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This is gravity was
everywhere back then.
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It's a true story about this
guy named Leonard Wood who,
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lived outside of
Louisville, Kentucky.
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And when Leonard's wife Mary
was diagnosed with cancer
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he decided he could
build their house into
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a sort of healing machine
that would save her life.
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Mary got sick about two
years after their wedding.
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And Leonard,
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kept frantically building the
house for the next 20 years.
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Before he fell of the roof,
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ended up in a nursing home,
and he had to sell the house
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to cover his bills.
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And the guy who bought
the house from Leonard
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knocked it down.
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Almost entirely because it was
the only house on the block
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that didn't look like
every other house
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on the block.
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But, I got to down there.
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To the house before it fell,
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and it was amazing.
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From the outside it
looked relatively normal.
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It was big, it looked
pretty well built,
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there were windows everywhere.
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But, the inside was randomly,
chaotically filled up with
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rooms like, if you were
standing in his living room
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the next room over
was his bedroom.
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And his bedroom started
half way up the living room
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door frame.
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You would have to put your
hands on the floorboards
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to hoist yourself
up into the bedroom.
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He had a laundry room with 23
foot high vaulted ceilings.
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Every stair was numbered.
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Every window was painted
a different color.
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And he really thought
this was going to work.
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He really was trying to build
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a healing machine for Mary.
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And I don't understand
how he thought
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a lot of this stuff
was going to work.
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I mean, I think I do now.
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But, when I was down there
I couldn't figure out
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for the life of me what
a 23 foot high tower
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for a laundry room
could possibly do to
save someone's life.
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Until you realize, that he
was building towards God.
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All his stuff was in a house
when we went down to film it.
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Still sitting there like we
found the blueprints for his
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house and they
were on cardboard.
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We found all his
bank statements.
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He worked in a hardware store.
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In this hardware store.
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And he was completely broke.
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We found this box of tapes
of him playing crazy people
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church music on the piano.
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He'd announce a
song and he'd say
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this one's called
Angels On High.
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And then just bang on the piano
for 15 or 20 or 40 minutes.
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Entire sides of tapes
and it was horrible.
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Crazy people church music.
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Like an Appalachian
felonious monk kind of thing.
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But, horrible.
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And his bank statements.
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He had about 17 cents in the
bank almost all the time.
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And the friend who was down
their filming with me looked
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at me and said, "You know Brent
no one is ever going to care
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how much money you had
in the bank in 1987".
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And that was a really mighty
thing to hear somebody say.
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Because I was completely
broke at the time.
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And I was like yeah, that's
it, that's exactly it.
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You're never going to die
from running out of money.
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And you're never going to die
from running out of energy.
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Until you do then it's
not your problem anymore.
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Then I decided to make
this film about Leonard.
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I rebuilt his house behind
my barn in Pennsylvania
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full scale.
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And made this film about him
and just running everything
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down to zero to leave
something wonderful behind.
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Which, is exactly,
what Leonard did.
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Mary lived in her mom's house.
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In the house where she
grew up her entire life.
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It was an old, really
pretty, sort of decrepit
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farm house.
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And when she met Leonard
she was 27 years old.
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And where are going to start
with the story right there.
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Right after Mary's mom died.
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And this is Mary.
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Mary, I'll try to describe
real quick here why
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Leonard would fall
in love with Mary.
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She had about 100 bird
houses out in the woods.
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Each one filled with a
different family of birds.
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And when they are ready
Mary is an egg robber.
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She takes a couple eggs from
each nest and sells them
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at a table in the outside
section of Renningers Market
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down the road
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from my house there.
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You need someone
who makes you laugh.
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Who's willing to dance,
who even likes to dance.
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You need someone around,
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your wife should be last person
around who will still hug
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you when the repo man
tells you it's time
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to move out of your car.
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And this is long before
that kind of thing though.
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Laughter and sex.
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But, not at the same time.
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I know that's debatable.
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Alright, ready.
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He can't stop
thinking about her.
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So, he calls her.
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And invites her over
for dinner that night.
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I built the house myself.
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Yeah, yeah I could tell.
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Conversation was awkward.
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We can't allow the
carrier pigeons in,
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even the one's that were on
the medals during the war.
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Is green tea okay?
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That's fine.
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Also, we killed all the turkeys.
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We were testing the sound
barrier and all the turkeys
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had heart attacks because
they were so scared
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and they all died.
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All over the place,
all over the fields.
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Everywhere, just dead turkeys,
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every single place.
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I don't build
houses but, I build
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bird houses.
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I need to build a really
bird house because
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I live with my mom
and my mom just died
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and now I need a place to live.
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Do you want to go to
a funeral tomorrow?
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Your Mom,
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you lived in a birdhouse?
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No.
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But, you can help me build a
really big bird house, right?
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Oh, yeah.
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I'm into building houses.
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I haven't built one for a bird.
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I imagine the scale
would be smaller.
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I mean, their easier,
they're easier then putting
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a door on.
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Did you want a door or?
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What are you doing tomorrow?
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Did you want to
go to the funeral?
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I mean, I'm going
to the funeral.
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No, is tomorrow Tuesday?
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Mmhm.
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Yeah, yeah I'll go.
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Oh, really?
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I'd love to go.
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Do you have a shovel?
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I'm not doing
anything tomorrow so,
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I could help dig the grave.
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I do that a little.
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I want to plant flowers.
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I don't want to dig around.
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Oh, oh.
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Maybe we should
move here though.
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I don't know if she
likes where she's buried.
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Maybe I should move her
closer to my bird houses.
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I do have a shovel.
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Okay, so tomorrow
going to the funeral
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don't forget your shovel.
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Alright I'll leave a
note by my sheet in bed.
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You seem to like birds.
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I built some of those myself.
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Yeah, you said.
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Well, I can leave.
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How much space
do you have here?
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I haven't measured
it since I built it.
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Is this how big you
want a birdhouse?
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No, I could use less space?
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Yeah, most
birdhouses are smaller.
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But, it's for me.
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Oh, so you would want a door.
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Why did your mom die?
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I mean, what did she die of?
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From?
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Bird flu,
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cancer.
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Isn't that what most
people die from?
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Most everybody now.
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They either get in a
car crash or cancer.
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We didn't die
in the car crash.
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We got in a car crash.
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But, maybe we have cancer?
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You must go on a
lot of first dates.
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This isn't a date,
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this is a car crash.
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Well, it was a car crash.
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Did anybody die?
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Yeah.
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So, that date
didn't go well either.
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No, that
wasn't a date either.
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So it took awhile but,
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they got around to dinner.
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I schlep bird eggs.
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Oh yeah, it's a hobby?
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No, I do it for a living.
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Oh,
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so you sell them?
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I sell them at
Renningers Market.
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I thought.
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Oh, to eat.
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Well, some people eat them.
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I hope people eat them.
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I don't really know what
else they would do with them.
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Paint them.
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You haven't seen
the painted one's.
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There a dollar each
or three for a dollar.
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Wow,
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I never knew anybody
who collected bird eggs
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or sold bird eggs.
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Crows lay eggs?
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I think all birds lay eggs.
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Yeah.
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Are cardinal's eggs red?
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No,
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there white.
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That's kind of disappointing.
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They're pretty enough already.
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There's small blue
one's, there's big one's.
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There's even yellow
one's with spots.
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And they
all taste the same?
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No, they all
taste completely different.
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Oh yeah?
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Yeah.
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What's the
best tasting color?
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What there's not a lot
of different colors?
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I could fix that for you.
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Giant wooden stars are
glowing high over head.
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Look at the house,
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isn't all the lumber
in every house
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at the job you had and
whoever created that job.
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And maybe you created that job,
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and isn't it amazing all
the stuff has to be built.
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Piece by piece.
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Years and years.
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And when I think of love,
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I think of Thomas Edison,
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for good reasons.
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I think of lights, wires
in a series, a DC line,
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those giant generators
cranking your legs,
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running what they can
run blocks at a time.
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Edison could imagine the world
lit before it could be lit.
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Everyone knew the bulbs
around Menlo Park would
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be beautiful, long
before they saw them.
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And when they saw them,
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it turns out they couldn't
imagine how beautiful
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they could be.
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I want sound recordings so
I could hear your voice,
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I want X ray machines to see
your works, I want a better
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battery, submarine,
kinetoscopic memories.
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Human days run by electricity.
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Your a little dynamo
churning and spewing within
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our own magnetic fields.
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So mostly, I think of the
bulbs, wired and serious,
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because like love all the
lights get dimmer as you go.
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And we went to the
field behind your house
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and the dandelions
floated around you
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like silent film projectors.
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I wish I lived in the
late 19th century.
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When inventing and
stealing where easy.
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I get you all
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the best things.
262
00:22:10,881 --> 00:22:13,262
It was a normal happy life.
263
00:22:13,262 --> 00:22:15,541
The years went by
with unexcited lies
264
00:22:15,541 --> 00:22:16,990
and a impassioned honesty.
265
00:22:16,990 --> 00:22:19,027
I grew and shaved a beard,
266
00:22:19,027 --> 00:22:20,649
replaced light bulbs
when they died,
267
00:22:20,649 --> 00:22:22,582
we had a gas leak that
almost caused a fire.
268
00:22:22,582 --> 00:22:24,239
We never had kids and then
269
00:22:24,239 --> 00:22:25,309
you got sick.
270
00:24:28,225 --> 00:24:30,952
When Mary got sick it
went downhill fast.
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She got worse,
272
00:24:33,610 --> 00:24:34,473
and worse.
273
00:25:11,820 --> 00:25:13,891
Soon a normal,
residential lot outside
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of Louisville, Kentucky
275
00:25:15,617 --> 00:25:17,550
Leonard would decide he could
build there house into a,
276
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build a house to
save his wife's life.
277
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,383
And he went about
to try and build
278
00:25:23,383 --> 00:25:25,524
a serious healing machine.
279
00:26:48,123 --> 00:26:50,678
Are you poisoning me Leonard?
280
00:26:53,232 --> 00:26:54,820
You would tell me if you
are poisoning me, right?
281
00:26:54,820 --> 00:26:56,062
I'd tell you.
282
00:26:57,236 --> 00:26:59,583
Someone needs to
check my birdhouses.
283
00:26:59,583 --> 00:27:02,828
Alright, I'll do
it right after lunch.
284
00:27:08,661 --> 00:27:10,836
After lunch you should it eat.
285
00:27:10,836 --> 00:27:12,631
I did already.
286
00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:13,459
No you didn't.
287
00:27:13,459 --> 00:27:14,840
When did you eat?
288
00:27:19,465 --> 00:27:21,570
Three days ago.
289
00:27:24,573 --> 00:27:26,230
Why, what day is it?
290
00:27:28,232 --> 00:27:30,890
I'd say Wednesday or Thursday.
291
00:27:32,167 --> 00:27:33,755
You don't even know.
292
00:27:33,755 --> 00:27:36,620
What day
do you want it to be?
293
00:27:36,620 --> 00:27:39,278
Sunday.
294
00:27:42,868 --> 00:27:43,869
Alright,
it's Sunday.
295
00:27:43,869 --> 00:27:46,388
Why do you want it to be Sunday?
296
00:27:46,388 --> 00:27:48,287
You don't go to church.
297
00:27:49,115 --> 00:27:52,222
But, you do.
298
00:27:57,020 --> 00:27:58,746
There's to much noise.
299
00:27:58,746 --> 00:28:00,506
There's doctors calling.
300
00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:08,514
There's constant hammering.
301
00:28:08,514 --> 00:28:10,136
The house felt unsteady.
302
00:28:10,136 --> 00:28:11,759
Creaking and leaking,
the tallest parts visibly
303
00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:14,002
wobbling in stronger winds.
304
00:28:17,143 --> 00:28:18,662
It wasn't working.
305
00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:21,354
Nothing was working.
306
00:28:26,981 --> 00:28:29,017
You had embellishments and
those embellishments become
307
00:28:29,017 --> 00:28:30,985
the center of the story.
308
00:28:30,985 --> 00:28:35,161
And here's Leonard drawing
the blueprints on cardboard.
309
00:28:45,206 --> 00:28:47,553
And this is the flood scene.
310
00:28:48,865 --> 00:28:52,420
Because memories go however
you want them to be.
311
00:28:58,288 --> 00:29:00,739
It will stop and we'll
just keep the windows open.
312
00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:01,947
It will dry out.
313
00:29:01,947 --> 00:29:03,431
Let me get back up on top there
314
00:29:03,431 --> 00:29:05,364
and get that rolling again.
315
00:29:05,364 --> 00:29:06,710
It's not
316
00:29:06,710 --> 00:29:09,886
doing any good just by itself.
317
00:29:09,886 --> 00:29:11,370
Okay.
318
00:29:11,370 --> 00:29:13,406
Yeah, I keep building it.
319
00:29:13,406 --> 00:29:15,063
I need it for power.
320
00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:20,137
I don't know if
it's even half way.
321
00:29:29,906 --> 00:29:32,287
Is it even raining
outside Leonard,
322
00:29:32,287 --> 00:29:34,565
or is it only raining in?
323
00:29:34,565 --> 00:29:38,431
I didn't build the roof
so high so the clouds were
324
00:29:38,431 --> 00:29:39,260
under it.
325
00:29:40,882 --> 00:29:42,919
It's raining outside
and coming in.
326
00:29:42,919 --> 00:29:46,025
It's coming in from underneath
and it's flowing into
327
00:29:46,025 --> 00:29:46,854
the sides.
328
00:30:20,128 --> 00:30:21,302
Leonard is on
the roof with pockets full
329
00:30:21,302 --> 00:30:22,130
of nails.
330
00:30:23,614 --> 00:30:26,203
He sees those nails as his
problem making it hard enough.
331
00:30:26,203 --> 00:30:28,102
He can make them sink.
332
00:30:28,102 --> 00:30:29,724
He can make them disappear.
333
00:30:29,724 --> 00:30:31,864
And the wind is
harder is up here.
334
00:30:31,864 --> 00:30:33,659
The wind is very
much harder up here.
335
00:30:33,659 --> 00:30:35,730
His nails are falling
down the roof and filling
336
00:30:35,730 --> 00:30:36,938
up the gutter.
337
00:30:36,938 --> 00:30:38,250
He's focusing on the
little things to change
338
00:30:38,250 --> 00:30:39,803
the big picture.
339
00:30:39,803 --> 00:30:41,356
The details, what can we do
with the big things anyway
340
00:30:41,356 --> 00:30:43,048
if we can't get
our grasp on them.
341
00:30:43,048 --> 00:30:44,912
If we can't twist them around.
342
00:30:44,912 --> 00:30:46,672
If we can't get ahold of
them and twist them around.
343
00:30:46,672 --> 00:30:50,158
That the end of his life
melted by looking for work
344
00:30:50,158 --> 00:30:51,642
as a sailor.
345
00:30:51,642 --> 00:30:53,196
If vaulters jump and
fall from a horse.
346
00:30:53,196 --> 00:30:54,714
If sinking in the Mississippi.
347
00:30:54,714 --> 00:30:57,062
Each nail representing
a different offense.
348
00:30:57,062 --> 00:30:59,478
Grave digger originals are
cast in the shadow over hill.
349
00:30:59,478 --> 00:31:01,169
It's raining cold
water, it's cold.
350
00:31:01,169 --> 00:31:04,655
And the nails he put in the
gutter blocked the rain water
351
00:31:04,655 --> 00:31:07,003
and caused a little flood.
352
00:31:07,003 --> 00:31:08,867
Children are fishing
in the street.
353
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,972
Each one catching a medium
sized grey polluted walleye
354
00:31:10,972 --> 00:31:12,318
or trout.
355
00:31:12,318 --> 00:31:14,769
Each one reeling in a fish.
356
00:31:14,769 --> 00:31:17,185
Leonard's watching them.
357
00:31:17,185 --> 00:31:20,706
As a man raising flowers,
conducting rain looks,
358
00:31:20,706 --> 00:31:22,742
looks in the water.
359
00:31:22,742 --> 00:31:24,468
A young Melville, ed,
360
00:31:25,676 --> 00:31:28,507
watching a small
fish on the street.
361
00:31:36,411 --> 00:31:38,931
Cultivating occasional grief
362
00:31:38,931 --> 00:31:40,519
clarity
363
00:31:40,519 --> 00:31:41,830
he's building an ark
364
00:31:41,830 --> 00:31:43,660
he's building a miracle.
365
00:31:43,660 --> 00:31:46,352
What good is he if the
electricity fails and can not
366
00:31:46,352 --> 00:31:47,595
collect the water.
367
00:31:47,595 --> 00:31:49,217
If he cannot save his wife.
368
00:31:49,217 --> 00:31:50,494
What good is he?
369
00:31:50,494 --> 00:31:51,771
I think his words
finally got across.
370
00:31:51,771 --> 00:31:54,084
This is the power
maybe God gives us.
371
00:31:54,084 --> 00:31:55,603
To communicate.
372
00:31:55,603 --> 00:31:59,572
There are never fish in the
stream before it floods.
373
00:32:42,339 --> 00:32:45,273
But, Mary got weaker
and worn down.
374
00:33:31,664 --> 00:33:32,976
I saw all these.
375
00:33:32,976 --> 00:33:34,357
Leonard wants me
to say imagine but,
376
00:33:34,357 --> 00:33:35,841
I see them.
377
00:33:35,841 --> 00:33:37,739
Occasionally, groups of
angels flying above people.
378
00:33:37,739 --> 00:33:39,845
Not always over me.
379
00:33:39,845 --> 00:33:44,436
Flying with these, some
kind of, listening machines.
380
00:33:44,436 --> 00:33:47,611
Begging me to march
out of this world.
381
00:33:56,448 --> 00:33:58,622
She see's angels with giant
listening machines flying
382
00:33:58,622 --> 00:34:00,141
around.
383
00:34:00,141 --> 00:34:01,936
Systematically combing over
the earth recording prayers
384
00:34:01,936 --> 00:34:04,387
to report back to God.
385
00:34:04,387 --> 00:34:06,768
The listening machines have
phonograph horns coming
386
00:34:06,768 --> 00:34:08,286
out of the bottom
that take sound in.
387
00:34:08,286 --> 00:34:10,772
And then one horn pointing
up to God where the sound
388
00:34:10,772 --> 00:34:11,601
comes out.
389
00:34:12,981 --> 00:34:15,225
The lines in the cylinder
are actual prayers.
390
00:34:15,225 --> 00:34:16,606
Like, why doesn't my
mom come home anymore?
391
00:34:16,606 --> 00:34:18,090
Who's side are you on?
392
00:34:18,090 --> 00:34:19,471
I never ask for anything
but, I really need to make
393
00:34:19,471 --> 00:34:22,232
the cheerleading
squad this year.
394
00:34:23,406 --> 00:34:25,270
And this makes a
lot of sense to me.
395
00:34:25,270 --> 00:34:27,478
That there are angels
floating around filtering out
396
00:34:27,478 --> 00:34:30,757
the nonsense so God
can concentrate.
397
00:34:30,757 --> 00:34:33,036
It would make sense to
that they are limiting
398
00:34:33,036 --> 00:34:34,554
what he can hear.
399
00:34:34,554 --> 00:34:36,695
So, he doesn't know
its gotten to bad.
400
00:34:36,695 --> 00:34:38,420
Whether the angels have
been slacking on their work
401
00:34:38,420 --> 00:34:41,181
or God's in over
his head either one,
402
00:34:41,181 --> 00:34:45,047
their filtering out some
key stuff these days.
403
00:35:03,204 --> 00:35:05,033
Leonard's saying if
I can just somehow,
404
00:35:05,033 --> 00:35:07,277
he sits Mary in the
death of the duty chair
405
00:35:07,277 --> 00:35:08,796
in the water room.
406
00:35:08,796 --> 00:35:10,660
When he finishes it he tries
to stick the needle into her.
407
00:35:10,660 --> 00:35:11,661
She wants to do it.
408
00:35:11,661 --> 00:35:13,180
I'll do it Leonard,
409
00:35:13,180 --> 00:35:14,733
without the shedding of blood
there is no remission of sin.
410
00:35:14,733 --> 00:35:16,907
Somewhere in the back of his
head he's becoming more and
411
00:35:16,907 --> 00:35:18,426
more exhausted.
412
00:35:18,426 --> 00:35:20,083
She must have done something
wrong to get sick like that.
413
00:35:20,083 --> 00:35:21,464
It's the religion in him.
414
00:35:21,464 --> 00:35:23,259
I like songs that
sound like old wars.
415
00:35:23,259 --> 00:35:25,468
I like the mountain goats,
Walt Whitman's brain
416
00:35:25,468 --> 00:35:26,848
and Leonard Cohen.
417
00:35:26,848 --> 00:35:29,368
I love, love songs that
sound like old battles.
418
00:35:29,368 --> 00:35:31,094
He's building more
and more of the house.
419
00:35:31,094 --> 00:35:32,302
It starts getting complicated.
420
00:35:32,302 --> 00:35:33,510
He's numbering the stairs.
421
00:35:33,510 --> 00:35:35,029
He's on the roof
building the steeple
422
00:35:35,029 --> 00:35:35,961
like laundry room.
423
00:35:35,961 --> 00:35:37,342
He's building towards God.
424
00:35:37,342 --> 00:35:38,550
Trying to call on him.
425
00:35:38,550 --> 00:35:39,516
Asking for his help.
426
00:35:39,516 --> 00:35:40,862
Asking for a miracle.
427
00:35:40,862 --> 00:35:43,279
And Mary, is carrying
a massive weight.
428
00:35:43,279 --> 00:35:45,004
She's struggling, she's
not looking to build
429
00:35:45,004 --> 00:35:46,696
a monument or heal anything.
430
00:35:46,696 --> 00:35:48,180
She's just bound
here by some kind
431
00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:49,388
of otherworldly stone.
432
00:35:49,388 --> 00:35:51,045
She wants to release the weight.
433
00:35:51,045 --> 00:35:52,529
But, when she's looking
to Leonard for support
434
00:35:52,529 --> 00:35:54,013
while she's looking to him
for to carry something.
435
00:35:54,013 --> 00:35:55,946
She's seeing the man she loves
run ragged and desperate.
436
00:35:55,946 --> 00:35:58,708
And trying to fix this
with his own hands.
437
00:35:58,708 --> 00:36:01,262
And some things, nearly all
the best things in this world
438
00:36:01,262 --> 00:36:03,126
are not made by hands.
439
00:36:16,243 --> 00:36:19,349
This is when I
realized I was sick.
440
00:36:19,349 --> 00:36:21,627
This is the first
time when I knew I was
441
00:36:21,627 --> 00:36:22,697
going to die.
442
00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:25,597
I'm going to die.
443
00:36:29,635 --> 00:36:31,430
Leonard sees light.
444
00:36:31,430 --> 00:36:33,777
He sees light where
there isn't any.
445
00:36:33,777 --> 00:36:36,608
When we die or electricity
recharging our hearts
446
00:36:36,608 --> 00:36:38,506
literally quits.
447
00:36:38,506 --> 00:36:41,371
Leonard sees light where
there is no electricity.
448
00:36:41,371 --> 00:36:42,890
It's not delusion.
449
00:36:42,890 --> 00:36:44,650
That's why I love him.
450
00:36:44,650 --> 00:36:48,827
But, when Leonard sees no
light there is no light.
451
00:37:30,834 --> 00:37:31,663
Uh.
452
00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:36,564
Is it daytime?
453
00:37:36,564 --> 00:37:38,704
Yeah, it's afternoon.
454
00:37:38,704 --> 00:37:42,708
I can get more light in
here, it is kinda dim.
455
00:37:42,708 --> 00:37:47,265
I thought it might make
your headache go away.
456
00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:49,784
To not have such bright light,
457
00:37:50,958 --> 00:37:54,341
shining on you when
you're trying to rest.
458
00:37:56,446 --> 00:37:58,448
Leonard was a completely
normal guy though.
459
00:37:58,448 --> 00:38:00,588
I don't want to give the
impression that just because
460
00:38:00,588 --> 00:38:02,832
this section of his life was
beautiful in any kind of way
461
00:38:02,832 --> 00:38:06,594
that he was anything
other than a normal guy.
462
00:38:08,044 --> 00:38:10,184
And it's sad to imagine
a normal hardworking guy,
463
00:38:10,184 --> 00:38:13,705
like Leonard, begging God
for some kind of relief.
464
00:38:13,705 --> 00:38:16,121
Both for his wife and himself.
465
00:38:16,121 --> 00:38:19,227
But kneeling by your bed
and talking into your hands
466
00:38:19,227 --> 00:38:20,677
will never be enough.
467
00:38:20,677 --> 00:38:22,472
And the thing is that if
there was a God over us
468
00:38:22,472 --> 00:38:25,303
looking down, maybe
laughing his ass off when
469
00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:27,650
it comes to communicate.
470
00:38:27,650 --> 00:38:29,997
Laughing at our attempts
to invoke miracle,
471
00:38:29,997 --> 00:38:32,655
after miracle, after
miracle, after miracle.
472
00:38:32,655 --> 00:38:34,519
And if there was a God, I
like to think there is not,
473
00:38:34,519 --> 00:38:36,590
I think he'd
empathize with Leonard
474
00:38:36,590 --> 00:38:38,419
and maybe grant his wish.
475
00:38:38,419 --> 00:38:40,559
After all what Leonard
was asking him to do
476
00:38:40,559 --> 00:38:42,975
was something that
happens all the time.
477
00:38:42,975 --> 00:38:45,012
We marvel at it at
first every time
478
00:38:45,012 --> 00:38:46,565
and then accept
it without notice.
479
00:38:46,565 --> 00:38:48,671
What Leonard was asking
is much less complicated
480
00:38:48,671 --> 00:38:50,362
then what granted George
in It's A Wonderful Life.
481
00:38:50,362 --> 00:38:53,192
The miracle Leonard was
trying to invoke is a simple,
482
00:38:53,192 --> 00:38:55,367
mundane, everyday miracle.
483
00:38:55,367 --> 00:38:57,058
But, there are none.
484
00:38:57,058 --> 00:38:58,543
There are no miracles.
485
00:38:58,543 --> 00:39:00,476
We cannot forget our old
task like online science.
486
00:39:00,476 --> 00:39:02,478
That's not how this works.
487
00:39:02,478 --> 00:39:04,031
That's not how these
things end in this world.
488
00:39:04,031 --> 00:39:06,413
You sent out the doves with
note attached and it does
489
00:39:06,413 --> 00:39:07,966
not come back.
490
00:39:07,966 --> 00:39:09,554
If there was a God, and
I think there is not,
491
00:39:09,554 --> 00:39:11,556
claims of love extinguished
and fully passed
492
00:39:11,556 --> 00:39:12,902
could be gone.
493
00:39:12,902 --> 00:39:14,455
If there is God,
pushing us about,
494
00:39:14,455 --> 00:39:17,493
touching us with brief thoughts
of the ending of all things.
495
00:39:17,493 --> 00:39:19,149
Shifting mountains and clouds.
496
00:39:19,149 --> 00:39:20,944
If there is a God, he
is indifferent to us.
497
00:39:20,944 --> 00:39:23,361
And now when I look at
the sky shifting clouds
498
00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:26,156
I think of God,
bored, shaping them.
499
00:39:26,156 --> 00:39:27,744
Aimless,
500
00:39:27,744 --> 00:39:29,021
wander-less,
501
00:39:29,021 --> 00:39:30,816
whatever now, I don't
want to do this again.
502
00:39:30,816 --> 00:39:32,508
I pray for looming and
developing silence in darkness.
503
00:39:32,508 --> 00:39:35,718
But, wherever you find comfort,
504
00:39:35,718 --> 00:39:38,376
where ever your
amazed, you should go.
505
00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:40,239
Even though I don't
believe in God,
506
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,103
I still like the bible.
507
00:39:42,103 --> 00:39:45,037
And when I think of Leonard,
508
00:39:45,037 --> 00:39:46,591
I think about Noah.
509
00:39:46,591 --> 00:39:48,765
The first sort of glaring
omission in the bible
510
00:39:48,765 --> 00:39:51,009
has become when they
built Jesus his cross.
511
00:39:51,009 --> 00:39:53,391
I gave up fully when
only psychos think
512
00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:54,599
they can relate to him.
513
00:39:54,599 --> 00:39:56,394
And that was smart.
514
00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:58,396
They gave us a good guide
for who to listen to.
515
00:39:58,396 --> 00:39:59,949
So far as community leaders
and politicians but,
516
00:39:59,949 --> 00:40:02,434
the carpenter is
pretty much a sheep
517
00:40:02,434 --> 00:40:04,332
with different shepherds.
518
00:40:04,332 --> 00:40:05,817
False idols and what not.
519
00:40:05,817 --> 00:40:07,266
There should have been a
hail storm with splinters.
520
00:40:07,266 --> 00:40:08,785
This soft spot is six
times the size of a hammer,
521
00:40:08,785 --> 00:40:11,236
a simple procedure
made nearly impossible.
522
00:40:11,236 --> 00:40:12,962
There should of been something.
523
00:40:12,962 --> 00:40:15,689
Some kind of lesson piling
in God's fucking unison.
524
00:40:15,689 --> 00:40:17,691
There is no reprieve
for an heiress grave.
525
00:40:17,691 --> 00:40:20,487
And when I look in the
face of psychos who relate
526
00:40:20,487 --> 00:40:23,524
to God and he has a crazy
imagination for every
527
00:40:23,524 --> 00:40:25,146
working eye.
528
00:40:25,146 --> 00:40:26,976
There are crosses tilted
towards the ground.
529
00:40:26,976 --> 00:40:28,874
Talk to my own
wife life a crutch.
530
00:40:28,874 --> 00:40:30,600
What the fuck is this?
531
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,637
Always on the polite.
532
00:40:32,637 --> 00:40:34,432
And Jesus Christ,
just because you,
533
00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:37,780
you have blood on your hands
doesn't mean you are a thing.
534
00:40:37,780 --> 00:40:39,437
I can't.
535
00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:42,543
The fact that Noah,
the interesting thing
to me about Noah,
536
00:40:42,543 --> 00:40:44,787
has nothing to do with
the animals or how amazing
537
00:40:44,787 --> 00:40:46,651
it must feel to see tree
covered hills just below
538
00:40:46,651 --> 00:40:48,446
an ocean surface.
539
00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:50,620
While holding and
brushing the hall.
540
00:40:50,620 --> 00:40:52,346
When I think of
Noah, I think of,
541
00:40:52,346 --> 00:40:53,589
gathering all that wood.
542
00:40:53,589 --> 00:40:55,245
The lumberyard, cutting
down tree after tree,
543
00:40:55,245 --> 00:40:56,661
displacing boards.
544
00:40:56,661 --> 00:40:58,835
Cutting it clean enough
to make a boat, an arc.
545
00:40:58,835 --> 00:41:01,286
A huge boat, he had some kind
of divine hand behind him.
546
00:41:01,286 --> 00:41:03,115
Even with divine
strength, that's crazy.
547
00:41:03,115 --> 00:41:06,705
There's a tall bunion ship
but, the more I consider that
548
00:41:06,705 --> 00:41:08,535
actually gathering and planing.
549
00:41:08,535 --> 00:41:10,951
Hammering and soaking
and bending the more
550
00:41:10,951 --> 00:41:12,711
I think that's the point.
551
00:41:12,711 --> 00:41:14,264
You find something
and work at it.
552
00:41:14,264 --> 00:41:15,749
Spend your time building it.
553
00:41:15,749 --> 00:41:17,475
So, I imagine his boat
554
00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:18,959
resting,
555
00:41:18,959 --> 00:41:20,443
blocked on a hill,
556
00:41:20,443 --> 00:41:21,548
the thing his grasping at God
557
00:41:21,548 --> 00:41:23,791
or some kind of ultimate
end guiding him.
558
00:41:23,791 --> 00:41:26,000
Miles and miles from sea,
559
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,106
an inward light pass that people
560
00:41:28,106 --> 00:41:29,866
do look to him.
561
00:41:29,866 --> 00:41:31,972
And it makes more
sense to me to see God
562
00:41:31,972 --> 00:41:33,801
like Noah saw him.
563
00:41:33,801 --> 00:41:35,803
Somewhere trying to picture
God as an England lighthouse.
564
00:41:35,803 --> 00:41:38,323
And our huge Appalachian
hills over tumbling waves.
565
00:41:38,323 --> 00:41:40,256
Finding the shapes.
566
00:41:40,256 --> 00:41:42,638
Prison road work crews,
motor vehicle operators,
567
00:41:42,638 --> 00:41:47,332
in the dark with freedom
under that lighthouse beam.
568
00:41:47,332 --> 00:41:48,506
If God comes and if God
is benevolently good,
569
00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:50,369
that is the rapture.
570
00:41:50,369 --> 00:41:52,786
That moment, that
swimming and escaping,
571
00:41:52,786 --> 00:41:54,063
is the rapture.
572
00:43:16,766 --> 00:43:18,009
The truth is,
573
00:43:18,009 --> 00:43:19,597
the truth of this
whole thing is,
574
00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:21,529
you have to build
your own world.
575
00:43:21,529 --> 00:43:22,841
Everyone does it.
576
00:43:22,841 --> 00:43:24,118
All of us do it.
577
00:43:24,118 --> 00:43:25,948
From the richest
Wall Street investor
578
00:43:25,948 --> 00:43:28,122
and medical venture capitalist.
579
00:43:28,122 --> 00:43:31,367
To the biggest nerd dropping
a McFish into a deep fryer.
580
00:43:31,367 --> 00:43:32,679
All of us do it.
581
00:43:34,335 --> 00:43:35,613
And with that in mind,
582
00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:38,546
Mary decides to kill herself.
583
00:43:38,546 --> 00:43:40,376
She gets a grip on
these things though.
584
00:43:40,376 --> 00:43:42,723
The most endearing trait
in people is the feeling
585
00:43:42,723 --> 00:43:44,760
they've seen to much
and gotten through.
586
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:46,658
And Mary, she's seen
enough at this point.
587
00:43:46,658 --> 00:43:49,005
And she marches to death
with horns and church bells
588
00:43:49,005 --> 00:43:50,248
all around her.
589
00:43:54,562 --> 00:43:56,426
Mary has her last day
with Leonard planned.
590
00:43:56,426 --> 00:43:59,084
She buys him a pet bird
so he has some company.
591
00:43:59,084 --> 00:44:02,156
She wants to be sweet and
exit on a great note for him.
592
00:44:02,156 --> 00:44:05,470
Leave him with a
wonderful last memory.
593
00:44:05,470 --> 00:44:09,647
And he doesn't realize she
is going to kill herself.
594
00:44:39,780 --> 00:44:41,299
Hello.
595
00:44:41,299 --> 00:44:42,783
Hey Leonard.
596
00:44:42,783 --> 00:44:44,889
How you feeling?
597
00:44:44,889 --> 00:44:45,717
Okay.
598
00:44:45,717 --> 00:44:47,029
Yeah?
599
00:44:47,029 --> 00:44:47,857
Yeah.
600
00:44:49,065 --> 00:44:50,688
How was work?
601
00:44:50,688 --> 00:44:52,344
It was good.
602
00:44:52,344 --> 00:44:54,105
Mostly just stocking.
603
00:44:55,313 --> 00:44:57,142
I got you a present.
604
00:44:58,040 --> 00:44:59,627
Oh, is it garish?
605
00:45:01,664 --> 00:45:02,803
It's a bird.
606
00:45:03,770 --> 00:45:04,840
Hmmm?
607
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:06,496
It's a bird.
608
00:45:06,496 --> 00:45:07,601
Well, good.
609
00:45:11,432 --> 00:45:13,158
Need to change the
light bulb in my place
610
00:45:13,158 --> 00:45:16,644
and I got a dead
bulb in the tower.
611
00:45:16,644 --> 00:45:18,750
You be good, get me a soda.
612
00:45:18,750 --> 00:45:22,064
Call got two dumb boys up there.
613
00:45:22,064 --> 00:45:23,582
Right on the arch.
614
00:45:24,860 --> 00:45:27,863
I think I say
bird brain for a reason
615
00:45:27,863 --> 00:45:29,485
when I do anything.
616
00:45:30,348 --> 00:45:31,694
Yeah, definitely.
617
00:45:31,694 --> 00:45:33,627
He's pretty though.
618
00:45:33,627 --> 00:45:35,111
Yeah, he is pretty.
619
00:45:35,111 --> 00:45:37,182
Maybe you can
teach him to talk.
620
00:45:49,056 --> 00:45:52,957
Alright, what do you want
me to talk to him about?
621
00:45:52,957 --> 00:45:54,544
I don't know.
622
00:45:54,544 --> 00:45:56,236
I'll educate him on
you favorite subject
623
00:45:56,236 --> 00:45:57,444
which is, bird.
624
00:45:57,444 --> 00:46:00,758
That will be his
favorite subject to.
625
00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:03,415
Well you do better at that.
626
00:46:05,348 --> 00:46:06,833
Is that how you talk to him?
627
00:46:06,833 --> 00:46:08,627
He doesn't even notice yet.
628
00:46:08,627 --> 00:46:10,768
Are you going to make eggs?
629
00:46:10,768 --> 00:46:12,666
Oh yeah, will lay eggs.
630
00:46:14,944 --> 00:46:17,947
At least he'll
tell you something.
631
00:46:36,621 --> 00:46:39,003
Maybe you can even build
him a little house.
632
00:46:39,003 --> 00:46:41,660
I'm busy, one
house at a time here.
633
00:46:41,660 --> 00:46:43,662
What kind of bird is it?
634
00:46:46,044 --> 00:46:47,287
I don't know.
635
00:46:47,287 --> 00:46:48,736
A black one.
636
00:46:48,736 --> 00:46:51,118
He looks more yellow to me.
637
00:46:52,706 --> 00:46:55,088
Has he laid any
eggs yet for you?
638
00:46:55,088 --> 00:46:56,330
I don't know.
639
00:46:57,815 --> 00:47:00,265
Sometimes I think
you buy a bird
640
00:47:00,265 --> 00:47:02,371
as a present for yourself.
641
00:47:02,371 --> 00:47:04,097
This one's for you.
642
00:47:04,097 --> 00:47:04,925
I see.
643
00:47:08,342 --> 00:47:12,415
I wonder if there's
even varnish for that.
644
00:47:12,415 --> 00:47:14,693
I think that's
very lame for a bird.
645
00:47:14,693 --> 00:47:18,836
I can only think of varnish
and nails and shingles.
646
00:47:19,698 --> 00:47:21,079
How about Mary?
647
00:47:21,079 --> 00:47:22,598
And Mary, right.
648
00:47:23,841 --> 00:47:26,947
Alright, I'll name him Mary.
649
00:47:26,947 --> 00:47:28,569
That's a nice Mary.
650
00:47:33,781 --> 00:47:36,854
You should
teach him how to talk.
651
00:47:36,854 --> 00:47:39,373
Is he a talking bird?
652
00:47:39,373 --> 00:47:40,443
I think so.
653
00:47:41,548 --> 00:47:43,964
Maybe you can get him to talk.
654
00:47:43,964 --> 00:47:45,655
Listen.
655
00:47:45,655 --> 00:47:46,864
You listen.
656
00:47:46,864 --> 00:47:49,901
Don't get the bird
drunk Leonard.
657
00:47:49,901 --> 00:47:51,869
I was just joking.
658
00:47:51,869 --> 00:47:54,009
You know how chatty people get
659
00:47:54,009 --> 00:47:55,286
when there jealous.
660
00:47:55,286 --> 00:47:57,633
Make sure you cover
his cage at night cuz.
661
00:47:57,633 --> 00:48:00,325
I fixed it, its not raining,
662
00:48:00,325 --> 00:48:02,293
it's dry and he's
not going to get wet.
663
00:48:02,293 --> 00:48:03,846
I didn't mean that.
664
00:48:03,846 --> 00:48:05,883
He just doesn't like the light.
665
00:48:05,883 --> 00:48:08,299
Oh, should we make it dark?
666
00:48:09,714 --> 00:48:12,406
We can turn the lights off.
667
00:48:12,406 --> 00:48:14,892
Does the bird like a shield?
668
00:48:14,892 --> 00:48:16,410
Yeah.
669
00:48:16,410 --> 00:48:17,895
Really?
670
00:48:17,895 --> 00:48:20,690
Yeah, that's what
you're supposed to do.
671
00:49:23,926 --> 00:49:26,032
She injects into her arm.
672
00:49:26,032 --> 00:49:28,655
ten cc's of fresh Kentucky air.
673
00:51:35,333 --> 00:51:37,784
It's not surprising exactly.
674
00:51:37,784 --> 00:51:39,682
We didn't see it coming
675
00:51:39,682 --> 00:51:41,788
and we weren't surprised.
676
00:51:43,514 --> 00:51:44,894
But, death is
677
00:51:44,894 --> 00:51:46,275
always hard to accept.
678
00:51:46,275 --> 00:51:48,864
The reality of seeing her body.
679
00:51:52,488 --> 00:51:53,731
Hold close the one's you love.
680
00:52:26,729 --> 00:52:28,973
And when the fuzz showed up
681
00:52:30,837 --> 00:52:32,908
because the
neighbors got nervous
682
00:52:32,908 --> 00:52:35,013
when the house opened up.
683
00:52:36,567 --> 00:52:39,086
Leonard asked and then pleaded
684
00:52:43,298 --> 00:52:44,816
for him to go away
685
00:52:47,336 --> 00:52:50,270
and leave his wife
behind with him.
686
00:52:56,034 --> 00:52:56,932
And he did.
687
00:52:58,244 --> 00:53:01,247
Overall, police are
agreeable people.
688
00:53:02,662 --> 00:53:04,974
I feel the same way about
cops as I do about criminals.
689
00:53:04,974 --> 00:53:09,151
If either one is in my house
there's something wrong.
690
00:54:01,928 --> 00:54:03,688
And now Leonard's
building the house
691
00:54:03,688 --> 00:54:04,689
for himself.
692
00:54:25,123 --> 00:54:27,816
He won't let her
body leave the house.
693
00:54:27,816 --> 00:54:31,475
He won't let there be
a burial or a funeral.
694
00:54:33,822 --> 00:54:36,652
The piano stopped working
around when Mary got sick.
695
00:54:36,652 --> 00:54:40,311
And stars and the moon
were all out there too
696
00:54:40,311 --> 00:54:42,002
just like before.
697
00:54:42,002 --> 00:54:45,005
But dark, wired to
light but, unlit.
698
00:56:02,945 --> 00:56:05,983
I swear I would never ask for
anything else if I got you.
699
00:56:05,983 --> 00:56:08,744
And I have never asked
for anything else.
700
00:56:08,744 --> 00:56:11,333
And what I have, I
desperately try to give away.
701
00:56:11,333 --> 00:56:14,854
And what I do have, I'm
still trying to give away.
702
00:56:14,854 --> 00:56:16,511
And what I still have,
703
00:56:16,511 --> 00:56:18,375
I'm desperately
trying to give away.
704
00:56:18,375 --> 00:56:20,411
Leonard can't bear to
look at the birdhouses,
705
00:56:20,411 --> 00:56:22,896
he can't look at the dishes,
the silverware, there dead.
706
00:56:22,896 --> 00:56:24,588
Exactly what time did she die?
707
00:56:24,588 --> 00:56:26,383
And what if I left before?
708
00:56:26,383 --> 00:56:27,867
I had a feeling.
709
00:56:27,867 --> 00:56:29,455
I'll never sleep right again.
710
00:56:29,455 --> 00:56:31,008
Exactly what time did she die?
711
00:56:31,008 --> 00:56:33,010
And she knew that there would
be this kind of reaction
712
00:56:33,010 --> 00:56:34,356
when I knocked on the
door to talk to her.
713
00:56:34,356 --> 00:56:36,254
How weird is it that your dead?
714
00:56:36,254 --> 00:56:37,911
He sits in the room
and talks to Mary.
715
00:56:37,911 --> 00:56:39,430
How sad is it that your dead?
716
00:56:39,430 --> 00:56:41,121
Aren't you fucking
sad about that?
717
00:56:41,121 --> 00:56:43,330
And I'm wondering if dying
just hurt the outside of you,
718
00:56:43,330 --> 00:56:46,264
like some kind of
clothes you wear.
719
00:56:48,474 --> 00:56:49,578
Probably not.
720
00:56:51,097 --> 00:56:52,616
But, here's where you leave me.
721
00:56:52,616 --> 00:56:56,343
I was changing the
windshield wiper on your car
722
00:56:56,343 --> 00:56:57,828
when it hit me you were dead.
723
00:56:57,828 --> 00:57:00,002
I was fumbling,
greasy and exhausted
724
00:57:00,002 --> 00:57:01,832
and I couldn't get
it before that.
725
00:57:01,832 --> 00:57:02,660
I always,
726
00:57:03,627 --> 00:57:04,869
always,
727
00:57:04,869 --> 00:57:06,181
wanted to call you.
728
00:57:06,181 --> 00:57:07,389
How fucking sad is
it that your dead?
729
00:57:07,389 --> 00:57:09,909
I never had a plan
of racing satellites,
730
00:57:09,909 --> 00:57:11,635
arching comets,
731
00:57:11,635 --> 00:57:12,912
blocking light from
different points of view.
732
00:57:12,912 --> 00:57:15,362
Eclipsing everywhere
very high above us.
733
00:57:15,362 --> 00:57:17,226
And all that must be very,
734
00:57:17,226 --> 00:57:18,469
very beautiful.
735
00:57:21,438 --> 00:57:23,992
But, here is where you left me.
736
00:58:26,537 --> 00:58:28,056
He goes to the hospital
because he's not really sure
737
00:58:28,056 --> 00:58:31,197
where you go to take
care of funeral stuff.
738
00:58:31,197 --> 00:58:34,890
If you need a death
certificate nulled first.
739
00:58:34,890 --> 00:58:37,099
He parks in the hospital
paid parking lot.
740
00:58:37,099 --> 00:58:38,756
And when he leaves,
741
00:58:38,756 --> 00:58:41,587
he deposits 50 cents
into the parking machine.
742
00:58:41,587 --> 00:58:44,106
And the little music comes on.
743
00:58:50,768 --> 00:58:52,218
And hits him.
744
00:58:52,218 --> 00:58:55,117
That its brutal that
he's paying for this.
745
00:58:55,117 --> 00:58:56,705
Without Mary around
to collect them,
746
00:58:56,705 --> 00:58:59,052
the birds in her tree
houses are laying more eggs
747
00:58:59,052 --> 00:59:00,813
then they know what to do with.
748
00:59:05,507 --> 00:59:06,991
He still building obsessively.
749
00:59:06,991 --> 00:59:09,200
Just pounding nails into
all the rooms of his house.
750
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:12,618
For another 20 years,
another 20 years,
751
00:59:12,618 --> 00:59:14,378
he wandered around that house
752
00:59:14,378 --> 00:59:15,862
tacking on walls.
753
00:59:15,862 --> 00:59:17,726
I remember one of the rooms
had dropped ceiling tiles
754
00:59:17,726 --> 00:59:19,452
as wall paper.
755
00:59:19,452 --> 00:59:22,075
For 20 years and walking
around Leonard's house
756
00:59:22,075 --> 00:59:23,698
all these beautiful
little touches,
757
00:59:23,698 --> 00:59:25,044
the light bulb corners
of the door frames,
758
00:59:25,044 --> 00:59:26,873
the carefully rounded moldings,
759
00:59:26,873 --> 00:59:28,634
and smooth old cloth wallpaper.
760
00:59:28,634 --> 00:59:30,152
The strange chicken
weather vane,
761
00:59:30,152 --> 00:59:32,258
all the beautiful touches
kind of made you marvel
762
00:59:32,258 --> 00:59:33,880
at the rest of the world too.
763
00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:35,157
And so I was reaching,
I was looking,
764
00:59:35,157 --> 00:59:37,125
and the most massive
thing I could think of,
765
00:59:37,125 --> 00:59:39,679
I always imagined
outer space beaming.
766
00:59:39,679 --> 00:59:41,888
A hectic swirling
mass like the ocean.
767
00:59:41,888 --> 00:59:43,580
So I rented all these films,
768
00:59:43,580 --> 00:59:45,133
I watched all this NASA footage.
769
00:59:45,133 --> 00:59:47,169
Hours and hours of it.
770
00:59:47,169 --> 00:59:48,826
And space is boring.
771
00:59:49,896 --> 00:59:52,174
It's really kind of boring.
772
00:59:55,488 --> 00:59:57,628
And I've been showing
this film for awhile
773
00:59:57,628 --> 00:59:59,837
and I realize that
I'm wrong about space
774
00:59:59,837 --> 01:00:03,082
because people started
sending me photographs
775
01:00:03,082 --> 01:00:06,533
of like a solar flare,
and a comet shaped
776
01:00:07,638 --> 01:00:10,192
like a dachshund and
you know I realized that
777
01:00:10,192 --> 01:00:11,642
I'm wrong about space.
778
01:00:11,642 --> 01:00:13,161
That it's gorgeous
779
01:00:13,161 --> 01:00:14,541
and fascinating in a
way that's far to large
780
01:00:14,541 --> 01:00:15,991
for me to comprehend.
781
01:00:15,991 --> 01:00:18,545
All that teaming, swirling
mass is intermingling
782
01:00:18,545 --> 01:00:20,340
over such an enormous field
783
01:00:20,340 --> 01:00:23,516
and so unbelievable
that I can't fathom it.
784
01:00:23,516 --> 01:00:25,483
But, I leave that
part in there because,
785
01:00:25,483 --> 01:00:27,624
you know, I like to think
Leonard was on to something.
786
01:00:27,624 --> 01:00:28,935
That our understanding of
this stuff at this point
787
01:00:28,935 --> 01:00:31,420
is the equivalent of
dipping a drinking glass
788
01:00:31,420 --> 01:00:32,629
into the ocean.
789
01:00:32,629 --> 01:00:33,871
Holding it up to
light and saying,
790
01:00:33,871 --> 01:00:35,977
there is no life in there.
791
01:00:35,977 --> 01:00:38,635
Our nets just aren't big enough.
792
01:00:40,637 --> 01:00:42,052
And when Leonard died,
the only thing in his
793
01:00:42,052 --> 01:00:44,571
safe deposit box was this letter
794
01:00:44,571 --> 01:00:46,643
he wrote to Mary in 1985.
795
01:00:47,644 --> 01:00:49,335
And Mary died in 1972,
796
01:00:49,335 --> 01:00:51,648
so 13 years after her death.
797
01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:53,719
And it says, Dear Wife Mary,
798
01:00:53,719 --> 01:00:55,237
I love you so.
799
01:00:55,237 --> 01:00:58,240
Please if you will let
me hear from you darling.
800
01:00:58,240 --> 01:01:00,311
Perhaps, you can make
some words appear through
801
01:01:00,311 --> 01:01:02,037
the written medium, like this.
802
01:01:02,037 --> 01:01:04,661
I won't be frightened
to feel so close to you,
803
01:01:04,661 --> 01:01:05,800
loving you so much.
804
01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:07,008
I miss you more,
805
01:01:07,008 --> 01:01:07,974
all the time.
806
01:01:07,974 --> 01:01:09,493
Please, if no other way,
807
01:01:09,493 --> 01:01:11,081
maybe you could somehow
allow yourself to manifest
808
01:01:11,081 --> 01:01:12,151
in my dreams.
809
01:01:13,428 --> 01:01:14,843
I miss you, I love you
810
01:01:14,843 --> 01:01:16,431
so very, very much.
811
01:01:26,441 --> 01:01:28,132
I have never wanted any
release friend of mine
812
01:01:28,132 --> 01:01:30,963
restored to life since
I reached manhood.
813
01:01:30,963 --> 01:01:32,309
I'm not one to argue
with Mark Twain
814
01:01:32,309 --> 01:01:34,207
in any kind of way.
815
01:01:34,207 --> 01:01:36,554
And anyway, I don't
think anyone wants to see
816
01:01:36,554 --> 01:01:39,143
the guest of Paul Bunyan
still fucking shit up.
817
01:01:39,143 --> 01:01:40,317
Or Harry Houdini,
818
01:01:40,317 --> 01:01:41,732
floating like a balloon,
819
01:01:41,732 --> 01:01:44,908
tied to the Flat Iron
Building with chains.
820
01:01:44,908 --> 01:01:48,325
Or doors slamming
shut, I promise,
821
01:01:48,325 --> 01:01:49,706
I won't be frightened.
822
01:01:49,706 --> 01:01:51,949
I promise to not be afraid.
823
01:01:53,399 --> 01:01:56,022
I do wonder if Leonard
gave up there at the end.
824
01:01:56,022 --> 01:01:57,403
The last time he tried
to climb the roof
825
01:01:57,403 --> 01:01:59,370
with his hammer
trying to convince God
826
01:01:59,370 --> 01:02:01,027
to send an angel
with Mary in his arms
827
01:02:01,027 --> 01:02:02,270
back down to him.
828
01:02:02,270 --> 01:02:04,272
Or maybe send someone
to bring him up to her.
829
01:02:04,272 --> 01:02:05,929
And saw the shepherd
sleeping in the valley full
830
01:02:05,929 --> 01:02:07,102
of dead sheep.
831
01:02:10,727 --> 01:02:12,970
The shepherd stands up and
tips his hat to Leonard.
832
01:02:12,970 --> 01:02:14,800
And Leonard,
833
01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:17,492
falls off the roof of the house.
834
01:02:20,702 --> 01:02:22,221
When he gives up on the miracle
835
01:02:22,221 --> 01:02:23,705
he stumbling with the hammer,
836
01:02:23,705 --> 01:02:25,776
fumbling it and
chases it a little,
837
01:02:25,776 --> 01:02:29,953
kneeling, loses his balance,
and falls of the roof.
838
01:02:35,510 --> 01:02:39,376
I feel the same way about
God I feel about miracles,
839
01:02:44,622 --> 01:02:46,348
I would call on them.
840
01:02:51,353 --> 01:02:53,079
I would call on them.
841
01:02:58,567 --> 01:03:00,293
I would call on them.
842
01:03:01,363 --> 01:03:03,331
If I believed in them.
843
01:03:03,331 --> 01:03:04,711
If I believed in them,
844
01:03:04,711 --> 01:03:07,197
I'd be over and over let down.
845
01:03:12,961 --> 01:03:15,722
Gravity was
everywhere back then.
61395
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