Original subtitles

How well do you know yourself?

You've scrubbed every inch of this skin.

Haven't you?

But how well do you know yourself inside?

The pink, rubbery thorax.

Yard upon yard of coiled, steaming gut.

That king of blood vessels--the coronary artery.

And of course, the cerebellum.

[buzzer]

Hello?

MISS GATI: Yes?

Steph Reynolds from the agency.

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: Yes.

Hello?

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: Look up, please.

Steph Reynolds.

Yeah, the agency sent me.

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: The agency sent you?

Yeah, I've been--

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: Come in.

[buzzer]

Jerry, we have a visitor.

Miss Gati?

Miss Gati?

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: This way, dear.

Up the stairs.

Hello.

Tough job.

Yeah.

Well, you know, good help's hard to find.

Yeah.

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: Come now.

JERRY: You can leave thatbag here, if you like.

I'll manage, thank you.

Good luck.

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: Come in.

Come in.

Let's have a look at you.

The agency sends a fresh one.

Turn.

What is that dreadful,drab color you're wearing?

Can you scramble eggs?

Jerry?

Darling?

Well, can you?

Scramble eggs?

Yes, light cooking.

I like scrambled eggs.

I like them a lot.

Of course, Miss Gati, the agency insists--

MISS GATI: Ah, there you are.

Jerry, have you met Steph?

How do you do?

I do very well, thank you.

Well, Jerry, what do you think?

Isn't she charming?

There'll be 15 milligramsof Demerol in the a.m.

AM.

11 o'clock AM to be administered promptly.

Followed by another 15 in the PM.

9 o'clock PM.

Additional painkillers will be in the form

of ibuprofen tablets.

Look at me.

Do I look as though I have a headache?

I'll wait for my morphine,thank you very much.

Hi.

I thought I'd seen every nurse that had come

through that service of yours.

Well, I'm new.

And not one of them got the four

star treatment you're getting.

I should feel honored then.

[miss gati sighing]

Don't tease.

Be quick about it.

Relax your hand, please.

At ease, gentlemen.

MAN [ON RADIO]: There are warnings

of gales in Viking,northern zero, south zero.

Hi.

Hello.

[radio playing]

Doesn't work.

MAN [ON RADIO]: Finisterre,Hebrides, [inaudible],

and southeast Iceland.

Miss Gati said you'd help mefind a chair in the basement.

I'm on my break.

Of course.

It's down there if you can get it out.

Does it bother you?

I'm sorry?

- My body. - No, miss.

There is no dignity in decay.

A body, you know, has anuncanny ability to compensate

for its own deficiencies.

Good night, Miss Gati.

Don't go.

Please.

Sit down.

STEPH: Of course.

[banging]

MISS GATI: He's an artist, an eccentric.

I needed a man around thehouse, and he needed a job.

Worked out quite fortuitouslyfor the both of us.

[banging]

Quite a specimen, wouldn't you agree?

Yes, miss.

Indeed, we are both fortunate to get him.

She says you're an artist.

Well, you've been misled.

So what do you do?

I underachieve.

Hm.

What's your story?

I haven't got one yet.

Well, this is a good place to start.

Really?

[music playing]

You, uh, looking for something special.

No.

I'll show you something.

Stay there.

I'll get the light.

Christ.

Fossils of a once promiscuous past.

Young Gati, all conquering nympho.

Here, get this.

What the hell is that?

JERRY: Your guess is as good as mine.

I mean, there's stuff in here that I just

wouldn't know what to do with.

Really?

I find that hard to believe.

You know, I don't knowwhat she's been telling you

about me, but where Icome from you have to step

out the shower to take a pee.

We like it on the bed with the lights out.

[music playing]

[record scratching]

[music playing]

[record scratching]

[music playing]

[record scratching]

[music playing]

[laughter]

Do you like it here?

Yeah.

I think I like it here.

[laughter]

Fuck knows what happened in this house

before I pulled up flat broke.

First couple of weeks werereally tough-- having to tend

to her whims and tantrums.

I mean, she said she was gonna get a live-in,

but they never lasted more than a day.

So it was just really me and her.

Well, what happened to the last live-in?

Oh, just a complete wacko.

Lost it completely.

She actually, um-- she-- shekilled herself in this house

a month before I got here.

Are you scared?

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: [SINGSONG

VOICE] Time for my night cap!

Um, come back later?

I don't know if I can.

[soft moaning]

Don't go.

[inaudible]

I don't want to be alone tonight.

Give me your hand.

Please.

Both hands.

Please.

Let me hold your hands.

[SOFTLY] Piss off!

OK.

I was just being friendly.

Don't be so friendly.

Gonna make some coffee.

Do you want some?

No.

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: Steph, darling,

may I see you a moment?

[sighing]

[SINGING] I just want to be wonderful.

I only want to be wonderful.

I don't care if I'm guilty.

I don't care if I'm brilliant.

I just want men to flock to me.

[inaudible]

The last girl who you tried to do that

fainted dead away on the floor.

Moron.

Dump.

I didn't feel it.

You are kind of a darling, aren't you?

If you say so.

If I say so?

I like that.

I don't feel well.

You look terrible.

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: Jerry?

Jerry?

Jerry?

Jerry?

This is fucking bullshit.

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: Jerry?

Fuck it!

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: Jerry?

Jerry?

Jerry, I almost forgot.

It's your birthday.

For he's a jolly good fellow.

For he's a jolly good fellow.

For he's a jolly good fellow, which

nobody can deny, which nobody can deny,

which nobody can deny.

For he's a jolly good fellow,which nobody can deny.

What the fuck's going on?

Shh, Jerry.

Speak to me.

Ah!

Is this it?

Is-- is this-- is thisreally what turns you on?

Is it?

Speak to me!

Speak to me!

Jerry.

Steph?

Shh.

No, Steph.

No.

That's gratitude for you.

I rather like her.

[inaudible]

Takes pride in herself.

Don't be stupid, Jerry.

Consider the advantages you have here.

You can have Steph as much as you want.

And when her body bores you, we'll replace her.

Do you know what it's liketo be crippled, Jerry?

To have people who pose for you?

[inaudible]

Good help is so hard to find.

MAN: Hi, I've come about the job.

MISS GATI [ON INTERCOM]: Come in.

[buzzer]

Hello?

STEPH: Hello.

What are you not seeing?

What are you blind to?

What are you running from?

What is it about you thata perfect stranger can know

within the first three minutesbut you will never, ever

learn until it's far too late?

[music playing]

Love.

Obsession.

Power.

And possession.

Hunger.