:53,920 --> 01:31:55,717
Sharon?
1343
01:31:56,240 --> 01:31:58,549
Both books are in what they call
the American grain.
1344
01:31:58,720 --> 01:32:01,553
- The coming of age of rural America-
- I know the American grain.
1345
01:32:01,720 --> 01:32:04,314
Hers is the black woman's point of view.
Yours, the white.
1346
01:32:04,480 --> 01:32:06,391
Sharon Gay.
1347
01:32:07,160 --> 01:32:09,037
Merry, both are excellent choices.
1348
01:32:09,200 --> 01:32:11,839
If they had the guts,
they'd have given it to the black.
1349
01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:13,115
What is that?
1350
01:32:13,280 --> 01:32:15,191
They obviously wanted
to give it to Sharon.
1351
01:32:15,360 --> 01:32:17,078
The reviews have been licking her feet.
1352
01:32:17,240 --> 01:32:19,390
You were on the jury,
they had to toss you a bone.
1353
01:32:19,880 --> 01:32:22,872
Goddamn it, your book is legitimately
good and so is Sharon's.
1354
01:32:23,040 --> 01:32:24,996
I'm a son of a bitch
if I'm gonna explain.
1355
01:32:25,160 --> 01:32:26,718
You didn't have to share the award.
1356
01:32:26,880 --> 01:32:29,189
They gave it all to you. Blue Ribbon.
1357
01:32:29,360 --> 01:32:31,954
It may come as a surprise,
but we did not write the same book.
1358
01:32:32,120 --> 01:32:33,599
Meaning mine is worse than yours?
1359
01:32:33,760 --> 01:32:36,149
Meaning I am sick and fucking tired...
1360
01:32:36,320 --> 01:32:38,675
...of you trying to live your life
through my skin.
1361
01:32:39,760 --> 01:32:41,876
If I had your skin,
I'd take better care of it.
1362
01:32:44,440 --> 01:32:45,873
That is truly amusing.
1363
01:32:46,040 --> 01:32:47,234
Oh, you stop it.
1364
01:32:47,400 --> 01:32:49,755
I'm angry and I want you
to be angry too.
1365
01:32:49,960 --> 01:32:52,474
- I'm getting out of the car.
- I always wanted to write.
1366
01:32:52,640 --> 01:32:54,756
Ever since I was 8 and I started
my first diary.
1367
01:32:54,920 --> 01:32:56,399
It had nothing to do with you.
1368
01:32:57,160 --> 01:32:58,832
Merry, be honest.
1369
01:32:59,000 --> 01:33:02,276
If I had become a glider pilot, you'd be
behind the wheel of a 747 by now.
1370
01:33:04,080 --> 01:33:06,435
Driver, can you drop me here, please?
1371
01:33:16,880 --> 01:33:18,552
Taxi.
1372
01:33:35,840 --> 01:33:37,034
How are you?
1373
01:33:37,200 --> 01:33:38,679
Wiped out.
1374
01:33:38,840 --> 01:33:40,751
I was worried, this jail business and all.
1375
01:33:40,920 --> 01:33:42,478
I had about three hours' sleep.
1376
01:33:42,640 --> 01:33:43,675
Did you get Ginger out?
1377
01:33:43,840 --> 01:33:46,195
They're holding him for 60 days.
Parole violation.
1378
01:33:46,360 --> 01:33:47,839
Debby must be heartbroken.
1379
01:33:48,000 --> 01:33:49,831
- I guess.
- Where is she?
1380
01:33:50,000 --> 01:33:51,672
I guess she's still asleep.
1381
01:33:51,840 --> 01:33:53,398
Merry didn't mention she was back.
1382
01:33:53,560 --> 01:33:55,312
- Back where?
- Back at her mother's hotel.
1383
01:33:55,480 --> 01:33:56,469
She's not there.
1384
01:33:56,640 --> 01:33:58,596
- Then where is she sleeping?
- My room.
1385
01:33:59,760 --> 01:34:01,352
Your room.
1386
01:34:01,640 --> 01:34:02,789
On the couch.
1387
01:34:02,960 --> 01:34:04,757
- How odd.
- What?
1388
01:34:04,920 --> 01:34:07,036
She could have come to my hotel,
I have a couch.
1389
01:34:07,200 --> 01:34:09,589
She was going to her mom's
but you know how that is.
1390
01:34:09,760 --> 01:34:11,671
No. How is that, Chris?
1391
01:34:11,840 --> 01:34:14,229
- Are you upset?
- I'm upset for Debby.
1392
01:34:14,400 --> 01:34:16,118
All alone and no place to go.
1393
01:34:16,280 --> 01:34:19,113
Chelsea must be booked up
or she wouldn't impose on you.
1394
01:34:19,280 --> 01:34:21,430
- You know Chelsea's not booked.
- How do I know?
1395
01:34:21,600 --> 01:34:25,070
- I haven't checked the books in days.
- Christ, I didn't wanna tell you this.
1396
01:34:25,240 --> 01:34:27,629
Tell me about what?
Something I shouldn't know?
1397
01:34:27,800 --> 01:34:29,472
No, I knew you'd get carried away.
1398
01:34:29,640 --> 01:34:32,757
Never been calmer.
It's you who's gone all emotional.
1399
01:34:32,920 --> 01:34:34,717
Sudden compassion
for runaway teenagers.
1400
01:34:34,880 --> 01:34:37,235
- Or do you consider them as peers?
- Stop it, please.
1401
01:34:37,400 --> 01:34:39,868
Why couldn't you receive calls?
What was all that about?
1402
01:34:40,040 --> 01:34:43,157
Debby and her mom were having
fights and she kept calling back.
1403
01:34:43,680 --> 01:34:44,908
What if it had been me?
1404
01:34:45,080 --> 01:34:46,798
Why am I on the defensive?
1405
01:34:46,960 --> 01:34:49,599
I'm trying to say that...
1406
01:34:49,760 --> 01:34:54,151
...I've been sleepless all night,
reconsidering your proposals.
1407
01:34:54,320 --> 01:34:55,833
You remember, your many proposals.
1408
01:34:56,000 --> 01:34:58,309
- Your many insistent proposals-
- Stop!
1409
01:34:59,200 --> 01:35:01,555
You said no. We don't have
to beat it to death.
1410
01:35:03,520 --> 01:35:06,114
- I'm sorry.
- All I said was I wanted to marry you.
1411
01:35:06,280 --> 01:35:08,748
You didn't have to be
so goddamn hostile.
1412
01:35:09,360 --> 01:35:12,750
Well, then, be man enough
to end the hostilities.
1413
01:35:12,920 --> 01:35:15,036
Hostilities end when one side
surrenders.
1414
01:35:15,200 --> 01:35:17,316
Is that what you think marriage is?
A surrender?
1415
01:35:17,480 --> 01:35:19,755
Who the fuck is talking about marriage?
1416
01:35:20,640 --> 01:35:23,200
You were. Until you opened
a youth hostel.
1417
01:35:26,880 --> 01:35:28,757
Can I join you guys?
1418
01:35:30,240 --> 01:35:31,753
I guess not, huh?
1419
01:35:31,920 --> 01:35:34,354
- I'm sorry, hon, it's not really-
- No, no. No problem.
1420
01:35:34,520 --> 01:35:37,318
I better go call Mom
and tell her what's going on, anyway.
1421
01:35:37,480 --> 01:35:39,516
I'll call you later.
And thank you, really...
1422
01:35:39,680 --> 01:35:41,079
...for saving my life.
1423
01:35:41,240 --> 01:35:42,719
Bye, Aunt Liz.
1424
01:35:42,880 --> 01:35:44,393
Bye, baby.
1425
01:35:49,120 --> 01:35:51,031
I'm going on the road
with Fleetwood Mac.
1426
01:35:51,200 --> 01:35:52,918
I'm doing an interview.
1427
01:35:54,560 --> 01:35:56,630
Debby's going with me as my assistant.
1428
01:35:56,800 --> 01:35:59,758
It was in the budget
and the guy I was-
1429
01:36:04,200 --> 01:36:08,671
Debby's been wanting to get away
from home. I think that's good.
1430
01:36:09,520 --> 01:36:11,829
- Yeah.
- Truly.
1431
01:36:12,800 --> 01:36:14,552
It's better than good. It's fantastic.
1432
01:36:14,720 --> 01:36:16,119
Yeah?
1433
01:36:16,440 --> 01:36:18,032
- Do me a favor?
- What?
1434
01:36:18,200 --> 01:36:19,872
Don't say we're gonna be friends.
1435
01:36:20,040 --> 01:36:23,237
We're inappropriate as friends.
1436
01:36:23,840 --> 01:36:26,559
- If I can't have you as a lover, I-
- What makes you so sure?
1437
01:36:26,720 --> 01:36:28,950
Well, we have to agree
about one thing.
1438
01:36:29,120 --> 01:36:33,432
That in some ways
I'm more mature than you.
1439
01:36:34,720 --> 01:36:36,472
I've seen some endings.
1440
01:36:36,640 --> 01:36:37,789
This is one.
1441
01:36:37,960 --> 01:36:39,518
I wanted something from you.
1442
01:36:39,680 --> 01:36:40,795
I know.
1443
01:36:40,960 --> 01:36:44,350
- You made me really furious.
- I know.
1444
01:36:46,200 --> 01:36:47,997
Do me another favor.
1445
01:36:48,440 --> 01:36:49,998
Let's forget about the interview.
1446
01:36:50,160 --> 01:36:52,071
I don't wanna read it.
1447
01:36:53,280 --> 01:36:55,999
We've written something
sensational together.
1448
01:36:56,960 --> 01:36:59,315
But it's a private edition.
Let's not make it public.
1449
01:37:00,440 --> 01:37:01,953
You talk some good talk, you know.
1450
01:37:03,320 --> 01:37:05,356
Like my old friend Yeats said:
1451
01:37:06,000 --> 01:37:09,151
When you're old and gray
And nodding by the fire
1452
01:37:09,320 --> 01:37:11,834
You can take down that book
And slowly read
1453
01:37:52,800 --> 01:37:54,279
Are you leaving?
1454
01:37:54,440 --> 01:37:55,759
I'm going to Connecticut.
1455
01:37:55,920 --> 01:37:57,831
What about my party?
1456
01:37:58,240 --> 01:38:00,993
I'm sorry. I was gonna call.
1457
01:38:01,160 --> 01:38:04,391
I'm so down, I'd just spoil it.
1458
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:08,594
I think we have come
to a serious juncture in our lives...
1459
01:38:08,760 --> 01:38:11,115
...when we should examine
the terms of our friendship.
1460
01:38:11,280 --> 01:38:12,759
Hold this.
1461
01:38:14,320 --> 01:38:15,514
Thanks.
1462
01:38:17,760 --> 01:38:20,320
Merry, I'm truly sorry about the award...
1463
01:38:20,480 --> 01:38:24,109
...but it's not the worst thing that could
happen. There'll be lots of publicity.
1464
01:38:24,360 --> 01:38:26,032
That is water long under the bridge.
1465
01:38:26,200 --> 01:38:28,668
- How was Doug?
- Even longer under the bridge.
1466
01:38:28,840 --> 01:38:31,434
- Is he still drinking?
- Dry as the Sahara.
1467
01:38:32,040 --> 01:38:33,712
How does he look?
1468
01:38:37,120 --> 01:38:38,269
He's getting married.
1469
01:38:41,160 --> 01:38:43,390
- Not to-?
- Joyce.
1470
01:38:43,640 --> 01:38:45,392
From Houston.
1471
01:38:45,560 --> 01:38:47,232
Poor Merry.
1472
01:38:47,400 --> 01:38:49,834
What a day you are having.
1473
01:38:50,400 --> 01:38:53,358
They've bought a house
with a yard.
1474
01:38:53,520 --> 01:38:56,239
- Sounds wonderful to me.
- Oh, since when?
1475
01:38:56,400 --> 01:38:59,153
I'm not immune to the attractions
of a man and a yard.
1476
01:38:59,320 --> 01:39:01,072
Or to Doug specifically?
Doug and a yard?
1477
01:39:01,240 --> 01:39:02,229
I never thought of it.
1478
01:39:02,400 --> 01:39:04,630
- Never thought of Doug as a husband?
- Never.
1479
01:39:04,800 --> 01:39:08,076
Along with his ability to drink,
he has lost his ability to lie.
1480
01:39:08,240 --> 01:39:10,913
- Don't you look away from me.
- I'm closing my suitcase.
1481
01:39:11,080 --> 01:39:13,674
I began to smell there was something
he didn't wanna say.
1482
01:39:13,840 --> 01:39:15,990
I bought him a drink
and it all came tumbling out.
1483
01:39:16,160 --> 01:39:17,275
You bought him a drink?
1484
01:39:17,440 --> 01:39:20,193
What a petty, disgusting confession
it was.
1485
01:39:20,360 --> 01:39:22,749
Me, the unsuspecting wife...
1486
01:39:22,920 --> 01:39:25,480
...blaming myself over the years
as I sensed my husband...
1487
01:39:25,640 --> 01:39:27,596
...slowly but surely
slipping away from me.
1488
01:39:28,000 --> 01:39:29,638
Those don't sound like Doug's words.
1489
01:39:29,800 --> 01:39:32,234
Isn't it true that all the time
he was married to me...
1490
01:39:32,400 --> 01:39:34,152
...he was pouring out his love for you?
1491
01:39:34,320 --> 01:39:36,117
- He mentioned it.
- While married to me?
1492
01:39:36,280 --> 01:39:39,033
- At the last.
- And he proposed?
1493
01:39:39,200 --> 01:39:40,792
Merry, I said no.
1494
01:39:40,960 --> 01:39:43,349
Oh, because of your friendship
with me?
1495
01:39:43,520 --> 01:39:44,919
At least you got that right.
1496
01:39:45,080 --> 01:39:48,868
Except for that strange lapse into
morality you would have taken him?
1497
01:39:50,080 --> 01:39:52,071
He sure deserved better
than he was getting.
1498
01:39:52,240 --> 01:39:54,708
How did you know what he was getting?
Did he describe it?
1499
01:39:54,880 --> 01:39:57,678
If you have any more revelations,
keep them for your diaries...
1500
01:39:57,840 --> 01:39:59,671
...or your novels,
they sound about alike.
1501
01:39:59,840 --> 01:40:01,432
Well, it's happy time for all.
1502
01:40:01,600 --> 01:40:03,830
Doug and his Joyce.
You and your cradle snatchings.
1503
01:40:04,000 --> 01:40:06,389
You can have a double ceremony.
1504
01:40:09,600 --> 01:40:11,192
If you mean Chris, he's gone.
1505
01:40:11,360 --> 01:40:12,759
Where?
1506
01:40:14,400 --> 01:40:17,039
Into the arms of what you would be
corny enough to call...
1507
01:40:17,200 --> 01:40:19,555
- ... "the other woman. "
- Who?
1508
01:40:20,520 --> 01:40:21,839
Debby.
1509
01:40:24,040 --> 01:40:25,837
My Debby?
1510
01:40:26,080 --> 01:40:27,991
That's absurd.
1511
01:40:28,160 --> 01:40:31,038
That's what I thought.
They're too close in age.
1512
01:40:31,200 --> 01:40:32,474
I'm gonna put a stop to that.
1513
01:40:32,640 --> 01:40:33,914
Hell you are.
1514
01:40:34,080 --> 01:40:36,036
Chris is giving her a job with
my blessings.
1515
01:40:36,200 --> 01:40:38,555
Doesn't that just complete the picture?
1516
01:40:39,400 --> 01:40:40,549
In a painful kind of way.
1517
01:40:40,720 --> 01:40:43,188
Everything I've ever had,
I had to share because of you.
1518
01:40:43,360 --> 01:40:45,351
My award, my husband, my daughter.
1519
01:40:45,520 --> 01:40:47,670
Isn't there anything that's mine?
1520
01:40:47,840 --> 01:40:50,229
- Your bile.
- My righteous anger.
1521
01:40:50,400 --> 01:40:51,879
What a preacher you would make.
1522
01:40:52,040 --> 01:40:54,429
Because I don't have the morals
of a yellow dog?
1523
01:40:54,600 --> 01:40:56,716
I have respect for the morals
of yellow dogs.
1524
01:40:56,880 --> 01:40:59,440
- One come in the yard, we'd kick it.
- They're loyal.
1525
01:40:59,600 --> 01:41:01,431
They'd hump a snake if it stood still.
1526
01:41:01,600 --> 01:41:03,591
- I haven't tried snakes.
- A miracle.
1527
01:41:04,760 --> 01:41:06,478
- Now, I'm a slut?
- You said it.
1528
01:41:06,640 --> 01:41:08,119
What are you saying, Merry?
1529
01:41:08,280 --> 01:41:10,077
How many men have you had?
1530
01:41:10,240 --> 01:41:11,468
- Is that the test?
- How many?
1531
01:41:11,640 --> 01:41:14,234
- How many before you're a slut?
- Three.
1532
01:41:14,400 --> 01:41:17,039
- Kick me out of the yard.
- How many besides my husband?
1533
01:41:17,200 --> 01:41:19,668
Three sailors and a jockey
but never your husband.
1534
01:41:19,840 --> 01:41:21,159
Which at this point, I regret.
1535
01:41:21,320 --> 01:41:24,949
What astonishes me is that you have no
idea why I truly hate you at this point.
1536
01:41:25,120 --> 01:41:27,156
It's not because of your jealousy
over my work.
1537
01:41:27,320 --> 01:41:28,309
Oh, your work!
1538
01:41:28,480 --> 01:41:32,189
Because you lack the moral sensibility
to appreciate what I have lost in Doug.
1539
01:41:32,360 --> 01:41:33,793
- Next to nothing.
- Liar.
1540
01:41:33,960 --> 01:41:35,791
A possession.
You lost more in that bear.
1541
01:41:35,960 --> 01:41:37,757
That is one thing of mine
you won't keep.
1542
01:41:37,920 --> 01:41:40,070
T ake him. That's one thing
that won't talk back...
1543
01:41:40,240 --> 01:41:42,356
...so you can turn to hate
of all exaggerations.
1544
01:41:42,520 --> 01:41:44,397
- I am not such a woman.
- You're right.
1545
01:41:44,560 --> 01:41:46,312
- You are part such a woman.
- Meaning?
1546
01:41:46,480 --> 01:41:47,469
Cunt.
1547
01:41:47,640 --> 01:41:49,073
God!
1548
01:41:49,720 --> 01:41:52,553
- Give me that bear. Give it.
- It's mine.
1549
01:41:52,720 --> 01:41:55,439
Give me that. Give it here.
1550
01:43:42,720 --> 01:43:44,472
Darling, I've been looking for you.
1551
01:43:44,640 --> 01:43:47,712
- Happy New Year, Jules.
- Happy New Year, angel.
1552
01:43:49,440 --> 01:43:51,396
Where are you going, love?
1553
01:43:51,600 --> 01:43:53,158
A party.
1554
01:44:18,960 --> 01:44:20,757
Liz.
1555
01:44:26,120 --> 01:44:28,270
Hello? Liz?
1556
01:44:35,760 --> 01:44:37,113
Liz.
1557
01:44:38,560 --> 01:44:39,879
Hello?
1558
01:44:45,440 --> 01:44:47,112
Come in.
1559
01:44:52,240 --> 01:44:55,198
Do you know how much it costs
to take a cab here from New York?
1560
01:44:55,360 --> 01:44:56,793
Ninety dollars.
1561
01:44:56,960 --> 01:44:58,188
Ninety.
1562
01:44:58,360 --> 01:45:00,794
I tipped him five. Was that enough?
1563
01:45:07,480 --> 01:45:10,472
Oh, boy, doesn't that feel good.
1564
01:45:12,840 --> 01:45:14,910
Do you have glasses?
1565
01:45:19,680 --> 01:45:21,272
I hated my party.
1566
01:45:35,440 --> 01:45:37,670
Damn, the bubbles are gone.
1567
01:45:40,600 --> 01:45:41,999
Thanks.
1568
01:45:50,160 --> 01:45:52,833
I'm not much good at apologizing.
1569
01:45:53,440 --> 01:45:56,796
I guess I never have, actually,
but I am now.
1570
01:45:57,080 --> 01:45:59,753
- You don't have to.
- I certainly do.
1571
01:46:00,000 --> 01:46:02,036
I couldn't hate you.
1572
01:46:02,200 --> 01:46:04,794
And even if sometimes I do,
I shouldn't say it.
1573
01:46:04,960 --> 01:46:07,679
You're my oldest friend.
What else have we got in life?
1574
01:46:07,840 --> 01:46:09,751
Our oldest enemies.
1575
01:46:10,560 --> 01:46:13,393
Honey, as the years go on,
they begin to look alike.
1576
01:46:17,160 --> 01:46:18,673
I've been thinking about us.
1577
01:46:18,840 --> 01:46:20,319
Really?
1578
01:46:20,760 --> 01:46:22,398
We're terrific.
1579
01:46:22,800 --> 01:46:24,552
You don't say.
1580
01:46:25,880 --> 01:46:29,634
We've accomplished one hell of a lot,
in one lifetime.
1581
01:46:30,480 --> 01:46:32,869
What we deserve is a rest.
1582
01:46:34,640 --> 01:46:35,993
And we shouldn't always argue.
1583
01:46:36,960 --> 01:46:40,111
I know. You're right.
1584
01:46:41,560 --> 01:46:43,710
- You know what we should do?
- What?
1585
01:46:45,520 --> 01:46:47,192
Take a year off...
1586
01:46:47,360 --> 01:46:48,952
...and sail around the Greek Isles.
1587
01:46:51,240 --> 01:46:55,074
Only sleep with guys
who can't pronounce our names.
1588
01:46:55,240 --> 01:46:56,468
All Greeks.
1589
01:46:59,840 --> 01:47:01,432
Well, I couldn't do that.
1590
01:47:01,600 --> 01:47:03,238
Just the fishermen.
1591
01:47:05,280 --> 01:47:07,032
But how could I do such a thing?
1592
01:47:08,760 --> 01:47:12,116
It's simple. You just go there
and let it happen.
1593
01:47:12,280 --> 01:47:17,070
I wouldn't even know where to start.
I wouldn't- What would I say?
1594
01:47:19,040 --> 01:47:20,792
All my life I've wanted men...
1595
01:47:20,960 --> 01:47:24,032
...to find something mysterious
and seductive in my work.
1596
01:47:24,840 --> 01:47:26,478
Some poetry.
1597
01:47:28,040 --> 01:47:29,029
Me too.
1598
01:47:32,560 --> 01:47:35,438
Now, let them find the poetry
in my body.
1599
01:47:35,600 --> 01:47:37,272
Forget about the books.
1600
01:47:48,720 --> 01:47:49,869
Merry...
1601
01:47:50,040 --> 01:47:51,029
...do me a favor.
1602
01:47:52,160 --> 01:47:53,309
What?
1603
01:47:55,440 --> 01:47:56,953
Kiss me.
1604
01:48:01,280 --> 01:48:02,315
After all these years...
1605
01:48:02,480 --> 01:48:05,597
...are you going to tell me that
there's something strange about you?
1606
01:48:08,360 --> 01:48:10,316
It's New Year's Eve.
1607
01:48:11,560 --> 01:48:14,154
I want the press of human flesh...
1608
01:48:14,320 --> 01:48:16,788
...and you're the only flesh around.
1609
01:48:17,440 --> 01:48:18,429
Kiss me.
1610
01:51:47,560 --> 01:51:49,551
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