All language subtitles for Lianna (1983).eng

I've, you know, gone

places since I married him.

I'm not who I was.

He's still Bobby ballgame.

You always say how good he is

with the kids.

Well, that's his life,

relating to children.

They may be 20 years old and

break the eastern conference

passing record, but they're

still little boys.

Extended adolescence in

America.

Right.

I wanted to ask what's-her-name,

professor Brennan about that in

class last night.

I get shy.

What do you mean?

Well, I'm just in awe of any

woman around here who isn't

typing her husband's doctoral

thesis.

Thanks.

No, I didn't mean--

I've still got the calluses.

When Bob was in junior

college I used to have to tutor

his entire starting defensive

line.

All together?

Guards on Monday, tackles on

Wednesday, and this 350-pound

center every Friday.

It's true!

And he fell in love with me,

this guy, Willie Joe Purvis.

I knew it the minute he started

calling me "Sandy" instead of

"Mrs. Coach."

What happened?

What do you mean,

"what happened?"

He was in love with the

coach's wife.

That's like having carnal

designs on the virgin Mary.

He passed his exams and he made

all-state junior college.

What's so funny?

I keep flashing on him

sitting in your kitchen with the

shoulder pads on, mooning like

a calf when you come in.

You're a real sport, lianna.

You think your kids are out yet?

Probably, we better go see.

Woman: * maybe I'm right,

maybe I'm wrong ♪

♪ maybe I'm weak

and maybe I'm strong ♪

♪ nevertheless, I'm in love

with you ♪

♪ maybe I'll win,

maybe I'll lose ♪

♪ maybe I'm in

for crying the blues ♪

♪ nevertheless, I'm in love

with you ♪

♪ somehow I know at a glance

the terrible chances

I'm taking ♪

♪ fine at the start,

then left with a heart

that is breaking ♪

♪ maybe I'll live a

life of regret ♪

♪ maybe I'll give

much more than I get ♪

♪ nevertheless, I'm in love

with... you... ♪

Man: I've heard people

complaining about Flaherty

staging his footage, about how

this is some kind of betrayal,

that there's such a thing as

"pure" documentary.

Well, there's a law in physics

that the act of observing an

event can't help but change that

event, and a documentary

filmmaker not only observes,

but edits.

Now, I'm sure you've been

wondering all through class what

this, uh, little message on the

board is all about.

Take a good look.

"Allowing your workers to be

swayed by such propaganda, you

are surrendering them to the

forces that have kept eastern

Europe in chains for three

decades, the evil forces of the

world, communist conspiracy.

These people are ruthless, they

have nothing to lose.

But if we unite behind the

banners of christianity and

democracy, they cannot prevail."

Who do you suppose wrote that?

Woman: Jerry falwell.

Woman 2: Reverend moon?

Well, the fact of the matter

is, it doesn't make any

difference.

This is just our raw footage.

First we select the parts we

want to keep.

Anything that doesn't agree with

our idea of what the story

should be, it goes on the

cutting room floor.

There we go.

Now, we change the order of our

bits of film, taking it out of

real time and into film time,

and splice them together for

effect...

And now what do we have?

"Workers of the world unite.

You have nothing to lose but

your chains."

But that's distortion.

That's lying.

Yadda-yadda-yadda,

that's all, folks.

See you Thursday.

Lianna: I came to

pick you up.

I noticed.

I know you don't like me

coming into the classroom, but

I was afraid you'd get stuck

in a conversation with some

eager beaver student if you

didn't see I was here.

Uh-huh.

What's the matter, afraid to

let them see you playing

husband?

Are the kids in the car?

I didn't think you'd want me

to bring them in.

Thank you.

Sodium phosphate, sodium

ascorbate, sodium carbonate...

Girl: Do I have to eat

my peas? >> Calcium carbonate...

Yes.

Why?

Because I am bigger than you

are, that's why.

Spence, what's that you're

chattering at us?

I brought the boxes from

everything we ate yesterday into

consumer affairs class.

This is what we've been eating.

Disodium inosinate,

disodium...

What did we do to deserve

him?

We learned they were supposed

to grow out of it by the time

they were 18. >> Citric acid...

You going tonight?

Mm-hmm. I've got to pick

Sandy up in a little while.

Bob is using their car.

...partially hydrogenated

vegetable oil.

How long before you're 18,

Spence?

Five years.

Dextrose...

I think I'll start scratching

the days on the wall like the

count of monte cristo!

...cheese culture, carob bean

gum...

I thought that was really

good in class, about the

editing.

Oh, yeah.

They were going on about the

purity of documentary film the

other day.

Thought I'd shake the little

bastards up a bit.

Can I eat in front of the TV?

There's a movie I want to see.

No, finish your dinner.

But the movie'll be over in

an hour or so.

The food'll still be here.

No. >>

how's your honors class

coming?

It's not an honors class.

There isn't a film major.

How's it going anyhow?

My best student is doing her

thesis on audie Murphy,

America's tragic hero.

That's my best.

Spencer, go eat in front of

the TV, quick.

Girl: Do I have to

eat my peas?

Yes. >> Why?

Ours is not to reason why,

ours is but to clam up and eat.

Professor Brennan said that

they had the same trouble with

child psychology at first.

All the least practical students

wanted to get into it.

That's right, she's a

professor.

What's that mean?

Child psych is an easy ride.

She must've got into it when it

was getting respectable.

Don't be jealous.

When you get tenure...

The only way I get tenure

is if a half-dozen old farts

in the English department bite

the dust.

They'd be crazy to pass

you over.

You know who they want me to

teach next semester?

William Dean howells.

They wouldn't do that to someone

they were expecting to keep.

Girl: Do I have to eat

my peas?

Yes, theda.

You have to eat your peas.

Why?

What is this, the riddle of

the sphinx?

Have the peas changed from what

they were three minutes ago?

They got a half-life or

something?

Spence, what's that you got on

in there?

Spence: It's called

battleground.

It's a William wellman we're

doing next week.

I better give it a look.

[Gunshots and explosions

continue from TV]

Don't you want to go watch

the movie?

No, I want to stay here

with you.

I'll eat half

your peas.

Good.

How many is that?

I thought you were counting.

No, you have to.

Now you got to start from the

beginning.

Monkey, you'll have me here

all night.

Let's start from 50, o.K.?

O.k.

Betty, we haven't heard anything

from you.

What do you think?

I've never read anything

about it, or maybe I have and

forgot.

Well, what do you think?

How many children do you have?

Five.

Oldest is 18.

And they're all pretty

good kids? >> Yeah.

Well, they didn't get that

way all by themselves.

I've got as much to learn from

you as you have from me.

Now, how would you say being in

a big family has affected your

children?

Oh, they can blow off steam

on each other without turning it

all on me.

And then sometimes they're like

friends with each other, which

is nice.

That makes me feel good.

And when herb and me fight,

well, I think the bunch of them

can absorb it a lot better than

if there was just one.

We'll be hollerin' and they come

out to complain we're drowning

out their TV show.

I have a question on that.

Yes.

Um, if the parents of a child

are having problems, and let's

say they're really careful to,

you know, not fight in front of

the child... do you think it's

possible that the child won't be

affected?

If I had an ex-husband or a

lover who you all knew about,

and you knew we were having a

real rocky time with each other,

and he started coming into

class, just sitting-- not saying

anything, just being here,

watching me all through class--

how would you feel when you

walked in here?

Little knots in the stomach.

Exactly, and you're not even

my children.

Sandy: I think you've got

a crush on her.

What?

Oh, I don't mean a Willie Joe

Purvis crush.

I mean the kind that Ellie

and theda have on their teacher

Mrs. Strack.

Oh, come on, Sandy.

I'm really interested in the

subject.

Uh-huh.

For Christ's sake,

I am 33 years old.

I don't have crushes.

* teacher's pet,

I wanna be teacher's pet. ♪

Give me a break,

come on!

I'm out at class two nights a

week, two lousy nights.

What's wrong with that?

Nothing. It's just that you

said you didn't have time to

look that stuff up for me.

It isn't the time.

I said I'd be too tired.

I'm interested in this,

so it won't be tiring.

You're not interested in what

I do?

I'm interested in

what you do.

But I'm not interested in

looking up who is the assistant

clapper boy on the silent

version of a star is born.

They didn't have clapper boys

on silent pictures.

The purpose of the clap is to

register on the soundtrack.

You know what I mean.

When I'm really excited about

something it gives me more

energy.

Energy, huh?

Want to work some of it off with

your old man?

I'll go put the thing in.

The counselor said we should

try to do more things together,

so Bob offered to come shopping.

It wasn't exactly what I had

in mind.

Well, at least he's willing

to try.

Are you going to the party at

the loomises tonight?

No. I get nervous there ever

since Ellie broke her collarbone

on the jungle gym.

I doubt the festivities will

use the backyard.

You weren't at their last

party.

Some little grad student chased

Jerry Carlson out of the

teeter-totter.

Did she catch him?

Jerry knows when to slow

down.

So I've heard.

Anyway, we have class

tonight, remember?

Dick's gonna want me to be at

the party.

He thinks my missing so many

makes it looks like we're having

trouble, and that's bad for his

standing in the department.

Oh, I hate that.

You would think how he was in

class would be enough.

Doesn't Bob want you to go

with him?

Bob? He hates faculty parties

worse than I do.

He always ends up with his back

against the wall, explaining why

football gets a bigger budget

than women's track.

Why does it?

Shh!

Man: It is a delicate piece

of machinery.

You treat it well, it'll treat

you well.

Today we're going...

What's up?

You wanted me to let you know

if I was coming tonight or not.

You weren't in your office.

So?

I want to go to class, o.K.?

It's your time.

Please, don't get mad.

I get to miss one of these

things once in a while, don't I?

I'm not mad.

It's just that I think that once

in a while--

lianna, hi.

Come on with us.

We're gonna shoot some footage.

You can be our star.

The last star

was a cockroach.

Is that character still

following you around?

Uh-huh.

Are you going to the party

tonight?

I don't think so.

If you don't come, who am I

gonna corner in the kitchen?

From what I hear you'll find

somebody.

Oh, children, children.

They're mere children.

I need a mature woman, someone

who has seen enough of life to

appreciate me.

You need a cold shower.

And maybe that one from child

psych will be there.

I can talk to her about my early

experiences, my blankie, my

Teddy bear, my first wet dream.

My parents had it bronzed,

you know.

You're out of luck, Jerry.

She's teaching class tonight.

That's where lianna's going.

The night school thing,

right.

Maybe I should come with you.

I could lecture on the plight of

the unwed father.

She said we could bring

children if we didn't have a

sitter around.

Ahh! You just blew your film

career.

Hi.

I...

I wrote down these short

stories.

They have to do with children.

You've probably read most of

them, but if you haven't,

I thought they might be good to

use in a course sometime or...

Thank you.

I'm not familiar with most of

these.

You read a lot?

I started out as an English

major.

Started out?

What did you end up as?

A wife.

Aw, come on.

A mother?

I do stage lighting for a dance

company, as a volunteer.

I take classes.

This is my favorite one so far.

Thank you.

You know, I was wondering, on

your study, if you need any kind

of an assistant or...

Are you interested?

Uh-huh.

Good. We should talk about

it... have dinner or something.

Sure.

See you.

I'll drop you at the loomises

after class?

No. It's just up the hill.

I'll cut through backyards.

Be careful.

In this neighborhood?

No, I mean once you get to

the loomises'.

Who know what point they'll have

reached?

Yeah, I'll try and stay off

the jungle gym.

Woman:

O.k., here I come!

Woman: Ooh!

[General conversations,

party music continue...]

Woman: Oh!

Dick: Cheer up, cheer up,

Gail.

Gail: Where do I start?

Oh, come on...

How was class?

I got out early.

Oh?

I figured the party would

still be going.

Hmm?

But I didn't feel like going

anymore and I came home.

Oh.

How was the party?

O.k., I guess.

The usual.

A lot of students, like always

at the loomises', trying to

score their brownie points.

Mm-hmm.

How many do you get for a

fuck in the sandbox?

Huh?

Brownie points.

How many do you get for a fuck

in the sandbox?

Lianna: ...You promised me!

Dick: Oh, come on, lianna!

You promised me you weren't

going to do that again.

You lie to me and you lie to me!

We were just playing around!

You are so full of shit!

Don't talk to me that way!

I'll talk to you any goddamn

way I want to!

You're gonna wake

the kids up.

...says to write about

something and so I wrote a play

instead of a story, and it's

called the Thanksgiving Turkey.

"The Thanksgiving Turkey.

I think it's fine that

everybody comes together

at Thanksgiving.

But aren't you

worried, Tom?

I mean, about dinner?

Why should I be?

I love to eat."

And then I say my part,

you don't seem to

get it, Tom Turkey.

You are for dinner on

Thanksgiving.

It's going to be you they

gobble up.

What? They're going to

eat me?

Why didn't you tell me before?

When is the next train out of

here?"

Theda, honey, could you read

that a bit later?

Your father's got a headache.

O.k.

Yeah, that time, you see, you

walked so far away that I had

to... sort of go like

that to stay with you.

Think of it more as down than

away, and then add away.

Am I supporting you here?

No, just lean.

[Conversation continues,

indistinct]

When they're through, stick

reds in all the ones along the

back wall.

You got it.

Man: What do you think?

Woman: Nope.

Lianna?

Lianna, hi.

Profess-- Ruth!

Don't look so surprised.

It's just the first time I've

seen you out of context.

Out of context, am I?

Hmm.

What are you looking for?

Here? Um, just browsing

around.

I don't think I'll buy anything.

Sometimes when I'm depressed it

helps just to look at stuff.

You mind if I join you?

Being depressed?

Browsing.

In my freshman year, it was

still a bit of a scandal.

We both agreed it would be

awkward for him being married

to a student, so I stopped

being a student.

Gets pretty complicated

sometimes.

I read your book.

Oh-- it wasn't required

for the course.

I liked it a lot.

Thank you.

Did you...

Ever want kids of your own?

That's just one of those

things that never worked out

for me.

Is there anything that you

always wanted to do that you

haven't done?

What?

Nothing... just a thought.

Come on, what is it?

I don't know.

Lots of things.

...did you pack the aspirin?

Aspirin?

Last time you went to a film

festival, you got a headache

during the eastern Europeans and

nobody had any aspirin to spare.

Right, I'll take some.

Are you going to be staying

in the same place?

No, it was full already,

but they're all the same.

It'll give us time to think,

lianna.

We had time to think after

the last time this happened,

remember?

Look, if I were going to

leave you, I wouldn't start

by going to Toronto.

So don't worry, o.K.?

No, I won't.

...so, besides being bright and

witty and looking like one of

Charlie's angels, what else is

your new English teacher like?

Is she married?

No, she lives with a guy.

How do you know that?

She told us.

Seems like a strange thing

to tell a junior high class.

It's no big deal.

I mean, it's not like

back in your day.

My day.

As far as I'm concerned,

it still is my day.

I won't argue with you.

How old is she?

26-- she said she just got

her master's.

Probably did her thesis

on Jerry Lewis.

Thomas man, whoever he is.

Mahn.

Theda, dinner's ready.

Coming!

How'd she end up telling you

all this?

She said she wanted us to be

open and honest with her and it

wouldn't be fair if she wasn't

the same with us.

With ideas like that,

how'd she end up teaching

in public school?

The pay was better.

She's starting at 12,000 a year.

What's her bra size?

Mommy!

She doesn't wear one.

Spencer!

Hey, she just asked me.

Don't be such a prude.

All right, you guys,

I want you to clean up the

dishes when you're through.

I'm going upstairs to change.

About time we had a change

around here.

Save those for

what's-her-name.

I'm sure they'll go over big.

Theda: No...

Yes.

They don't.

They couldn't.

They do-- everyone does.

You're just saying that

to get me.

Hey, did I write this book?

Did I draw these pictures?

They're just drawings.

Here-- photographs.

Oh, gross.

I'm gonna be sick.

That's what they do-- you

might as well get used to it.

Like that? With their

tongues? Ick...

Everyone does it,

even mom and dad.

Lianna: You guys ready?

Sandy'll be here any minute.

I'm not going.

Theda's going

and you're going.

Ellie is theda's best friend.

There's nothing for me

to do there.

You can play with Tex.

Tex is two years old.

He'll be in bed.

Well... Bob likes you.

Every time he sees me,

he pinches my arm muscle

and asks me if I know who

Arnold Schwarzenegger is.

Come on, I'm old enough to stay

home without a babysitter.

We'll ask your father

when he gets home.

What's the matter with you?

Can't you make a decision

by yourself?

You watch your tongue

with me, Spencer.

No.

Another evening with knute

rockne, all-American.

Spencer... >> He'll probably

make me lift weights.

He's got 'em, you know,

every shape and size.

They're all in the cellar.

It's like a torture chamber

down there...

All right, you can stay,

but... keep the doors locked

and don't use the stove

for anything, you hear?

It's probably Sandy.

It's her.

Come on, theda!

Don't keep her waiting!

Liar... she never did that.

Theda and Spencer?

Theda's for theda bara and

Spencer's for Spencer Tracy.

Dick was already getting

into his movie thing

when we had Spence.

And Spencer's how old?

13.

He's in the monkey gland stage.

He's all hot and bothered

about this young girl teacher

who's come in.

Hmm... are you jealous?

I guess I am a little.

Well, it's not an age where

he's likely to want his mother

to be his best friend.

I'll get you some more.

Thanks.

My mother really was my best

friend for the longest time.

I wasn't hers, thank god, but I

know she liked my company.

I'd pretend we were sisters.

Is your mother still living?

Up in alberta.

We offered to find her a place

down here, but all she can

think of is street creeps and

the son of Sam. >>

she plays a lot of bridge

and calls me once a week.

Were you pretty

when you were a girl?

I looked like I'd been raised

these big staring

eyes and pale skin.

Well, you're very pretty now.

Thank you.

More than anything else

in the whole wide world...

I wanted to be pro basketball

player. >> You're kidding.

Oh, it was so exciting--

all those beautiful arms and

legs, everybody sweating,

all the drama...

I used to get tingles

watching the games.

Tingles?

You know, tingles.

I wasn't sure quite what they

were, but I knew I shouldn't

tell the nuns about them.

I think being an adult is

realizing that you're never

gonna make the celtics.

I grew up the day after

I got married. >> Really?

Mm-hmm.

It's funny.

Just a ceremony,

nothing physical, but it

really can change the way

you look at things.

I guess if you haven't been

through it, it's hard to

fathom... >> I've been married.

You have?

One whole year.

What happened?

It was just a mistake.

We said "I'm sorry"

to each other and went on

to other things.

Oh.

So how was it different

after you were married?

...my biggest fantasy

was to build a raft

which actually floated.

I was always making these rafts

out of 2x4s, climbing on them

and getting soaked.

Did you have a lot of crushes

on boys when you were that age?

I suppose-- don't all the

girls? >> Do they?

You're the child expert.

Right.

Do you remember

your first crush?

My first crush...

I used to go to camp up north

in the summer.

There was this one counselor.

She was... 15, maybe 16.

I was so glad when I got

her squad.

She taught us field hockey.

I had a sort of crush on her.

No...

I was in love with her.

The girl I bunked with,

her name was Virginia dobbs.

She was skinny.

About as unattractive as I was.

She discovered that this

counselor was sneaking out of

the cabin late every night,

so we started following her.

She'd meet this guy.

He was a lifeguard from the boys

camp-- he came in a canoe.

Virginia and I hid by the

boathouse and we watched them

on this little strip of beach.

We could see his bare bottom

shining white in the moonlight.

I couldn't believe her breasts.

We kept trying not to giggle.

Not that we thought anything was

funny, just that nervous kind of

giggling when you're scared and

fascinated at the same time.

When we got back to the cabin...

Virginia and I would slip under

the covers together in the

bottom bunk-- my bunk--

and we'd cuddle and whisper...

And Virginia would show me

how they did it. >>

and it was like playing at

first... Virginia calling out

the lifeguard's name...

Then we'd start to get excited

and I'd pretend Virginia

had breasts.

I haven't thought about that

in a really long time.

[Mix of female voices

whispering indistinctly

in English and French ...]

[Faint moaning and sighing,

whispering continues...]

Touch me...

Touch me...

Touch me... touch me...

Lianna...

Yes... yes...

Yes...

Do you sleep with

a lot of women?

A lot? No.

I've been at it a while, though.

This is my first.

No... >>

how you doing?

Great.

You sleepy?

No.

What time is it?

3:30.

Oh, my god.

What's wrong?

I let Spencer stay home

alone-- he'll know if I don't

come back!

He must be asleep by now.

Oh, no... oh, god, I hope

so... what if he fell asleep and

left the oven on or if Sandy

called and I'm still not home...

Sandy calls you this late?

No, but there's always

a chance...

Oh, god...

I'm panicking, aren't I?

Just a little.

Don't worry, there's nothing

written indelibly on your face.

No one has to know.

I still have to get home.

Ruth... >> Hmm?

When you first touched me

on the couch...

Were you sure that I'd want...

I had a feeling,

but I wasn't sure.

Were you scared?

Terrified.

If I had been wrong

and it got around class...

Well... a lot of people

overreact.

Why did you take the chance?

I really wanted you.

I wanted you that much.

I'm so glad.

Mom...

Spencer, you scared me.

What are you doing up?

I was just watching

the late movies.

Mm-hmm.

Well, they go on all night,

you know.

Well, it didn't seem

like you were gonna get home

after it got to be 1:00.

Well, these research

projects... get pretty

complicated sometimes.

Professor Brennan had a lot of

details to explain to me.

We got pretty...

Wrapped up in it.

What was on?

Oh, uh... battleground.

It's a war movie.

I thought you saw that

last week.

Well, I missed the beginning.

I saw it from the start tonight.

Then this other one came on.

Japanese horror flick...

You better get to bed.

You've got school tomorrow.

I'll turn the TV off.

No, no, I'll get it.

My god, he's had an orgy.

...smoked oysters, artichoke

hearts, imported chocolate...

Oh, my god, macadamia nuts!

Ruth: Huh?

This is all the stuff you

can't afford on a family budget.

My one big indulgence.

I started when I gave up

smoking.

What do Portuguese cuttlefish

taste like?

Try one.

Look like squid.

Huh?

I said it's fun eating

over at your house.

Why don't you call your

children and ask if you can

stay for dinner?

Lianna: Hi.

Hi.

I wish I could touch you.

If we were at the beach, we

could play with suntan lotion.

Be nice to hold hands

or something.

I haven't held hands with anyone

in years. >> Mm-hmm.

I want to kiss you.

Can't here-- that's part

of the package.

We should go to a beach

where no one can see us.

We will sometime.

When?

Sometime.

Ruth?

Mm-hmm?

I'm kissing you.

I'm kissing you back.

I'm touching the back of your

neck with my lips... lightly.

You can feel my breath

warm against your neck.

You can feel my tongue...

My teeth...

You feel my fingertips brushing

the backs of your legs...

Soft... on the tender parts.

Now sliding up the insides

of your thighs.

When do your kids get out?

3:00.

Would you like to come home

with me right now?

Yes, I would.

And this is Spence.

He's giving the camera his

"leave me alone" look.

That was taken a couple of

months ago.

He looks older than 13 here.

Well, actually, he's been 13

for six years now.

They're keeping him back till he

finally does it right.

How does he get on with dick?

Lately not so well.

They both have the same kind of

sense of humor and it gets to be

a battle for the spotlight.

Neither one wants second billing

to the other's act.

Dick wins, of course.

He gets back tonight?

Mm-hmm.

And we have to be at a party--

typical.

An English department thing.

I thought I'd try and make

a gesture by going with him.

Are you gonna tell him

about us?

I don't think so.

Who are these people?

Some of Jerry karlson's

students-- he gave them an

assignment to come here and

shoot whatever was interesting.

>> I think

they're wasting their time

with this bunch.

From what I hear,

they should have been at the

loomises' last party.

Mm-hmm...

Women on recording: * he will

play the pinball

10 times straight ♪

♪ one thin dime

always kept him up late ♪

♪ Mr. Cool, what's there to do

when there's no work

and there's no school? ♪

♪ Mr. Cool... ♪

...the girl obviously

can't drink.

[General conversation,

song continues indistinctly...]

It's the point where film and

reality intermingle, the point

where the celluloid is life, but

at the same time it's more than

life, it's more than a

reflection of life.

It becomes hard to tell

whether events and attitudes in

the real world are influencing

what goes on the screen or the

other way around.

Take the case of audie Murphy...

You're the one!

What?

You're the one--

my husband told me.

He did?

Audie Murphy.

Oh... oh, my thesis.

Audie Murphy.

Audie Murphy was the most

decorated soldier

in world war ii.

He was a simple, honest,

hometown boy who was brought

to Hollywood and dragged

through the whole bit.

The marriages, the money

problems, the low-budget

pictures, the publicity

gimmicks, and finally...

That symbolic plane crash.

He's America's perfect

tragic hero.

He's the tragic hero

of your generation.

My generation?

Try again.

James Dean?

Give me a break.

Elvis.

Well, tragic hero might be

going a little far,

but you're getting closer

in the age department.

What was your name again?

Kim.

My friends call me Kimmy.

Perfect.

I mean, it was sort of my

responsibility to stay.

I'm sorry, I thought you

might want to come home

and talk to me.

I thought you'd be tired

from your trip.

I am tired, but it's part of

my job, you know that.

Parties are where all the

teacher evaluation goes on.

You're exaggerating.

I'm not ex...

Forget it.

So, what did you do with

yourself while I was off viewing

Lithuanian masterpieces?

Nothing.

I had an affair.

Oh...

Congratulations.

Anyone I know?

Not really.

Good.

Jerry karlson was acting

kind of strange tonight.

I'd hate to think that he had

anything on me.

An affair, huh?

Feel like you've gotten even?

That's not why it happened.

Was it worth it?

Was it the man of your dreams?

It wasn't a man.

Huh?

I said it wasn't a man.

What's so funny?

You've come a long way

from alberta.

How was it?

Like a drugstore paperback?

None of your business.

I don't see what you're feeling

so humorous about.

Well, it's just different

than if it had been a man.

Why? She touched me

the same way...

I don't want to hear

what you did in bed, damn it.

Who is it?

Ruth Brennan.

Aha...

The pieces fall into place.

I always thought there was

something fishy about her.

There's nothing fishy

about her.

She engaged in an unnatural

act with my wife-- I think

that's pretty damn fishy.

Professor Brennan, huh?

That's right.

So you're still fucking

your teachers.

And you're still fucking

your students.

At least they're

the right sex.

What did she do, come on to

you after class, offer you a

friendly shoulder to cry on?

Tell me-- I'm interested

in how they operate.

Who's "they"?

The campfire girls-- who the

hell do you think I mean?

Why are you being this way?

You're making everything worse.

What the hell, you said it

was no big thing.

I never said that, dick.

It is a big thing?

I know it's probably never

occurred to you, but it is

possible that I might fall

in love with somebody.

With somebody else.

With somebody.

Well, don't let me

stand in your way.

I don't intend to.

You gonna keep seeing her?

If she wants me to.

The hell you are!

Not while you're living with me.

O.k., if that's what you

want, we'll get a separation.

Where do you think you're

gonna live? How do you think

you're gonna support yourself?

What do you mean?

Move in with the professor

if you want, whatever...

But I want you out of here

tomorrow. >> The hell I will.

Did you ever consider what

the kids are gonna think?

Or our friends and neighbors

here in faculty land?

You're not telling the kids.

No.

I'll leave that up to you.

You'll have to think of

something to explain

why you're moving out.

Why are you being this way?

You've given me a perfect

escape route, honey.

I'm taking it, that's all.

You fucker, you prick...

That's it, lianna,

let it all out.

You always have to win,

don't you?

And if you lose, you make

the other person lose more.

Very good-- your psych

classes are finally paying off.

Must be all that

private tutoring.

You made up your mind

in Toronto, didn't you?

You came back to ask for a

separation and then I dumped it

right in your lap.

I did a lot of thinking

while I was in Toronto.

You're not taking the kids

from me, dick.

That depends on you and

whether you're a true convert to

the fold or just hot for the

first friendly piece of ass...

God damn you!

I'll hit you back,

lianna!

I will!

No matter how much you think

you can hurt me,

I can hurt you more!

Understand?

For a woman...

Sandy: Professor Brennan?

Mm-hmm.

An affair?

Yes.

You mean like a love affair?

Yes.

Oh, god.

What's the matter?

Well, i'm...

I'm just... surprised.

I... how did...

What did you do?

What do you mean?

We got to know each other and...

You know...

It happens.

You're not...

Telling dick, are you?

He knows.

I have to see if I can stay

with Ruth.

What are you gonna do

if you can't?

I haven't thought that far.

Tex, get off that.

I hope you get to know her,

Sandy-- she's really wonderful.

Yeah...

Uh-huh...

Ruth?

Hi.

We've got to talk.

I told him. >> Oh, my god...

I'm moving out.

I told him, we had a fight

and he kicked me out.

Where are you gonna stay?

Well, I thought with you...

For a while, anyway.

Oh, lianna, we can't do that.

This is worse than

a small town here.

I've got to work

with these people.

You think it would hurt you?

I have to talk parents here

into letting me run psych

experiments with their children.

What do you think would happen

if word got out about it?

I guess I haven't

thought it all out.

Right now I want to

put my arms around you.

If we were straight friends,

I would have.

But that's not the way

the world works.

What am I gonna do?

I don't know.

I... what did you think was

gonna happen when you told him?

It felt right.

Oh, honey...

I'll do what I can but...

I really wasn't ready for this.

I thought when I found

somebody, everything would be

all right.

Oh, lianna...

We're gonna live apart...

And that's what we decided

was best for everybody.

We just want you to know...

That...

We still love you

as much as we did before.

This isn't gonna

change that, o.K.?

It's a problem between

the two of us... and...

You have to be understanding...

And help us to work it out.

But why do you have to leave?

It's the way your father

and I decided to do it.

I'm not leaving.

See me every day if you want.

Why can't I come with you?

Because I need some time

alone to think about

everything, honey.

And I'm gonna be busy.

I'll be out looking for a job.

Why doesn't dad support you?

Isn't that the law?

We wanted to do this

our own way.

It's not gonna be as bad

as it seems right now...

I promise.

You'd better go in.

Your father's waiting

to talk to you.

Why can't I stay with you?

You can't, honey...

Not for a while.

Now, try to help me with this,

o.k., please?

Do what I ask you.

You a student?

No.

A teacher?

No... I go to night school.

Do you work?

I'll be out looking for work.

I'm here to be near my family.

You familiar with this

neighborhood?

No, not really.

Well, it's the best you'll

find for the sort of rent

you have in mind.

Can I move in right away?

Soon as the ink is dry.

First, last and $100

security deposit.

No pets or children,

like it says in the ad.

And I don't want no men up here.

I may live across town

but I know what goes on.

No men.

...I've always wanted

a room of my own.

...yes.

I've had gas before.

I don't know if it was

under my name.

No... no, it wasn't, but I can

give you the address.

You what?

Good. Good.

No, they're putting the phone

in now.

I don't know what the number's

going to be.

What?

...i don't know if I'll take

this-- they'll be eating

a lot of scrambled eggs.

I can always buy another one.

Let dick do the buying.

I don't want to be like that.

Suit yourself.

I'll go get your bathroom stuff.

Hello?

Oh, mom, hello.

No, nothing's wrong.

No, I haven't been in.

I wrote you a letter, mom.

Probably hasn't got to you.

Dick and I...

We're separating.

No.

No, we both decided on it.

Ruth: Hi!

Hi.

I'm helping lianna

move her things.

I see.

Don't let her forget her teapot.

She drinks tea after lunch.

Right, I'll remind her.

Would you like to come in?

See you in class?

Of course I've got friends.

Right, Sandy, I've got Sandy.

Listen, mom, you can't afford

all this.

You've got to save

for the plane trip.

You'll get my letter...

And I'll call you as soon as I

get my new phone number, o.K.?

Bye, now.

You take care...

And don't worry.

Don't you worry.

It's all fine.

That's right, Christmas.

Bye, mom.

Social security number here

and at least two references.

Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

How long have you

been looking?

Only a few days.

Well, I hope you hit on

something right away.

Job market's pretty grim.

How long have you

been looking?

A month and a half.

That's terrible.

It's this town.

All those graduate student wives

floating around putting their

husbands through school...

It overloads the market.

There's even faculty wives

out looking.

They don't need to work, they

just... need something to do,

like a hobby.

The school should take care

of their own people and leave

the rest of us alone.

Yeah, maybe they should.

How many words did you type

on the test?

73.

Ooh... not much hope there.

I think they're cutting off

at 100.

It's like a factory here.

Insurance forms?

I've gotta do something.

Don't we all?

And that's when he said

she ran off with one of your

film students.

What else did he say?

That's when I popped him.

O.k.... you're gonna hear

this sooner or later.

It might as well be from me.

You know how sometimes...

You'll have a really good

friend, and, uh...

They'll be the same sex as you,

like you and Richie.

Before I busted his face.

Yeah.

And sometimes people get to be

more than friends-- grownups--

and, uh, they live together.

You mean like homos.

Well, I wouldn't phrase it

that way, but... yeah, that's

what I'm getting at.

And when this happens

between women...

They're called lesbians.

Yeah, that's right.

But let's not use that word...

O.k.?

Theda, do you know

what we're talking about?

No.

O.k., I'm gonna go into this,

but I want you to remember that

your mother is still the same

person she always was.

She still loves you

the way she always has.

It's just... things between her

and me that are... different.

O.k.?

Lianna?

Mm-hmm?

I think it'd be better if you

didn't call me Ruth in class.

No?

It's sort of a professional

thing.

I have to keep a certain amount

of... I don't know...

Not authority, but...

Distance?

That's not what I mean.

I don't know,

I guess I'm just nervous.

I'll try to remember.

At least I haven't called you

ruthie.

Thank you.

I've been thinking about the

research... for the book.

What about it?

I think it'd be better

if you didn't do it.

Why?

I think it'd be

better for us.

I don't think it's good for you

to take another position where

you're... subservient to me.

Like what?

Well, I'm your teacher,

I'm older than you...

A few years.

I have a profession.

It's like too many of the things

that you said were wrong

with you and dick.

But I want to help you.

Yeah, but I don't feel right

having you work for me

now that we're lovers.

Something feels wrong about it.

O.k.... if you think so.

Anything else I should know?

There's a woman back home.

Her name is jan.

Are you going back to her?

I don't know.

We've had our troubles.

I don't know what I should

ask for.

What do you need to make?

I just can't afford to do

this for free anymore.

What if she doesn't have

anything in the budget?

Then I'll probably be getting

a promotion.

Ledbetter...

Leonard...

Lermontov...

Lerner...

Lesbian.

See "homosexual".

Woman: * tonight,

ohh, tonight ♪

♪ ohh, tonight ♪

♪ tonight you will be mine,

signed, sealed and delivered ♪

♪ tonight you just might find

the taker, not the giver ♪

♪ tonight ♪

♪ ohh, tonight... ♪

But they're all women.

Come on, you asked me to

show you someplace.

I don't know if I can

handle it. >> Why not?

I'm, I'm not good with

strangers.

Oh, come on!

What if I meet someone who

knows me?

I thought you were afraid of

strangers.

All right.

Woman: * ...A time for taking

chances ♪

♪ tonight ♪

♪ ohh, tonight ♪

♪ tonight, ohh...

We're making love ♪

♪ tonight is right

for living what

you're dreaming of ♪

♪ tonight you will be mine... ♪

Everybody's staring at me.

Don't flatter yourself.

You want to dance?

Huh?

You know, on the

floor, to the music, with me?

Oh, dance.

O.k.

You're right; They are all

staring at you.

Maybe if you tried bending your

knees just a little.

I'm sorry.

I'm really a good dancer...

Usually.

You know...

I used to do this all the time,

in youth club at home.

My friend Patty.

I mean, I always thought it

should bother me more I didn't

have a boy to dance with.

Woman: * little darling,

my little darling ♪

♪ I'm in love with you

and only you ♪

♪ your eyes

have got me mesmerized ♪

♪ I don't know what to do... ♪

What are you looking at?

How do I know what you like?

You danced with her.

Her name is Barbara and

she's...

Oh, my god.

That woman in the corner, in the

green dress, I think I know her.

She saw me.

The one with the red hair

that looks like a dye job?

My god, that's her.

I was in a p.T.A. Committee

with her.

I know that she saw me.

What's she doing?

She's making a beeline for

the restroom.

She's afraid you've seen her.

This is awful.

What's she doing here?

Same thing you

are, honey.

The same thing you are.

Woman: * women of the world,

at last you know that you are

free ♪

♪ women of the world,

you are the only one you need ♪

♪ this is the moment

that you Mark as the beginning ♪

♪ this is the battleground,

you stand a chance of winning ♪

♪ women of the world,

at last you know that you

are free ♪

♪ women of the world,

you are the only one you need ♪

♪ This is the moment

that you Mark as the beginning ♪

♪ now is the time... ♪

♪ This is the battleground,

you stand a chance of winning ♪

♪

♪ at last you know

that you are free ♪

♪

♪ you are the only one you need,

yeah ♪

♪ Women of the world... ♪

♪ ...the only one you need ♪

♪ women of the world... ♪

♪ At last you know, you know,

you know that you're free,

yeah ♪

♪ women of the world... ♪

♪ Free at last, at last... ♪

♪ Women of the world... ♪

♪ Ohh... yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ women of the world... ♪

♪ You know, you know

you are free. ♪

Woman: * somehow I know

at a glance

the terrible chances

I'm taking ♪

♪ fine at the start,

but left with a heart

that is breaking ♪

♪ maybe I'll win,

maybe I'll lose ♪

♪ maybe I'm in for

crying the blues ♪

♪ nevertheless, I'm in love

with you... ♪

Hi, how are you?

Hi!

Easy, now.

This is the real world out here.

I'm happy to see you.

I know, but let's try to keep

it to ourselves a little, o.K.?

Hi, how are you? >> Hi.

I didn't you were into this

kind of stuff.

I'm taking the kids to see

the matinee.

Christ.

Dick asked me.

I guess his work is backed up.

He could've called me.

He said he didn't want to

bother you.

My ass.

You're helping him get off

the hook.

Is he supposed to be on one?

He keeps doing this big

number about how he can provide

for the kids himself.

They wanted to see a movie.

I tried to call you at your

new place last night but you

weren't in.

Listen, I got to get the

tickets, it starts in a minute.

Hi!

Spence: Hi.

Hey, what's the matter?

You forget me already?

Hi, Ellie.

Would you take Tex over to your

mother for a minute?

I want to talk to theda and

Spencer, o.K.?

Thanks.

What is this?

Did your father say something

about me?

God...

Theda, honey, let me--

goddamn him.

Goddamn him.

Spence: She kept asking why

it was you who had to move out.

She asked him if you were in

love with someone else.

He had to say something.

And what do you say?

So my old lady's a dyke,

big deal.

Spencer!

I'm not your old lady,

I'm your mother.

Sorry.

I'll...

Talk to you both about it later,

o.k.?

Yeah, I am sorry.

Don't worry about it.

Hurry up.

You'll miss the coming

attractions and I know how you

hate to do that.

See ya.

The children have been given

the same questionnaire through

their schools.

I don't think there's been

enough studies made of how

values are passed on.

Be sure to answer what you

believe, not what you think you

should believe.

This is a survey, not a test.

Also, I have to be back at

school to clear up some things

with my department head, so I

won't be here Tuesday session

next week.

If you can just fill these out

and hold onto them, I'll see you

next Friday.

So, what's this about you

leaving?

I'm sorry.

I didn't decide on it until this

morning.

You mean you don't really

have to go.

I... I do.

I, uh, have some personal things

that I have to deal with.

Then this isn't about your

department head.

Actually, it is.

She's who I have to see.

It's jan.

Oh.

I didn't know you worked with

her too.

I didn't think this was going

to happen.

I figured you being married and

having kids--

what, that I'd be easier to

leave?

I didn't think that I...

I thought I could keep it under

control.

I'm scared.

So am I.

Woman on TV: ...That explains

the fainting spells...

The incidents of blindness.

What are you going to do?

Man on TV: What can I do?

I have to stand by her.

After everything she's put

you through...

She's my wife!

But what about Rachel?

What are you going to tell her?

She'll, she'll have to wait,

that's all.

She'll understand.

She can only wait so long.

I have to take that risk.

Joan needs me.

Jerry: Hi, gorgeous.

Jerry, come in!

Hi, how you doing?

Fine.

Hey, you've done a real nice

job in here.

Thanks.

Take a seat.

Which one?

Would you like a beer or

something?

Yeah, a beer would be great.

O.k.

I'm not interrupting

anything, am I?

No, I was just reading.

Reading...

Oh, yeah, those funny little

lines on paper, what they had

before film?

What are you reading?

The well of loneliness.

Sounds like a riot.

How much do you pay for this?

Too much.

$275 without the utilities.

I was kind of pressed for time.

Thank you.

So, how's it been?

Not too bad.

I've been a little lonely

lately.

I felt it in my bones,

that's why I came over.

You could make a living with

bones like that.

You get much sun in here?

In the afternoon.

It's nice.

In the morning it comes in

through my bedroom window.

Good, I like that.

What?

I said I like that.

It's a nice way to wake up.

Oh.

Have you been, um, seeing

anybody since you and dick had

your falling out?

If you're asking did I leave

him for somebody...

No, not really.

I should've done it long ago.

Good.

Jerry, are you

intimating what I think you are?

I don't intimate, lianna,

you know that.

I'd like to sleep with you.

You don't waste

any time, do you?

I figure it's been a while

since you and dick split, and

you said there wasn't another

guy involved.

You're a grown, healthy woman.

I figured I'd come over and...

Help me out, like the welcome

wagon.

Um...

You know, I've been interested

in you since I've known you and

I know you've been interested

in me.

I'm not interested in you.

Not in sleeping with you.

I'm sorry

if I came at you a little

sudden, but... my technique must

be getting ragged.

I really like you and--

I'm not interested in you,

Jerry.

Not at all.

O.k.?

Sure.

Welcome wagon knows when it's

not welcome.

Of course you're welcome.

I'm really glad to see you.

I just don't want to sleep with

you, o.K.?

Yeah.

So how are your courses

going?

Have any of your students

finished their films?

Oh, they're fine, yeah.

As a matter of fact, I, I...

Should probably go help out in

the cutting room tonight,

I forgot.

I thought you were all set to

spend to the night.

Well, I got this kid, she's a

bit of a loose wind,

she could use a hand.

Jerry, you don't have to--

I'm sorry, I, I made

a mistake.

Good night, Jerry.

I'll see you around, o.K.?

Dick gave me your number.

I'll give you a call.

Good night.

Take care.

Excuse me.

Got enough soap there?

Oh...

I'm used to buying for a family.

You moved to the second

floor, huh?

That's right.

We're right above you.

If it gets too loud, feel free

to tell us.

I will, thank you.

Liz, that's my roommate.

Her boyfriend comes over and

plays music on our stereo

sometimes.

He's into volume.

I think his eardrums are shot.

Does he have to sneak in?

Sneak?

Oh, our landlady.

Mrs. Hennessy talks a good game

but she can't back it up.

She just comes over to rent a

place when it's vacant and scare

you with that "no men" rap.

Hey, you don't rat on me,

I don't rat on you.

Oh, I... I...

I...

I'm gay.

Oh.

I'm Sheila.

What's so funny?

Come on, let me in on it.

Jesus, you're not gay,

you're hysterical.

What's so funny?

I...

I don't know why I said that.

I don't even know you.

I'm going nuts.

It isn't true?

Oh, oh, I think it's true.

It's true.

I'm into men, physically,

anyways.

Don't apologize.

Well, if you'd been through

some of the turkeys I have you'd

want to apologize too.

Gay, huh?

Oh, Jesus, Mrs. Hennessy would

fall over dead if she found out.

I know!

I don't think she knows it

exists.

You'd be surprised.

Do you go to school?

When I can't find anything

better to do.

I have a few credits to go.

Liz has a b.A. In religion.

She's working as a dental

technician.

What else do you do besides your

laundry?

I'm looking for work.

I just separated from my

husband.

Oh.

Listen, what's your name?

Lianna.

That's pretty.

Anyway, you need anything, uh...

A cup of soap, a bucket of

sugar, whatever, feel free to

call on us.

I will, thanks.

It stinks.

And now I hold all

the cards and if you throw a

scene in there, I'll have your

girlfriend on the witness stand.

Goddamn you.

Come on.

And watch your step.

Since your

mother has decided to leave

home...

Lianna: Since I'm leaving

your father and this is a

faculty house and he's faculty--

although she's left us, your

mother will still be visiting.

You know if I had my choice

I'd be staying with you.

We've decided on Thursdays

and sundays.

You know that, don't you?

Hey, there.

Hi.

How have you been?

Business as usual.

Is Sandy home?

Uh, no, no.

She took the kids to get shoes.

How you making out over there?

Fine, I'm managing.

Lianna, uh, Sandy told me

what's up with you.

Did she?

Yeah... and, uh, it doesn't

make any difference to me.

I mean, it's not the same as...

It's different when it's women.

She misses you, Sandy does.

She does?

A lot.

She's afraid, though.

I don't know.

I had a player once,

a halfback, a hell of a runner.

Anyhow, I found out in the

middle of the season that he,

uh, you know, he, uh,

liked guys.

I'd recruited this kid out of

high school, watched him develop

four years and I had no idea.

I mean, he was a black kid.

I didn't even know they had 'em

that way.

The thing was, he was most of

our running game and did a good

hunk of the receiving.

I didn't want to bother him or

hurt his concentration,

so I never said a thing to him

about it.

Kept an eye on him, though.

You know?

Never changed my opinion of the

kid, he was still a hell

of a kid.

Give you 100%, good leader,

everything.

Goes to show you--

you didn't worry about him

walking around in the shower

with the other guys?

He had more

important things on his mind.

What?

Football.

Yuck.

Oh, hi.

Hi.

You were expecting

somebody else?

I thought it might be another

one of my husbands'

so-called friends.

I've had two calls and a visit

so far offering to help me out.

Divorce vultures.

I remember when my parents split

up, my mother was suddenly the

most popular girl in town.

Would you like to come in?

Uh, actually, Liz and I were

going to go to a movie over at

the college and we thought you

might want to come along.

Is it "the magnificent

ambersons?"

You've already seen it.

No, but my husband--

it's for his film course.

He'll be there to introduce it

and lead a discussion group

and all that.

I really don't want to see him

right now, not even

in an auditorium.

Massey, is that your husband?

Have you taken something

with him?

Uh, no, Liz has.

"Religion in cinema".

She said he was really good.

Oh, he's a really

good teacher.

As a husband, he leaves

something to be desired.

I'm sorry, maybe some

other time.

Well, we were actually just

casting around for something

to do.

Would you like to come up and

watch TV or something?

Oh, don't let me change

your plans.

Plans? What plans?

Come on, we'll make popcorn.

...Liz, it's all settled.

TV and junk food.

This is lianna from

the laundry room.

Lianna, Liz.

Hi. Say, "ah."

Ahh.

Ah, you're from Canada.

How'd you guess?

Miracle of modern dentistry.

Pleased to meet you.

You're so quiet down there we

thought you moved away.

Oh, I'm still there.

I thought we'd treat lianna

to some fine American cuisine.

How does popcorn sound?

Sort of like rain falling

on a tent.

Get into the kitchen, Turkey.

It's your turn to cook.

I'll have to see what Craig

claiborne says about this.

Use the mazola,

not the olive oil.

Have a seat.

See what the networks have

stacked against us.

Liz: Lianna, we've got beer,

tab, Pepsi and milk.

What would you like?

Pepsi, please.

Coming up.

Sheila: Another assault on

the brain cells.

Hey, lighten up.

It's just Laverne and Shirley.

Woman: * they say

love is magic ♪

♪ they say

love is true ♪

♪ but it's true that magic

can end ♪

♪ I know that it's madness

to keep waiting for you ♪

♪ but I'm mad for that magic

again ♪

♪ Scarlett O'Hara

waited at Tara,

Josephine waited in France ♪

♪ it's a sad state

when all you do is wait ♪

♪ 'cause waiting can

waste a real man ♪

♪ sometimes I get so lonely,

just waiting for you ♪

♪ every night

feels cold and dark ♪

♪ just want to paint the town

blue... hoo... ♪

Hi. >> Hi.

Can I buy you a drink or

something?

I've already got one.

You can stay and talk if you

like, though.

I've been watching you for

about an hour.

There have got to be

easier ways.

Yeah.

What's your name?

Lianna.

That's real pretty.

Thank you.

My name's Cindy.

Hello, Cindy.

Hello, lianna.

Cindy? >> Uh-huh?

Before when we were talking,

you said something about being

in the service.

Uh-huh.

What did you mean, exactly?

Service.

You know, the women's air corps.

Oh, the service.

I'm a second lieutenant.

We're stationed in New Jersey

right now.

Do you like it?

Oh, I love it.

Not New Jersey, the service.

I think you're really beautiful.

Thank you.

You got any kids or anything?

They live with their father.

Good.

I mean, you know, I'd like it if

you could stay the night

with me.

Sure.

I've never done that before.

Come over and tried to pick

somebody up.

Usually you're just around

people for a while and things

happen, you know?

Mostly they don't happen.

When you told me to stay and

talk, I just about wet my pants.

Do you get crushes on the

other girls, the women in the

army with you?

Air corps.

I'm usually stuck on somebody.

But then, when you work

with them, it...

It isn't professional.

Jesus.

What?

I can't believe I really

got you.

Why?

We don't have much in common.

We have enough.

Cindy?

Yeah?

Will you make love with

me again?

You like me, huh?

I like you a lot.

Let's go real slow this time.

I want to remember everything.

[Alarm clock rings...

Stops]

Radio announcer: Partially

cloudy this morning with

temperatures rising from the

mid-40s up to--

lianna massey eats pussy.

My Ernie, he's got a bad back

and he gets compensation.

It's not like a real salary and

it means he's around the

house all day.

It's worse than having

the kids home.

Harold's better than the

boys, I'll say that much

for him.

He doesn't throw his clothes

on the floor or put a jam knife

in the mayonnaise and he's off

to work days.

"Get me this, get me that,"

all day long.

It's a relief to come here and

get away from him.

He's got this thing about

his underwear.

Wants 'em put in the drawers

so the elastic faces out, so he

can just step right into 'em.

The boys all got them damn

skateboards now.

Tears the hell out of their

clothes when they fall.

You got any kids, honey?

Yes, two.

Theda and Spencer.

Spencer, you don't hear

that much.

It's for Spencer Tracy.

Oh, now there was a man.

All right, two minute drill.

Let's go!

Player: Down, set, hut!

Watch that lens!

They think they can dive

for fumbles with a camera.

She said it wasn't new.

That she'd always felt that way.

Yeah, I can see where that

would be a bit of a shock,

all right.

I think about times like when

we'd go to the beach and we'd

undress together.

That bothers you?

Sure it does.

I didn't know.

Yeah.

I guess.

Who's the quarterback?

Saddlemeyer.

He's only a sophomore.

He shouldn't drift out of the

pocket like that.

One time... she was having a

rough period with dick and we

had this long talk.

And afterward, I walked all the

way back to the student union

building holding her hand.

My god, Sandy.

You think you can catch it?

I'm serious.

It seemed so nice and friendly

at the time, but I think about

it now and I wonder.

I don't think it's fair to

Spencer and theda.

I don't even like to think of

the two of them together.

Well, I'm from California.

That kind of stuff doesn't

phase me.

Kid's got an arm.

So how did she take it?

Take what?

When you told her about us?

She expected it.

Built up her defenses.

I was the one that got

out of control.

Oh.

It's been so long since

I've been on my own.

How did you leave things?

I told her I would, uh...

Make a decision this week.

I, I just still love

her so much.

Oh my god.

...I've never been in this

position before.

I feel so much pressure

from you.

I don't mean to pressure you,

I just feel totally isolated.

There's no need for you to

feel so isolated.

There are a lot of other women

you can talk to.

I don't want a support group.

I want you.

You're still afraid of the

words, aren't you?

You love women, lianna,

not just me.

Lianna, hi!

Oh, hi.

How ya doing?

Fine, good.

See ya around. >> Yeah.

Who's that?

Someone I know from before.

Oh.

Hey.

Hi, Jerry.

Listen, I wanted to apologize

about the other night.

Don't bother.

I... I fucked up.

It's o.K.

I, uh, heard about you

and Ruth.

Who hasn't around here?

She seems real nice.

You, uh... really, uh...

Let the air out of my tires,

there.

I wanted you to know it wasn't

just a pick-off attempt or

anything, I really think

a lot of you.

I hope your thing with

her works out.

Thank you.

Can I go now?

This is making me real nervous.

Bye, Jerry. >> Take care.

O.k.

Woman: So, he's fooling

around with a girl he met on the

unemployment line and she still

thinks he's the greatest thing

that ever wore levis.

She took courses on how to be a

victim, this girl.

I mean, everybody in town is

wise to the guy, he practically

advertises.

She walks around with a big

smile on her puss.

Tell ya, ignorance is bliss.

Kim: Oh, hi, Mrs. Massey.

Hi.

Did you forget something?

Hi!

Hi.

You got out of work early.

What were you doing with her?

You know her?

She's a film student.

Well, I needed someone for

that book research.

I advertised in the student

newspaper.

Did you sleep with her?

What?

I'm sorry.

I'm getting paranoid.

Did you sleep with her?

No! With her?

But you slept with somebody,

didn't you?

While I was gone.

Yes.

Well.

How was it?

Nice, exciting.

We have to straighten some

things out.

Are you going back to her?

I don't know.

I have to think.

I've been through so much

with her.

Besides, you can be in love with

more than one person at

the same time.

You're the only person I've

ever been in love with.

What am I gonna do?

You got me into this and--

I got you into this?

I warned you every step

of the way.

And the minute I told you

I loved you, you started

backing away.

How could you do that to me?

Lianna.

You don't understand.

Sometimes women, straight women,

they'll have an affair with

another woman just to see what

it's like.

How could I tell?

I'm proud that I love you.

Nobody could ever make me feel

bad about that.

Oh, lianna.

I'm so sorry.

Don't leave me.

Lianna: Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't even know where

I was going.

What the hell am I apologizing

to you for?! >> Huh?

Is somebody paying you to do

this or is just your mission in

life to hound me wherever I go?

What?

Forget it.

I am responsible for the way

they turn out!

What do you mean,

"the way they turn out"?

It's a matter of role models.

Your girlfriend is a child

expert, she must have taught you

that much.

I can't have them around

while you're bringing women

into the house.

I bring a woman

into the house?

What about you?

What happens when the kids come

home early from school and

there's daddy in the sack with

the sweetheart of sigma chi?

I never brought anyone home.

Where did you do it then?

In here?

Does it look like

there's room?

Well, you wait to get your

department head.

You can have an office with a

fold-out bed and make

everything nice and cozy.

Didn't you hear?

Hear what?

They already made the

arrangements for the department.

Jerry Carlson is heading it.

I'm still in English.

Oh, dick.

They decided they wanted a

department as separate as

possible from English.

Jerry is bringing in all kinds

of technical people from the

film business to run it.

No way I get tenure now.

You deserved it.

You're such a good teacher.

Doesn't matter.

Hey look, I really don't think

we have to go to court on this

thing with the kids.

Don't we?

You deserve your share of

time living with them.

In other words, you can't

handle them alone.

If that's what you want to

believe, go ahead.

It's a real drag on your love

life, isn't it?

Sure.

How are things with

the co-ed population?

I want my career to go well.

I want a family.

I want to have a rich and

rewarding sex life.

What's that, the playboy

philosophy?

It's from your girlfriend's

book, the potentials of

motherhood.

Just because you can argue

better doesn't mean that

you're right.

...I've already told Spencer

about it.

He says it's o.K. With him.

What do you think?

I'm still your mother, you know.

I know.

You'll be going to the same

school and everything.

You'll just be spending a lot of

the time with me, when I get my

new place.

Sure.

Your hair looks kind of

snarly.

Would you like me to brush it

for you?

If you want to.

I'll sit beside you.

What's the matter, honey?

It hurts, the tangles.

I'll go real slow, and you

tell me when it starts to pull.

We'll work it out, o.K.?

And I hope some of you will

want to go on with the study.

Child psychology is still our

psychology.

It affects us no matter how old

we think we are.

What are you going

to do next?

I'll be going home to, uh,

work on my book, and then in the

fall, I'll have my old teaching

job back again.

I wish you could stay here.

That's very nice of you

to say, thank you.

But there are plenty of other

people you can learn from...

Plenty of other people.

Otis Redding: * I've been

loving you

too long, long

to stop now ♪

♪ you were tired

and you want to be free ♪

♪ my love is growing stronger

as you become a habit to me ♪

♪ ooh, and loving you...

A little too long, long ♪

♪ I don't want to stop now ♪

♪ oh ♪

♪ with you, my life

has been so wonderful, oh ♪

♪ I can't stop now ♪

♪ you were tired

and your love is growing cold ♪

♪ and my love

is growing stronger

as our affair,

affair grows old ♪

♪ I've been loving you...

A little too long, long ♪

♪ I don't want to stop now ♪

♪ oh ♪

♪ oh, oh ♪

♪ I've been loving you...

A little too long, long ♪

♪ I don't want to stop now ♪

♪ oh ♪

♪ oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ and don't make me stop now ♪

♪ oh, baby ♪

♪ I'm down on my knees,

please don't make me stop now ♪

♪ I love you,

I love you ♪

♪ I love you with all my heart

and I can't stop now ♪

♪ please, please,

please, yeah ♪

♪ don't make me stop now,

yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I cry out loud

from my heart and soul

that I love ya, I love ya,

I love ya, I love ya ♪

♪ good god, almighty,

I love ya... ♪

Will you write to me?

Of course.

You want me to write to you?

Yes.

You won't forget me?

No.

Will you hold me?

...I'm sorry, I'll fix that on

the slip.

Are you o.K., dear?

I'm fine, I'm sorry.

Sheila?

Are you home?

Liz?

["The star-spangled banner"

playing on TV...]

Lianna: Hi.

Hi.

Could I sit down?

Sure.

I haven't seen much of

you lately.

Yeah.

I've missed you.

Listen...

I have thought about this a lot

and...

I don't want...

I mean, I'm not interested in

women, you know, for sex.

And I don't understand

women who are...

But I really love you, you know.

I love you too.

She left you?

Yes.

How are you?

I feel awful.

I just feel so awful, I...

Oh, honey, honey.

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.

Woman: * maybe I'm right,

maybe I'm wrong ♪

♪ maybe I'm weak

and maybe I'm strong ♪

♪ nevertheless, I'm in love

with you ♪

♪ Maybe I'll win,

maybe I'll lose ♪

♪ maybe I'm in

for crying the blues ♪

♪ nevertheless, I'm in love

with you ♪

♪ somehow I know at a glance

the terrible chances

I'm taking ♪

♪ fine at the start,

then left with a heart

that is breaking ♪

♪ maybe I'll live a

life of regret ♪

♪ maybe I'll give

much more than I get ♪

♪ nevertheless, I'm in love

with you ♪

♪ Somehow I know at a glance

the terrible chances

I'm taking ♪

♪ fine at the start,

then left with a heart

that is breaking ♪

♪ maybe I'll live a

life of regret ♪

♪ maybe I'll give

much more than I get ♪

♪ nevertheless, I'm in love

with... you... ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪