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I can't think of anyone less
an authority on female anatomy.
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He can see. It's enormous.
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- No, it isn't.
- It's hideous.
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Why don't you show me that dress again?
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It is a bit full here.
Let me have it.
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Thanks, Mom.
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Tsk.
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[Chattering, Murmuring]
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-
[Woman] Taxi!
-
[Man] Taxi. Taxi!
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- Is this your cab?
-
It's not my cab.
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- Is this your cab?
- Really, it's not my cab.
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- We'll share it.
- But I don't want it.
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No, we'll share it. I insist.
That way there'll be no ill feelings.
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- Are you going to Sally's too?
-
No.
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Well, that settles it. Come with us.
That way we'll all be going the same direction.
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You should come, otherwise
we're all gonna freeze out here.
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Come on!
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- Hi. I'm Nick.
- Hi, Nick. I'm Tom.
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- Nice to meet you.
- I'm Jane. This is Audrey.
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- Hi, Jane.
- [Nick] You are going to Sally's, aren't you?
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Of course there's a God.
We all basically know there is.
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-
[Woman] I know no such thing.
- Of course you do.
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When you think to yourself... - And most of our
waking life is taken up thinking to ourself... -
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you must have that feeling
that your thoughts aren't entirely wasted...
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that, in some sense,
they are being heard.
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Hey, I think it's this sensation
of silently being listened to...
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with total comprehension...
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- Hi, Sally.
- You got here so fast.
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- Hello!
- that represents our innate belief
in a supreme being.
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- Nice to meet you.
- We stole his cab.
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- What's his name again?
- Tom Townsend.
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No, I think it was something else.
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No, it's Tom Townsend, I'm sure.
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He looks familiar.
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He's the guy that was sitting at the table
behind ours without talking to anyone all evening.
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Then, outside, he got the cab
that we were trying to flag down.
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But he insisted that we take it,
so Nick insisted that he come along too...
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so that there should be no ill feeling.
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What it shows is that a kind of belief
is innate in all of us.
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At some point
most of us lose that...
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after which it can only be regained
by a conscious act of faith.
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You've experienced that?
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Uh, no, I haven't.
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I-I hope to someday.
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Actually, it wasn't my cab. I was just there
waiting for the light to change when it pulled up.
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- I never take cabs.
- You never take cabs?
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No, I either walk
or take public transportation.
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- Why?
- A lot of reasons.
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So you're one of those
public transportation snobs.
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- You look down on people who take taxis.
- No, not at all.
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That's how New York's seen,
at least in the popular imagination.
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I don't think that there is
a popular imagination.
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- What do you mean?
- Just that.
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I don't think that there is
a popular imagination.
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- Pomfret. Where did you go?
- Farmington.
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Both of us did.
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Did you know Serena Slocum there?
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- [Chuckles] The inevitable question.
- What?
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All the guys ask that. Serena had
an incredible number of boyfriends. At least 20.
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She could manage it because
they were all at different schools...
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and she wrote letters
incredibly quickly.
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Three in a single study hall.
She became really famous.
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It's incredible how naive some guys are.
How do you know Serena?
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Actually, that might give someone
the wrong impression.
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She wrote a lot of guys, but I'm sure
she liked some a lot more than others.
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Oh, you think so? I never noticed that.
How do you know Serena?
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I was one of her boyfriends.
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Oh.
You must be Pomfret.
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- Your letters were really good.
- Yes.
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-
What do you mean?
- They were interesting.
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Serena let you read my letters?
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No. She read them aloud.
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I can't believe it.
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She only read us the ones
that she thought were really good.
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Or really bad.
But yours were really good.
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There was no suggestion of ridicule, if that's
what's worrying you. At least not that I can recall.
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I remember a long letter you wrote Serena
about agrarian socialism.
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I think it was one of the first things
to set Alice Dreyer off about Marxism.
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Since then she's joined
the Red Underground Army.
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If she blows herself up,
it'll be your fault.
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It's actually surprising
to see you at something like this.
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In your letters, you expressed
a vehement opposition to deb parties...
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and to conventional society
in general.
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- I take it you've changed your mind.
- No.
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- I'm just as much opposed to them as ever.
- Then what made you decide to come tonight?
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He got an invitation.
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He's right. I got an invitation and didn't
particularly have anything else to do.
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I think that's the case
with almost everybody.
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No. Nick goes
whether he's invited or not.
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Unlike Tom, I'm in favor of these kind of parties,
and I wanna show that support however I can.
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It's a bit ridiculous for someone to say
they're morally opposed to deb parties...
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and then attend them anyways.
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It's... - It's untenable.
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- Everyone does.
- But that's no contradiction.
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I wasn't trying to.
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I think it's justifiable to go once,
to know firsthand what it is you oppose.
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I'd read Veblen, but it was amazing to see
that these things still go on.
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- You're a Marxist?
- No, I'm a committed socialist, not a Marxist.
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I favor the socialist model developed by
the 19th-century French social critic Fourier.
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You're a Fourierist?
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Yes.
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Fourierism was tried
in the 19th century and failed.
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I mean, wasn't Brook Farm Fourierist?
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- It failed.
- That's debatable.
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- Whether Brook Farm failed?
- That it ceased to exist, I'll grant you.
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But whether it was really a failure
I don't think can be definitively said.
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Well... - Well, for me,
ceasing to exist is failure.
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I mean, that's... -
that's pretty definitive.
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Well, everyone ceases to exist.
That doesn't mean everyone's a failure.
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- You really feel that way?
- I really do.
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- Really?
- Really!
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Tom Townsend.
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[Whispers]
Tom Townsend.
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It's a fine name.
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What about Tommy?
Tommy Townsend?
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It's sounds more U.C.
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Really? What's that?
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Well, we come here all the time,
thus the S.F.R. P... . -
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- Sally Fowler Rat Pack.
- Oh.
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Mine and Charlie's are too.
121
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But that's the ex... -
exception though.
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I mean, divorce is actually comparatively rare
among standard New York social types...
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contrary to what people might think.
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Well, usually there's
something wrong though.
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Dead fathers are a common problem.
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Jane's father's dead.
Very suddenly, last year.
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- Must have been awful for her.
- Yes.
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It was tough on him too.
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That's different though.
That doesn't mean a broken home.
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Well, it still means having your mother
go out on dates.
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My point was that the common image
of divorce and decadent behavior...
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being prevalent among
New York social types...
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is not really accurate.
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That's more Southampton.
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â« [Stereo: Cha-cha-cha]
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[Guests Chattering]
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-
â« [Continues]
- Okay, Cynthia, let's cha-cha-cha.
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It's completely ridiculous.
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Oh, now, the cha-cha
is no more ridiculous than life itself.
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- I don't know how to do it.
- You must have learned it in dancing school.
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-
[Nick] Cynthia was a dancing school dropout.
-
[Cynthia] I've got it.
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-
â« [Continues]
-
[Nick] ⪠Cha-cha-cha âª
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Ah, the cha-cha.
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I don't think it's possible to forget the cha-cha.
I think you're blocking it out.
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⪠Cha-cha, cha-cha-cha
Cha-cha, cha-cha-cha âª
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⪠Cha-cha, cha-cha-cha âª
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⪠Cha-cha, cha-cha-cha
Cha-cha, cha-cha-cha âª
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Tom! Audrey!
⪠Cha-cha-cha âª
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- Tom! Audrey! ⪠Cha-cha-cha âª
-
â« [Continues]
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-
[Cynthia Laughs]
-
[Nick] I love this.
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⪠Cha-cha-cha âª
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Oh!
⪠Cha-cha-cha âª
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Bob! ⪠Cha-cha-cha â«
Bob!
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- Hi.
- Hi.
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- What are you doing here in the dark?
- I was just getting a glass of water.
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Oh.
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- It's gone awfully late.
- Yes.
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What time do after-parties end?
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There's no set time.
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They usually end
whenever people go...
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or whenever the parents get up.
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Although the last time I was here,
over Thanksgiving...
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Sally's parents asked us
to stay for breakfast.
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That's amazing.
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- No one stayed except Nick.
- Really?
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He likes everyone's parents.
167
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I don't think I've ever met
anyone's parents, except Serena's.
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I once had quite a long talk
with her father.
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What's the situation
between you and Serena now?
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There is none.
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- When did you stop seeing each other?
- Yale game weekend.
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[Nick]
Dawn in the big city.
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There are eight million stories
out there.
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[Chattering, Laughing]
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- Give our apologies to them.
- Oh, it's not necessary.
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No, I think it is.
Good night.
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- Good night.
- Good night, darling.
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- Good night.
- Thank you.
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- Oh, you're welcome.
- Thanks a lot.
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- You're welcome. We'll see you tonight?
- No.
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- You should come. Hope's a friend of ours.
-
You won't be coming to any more dances?
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- No.
- Oh, well, that's a shame.
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- It was nice meeting you.
- Thank you. It was nice to meet you.
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- Ciao, Sally. Ciao!
- Ciao!
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- Good luck with your Fourierism.
- Thank you.
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Unless we get a Checker,
we're gonna have to take two cabs.
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- Don't worry about me. I'm gonna walk.
- Really? But it's terribly cold.
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- I prefer to walk.
- You'll freeze dressed like that.
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This is actually very warm.
It has a lining.
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- Good-bye. Ciao, Tom.
- Bye-bye, Tom.
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- Good night.
- Bye.
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Where are we headed?
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He's gonna freeze dressed like that
in weather like this.
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Driver, follow that pedestrian.
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[Nick Chuckling]
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- Hey, fella!
- We have a Checker. Can we give you a lift?
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- No, thanks.
- You sure?
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Yep. Thanks anyway.
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[Nick]
He's getting a crosstown bus.
200
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That explains it.
201
00:12:23,406 --> 00:12:25,374
A Westsider is amongst us.
202
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There is a real escort shortage.
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It's no joke.
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- What was your impression of him?
- He seemed nice. I didn't talk to him much.
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Mom, I don't want to seem rude.
I know I got up very late.
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But I'm having what,
for me, is breakfast...
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and I really don't want to think about
returning my tuxedo right now.
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- It's just that I think it's getting too late... -
- Mom, get off my back!
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It's nearly 6:00.
They're going to close.
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jesus!
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If I have to pay for another day... -
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[Mother]
Was it already closed?
213
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How much extra will it cost?
214
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Twenty-five dollars.
215
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- I'm sorry about what I said earlier.
- Not at all.
216
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A girl called.
Her number's by the kitchen phone.
217
00:14:28,798 --> 00:14:31,028
She said it was a bit urgent.
218
00:14:31,133 --> 00:14:34,034
I know it's very late,
but we had trouble getting your number.
219
00:14:34,136 --> 00:14:37,799
Basically, we'd all be going together,
although officially you'd be Audrey's escort.
220
00:14:37,907 --> 00:14:39,841
- Who?
- Audrey Rouget.
221
00:14:39,942 --> 00:14:42,274
The party should be
of some sociological interest.
222
00:14:42,378 --> 00:14:45,245
Peter Duchin,
the Plaza ballroom, et cetera.
223
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- You think you'll be able to come?
- Um... -
224
00:14:48,284 --> 00:14:51,412
Well, actually, there's a bit
of an escort shortage.
225
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[Guests Chattering, Laughing]
226
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[Guests Chattering, Laughing]
227
00:15:21,083 --> 00:15:23,074
[Woman]
Hi, Rick.
228
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What a mystery. Rick Von Sloneker
and Serena Slocum, still together.
229
00:15:28,357 --> 00:15:30,848
- Seems like months.
- It
has been months.
230
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Well, one thing's for certain... -
she's lost her virginity by now.
231
00:15:33,462 --> 00:15:37,558
- How can you say that?
- You're right. Maybe she wasn't a virgin.
232
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- Riffraff.
- He's hardly that.
233
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Oh, you mean because of his title.
We're supposed to be impressed by that.
234
00:15:50,780 --> 00:15:54,511
On the contrary, I think the titled
aristocracy are the scum of the Earth.
235
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[Chattering Continues]
236
00:15:57,453 --> 00:15:59,944
By Tolstoy,
War and Peace...
237
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and by Jane Austen,
Persuasion and
Mansfield Park.
238
00:16:03,259 --> 00:16:05,887
Mansfield Park?
You've got to be kidding.
239
00:16:05,995 --> 00:16:08,691
- No.
- But it's a notoriously bad book.
240
00:16:08,798 --> 00:16:11,198
Even Lionel Trilling,
one of her greatest admirers, thought that.
241
00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:13,894
Well, if Lionel Trilling thought that,
he's an idiot.
242
00:16:14,003 --> 00:16:17,200
[Scoffs] The whole story
revolves around, what...
243
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the immorality of a group of young people
putting on a play.
244
00:16:19,809 --> 00:16:22,744
In the context of the novel
it makes perfect sense.
245
00:16:22,845 --> 00:16:25,746
But the context of the novel,
and nearly everything Jane Austen wrote...
246
00:16:25,848 --> 00:16:27,748
is near ridiculous
from today's perspective.
247
00:16:27,850 --> 00:16:30,842
Has it ever occurred to you that today,
looked at from Jane Austen's perspective...
248
00:16:30,953 --> 00:16:32,921
would look even worse?
249
00:16:39,962 --> 00:16:41,862
You must be freezing
dressed in that.
250
00:16:41,964 --> 00:16:45,263
- It has a lining.
- What kind of lining is it?
251
00:16:45,368 --> 00:16:47,268
You gonna wear a raincoat all winter?
252
00:16:47,370 --> 00:16:50,134
Princeton's south of here.
I guess it's a lot warmer.
253
00:16:50,239 --> 00:16:53,140
No, I just didn't know
where to get a good overcoat.
254
00:16:53,242 --> 00:16:55,642
Uh, Brooks, J. Press, Tripler... -
255
00:16:55,745 --> 00:16:58,145
Actually, I haven't had time to buy one.
256
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â« [Orchestra: "The Blue Danube Waltz"]
257
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â« [Continues]
258
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[Tom] I'm not sure I wanna go back to Princeton
next year. It's too much of a country club for me.
259
00:17:23,606 --> 00:17:25,506
You really shouldn't
treat Serena that way.
260
00:17:25,608 --> 00:17:28,168
- What?
- Giving her the silent treatment.
261
00:17:28,277 --> 00:17:31,178
- I'm not giving her the silent treatment.
- [Chuckles] Come on.
262
00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,181
I'm not giving her the silent treatment.
I just don't have anything to say to her.
263
00:17:34,283 --> 00:17:37,184
Listen, I know you're angry with her.
You're probably right to be.
264
00:17:37,286 --> 00:17:40,687
But it's still not right to treat her that way.
I think Serena really feels hurt by it.
265
00:17:40,790 --> 00:17:42,690
Oh, give me a break!
266
00:17:42,792 --> 00:17:45,022
Serena Slocum, a real feeling?
267
00:17:45,127 --> 00:17:48,028
- Serena's basically a good person.
- [Scoffs]
268
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- She has feelings like anybody else.
- I find that very hard to believe.
269
00:17:51,767 --> 00:17:54,201
All this is... - is pretty deceptive.
270
00:17:54,303 --> 00:17:57,204
- All what?
- Well, I... -
271
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I think that... - that... -
that we are all, in a sense, doomed.
272
00:18:01,143 --> 00:18:03,008
What are you talking about?
273
00:18:03,112 --> 00:18:05,012
Downward social mobility.
274
00:18:05,114 --> 00:18:08,015
We hear a lot about
the great social mobility in America...
275
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with the focus usually on
the comparative ease of moving upwards.
276
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What's less discussed is
how easy it is to... - to go down.
277
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I think that's the... -
the direction that we're all heading in.
278
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And I think that the downward fall
is gonna be very fast.
279
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Not just for us as individuals,
but the whole preppy class.
280
00:18:26,469 --> 00:18:28,869
Where do you get all this?
281
00:18:28,971 --> 00:18:33,067
Well, just look around. Take those
of our fathers who grew up very well off.
282
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Maybe their careers
started out well enough...
283
00:18:35,878 --> 00:18:39,006
but just as their contemporaries
really began to accomplish things...
284
00:18:39,115 --> 00:18:41,083
they started to quit...
285
00:18:41,183 --> 00:18:43,083
on rising above office politics...
286
00:18:43,185 --> 00:18:46,086
or... - or refusing to compete
and risk open failure.
287
00:18:46,188 --> 00:18:48,748
Or not... - not doing
the humdrum part of the job.
288
00:18:48,858 --> 00:18:50,758
Or
only doing the humdrum part.
289
00:18:50,860 --> 00:18:54,990
Or gradually spending more and more time
on something more interesting... -
290
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um, conservation, or the arts...
291
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where even if they were total failures
no one would know it.
292
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Okay.
293
00:19:01,704 --> 00:19:04,605
I guess we all know
who you're talking about.
294
00:19:04,707 --> 00:19:06,675
I can't deny your point, but...
295
00:19:06,775 --> 00:19:10,404
unlike you, I've always
assumed I'd be a failure anyway.
296
00:19:10,513 --> 00:19:13,539
That's why I plan to marry
an extremely rich woman.
297
00:19:14,583 --> 00:19:16,483
Pretty depressing.
298
00:19:16,585 --> 00:19:19,145
A bit overstated, don't you think?
299
00:19:19,255 --> 00:19:22,156
- I'm not so sure.
- "Doomed."
300
00:19:22,258 --> 00:19:24,158
Even if he were right...
301
00:19:24,260 --> 00:19:27,423
it wouldn't be any great tragedy if some
of these people lost their class prerogatives.
302
00:19:27,530 --> 00:19:29,930
"These people" are everyone I know.
303
00:19:30,032 --> 00:19:34,992
And besides, it's not a question of losing
class prerogatives, whatever that means...
304
00:19:35,104 --> 00:19:38,005
but the prospect of wasting
your whole productive life...
305
00:19:38,107 --> 00:19:40,007
of personal failure.
306
00:19:40,109 --> 00:19:42,009
That's so melodramatic.
307
00:19:42,111 --> 00:19:45,012
Life is melodramatic,
if you look at the whole sweep of it.
308
00:19:45,114 --> 00:19:47,514
I don't know.
309
00:19:47,616 --> 00:19:50,517
I think my father
considers himself a failure...
310
00:19:50,619 --> 00:19:52,587
although I don't think he's one.
311
00:19:53,889 --> 00:19:56,187
I guess few people's lives...
312
00:19:56,292 --> 00:19:58,260
match their own expectations.
313
00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,101
I always drink two glasses of water
before going to bed anyway.
314
00:20:07,203 --> 00:20:09,171
It's great for your complexion.
315
00:20:09,338 --> 00:20:14,173
I thought I should mention I'm putting you
on the floor committee for the Christmas ball.
316
00:20:14,276 --> 00:20:17,871
Essentially, all it means is, you'll be able to go
on your own rather than as someone's escort...
317
00:20:17,980 --> 00:20:20,881
and that you'll get
a white carnation for your lapel.
318
00:20:20,983 --> 00:20:23,884
Thanks a lot, but actually I'm not
planning to go to any more dances.
319
00:20:23,986 --> 00:20:25,886
You weren't?
320
00:20:25,988 --> 00:20:28,388
Well, I strongly advise you
to change your mind.
321
00:20:28,490 --> 00:20:30,788
Is it that your resources
are limited?
322
00:20:30,893 --> 00:20:34,158
This is about the only economical
social life you're gonna find in New York.
323
00:20:34,263 --> 00:20:38,165
Music, drinks, entertainment,
hot, nutritious meals...
324
00:20:38,267 --> 00:20:40,462
all at no expense to you.
325
00:20:40,569 --> 00:20:43,470
Basically, all you need
is one suit of evening clothes...
326
00:20:43,572 --> 00:20:45,472
and a tailcoat.
327
00:20:45,574 --> 00:20:49,476
Dances are either white tie or black tie,
so you only need two ties.
328
00:20:50,512 --> 00:20:52,912
- You rented that from where?
- A.T. Harris.
329
00:20:53,015 --> 00:20:55,245
Oh, good!
You know about Harris.
330
00:20:55,351 --> 00:20:57,717
They also sell them secondhand,
very inexpensively.
331
00:20:57,820 --> 00:20:59,720
-
It's a good arrangement.
- Thanks a lot.
332
00:20:59,822 --> 00:21:02,382
My resources are limited,
but actually that's not it.
333
00:21:02,491 --> 00:21:05,983
I know. You're opposed
to these parties on principle.
334
00:21:06,095 --> 00:21:08,495
- Yes.
- Exactly what principle is that?
335
00:21:08,597 --> 00:21:10,497
Well... -
336
00:21:10,599 --> 00:21:13,500
The principle that one shouldn't be out
at night eating hors d'oeuvres...
337
00:21:13,602 --> 00:21:16,503
when one could be home
worrying about the less fortunate.
338
00:21:16,605 --> 00:21:18,505
Pretty much, yes.
339
00:21:18,607 --> 00:21:22,600
Has it ever occurred to you
that you
are the less fortunate?
340
00:21:23,646 --> 00:21:26,706
I mean, there's something
a tiny bit arrogant...
341
00:21:26,815 --> 00:21:31,548
about people going around feeling sorry
for other people they consider less fortunate.
342
00:21:31,654 --> 00:21:34,350
Are the
more fortunate
really so terrific?
343
00:21:34,456 --> 00:21:37,016
Do you want some much-richer guy
going around saying...
344
00:21:37,126 --> 00:21:41,620
"Poor Tom Townsend doesn't even have
a winter jacket... - I can't go to any more parties"?
345
00:21:41,730 --> 00:21:43,630
That's a bit cynical.
346
00:21:43,732 --> 00:21:46,633
This is not just a matter
of what you personally prefer.
347
00:21:46,735 --> 00:21:49,932
I'll tell you this in confidence.
You've made a big impression on these girls... -
348
00:21:50,039 --> 00:21:51,939
-
Oh, come on!
- No, I'm serious.
349
00:21:52,041 --> 00:21:56,444
They like you and are now
counting on you as an escort.
350
00:21:56,545 --> 00:21:58,911
Well, I like them, too,
but that doesn't... -
351
00:21:59,014 --> 00:22:02,916
I'm not sure if you realize this, but these girls
are at a very vulnerable point in their lives.
352
00:22:03,018 --> 00:22:08,012
All of this is much more emotional
and difficult for them than it is for us.
353
00:22:08,123 --> 00:22:10,023
They're on display.
354
00:22:10,125 --> 00:22:13,390
They have to call the guys up
and invite them as escorts.
355
00:22:13,495 --> 00:22:16,396
And preppy girls mature socially
much later than others do.
356
00:22:16,498 --> 00:22:19,399
For many of them, this is the first
serious social life they've had...
357
00:22:19,501 --> 00:22:23,631
and if you just disappear now,
they're gonna take that as personal rejection.
358
00:22:23,739 --> 00:22:26,902
- Give me a break.
- I'm not entirely joking.
359
00:22:27,009 --> 00:22:29,068
You should go.
360
00:22:29,178 --> 00:22:32,670
If Thorstein Veblen were here,
he'd tell you the same thing.
361
00:22:35,584 --> 00:22:38,485
I'll meet you at 4:30 at Brooks,
main floor, southwest corner...
362
00:22:38,587 --> 00:22:41,112
where the pajamas intersect
with the expensive shirts...
363
00:22:41,223 --> 00:22:43,191
right across from
the undershorts counter.
364
00:22:45,327 --> 00:22:47,693
As a romance,
it never really existed.
365
00:22:47,796 --> 00:22:50,287
- Really?
- I made a classic mistake.
366
00:22:50,399 --> 00:22:52,867
I fell in love with Serena
long before I met her.
367
00:22:52,968 --> 00:22:56,301
I'd seen her at a Chapin dance,
but I didn't really meet her until a year later.
368
00:22:56,405 --> 00:23:01,308
Even before we started going out,
I'd built up this huge romantic vision about her.
369
00:23:01,410 --> 00:23:03,310
It should be just the reverse.
370
00:23:03,412 --> 00:23:05,812
You should get to know someone
gradually, over time...
371
00:23:05,914 --> 00:23:08,314
before the possibility of falling in love
even occurs to you.
372
00:23:08,417 --> 00:23:10,317
Possibly not even then.
373
00:23:10,419 --> 00:23:12,580
So the experience
has somewhat hardened you?
374
00:23:12,688 --> 00:23:17,387
Yes. At least, it's a very bad idea to fall
for someone who doesn't for you.
375
00:23:19,194 --> 00:23:23,096
Yes, but you can't know that you'll feel
exactly the same way all the time.
376
00:23:23,198 --> 00:23:26,099
I mean, I suppose
there will be risk in any romance.
377
00:23:26,201 --> 00:23:28,101
I suppose so.
378
00:23:28,203 --> 00:23:30,671
Well, this is my building.
379
00:23:31,707 --> 00:23:34,073
- Thanks very much for coming.
- Thank you.
380
00:23:36,044 --> 00:23:38,740
You'll come again tomorrow?
It'll be as a group.
381
00:23:38,847 --> 00:23:40,815
Yes.
382
00:24:14,082 --> 00:24:16,482
Thanks, Mom.
I know how tight things have been.
383
00:24:16,585 --> 00:24:19,247
- Things haven't been
that tight.
- I'll pay you back next month.
384
00:24:19,354 --> 00:24:21,254
Or in February.
385
00:24:21,356 --> 00:24:24,257
- Has Dad called?
- He's never called here. You know that.
386
00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,953
- I thought maybe his office had.
- No.
387
00:24:27,062 --> 00:24:29,030
Thanks a lot.
388
00:24:33,836 --> 00:24:36,498
- They're normally this long in the back?
- Yes, sir.
389
00:24:36,605 --> 00:24:38,903
- Uh-huh.
- Like to try on the tuxedo?
390
00:24:39,007 --> 00:24:40,975
Okay.
391
00:24:42,211 --> 00:24:44,111
Here you go.
392
00:24:46,982 --> 00:24:48,882
I think I'd prefer one
more like the one I rented.
393
00:24:48,984 --> 00:24:51,748
- That
is the one you rented.
- Oh.
394
00:24:51,854 --> 00:24:54,846
I didn't realize it looked like this.
I guess it'll be all right.
395
00:24:54,957 --> 00:24:56,925
Thank you.
396
00:25:00,429 --> 00:25:03,398
You haven't seen this?
Detachable collar.
397
00:25:03,499 --> 00:25:06,957
Not many people wear them anymore.
They look much better.
398
00:25:07,069 --> 00:25:10,971
So many things which were better in the past
have been abandoned for supposed convenience.
399
00:25:11,073 --> 00:25:15,669
- I had no idea anyone wore those anymore.
- It's a small thing, but symbolically important.
400
00:25:15,777 --> 00:25:18,678
Our parents' generation was never
interested in keeping up standards.
401
00:25:18,780 --> 00:25:23,683
They wanted to be happy, but the last way
to be happy is to make it your objective in life.
402
00:25:23,785 --> 00:25:26,015
I wonder if our generation's
any better than our parents'.
403
00:25:26,121 --> 00:25:31,024
Oh, it's far worse. Our generation's probably
the worst since the Protestant Reformation.
404
00:25:31,126 --> 00:25:36,029
It's barbaric, but a barbarism even worse
than the old-fashioned, straightforward kind.
405
00:25:36,131 --> 00:25:40,830
Now barbarism is cloaked with all sorts
of self-righteousness and moral superiority.
406
00:25:40,936 --> 00:25:44,736
- Will you look at this?
- You're obviously talking about
a lot more than just detachable collars.
407
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,205
Yeah, I am.
408
00:25:59,788 --> 00:26:01,847
[Nick] Because he's obviously
not an interesting guy.
409
00:26:01,957 --> 00:26:04,357
Why is he so successful
with girls then?
410
00:26:04,459 --> 00:26:08,156
Rick Von Sloneker is tall,
rich, good-looking...
411
00:26:08,263 --> 00:26:10,493
stupid, dishonest, conceited...
412
00:26:10,599 --> 00:26:13,500
a bully, liar, drunk and thief...
413
00:26:13,602 --> 00:26:15,832
an egomaniac
and probably psychotic.
414
00:26:15,938 --> 00:26:18,236
In short,
highly attractive to women.
415
00:26:18,340 --> 00:26:21,468
You're completely unfair.
You don't know anything about Rick.
416
00:26:21,577 --> 00:26:24,137
-
In fact, he's quite shy.
- God!
417
00:26:24,246 --> 00:26:26,146
He's a considerate and sensitive man.
418
00:26:26,248 --> 00:26:29,217
The rest is just
a superficial game he plays, a fa? ade...
419
00:26:29,318 --> 00:26:31,218
which you've obviously
been taken in by.
420
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,687
It's incredible, the eagerness of girls like you
to justify the worst bastards imaginable...
421
00:26:34,790 --> 00:26:36,917
as being sensitive and shy.
422
00:26:37,025 --> 00:26:39,926
But if any guy who really was shy
dared talk to you...
423
00:26:40,028 --> 00:26:42,929
you wouldn't give him the time of day... -
your eyes would glaze over.
424
00:26:43,031 --> 00:26:45,932
You're really hung up on Rick, aren't you?
He must really threaten you somehow.
425
00:26:46,034 --> 00:26:47,934
You're right.
I do feel threatened...
426
00:26:48,036 --> 00:26:51,699
that I may get a venereal disease
from one of the St. Tim's girls he's been with.
427
00:26:53,308 --> 00:26:56,368
Did you learn that
from your lovemaking with Rick?
428
00:26:56,478 --> 00:26:58,446
I hear it can get really rough.
429
00:26:58,547 --> 00:27:01,516
- Hey!
- Don't do that again.
430
00:27:02,818 --> 00:27:04,911
For me, it isn't erotic.
431
00:27:07,189 --> 00:27:10,556
- What are you looking at?
- My father's apartment.
432
00:27:11,693 --> 00:27:13,593
- Where?
-
The fourth floor.
433
00:27:13,695 --> 00:27:16,630
-
Corner apartment.
-
That's Kate Preston's building.
434
00:27:16,732 --> 00:27:19,496
Have your parents been divorced long?
435
00:27:19,601 --> 00:27:21,501
The actual divorce
was three years ago...
436
00:27:21,603 --> 00:27:24,504
but they were separated
for a year before that.
437
00:27:24,606 --> 00:27:27,905
- Do you see your father much?
- We have lunch when I'm in town.
438
00:27:28,010 --> 00:27:31,138
- That's very little.
- No, actually we have a very good relationship.
439
00:27:31,246 --> 00:27:34,147
Probably much better than most people
who see their father all the time.
440
00:27:34,249 --> 00:27:37,412
It's just that my stepmother is a writer
and having us around makes her nervous.
441
00:27:39,254 --> 00:27:42,121
I read that Lionel Trilling essay
you mentioned.
442
00:27:42,224 --> 00:27:44,385
- You really like Trilling?
- Yes.
443
00:27:45,427 --> 00:27:47,588
I think he's very strange.
444
00:27:47,696 --> 00:27:51,325
He says that nobody could like
the heroine of
Mansfield Park.
445
00:27:51,433 --> 00:27:53,333
I like her.
446
00:27:53,435 --> 00:27:57,428
Then he goes on and on about how we modern
people of today with our modern attitudes...
447
00:27:57,539 --> 00:28:01,805
bitterly resent
Mansfield Park
because its heroine is virtuous?
448
00:28:01,910 --> 00:28:04,811
What's wrong with a novel
having a virtuous heroine?
449
00:28:04,913 --> 00:28:06,813
His point is that the novel's premise... -
450
00:28:06,915 --> 00:28:10,316
that there's something immoral in a group of
young people putting on a play... - is simply absurd.
451
00:28:10,419 --> 00:28:12,444
You found Fanny Price unlikable?
452
00:28:12,554 --> 00:28:14,988
She sounds pretty unbearable.
But I haven't read the book.
453
00:28:15,090 --> 00:28:18,321
- What?
- You don't have to have read a book
to have an opinion on it.
454
00:28:18,427 --> 00:28:20,327
I haven't read the Bible either.
455
00:28:20,429 --> 00:28:23,296
What Jane Austen novels have you read?
456
00:28:23,398 --> 00:28:25,298
None. I don't read novels.
457
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,300
I prefer good literary criticism.
458
00:28:27,402 --> 00:28:30,303
That way, you get both the novelist's ideas
as well as the critic's thinking.
459
00:28:30,405 --> 00:28:33,306
With fiction, I can never forget
that none of it ever really happened...
460
00:28:33,408 --> 00:28:35,376
that it's all just made up
by the author.
461
00:28:38,780 --> 00:28:42,272
One thing I like about him is
he doesn't say all the expected things.
462
00:28:42,384 --> 00:28:45,285
He doesn't just agree with everything
everyone else is saying.
463
00:28:45,387 --> 00:28:48,948
That's true. He
disagrees
with everything everyone else says.
464
00:28:49,057 --> 00:28:50,957
I'm not sure I prefer that.
465
00:28:51,059 --> 00:28:54,256
He's quite good-looking though.
I think serious guys tend to be better-looking.
466
00:28:54,362 --> 00:28:56,489
Ow!
467
00:29:08,677 --> 00:29:13,239
The term "bourgeois" has almost always
been... - been one of contempt.
468
00:29:13,348 --> 00:29:18,251
Yet it is precisely the... - the bourgeoisie
which is responsible for... -
469
00:29:18,353 --> 00:29:22,813
well, for nearly everything good that has happened
in our civilization over the past four centuries.
470
00:29:22,924 --> 00:29:26,553
You know the French film,
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie?
471
00:29:26,661 --> 00:29:29,061
When I first heard that title I thought...
472
00:29:29,164 --> 00:29:32,156
"Finally, someone's gonna tell the truth
about the bourgeoisie."
473
00:29:32,267 --> 00:29:34,599
What a disappointment.
474
00:29:34,703 --> 00:29:38,195
It would be hard to imagine
a less fair or accurate portrait.
475
00:29:38,306 --> 00:29:40,206
Well, of course.
Buñuel's a surrealist.
476
00:29:40,308 --> 00:29:43,402
- Despising the bourgeoisie is part of their credo.
-
[Nick] Where do they get off?
477
00:29:43,512 --> 00:29:47,414
But the truth is,
the bourgeoisie does have a lot of charm.
478
00:29:47,516 --> 00:29:49,416
Of course it does.
479
00:29:49,518 --> 00:29:52,112
The surrealists
were just a lot of social climbers.
480
00:29:52,220 --> 00:29:53,915
[Fred]
Is there any more wine?
481
00:29:54,956 --> 00:29:56,856
-
â« [Orchestra: Ballroom]
- I like the French.
482
00:29:56,958 --> 00:29:59,688
- Really?
- At least those I met in Grenoble.
483
00:29:59,795 --> 00:30:03,322
Actually, the only girl I ever knew who studied
in France stayed over there and got married.
484
00:30:03,431 --> 00:30:05,331
So I guess she liked the French too.
485
00:30:05,433 --> 00:30:08,061
I'm not sure I like them that much.
486
00:30:12,140 --> 00:30:16,099
â« [Ends]
487
00:30:19,881 --> 00:30:22,782
-
â« [Orchestra Resumes]
- S.P.S., we used to call him.
488
00:30:22,884 --> 00:30:25,785
- Never mind.
- [Laughing]
489
00:30:25,887 --> 00:30:27,855
-
â« [Continues]
- Look.
490
00:30:31,159 --> 00:30:34,617
â« [Humming Along With Rhythm]
491
00:30:36,965 --> 00:30:39,593
[Laughing, Chattering]
492
00:30:59,754 --> 00:31:03,281
- I think I'll visit the powder room.
- What really goes on in there?
493
00:31:03,391 --> 00:31:05,359
Oh, it's fabulous.
494
00:31:09,764 --> 00:31:12,665
â« [Continues, Faint]
495
00:31:12,767 --> 00:31:15,668
You seem to be in an awfully
good mood tonight, Townsend.
496
00:31:15,770 --> 00:31:18,671
- Of course, you're in your element here.
- Are you kidding?
497
00:31:18,773 --> 00:31:21,799
You're part of it all... -
the whole Manhattan thing.
498
00:31:21,910 --> 00:31:23,810
It's different for those of us
from the country.
499
00:31:23,912 --> 00:31:26,813
- You're from Greenwich.
- North Greenwich.
500
00:31:26,915 --> 00:31:29,475
- This is your world, not mine.
- Oh, come on.
501
00:31:29,584 --> 00:31:33,645
You're part of that whole Sally Fowler crowd.
Doesn't get much more inside than that.
502
00:31:33,755 --> 00:31:36,724
Not that I particularly care.
I don't believe in those things.
503
00:31:38,126 --> 00:31:42,028
-
Oh, hi, Serena.
- Hi. Hi, Tom.
504
00:31:42,130 --> 00:31:44,360
- How's your brother?
- Fine.
505
00:31:45,467 --> 00:31:48,766
Tom, I think we should talk.
506
00:31:50,472 --> 00:31:54,169
I haven't been giving you the silent treatment.
I just haven't been talking to you.
507
00:31:54,276 --> 00:31:56,244
Well, I felt it.
508
00:31:57,646 --> 00:32:00,046
I love the St. Regis.
509
00:32:00,148 --> 00:32:03,049
There's all sorts of
hidden nooks and crannies.
510
00:32:03,151 --> 00:32:05,051
It's really charming.
511
00:32:05,153 --> 00:32:07,621
Yes. They'll probably
knock it down soon.
512
00:32:15,630 --> 00:32:18,531
It hardly explains why you just left me there
waiting for you to call...
513
00:32:18,633 --> 00:32:22,535
without even a phone call
to explain why you didn't show up.
514
00:32:22,637 --> 00:32:26,664
I'm sorry it was such a bad time for you, but I don't
see how that should make me feel any better.
515
00:32:26,775 --> 00:32:30,905
You don't? Well, it always
makes me feel better.
516
00:32:31,012 --> 00:32:34,743
Well, it makes me feel somewhat better,
but it still doesn't change anything.
517
00:32:34,849 --> 00:32:37,249
It shows that it wasn't intentional.
518
00:32:37,352 --> 00:32:39,547
To me,
that's an important distinction.
519
00:32:45,126 --> 00:32:48,095
-
â« [Continues, Faint]
-
[Chattering, Laughing]
520
00:32:51,633 --> 00:32:53,931
Things are definitely over with Rick.
521
00:32:55,303 --> 00:32:58,204
With some relationships,
the breaking up is easier to understand...
522
00:32:58,306 --> 00:33:01,275
than how you got involved
in the first place.
523
00:33:04,212 --> 00:33:06,612
Do you think I'd have
any trouble getting a cab?
524
00:33:06,715 --> 00:33:09,445
- You're going already?
- Yes. I'm exhausted.
525
00:33:09,551 --> 00:33:13,317
My mother's doctor's been giving me these
vitamin shots. They've worn off or something.
526
00:33:13,421 --> 00:33:16,390
â« [Continues]
527
00:33:21,363 --> 00:33:24,264
Oh, Fred, something's come up
and I've got to go out for a while.
528
00:33:24,366 --> 00:33:27,460
Would you tell Audrey I should be back soon,
but if there's any problem I'll meet her at Sally's?
529
00:33:27,569 --> 00:33:30,470
Should I not get back,
could you see that she gets there okay?
530
00:33:32,007 --> 00:33:33,907
[Sighs]
531
00:33:34,009 --> 00:33:36,876
-
[Toilet Flushes]
- [Laughing]
532
00:33:37,912 --> 00:33:40,142
Thought I was gonna puke.
533
00:33:40,248 --> 00:33:42,273
[Vomiting]
534
00:33:42,384 --> 00:33:44,352
[Spits]
535
00:33:44,452 --> 00:33:46,852
I had hardly anything to drink.
536
00:33:46,955 --> 00:33:50,914
It must have been something I ate... -
those Vienna sausages.
537
00:34:05,940 --> 00:34:08,841
Actually, I was surprised to see you
at the dances this week.
538
00:34:08,943 --> 00:34:11,776
You used to be so opposed
to that sort of thing.
539
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,780
I still am, basically.
540
00:34:13,882 --> 00:34:16,442
I went to the first one almost accidentally
and that night just happened to fall in...
541
00:34:16,551 --> 00:34:18,451
with an extraordinarily nice
group of people.
542
00:34:18,553 --> 00:34:20,453
Otherwise I wouldn't have
gone to any more.
543
00:34:20,555 --> 00:34:24,184
I'd hardly call Nick Smith nice.
He's a terrible snob.
544
00:34:24,292 --> 00:34:26,954
He's basically a nice guy, I think.
545
00:34:27,062 --> 00:34:29,223
His behavior toward Rick
has been vicious.
546
00:34:29,330 --> 00:34:31,821
What did he do?
547
00:34:31,933 --> 00:34:35,733
Tried to make a big stink about some girl.
Rick didn't want to talk about it.
548
00:34:35,837 --> 00:34:37,805
Apparently it was awful.
549
00:34:39,407 --> 00:34:41,568
Rick thinks Nick
could be really crazy.
550
00:34:41,676 --> 00:34:44,372
[Audrey] I'm just worried
that something's happened to him.
551
00:34:44,479 --> 00:34:47,380
I don't see how... - how anything
could happen to him in a hotel.
552
00:34:47,482 --> 00:34:49,882
Maybe it was the same thing
that happened to Fred.
553
00:34:49,984 --> 00:34:52,384
Tom hasn't had much experience
in places like these.
554
00:34:52,487 --> 00:34:56,389
Maybe he went through one of
those fire doors that lock from the inside
and shut himself in the stairwell.
555
00:34:56,491 --> 00:34:59,892
The fire stairs here aren't like that.
I've had to use them when people have
forgotten to invite me to their parties.
556
00:34:59,994 --> 00:35:02,224
I've never had any trouble.
557
00:35:02,330 --> 00:35:04,730
I just don't understand
where he could be.
558
00:35:09,170 --> 00:35:10,831
Well, that... - that's interesting...
559
00:35:10,939 --> 00:35:13,840
because actually there's very little
social snobbery in the United States.
560
00:35:13,942 --> 00:35:15,842
I mean, it's considered unacceptable.
561
00:35:15,944 --> 00:35:18,242
There's almost
a national taboo against it.
562
00:35:18,346 --> 00:35:21,247
- It's looked down upon.
- That's good, isn't it?
563
00:35:21,349 --> 00:35:24,250
No, I'm not talking about
what's good or bad.
564
00:35:24,352 --> 00:35:26,752
I'm just making
a-a-an observation of fact.
565
00:35:26,855 --> 00:35:28,755
Well, I think it
is good.
566
00:35:28,857 --> 00:35:31,985
I can't stand snobbery
or snobbish attitudes of any kind.
567
00:35:33,027 --> 00:35:35,154
[Sally]
Could you see who's there?
568
00:35:41,402 --> 00:35:44,303
- Sorry to be so late.
-
[Audrey] Where were you?
569
00:35:44,405 --> 00:35:46,771
- Didn't Fred tell you?
- [Charlie] Tell us what?
570
00:35:46,875 --> 00:35:49,776
The only thing we heard from Fred was... -
[Imitates Vomiting]
571
00:35:49,878 --> 00:35:52,779
- [Sally] Fred left ages ago.
- God, Audrey, I'm sorry.
572
00:35:52,881 --> 00:35:55,782
- Why?
- I asked Fred to tell you if I didn't get back... -
573
00:35:55,884 --> 00:35:57,852
Don't worry.
It's nothing.
574
00:35:59,587 --> 00:36:02,488
- Well, where were you?
- I had to take Serena home.
575
00:36:02,590 --> 00:36:05,559
She was feeling badly
and she was going to go home alone.
576
00:36:12,267 --> 00:36:15,725
She's broken up with Rick.
It just took longer than I expected.
577
00:36:15,837 --> 00:36:18,738
I asked Fred to tell you that if I didn't
make it back, I'd meet you here.
578
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,241
- [Charlie] We didn't get that message.
- We thought you'd gotten trapped
somewhere in the hotel.
579
00:36:22,343 --> 00:36:24,903
-
[Nick] Audrey was very concerned.
- I'm very sorry.
580
00:36:25,013 --> 00:36:26,981
You sound very sorry.
581
00:36:29,751 --> 00:36:32,618
l find it very hard to believe
that Serena broke up with Rick.
582
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:34,688
It was probably the other way around.
583
00:36:39,460 --> 00:36:43,123
I'm worried about Audrey.
She seems to have taken this so hard.
584
00:36:43,231 --> 00:36:45,131
I'm a bit surprised.
585
00:36:45,233 --> 00:36:48,066
I had no idea
Fred was gonna get sick.
586
00:36:48,169 --> 00:36:50,330
You know, where... -
where do you get off?
587
00:36:50,438 --> 00:36:52,338
I mean, you're surprised?
588
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:56,843
You were Audrey's escort, yet you blithely
left her stranded in the middle of the dance.
589
00:36:56,945 --> 00:36:59,345
And then you try to
shirk the whole thing off on Fred.
590
00:36:59,447 --> 00:37:02,348
I was not trying to shirk
the whole thing off on Fred.
591
00:37:02,450 --> 00:37:05,351
And I wasn't even Audrey's escort.
We were all there as a group.
592
00:37:05,453 --> 00:37:08,115
- In any case, I'm very sorry there was a mix-up.
- There was no mix-up.
593
00:37:08,223 --> 00:37:09,622
Well, it wasn't intentional.
594
00:37:09,724 --> 00:37:13,558
When you're an egoist,
none of the harm you do is intentional.
595
00:37:15,964 --> 00:37:17,864
You're going already?
596
00:37:17,966 --> 00:37:20,366
- Yes. I'm really tired.
- Just a second. I'll get my coat.
597
00:37:20,468 --> 00:37:22,368
No, that's okay.
Charlie said he'd take me.
598
00:37:22,470 --> 00:37:24,370
- I'd like to.
- No, really.
599
00:37:24,472 --> 00:37:26,372
Don't bother.
600
00:37:26,474 --> 00:37:28,874
Listen, I'm really sorry
about what happened tonight.
601
00:37:28,977 --> 00:37:31,878
- I thought I'd be back much more quickly.
- It's not important.
602
00:37:31,980 --> 00:37:33,880
- Thank you very much.
- Oh, good night.
603
00:37:33,982 --> 00:37:36,473
- You ready?
- Good night.
604
00:37:37,518 --> 00:37:39,486
- Good night, Audrey.
- Feel better.
605
00:37:41,022 --> 00:37:43,923
I never thought of myself
as a bastard, an egoist.
606
00:37:44,025 --> 00:37:45,925
Listen, don't flatter yourself.
607
00:37:46,027 --> 00:37:48,928
Charlie's standard of polite behavior
is
so exaggerated.
608
00:37:49,030 --> 00:37:51,931
At school he used to
individually answer all his junk mail.
609
00:37:52,033 --> 00:37:55,594
I suppose he thought someone's feelings
would be hurt if he didn't.
610
00:37:55,703 --> 00:38:00,003
I like him a lot, but don't try to
understand his thought processes.
611
00:38:00,108 --> 00:38:02,008
The summer I met him... -
We were 10... -
612
00:38:02,110 --> 00:38:06,171
he was trying to establish communications
with the seagulls of Easthampton.
613
00:38:06,281 --> 00:38:09,182
It was utterly hopeless.
The Easthampton seagulls are complete morons.
614
00:38:09,284 --> 00:38:12,185
We still spent several afternoons
approaching shore birds, saying...
615
00:38:12,287 --> 00:38:14,187
"We come in friendship."
616
00:38:14,289 --> 00:38:18,191
They could not have cared less... - much like
his efforts with girls in recent years.
617
00:38:18,293 --> 00:38:20,921
Great. I'm hated
by the preppy St. Francis.
618
00:38:21,029 --> 00:38:22,929
I wouldn't worry about it.
619
00:38:23,031 --> 00:38:25,431
That's the building
where my father lives.
620
00:38:25,533 --> 00:38:28,161
- Do you know Kate Preston? She lives there.
- No.
621
00:38:30,038 --> 00:38:31,938
Will you look at this?
622
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:35,441
It's incredible,
the things some people throw away.
623
00:38:35,543 --> 00:38:38,910
Steiff stuffed animals.
An Aurora model motoring set.
624
00:38:39,013 --> 00:38:41,311
A Derringer.
Do you remember the Derringer craze?
625
00:38:42,817 --> 00:38:44,717
These are the toys of our generation.
626
00:38:44,819 --> 00:38:47,720
The childhood of our whole generation
is represented here...
627
00:38:47,822 --> 00:38:50,450
and they're just throwing it out.
628
00:38:50,558 --> 00:38:53,459
Maybe we should rescue
the electric car set.
629
00:38:53,561 --> 00:38:55,688
Could really add
to these after-parties.
630
00:38:58,900 --> 00:39:03,132
- Uh, I turn here.
- Oh. See you tonight.
631
00:39:03,237 --> 00:39:06,229
Listen, don't take this thing
with Charlie too seriously.
632
00:39:06,341 --> 00:39:08,309
No. See you tonight.
633
00:39:18,886 --> 00:39:23,414
My feeling is that what happened last night
had no real significance.
634
00:39:23,524 --> 00:39:25,958
It was just bad luck
that Fred got sick.
635
00:39:26,060 --> 00:39:28,028
I can't believe
you're talking like this.
636
00:39:28,129 --> 00:39:30,529
He totally humiliated you last night.
637
00:39:30,631 --> 00:39:34,727
Whether I've been humiliated or not
is something I can judge for myself.
638
00:39:34,836 --> 00:39:37,430
Besides, I don't think Tom's that way.
639
00:39:37,538 --> 00:39:40,701
Well, I'm not sure
you
can judge for yourself.
640
00:39:40,808 --> 00:39:42,708
Be careful, Audrey.
641
00:39:42,810 --> 00:39:44,710
- There's something dubious about Tom.
- What?
642
00:39:44,812 --> 00:39:48,043
This whole thing about his being a radical
when he's obviously not...
643
00:39:48,149 --> 00:39:51,050
and being over Serena
when he's obviously not.
644
00:39:51,152 --> 00:39:53,518
Everyone has some contradictions.
645
00:39:53,621 --> 00:39:55,521
Anybody with
as many conflicts as Tom...
646
00:39:55,623 --> 00:39:58,114
even if he seems nice,
is better not to get involved with.
647
00:39:58,226 --> 00:40:00,626
By those standards,
none of us should get involved with anyone.
648
00:40:00,728 --> 00:40:02,787
Well, you're probably right,
but in this case certainly.
649
00:40:02,897 --> 00:40:07,027
Tom is the only guy I've ever liked
in my whole life.
650
00:40:07,135 --> 00:40:10,866
I'm not gonna forget about him
because of some apparent inconsistencies.
651
00:40:10,972 --> 00:40:14,373
- You hardly even know him.
- I know him very well.
652
00:40:14,475 --> 00:40:16,807
You couldn't.
You only just met him.
653
00:40:16,911 --> 00:40:19,379
Well, I do.
654
00:40:24,819 --> 00:40:26,912
I didn't know
you sent out Christmas cards.
655
00:40:27,021 --> 00:40:28,921
Well, I haven't in years.
656
00:40:29,023 --> 00:40:32,584
When we moved, do you know what happened
to my toys and things?
657
00:40:34,061 --> 00:40:36,029
They were put in storage.
658
00:40:36,130 --> 00:40:39,361
Do you think some of them
could have been sent to Dad's?
659
00:40:39,467 --> 00:40:42,027
It's possible.
Why? Do you want them?
660
00:40:42,136 --> 00:40:46,038
- You're a bit old for that sort of thing.
- No, I just had a feeling they went to Dad's.
661
00:40:46,140 --> 00:40:49,769
-
Well, why don't you call him then?
- I have. There's been no answer.
662
00:40:58,986 --> 00:41:01,887
There's something about winter in the city
at night, with everyone dressed up...
663
00:41:01,989 --> 00:41:03,889
that reminds me of
War and Peace.
664
00:41:03,991 --> 00:41:05,891
- Really?
- Do you know what I mean?
665
00:41:05,993 --> 00:41:09,292
Yeah, I think so,
though I haven't read it.
666
00:41:11,732 --> 00:41:14,030
[Quiet Chattering]
667
00:41:16,070 --> 00:41:18,971
Well, I don't think "preppy"
is a very useful term.
668
00:41:19,073 --> 00:41:22,270
I mean, it might be descriptive for
someone who is still in school or college...
669
00:41:22,376 --> 00:41:27,279
but it's ridiculous to refer to a man in his 70s,
like Averell Harriman, as a preppy.
670
00:41:27,381 --> 00:41:32,080
And none of the other terms people use... -
WASP, P.L.U., et cetera... - are of much use either.
671
00:41:32,186 --> 00:41:35,314
And that's why
I prefer the term "U.H.B."
672
00:41:35,423 --> 00:41:37,618
- What?
- U.H.B.
673
00:41:37,725 --> 00:41:40,785
It's an acronym for
urban haute bourgeoisie.
674
00:41:40,895 --> 00:41:42,988
Is our language so impoverished...
675
00:41:43,097 --> 00:41:46,464
that we have to use acronyms or French phrases
to make ourselves understood?
676
00:41:46,567 --> 00:41:49,468
- Yes.
- U.H.B.
677
00:41:49,570 --> 00:41:52,801
The term is brilliant
and long overdue.
678
00:41:52,907 --> 00:41:55,808
But it's a bit of a mouthful, isn't it... -
U.H. B?
679
00:41:55,910 --> 00:42:00,438
Wouldn't it be better
just to pronounce it simply "UHB"?
680
00:42:00,548 --> 00:42:03,449
Well, I didn't expect it
to gain immediate acceptance.
681
00:42:03,551 --> 00:42:07,612
No, no, I think it's a useful term. The fact that
it sounds ridiculous could be part of its appeal.
682
00:42:07,722 --> 00:42:10,122
[Cynthia]
You see the world from such lofty heights...
683
00:42:10,224 --> 00:42:13,193
that everything below
is a bit comical to you, isn't it?
684
00:42:15,463 --> 00:42:17,897
- Yes.
- You're so obnoxious.
685
00:42:19,901 --> 00:42:21,801
I don't see how you can stand him.
686
00:42:21,903 --> 00:42:25,066
You're always complaining about people
being frauds and phonies.
687
00:42:25,172 --> 00:42:27,572
Well, this guy is
the phony of the decade...
688
00:42:27,675 --> 00:42:30,576
yet you act like
he was your long-lost best friend.
689
00:42:30,678 --> 00:42:34,580
Tom Townsend is hardly a phony... -
just mildly deluded. He's a perfectly nice guy.
690
00:42:34,682 --> 00:42:38,140
That's just another aspect of his phoniness.
He's a complete phony.
691
00:42:38,252 --> 00:42:41,153
And when he's not being a phony,
h-he's a bastard.
692
00:42:41,255 --> 00:42:43,155
Oh, come on.
693
00:42:43,257 --> 00:42:46,158
- You saw how he treated Audrey last night.
- Audrey seems to have forgotten it.
694
00:42:46,260 --> 00:42:50,663
She has to act that way.
Otherwise, it would be even more humiliating.
695
00:42:50,765 --> 00:42:54,166
But I don't have to pretend
that Tom Townsend's a nice guy.
696
00:42:54,268 --> 00:42:57,237
You're really gaga about Audrey,
aren't you?
697
00:42:57,338 --> 00:43:00,899
Well, if by "gaga"
you mean, "Do I like her?"...
698
00:43:01,008 --> 00:43:02,908
yeah.
699
00:43:03,010 --> 00:43:05,410
Well, why don't you
do something about it then...
700
00:43:05,513 --> 00:43:08,414
instead of just going on and on
about what a bastard Tom Townsend is.
701
00:43:08,516 --> 00:43:12,077
What am I supposed to do? Declare myself?
That would be an absolute disaster.
702
00:43:12,186 --> 00:43:15,087
And don't think
I haven't thought about these things.
703
00:43:15,256 --> 00:43:17,087
Yes, Rick and Serena broke up.
704
00:43:17,191 --> 00:43:20,422
But this afternoon they both went down
to Washington for Holly Gilchrist's party.
705
00:43:20,528 --> 00:43:23,429
It was Holly who was responsible
for getting them together in the first place.
706
00:43:23,531 --> 00:43:25,999
- Oh, so she was responsible.
-
[Tom] They went together?
707
00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:28,933
[Cynthia] They went separately.
How they'll come back... -
708
00:43:29,036 --> 00:43:31,596
I don't think that Rick is the sort of guy
who lets himself be dropped.
709
00:43:31,706 --> 00:43:34,504
- Ha!
- What is that supposed to mean?
710
00:43:34,609 --> 00:43:36,440
Ha!
711
00:43:36,544 --> 00:43:38,444
Rick really threatens you somehow.
712
00:43:38,546 --> 00:43:40,446
How does he threaten me?
713
00:43:40,548 --> 00:43:43,415
Maybe by being
more of a man than you are.
714
00:43:43,517 --> 00:43:46,111
- You stupid slut.
-
[Sally] Oh, come on!
715
00:43:46,220 --> 00:43:48,279
What has Rick done
that's so terrible?
716
00:43:48,389 --> 00:43:50,289
He
is terrible.
717
00:43:50,391 --> 00:43:53,121
I shouldn't have to go into
all the sordid details.
718
00:43:53,227 --> 00:43:55,354
Could you go into
a few sordid details?
719
00:43:55,463 --> 00:43:58,364
I don't think there are any reasons,
except for maybe jealousy.
720
00:43:58,466 --> 00:44:01,196
Rick makes him feel
terribly inadequate somehow.
721
00:44:01,302 --> 00:44:05,261
Okay, I'll tell you
about Rick Von Sloneker.
722
00:44:09,410 --> 00:44:12,607
Does the name Polly Perkins
mean anything to you?
723
00:44:12,713 --> 00:44:14,476
Sounds familiar.
724
00:44:15,583 --> 00:44:17,483
She grew up in Virginia.
725
00:44:17,585 --> 00:44:19,485
A horse fanatic since childhood.
726
00:44:19,587 --> 00:44:22,886
Went to one of those horsey girls schools... -
Garrison Forest, I think.
727
00:44:22,990 --> 00:44:26,118
Sometime in her senior year
she started feeling depressed.
728
00:44:26,227 --> 00:44:29,219
Now, partly it was finally
becoming disillusioned with horses.
729
00:44:29,330 --> 00:44:33,232
But there were some
real psychological problems too.
730
00:44:33,334 --> 00:44:37,236
That summer she got a job in Edgartown
and seemed completely recovered...
731
00:44:37,338 --> 00:44:40,239
except for a couple of idiosyncrasies... -
she'd only dress in blue...
732
00:44:40,341 --> 00:44:43,242
and she wouldn't eat hamburgers
unless they were completely well done.
733
00:44:43,344 --> 00:44:46,245
Any hint of redness
and she'd send them back.
734
00:44:46,347 --> 00:44:50,181
Out of loyalty to her boyfriend
in Virginia...
735
00:44:50,284 --> 00:44:53,253
she'd only go on group dates,
never individual ones.
736
00:44:54,822 --> 00:44:58,451
Von Sloneker met her when
he came to Edgartown for the regatta.
737
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,160
She showed
no interest in him at all initially...
738
00:45:02,263 --> 00:45:05,630
which makes sense because
he's a completely uninteresting guy.
739
00:45:05,733 --> 00:45:08,258
But for someone like Von Sloneker,
that's just inciting.
740
00:45:08,369 --> 00:45:11,270
So he swung into action
with a full rigamarole...
741
00:45:11,372 --> 00:45:13,897
about how desperately
in love he was with her...
742
00:45:14,008 --> 00:45:17,034
how she was the first girl
that ever made him feel that way...
743
00:45:17,144 --> 00:45:18,975
how it was their obligation
to themselves...
744
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:21,548
to do everything they could
to live life to the fullest.
745
00:45:21,649 --> 00:45:26,245
Polly had, meanwhile, quit her summer job
and joined his boat for the rest of the cruise.
746
00:45:26,353 --> 00:45:28,253
He now completely ignored her.
747
00:45:28,355 --> 00:45:30,823
She, in turn,
became obsessed with him.
748
00:45:32,426 --> 00:45:35,691
Polly was a bit of a masochist
and prone to drink too much.
749
00:45:37,264 --> 00:45:40,427
Von Sloneker exploited this
to get her drunk...
750
00:45:40,534 --> 00:45:42,434
and had her... -
751
00:45:42,536 --> 00:45:45,266
Do you know what
"pulling a train" means?
752
00:45:46,307 --> 00:45:48,400
I don't think so.
753
00:45:50,644 --> 00:45:53,545
When Von Sloneker had gotten her
blind drunk one night...
754
00:45:53,647 --> 00:45:55,547
he talked her into pulling a train... -
755
00:45:55,649 --> 00:45:57,844
him, Victor Lemley,
the other crew member.
756
00:45:59,620 --> 00:46:03,784
When she arrived at Wheaton for her first
semester, she was acting very strangely...
757
00:46:03,891 --> 00:46:06,155
always wearing the same clothes...
758
00:46:06,260 --> 00:46:10,162
never washing, except just putting on
more and more makeup and perfume.
759
00:46:10,264 --> 00:46:12,164
She'd remain silent for hours...
760
00:46:12,266 --> 00:46:14,564
and then talk obsessively
about Paul McCartney.
761
00:46:16,537 --> 00:46:19,438
After two weeks,
she was sent to McLean's for treatment...
762
00:46:19,540 --> 00:46:22,441
but was able to go home
to Virginia for Thanksgiving.
763
00:46:22,543 --> 00:46:25,444
The day after Thanksgiving,
she went into their stables...
764
00:46:25,546 --> 00:46:27,673
and killed herself.
765
00:46:27,782 --> 00:46:31,047
I've heard about that girl,
and it wasn't Rick's fault.
766
00:46:31,152 --> 00:46:34,087
She was just some girl who had a crush on him,
but whom he hardly knew.
767
00:46:34,188 --> 00:46:39,023
She'd always had psychological problems
and was, in fact, a pathological liar.
768
00:46:39,126 --> 00:46:42,323
It was very sad what happened,
but Rick had absolutely nothing to do with it.
769
00:46:42,429 --> 00:46:44,397
[Nick]
I don't know.
770
00:46:45,566 --> 00:46:48,262
She was carrying his photo
when she killed herself.
771
00:46:48,369 --> 00:46:50,803
That doesn't mean anything.
772
00:46:51,839 --> 00:46:53,898
- What an appalling story.
- Yep.
773
00:46:54,008 --> 00:46:55,908
Not many people could know about it.
774
00:46:56,010 --> 00:46:58,410
Von Sloneker could hardly
show his face around here.
775
00:46:58,512 --> 00:47:01,413
- You really showed up Cynthia. Whew.
- Yeah.
776
00:47:01,515 --> 00:47:03,642
That's what made it
worthwhile for me.
777
00:47:03,751 --> 00:47:05,651
What do you mean?
778
00:47:05,753 --> 00:47:07,914
- There is no Polly Perkins.
- What?
779
00:47:08,022 --> 00:47:11,150
- There's no girl. I made it up.
- You're kidding!
780
00:47:11,258 --> 00:47:14,750
I couldn't let Cynthia get away
with that nonsense about Von Sloneker.
781
00:47:14,862 --> 00:47:19,765
And basically it's all true. I mean, Von Sloneker's
doing those kinds of things all the time.
782
00:47:19,867 --> 00:47:22,961
Though Polly Perkins is,
essentially, a composite...
783
00:47:23,070 --> 00:47:25,971
based on real people,
like
New York magazine does.
784
00:47:26,073 --> 00:47:30,305
- But Cynthia said she knew all about her.
- [Chuckles] Yeah. That was priceless.
785
00:47:30,411 --> 00:47:33,972
I think it just shows that Von Sloneker's
doing those sorts of things.
786
00:47:34,081 --> 00:47:36,982
But you really do have some factual basis
for saying all those things about him?
787
00:47:37,084 --> 00:47:39,382
Of course, there's a factual basis.
788
00:47:46,393 --> 00:47:49,453
[Bells Jingling]
789
00:47:53,300 --> 00:47:55,791
⪠In keeping their sheep âª
790
00:47:55,903 --> 00:47:59,134
⪠On a cold winter's night âª
791
00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:01,367
⪠That was so deep â«
792
00:48:01,475 --> 00:48:03,375
[Audrey]
Excuse me.
793
00:48:03,477 --> 00:48:07,379
By any chance, would you have any book
on the French social philosopher Fourier?
794
00:48:09,116 --> 00:48:12,017
I can tell he's still
obsessed with Serena.
795
00:48:12,119 --> 00:48:15,646
You're actually much better off not being
involved with a guy who's clearly so mixed-up.
796
00:48:15,756 --> 00:48:19,214
There's not gonna be good news
for anyone for a long time.
797
00:48:21,662 --> 00:48:27,066
[Woman Singing]
⪠Dry your eyes âª
798
00:48:27,167 --> 00:48:29,397
⪠There's no need to âª
799
00:48:29,503 --> 00:48:34,372
⪠Cry âª
800
00:48:34,475 --> 00:48:37,672
⪠I am so sorry, but âª
801
00:48:38,779 --> 00:48:41,247
⪠Bye-bye âª
802
00:48:41,348 --> 00:48:43,373
⪠So long âª
803
00:48:44,618 --> 00:48:49,749
⪠Mother's gotta go now âª
804
00:48:49,857 --> 00:48:54,089
⪠L a-la-la, la-la-la âª
805
00:48:55,129 --> 00:48:59,088
⪠I âª
806
00:48:59,199 --> 00:49:02,259
⪠I am so sorry to âª
807
00:49:03,304 --> 00:49:07,206
⪠See you cry âª
808
00:49:07,308 --> 00:49:10,072
⪠Wipe those tears from your... -
â«
809
00:49:10,177 --> 00:49:12,475
- Hi, Audrey.
-
Hi!
810
00:49:12,579 --> 00:49:15,548
- Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.
811
00:49:15,649 --> 00:49:18,049
Oh, I was talking with Tom Townsend
the other night.
812
00:49:18,152 --> 00:49:20,177
- He spoke very highly of you.
- Really?
813
00:49:20,287 --> 00:49:26,192
Yes, he... - he said
you were very... well-read.
814
00:49:26,293 --> 00:49:28,193
â« [Organ]
815
00:49:28,295 --> 00:49:34,097
⪠O come, all ye faithful âª
816
00:49:34,201 --> 00:49:39,002
âªJoyful and triumphant âª
817
00:49:39,106 --> 00:49:41,836
⪠O come ye âª
818
00:49:41,942 --> 00:49:44,467
⪠O come ye âª
819
00:49:44,578 --> 00:49:50,813
⪠To Bethlehem âª
820
00:49:50,918 --> 00:49:56,356
⪠Come and behold him âª
821
00:49:56,457 --> 00:50:01,417
⪠Born the king of angels â«
822
00:50:01,528 --> 00:50:04,986
â« [TV: "Jingle Bells"]
823
00:50:19,580 --> 00:50:23,243
⪠Let us adore him âª
824
00:50:23,350 --> 00:50:28,811
⪠O come, let us adore him âª
825
00:50:28,922 --> 00:50:35,521
⪠O come, let us adore him âª
826
00:50:35,629 --> 00:50:41,295
⪠Christ the Lord â«
827
00:50:52,112 --> 00:50:56,606
Um, Jane? Are you familiar
with Dr. Pomeroy's work?
828
00:50:56,717 --> 00:50:58,548
Who?
829
00:50:58,652 --> 00:51:02,418
Girls And Sex by Wardell B. Pomeroy.
830
00:51:03,457 --> 00:51:07,689
"The long-needed modern guide
to the understanding of girls growing up."
831
00:51:07,795 --> 00:51:12,027
Quote: "'The most frank and objective
book currently available.'
Library Journal. "
832
00:51:12,132 --> 00:51:14,327
Oh, that.
833
00:51:14,435 --> 00:51:19,099
"The years of puberty and early womanhood
are difficult, even frightening, for many girls.
834
00:51:19,206 --> 00:51:22,334
"This is the time they most need
objective, factual information...
835
00:51:22,443 --> 00:51:26,243
and sympathetic advice about
their physical and emotional changes."
836
00:51:26,346 --> 00:51:29,247
You know, we don't have enough for two tables.
There's only seven of us.
837
00:51:29,349 --> 00:51:32,147
- That's impossible.
- Tom's not here yet.
838
00:51:32,252 --> 00:51:34,083
Is he coming?
839
00:51:34,188 --> 00:51:37,885
Sure. He
is coming, isn't he?
840
00:51:39,026 --> 00:51:42,223
- You didn't call him?
- I thought there were eight of us.
He would have been the ninth.
841
00:51:42,329 --> 00:51:45,389
- You told me that he... -
- Well, just call him up.
I'm sure he isn't doing anything else.
842
00:51:45,499 --> 00:51:48,798
Well, surely there's... - there's someone else
in New York who can play bridge...
843
00:51:48,902 --> 00:51:50,927
other than Tom Townsend.
844
00:51:51,038 --> 00:51:53,006
I mean, you know, seven can play.
845
00:51:53,107 --> 00:51:55,234
What have you got against Tom?
846
00:51:55,342 --> 00:51:57,970
just one thing... -
He's not... - not a good person.
847
00:51:58,078 --> 00:52:00,740
- Oh, what nonsense.
- Oh, all right. Go ahead.
848
00:52:00,848 --> 00:52:02,782
Call him if you want.
I don't care.
849
00:52:02,883 --> 00:52:06,410
Actually, I don't think Tom approves of bridge,
but we should ask him anyway.
850
00:52:11,692 --> 00:52:13,660
Well, have a seat.
851
00:52:15,162 --> 00:52:17,687
Then just say you pass.
852
00:52:17,798 --> 00:52:19,698
I pass.
853
00:52:20,968 --> 00:52:24,460
I couldn't believe you were actually going to
play bridge. It's such a cliché of bourgeois life.
854
00:52:24,571 --> 00:52:28,007
That's exactly why I play.
I don't enjoy it one bit.
855
00:52:29,042 --> 00:52:31,476
I intended to go
and got as far as the door.
856
00:52:31,578 --> 00:52:34,376
- What happened?
- My mother got upset.
857
00:52:34,481 --> 00:52:36,779
She said that she couldn't face
being alone on Christmas Eve...
858
00:52:36,884 --> 00:52:40,115
and that it was really important
that the family be together then.
859
00:52:40,220 --> 00:52:42,688
My brother never comes home
at Christmas anymore.
860
00:52:42,789 --> 00:52:46,782
So, anyway, I just stayed and had a traditional
Christmas with Channel 11 's traditional yule log.
861
00:52:46,894 --> 00:52:49,624
Oh, yeah. I think I've seen that.
862
00:52:49,730 --> 00:52:53,632
Noon on Christmas Day, every other year,
we go to my father's place.
863
00:52:53,734 --> 00:52:57,830
I was a bit reluctant to go this year, actually,
because I hadn't been able to get in touch
with my father all week.
864
00:52:57,938 --> 00:53:00,634
But my mother insisted.
It was a real nightmare.
865
00:53:00,741 --> 00:53:03,209
First, the doorman at my father's building
wouldn't let me up.
866
00:53:03,310 --> 00:53:06,609
I guess he didn't remember me there
from Christmas two years ago.
867
00:53:06,713 --> 00:53:08,840
Then there was
some confusion and whispering...
868
00:53:08,949 --> 00:53:12,942
and, finally, they gave me a piece of paper
with a Santa Fe, New Mexico address on it.
869
00:53:13,053 --> 00:53:16,989
They told me he'd moved to Santa Fe.
I couldn't believe it.
870
00:53:17,090 --> 00:53:20,082
They took me up to the apartment,
and except for some paper and litter...
871
00:53:20,194 --> 00:53:24,062
and wire coat hangers lying around,
it was completely empty.
872
00:53:24,164 --> 00:53:26,928
He hadn't told me
anything about moving.
873
00:53:27,034 --> 00:53:29,832
It was quite a surprise.
874
00:53:29,937 --> 00:53:33,236
That's awful.
There must be some explanation.
875
00:53:33,340 --> 00:53:36,104
He must have written you or something,
and the letter got delayed.
876
00:53:36,210 --> 00:53:38,838
I don't know.
877
00:53:38,946 --> 00:53:41,039
And you had such a good relationship.
878
00:53:41,148 --> 00:53:45,517
In retrospect, I wonder how good it was.
I hadn't seen him since last spring.
879
00:53:45,619 --> 00:53:47,883
Maybe I was just kidding myself.
880
00:53:50,791 --> 00:53:53,157
Oh, I've been reading Jane Austen.
Persuasion.
881
00:53:53,260 --> 00:53:56,229
I like it. I was surprised.
882
00:54:13,413 --> 00:54:16,314
The titled aristocracy
are the scum of the Earth.
883
00:54:16,416 --> 00:54:19,214
What really makes me furious
is that you have a whole class of people... -
884
00:54:19,319 --> 00:54:22,152
mostly Europeans... -
all looking down at me.
885
00:54:22,256 --> 00:54:26,192
You always say "titled aristocrats."
What about untitled aristocrats?
886
00:54:26,293 --> 00:54:29,023
I couldn't very well despise them,
could I?
887
00:54:29,129 --> 00:54:31,996
That would be self-hatred,
which is unhealthy.
888
00:54:32,099 --> 00:54:34,033
You're so conceited.
889
00:54:34,134 --> 00:54:37,103
Well, saying that the titled aristocracy
are the scum of the Earth...
890
00:54:37,204 --> 00:54:40,071
is... - well, is obviously
an exaggeration.
891
00:54:40,173 --> 00:54:43,472
But... - But it's true that the forces
that oblige members of the U.H. B...
892
00:54:43,577 --> 00:54:47,138
to at least appear to act
productively and responsibly...
893
00:54:47,247 --> 00:54:49,215
carries little weight,
or none at all...
894
00:54:49,316 --> 00:54:53,082
with members of society whose social positions
are secure no matter what they do.
895
00:54:58,358 --> 00:55:02,158
So you had a trust fund?
The pieces are beginning to fall into place.
896
00:55:02,262 --> 00:55:04,730
I don't have one anymore.
897
00:55:04,831 --> 00:55:06,799
Well, that's less important.
898
00:55:06,900 --> 00:55:10,893
I mean, so-so... - sociologically,
I mean, what's important is...
899
00:55:11,004 --> 00:55:13,837
having grown up with the assumption
of material security.
900
00:55:13,940 --> 00:55:16,602
It... - It explains a lot.
901
00:55:16,710 --> 00:55:18,610
I call.
902
00:55:20,113 --> 00:55:22,013
I had no cards.
Why did you call?
903
00:55:22,115 --> 00:55:24,379
I felt like it.
904
00:55:24,484 --> 00:55:27,942
Playing strip poker with an exhibitionist
somehow takes the challenge away.
905
00:55:32,826 --> 00:55:37,195
His name is Frank Goodrich.
He handles some financial things for my father.
906
00:55:37,297 --> 00:55:40,664
Actually, it's a tremendous relief,
not having that hanging over my head anymore.
907
00:55:40,767 --> 00:55:42,667
Really?
908
00:55:42,769 --> 00:55:45,738
There was a big load of guilt that went with it,
even though it wasn't that much money...
909
00:55:45,839 --> 00:55:48,467
and I never really counted
on having it.
910
00:55:48,575 --> 00:55:52,341
You're a tragic case. You've just been robbed,
and it's a great relief to you.
911
00:55:52,446 --> 00:55:54,414
In part, regarding the money.
912
00:55:54,514 --> 00:55:57,642
Regarding my relationship with my father,
of course I'm concerned.
913
00:55:57,751 --> 00:55:59,742
He moves to another state
without telling me...
914
00:55:59,853 --> 00:56:01,821
he doesn't write or call me
for over a month...
915
00:56:01,922 --> 00:56:04,390
and basically has me disinherited.
916
00:56:04,491 --> 00:56:08,587
- Obviously, our relationship
is not what I thought it was.
- Geez.
917
00:56:08,695 --> 00:56:13,155
It's as if he were incredibly angry with me,
but I can't think of why.
918
00:56:13,266 --> 00:56:15,791
- I don't know what it could be.
- You don't?
919
00:56:15,902 --> 00:56:17,529
No.
920
00:56:19,606 --> 00:56:22,973
One word... - "stepmother."
921
00:56:25,512 --> 00:56:28,777
Well, I hope I can talk to them
and straighten things out.
922
00:56:28,882 --> 00:56:33,114
I'm sure nothing you did or said
has anything to do with it...
923
00:56:33,220 --> 00:56:36,656
and nothing you say or do
will change anything.
924
00:56:36,757 --> 00:56:39,419
- That's awfully pessimistic.
- It's the way things are.
925
00:56:40,961 --> 00:56:43,259
The most important thing
to realize about parents...
926
00:56:43,363 --> 00:56:46,230
is that there's absolutely nothing
you can do about them.
927
00:56:47,934 --> 00:56:50,232
[Chuckles]
You look terrific.
928
00:56:50,337 --> 00:56:52,237
You like it?
929
00:56:52,339 --> 00:56:54,864
- This is really decadent.
- This is nothing.
930
00:57:03,917 --> 00:57:05,885
[No Audible Dialogue]
931
00:57:10,123 --> 00:57:14,560
- Something's happened to Nick.
- It's my head.
932
00:57:14,661 --> 00:57:17,824
- It's my head. It's my head.
-
[Tom] What's happened?
933
00:57:17,931 --> 00:57:20,399
There was this guy at school
Nick liked to imitate saying this.
934
00:57:20,500 --> 00:57:23,333
He had taken mescaline, and he
went around doing this about his head.
935
00:57:23,437 --> 00:57:26,167
- It's my head. It's my head.
- "It's my head."
936
00:57:26,273 --> 00:57:30,403
- Nick took mescaline?
- No. I mean, it was the other guy, Voss.
937
00:57:30,510 --> 00:57:33,035
- We did take mescaline.
- You what?
938
00:57:33,146 --> 00:57:36,206
He shouldn't be reacting this way though.
I don't know what happened.
939
00:57:36,316 --> 00:57:38,216
It was really mild.
940
00:57:39,619 --> 00:57:41,587
Are you joking?
941
00:57:46,526 --> 00:57:48,426
It's called Truth.
942
00:57:48,528 --> 00:57:51,793
You stretch a Kleenex over the mouth
of a glass and place a dime on it.
943
00:57:51,898 --> 00:57:54,628
We each take turns
burning a hole in it with a cigarette.
944
00:57:54,734 --> 00:57:57,669
If the dime falls in on your turn,
you lose...
945
00:57:57,771 --> 00:58:00,399
and you have to answer,
with absolute honesty...
946
00:58:00,507 --> 00:58:03,965
whatever question you're asked,
no matter how embarrassing.
947
00:58:06,046 --> 00:58:08,742
Yeah. The more embarrassing,
the better.
948
00:58:13,720 --> 00:58:15,813
What are you reading?
949
00:58:15,922 --> 00:58:17,890
The Story of Babar.
950
00:58:19,793 --> 00:58:21,761
I forgot how beautiful it was.
951
00:58:23,763 --> 00:58:26,129
Sometimes you can find out
the most amazing things.
952
00:58:26,233 --> 00:58:28,133
It can really be incredible.
953
00:58:28,235 --> 00:58:32,001
- I don't think we should play this.
- Why not?
954
00:58:32,105 --> 00:58:35,768
There are good reasons why people
don't go around telling each other
their most intimate thoughts.
955
00:58:35,876 --> 00:58:37,776
What do you have to hide?
956
00:58:37,878 --> 00:58:40,847
No, I just know that games like this
can be really dangerous.
957
00:58:40,947 --> 00:58:43,472
- Dangerous?
- I don't see what's dangerous about it.
958
00:58:43,583 --> 00:58:48,350
You don't have to. Other people have.
That's how it became a convention.
959
00:58:48,455 --> 00:58:51,015
People saw the harm
that excessive candor can do.
960
00:58:51,124 --> 00:58:53,752
You admit that it's basically
just a social convention then.
961
00:58:53,860 --> 00:58:56,420
What you say might be true among people
who don't know each other well...
962
00:58:56,530 --> 00:58:58,430
but surely not with us.
963
00:58:58,532 --> 00:59:02,434
- Then it's even worse.
-
Okay. Let's discuss this.
964
00:59:02,536 --> 00:59:05,562
Basically, what this game requires
is complete candor...
965
00:59:05,672 --> 00:59:08,197
which means honesty, openness.
966
00:59:08,308 --> 00:59:10,435
I don't see how that can be bad.
967
00:59:10,544 --> 00:59:12,307
Well, it can.
968
00:59:12,412 --> 00:59:15,438
Well, then don't play,
but don't wreck it for everyone else.
969
00:59:15,549 --> 00:59:18,950
No, if we're going to play, we all should.
That's the whole point.
970
00:59:19,052 --> 00:59:23,079
I think if one of us isn't going to play,
then none of us should.
971
00:59:23,189 --> 00:59:27,819
- I mean, maybe Audrey's right.
- Come on. Let's not disagree.
972
00:59:27,928 --> 00:59:30,396
You're really both saying
the same thing... -
973
00:59:30,497 --> 00:59:32,556
Either we should all play
or none of us should.
974
00:59:32,666 --> 00:59:35,635
Well, it's really all up to Audrey then.
975
00:59:38,705 --> 00:59:42,573
- Well, this isn't fair. If Audrey doesn't... -
- No. Go ahead. I'll play.
976
01:00:01,127 --> 01:00:03,425
- [Dime Clinks]
- [All Laughing]
977
01:00:03,530 --> 01:00:07,330
- What now?
- You get to ask me the most
embarrassing question you can think of.
978
01:00:07,434 --> 01:00:10,403
- I'm supposed to ask you the most
embarrassing question I can think of?
- Uh-huh.
979
01:00:10,503 --> 01:00:13,028
What's the most embarrassing thing
that's ever happened to you?
980
01:00:13,139 --> 01:00:15,107
[Cynthia]
No, something specific.
981
01:00:16,543 --> 01:00:19,512
Like who was your most recent conquest?
Something like that.
982
01:00:19,613 --> 01:00:23,071
- Who was your most recent conquest?
- You mean, who did I sleep with last?
983
01:00:23,183 --> 01:00:25,651
- You don't have to answer that.
- No, it's okay. I'm not embarrassed.
984
01:00:25,752 --> 01:00:28,516
I have nothing to hide.
It was Nick.
985
01:00:30,023 --> 01:00:32,048
After all that
about what a slut she was.
986
01:00:32,158 --> 01:00:34,922
But a very attractive slut.
987
01:00:35,028 --> 01:00:38,486
So, you're just another hypocrite.
988
01:00:38,598 --> 01:00:41,692
That's not hypocrisy. It's sin.
989
01:00:41,801 --> 01:00:43,769
It was hardly that.
990
01:00:55,582 --> 01:00:57,482
- Oh!
- [Laughing]
991
01:00:57,584 --> 01:00:59,484
I have a question.
992
01:00:59,586 --> 01:01:01,918
With absolute honesty and frankness...
993
01:01:02,022 --> 01:01:04,490
list all the girls you're
interested in romantically...
994
01:01:04,591 --> 01:01:09,153
in descending order of interest, and why,
including significant detail.
995
01:01:10,463 --> 01:01:12,363
I thought that was pretty obvious.
996
01:01:12,465 --> 01:01:15,832
I've had a crush on Serena,
with some ups and downs, for over two years.
997
01:01:15,935 --> 01:01:19,336
Recently it seems to have developed
into something more serious.
998
01:01:19,439 --> 01:01:22,101
But who else do you like romantically?
999
01:01:23,410 --> 01:01:25,378
I don't think it works that way.
1000
01:01:25,478 --> 01:01:28,879
If you're really interested in one person,
you're not interested in anyone else.
1001
01:01:28,982 --> 01:01:31,246
I suppose it's possible,
but what's the point?
1002
01:01:31,351 --> 01:01:34,582
But if that doesn't work out,
there must be someone else.
1003
01:01:36,156 --> 01:01:39,853
If it doesn't work out this time,
I'll be off romance for a long time.
1004
01:01:39,959 --> 01:01:43,656
I suppose this is embarrassing,
but it's hardly a revelation.
1005
01:01:50,236 --> 01:01:53,467
I'm sorry I asked him that.
It was my fault.
1006
01:01:55,875 --> 01:01:59,504
I always think other people are foolish.
I'm the big fool.
1007
01:02:03,249 --> 01:02:07,652
It's better for her to know the truth. I don't see
how knowing the truth could do anyone any harm.
1008
01:02:07,754 --> 01:02:10,279
It's not just the truth.
It's how and when you learn it.
1009
01:02:10,390 --> 01:02:12,358
I don't accept that.
1010
01:02:13,793 --> 01:02:16,421
I mean, you... -
you were right about that game.
1011
01:02:16,529 --> 01:02:18,793
It's terrible.
1012
01:02:18,898 --> 01:02:23,096
You know, you may not realize it, Audrey,
but everyone li... - likes you a lot.
1013
01:02:23,203 --> 01:02:26,001
Thank you, but I find that
very hard to believe.
1014
01:02:26,106 --> 01:02:28,506
It's the truth.
1015
01:02:28,608 --> 01:02:32,977
And it's not just because
you're smart and good-looking and... -
1016
01:02:33,079 --> 01:02:36,742
and charming and have principles.
1017
01:02:36,850 --> 01:02:40,809
It's because they can see that... -
that you're a good person.
1018
01:02:40,920 --> 01:02:43,388
If you want to tease me,
this is not the best time.
1019
01:02:43,490 --> 01:02:46,926
I mean, maybe this isn't the best time,
but for some time now, I... -
1020
01:02:49,062 --> 01:02:51,189
Well, I like you very much.
1021
01:02:51,297 --> 01:02:53,925
I mean, I-I know that
you don't yet feel that way, but... -
1022
01:02:54,033 --> 01:02:56,001
No, please. Stop.
1023
01:03:03,877 --> 01:03:07,836
Doesn't Serena look awful here?
She's not exactly photogenic.
1024
01:03:07,947 --> 01:03:09,915
There's one of you and Tom.
1025
01:03:12,585 --> 01:03:14,576
There it is.
1026
01:03:22,495 --> 01:03:25,293
- Maybe Cynthia's right.
- That's impossible.
1027
01:03:25,398 --> 01:03:29,732
Her essential view is experience is good,
and she's set out to acquire it.
1028
01:03:29,836 --> 01:03:33,033
I've been just the opposite.
Everything's been in my imagination.
1029
01:03:33,139 --> 01:03:35,369
All the romance imaginary,
nothing real.
1030
01:03:35,475 --> 01:03:38,000
- She's a slut.
- That's what Nick says.
1031
01:03:38,111 --> 01:03:40,443
- He proved it.
- That's unfair.
1032
01:03:40,547 --> 01:03:42,447
I don't think so.
1033
01:03:44,784 --> 01:03:47,947
I'm catching the dawn train upstate
to East Aurora.
1034
01:03:48,054 --> 01:03:50,022
My father's place.
1035
01:03:50,123 --> 01:03:52,421
It's the first time
they've invited me in years.
1036
01:03:52,525 --> 01:03:56,655
I can't help wondering why my stepmother's
suddenly so willing to have me come.
1037
01:03:58,731 --> 01:04:03,134
If I should die while there, would you see
that there's a thorough investigation...
1038
01:04:03,236 --> 01:04:07,036
even if it looks like an accident
or natural causes?
1039
01:04:07,140 --> 01:04:09,938
- Would you promise me that?
- Yes.
1040
01:04:11,711 --> 01:04:16,171
Even if I do return alive, I don't think I'll be
attending any more dances after this one.
1041
01:04:16,282 --> 01:04:19,979
With everything that's going on, this is
probably the last deb season as we know it.
1042
01:04:20,086 --> 01:04:22,554
I don't want to just hang around,
watching the decline.
1043
01:04:22,655 --> 01:04:25,351
- Everyone's going tonight?
- No. Just me.
1044
01:04:26,459 --> 01:04:30,327
The International
is an inorganic debutante ball.
1045
01:04:30,430 --> 01:04:33,331
The others were natural outgrowths
of local UHB formations.
1046
01:04:33,433 --> 01:04:36,061
This was assembled
like a tourist attraction.
1047
01:04:37,937 --> 01:04:40,565
Each girl has two escorts... -
1048
01:04:40,673 --> 01:04:43,608
one, a cadet in uniform
from one of the service academies...
1049
01:04:43,710 --> 01:04:46,178
the other a civilian like myself.
1050
01:04:46,279 --> 01:04:48,611
And the whole thing's televised
on Channel 9.
1051
01:04:48,715 --> 01:04:51,912
- You're kidding.
- No.
1052
01:04:52,018 --> 01:04:54,748
I guess you could say
it's extremely vulgar.
1053
01:04:54,854 --> 01:04:57,482
I like it a lot.
1054
01:04:57,590 --> 01:05:01,253
And these Texas and Oklahoma debs
are really nice...
1055
01:05:01,361 --> 01:05:05,161
a real relief from
these hypercritical New York girls.
1056
01:05:05,265 --> 01:05:06,789
What's everyone else doing then?
1057
01:05:07,967 --> 01:05:10,663
I imagine they'll be glued
to the set.
1058
01:05:10,770 --> 01:05:14,171
[TV: Male Announcer]
From the state of Texas, Miss Sabina Johnston...
1059
01:05:14,274 --> 01:05:16,902
daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Johnston.
1060
01:05:17,010 --> 01:05:19,979
- She's cute.
- But what about the dress?
1061
01:05:20,079 --> 01:05:23,207
Nick said he thought this would be
the last real deb season.
1062
01:05:23,316 --> 01:05:26,774
- How come?
- Because of everything going on.
1063
01:05:26,886 --> 01:05:31,084
- Like what?
- Well, everything.
1064
01:05:32,859 --> 01:05:36,886
The stock market, the economy,
c-contemporary social attitudes.
1065
01:05:36,996 --> 01:05:39,726
Is Audrey coming tonight?
1066
01:05:39,832 --> 01:05:42,300
She said she felt tired
and thought she'd stay at home.
1067
01:05:42,402 --> 01:05:45,769
She can watch Channel 9
equally well from there.
1068
01:05:45,872 --> 01:05:48,397
-
[TV: Announcer]
From the state of Kentucky... -
-
[Intercom Buzzes]
1069
01:05:48,508 --> 01:05:50,476
- I'll get it.
-
[Jane] Thanks.
1070
01:05:54,314 --> 01:05:57,283
-
â« [TV: Band]
-
[Man] Miss McLean, Mr. Von Sloneker coming up.
1071
01:05:59,919 --> 01:06:03,355
Um, Cynthia's coming up
with-with Rick Von Sloneker.
1072
01:06:03,456 --> 01:06:06,186
- Oh, she mentioned they might come by.
- What would Nick say?
1073
01:06:06,292 --> 01:06:09,591
What Nick says or thinks
I couldn't care less.
1074
01:06:14,067 --> 01:06:16,160
- [Phone Rings]
- I'll get it.
1075
01:06:16,269 --> 01:06:20,603
See you. Hi! Hi!
1076
01:06:20,707 --> 01:06:24,302
This is Rick Von Sloneker
and Victor Lemley.
1077
01:06:24,410 --> 01:06:27,436
- Tom Townsend.
- I've heard a lot about you.
1078
01:06:27,547 --> 01:06:32,143
Of course you have.
So, who was talking about me?
1079
01:06:32,251 --> 01:06:35,846
- Nick Smith?
- Yes, actually.
1080
01:06:35,955 --> 01:06:38,150
That jerk. How could anyone
take him seriously?
1081
01:06:38,257 --> 01:06:42,193
- He's just a jerk.
- I think he feels incredibly threatened by you.
1082
01:06:42,295 --> 01:06:44,889
- What a clown.
- Is it true you're a baron?
1083
01:06:44,998 --> 01:06:47,364
As a matter of fact, it is.
1084
01:06:47,467 --> 01:06:50,129
I don't take that sort of thing
seriously though.
1085
01:06:50,236 --> 01:06:52,704
That was Audrey.
She is coming after all.
1086
01:06:52,805 --> 01:06:54,705
- Oh, Audrey Rouget?
- Uh-huh.
1087
01:06:54,807 --> 01:06:58,334
- She's getting pretty attractive.
- What are we watching?
1088
01:06:58,444 --> 01:07:01,038
Oh, the International.
1089
01:07:01,147 --> 01:07:05,174
In a little bit more than an hour,
the, uh, season will be over.
1090
01:07:05,284 --> 01:07:08,651
You really take that sort
of thing seriously? I can't.
1091
01:07:08,755 --> 01:07:11,588
[Tom] There are a lot of things
you don't take very seriously.
1092
01:07:11,691 --> 01:07:14,182
One could get the impression
you're not a very serious person.
1093
01:07:14,293 --> 01:07:19,162
Who is this guy, some Nick Smith impersonator?
I was already sick of the original.
1094
01:07:19,265 --> 01:07:21,825
Yeah, Tom, cut it out.
That's really gotten tiresome.
1095
01:07:21,934 --> 01:07:24,903
The things that Nick said
were completely untrue.
1096
01:07:27,073 --> 01:07:29,633
I'm sorry about last night.
I didn't mean what I said.
1097
01:07:29,742 --> 01:07:35,339
No. I mean, it was idiotic of me
to... approach you that way.
1098
01:07:35,448 --> 01:07:38,906
- I hadn't intended to.
- No, it wasn't idiotic.
1099
01:07:46,125 --> 01:07:48,320
Miss Sabina Johnston
of Tyler, Texas...
1100
01:07:48,428 --> 01:07:51,556
and Cadet Lieutenant George Frawley
of our armed services.
1101
01:07:51,664 --> 01:07:53,564
- Hello.
- Hi.
1102
01:07:57,136 --> 01:07:59,502
- I still have a feeling.
- It's his age.
1103
01:07:59,605 --> 01:08:02,699
I go away for a couple of hours,
and you have Von Sloneker up here?
1104
01:08:02,809 --> 01:08:05,835
- I can invite anyone I want.
- So you invited him.
1105
01:08:05,945 --> 01:08:09,711
I didn't, but even if I did,
it's none of your business.
1106
01:08:09,816 --> 01:08:12,717
How can you say that?
I mean, you know what kind of guy he is.
1107
01:08:12,819 --> 01:08:16,721
I don't. It's just what you say,
and you're completely untrustworthy.
1108
01:08:16,823 --> 01:08:19,792
- Not about something serious.
- Hey, Smith!
1109
01:08:19,892 --> 01:08:23,589
You're a liar. I've heard the crap
you've been telling about me.
1110
01:08:23,696 --> 01:08:27,826
- Ah, you have?
- Yeah, about some girl I supposedly mistreated.
1111
01:08:27,934 --> 01:08:32,030
A Polly Perkins? There isn't any Polly Perkins.
You know that.
1112
01:08:32,138 --> 01:08:35,869
Such a girl never even existed.
1113
01:08:35,975 --> 01:08:38,500
Go on. Tell 'em. You made it up.
1114
01:08:40,179 --> 01:08:42,272
[Jane]
Is this true?
1115
01:08:42,381 --> 01:08:44,281
Yes and no.
1116
01:08:44,383 --> 01:08:46,510
- Oh, God, Nick!
-
You did make it up.
1117
01:08:46,619 --> 01:08:50,680
There is no
one Polly Perkins.
There are many of them.
1118
01:08:50,790 --> 01:08:53,088
So you admit you lied!
1119
01:08:53,192 --> 01:08:56,355
Polly Perkins is a composite,
like
New York magazine does.
1120
01:08:58,464 --> 01:09:00,557
Name one girl.
1121
01:09:00,666 --> 01:09:03,134
Girls that have been degraded by you
don't need the further humiliation...
1122
01:09:03,236 --> 01:09:07,195
of having their names bandied about
nonexclusive Park Avenue after-parties.
1123
01:09:07,306 --> 01:09:11,640
- You see? There isn't one.
- This looks really bad, Nick.
1124
01:09:15,882 --> 01:09:18,442
Cathy Livingstone. No more harm
can be done to her now.
1125
01:09:18,551 --> 01:09:21,611
I had nothing to do with that,
and, anyway, she was completely unstable.
1126
01:09:21,721 --> 01:09:26,090
Oh, that didn't stop you
from boozing her up and then talking her
into pulling a train for you and Lemley.
1127
01:09:26,192 --> 01:09:29,423
- That is not how it happened.
- Aw, what did happen, Ricky?
1128
01:09:29,529 --> 01:09:32,623
Anything that happened
between Cathy Livingstone and myself...
1129
01:09:32,732 --> 01:09:35,860
is entirely private
and entirely personal...
1130
01:09:35,968 --> 01:09:39,165
and had
nothing to do with her suicide,
which was months afterwards.
1131
01:09:39,272 --> 01:09:42,469
She kept trying to call and talk to you,
but you wouldn't even see her!
1132
01:09:42,575 --> 01:09:47,012
I liked Cathy, but sometimes these things don't
work out, and a clean break is usually the best.
1133
01:09:47,113 --> 01:09:51,277
Oh, spare us this fake sensitivity.
Are her panties still in your collection?
1134
01:09:51,384 --> 01:09:53,648
Rick keeps a collection of panties
of the girls that he's seduced.
1135
01:09:53,753 --> 01:09:57,780
Oh, when they later kill themselves, do you
do anything special to memorialize them?
1136
01:09:57,890 --> 01:10:01,849
[Chuckles] I don't let anyone
say that kind of thing to my face.
1137
01:10:01,961 --> 01:10:04,429
Before you complained
that I said it behind your back.
1138
01:10:04,530 --> 01:10:07,590
Now it's that it's to your face.
Frankly, how can you tell which is which?
1139
01:10:07,700 --> 01:10:09,930
[Gasps]
1140
01:10:12,672 --> 01:10:15,573
He had that coming for a long time.
1141
01:10:19,779 --> 01:10:22,247
How dare he hit me!
1142
01:10:22,348 --> 01:10:24,839
He's the scoundrel.
I should have thrashed him.
1143
01:10:24,951 --> 01:10:26,851
Well, you missed your chance.
1144
01:10:26,953 --> 01:10:32,084
I would have if I hadn't been doing my damnedest
not to splatter blood all over the apartment.
1145
01:10:32,191 --> 01:10:34,625
I got back, he was gone.
Nobody did anything to help me.
1146
01:10:34,727 --> 01:10:37,195
I'm facing one of the worst guys
of modern times...
1147
01:10:37,296 --> 01:10:39,662
and all I get's this whining criticism... -
1148
01:10:39,765 --> 01:10:41,995
"Oh, this looks really bad, Nick."
1149
01:10:42,101 --> 01:10:44,399
Why should we believe you over Rick?
1150
01:10:44,503 --> 01:10:48,530
We know you're a hypocrite. We know
your Polly Perkins story was a fabrication.
1151
01:10:48,641 --> 01:10:51,201
A composite!
1152
01:10:51,310 --> 01:10:54,302
That you're totally impossible and out of control
with some sort of drug problem...
1153
01:10:54,413 --> 01:10:57,246
and a fixation on what you consider
Rick Von Sloneker's wickedness.
1154
01:10:57,350 --> 01:11:01,252
You're a snob, a sexist,
totally obnoxious and tiresome...
1155
01:11:01,354 --> 01:11:03,322
and, lately, you've gotten just weird.
1156
01:11:03,422 --> 01:11:08,018
- Why should we believe anything you say?
- I am not tiresome.
1157
01:11:08,127 --> 01:11:10,095
- [Chuckles]
- What's Rick to you anyway?
1158
01:11:10,196 --> 01:11:12,221
Your shy friend hits me in the face...
1159
01:11:12,331 --> 01:11:16,290
I'm about to go upstate to the domain of
a stepmother of untrammeled malevolence...
1160
01:11:16,402 --> 01:11:18,370
very possibly to be killed...
1161
01:11:18,471 --> 01:11:20,701
and I get this.
1162
01:11:20,806 --> 01:11:23,604
Well, who could blame her?
1163
01:11:23,709 --> 01:11:28,146
If not spattering blood was your objective,
you weren't terribly successful.
1164
01:11:32,084 --> 01:11:34,382
Well...
1165
01:11:34,487 --> 01:11:36,580
I'm going to Grand Central.
1166
01:11:36,689 --> 01:11:38,623
The people are friendlier.
1167
01:11:38,724 --> 01:11:41,124
I'll help you with your stuff.
1168
01:11:42,161 --> 01:11:44,789
Why don't we all go see Nick off?
1169
01:11:55,074 --> 01:11:58,532
Even within this group,
there are certain standards.
1170
01:11:58,644 --> 01:12:01,613
Apparently,
I failed to live up to them.
1171
01:12:05,051 --> 01:12:09,511
- Thanks for coming. Will you write?
- Yes.
1172
01:12:09,622 --> 01:12:12,216
- Good-bye. Thanks for coming.
- Good-bye, sir.
1173
01:12:13,259 --> 01:12:15,193
- Good-bye, Tom.
- Good luck.
1174
01:12:15,294 --> 01:12:20,163
I leave, counting on you and Charlie to maintain
the standards and ideals of the U.H.B.
1175
01:12:20,266 --> 01:12:22,234
I've obviously failed to.
1176
01:12:22,335 --> 01:12:24,963
You and Charlie are the only ones
who understand this kind of thing.
1177
01:12:25,071 --> 01:12:27,039
- What?
- Here.
1178
01:12:27,139 --> 01:12:29,300
Thank you.
1179
01:12:29,408 --> 01:12:31,876
- Oh. Also, you remember, in case I die... -
- Yes.
1180
01:12:31,977 --> 01:12:34,411
- All right. Good-bye.
- Bye.
1181
01:12:34,513 --> 01:12:36,413
- Bye.
-
Good-bye.
1182
01:13:04,210 --> 01:13:07,179
Is the 21 Club very expensive?
1183
01:13:07,279 --> 01:13:09,179
[Mother]
I believe so.
1184
01:13:11,350 --> 01:13:12,977
That's priceless.
1185
01:13:13,085 --> 01:13:16,384
And then she told Miss Radford,
"They look awfully big for mice."
1186
01:13:16,489 --> 01:13:18,389
- She believed it?
- Oh, completely.
1187
01:13:18,491 --> 01:13:20,391
Oh, that's priceless.
1188
01:13:20,493 --> 01:13:23,360
You mentioned something about it
in one of your letters.
1189
01:13:23,462 --> 01:13:26,920
When I was going through
some stuff over Christmas,
I found a packet of your old letters.
1190
01:13:27,032 --> 01:13:29,796
- You saved my letters?
- Of course.
1191
01:13:29,902 --> 01:13:33,429
I save all the personal letters I get.
Don't you?
1192
01:13:33,539 --> 01:13:36,235
No.
1193
01:13:36,342 --> 01:13:38,867
You mean, you threw away
all the letters I wrote you?
1194
01:13:38,978 --> 01:13:40,946
I throw away nearly everything.
1195
01:13:41,046 --> 01:13:44,709
I don't want to go through the rest of my life
with the mail I got when I was 16.
1196
01:13:44,817 --> 01:13:46,717
I'm surprised.
1197
01:13:46,819 --> 01:13:50,448
Someone goes through the trouble
of writing you a real letter, I save it.
1198
01:13:50,556 --> 01:13:52,683
People don't write
many personal letters anymore.
1199
01:13:52,792 --> 01:13:55,352
People in boarding school do.
1200
01:13:57,062 --> 01:13:59,257
And what if someone who wrote you
becomes famous?
1201
01:13:59,365 --> 01:14:03,495
Those letters could be the only record
of what they were thinking at that time.
Crucial for their biographers.
1202
01:14:03,602 --> 01:14:07,094
Anybody who writes me who expects
to become famous should keep carbons.
1203
01:14:09,074 --> 01:14:11,702
It just seems to me
that it's a kind of trust.
1204
01:14:11,811 --> 01:14:16,714
If someone takes the trouble to write you
a substantial letter, you do not throw it out.
1205
01:14:18,083 --> 01:14:21,450
I didn't save your letters,
but I didn't throw them out.
1206
01:14:21,554 --> 01:14:24,887
I don't understand.
Is that a riddle?
1207
01:14:24,990 --> 01:14:28,517
There was a girl at school
who had some kind of a crush on you.
1208
01:14:28,627 --> 01:14:32,688
She came into my room when I was throwing
things out, so I gave her your letters.
1209
01:14:32,798 --> 01:14:34,698
Really?
1210
01:14:34,800 --> 01:14:37,928
I know it sounds queer.
1211
01:14:38,037 --> 01:14:41,234
- She kept them?
- Mmm. I'm sure.
1212
01:14:41,340 --> 01:14:44,070
How strange.
She must be really odd.
1213
01:14:44,176 --> 01:14:46,974
No, she's very nice.
1214
01:14:47,079 --> 01:14:49,843
In fact, you know her.
1215
01:14:49,949 --> 01:14:51,849
Audrey Rouget.
1216
01:14:58,390 --> 01:15:02,087
You mean, you think
you've gotten over Serena again.
1217
01:15:02,194 --> 01:15:04,162
Yes, but it's different this time.
1218
01:15:04,263 --> 01:15:08,359
Then I was still intensely involved with her,
though in a negative way. Full of bitterness.
1219
01:15:08,467 --> 01:15:10,594
I don't feel that way now.
1220
01:15:10,703 --> 01:15:13,399
-
[Doorbell Buzzes]
- Charlie's on his way up.
1221
01:15:13,506 --> 01:15:15,701
Damn. There's something
I wanted to ask you.
1222
01:15:15,808 --> 01:15:18,333
Oh, yeah. What was that surprising thing
Serena told you?
1223
01:15:18,444 --> 01:15:22,312
Well, you probably already
knew about it, but I was surprised... -
about Audrey saving my letters.
1224
01:15:22,414 --> 01:15:25,872
- What letters?
-
The ones I wrote Serena.
1225
01:15:25,985 --> 01:15:28,180
Audrey saved them?
1226
01:15:29,288 --> 01:15:31,188
God, how queer.
1227
01:15:31,290 --> 01:15:33,224
Well, it's not so queer really.
1228
01:15:33,325 --> 01:15:35,190
Serena was about to throw them out...
1229
01:15:35,294 --> 01:15:38,092
and Audrey apparently didn't think
people's letters should be destroyed that way.
1230
01:15:38,197 --> 01:15:42,896
The really odd thing was though,
while I was with Serena, who's really
nice and who's so good-looking... -
1231
01:15:43,002 --> 01:15:44,993
Yeah, Serena's basically a good person.
1232
01:15:45,104 --> 01:15:47,402
On the big night
I'd looked forward to for a week...
1233
01:15:47,506 --> 01:15:50,407
I started feeling this incredible loneliness
being with Serena...
1234
01:15:50,509 --> 01:15:53,637
and nostalgia for all those conversations
with Audrey before the big blowup.
1235
01:15:53,746 --> 01:15:55,976
That was before I knew anything
about the letters.
1236
01:15:56,081 --> 01:16:00,211
I think I preferred arguing with Audrey
than to agreeing with Serena or someone else.
1237
01:16:00,319 --> 01:16:04,983
I'd only had that calmly unemotional
perspective on my relationship
with Serena for a little while...
1238
01:16:05,090 --> 01:16:09,493
when I started getting this warm glow at
the prospect of seeing Audrey here again tonight.
1239
01:16:09,595 --> 01:16:11,358
Uh-oh.
1240
01:16:11,463 --> 01:16:16,093
It surprised me because I thought that if... -
if it didn't work out with Serena this time...
1241
01:16:16,201 --> 01:16:19,102
I'd put that sort of thing
on hold for a long time.
1242
01:16:19,204 --> 01:16:22,230
People shouldn't get married till their late 20s,
and that's a long way off.
1243
01:16:22,341 --> 01:16:25,310
- Well, your timing is really awful.
- What do you mean?
1244
01:16:25,411 --> 01:16:27,311
[Doorbell Rings]
1245
01:16:29,315 --> 01:16:32,614
Damn. I'll get it.
I want to continue this.
1246
01:16:38,324 --> 01:16:40,622
- Where's Jane?
- She's still in her room.
1247
01:16:40,726 --> 01:16:43,194
- What would you like to drink?
- So you're our host?
1248
01:16:43,295 --> 01:16:45,729
I don't know. What do people
who don't drink have?
1249
01:16:45,831 --> 01:16:50,632
Ginger ale? Ice water?
Ah, maybe a Coke with an aspirin.
1250
01:16:51,804 --> 01:16:54,432
You don't need to put on
pink eye shadow for us.
1251
01:16:54,540 --> 01:16:57,168
It's not for you.
I've got a date.
1252
01:16:57,276 --> 01:17:00,905
A date? What's that?
It sounds like something from the 1950s.
1253
01:17:01,013 --> 01:17:02,913
Yeah. Who's the fella?
1254
01:17:03,015 --> 01:17:06,212
None of you know him,
and I'd like to keep it that way.
1255
01:17:10,589 --> 01:17:13,683
What did you mean when you said that
about my timing being off?
1256
01:17:13,792 --> 01:17:16,488
Audrey's gone to Cynthia's
in Connecticut for the weekend...
1257
01:17:16,595 --> 01:17:18,790
and then on Wednesday
she flies back to France.
1258
01:17:18,897 --> 01:17:20,888
And besides that,
she thinks you're a total jerk.
1259
01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:22,194
-
She hates you.
- She hates me?
1260
01:17:22,301 --> 01:17:25,395
Well, she despises you.
Actually, it's a bit my fault.
1261
01:17:25,504 --> 01:17:28,064
I asked for that Truth question
with a specific idea in mind...
1262
01:17:28,173 --> 01:17:30,573
of showing her
you hadn't gotten over Serena yet.
1263
01:17:30,876 --> 01:17:34,903
- A Mr. Andrews is downstairs for you.
- Say I'll be right down.
1264
01:17:35,014 --> 01:17:37,244
- We'll go down with you.
- No, you won't.
1265
01:17:37,349 --> 01:17:39,749
- We can all go out together.
- No. This is a date.
1266
01:17:39,852 --> 01:17:42,320
Well, it seems rude
not to go down and check him out.
1267
01:17:42,421 --> 01:17:47,290
Please don't. Feel free to stay here.
There's plenty of food and stuff.
1268
01:17:47,393 --> 01:17:50,453
But it's all right if we stay here
and wait for everyone else?
1269
01:17:50,562 --> 01:17:52,792
Sure, but what "everyone else"?
1270
01:17:54,133 --> 01:17:56,567
Well, the rest of the S.F.R.P.
1271
01:17:56,669 --> 01:17:59,297
You are the S.F.R.P. tonight.
1272
01:17:59,405 --> 01:18:03,466
Oh, could you be out by midnight?
Feel free to stay until then though. Bye!
1273
01:18:03,575 --> 01:18:05,475
- Bye.
- Bye.
1274
01:18:05,577 --> 01:18:09,638
Bye. Be out by midnight?
What's going on?
1275
01:18:09,748 --> 01:18:13,946
Jane brings this guy she hardly knows
back for some kind of assignation?
1276
01:18:14,053 --> 01:18:16,487
- We don't know that.
- Well... -
1277
01:18:16,588 --> 01:18:18,749
I'm really surprised at Jane.
1278
01:18:18,857 --> 01:18:21,621
Some guy asks her out,
and she abandons everything.
1279
01:18:21,727 --> 01:18:25,026
The rest of us can, well,
just go to heck.
1280
01:18:25,130 --> 01:18:28,156
The whole Rat Pack thing
seems to have disintegrated.
1281
01:18:28,267 --> 01:18:31,202
The Rat Pack is down to the rats.
1282
01:18:31,303 --> 01:18:34,830
This is really depressing.
Let's get out of here.
1283
01:18:40,946 --> 01:18:43,972
I guess it's understandable that she
would prefer to go out on a date...
1284
01:18:44,083 --> 01:18:48,383
which offers some romantic promise,
even if very slight, than stay with us.
1285
01:18:48,487 --> 01:18:52,548
Still, it's a bit disappointing.
I thought we were better friends than that.
1286
01:18:52,658 --> 01:18:55,183
I wonder whether
we're really friends for them at all.
1287
01:18:55,294 --> 01:18:57,421
We're just way stations
between dates.
1288
01:18:57,529 --> 01:19:02,330
I mean, for them, men are either dates,
potential dates or date substitutes.
1289
01:19:02,434 --> 01:19:04,459
l find that dehumanizing.
1290
01:19:04,570 --> 01:19:07,801
That might be the case
with Cynthia or Sally...
1291
01:19:07,906 --> 01:19:10,101
but Audrey, for instance,
is completely different.
1292
01:19:10,209 --> 01:19:13,110
She's someone who would keep up
her friendships no matter what.
1293
01:19:13,212 --> 01:19:17,672
And Audrey has a rare largeness of mind.
She's not obsessed with her love life.
1294
01:19:17,783 --> 01:19:21,310
She's good-looking, smart...
1295
01:19:21,420 --> 01:19:23,854
charming, principled.
1296
01:19:23,956 --> 01:19:25,924
It's an unusual combination.
1297
01:19:31,330 --> 01:19:33,230
[Tom]
What do you mean?
1298
01:19:33,332 --> 01:19:36,529
[Charlie] You've given her
nothing but grief all the past week.
- I think I'll be going now.
1299
01:19:36,635 --> 01:19:40,162
I have nothing to say,
and I'm completely boring without a drink.
1300
01:19:40,272 --> 01:19:42,740
It's only midnight.
You can't go.
1301
01:19:42,841 --> 01:19:47,335
I'm sorry, but without cocktails,
staying up all night loses its charm.
1302
01:19:47,446 --> 01:19:50,415
Besides, I haven't had anything amusing
to say since I stopped drinking.
1303
01:19:50,516 --> 01:19:53,508
Did you have anything amusing to say
before you stopped?
1304
01:19:53,619 --> 01:19:56,315
I know, but it seemed amusing.
Now it doesn't.
1305
01:19:56,421 --> 01:19:59,515
- Well, you were asleep.
- Was that it?
1306
01:19:59,625 --> 01:20:03,527
- Good night, Charlie. Ciao, Tommy.
- Ciao, Fred.
1307
01:20:05,164 --> 01:20:09,760
[Jukebox: Woman]
⪠I won't be loved, baby âª
1308
01:20:09,868 --> 01:20:13,668
When I was in college, we'd go to dances
during Christmas vacations.
1309
01:20:13,772 --> 01:20:16,570
- Do they still go on?
- Yes.
1310
01:20:16,675 --> 01:20:19,439
- Pretty much reduced though.
- Yeah.
1311
01:20:19,545 --> 01:20:21,809
Ah, well, I wouldn't put
much stock in them.
1312
01:20:21,914 --> 01:20:24,542
You go to a party, you meet a group
of people, you like them, you think...
1313
01:20:24,650 --> 01:20:28,017
"These people are going to be my friends
for the rest of my life."
1314
01:20:28,120 --> 01:20:32,056
Then you never see them again.
I wonder where they go.
1315
01:20:32,157 --> 01:20:34,625
Do you think it's true, though,
that, generally speaking...
1316
01:20:34,726 --> 01:20:37,160
people from this sort of background
are doomed to failure?
1317
01:20:37,262 --> 01:20:39,890
Doomed?
That would, uh, be far easier.
1318
01:20:39,998 --> 01:20:43,559
No, we simply fail
without being doomed.
1319
01:20:43,669 --> 01:20:47,070
- But you feel that you have failed.
- Yeah.
1320
01:20:47,172 --> 01:20:49,231
You can still afford
to come to places like this though.
1321
01:20:49,341 --> 01:20:52,469
I'm not destitute.
I've got a good job that pays decently.
1322
01:20:52,578 --> 01:20:57,174
It's just that it's all so mediocre,
so unimpressive.
1323
01:20:57,282 --> 01:21:01,412
The acid test is whether you take any pleasure
in responding to the question...
1324
01:21:01,520 --> 01:21:03,988
"What do you do?"
1325
01:21:04,089 --> 01:21:06,785
I can't bear it.
1326
01:21:06,892 --> 01:21:11,795
You start out expecting something much more,
and some of your contemporaries achieve it.
1327
01:21:11,897 --> 01:21:15,264
You start reading about them in the papers
or seeing them on TV.
1328
01:21:15,367 --> 01:21:17,665
That's the danger
of midtown Manhattan... -
1329
01:21:17,769 --> 01:21:21,000
running across
far more successful contemporaries.
1330
01:21:21,106 --> 01:21:24,200
I try to avoid them whenever I can.
1331
01:21:24,309 --> 01:21:28,006
But when I can't,
they're always very friendly...
1332
01:21:28,113 --> 01:21:31,810
but inevitably they ask,
what am I doing, or think it.
1333
01:21:31,917 --> 01:21:35,944
I... - I find it hard to believe that many people
from our background are successful.
1334
01:21:36,054 --> 01:21:39,285
Aren't you confusing them with people
that you might have known from college...
1335
01:21:39,391 --> 01:21:41,621
who came from normal backgrounds?
1336
01:21:41,727 --> 01:21:46,528
It's not surprising that... -
that an energetic, self-confident achiever...
1337
01:21:46,632 --> 01:21:48,600
free of UHB illusions...
1338
01:21:48,700 --> 01:21:50,668
should be successful.
1339
01:21:50,769 --> 01:21:52,703
- UHB? What's UHB?
- UHB.
1340
01:21:52,804 --> 01:21:57,070
U.H.B. It's an acronym
for Urban Haute Bourgeoisie.
1341
01:21:57,175 --> 01:22:00,269
It's a more sociologically precise
alternative...
1342
01:22:00,379 --> 01:22:03,212
to "preppy" and other terms.
1343
01:22:03,315 --> 01:22:05,875
Well, you're partly right.
1344
01:22:05,984 --> 01:22:09,579
Some of the people whom I mentioned
were not from... UHB?
1345
01:22:09,688 --> 01:22:12,156
- That's right.
- UHB backgrounds, but some of them were.
1346
01:22:12,257 --> 01:22:15,385
You're going to have to accept
that people from our background...
1347
01:22:15,494 --> 01:22:18,224
are not doomed to failure.
1348
01:22:20,165 --> 01:22:23,293
I... - I wonder if they were typical UHBs.
1349
01:22:23,402 --> 01:22:27,600
There was... - There was probably
some factor which set them apart.
1350
01:22:27,706 --> 01:22:29,833
And, also, their... -
their career is not over.
1351
01:22:29,942 --> 01:22:32,240
I mean, the failure
could still be to come.
1352
01:22:40,419 --> 01:22:44,378
- He seems less pessimistic than you.
- I know. It doesn't ring true.
1353
01:22:49,895 --> 01:22:51,795
Look, there's a light on.
1354
01:22:51,897 --> 01:22:54,263
We can't go up to her place
unannounced after midnight.
1355
01:22:54,366 --> 01:22:57,995
- It all depends who's on the elevator.
- It's not a question of who's on the elevator.
1356
01:22:58,103 --> 01:23:00,162
I mean, you've known Sally
for, what, 10 days?
1357
01:23:00,272 --> 01:23:02,740
And you're barging in on her uninvited
in the middle of the night?
1358
01:23:02,841 --> 01:23:06,743
She said we should come up anytime
we saw the living room lights on,
which they clearly are.
1359
01:23:06,845 --> 01:23:09,370
- At least call first.
- What, and wake up her parents?
1360
01:23:09,481 --> 01:23:11,949
Well, you act as if her apartment
were our living room.
1361
01:23:12,050 --> 01:23:14,018
It
is our living room.
1362
01:23:15,053 --> 01:23:16,953
[Tom]
Thanks, Ed.
1363
01:23:20,025 --> 01:23:23,324
- What are we doing here?
- It'll be all right.
1364
01:23:26,198 --> 01:23:30,157
- What are you doing here?
- You told us to come up
if we saw the lights on.
1365
01:23:30,268 --> 01:23:33,635
- I'm sorry to bother you.
- I was just about to go out.
1366
01:23:33,739 --> 01:23:36,503
- Oh.
-
[Man] Who is it?
1367
01:23:36,608 --> 01:23:39,406
just some friends.
1368
01:23:39,511 --> 01:23:41,411
Well, come on in.
1369
01:23:45,717 --> 01:23:49,175
Allen, these are my friends,
Charlie and Tommy.
1370
01:23:49,287 --> 01:23:52,188
Allen is the record producer
who discovered The Hated Few.
1371
01:23:52,290 --> 01:23:54,850
- They're very good.
- Yes, they are.
1372
01:23:54,960 --> 01:23:58,361
And Sally will be very good.
She's got a wonderful voice.
1373
01:23:58,463 --> 01:24:01,899
I think we also have a friend in common... -
Rick Von Sloneker.
1374
01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:04,525
Yeah. You're a friend of Rick's?
1375
01:24:04,636 --> 01:24:08,163
Oh, sure. Rick's a great guy. Our houses
are next to each other in Southampton.
1376
01:24:08,273 --> 01:24:10,741
Wow, it's late.
Uh, we'd better get going.
1377
01:24:10,842 --> 01:24:13,470
I don't think there's time for drinks
after all.
1378
01:24:18,884 --> 01:24:22,752
Do you have any idea when everyone's getting back?
It's as if the whole S.F.R.P. had disintegrated.
1379
01:24:22,854 --> 01:24:26,813
We can't just keep getting together with the same
people every night for the rest of our lives.
1380
01:24:26,925 --> 01:24:28,825
I don't see why not.
1381
01:24:28,927 --> 01:24:31,395
It's inevitable that things
get more back to normal sometime.
1382
01:24:31,496 --> 01:24:33,691
- This wasn't normal?
- No.
1383
01:24:33,799 --> 01:24:35,926
I wish somebody
had told me that before.
1384
01:24:36,034 --> 01:24:38,502
Could you tell me, at least,
when Cynthia and Audrey are getting back?
1385
01:24:38,603 --> 01:24:40,833
I don't know. That's their affair.
1386
01:24:40,939 --> 01:24:43,339
- Your friend Cynthia's gone
to that house party at Rick's.
-
[Tom] In Southampton?
1387
01:24:43,442 --> 01:24:45,569
-
Uh-huh.
- I'm not sure if she was really going.
1388
01:24:45,677 --> 01:24:47,645
You guys are
so tiresome.
1389
01:25:02,961 --> 01:25:05,691
That was really embarrassing.
Thank you for including me.
1390
01:25:05,797 --> 01:25:07,731
I can't believe it. God!
1391
01:25:07,833 --> 01:25:11,963
Maybe, underneath it all, he's a nice guy, but he
sure doesn't make a very good first impression.
1392
01:25:12,070 --> 01:25:14,732
- No, not about that.
What he said about Cynthia.
- Oh.
1393
01:25:14,840 --> 01:25:17,365
Look, if Audrey's supposed to be
visiting Cynthia in Connecticut...
1394
01:25:17,476 --> 01:25:20,240
and Cynthia's in Southampton
with Von Sloneker, what does that mean?
1395
01:25:20,345 --> 01:25:22,643
That Audrey and Cynthia
are in different states.
1396
01:25:22,747 --> 01:25:24,647
No. There's only one explanation.
1397
01:25:24,749 --> 01:25:28,708
Audrey has gone with Cynthia
to Von Sloneker's house party in Southampton.
1398
01:25:28,820 --> 01:25:32,153
You know, you're always
selling Audrey awfully short, aren't you?
1399
01:25:32,257 --> 01:25:35,021
I mean, I find that... - that
really despicable.
1400
01:25:35,127 --> 01:25:38,153
Could you stop calling me despicable?
I'm really worried about Audrey.
1401
01:25:38,263 --> 01:25:40,925
Jane says that since that Truth session,
she's been in a very strange mood...
1402
01:25:41,032 --> 01:25:43,000
and said some really odd things.
1403
01:25:43,101 --> 01:25:45,535
She told Jane she didn't feel
like a real woman.
1404
01:25:45,637 --> 01:25:48,037
- She said that?
- That's the way Cynthia talks.
1405
01:25:48,140 --> 01:25:50,040
Yeah.
1406
01:25:50,142 --> 01:25:52,906
I can't... - I can't really share
your concern.
1407
01:25:53,011 --> 01:25:56,310
I mean, Audrey wouldn't put herself
in the situation you describe.
1408
01:25:56,414 --> 01:25:59,042
She's got very, very clear views
on these things.
1409
01:25:59,151 --> 01:26:01,881
I mean, you know that... -
that she's a big admirer of Jane Austen.
1410
01:26:01,987 --> 01:26:05,354
- But she's turned her back on all that.
- Oh, I don't believe that.
1411
01:26:05,457 --> 01:26:07,425
She's probably at home,
asleep right now...
1412
01:26:07,526 --> 01:26:11,121
with her pink coverlet tucked up tight
and her stuffed animals looking down over her.
1413
01:26:11,229 --> 01:26:14,096
- Well, let's call her then.
- We can't.
1414
01:26:14,199 --> 01:26:18,568
- It's only a local call.
- We can't call her up now. It's nearly 3:00 a.m.
1415
01:26:18,670 --> 01:26:20,797
We'd... - We'd wake up her parents.
1416
01:26:20,906 --> 01:26:23,875
This is important to them too.
What if she's already at Von Sloneker's?
1417
01:26:23,975 --> 01:26:25,943
I'm sure he's not asleep.
1418
01:26:28,280 --> 01:26:31,306
Older people tend to get up really early.
I'll call the Rougets at 7:00.
1419
01:26:31,416 --> 01:26:35,853
If there's any risk of Audrey going out
to Von Sloneker's, I'll give you a call.
1420
01:26:35,954 --> 01:26:38,684
But... - But I don't expect to have to.
1421
01:26:38,790 --> 01:26:40,690
Could you call me either way?
1422
01:26:40,792 --> 01:26:43,784
At 7:00? Okay.
1423
01:26:43,895 --> 01:26:46,159
Thanks.
You're not such a bad fellow.
1424
01:26:46,264 --> 01:26:48,926
- I'll call you.
- Call me.
1425
01:26:57,375 --> 01:26:59,275
[Moans]
1426
01:27:01,146 --> 01:27:03,410
[Echoing]
I hate him.
1427
01:27:05,750 --> 01:27:08,150
- Audrey Rouget?
-
Uh-huh.
1428
01:27:08,253 --> 01:27:12,212
- She's getting very attractive.
- She was the first girl that ever
made him feel that way.
1429
01:27:12,324 --> 01:27:14,690
She thinks you're a total jerk.
She hates you.
1430
01:27:14,793 --> 01:27:17,523
When you're an egoist,
none of the harm you do is intentional.
1431
01:27:17,629 --> 01:27:22,566
- Well, she despises you.
- Him. Victor Lemley, the other crew member.
1432
01:27:22,667 --> 01:27:26,626
- I want to be a real woman.
- You're the only girl who's ever
made me feel this way.
1433
01:27:26,738 --> 01:27:29,502
I had nothing to do with that,
and, anyway, she was completely unstable.
1434
01:27:29,608 --> 01:27:31,576
[Echoing]
I want to be a real woman.
1435
01:27:37,315 --> 01:27:40,580
[Phone Rings]
1436
01:27:40,752 --> 01:27:43,448
I called Audrey's parents
exactly at 7:00.
1437
01:27:43,555 --> 01:27:45,989
It turns out that they're
not... - not such early risers.
1438
01:27:46,091 --> 01:27:50,118
But they... - they thought that Audrey
was with Cynthia in Connecticut too.
1439
01:27:50,228 --> 01:27:53,095
So I called Cynthia's,
and her mother answered.
1440
01:27:53,198 --> 01:27:55,166
Apparently,
she was sleeping late also.
1441
01:27:55,267 --> 01:27:59,203
But she said that Cynthia
was visiting Audrey.
1442
01:27:59,304 --> 01:28:03,035
- Jesus!
- Well, Cynthia borrowed her mother's car.
1443
01:28:03,141 --> 01:28:05,575
And the last anyone has seen
of either of them...
1444
01:28:05,677 --> 01:28:07,645
was about 4:00 yesterday afternoon.
1445
01:28:07,746 --> 01:28:10,715
So they might have gotten
to Von Sloneker's already last night.
1446
01:28:10,815 --> 01:28:12,783
You were right.
1447
01:28:17,355 --> 01:28:19,653
But I am authorized
to use my mother's card.
1448
01:28:19,758 --> 01:28:22,192
I use it all the time.
1449
01:28:24,362 --> 01:28:26,796
- She wasn't very polite.
- No, she wasn't.
1450
01:28:28,833 --> 01:28:30,801
That should be plenty.
1451
01:28:36,441 --> 01:28:38,068
Yeah.
1452
01:28:44,115 --> 01:28:47,915
- I can't believe you don't have a license.
- Of course I don't. I live in Manhattan.
1453
01:28:48,019 --> 01:28:51,011
- I'm just really surprised, that's all.
- Oh, give me a break.
1454
01:28:51,122 --> 01:28:54,091
I don't go out to the Hamptons.
You could have gotten one easily.
1455
01:28:54,192 --> 01:28:57,320
- I'm no jock.
- God, what a disaster.
1456
01:28:57,429 --> 01:29:00,193
No, I'm... -
I'm gonna get a license soon.
1457
01:29:01,566 --> 01:29:03,864
This must be how
the... - the, um, failure starts... -
1458
01:29:03,968 --> 01:29:07,768
an incompetence in mastering
the common tasks of everyday life.
1459
01:29:07,872 --> 01:29:10,966
- Doesn't Fred have a license?
- Yeah.
1460
01:29:11,076 --> 01:29:12,976
Okay.
1461
01:29:14,045 --> 01:29:15,945
Bye.
1462
01:29:17,015 --> 01:29:20,314
He says he can't.
He's about to get fired as it is.
1463
01:29:20,418 --> 01:29:22,443
He was always saying
what a lousy job it was.
1464
01:29:22,554 --> 01:29:25,580
- Did you tell him how serious the situation is?
- Yes.
1465
01:29:27,025 --> 01:29:30,426
He's always complaining
about what a lousy job it is.
1466
01:29:30,528 --> 01:29:33,964
You know, it's possible that, to other people,
the situation might not seem so ominous...
1467
01:29:34,065 --> 01:29:36,033
as it does to you and me.
1468
01:29:36,134 --> 01:29:39,262
I- I mean, what can really happen?
1469
01:29:39,371 --> 01:29:42,340
Of course, you have been right up till now,
and Von Sloneker is a bad guy...
1470
01:29:42,440 --> 01:29:44,340
I mean, capable of anything.
1471
01:29:44,442 --> 01:29:47,707
It might sound melodramatic
to say that he's ruined girls.
1472
01:29:47,812 --> 01:29:50,781
I mean, what does that
really mean today?
1473
01:29:50,882 --> 01:29:54,374
But it's true. I mean,
he's done some unspeakable things.
1474
01:29:54,486 --> 01:29:58,047
And if Audrey's as upset and bitter as it seems,
well, then anything could happen.
1475
01:29:59,224 --> 01:30:01,192
We gotta get out there
as fast as possible.
1476
01:30:01,292 --> 01:30:04,693
While we sit here, flailing around, anything
could be happening out at Von Sloneker's.
1477
01:30:04,796 --> 01:30:07,162
If only Nick were here.
He'd know what to do.
1478
01:30:07,265 --> 01:30:09,733
Yeah, he's got all sorts
of licenses and credit cards.
1479
01:30:09,834 --> 01:30:12,803
What would Nick do?
How would he get out of this?
1480
01:30:14,506 --> 01:30:17,236
You've got a lot of cash on you now.
1481
01:30:17,342 --> 01:30:19,503
Yes. Lots.
1482
01:30:53,812 --> 01:30:57,179
Whenever I think we might be overreacting,
I remember Polly Perkins.
1483
01:30:57,282 --> 01:31:01,082
- Or Cathy Livingstone.
- I think I knew her.
1484
01:31:03,054 --> 01:31:05,352
What are you gonna do
when we get there?
1485
01:31:05,457 --> 01:31:08,483
I don't know.
It depends on what the situation is.
1486
01:31:11,629 --> 01:31:15,588
Yesterday I was thinking,
maybe Fourier was a crank...
1487
01:31:15,700 --> 01:31:18,134
his ideas completely unworkable.
1488
01:31:18,236 --> 01:31:22,070
I wouldn't want to live on a farm
with a lot of other people.
1489
01:31:26,211 --> 01:31:29,647
You know, Rick's a strange guy.
He's pretty violent.
1490
01:31:31,349 --> 01:31:33,874
He might not be
too pleased to see us.
1491
01:31:33,985 --> 01:31:35,953
I've thought of that.
1492
01:32:14,592 --> 01:32:16,719
Thanks a lot.
We shouldn't be long.
1493
01:32:16,828 --> 01:32:20,025
Well, take as long as you want.
I'm leaving.
1494
01:32:20,131 --> 01:32:24,659
Oh, no. Um, we need you to take us back.
That... - That was understood.
1495
01:32:24,769 --> 01:32:27,260
Think I'm gonna wait around
for you guys? You're crazy.
1496
01:32:34,379 --> 01:32:37,906
But I... - I don't know how
we're going to get back.
1497
01:32:38,016 --> 01:32:40,211
What's this shit?
1498
01:32:40,318 --> 01:32:42,980
- Oh, a gratuity is included.
- What's this shit?
1499
01:32:45,156 --> 01:32:48,455
[Taxi Driving Away]
1500
01:32:50,862 --> 01:32:53,990
I was sure th-that we agreed
on 120 as the full price.
1501
01:32:54,098 --> 01:32:55,998
[Tires Screeching]
1502
01:33:01,306 --> 01:33:04,332
- Hey, look at this.
- What is it?
1503
01:33:04,442 --> 01:33:07,138
- Looks like some girl's panties.
- Jesus. That bastard.
1504
01:33:08,947 --> 01:33:11,541
â« [Rock: Muffled]
1505
01:33:28,232 --> 01:33:32,328
â« [Rock: Loud]
1506
01:33:44,449 --> 01:33:47,680
What are you clowns doing here?
1507
01:33:47,785 --> 01:33:50,117
- What are
you doing?
-
This is my place.
1508
01:33:50,221 --> 01:33:52,951
- I can do whatever I want here.
- That's not true.
1509
01:33:53,057 --> 01:33:56,049
How dare you break in here?
Did they break that?
1510
01:33:56,160 --> 01:33:58,390
What are you doing here?
This is so embarrassing.
1511
01:33:58,496 --> 01:34:01,363
A little embarrassment
could do you some good.
1512
01:34:01,466 --> 01:34:03,764
And by the way, whose are these?
1513
01:34:03,868 --> 01:34:06,735
I haven't the slightest idea.
just get out of here, you twerps!
1514
01:34:06,838 --> 01:34:11,366
- They buy them new and scatter them around.
It's one of Rick's little delicacies.
-
That's a lie.
1515
01:34:11,476 --> 01:34:14,309
Look, get out of here and take this flat-chested
goody-goody pain in the neck with you.
1516
01:34:14,412 --> 01:34:18,109
- [Whispers] Thank you.
- She is not a goody-goody.
1517
01:34:18,216 --> 01:34:20,776
Oh, oh, before you go... -
1518
01:34:20,885 --> 01:34:23,080
- [Grunts]
- Hey! Hey!
1519
01:34:23,187 --> 01:34:25,815
- Jesus! He's got a gun!
- What are you, crazy?
1520
01:34:25,923 --> 01:34:29,586
- I warn you, he's a Fourierist.
- It's only a joke, Rick.
1521
01:34:29,694 --> 01:34:32,891
It's a toy or an antique or something.
1522
01:34:32,997 --> 01:34:37,297
Well, then let the jerk
play his little game.
1523
01:34:49,614 --> 01:34:52,048
No, it's not that far.
It's, like, an hour.
1524
01:34:52,150 --> 01:34:54,277
Or... - Or maybe two, probably.
1525
01:34:54,385 --> 01:34:56,785
Did anything happen?
1526
01:34:56,888 --> 01:34:58,788
Of course not.
1527
01:34:58,890 --> 01:35:01,984
Then you were never really interested
in Von Sloneker at all.
1528
01:35:02,093 --> 01:35:03,993
[Chuckles]
1529
01:35:04,095 --> 01:35:06,290
Well, then why did you
come out here?
1530
01:35:06,397 --> 01:35:08,365
To get a suntan.
1531
01:35:09,467 --> 01:35:12,459
The whole thing with the Rat Pack
was getting claustrophobic.
1532
01:35:12,570 --> 01:35:16,131
And Cynthia insisted I come.
She's terribly impressed with Rick.
1533
01:35:16,240 --> 01:35:19,676
It's not something Jane Austen
would have done.
1534
01:35:19,777 --> 01:35:22,575
No.
1535
01:35:22,680 --> 01:35:25,376
I suppose Europe is over there.
1536
01:35:25,483 --> 01:35:28,247
No, that'd be more Brazil.
Europe would be more that way.
1537
01:35:29,287 --> 01:35:32,415
Are you really going back next week?
1538
01:35:32,523 --> 01:35:35,151
I guess so.
1539
01:35:35,259 --> 01:35:38,228
What can you study in France
that you can't study here?
1540
01:35:41,299 --> 01:35:43,426
French.
1541
01:35:43,534 --> 01:35:46,867
Actually, I was thinking of coming back
when the semester ends.
1542
01:35:46,971 --> 01:35:51,169
I was thinking of going over, though not
necessarily to Grenoble, but to France or Italy.
1543
01:35:51,275 --> 01:35:53,175
Though my resources are limited.
1544
01:35:53,277 --> 01:35:56,906
There are some awfully cheap
airfares these days.
1545
01:35:57,014 --> 01:35:59,744
It would seem a shame
not to take advantage of them.
1546
01:35:59,851 --> 01:36:01,978
That's the way I feel.
1547
01:36:05,156 --> 01:36:07,784
Do you really think
I'm flat-chested?
1548
01:36:07,892 --> 01:36:10,588
Well, I never thought about it.
Well, I shouldn't say that.
1549
01:36:10,695 --> 01:36:14,426
The thing is, you look really great,
and that's what's important.
1550
01:36:14,532 --> 01:36:16,625
You don't wanna overdo it.
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