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Key.

Key.

Key, please.

It goes without a key.

Key.

Goes without a key.

Key!

No key.

Key!

Bobby! Bobby!

"To Edward. Love to Edward."

Thank you.

Bobby!

Bobby, Bobby!

And on the third row, number one, Dickie Lauder,

making his tremendously popular return

with a Ferrari, 4209 in under 34...

Bertrand!

Who?

Uh, Holtzmann and Mondave.

Bertrand!

Listen to the prayers

of your family assembled before You,

and bring closer to you your dispersed children.

Remember our friend Bertrand,

whom you have recalled to your side.

Because he has been baptized in the death of your Son,

let him participate in the resurrection of your Son.

J'mais.

I-I will take the spare car...

We're being premature here,

'cause there's priorities.

I'm not gonna get in my car

until I know what was wrong with Modave's car.

It's the same car.

Bobby--

I went over the car a dozen times.

I couldn't find anything wrong.

Don't give me nothin' was wrong. Please, fellas.

What did it, now? If nothing was wrong, what did it?

We haven't ruled out driver error.

Don't talk to me about driver error.

I didn't come to hear you tell me something

that any ten-year-old kid could tell me.

Driver error?

Now come on, what did it?

The track was clean.

He wasn't goin' fast,

and there was no reason for him

to make a mistake on that corner.

Now, what did it?

What's today? The eighth?

No, the ninth. We've still got three weeks till Jarama.

I don't care. I'm not gonna run my car at Jarama

till I know what's wrong with his car.

I'm gonna go over there.

- Maybe something took his attention. - What'd you say, Bobby?

I said maybe something took his attention.

Some--

Something headed for the track--

a dog, a rabbit, or something.

Rabbit?

Who the hell knows?

What about Holtzmann? Did you hear anything?

His family sent him to Leukerbad.

He's got a broken neck.

Hello.

Yeah?

- Who is it? - Your brother.

My brother? What do you mean, my brother?

Shall I tell him you're not here?

No, no. I'll talk to him.

Hello.

It's Leonard. I didn't mean to throw you.

Leonard, where are you?

Here in Paris.

What are you doin' in Paris?

- How long you been here? - Two weeks, Robert, - you know that.

I've been leaving messages for two weeks.

Don't give me the old crapola.

- What is it you want? - I wanna talk to you.

- Can I come see you? - No, no, don't come.

This is a friend's apartment. Don't come here.

Can I--why don't I meet you at the airport?

I told you he phoned when you were at Zolda.

You didn't tell me he was in Paris.

You were driving.

Was that the time to announce

that your brother is in Paris?

Do you really want

to start having all your messages?

Relax. Everything is packed.

There's no need to rush...

and you're perfect.

You know that?

You're absolutely perfect.

Where's my watch?

She doesn't get it, Robert. Not that I get it either.

You never answer a letter,

you never call,

but she still talks about you.

It's not easy hearin' about how you made her laugh,

what you'd eat, and all that crap.

Make her laugh?

What do you mean, I made her laugh?

Your impersonations always make people laugh, you know.

What impersonations?

Your impersonations, I don't know.

Mae West?

Mae West.

I did an impersonation of Mae West?

You and Daddy would do impersonations of Mae West.

He'd tap-dance,

you'd sashay around the room like Mae West,

and you'd sing...

uh, um, "You've got me..."

It made Mother laugh, made all of us laugh.

What did we do, Leonard, live in different houses?

S'il vous plaît, another drink.

You don't even remember him tap-dancing?

He'd roll up the little rug by the table,

and he'd do a tap dance!

Take it easy.

What's the matter with you?

Hey, Bobby!

There's a parcel of land back there for you.

Things are gonna be left back there for you,

and I don't know if you got a lawyer

or how you wanna handle it.

I don't know.

I don't know either, Leonard.

I don't know about handling it.

It has to do with what is legal.

There are certain things you have to do, Robert.

How's the printing business? How you doing?

The printing business is a bore, Robert,

but your nephews are great, in case you're interested.

We have a new playroom with a ping-pong table.

Mother comes downstairs and watches the kids play ping-pong,

even though she can't see the goddamn ball!

For God's sakes, will you help me out one time, Robert?

Don't lay it all on me, okay?

- I don't wanna lay it all on you. - It's legal matters.

She talks about some land she wants you to have.

What's the matter with her? She sick?

No, she's not sick, but she's 70 years old,

and she's wrappin' stuff around her legs.

I don't want any land, Leonard.

I don't give a goddamn if you want the land.

I'm talkin' about legal matters.

You know something, big shot?

You haven't changed a bit.

Not a bit.

There's some pictures she sent for you.

Tell me something.

You wanna know when she dies?

I'm serious.

If you don't wanna know, I won't tell you.

Yes or no?

When your mother dies,

do you want me to get in touch with you?

S'il vous plaît, check.

No, no, don't bring any bill,

just answer the question yes or no.

When the mother dies,

does the son wanna know about it?

Leonard!

You go home, Leonard.

Go home.

Rabbits.

There were rabbits at Silverstone,

and there were rabbits on the track at Barcelona.

I always said Spencer Black lost his leg

'cause there was something headed for the track.

I think I'll go see Karl Holtzmann.

His family sent him to Leukerbad.

Deerfield, what the hell!

You have to tell 'em, Karl,

no more starch in the collars.

Bobby.

You come all the way up here from Paris?

That's beautiful.

You're busted up for a while.

What am I supposed to do,

sit down there and celebrate?

Well, you might. You won.

How's the pain, Karl? They killin' it for you?

Yeah, that's okay now. It's all over.

Good.

Tommy says hello, Mariel, everybody.

That's great. You're staying for dinner.

Sure.

I can't understand how that man

made a mistake on that corner.

He made a mistake.

He misjudged the turn.

Etwas Spargel, bitte.

Tommy. You know Tommy, Modave's mechanic.

He had some crazy idea

that maybe there was something headed for the track--

a dog, a rabbit, something.

I saw no dog.

That's what I said, but we don't know for sure, do we?

He took too much risks. There was no dog.

I was thinking,

maybe it was the reflection of something,

a lady's pocket mirror or...

Why do you make it so complicated?

I'm not making it complicated, Karl.

I'm trying to make it simple.

If there was something on that track,

I want to know about it.

Have some fruit.

How long are you going to stay?

What's the matter, Karl, did I...

Did I say something that upset you?

No, it's okay.

Wie spaet ist es, bitte?

7:00.

I have to phone my children now,

and then I'll be back and we'll watch

that ridiculous entertainment

they are planning for us.

Kann ich Ihre Butter haben, bitte?

Kann ich Ihre Butter haben?

I don't speak...

no sprechen Sie German.

Eh, I'm sorry.

Could I have your butter, please? Thank you.

- Kommen Sie. - Nein.

Komm nahe.

Gute Nahrung.

I'm Lillian Morelli.

You're what?

I'm Lillian Morelli.

How do you do?

Do you have a name?

Yes, Bobby Deerfield.

You are a friend of the auto racer?

- Yes. - Do you race?

Do I race? Yes.

How do you come to do that?

Just come to do it.

You are from America, of course.

Yes.

Uh...Texas?

No.

California?

No.

You're from a secret place in America?

I'm from Newark.

- New York. - No, no, no, Newark.

- It's in New Jersey. - I don't know Newark.

Are you as famous as your friend?

Am I as famous?

You are more famous, and I should know it.

I'm sorry--so tell me, you are more famous

because you drive a faster car?

No.

Could I have your bread, please?

Thank you.

Does your friend know that you're the better driver?

I didn't say I was a better driver.

I thought you said it.

Are you the better driver?

Sometimes.

So you know many things about death, about dying?

No.

You don't think about dying.

But when you race,

there's always the danger, no?

You don't think about danger.

But you move with such speed.

You don't think about speed.

So why do you do it, drive so fast?

I don't know, just do it.

It seems so boring

to go in a circle all the time.

Boring?

It's not boring.

Deerfield. Deerfield?

Right.

I'm sorry, I forgot your name.

Lillian. Lillian Morelli.

Are you at the hotel?

Yeah. You're a patient?

Do I look sick?

No. What's wrong with you?

It's too bad about your friend.

You have been broken many times, I suppose.

No, never.

Never?

Never had anything broken.

Extraordinary.

You think it's a trick?

May I sip from you?

Do you believe in it?

Magic?

No.

Destiny?

I don't know.

You don't know, or no, no, you don't?

No, no, I don't.

Ja.

Please excuse me, Bobby.

I'm tired now. I must sleep.

Sure, sure.

It was really beautiful you came to see me.

I'm sorry not to be more fun.

Listen, if there's anything I can do, Karl...

I mean anything.

Good.

Have a good drive at Jarama.

Take care.

There is no plan, then.

What?

There is no plan,

unless of course you believe in God.

Do you believe in God?

No.

Then everything's more dangerous.

You will have breakfast with your friend?

No, I leave in the morning.

Tsk, what a pity.

I think it's kidneys and eggs tomorrow--

unless, of course, you have gout.

Do you have gout?

No.

Bon. Bon chance. Au revoir.

Sorry. Do you know what I think?

I think it's a trick.

Your medications.

The rules, Mademoiselle Morelli!

Not my rules.

I'll come to death on my own terms.

Ein whiskey, bitte.

Hey, Monsieur? Monsieur?

C'est pour moi.

Uh, sprechen Sie Englisch?

Yeah.

M-may I ask you something?

The trick you did with the violin...

Was there a motor in it?

Was there a magnet on the--on the cloth?

How'd you do that?

Magic.

- Please, may I? - May you what?

Ride with you. May I?

- Where you going? - Down. How far do you go?

- How far do you go? - Go to Milano.

So you could take me to Florence.

Oh, no, wait a minute, wait a minute.

- Have you been checked out? - What?

Have you been dismissed, or freed, or--

It's not a prison here.

No, I didn't say it was a prison,

but when you leave a hospital--

You suggest I would leave without paying my bill?

No, I didn't say that,

but I don't know if you're cured.

I'm fine, don't worry. You won't catch anything.

I'm not worried-- I just don't want to be responsible for you.

You think I'm deceptive?

Deceptive? I didn't say--

You are deceptive.

Oh, please, will ya? It's 5:00 in the morning.

You deceived your friend.

- What are you, crazy? - Why did you come up here?

Why did you come up here?

I came up to see him. What are you--?

Look...

You think you came to make him feel better,

but you talked about death and dying,

dogs and rabbits, and you leave him upset.

Now you say you're not deceptive and I'm crazy.

Don't have to take me. You can forget about it.

Get in.

Come on, get in.

If I upset you, I'm sorry.

What makes you think you upset me?

Newark isn't like this.

What?

- Is Newark like this? - No.

So how is Newark?

It's fine.

You have a delicate touch.

When you race, can you have such a delicate touch?

Well, you hold on tighter...

but there is a kind of delicacy to it, yes.

It must be difficult to be delicate

when death could be so close.

It's even very feminine, I think.

What?

The way you touch the wheel.

What do you mean, "feminine"?

It's all right.

The best men are always feminine in some ways.

- What ways? - The ways that are feminine.

I don't mean that you are homo.

You aren't, are you?

Nope.

It's not so terrible to have the qualities of a woman.

People have said to me

I was like the man in my family.

I was impressed by it.

I loved my father.

I have big hands like my father. Look.

I didn't mean to suggest that you are homo.

I have nothing against homos.

That's good to hear.

I have always heard that the men who race in cars,

that the car's really nothing

but an extension of the man's penis.

Do you think that's true?

It seems like a fair question.

The motorbike, for example.

I'm always hearing...

I know you're always hearing,

but you don't know anything about cars, see,

and you don't know anything about racing.

Do you know anything about racing?

No, only seems boring, crazy...

and that I'm told that the car's

really nothing but an extension of the man's penis.

Are there homos in Newark?

Oh, yes. We have them there.

They're all over the streets.

We build 'em there.

We have homo factories.

Make you feel better?

No.

Do you want to scream?

What?

Do you want to scream?

No.

- Was he a close friend? - Who?

The driver who was killed.

I knew him. I drove with him.

Have you other friends who have been killed?

Yeah.

Does it frighten you?

No, it doesn't.

Wouldn't you care...

Wouldn't you care to scream with me?

No.

I think--I think I'm going to scream.

Now--now you come and scream too.

I'm not screaming.

Why?

- I don't want to scream. - But why?

Because I don't want to.

We can stop over if you like.

I mean, we could stop over for the night.

We could stop over for the night,

or we could stop, have something to eat,

or just drive right on through,

whatever you want to do.

- That's fine. - What?

- Drive right on through? - No, for the night.

Grazie.

Deerfield here.

I'm on my way down to Milan

to check out those half-shafts.

I had a thought:

is the steering linkage in Modave's car intact?

Well, pull it out. I want to check it.

Listen, also, pull out mine.

No, I'm gonna be back tomorrow night, late,

so have the film there for me, okay?

Okay, take care.

Hello?

¿Como esta?

¿Que parte?

Me. It's Deerfield.

Oh, Deerfield.

Listen, I was calling you about tomorrow.

Is there any particular time you want to get started?

No, whenever you want.

Well, actually, I would like to get going early if I could.

But, I mean, if you want to sleep or whatever, that's okay.

Whatever you want to do.

No, no, no, sunrise is fine, or earlier if you want.

Look, why don't you call me when you wake up?

- Fine. - Okay.

Uh...good night, then.

- Hello? - Hello?

I said good night.

Are you hungry, Deerfield?

Hungry?

I could eat.

You eat and you eat and you don't get fat.

You?

Are you married?

No. You?

No. Were you married?

Was I married? Why?

You were married.

Once, for a minute.

You watch people eat, but, uh, you don't eat.

Somebody told me that

the intestine is 32 feet long,

but we control only the first few inches of it.

Perhaps that's why you don't eat. It's too risky.

Perhaps.

You're a careful man, Deerfield.

You like to pick at me, don't you?

I find you curious.

Curious?

- You're such a turtle. - Turtle?

Nobody's ever called me that before--a turtle.

Perhaps you are the world's fastest turtle,

but just the same, you are a turtle.

I'm sorry if I make you uncomfortable.

You don't bother me.

I have musicians in my family.

I've lately thought about learning to play the cello.

Do you have musicians in your family?

No. I don't know. I don't think so.

What do you have in your family?

You know, you're a very difficult person

to have a conversation with.

You know.

I mean, you--you-- you ask questions,

and, uh, I don't know where they're coming from.

I don't know what you're thinking...

or really thinking.

Would you like to know?

Um, sure.

You think my hand is too large to play the cello?

I don't know.

I don't know anything about cellos.

You think it's a strong hand?

What do you think?

I think... it's a nice hand.

You know what I'm thinking now?

What?

I would like you to hold me.

I heard you gargle.

I always gargle.

Mm, I'll bet you do.

Hey, Lillian.

You kidding?

Hey.

Thank you.

Deerfield, look.

Where do you think it's going?

- I don't know. - Let's follow it.

What do you mean, follow it?

In your car.

We can follow it on the road.

How can you follow it?

We don't know where it's going.

What do you care?

No, no, nobody knows where it's going.

The guy in the balloon doesn't know where it's going.

You can't follow it.

Oh...

It's going away.

- Buon giorno, Vincenzo. - Signorina!

Wait a moment. I will give you something.

Thank you, Deerfield.

I'm sorry you wouldn't scream with me.

I'm sorry you wouldn't chase the balloon.

I hope you find your rabbits.

It say "e piu dolce"-- It's more...sugar.

Eh, lovely.

You see?

Everything's sugar.

Sugar.

Sweeter.

Sweeter, sweeter! That's right.

Okay, everything is sweeter.

"...se si rischia, se si rischia."

When you do the...no.

If you do this,

but you shouldn't-- how you say?

When you do it, but you should not do it.

So...uh...ba--ba...

You should do it and you shouldn't do it.

But take a...it's one word. But take a...

- Chance? - Chance, chance!

Si, si, si, si, bravo.

So, everything

is more sweeter by take a chance.

A capito?

Safe and sound?

I thought you'd be asleep.

Off and on.

How was Holtzmann?

He's... He'll make it.

How was the road?

I expected you yesterday.

Did you have trouble on the road?

It took a little longer than I expected.

How was Rome?

On strike.

I ran into Overton there.

He was very nice to me, as usual.

He still wants to marry me.

What's his wife say about that?

She's very fond of me.

Did you buy something pretty?

Of course.

Would you like to see it?

- Sure. - Wait a minute.

I'll have a suit made for you.

Soft, eh?

Did Holtzmann upset you?

No.

What has upset you?

I'm not upset.

I'm tired.

Did you drive back alone?

All alone.

Overton went to Bellagio for a few days.

He wanted me to come with him.

He called me from there and...

he said he saw you.

I didn't see him.

He saw you.

Well, where was he, in a tree?

We said we wouldn't lie.

I picked up a hitchhiker. That's all, Lydia.

That's all.

Delvecchio phoned.

The film will be here tomorrow.

What are we supposed to do,

report every second of our lives?

Not to lie!

That's all.

I will make you an omelet.

I don't want an omelet.

I will make you an omelet,

and I don't give a damn if you want an omelet.

That's it.

Why don't you go on ahead?

I want to look at that last piece again.

Slower.

Slower.

Slower.

Stop! Stop it.

Hey.

Lydia.

Hello, Lydia.

Delvecchio phoned with the time

of the new driver. Look.

He goes very fast, I think.

Did he say anything about Modave's car?

No.

It's time, Bobby.

- Bobby? - I'm coming.

...three.

...three.

Don't move, Bobby.

How well do you know Lillian?

Well, we're acquainted.

Louder!

I drove her down from Leukerbad.

Oh. Yes, she gave you my cigars.

You are the driver, huh?

Yes, yes.

You must be obsessed. Are you obsessed?

I got letters from the clinic.

She say me, she left without so much as a...

- Do you speak Italian? - No.

No.

So they telephoned to me, "Where is your niece?"

You know, they find...

How can I say?

You understand?

They find an independent patient, and they worry.

I don't trust doctors.

I believe we know ourselves

better than they think we do.

I've never been ill a day in my life.

Never consulted a physician--

I mean, in a professional way.

I never missed a meal through inability to eat.

Eh, what?

- Good. That's good. - Oh.

Can--can you tell me where I can find her?

Is she in Florence?

- Who? - Lillian, your niece.

Oh, Lillian! Yes.

If you're wise,

you will not bother with her.

She's difficult, outspoken...

like her mother.

Special. Like my sister, you know.

But if you want to see her,

come and play bocce with me.

Huh? Oh, do you play bocce?

You know, bocce?

Yeah, no.

I will teach you!

She come to watch me,

unless she is someplace else.

You give me the game?

Nobody's ever given me a game,

one person only...

and I would never play with her again.

Oh, there is my baby!

You must never let him win.

I have your friend here.

I am playing with your friend.

Do you see him?

How is my friend?

Still driving in circles?

It's more complicated than a circle.

Where have you been, baby? He is looking for you.

Here I am.

So, what brings you to Florence?

- Is there racing here? - No.

No, I, uh, I was in Italy,

and I thought I'd just stop by,

see if I could figure you out.

Am I so complicated?

You make me feel like you're complicated.

Must you wear those glasses?

They keep me from being recognized.

But mirrors-- they look like mirrors.

Must you wear mirrors?

You want my hat?

Buy a mustache?

I don't want to look at myself when I talk to you.

I'll get mobbed if I take 'em off.

Oh...my dressmaker is three blocks from here.

I make you a bet: take off the glasses,

and in three blocks, you will not be recognized.

What'll we bet?

Um, a bottle of Chianti and some cheese.

Make it a weekend in the country.

I don't think you could keep me interested

for a weekend in the country.

Why?

I don't know... feeling I have.

So, let's bet for a bottle of Chianti and some cheese.

Besides, you won't win anyway.

Oh, no?

Watch.

Hey! Oh!

Bobby Deerfield!

Bobby Deerfield!

Hey, Bobby Deerfield!

How are you doing?

What are you doing over here?

Do you like it?

I'll buy it for you.

May I buy it for you?

I never thought I would see you again.

I never thought I'd see you.

When do you race next?

When do I race?

Ten days.

Between the races, what do you do?

I go on picnics.

And then you race again.

You don't have much fun, do you?

Sure, I have fun.

What do you mean I don't have fun?

I have fun.

You've spent your whole life

trying not to die.

Why wouldn't you go with me

for a weekend in the country?

Because you expected me to...

because I don't have time,

and because...

because you are not ready to spend

a weekend in the country with me.

I'm not?

No, you are not.

Are you difficult like your mother?

Who told you about my mother?

Your uncle.

He was telling me that she was...

very difficult, very outspoken.

I'm told she was.

She died in the war.

I never knew her.

Your father?

He was as fat as a walrus,

but he is dead too.

- He died on a beach. - In the war?

No, in the summer when I was 13.

Buon giorno, signorina.

Buon giorno.

You picnic on my land, but you are welcome.

What?

Would you like to hear the story?

Sure.

Is that why you came to Florence,

to hear the story of my life?

I'm just trying to figure you out, Lillian.

Try that. I make it myself.

- Tomorrow, I will fly... - Hello?

...from these hills in a balloon.

What?

So, the day was hot

and the water was cold.

What day?

The day my father died.

- Your father died? - That's a long time ago.

What?

Um...

My father stood at the edge of the beach,

put his toe in the water,

and at the instant he did,

he fell over dead.

Just like that.

Oh, um, um,

this is-- what's your name?

Carlos del Montanarro.

This is Bobby Deerfield. You know him?

Bobby--oh, yes! Si, si, si.

I am very honored, Bobby Deerfield.

Now I must go.

Have a good time.

Be careful with snakes!

Who's that?

Carlos del Montanarro.

Where was I? Oh, yes.

My father's toe in the water, yes.

As soon as his toe touched the cold water,

he fell over dead, just like that,

and then the people ran to him

and they looked at him,

this big walrus of a man.

Jesus, he was so enormous.

And...

Then someone put their ear to him

and said, "He is dead."

And then someone said...

"There's a tiny hand," and no one understood.

And a woman began to scream about this tiny hand

that was coming from under my father,

and they rolled my father over,

and they found a little child under him...

with a pail and toys and a shovel,

and no one knew that when he fell,

he fell on a tiny child

who was digging in the sand.

And it was so strange,

because it was as if my father had died

and in dying had laid the child like an egg.

Do you believe it?

What do you think?

Do I believe it?

Yeah.

It's not true. I made it up.

You made it up.

Was it good?

Why did you make it up?

Why would you make it up?

For my circulation. I don't know.

I think, uh,

I need a little surprise now and then.

Why don't you try it?

Who was that guy with the salami?

Carlos del Montanarro.

You know...

you're playing with me.

You're trying to keep your distance,

and you're playing with me...

trying to confuse me.

Perhaps.

Who was that guy?

Now it's your turn.

Tell me anything, a truth or a lie.

Even a lie is better than "Newark is fine."

I don't want to tell you a lie.

I don't want to make up a story.

I don't want to do it.

Perhaps you could learn.

It's very much like screaming.

Who's Carlos del Montanarro?

Come on, Lillian.

Who's the guy with the salami?

I don't know.

Who is Bobby Deerfield?

My apartment is near the river.

We could finish the wine there if you would like.

Okay?

Thank you.

My gallery, Bobby Deerfield.

Want some coffee?

I make some coffee for me.

Lillian?

No park. No, no, no.

Please, signora, don't smoke.

Don't smoke. Very dangerous.

We're leaving in a few minutes.

Hello.

- Deerfield, you found me. - I found you.

I thought you might have told me that you were going.

It's difficult to talk sometimes.

It is difficult.

To a good wind, Deerfield!

You know, Lillian,

that I made a special trip?

I did. I came all the way down

from Paris just to see you.

I really appreciate it.

You do.

And you show your appreciation by leaving me,

so I wake up alone. That how you show it?

Please, Deerfield, don't pout.

One doesn't pout at a regatta.

Pout? I'm not pouting.

We spend the day together, the night together,

and then I wake up and you're gone.

You could have had the decency to wake me up,

Lillian, tell me you were going.

There's the guy with the salami.

Merci beaucoup, into the gondola!

Lillian, you're not a very dependable person.

Why don't you come with us? No rabbits in the sky.

- Please come! - I'm the commander, Deerfield.

I will do everything. You like to come with us?

Everybody's ready?

We are going to...!

We are ready.

There's not many people

that I want to be with, Lillian.

What have you got to lose?

- With the wind! - With the wind.

I'm not going anywhere with any wind.

You and your split-second moves.

- What's the game, Lillian? - It's not a game.

All your freedom, all your questions.

What do you care about?

Do you care about anything?

What do you call this, a risk?

Is that a risk, meeting a guy with a salami,

getting in his balloon?

You call that a risk?

You and your questions.

Your questions are driving me up the wall.

"Are there homos in Newark?"

What do you care about homos

and what do you care about Newark?

You scream in a goddamn tunnel,

you make up stories, lies--

That's right, lies. You write me notes.

"Take a chance.

Everything's sweetened by a risk."

Risk, my ass.

Remember this!

I'm the commander here!

- You are nothing! - You are nothing!

He is everything. We are nothing.

God, I'm going to fly. Do it, Bobby. Do it.

On the track or off,

time is important to all of us,

and if you're like me,

you want to know the correct time exactly,

not a guess.

That's why I'm never without my Seiko.

Whether I'm driving a race at the Nürburgring

or simply going out to dinner with friends,

my Seiko is here on my wrist,

telling me precisely the time and date,

information I need to know.

So, whether you're a sportsman or not...

...if accuracy in time is important to you,

try 24 hours with a Seiko.

You'll never take it off.

Can I get to you later, Bobby?

I said let him alone!

...Bobby Deerfield!

Bobby.

Oh, God, quick.

- Are you all right? - Are you all right?

I understand more than you.

You know that.

That's why you're here.

It's been good for you here...

and I know this woman is already hurting you...

this Lillian Morelli.

How do you know that name?

Dressmakers know everything,

especially who pays for the dress.

How long have you followed me, Lydia?

I have never followed you.

Why would I have to?

I also know she has come

from the clinic where Holtzmann is.

I also know how ill she is,

a woman who is dying...

who is alone...

is perhaps concerned about having a lover

to be there at her death.

Surely I would be.

But the truth is that she has many lovers.

And I know she's very beautiful.

And I know she travels like a gypsy,

and her hands are small, Andrea said.

But could she make your clothes from memory?

Has she taken the briefest time

to consider who you are?

Oh, God!

What...

- Who told you that? - What?

Who told you that she was dying?

How do you know that?

Oh, my God, I'm--I'm sorry.

Come in.

I have been to Rome...

to Genova, Piombino...

and almost Cortina d'Ampezzo.

You know Cortina d'Ampezzo?

No.

It is so high, you must finally...

walk to the top, but it's so steep, so...

...they all wanted to come back.

I wanted so much to reach the top, but...

they all wanted to come back,

so we came back.

And you?

What have you been up to?

I raced.

Did you win?

No.

Is it your rabbits?

You found them?

No. No rabbits.

What, then?

What's on your mind?

What's on my mind?

Oh, please, stop answering

questions with questions.

I ask you what's on your mind,

you say, "What's on my mind?"

I say how are you, you say, "How am I?"

That's boring!

I'm not trying to bore you, Lillian.

I know, but...

I have a headache,

so don't shout back at me.

I'm not shouting at you.

I know, but don't.

I don't want to be

your boring friend, Lillian.

Who do you want to be?

Something better than that.

Who do I go to see about that?

Are you asking me to change your personality?

I'm not a magician.

What can I tell you?

If you don't want to be boring... I don't know.

Surprise me.

Surprise yourself.

Why didn't you go into the balloon?

The damn fool invited you.

Oh...this is all so stupidly comical...

and don't shout back at me.

I'm not shouting.

But you are ready to, aren't you?

No, I didn't come here to shout.

Why did you come, then? To figure me out?

Again?

I don't want to be figured out.

I don't need to be figured out.

I can do an imitation of Mae West.

What?

I said I can do an impersonation of Mae West.

Who is Mae West?

You don't know?

- No. - Oh.

She was...

sort of a sex queen in the U.S.

I-I can impersonate her.

Big boy...

You say you're sellin' notions?

Well, what kind of notions have you got?

Come up and see me sometime, big boy.

Mae West?

What do you think?

That surprise you?

No.

They call me Flower Belle.

Hello, Flower Belle.

Hello.

It's a beginning.

That's my aunt Martha.

That's a picnic in 1950.

And, uh, this is my uncle Frank...

and my cousin Bonnie.

I like her face.

I remember she used-- she used to always

sing a song called "Red Sails in the Sunset."

How'd that go?

That's my uncle's dog.

I remember the day that dog died.

My uncle cried so hard he scared me to death.

That's me, here.

That's you.

This is my brother Leonard

and his new bike.

Mm, he looks so skinny.

He's kind of a damn fool...

except he tries.

Here's my father.

He always wore pinstriped suits.

I remember they were hard to patch.

My brother claims that my father tap-danced...

but I never saw him tap-dance.

Perhaps you weren't home when he tap-danced.

I was home.

It's where I lived.

What's happened to him?

That's a question

that's beat the hell out of everybody for years...

although I-I-I think I saw him once

on a trolley car

with a red-headed woman.

Wouldn't it be ironic...

if I began to find you irresistible?

I'm gonna tell you something...

and I don't want to scare you or anything...

...but I find you irresistible.

Now, that's the bridge.

And I don't know that too well.

In all your pictures,

there was no picture of your mother.

Tell me about your mother.

My mother was an alcoholic.

What was she like when she was drunk?

Oh, she was superb when she was drunk.

She'd get good and drunk--

she would be fantastic.

That's the truth.

Nobody knew her like I did.

One time, we took

my bicycle and we just went.

We got on the highway and we rode,

and she was drunker than...

And of course, it got dark

before we got to where we were going,

and we had to call my father up,

and he had to come down in the car and pick us up.

We couldn't get the bicycle in the car,

and my mother started to laugh,

I started to laugh.

My father didn't like it much.

And then we'd get her home

and my father'd put her to bed,

and she'd sober up and it was over,

and I'd just have to wait for her to get drunk again.

One summer, my father sent me off

to visit my aunt for a couple of weeks...

and when I got back,

my mother was in a hospital...

and they wouldn't let me see her.

I couldn't understand it.

They wouldn't let me see her.

She died in her room.

I must have been about 11 or 12 at the time.

And a nurse there,

she--she--she told me my mother

wrote me a note when I was away.

But my father took it,

and he wouldn't let me see it.

I couldn't understand it.

I remember I tried to beat him up one time

to get him to tell me what was in her note.

He wouldn't tell me.

I always wondered what it said.

I know it was something nice.

Some story, huh?

It's not true.

What?

It's not true.

I made it up.

- No. - Yep.

I made it up just now.

- Oh! - What do you think?

Was it good?

- It was superb. - Was it?

Buon giorno.

Buon giorno.

Parle anglais?

It's no good, my English.

Marg--Margheritas.

Si.

Margherita gigante.

Bellisimo.

- Bella. - Parle italiano?

Un poc.

I watch you run every day now.

I need it.

Are you training?

No, I just like to do it.

It makes me...

Are you English?

American.

You want water?

I just want to be with somebody.

Are you all right?

I just want to be with somebody, that's all.

I don't want to talk.

I just want to be with someone.

Ciao!

Ciao.

Grazie.

I'm wondering about your friend Holtzmann.

What about him?

I think I would like to go back...

and see how he is.

Uh, excuse me.

Uh, parle anglais?

Yes.

Oh, are you American?

Yes.

No kidding. Where you from?

We're from Detroit, the wife and me.

I'm from New Jersey, Newark.

New Jersey, we're not that far apart.

Listen, would you be--

would I be too presumptuous enough to ask you

to take a picture of me and the wife together?

No, fine.

Thanks. Come on, Ellen.

He's gonna take our picture.

- Thank you very much. - Thanks.

Are you--anywhere you want to stand?

I thought maybe with the valley in the background.

What do you think, okay?

Um...

Oh, sorry.

This is the focus right here.

You just press that.

I think it's all set. Yep, it's set.

Move closer together, and I can get...

Thanks a lot.

Thank you very much.

Why don't we take one of them, Henry?

Would you mind? Just for our book.

You know what it's like

to look back at the faces you came across.

Henry.

Yeah, sure. Do you mind?

No.

Okay, why don't you stand--

...where we stood? Wow, it's gonna rain.

Now, move over a little bit.

Let's get it.

Hold it. Hold...it.

There we are. Okay.

Got it.

Listen, why don't you give me your address

and I'll send it on to you.

I'll have a copy made.

You probably won't get it

till December, who knows.

What's your name?

Robert Deerfield.

Let's see... Robert.

- Two E's or E-A? - Two E's.

Two E's. Deerfield. What's the address, Robert?

2162 Bank Street.

That's in Newark. Newark, New Jersey.

Bank Street, Newark, got it.

Okay, you'll get it in the mail.

Be a big surprise, you'll see.

You know, people forget about things like this.

- Thank you. - So long.

Y-you went away?

No, I'm here.

Could you just...

just for a minute?

I'm here, darling.

Do you love me?

Oh, yes.

Bobby...

what will you do tomorrow?

Boo...

Hoo.