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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,919 - Dear Whit. 3 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:10,050 I regret to inform you that Holden Caulfield is dead. 4 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,009 I know you thought he could protect me. 5 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:22,045 Or at the very least give me refuge from my sarcasm. 6 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,321 But Holden is gone forever. 7 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,488 And I don't know if anything can save me now. 8 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:01,479 - Oh, where's your girl, Jerry? 9 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:02,286 Where'd she go? 10 00:02:02,287 --> 00:02:03,281 - Ah, she wanted to dance with her brother. 11 00:02:03,282 --> 00:02:04,719 - That's a tight family. 12 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,279 - You know, the Lusitania making it to England 13 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,121 is more hopeful than getting laid at this rat trap. 14 00:02:08,122 --> 00:02:08,962 - Oh, I don't know. 15 00:02:08,963 --> 00:02:11,039 Spoiled rich girls love college dropouts. 16 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:12,166 They're all dying to tell their fathers, 17 00:02:12,167 --> 00:02:14,401 "He's not only broke, Daddy, he's also a Jew." 18 00:02:14,402 --> 00:02:15,686 - Hey, half Jew. 19 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:22,202 Why do we keep coming here? 20 00:02:22,203 --> 00:02:24,521 I can't stand all these flits and phonies. 21 00:02:24,522 --> 00:02:27,410 - To give girls like that the time. 22 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,239 - Who is that? 23 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:32,719 - Oona O'Neill. 24 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,006 - What, as in Eugene O'Neill? 25 00:02:34,007 --> 00:02:35,399 - That's her dad. 26 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,679 Rumor is she's got a thing for writers. 27 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,045 - Maybe I can get her drunk and read her one of my stories. 28 00:02:40,046 --> 00:02:41,005 - The drunk part, yes. 29 00:02:41,006 --> 00:02:42,126 Not so sure about the second. 30 00:02:42,127 --> 00:02:43,519 I've read your work. 31 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:44,362 - You're a real prince of a guy. 32 00:02:44,363 --> 00:02:45,486 Who are the bodyguards? 33 00:02:45,487 --> 00:02:48,479 - Blythe Chaucer and Carol Flourentine. 34 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:49,719 Her protectors from morphine addicts 35 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,519 and boys without trust funds. 36 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:56,850 You even try to give Oona the time, 37 00:02:56,851 --> 00:02:59,799 they'll take your watch away. 38 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:00,800 - Okay. 39 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:03,367 I'm going in. 40 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:08,967 Ladies, Oona. 41 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:11,320 - Hello. 42 00:03:11,321 --> 00:03:12,128 - It's a pleasure to meet you. 43 00:03:12,129 --> 00:03:14,399 I'm Jerome David Salinger. 44 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,039 My friends call me Jerry. 45 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,959 - It's a pleasure to meet you, Jerome David Salinger. 46 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:21,359 - I'm a huge admirer of your father. 47 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:22,361 I'm a writer myself, and his plays 48 00:03:22,362 --> 00:03:24,931 have been a great source of inspiration to me. 49 00:03:24,932 --> 00:03:26,570 - What do you write? 50 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,008 - I write short stories. 51 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:32,128 - Really? 52 00:03:32,129 --> 00:03:34,282 - Have you been published? 53 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:38,682 Come on, Oona. 54 00:03:38,683 --> 00:03:40,364 I want to introduce you to Billy Chandler. 55 00:03:40,365 --> 00:03:41,399 - He's here? 56 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:42,206 - He is. 57 00:03:42,207 --> 00:03:43,040 - Oh, right now? 58 00:03:43,041 --> 00:03:43,848 Oh. - Great. 59 00:03:43,849 --> 00:03:45,079 - Let's go. 60 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,128 - Until me meet again, Jerome David Salinger. 61 00:03:47,129 --> 00:03:49,399 - Come on, Oona doll. 62 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:50,400 Billy. 63 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:57,319 - Excuse me, sir, do you happen to know the time? 64 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:58,526 That went well. 65 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:30,482 - Through the course 66 00:04:30,483 --> 00:04:33,802 of my fascinatingly dull life I've always found fiction 67 00:04:33,803 --> 00:04:36,690 so much more truthful than reality. 68 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,526 And yes, I'm aware of the irony. 69 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,001 He had neither the looks, personality, or good clothes 70 00:05:11,002 --> 00:05:13,039 to gain Shirley's interest. 71 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:14,879 He didn't have a chance. 72 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,564 And as I said before, to write a really good 73 00:05:16,565 --> 00:05:18,919 boy meets girl story it's wise 74 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,366 to have the boy meet the girl. 75 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,082 - I can't concentrate with you staring at me like that. 76 00:05:31,083 --> 00:05:33,439 - Well do you like it? 77 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,360 - It's really good. 78 00:05:34,361 --> 00:05:35,166 - You can tell me the truth. 79 00:05:35,167 --> 00:05:36,002 - I am. 80 00:05:36,003 --> 00:05:37,126 It's terrific. 81 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,809 Tie your shoes, sonny. 82 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:43,839 - So what do you think, Mom? 83 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:46,599 - I love the kids, I love the way they talk. 84 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,728 - Yeah, 'cause in the slicks the teens always sound phony 85 00:05:48,729 --> 00:05:50,639 because they're written by 50 year old drunks. 86 00:05:51,483 --> 00:05:52,641 You know, it just kills me. 87 00:05:52,642 --> 00:05:55,211 - Well, you're really talented. 88 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,807 - I think I want to try to publish. 89 00:06:02,808 --> 00:06:06,079 - How would you do that? 90 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,210 - I want to go back to school, study creative writing. 91 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,124 - You what? 92 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:17,759 You get kicked out of every school I send you to 93 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,444 because of that smart alec mouth of yours. 94 00:06:19,445 --> 00:06:21,359 How do you possibly believe 95 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,250 you could be a professional writer? 96 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:26,879 - I don't know. 97 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,279 I just like doing it. 98 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,439 - He's very talented, Sol. 99 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:31,851 - Even if he is, it's impossible to make 100 00:06:31,852 --> 00:06:34,081 a living at it even for the best of students. 101 00:06:34,082 --> 00:06:36,479 You're not even a good student. 102 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,479 - I can't do anything right. 103 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,801 - Sonny, sonny, come here, sit down. 104 00:06:40,802 --> 00:06:42,689 It's all right, please. 105 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,407 I, I just don't want you to be disappointed 106 00:06:49,408 --> 00:06:51,482 when it doesn't work out. 107 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,439 And it won't. 108 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:55,566 It never does. 109 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:58,919 Listen to me. 110 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,159 Meat and cheese distribution 111 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,559 has been very good to this family. 112 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,370 Six years ago Buddy Richmond was practically broke. 113 00:07:05,371 --> 00:07:09,490 He buys a slaughterhouse and now he's king of the bacon. 114 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,045 That could be you, sonny boy. 115 00:07:16,046 --> 00:07:17,724 - Jerry is not going to sell cheese, 116 00:07:17,725 --> 00:07:20,359 or pigs, or cows, or milk. 117 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,601 He is not going to be the king of the bacon. 118 00:07:22,602 --> 00:07:25,199 He is going to go to Columbia. 119 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,122 He is going to study writing. 120 00:07:27,123 --> 00:07:29,122 That's what Jerry is going to do, 121 00:07:29,123 --> 00:07:31,771 and you are going to pay for it. 122 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:41,684 - I bet if I never walked 123 00:07:41,685 --> 00:07:43,409 into your class that day then Holden Caulfield 124 00:07:43,410 --> 00:07:45,767 probably wouldn't even exist. 125 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,131 So in a way this whole mess 126 00:07:49,132 --> 00:07:52,090 is as much your fault as it is mine. 127 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,322 - There is nothing more sacred than story. 128 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,683 The Bible, the Quran, the Torah, 129 00:08:01,684 --> 00:08:05,844 the stories contained in these books are so powerful 130 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,002 that people actually believe they were written by a God. 131 00:08:11,003 --> 00:08:14,288 That is the power that a story can hold. 132 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:16,970 And in the course of this semester 133 00:08:16,971 --> 00:08:20,319 you will be given the tools and the techniques 134 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,369 to be able to create your own stories 135 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,359 so that you can enrapture people, move... 136 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,362 - I was always a lousy student, 137 00:08:30,363 --> 00:08:33,319 even when I wanted to be there. 138 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,846 It was pretty embarrassing, if you want to know the truth. 139 00:08:35,847 --> 00:08:38,810 - How does that sound, Mr. Salinger? 140 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,047 - I'm so sorry, you lost me at Bible. 141 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:46,165 - Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Salinger. 142 00:08:46,166 --> 00:08:49,999 Did you think that this course was a study in atheism? 143 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,639 - No, no, I didn't. 144 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:53,279 But I'm hoping there really is a god 145 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:55,123 that'll give you something interesting to say. 146 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,645 - Funny, I had the same thought 147 00:08:59,646 --> 00:09:01,529 when I read your admissions essay. 148 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,724 Although they still let you in. 149 00:09:04,725 --> 00:09:06,719 It must be a very lean year for Columbia. 150 00:09:07,563 --> 00:09:10,848 Mr. Salinger wrote an essay, very funny, 151 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,559 brimming with exactly the sort of sarcasm 152 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:18,239 that he so beautifully displayed here 153 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,999 in the first five minutes of the course. 154 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,129 And yet after that Mr. Salinger failed 155 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:29,365 to turn that clever voice of his into an actual narrative. 156 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,322 Which is a shame, because there is some potential there. 157 00:09:34,323 --> 00:09:39,159 But this is the work we will all be striving to achieve. 158 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,082 And by the end of this semester, God willing, 159 00:09:42,083 --> 00:09:43,889 or in Mr. Salinger's case, unwilling, 160 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,048 you will all understand the difference 161 00:09:48,049 --> 00:09:52,204 between wanting to be a writer and actually being one. 162 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,526 - My countrymen and my friends. 163 00:09:59,527 --> 00:10:02,046 I had hoped against hope that some miracle 164 00:10:02,047 --> 00:10:05,119 would prevent a devastating war in Europe 165 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,205 and bring to an end the invasion of Poland by Germany. 166 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:14,325 I have said many times that I have seen war and I hate war. 167 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:20,079 I hope the United States will keep out of this war. 168 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,969 I believe that it will. 169 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,919 - Oh Mr. Salinger. 170 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:28,599 Come in, have a seat. 171 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,719 Would you like a drink? 172 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:33,371 - Coffee, please. 173 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,847 So, how did you find me here? 174 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:40,126 - Oh, I used to go to NYU and I always 175 00:10:40,127 --> 00:10:42,919 saw you grading papers in the window. 176 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,159 Hey, why do you come all the way down to the Village? 177 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,491 - I couldn't think of a better place to read the work 178 00:10:46,492 --> 00:10:48,125 of the next Fitzgerald or Hemingway 179 00:10:48,126 --> 00:10:50,282 than right here in Greenwich Village. 180 00:10:50,283 --> 00:10:51,559 - Sir. 181 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:52,559 - Thank you. 182 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:53,561 - What about you? 183 00:10:53,562 --> 00:10:54,843 What happened at NYU? 184 00:10:54,844 --> 00:10:57,443 They kick you out for that mouth of yours? 185 00:10:57,444 --> 00:10:59,564 - No, it was a mutual understanding. 186 00:10:59,565 --> 00:11:01,847 They wanted me gone and I wanted them dead. 187 00:11:01,848 --> 00:11:05,239 - Well you're not the first 188 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,919 wise ass I've taught, you know? 189 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:09,522 You act out at authority figures like me 190 00:11:09,523 --> 00:11:11,439 because you're emotionally repressed at home. 191 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:12,519 You also think you're the cleverest boy 192 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:13,407 that ever walked the planet 193 00:11:13,408 --> 00:11:15,528 and no one recognizes what a genius you are. 194 00:11:15,529 --> 00:11:20,279 It's pretty typical stuff, if you want to know the truth. 195 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:21,645 But enough of my dime store Freud. 196 00:11:21,646 --> 00:11:24,610 What can I do for you, Mr. Salinger? 197 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:28,639 - Well, I wanted to ask about 198 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,079 what you talked about in class. 199 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,763 You know, my voice overwhelming the story. 200 00:11:33,764 --> 00:11:36,491 I always thought my voice is what defines me as a writer. 201 00:11:36,492 --> 00:11:38,159 - Absolutely. 202 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,721 Your voice is what makes your story unique. 203 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:47,399 But when that voice overwhelms the story, 204 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,129 as it did in your admissions essay, 205 00:11:49,130 --> 00:11:52,439 then it becomes an expression more of your ego 206 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,331 than of the emotional experience of the reader. 207 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:59,959 Does that make sense? 208 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:00,960 - Kind of. 209 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:03,091 - Kind of. 210 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:07,720 - No. 211 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:09,641 - I'd apologize for being late. 212 00:12:09,642 --> 00:12:10,879 But since I'm going to be late 213 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,365 for every single class this semester 214 00:12:12,366 --> 00:12:14,727 I'm going to instead save my strength 215 00:12:14,728 --> 00:12:18,999 for the reading of your pages and heavy drinking. 216 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:24,211 Now today I want to focus on the writer's voice. 217 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:26,851 And to illustrate this I'm going to 218 00:12:26,852 --> 00:12:30,399 read a passage to you from William Faulkner. 219 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:31,890 All right now I want you to listen carefully. 220 00:12:31,891 --> 00:12:33,928 In fact, close your eyes. 221 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,361 The jailer cut her down and then revived her. 222 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,805 Then he beat her and whipped her. 223 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,764 She had hung herself with her dress. 224 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,727 All right, so, what happened? 225 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,528 - A woman in jail tried to commit suicide. 226 00:12:56,529 --> 00:12:59,559 And after the jailer saved her, he beat her. 227 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:00,402 - Exactly. 228 00:13:00,403 --> 00:13:03,046 This is why I let women audit my classes. 229 00:13:03,047 --> 00:13:05,925 Hopefully the rest of the university will soon follow suit. 230 00:13:05,926 --> 00:13:07,682 All right now, I read this passage 231 00:13:07,683 --> 00:13:10,365 in as dull a voice as I could possibly muster, 232 00:13:10,366 --> 00:13:13,999 and yet you were still all engaged by the passage. 233 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:14,842 Why? 234 00:13:14,843 --> 00:13:17,443 Because the events of the story were compelling, 235 00:13:17,444 --> 00:13:19,441 thematically layered, and dramatic. 236 00:13:19,442 --> 00:13:22,171 Now of course Faulkner is famous for his voice 237 00:13:22,172 --> 00:13:24,319 with its unique regional style. 238 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,045 And so therefore even the non-writer 239 00:13:26,046 --> 00:13:27,485 thinks that they love Faulkner. 240 00:13:27,486 --> 00:13:30,399 But in fact it is the events of the story, 241 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,609 the attempted suicide, the beating that draws us in. 242 00:13:33,610 --> 00:13:36,251 And then Faulkner uses his voice 243 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,564 to make the story uniquely his own. 244 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,049 Does that make sense? 245 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:47,971 For our next class I want you all 246 00:13:47,972 --> 00:13:50,167 to write a five page story. 247 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,570 Ask yourselves, if I were to read this in a monotone 248 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,728 would I still keep the class' attention? 249 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,126 Okay, well I'm really not going to do 250 00:14:04,127 --> 00:14:06,599 any better than that today, so that's it. 251 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:07,839 You can use the rest of the time 252 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,159 to write your story or masturbate. 253 00:14:12,003 --> 00:14:14,606 Just try not to confuse the former with the latter. 254 00:14:14,607 --> 00:14:16,759 God knows there's many an author 255 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,159 who has failed at that very task. 256 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:20,000 Have a good weekend. 257 00:14:20,001 --> 00:14:21,001 See you later, children. 258 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:26,886 - The one good thing about being stuck 259 00:14:26,887 --> 00:14:28,530 in a nuthouse is everyone here 260 00:14:28,531 --> 00:14:31,364 is in the same lousy shape as I am. 261 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,246 Truth be told, I never really fitted 262 00:14:36,247 --> 00:14:38,759 anywhere in the whole goddam world. 263 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,399 Uptown I was a Jew, downtown I was a square. 264 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,162 But on occasion I could fool the girls 265 00:14:44,163 --> 00:14:46,686 into thinking I was Clark Gable's cousin. 266 00:14:46,687 --> 00:14:48,639 - Bravo, bravo. 267 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,639 - Keep giving 'em hell, Ernie. 268 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:52,480 - You know what? 269 00:14:52,481 --> 00:14:54,005 I actually think I keep on getting kicked out of school 270 00:14:54,006 --> 00:14:56,199 'cause I love how much it pisses my father off. 271 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,120 - That's hilarious. 272 00:14:57,121 --> 00:14:58,007 You need to go with that. 273 00:14:58,008 --> 00:15:00,799 You should write your story about that. 274 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:01,800 - Nah. 275 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,483 - You got your watch on? 276 00:15:05,484 --> 00:15:06,606 - Yes, why? 277 00:15:06,607 --> 00:15:10,286 - 'Cause you need to give that girl the time. 278 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:12,520 - Yes I do. 279 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:17,240 Hi. - Hi. 280 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,599 - So you like jazz? 281 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,250 - What do you think? 282 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,839 - So um, what do you do most of the time on weekends? 283 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:28,682 - I don't know. 284 00:15:28,683 --> 00:15:31,524 What do you do most of the time on weekends? 285 00:15:31,525 --> 00:15:33,399 - This and that. 286 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,159 - This and that? 287 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,239 I know that's code for sowing your wild oats. 288 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,159 - Sow your wild oats? 289 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,439 Sorry, I don't follow. 290 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,879 - Oh please. 291 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,008 Chase around, Joe College. 292 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,002 - "Sow the wild oats? 293 00:16:02,003 --> 00:16:03,923 "I don't think I get your drift." 294 00:16:03,924 --> 00:16:07,239 "You know, chase around, Joe College." 295 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:08,765 Suddenly from the other side of the room 296 00:16:08,766 --> 00:16:11,399 a small blonde shrieked with laughter. 297 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,359 - Yes, it was very good. 298 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,202 Your voice was present and entertaining. 299 00:16:15,203 --> 00:16:17,771 But it helped tell the story, it didn't become it. 300 00:16:17,772 --> 00:16:18,879 - I felt it. 301 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:19,688 You know, I could tell when something 302 00:16:19,689 --> 00:16:20,839 I wrote was too clever. 303 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:21,646 - Was it true? 304 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:22,480 - Some of it. 305 00:16:22,481 --> 00:16:23,367 Some I made up. 306 00:16:23,368 --> 00:16:24,771 - Well you know what we call that? 307 00:16:24,772 --> 00:16:25,799 - What? 308 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:26,959 - Writing. 309 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,959 - So how do I get it published? 310 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:29,802 - Well that's a bit ambitious 311 00:16:29,803 --> 00:16:31,919 for your first outing, don't you think? 312 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:33,079 - A real writer publishes, right? 313 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:34,682 That's the only way to make a living at it. 314 00:16:34,683 --> 00:16:36,601 - Oh wait, let me guess, your father told you that. 315 00:16:36,602 --> 00:16:37,726 - Well why don't you try the New Yorker? 316 00:16:37,727 --> 00:16:39,245 I'm sure that would impress him. 317 00:16:39,246 --> 00:16:42,679 - I was actually thinking Story Magazine. 318 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,279 I love their pieces. 319 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,199 - Do you know who the editor of Story is? 320 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,200 - Yeah, you. 321 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:49,364 - And on behalf of Story 322 00:16:49,365 --> 00:16:51,484 I would like to thank you for your submission. 323 00:16:51,485 --> 00:16:54,131 Unfortunately we're going to decline at this time. 324 00:16:54,132 --> 00:16:58,159 But we do look forward to reading your future submissions. 325 00:16:58,160 --> 00:16:59,639 Mr. Salinger, you're about to learn 326 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:00,879 the second most important lesson 327 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:02,848 in having a career as a writer. 328 00:17:02,849 --> 00:17:05,446 Learning to deal with rejection. 329 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:08,719 - Well I'm going straight to the New Yorker, 330 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:09,480 and they're going to publish it, 331 00:17:09,481 --> 00:17:10,606 and you're going to be sorry. 332 00:17:10,607 --> 00:17:11,886 - I already am. 333 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,119 - Hi, I'm here to submit... 334 00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:23,201 - Submit a short story? 335 00:17:23,202 --> 00:17:24,719 Fill this out. 336 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:25,562 Leave your story. 337 00:17:25,563 --> 00:17:29,087 We'll get back to you in four to six weeks. 338 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,402 - It's the first story I've ever submitted. 339 00:17:33,403 --> 00:17:36,688 - Well that's a historic day for us all. 340 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,719 What's the J.D. stand for? 341 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:45,961 - It's juvenile delinquent. 342 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,405 - Don't write that. 343 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,643 - And I want those rewrites before next week. 344 00:17:52,644 --> 00:17:54,083 And do not get used to the idea 345 00:17:54,084 --> 00:17:55,605 of me staying for each class. 346 00:17:55,606 --> 00:17:57,648 My dinner plans canceled. 347 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,599 Oh, it's your first rejection letter. 348 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,039 You have to get that framed. 349 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:05,119 - So what do I do now? 350 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:05,960 - You're a writer. 351 00:18:05,961 --> 00:18:07,119 What do you think you do now? 352 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:08,281 - Write another story? 353 00:18:08,282 --> 00:18:10,521 - Yes, and then write another one after that. 354 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,404 And then another one after that. 355 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:20,202 - Okay. 356 00:18:20,203 --> 00:18:23,010 - And then another one after that! 357 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,083 - Perhaps my dreams of literary triumph 358 00:18:28,084 --> 00:18:30,599 were the delusions of an egotistical 359 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,001 and overly ambitious boy who should have listened 360 00:18:33,002 --> 00:18:37,130 when he was offered the chance to be the king of the bacon. 361 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,651 I could have been a king, Whit. 362 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:47,039 - I don't know if I'm cut out for this. 363 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,088 - Yeah, maybe you're not. 364 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:53,839 - You don't think I am? 365 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:57,399 - Well, let me ask you a question. 366 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,599 Why do you want to do this? 367 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:00,600 - Publish? 368 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:02,760 - No. 369 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,079 Be a writer. 370 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,128 Why do you want to write? 371 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:14,639 - Because I, I get angry about a lot of things. 372 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,961 And when I'm writing I feel like I'm doing something 373 00:19:16,962 --> 00:19:19,519 about it, like I'm finally getting to speak my mind. 374 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:20,567 - You see, Jerry, this is what you need 375 00:19:20,568 --> 00:19:22,919 to be doing in your writing. 376 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,446 Explore what it is that makes you angry 377 00:19:25,447 --> 00:19:27,839 and then put that into a story. 378 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,571 No, no, no, but here's the catch. 379 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,999 You still may never publish. 380 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:34,842 - Never? 381 00:19:34,843 --> 00:19:36,039 - Nope. 382 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:40,799 You may spend the rest of your life being rejected. 383 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:44,359 And now you have to ask yourself a question. 384 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:48,490 Are you willing to devote your life to telling stories 385 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:54,161 knowing that you may get nothing in return? 386 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,648 And if the answer to that question is no, 387 00:19:59,649 --> 00:20:01,999 well then you should go out there 388 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,083 and find yourself something else to do with your life 389 00:20:05,084 --> 00:20:07,890 because you are not a true writer. 390 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,126 Good day, thank you very much. 391 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,086 No, no, no, no, take your rejections with you. 392 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:49,601 - Would you look at this place? 393 00:20:49,602 --> 00:20:50,806 It's beautiful. 394 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,799 You'll find something else you like to do, sonny. 395 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:55,767 You'll see. 396 00:20:55,768 --> 00:20:58,039 And it'll be something you can actually make a buck at. 397 00:20:58,040 --> 00:20:59,849 - Try not to worry about anything this week, dear. 398 00:20:59,850 --> 00:21:02,889 It's a vacation and you should relax. 399 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,402 - She had immense eyes that always seemed 400 00:21:56,403 --> 00:21:59,879 in danger of capsizing in their own innocence. 401 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,959 She was with a small boy, unmistakeably her brother. 402 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:04,564 And it was only when his sister spoke to him 403 00:22:04,565 --> 00:22:05,925 that he came around and applied 404 00:22:05,926 --> 00:22:08,279 the small of his back to his chair. 405 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:09,736 Now there are two kinds of femme fatale. 406 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,205 The noise of young people she'd invited. 407 00:22:11,206 --> 00:22:12,685 Sewing, mastering crossword puzzles. 408 00:22:12,686 --> 00:22:14,086 Her father's scotch was inadequate. 409 00:22:14,087 --> 00:22:15,605 Inside somebody up turned up... 410 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:22,282 - Jerry, your sister didn't drive all the way up here 411 00:22:22,283 --> 00:22:25,559 to watch you write in a lobby for five days. 412 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,722 Now, put that away and come with us for a stroll. 413 00:22:28,723 --> 00:22:30,085 - I will in one hour. 414 00:22:30,086 --> 00:22:31,639 I'm almost done, okay? 415 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:35,804 - What makes you think you have anything to say to people? 416 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:42,960 - Grow up. 417 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,561 - Oh Jerry, would you hang back for a minute. 418 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,399 Now that you have made a true commitment to your craft, 419 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,559 I think it's time. 420 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,528 - Time for what? 421 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:21,488 - For you to be published. 422 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:23,880 - In? 423 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,162 This is the first damn story I gave you. 424 00:23:36,163 --> 00:23:37,639 - Oh, I loved it right away. 425 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:38,926 I just had to be sure you were a real writer 426 00:23:38,927 --> 00:23:40,729 before I published it. 427 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:46,560 So, this is your first check as a real writer. 428 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:56,880 - Thank you. 429 00:23:58,240 --> 00:23:59,679 Thank you so much. 430 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:00,602 - You're welcome. 431 00:24:00,603 --> 00:24:01,839 Now go write another story. 432 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,639 - To publishing. - To publishing. 433 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,359 So, your old man finally impressed? 434 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:11,200 - No. 435 00:24:11,201 --> 00:24:12,087 When I showed him the check he told me 436 00:24:12,088 --> 00:24:14,081 I could finally afford a suit to get a real job. 437 00:24:14,082 --> 00:24:15,241 - To hell with him. 438 00:24:15,242 --> 00:24:17,481 He's just jealous because you're a paid writer. 439 00:24:17,482 --> 00:24:20,519 He's nothing but a lousy Jew pig seller. 440 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:21,360 - Do you know he hides the fact 441 00:24:21,361 --> 00:24:22,646 that he's Jewish from our neighbors? 442 00:24:22,647 --> 00:24:23,759 Always has. 443 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,890 The first phony I ever met was on the clay I was born. 444 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,159 What the hell are they doing? 445 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,161 - The Stork Club advertises 446 00:24:34,162 --> 00:24:36,364 that Oona comes here 'cause of her dad. 447 00:24:36,365 --> 00:24:39,091 But they only photograph her drinking milk 448 00:24:39,092 --> 00:24:41,159 because she's underage. 449 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,481 - That could be the most pathetic thing I've ever seen. 450 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,319 All right, that's my cue. 451 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:52,924 I'm going in. - Ooh. 452 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,120 - Oona. 453 00:24:55,121 --> 00:24:55,960 - Mm. 454 00:24:55,961 --> 00:24:57,562 - It's so lovely to see you again, Carol, Blythe. 455 00:24:57,563 --> 00:24:58,400 - I'm Blythe. 456 00:24:58,401 --> 00:24:59,206 - Great. 457 00:24:59,207 --> 00:25:00,439 If you don't mind I'm going to give 458 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,919 the most beautiful girl in the world a twirl. 459 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,402 - Oh, all right. 460 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,079 I read your piece in Story. 461 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:16,888 - You read Story? 462 00:25:16,889 --> 00:25:19,239 - I read everything. 463 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,969 - What did you think? 464 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,159 - I thought it was marvelous. 465 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,447 No, it was simply marvelous. 466 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,039 - Thank you. 467 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,566 You're without a doubt the most special girl I've ever seen. 468 00:25:32,567 --> 00:25:36,690 - And you're very handsome, Jerome David Salinger. 469 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:51,959 What do you think? 470 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:52,880 - I love it. 471 00:25:52,881 --> 00:25:53,720 - Yeah? 472 00:25:53,721 --> 00:25:54,605 - Yeah, how long have you lived here? 473 00:25:54,606 --> 00:25:55,440 - Just a few months. 474 00:25:55,441 --> 00:25:56,911 But I don't think I'll be here much longer. 475 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,079 - Why, where are you going to go? 476 00:25:58,080 --> 00:25:59,080 - Hollywood. 477 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:01,242 If I want to get into pictures 478 00:26:01,243 --> 00:26:03,759 that's the place to be, right? 479 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,759 - Well, I used to want to be an actor. 480 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:07,566 - Really? 481 00:26:07,567 --> 00:26:08,402 - But I hate Hollywood. 482 00:26:08,403 --> 00:26:10,359 It's a bunch of driving jerks 483 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:12,120 making crap for knuckleheads that can't read. 484 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:15,680 - You're funny. 485 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,049 And you're so talented. 486 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:21,481 I love talent. 487 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:25,520 - Don't go to California. 488 00:26:25,521 --> 00:26:26,519 - Why? 489 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:27,965 - I think it's better if you stay here, 490 00:26:27,966 --> 00:26:30,008 stay here and do theater. 491 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,639 Have you asked your dad to put you in any of his plays? 492 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:36,919 - Mm-mm. 493 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:37,920 - Why? 494 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,439 - I guess, we don't speak very often. 495 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,679 - Um, I'm sorry I didn't. 496 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:46,919 - It's all right. 497 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:47,762 You know, I haven't seen him 498 00:26:47,763 --> 00:26:51,079 since I was a little girl actually. 499 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,880 You know, I don't know why he doesn't love me. 500 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,807 I never did anything wrong. 501 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,206 - My dad doesn't love me either. 502 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,039 I should, I should, I should probably go. 503 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:14,882 - Jerry. 504 00:27:14,883 --> 00:27:16,079 - No, it's... 505 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:16,888 - Jerry, you don't have to. 506 00:27:16,889 --> 00:27:18,166 - If I get back to my writing 507 00:27:18,167 --> 00:27:20,279 I could get a lot done tonight. 508 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:21,086 - Okay. 509 00:27:21,087 --> 00:27:22,087 - Um, 510 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:24,240 do you want to go dancing Friday? 511 00:27:24,241 --> 00:27:25,080 - Yes. 512 00:27:25,081 --> 00:27:25,922 - Yes? 513 00:27:25,923 --> 00:27:27,319 - Yes, I'd love to. 514 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:28,559 - All right, me too. 515 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:29,560 - Okay. 516 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:32,326 - Good. - Okay. 517 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,490 - That's the thing about girls. 518 00:27:43,491 --> 00:27:44,925 Every time they do something pretty 519 00:27:44,926 --> 00:27:47,571 you fall half in love with them. 520 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,759 And then you never know where the hell you are. 521 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,879 - Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, hang in there, my love. 522 00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,083 I know it can be a slog 523 00:27:59,084 --> 00:28:01,885 but you've got to stick out these dry spells. 524 00:28:01,886 --> 00:28:03,562 Everyone loves the writing. 525 00:28:03,563 --> 00:28:06,159 I get terrific feedback every time I submit you. 526 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:07,002 - Well that's terrific, but I haven't 527 00:28:07,003 --> 00:28:09,039 had a story published in eight months. 528 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:10,121 - Well, have you thought about writing something 529 00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:12,839 with a little more pop to it, most Post than New Yorker. 530 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:13,646 - No, I hate the Post. 531 00:28:13,647 --> 00:28:14,924 It's a bunch of sentimental crap. 532 00:28:14,925 --> 00:28:15,805 - I know. 533 00:28:15,806 --> 00:28:16,847 - I want to be a New Yorker writer. 534 00:28:16,848 --> 00:28:19,566 - And you will be, but it's never easy, my love. 535 00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:22,639 There's no harm in dumbing it down once in a while. 536 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,051 We've just got to get you published again. 537 00:28:24,052 --> 00:28:26,439 Publishing is everything. 538 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,206 - I don't even know what I should write about. 539 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:32,400 - Oh Jerry. 540 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,399 First of all, you need to relax. 541 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,279 You're not going to do better work being so stressed. 542 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,090 Take that pretty girlfriend of yours on a date. 543 00:28:44,091 --> 00:28:45,206 Have some fun. 544 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,199 How's it going with her? 545 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,679 - Hey, Pearl. 546 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,239 - I'm sorry, Jerry, but Oona isn't here. 547 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,239 She left for the Hamptons this morning. 548 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:01,879 - She did what? 549 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,199 We had a date. 550 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:04,531 - You know Oona. 551 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,244 - Yeah, okay, thanks. 552 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,199 - Maybe I'm just not capable 553 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,164 of experiencing happiness like the fellow 554 00:29:29,165 --> 00:29:30,525 that works at a lousy job 555 00:29:30,526 --> 00:29:34,570 and has a pretty wife and a bunch of stupid kids. 556 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,450 Maybe I didn't lose my mind at all. 557 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,928 Maybe I never had it in the first place. 558 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,639 - You should get out of here, kid. 559 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:13,526 - He made his way into the men's room 560 00:30:13,527 --> 00:30:15,841 and filled both washbowls with cold water. 561 00:30:15,842 --> 00:30:18,207 "You want a towel, fella?" asked the piano player. 562 00:30:18,208 --> 00:30:20,559 "Not me," said Holden. 563 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,402 "Why don't you go home, kid?" 564 00:30:22,403 --> 00:30:24,162 Holden Caulfield went on drinking. 565 00:30:24,163 --> 00:30:25,603 - Hello, it's me, Jerry Salinger. 566 00:30:25,604 --> 00:30:26,999 I just want to speak to Oona. 567 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:27,887 - She's asleep. 568 00:30:27,888 --> 00:30:29,525 Why are you calling so late? 569 00:30:29,526 --> 00:30:31,884 - "This is me, Holden Caulfield. 570 00:30:31,885 --> 00:30:33,159 "Can I speak to Sally, please?" 571 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,045 - I just want us to be together. 572 00:30:34,046 --> 00:30:35,199 It doesn't have to be anything serious. 573 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:36,040 - It doesn't have to be anything serious? 574 00:30:36,041 --> 00:30:36,880 - I don't want anything serious, no. 575 00:30:36,881 --> 00:30:37,765 - Jerry, you just said otherwise. 576 00:30:37,766 --> 00:30:38,600 - I, don't twist my words. 577 00:30:38,601 --> 00:30:39,440 - You are just, you know what you are? 578 00:30:39,441 --> 00:30:40,280 You're just such a phony. 579 00:30:40,281 --> 00:30:41,086 - No, I'm not a phony. - You are. 580 00:30:41,087 --> 00:30:42,167 You're just... - Go to hell. 581 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:48,600 Oona. 582 00:30:48,601 --> 00:30:49,442 - What? 583 00:30:49,443 --> 00:30:52,091 - Oona, can I call you tomorrow? 584 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,202 - His teeth chattering violently, 585 00:31:00,203 --> 00:31:01,884 Holden Caulfield stood on the corner 586 00:31:01,885 --> 00:31:05,009 and waited for the Madison Avenue bus. 587 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,129 - It was a long wait. 588 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,399 No, we didn't order champagne. 589 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:27,400 - I did. 590 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,527 I asked you here so we could celebrate. 591 00:31:30,528 --> 00:31:32,639 - Ah, celebrate what? 592 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,961 - I have some exciting news. 593 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:40,239 The New Yorker read Slight Rebellion Off Madison, 594 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,527 and they want to publish it. 595 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:44,488 - The New Yorker? 596 00:31:44,489 --> 00:31:46,687 - Yes, they love your Holden Caulfield character. 597 00:31:46,688 --> 00:31:49,279 They feel he's completely original. 598 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:50,759 I'm so happy for you, Jerry. 599 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,205 - The New Yorker, I can't believe it. 600 00:31:52,206 --> 00:31:55,039 - Well believe it, my love. 601 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:56,166 To publishing. 602 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,168 It really is everything. 603 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,368 Now they have a couple of notes 604 00:32:06,369 --> 00:32:09,679 that they want you to address. 605 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:10,839 - Notes? 606 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:11,682 - Yes. 607 00:32:11,683 --> 00:32:14,246 All writers have to go through this with every magazine. 608 00:32:14,247 --> 00:32:16,439 And the New Yorker has more notes than most. 609 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:17,327 They want all their stories 610 00:32:17,328 --> 00:32:20,529 to have a New Yorker signature to them. 611 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:25,123 - What if I don't want to do the notes? 612 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,010 - They told me their problems with the story. 613 00:32:33,011 --> 00:32:34,490 Should I tell you? 614 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,799 - Sure, sure, okay, tell me their problems. 615 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,211 - First off, they think Holden's drinking 616 00:32:41,212 --> 00:32:42,839 comes out of nowhere. 617 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,319 They want it to be clearer he's an alcoholic. 618 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,045 - No, he's not an alcoholic. 619 00:32:47,046 --> 00:32:48,403 He's just getting drunk 620 00:32:48,404 --> 00:32:49,959 because he's depressed about the girl. 621 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:51,562 - Well, they think that's unclear. 622 00:32:51,563 --> 00:32:52,402 - I don't. 623 00:32:52,403 --> 00:32:54,719 I think that's perfectly clear. 624 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,722 - Well maybe you can make a slight adjustment 625 00:32:56,723 --> 00:32:59,883 so it's not confusing for some people. 626 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,162 Also they think it would be nice if in the end 627 00:33:04,163 --> 00:33:07,359 Holden and Sally got back together. 628 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,119 They specifically said we don't need to see it. 629 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:10,960 We just want the reader 630 00:33:10,961 --> 00:33:12,166 to have a sense that they'll end up... 631 00:33:12,167 --> 00:33:13,599 - But they don't end up together. 632 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:14,599 That's not what happens. 633 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:15,406 - Why not? 634 00:33:15,407 --> 00:33:16,242 - Because people don't end up together. 635 00:33:16,243 --> 00:33:18,479 It usually doesn't work out. 636 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,923 Okay, I know in every goddam story in every goddam magazine 637 00:33:20,924 --> 00:33:23,443 the couple always falls in love with a stupid kiss 638 00:33:23,444 --> 00:33:24,999 to make us feel all warm and fuzzy 639 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,001 and full of Christmas cheer. 640 00:33:26,002 --> 00:33:28,999 But that's not what happens in real life. 641 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,885 Someone always gets their heart broken 642 00:33:30,886 --> 00:33:32,722 and has a hard time getting over it. 643 00:33:32,723 --> 00:33:35,087 Sometimes they drink because they're upset, 644 00:33:35,088 --> 00:33:37,970 even though they're not alcoholics. 645 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:45,365 I just want my writing to be truthful, that's all. 646 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,439 - So what would you like me to tell them? 647 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,559 - Tell them I'm very open to notes, 648 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:56,684 but Holden's not an alcoholic 649 00:33:56,685 --> 00:33:57,886 and they don't end up together. 650 00:33:57,887 --> 00:33:59,803 - Those are the only notes, Jerry. 651 00:33:59,804 --> 00:34:03,441 - Well tell them I won't make those changes. 652 00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:12,449 - You're so talented. 653 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,008 Give Oona a little twirl? 654 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:29,127 - So get this. 655 00:34:29,128 --> 00:34:30,519 I told Oona about the New Yorker. 656 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:31,485 - And? 657 00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:32,845 - We've already been out three times. 658 00:34:32,846 --> 00:34:34,439 - To the New Yorker. 659 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:35,851 - The New Yorker. 660 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,159 - Did they have any notes? 661 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:42,479 - Who? 662 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:43,719 - The New Yorker. 663 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,759 Did they have any notes on the story? 664 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:47,760 - No. 665 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,364 - Well I'm not surprised they loved it. 666 00:34:52,365 --> 00:34:54,439 That Holden character is fantastic. 667 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:55,930 It's exactly what I've been telling you 668 00:34:55,931 --> 00:34:57,039 about digging deeper. 669 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:58,769 - Yeah, yeah, I felt it when I was writing him. 670 00:34:58,770 --> 00:35:00,959 It just flowed out of me. 671 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:02,325 I want to keep writing stories about him. 672 00:35:02,326 --> 00:35:03,367 - You should. 673 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:07,880 - Well. 674 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,559 - Another. 675 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,449 - You okay there, boss? 676 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:19,524 - Well, between you and me, things aren't great at Story. 677 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,119 Money is tight. 678 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,805 I mean, Martha watches the finances and me. 679 00:35:25,806 --> 00:35:29,479 Apparently I'm still spending too much money. 680 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:30,811 - You'll have to shut it down? 681 00:35:30,812 --> 00:35:33,849 - No, no, we'll be all right for now. 682 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,162 But it's been tough on us. 683 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:41,407 I got an eye. 684 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,729 I can spot talent coming a mile away. 685 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:51,439 Saroyan, Cheever, Caldwell, I discovered them all. 686 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,761 Of course, it would be nice if somebody discovered me. 687 00:35:53,762 --> 00:35:55,842 - Hey, come on, you've been published. 688 00:35:55,843 --> 00:35:58,239 - I not only discovered them, 689 00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:00,971 I shaped them, I challenged them. 690 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:04,920 This is me. 691 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,087 You should continue to write about Holden, 692 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,408 but not as a short story. 693 00:36:17,720 --> 00:36:19,290 - Well, hang on, wait, wait, wait, wait. 694 00:36:19,291 --> 00:36:20,645 What do you mean? 695 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,249 - I think Holden Caulfield is a novel. 696 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,931 - No, no, I couldn't write a whole novel. 697 00:36:30,932 --> 00:36:32,839 I'm a dash man, not a miler. 698 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:36,083 - You only say that because you're lazy. 699 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,250 Holden Caulfield deserves an entire book all on his own. 700 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:47,484 - A novel's a lot of words. 701 00:36:47,485 --> 00:36:49,369 - It's just more words. 702 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:57,039 Imagine the book that you would want to read 703 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,359 and then go write it. 704 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:25,968 - Hey, Mom, what's wrong? 705 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:29,919 Mom. 706 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,605 Hey, what is it, what's happened? 707 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:34,842 - We interrupt this broadcast 708 00:37:34,843 --> 00:37:38,364 to bring you this important bulletin from the United Press. 709 00:37:38,365 --> 00:37:41,362 We have witnessed this morning the attack of Pearl Harbor 710 00:37:41,363 --> 00:37:43,249 and the severe bombing of Pearl Harbor 711 00:37:43,250 --> 00:37:46,289 by army planes, undoubtedly Japanese. 712 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,040 It's no joke, it's a real war. 713 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:56,287 - I don't care what you say. 714 00:37:56,288 --> 00:37:58,244 I'm sending you socks every week 715 00:37:58,245 --> 00:37:59,603 and you had better wear them. 716 00:37:59,604 --> 00:38:01,039 - Please, you'll embarrass me. 717 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:02,690 They're going to supply everything I need and... 718 00:38:02,691 --> 00:38:06,079 - Everyone, can I have your attention please? 719 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,479 As you all know, tomorrow morning 720 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,839 our son Jerry is going off to war. 721 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,922 Perhaps this will turn him into the man 722 00:38:13,923 --> 00:38:16,491 I know he's destined to become. 723 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,084 - And I would like to propose a toast 724 00:38:20,085 --> 00:38:22,162 to the best student I've ever had. 725 00:38:22,163 --> 00:38:25,039 To Jerry, a wonderful writer, 726 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:27,439 an inspiration, and a great friend. 727 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:28,839 To Jerry. 728 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,251 - To Jerry. 729 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,322 - This may not be the best timing but I have some bad news. 730 00:38:39,323 --> 00:38:40,526 - Really, what? 731 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:42,967 - The New Yorker isn't going to run 732 00:38:42,968 --> 00:38:45,167 the Holden Caulfield story. 733 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:47,200 - Why not? 734 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,167 - They think it's too frivolous 735 00:38:49,168 --> 00:38:51,731 now that we've entered the war. 736 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:55,599 I'm sorry, Jerry. 737 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:56,886 - No, it's fine. 738 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,041 Promise you'll wait for me. 739 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:16,525 - I promise. 740 00:39:16,526 --> 00:39:17,526 - Really? 741 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:21,930 - Of course, Jerry. 742 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:36,079 - Well, she is an actress. 743 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:37,127 - Hey, hey, mark my words. 744 00:39:37,128 --> 00:39:39,119 I will marry that girl. 745 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:39,962 - Well it's a good thing her father's 746 00:39:39,963 --> 00:39:43,442 a comedy writer. 747 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,561 - Anyway, how's everything at the home front with you? 748 00:39:47,562 --> 00:39:49,399 You good with Martha chewing your ear? 749 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:50,524 - Everything at my home is fine. 750 00:39:50,525 --> 00:39:51,360 - Yeah? 751 00:39:51,361 --> 00:39:52,407 - Because what you'll learn about having a wife 752 00:39:52,408 --> 00:39:56,041 is that occasionally she just has to yell to feel better. 753 00:39:57,240 --> 00:40:01,370 Oh, and by the way, I'm awfully sorry about the New Yorker. 754 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,964 - How'd you know about that? 755 00:40:05,965 --> 00:40:07,079 - Oh please. 756 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:08,241 They canned the Caulfield story 757 00:40:08,242 --> 00:40:10,125 because you wouldn't take any of their notes. 758 00:40:10,126 --> 00:40:12,327 You know, you cannot be a pain in the ass 759 00:40:12,328 --> 00:40:14,079 until you're a success. 760 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:15,080 - Yeah? 761 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:17,405 Well to hell with the New Yorker. 762 00:40:17,406 --> 00:40:18,206 You know what? 763 00:40:18,207 --> 00:40:20,121 I'll put it in an anthology with other short stories... 764 00:40:20,122 --> 00:40:21,565 - No, no, no, don't do that, don't do that. 765 00:40:21,566 --> 00:40:23,642 Don't do that to Holden Caulfield. 766 00:40:23,643 --> 00:40:25,290 He deserves a novel. 767 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:27,520 - You really think so? 768 00:40:27,521 --> 00:40:28,362 - I know so. 769 00:40:28,363 --> 00:40:30,567 He's a fantastic character. 770 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:33,159 Listen to me. 771 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,083 While you're over there, you know, 772 00:40:35,084 --> 00:40:39,599 getting clap from all those French whores, do me a favor. 773 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,409 I want you to write about him. 774 00:40:41,410 --> 00:40:45,519 I want Holden Caulfield to be your best friend. 775 00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:46,919 And listen to me. 776 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,039 Stay alive, all right? 777 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:50,040 Stay alive. 778 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:52,519 No matter what. 779 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,250 - After I enlisted in the army 780 00:41:09,251 --> 00:41:10,765 I bounced from base to base 781 00:41:10,766 --> 00:41:14,481 until they finally shipped me off to England. 782 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,121 I knew army food would be bad, 783 00:41:17,122 --> 00:41:19,327 but they'd promised us a steak dinner 784 00:41:19,328 --> 00:41:22,130 the night before the big invasion. 785 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,559 I just couldn't start the Caulfield novel. 786 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:28,846 That's why I kept sending you short stories 787 00:41:28,847 --> 00:41:32,128 for the anthology I was writing instead. 788 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,686 I had never written anything so personal. 789 00:41:35,687 --> 00:41:38,246 That's why he was a first person character. 790 00:41:38,247 --> 00:41:40,686 I didn't want to begin Holden's story because I was scared 791 00:41:40,687 --> 00:41:44,048 I wouldn't live long enough to finish it. 792 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,559 - Hey, Jerry, how's your girlfriend? 793 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:17,923 - I wish they'd all just forget about it. 794 00:42:17,924 --> 00:42:18,760 - Bye, lover boy. 795 00:42:18,761 --> 00:42:19,600 - Come on, Jer. 796 00:42:19,601 --> 00:42:20,487 You're the first guy to ever get dumped 797 00:42:20,488 --> 00:42:22,926 on the front page of every newspaper in the country. 798 00:42:22,927 --> 00:42:24,759 It's pretty nuts. 799 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,879 Chaplain's old enough to be her father. 800 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:27,722 - Well, what can I say? 801 00:42:27,723 --> 00:42:30,999 Everyone loves that little tramp. 802 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,399 - And a scandal that has rocked the nation. 803 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,448 The biggest movie star in the world, Charlie Chaplain 804 00:42:35,449 --> 00:42:37,165 has married the 18 year old daughter 805 00:42:37,166 --> 00:42:39,367 of famed playwright Eugene O'Neill, 806 00:42:39,368 --> 00:42:43,439 who has declared that she has finally met her true love. 807 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:06,849 - It's just more words. 808 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,403 - "Holden Caulfield," she said. 809 00:43:19,404 --> 00:43:20,686 "It's marvelous to see you. 810 00:43:20,687 --> 00:43:22,599 "It's been ages." 811 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,166 She had one of those very loud embarrassing voices 812 00:43:25,167 --> 00:43:26,839 when you met her somewhere. 813 00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,081 She got away with it because she was so damn good looking 814 00:43:29,082 --> 00:43:32,159 that it always gave me a pain in the ass. 815 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:33,764 "It's swell to see ya," I said. 816 00:43:33,765 --> 00:43:35,239 I meant it too. 817 00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:36,719 "How are ya anyway?" 818 00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:38,759 "Grand," she said. 819 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:41,719 If there's one word I hate it's grand. 820 00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:42,846 It's so phony. 821 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:09,402 - This is a momentous hour 822 00:44:09,403 --> 00:44:11,368 in world history, D-Day. 823 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:13,922 The men of General Dwight D. Eisenhower 824 00:44:13,923 --> 00:44:17,527 are fighting their way up the beaches in fire and blood 825 00:44:17,528 --> 00:44:20,799 into the fortress of Nazi Europe. 826 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,768 Casualties in this mammoth operation 827 00:44:22,769 --> 00:44:24,888 may reach a dreadful toll. 828 00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:49,202 - I had stormed Normandy 829 00:44:49,203 --> 00:44:51,159 with six chapters in my bag. 830 00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:52,321 And I'd be lying if I didn't tell ya 831 00:44:52,322 --> 00:44:55,839 Holden got me through some rough spells. 832 00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:57,410 He gave me something to focus on 833 00:44:57,411 --> 00:45:00,131 when things weren't going so hot. 834 00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:06,004 That's one of the things I loved most about writing. 835 00:45:06,005 --> 00:45:07,764 Your mind keeps on working on your stories 836 00:45:07,765 --> 00:45:12,119 whether you've got a pen or a gun in your hand. 837 00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:14,399 It just never stops creating. 838 00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:25,962 - You okay? 839 00:45:25,963 --> 00:45:28,122 - You've got to help me, just help me. 840 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:41,800 - Hey, hey. 841 00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,085 - I did everything I could to keep on writing. 842 00:45:56,086 --> 00:45:57,127 I really did. 843 00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:01,359 No pen, no typewriter. 844 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:02,805 To hell with them. 845 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,602 I kept on telling Holden's story, 846 00:46:06,603 --> 00:46:09,399 even if it was only to myself. 847 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:13,041 - If I get pneumonia then I'll probably die. 848 00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:20,841 There'll be millions of jerks at my funeral. 849 00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:36,806 - Jerry, Jerry. 850 00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:39,724 You're going to be all right, okay? 851 00:46:39,725 --> 00:46:40,839 All right? 852 00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:42,649 You've just got to warm up a bit, okay? 853 00:46:42,650 --> 00:46:44,719 Come on, here we go. 854 00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:46,319 All right. 855 00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:49,529 Hey, hey, you just gotta warm up, okay? 856 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,799 I brought the socks your mom sent you? 857 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,370 She's a smart lady, Jer. 858 00:46:57,371 --> 00:46:59,159 All right, take 'em. 859 00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:01,919 Keep you warm, all right, okay? 860 00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:04,199 I'm not going anywhere. 861 00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:53,051 - Jerry? 862 00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:08,719 Jerry, can you hear me? 863 00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:11,359 Jerry, I want you to look at me. 864 00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:13,647 Could you look at me, Jerry? 865 00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,247 Jerry, squeeze my hand if you can hear me. 866 00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:03,839 - I'm truly sorry you wasted all that time on me. 867 00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:05,524 But you gotta believe me when I tell you, 868 00:50:05,525 --> 00:50:07,727 I have nothing left to say. 869 00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:13,439 About Holden Caulfield or anything else for that matter. 870 00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:16,091 Sincerely yours, Jerry Salinger. 871 00:50:21,083 --> 00:50:22,759 - He's here. 872 00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:23,799 - Is he still crazy? 873 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:24,606 - Ssh. 874 00:50:24,607 --> 00:50:25,761 - Welcome home, sonny. 875 00:50:25,762 --> 00:50:28,206 All the way home from Germany. 876 00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:34,360 - Hi Mom. 877 00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:40,839 Doris. 878 00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:42,126 - Jerry. 879 00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:52,400 - Uh, this is my wife, Sylvia. 880 00:50:57,080 --> 00:50:58,969 This is my mom, Miriam. 881 00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:05,648 That's my sister, Doris. 882 00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:08,839 And that's my father, Sol. 883 00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:09,840 - Hello. 884 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:27,479 Sonny, you were interrogating Nazis after the war? 885 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:29,162 - Yeah, we were trying to find out 886 00:51:29,163 --> 00:51:30,924 where the Nazis were hiding. 887 00:51:30,925 --> 00:51:32,809 - That sounds exciting. 888 00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:44,599 - So Sylvia, what do you do? 889 00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:46,409 - She's a rodeo clown. 890 00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:54,160 It's a joke. 891 00:51:56,800 --> 00:52:00,600 - I'm a thermologist by trade, before the war. 892 00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:04,119 - When did you two get married? 893 00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:05,645 - About six months ago. 894 00:52:05,646 --> 00:52:09,959 - Oh, that's when you stopped responding to our letters. 895 00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:13,851 - Well I haven't written a word in over a year. 896 00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:20,439 - Well, I hope you're going to write stories again. 897 00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,761 - Maybe after Whit publishes the Young Folks anthology. 898 00:52:22,762 --> 00:52:25,809 It's the only reason why I came home. 899 00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:31,129 And to see all of you. 900 00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:06,042 Most of these I wrote before I went to Europe, 901 00:53:06,043 --> 00:53:08,359 and a few I wrote during the war. 902 00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:09,925 - And what about the Caulfield novel? 903 00:53:09,926 --> 00:53:11,331 Where are you with that? 904 00:53:11,332 --> 00:53:12,879 - About halfway. 905 00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:15,611 - When do you think you're going to finish? 906 00:53:15,612 --> 00:53:18,279 - Just, I can't work on it anymore. 907 00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:19,120 - Why not? 908 00:53:19,121 --> 00:53:20,451 - It brings back too many memories. 909 00:53:20,452 --> 00:53:22,999 I want to forget it all. 910 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:27,639 - Well, have you written anything since you got back? 911 00:53:27,640 --> 00:53:28,640 - I tried. 912 00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:31,885 I just can't do it. 913 00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:35,164 - Well, we'll publish your anthology 914 00:53:35,165 --> 00:53:39,959 and I'll bet before long you'll be back at that typewriter. 915 00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:40,960 - Hope so. 916 00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:44,728 I'm not getting enough sleep so it's hard to concentrate. 917 00:53:44,729 --> 00:53:48,202 And sometimes I wake up and I'm screaming. 918 00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:54,650 - These are all very common post-war symptoms, Jerry, okay? 919 00:53:55,720 --> 00:53:58,485 And have you been painting at all? 920 00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:04,850 - No, no, 'cause I'm not a painter, I'm a writer. 921 00:54:04,851 --> 00:54:07,207 - Yes, yes of course, writer. 922 00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:09,642 - And no. 923 00:54:09,643 --> 00:54:13,119 With the nightmares I just, 924 00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:17,839 sometimes I have flashbacks of the camps during the day too. 925 00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:19,001 It's almost like I'm there. 926 00:54:19,002 --> 00:54:20,519 I can smell. 927 00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,325 Is there anything I can do for that? 928 00:54:22,326 --> 00:54:24,284 - No, these are all very common occurrences 929 00:54:24,285 --> 00:54:26,567 from soldiers returning from combat. 930 00:54:26,568 --> 00:54:28,528 It's just a phase, okay? 931 00:54:58,320 --> 00:54:59,320 - Hey. 932 00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:01,400 - Hello. 933 00:55:02,240 --> 00:55:04,159 So you've been drinking. 934 00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,559 - No, no I haven't touched a drop in years. 935 00:55:06,560 --> 00:55:07,402 - Oh, that's right. 936 00:55:07,403 --> 00:55:08,925 You joined a temperance union. 937 00:55:08,926 --> 00:55:10,159 - Joined? 938 00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:11,286 You mean started it. 939 00:55:11,287 --> 00:55:14,119 I also joined the divorce union. 940 00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:16,239 Well kind of more annulled 941 00:55:16,240 --> 00:55:17,683 if you want to get technical about it. 942 00:55:17,684 --> 00:55:18,522 - What happened? 943 00:55:18,523 --> 00:55:20,204 - Something that never should have. 944 00:55:20,205 --> 00:55:22,487 I think she might be a Nazi. 945 00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:25,967 - Are you serious? 946 00:55:25,968 --> 00:55:29,931 - I don't know, maybe. 947 00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:36,126 - Well now see, that is something you should write about. 948 00:55:36,127 --> 00:55:38,559 Have you started up again? 949 00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:39,402 - No. 950 00:55:39,403 --> 00:55:42,959 Um, you know, I think once the anthology's published 951 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:45,799 that'll hopefully get me going again. 952 00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:50,719 What? 953 00:55:50,720 --> 00:55:54,199 - The anthology's just turned out to be 954 00:55:54,200 --> 00:55:57,522 a little more complicated than I thought. 955 00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:00,119 - How? 956 00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:01,722 - Well you know, we don't publish on our own. 957 00:56:01,723 --> 00:56:02,526 We don't have the money for it. 958 00:56:02,527 --> 00:56:03,885 So we have this relationship with Lippincott 959 00:56:03,886 --> 00:56:06,039 to finance a long form. 960 00:56:06,040 --> 00:56:08,486 And they've rejected the book. 961 00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:12,279 They don't want to publish it. 962 00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:13,962 - So you're not going to publish the Young Folks anthology? 963 00:56:13,963 --> 00:56:14,800 - Look, if it was up to me, Jerry. 964 00:56:14,801 --> 00:56:15,642 It's them. 965 00:56:15,643 --> 00:56:17,881 I nearly ended the relationship with them. 966 00:56:17,882 --> 00:56:19,323 - You nearly ended the relationship? 967 00:56:19,324 --> 00:56:20,890 How nearly brave of you that must have been. 968 00:56:20,891 --> 00:56:22,159 - Come on, come on. 969 00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:23,605 - No, no, no, that means a lot to me. 970 00:56:23,606 --> 00:56:25,879 I mean, you know that was the only reason 971 00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:26,765 I came back from Germany. 972 00:56:26,766 --> 00:56:28,888 You knew how much it meant to me, how much I needed that. 973 00:56:28,889 --> 00:56:30,206 - At least it brought you home. 974 00:56:30,207 --> 00:56:31,723 - I didn't want to come home. 975 00:56:31,724 --> 00:56:34,004 - Jerry, I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do, all right? 976 00:56:34,005 --> 00:56:36,002 I went to war with these guys over this. 977 00:56:36,003 --> 00:56:37,359 - War? 978 00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:38,599 War? 979 00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:39,679 War, you went to war with these guys? 980 00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:40,520 - Oh, I'm sorry, no. 981 00:56:40,521 --> 00:56:41,360 That was a bad choice of words. 982 00:56:41,361 --> 00:56:42,200 - You went to war? 983 00:56:42,201 --> 00:56:43,040 - I didn't mean... 984 00:56:43,041 --> 00:56:43,880 - I landed on D-Day. 985 00:56:43,881 --> 00:56:44,720 - I understand... 986 00:56:44,721 --> 00:56:45,526 - No, no, no, no, no. 987 00:56:45,527 --> 00:56:46,442 You have no idea. 988 00:56:46,443 --> 00:56:49,239 I'm only alive because we missed our landing by 1,000 yards. 989 00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:50,366 But I saw them all get killed. 990 00:56:50,367 --> 00:56:52,639 I saw every single one of them get killed. 991 00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:53,924 I should be dead too, I shouldn't be here. 992 00:56:53,925 --> 00:56:54,726 - Jerry, I'm sorry. 993 00:56:54,727 --> 00:56:55,765 I fought for you. - No, no, no, no, no. 994 00:56:55,766 --> 00:56:56,600 - I wanted this to happen. 995 00:56:56,601 --> 00:56:58,125 - Don't sit there and tell me how you fought for this. 996 00:56:58,126 --> 00:57:00,168 You are a liar, you're a goddam liar. 997 00:57:00,169 --> 00:57:02,970 And I never want to see you again. 998 00:57:06,880 --> 00:57:07,880 - Jerry. 999 00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:25,767 - Hey mister. 1000 00:57:27,080 --> 00:57:29,208 I have a question for you. 1001 00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:31,931 Where do you think the ducks go in the winter 1002 00:57:31,932 --> 00:57:34,127 when the pond freezes over? 1003 00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:38,769 - I'm sorry, pal, I ain't got no idea. 1004 00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:44,009 Hey, you want a smoke? 1005 00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:47,839 - Yeah, thank you. 1006 00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:49,763 Hey, you wanna, you want a nip? 1007 00:57:49,764 --> 00:57:51,759 - Ooh, don't mind if I do. 1008 00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:53,171 - Have you got a light? 1009 00:57:53,172 --> 00:57:54,479 - I think I do. 1010 00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:01,439 Hey, hey, I'm a veteran. 1011 00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:02,680 I'm a veteran, goddam it, stop. 1012 00:58:06,600 --> 00:58:08,762 - All right, got it. 1013 00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:00,648 - What are you all doing? 1014 00:59:34,200 --> 00:59:38,239 I keep having nightmares about the war almost every night. 1015 00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:40,720 Sometimes I wake up screaming. 1016 00:59:41,960 --> 00:59:44,930 - Do you also see it during the day? 1017 00:59:49,480 --> 00:59:50,879 - How'd you know? 1018 00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:52,882 - Before I studied the teachings of Ramakrishna 1019 00:59:52,883 --> 00:59:56,639 I was a freedom fighter in India against the British. 1020 00:59:56,640 --> 00:59:57,971 It was the violence I witnessed 1021 00:59:57,972 --> 01:00:02,839 that led me on the same path that has led you to me. 1022 01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:05,319 - Do you think the nightmares will ever go away? 1023 01:00:05,320 --> 01:00:06,320 - Oh yes. 1024 01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:09,170 But first you must heal from the violence 1025 01:00:09,171 --> 01:00:12,439 that has been inflicted upon your soul. 1026 01:00:12,440 --> 01:00:13,440 - How? 1027 01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:15,720 - Right. 1028 01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:19,404 Our religion consists of meditation 1029 01:00:19,405 --> 01:00:22,239 on the spirit of full consciousness. 1030 01:00:22,240 --> 01:00:23,319 Come. 1031 01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:24,810 Remove your shoes. 1032 01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:28,881 This is how we will begin to heal the pain. 1033 01:00:28,882 --> 01:00:31,439 Those are very handsome shoes. 1034 01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:33,039 - Thank you. 1035 01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:34,040 - Come, sit. 1036 01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:39,239 Very good. 1037 01:00:39,240 --> 01:00:40,844 Now close your eyes. 1038 01:00:43,680 --> 01:00:45,399 It's all right. 1039 01:00:45,400 --> 01:00:47,519 I won't hurt you. 1040 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:54,159 Ultimate reality is an all-pervading 1041 01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:57,369 uncreated self-luminous eternal spirit. 1042 01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:04,970 It's the consciousness that animates all conscious beings. 1043 01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:34,281 - I, well I try to write. 1044 01:01:34,282 --> 01:01:37,409 Every day I sit at the typewriter but I can't start. 1045 01:01:37,410 --> 01:01:42,279 - What do you think about when you stare at the blank page? 1046 01:01:43,123 --> 01:01:44,799 - That it won't be good. 1047 01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:46,759 That I've lost my talent. 1048 01:01:46,760 --> 01:01:49,047 - So what if you have? 1049 01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:53,123 - Then I shouldn't write. 1050 01:01:53,124 --> 01:01:54,884 - You write to show off your talent 1051 01:01:54,885 --> 01:01:57,770 or to express what's in your heart? 1052 01:02:08,320 --> 01:02:09,959 - I finally started yesterday. 1053 01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:10,768 - Good. 1054 01:02:10,769 --> 01:02:11,959 - No, it wasn't good. 1055 01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:12,768 I mean, the writing was terrible 1056 01:02:12,769 --> 01:02:15,081 and I only managed one page. 1057 01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:18,729 - Then what happened? 1058 01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:25,399 Did you enjoy it? 1059 01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:26,242 - Writing? 1060 01:02:26,243 --> 01:02:28,322 - No, ripping up the page. 1061 01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:31,719 - Yeah. 1062 01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:46,091 I ripped up five pages yesterday. 1063 01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:49,319 - Sounds like fun. 1064 01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:26,967 - Seymour Glass. 1065 01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:32,319 "Are you going in the water, Seymour Glass?" she said. 1066 01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:33,401 He suddenly got to his feet. 1067 01:03:33,402 --> 01:03:35,719 He looked at the ocean. 1068 01:03:35,720 --> 01:03:37,085 "I'll tell you what we'll do. 1069 01:03:37,086 --> 01:03:40,368 "We'll see if we can catch a bananafish. 1070 01:03:41,360 --> 01:03:44,603 "This is a perfect day for bananafish." 1071 01:03:58,400 --> 01:04:02,291 - Well, I love what you've done with the place. 1072 01:04:04,480 --> 01:04:06,479 You're writing again. 1073 01:04:06,480 --> 01:04:07,480 - Mm-hm. 1074 01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:11,119 - The Caulfield novel? 1075 01:04:11,120 --> 01:04:12,639 - No, no. 1076 01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:14,479 I tried but... 1077 01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:15,322 - Thank you. 1078 01:04:15,323 --> 01:04:18,005 - It's just some short stories I've been working on. 1079 01:04:18,006 --> 01:04:19,359 - Mm. 1080 01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:20,200 - They're not very good, 1081 01:04:20,201 --> 01:04:21,281 but at least I'm getting pages clone. 1082 01:04:21,282 --> 01:04:23,119 - Well, that's why I'm here. 1083 01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:23,962 You remember that story 1084 01:04:23,963 --> 01:04:25,924 that the New Yorker was going to publish? 1085 01:04:25,925 --> 01:04:29,079 - Slight Rebellion Off Madison, my first Caulfield story. 1086 01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:29,922 - Well, they've been reviewing 1087 01:04:29,923 --> 01:04:31,843 all their past submissions from before the war 1088 01:04:31,844 --> 01:04:34,446 and they are considering publishing it. 1089 01:04:34,447 --> 01:04:35,799 - Really? 1090 01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:36,926 - Yes, really. 1091 01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:39,082 I don't know if you remember, 1092 01:04:39,083 --> 01:04:43,839 but they had specific notes you didn't want to take. 1093 01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:46,081 And if you want them to publish it 1094 01:04:46,082 --> 01:04:49,641 you're going to have to make their changes. 1095 01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:54,399 Oh come on, at least hear them out. 1096 01:04:54,400 --> 01:04:56,448 Publishing is everything. 1097 01:04:59,360 --> 01:05:00,566 - Well the New Yorker holds a special place 1098 01:05:00,567 --> 01:05:02,359 in American literature. 1099 01:05:02,360 --> 01:05:04,089 And it's important to us that our stories 1100 01:05:04,090 --> 01:05:06,199 have a uniform vision. 1101 01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:08,324 We want the reader to be able to read a story 1102 01:05:08,325 --> 01:05:11,721 and know that it could only run in the New Yorker. 1103 01:05:11,722 --> 01:05:13,881 - That's exactly what I don't want. 1104 01:05:13,882 --> 01:05:17,089 - You don't want to be published in the New Yorker? 1105 01:05:17,090 --> 01:05:19,639 - No, no, I love the New Yorker. 1106 01:05:19,640 --> 01:05:22,644 I just don't want to write stories like everyone else. 1107 01:05:22,645 --> 01:05:26,679 You know, the war hero doesn't always get a parade. 1108 01:05:26,680 --> 01:05:29,319 Sometimes he blows his head off. 1109 01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:31,799 I want to create a new form of writing, 1110 01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:34,599 a modern form about modern society 1111 01:05:34,600 --> 01:05:36,602 in which is the pain of our existence 1112 01:05:36,603 --> 01:05:40,161 is laid out truthfully for everyone to see. 1113 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:45,803 - I'll make a deal with you. 1114 01:05:45,804 --> 01:05:48,243 If you try the notes and don't feel they make 1115 01:05:48,244 --> 01:05:51,923 your story better, then I'll submit your original version. 1116 01:05:51,924 --> 01:05:54,559 - I don't want Holden and Sally to end up together. 1117 01:05:54,560 --> 01:05:55,844 That's not what happens in real life, 1118 01:05:55,845 --> 01:05:56,807 at least not in my life. 1119 01:05:56,808 --> 01:05:57,923 - Well that's fine. 1120 01:05:57,924 --> 01:05:59,599 It's just a thought we had. 1121 01:05:59,600 --> 01:06:01,523 - I thought it was a big sticking point for you. 1122 01:06:01,524 --> 01:06:04,599 - Not if you feel it destroys the integrity of the piece. 1123 01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:06,443 Look, Jerry, I'm not trying to take your story over 1124 01:06:06,444 --> 01:06:08,044 or write it for you. 1125 01:06:09,080 --> 01:06:12,879 You have a wonderful voice but you over-explain. 1126 01:06:12,880 --> 01:06:17,439 Trust that the reader's going to understand you. 1127 01:06:17,440 --> 01:06:20,359 - What do you mean I over-explain? 1128 01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:38,326 That's better. 1129 01:06:41,320 --> 01:06:42,879 Your notes worked. 1130 01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:43,802 Thanks. 1131 01:06:43,803 --> 01:06:45,719 - You're welcome. 1132 01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:48,007 I'll submit it to Harold Ross and the team. 1133 01:06:48,008 --> 01:06:51,641 It should take a few weeks to get an answer. 1134 01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:58,441 - I wanted to give you another story I wrote. 1135 01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:03,519 I thought you could help me make it better. 1136 01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:06,359 - Well shouldn't bananafish be two words? 1137 01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:07,919 - No, it has to be one. 1138 01:07:07,920 --> 01:07:09,079 - Why? 1139 01:07:09,080 --> 01:07:12,129 - Because two words would make too much sense. 1140 01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:16,767 - Dear Jerry. 1141 01:07:16,768 --> 01:07:20,124 I've sent you several letters but you never respond. 1142 01:07:20,125 --> 01:07:21,724 I hope you believe me when I tell you 1143 01:07:21,725 --> 01:07:23,679 there was nothing I could do. 1144 01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:26,331 I begged them to publish it, I really did. 1145 01:07:26,332 --> 01:07:29,159 And now I'm begging for your forgiveness. 1146 01:07:29,160 --> 01:07:30,571 Because I truly... 1147 01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:34,371 - I've read several of your stories 1148 01:07:34,372 --> 01:07:38,410 and they're very impressive for someone your age. 1149 01:07:40,520 --> 01:07:43,246 - My writing changed a lot after the war. 1150 01:07:43,247 --> 01:07:45,561 - The war changed a lot of writers. 1151 01:07:45,562 --> 01:07:47,608 - The ones that survived. 1152 01:07:49,920 --> 01:07:51,159 - Jerry, I brought you here today 1153 01:07:51,160 --> 01:07:52,844 because I wanted to tell you personally 1154 01:07:52,845 --> 01:07:56,606 that the New Yorker would like to publish you. 1155 01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:01,846 - Which story? 1156 01:08:04,560 --> 01:08:05,686 - All of them. 1157 01:08:08,160 --> 01:08:09,321 - All of them? 1158 01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:12,927 - I would like to offer you a first rejection contract. 1159 01:08:12,928 --> 01:08:14,490 We'll pay you a handsome yearly salary. 1160 01:08:14,491 --> 01:08:18,399 And in return we get to read all of your stories first. 1161 01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:20,082 The ones we don't publish, 1162 01:08:20,083 --> 01:08:22,401 you're free to sell to other magazines. 1163 01:08:22,402 --> 01:08:26,450 - It's the most prestigious contract in American publishing. 1164 01:08:26,451 --> 01:08:29,444 - Congratulations, Jerry, you did it. 1165 01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:35,685 ♪ Jing jing a ling jing a ling jing a ling 1166 01:08:35,686 --> 01:08:37,159 ♪ I love to hear our laughter mingle 1167 01:08:37,160 --> 01:08:38,082 ♪ Hah hah 1168 01:08:38,083 --> 01:08:39,119 ♪ Ho ho 1169 01:08:39,120 --> 01:08:40,643 ♪ Gliding through the snow 1170 01:08:40,644 --> 01:08:42,324 - May I present Jerry Salinger. 1171 01:08:42,325 --> 01:08:43,679 Peggy Sisken. 1172 01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:44,520 - Very nice to meet you. 1173 01:08:44,521 --> 01:08:46,839 - The New Yorker's incipient great man of American letter. 1174 01:08:46,840 --> 01:08:47,682 - Jerry, if I may. 1175 01:08:47,683 --> 01:08:48,839 I am also a writer. 1176 01:08:48,840 --> 01:08:49,682 - Fantastic. 1177 01:08:49,683 --> 01:08:52,363 - I thought Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut was marvelous. 1178 01:08:52,364 --> 01:08:54,601 I'm simply dying for your next story. 1179 01:08:54,602 --> 01:08:56,601 - When Seymour Glass shot himself, 1180 01:08:56,602 --> 01:08:58,325 you weren't just talking about the war. 1181 01:08:58,326 --> 01:08:59,922 You were talking about the bourgeois 1182 01:08:59,923 --> 01:09:02,486 capitalist infrastructure of a modern plutocracy. 1183 01:09:02,487 --> 01:09:04,039 - Or maybe it was the war. 1184 01:09:04,040 --> 01:09:05,279 But it's really up to the reader. 1185 01:09:05,280 --> 01:09:08,439 - Jerry is in the very beginnings of his first novel. 1186 01:09:08,440 --> 01:09:10,122 - And Bill says you may be writing a novel. 1187 01:09:10,123 --> 01:09:11,085 - When are you going to write a novel? 1188 01:09:11,086 --> 01:09:12,921 - Well, you know, there's something I'm working on. 1189 01:09:12,922 --> 01:09:13,840 Hopefully it won't be too long. 1190 01:09:13,841 --> 01:09:14,648 - Let's get a picture. 1191 01:09:14,649 --> 01:09:16,359 - Oh, thank you so much. 1192 01:09:18,480 --> 01:09:20,199 - Shall we have a picture? 1193 01:09:20,200 --> 01:09:21,200 Here we are. 1194 01:09:28,240 --> 01:09:29,730 ♪ Jing a ling jing a ling 1195 01:09:29,731 --> 01:09:33,159 ♪ Jing a ling jing a ling jing a ling 1196 01:09:49,880 --> 01:09:52,451 - There's one thing that's been weighing on me. 1197 01:09:52,452 --> 01:09:56,679 A novel I'm trying, wanting to finish but can't. 1198 01:09:56,680 --> 01:09:59,809 I'm scared if I work on it the nightmares will come back. 1199 01:09:59,810 --> 01:10:01,279 - Is it about the war? 1200 01:10:01,280 --> 01:10:03,681 - No, it's about a character I wrote about during the war. 1201 01:10:03,682 --> 01:10:06,119 He was with me everywhere I went. 1202 01:10:06,120 --> 01:10:07,690 - Every time you attempt to work on it 1203 01:10:07,691 --> 01:10:09,523 you feel the war again. 1204 01:10:12,240 --> 01:10:13,321 - You know, you never really get the smell 1205 01:10:13,322 --> 01:10:16,959 of burning flesh out of your nostrils. 1206 01:10:16,960 --> 01:10:21,124 - Perhaps finishing this book is the way for you to move on. 1207 01:10:22,240 --> 01:10:23,240 - Right. 1208 01:10:25,680 --> 01:10:28,126 There's just so many distractions everywhere. 1209 01:10:28,127 --> 01:10:30,759 - Then you must remove distractions. 1210 01:10:54,680 --> 01:10:56,205 - Well, this is it. 1211 01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:02,891 It gets a little drafty but the price is right. 1212 01:11:05,440 --> 01:11:07,568 What are you going to do up here? 1213 01:11:07,569 --> 01:11:09,847 - Oh, just a little writing. 1214 01:12:03,200 --> 01:12:05,089 - I'll just tell you about this madman stuff 1215 01:12:05,090 --> 01:12:07,161 that happened to me around last Christmas. 1216 01:12:08,162 --> 01:12:10,970 Just before I got pretty run down. 1217 01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:15,481 Finally what I decided I'd do, I decided I'd go away. 1218 01:12:15,482 --> 01:12:17,125 I decided I'd never go home again. 1219 01:12:17,126 --> 01:12:18,999 I'd never go away to another school again. 1220 01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:20,081 That way I wouldn't have to have 1221 01:12:20,082 --> 01:12:24,244 any goddam stupid unless conversations with anybody. 1222 01:12:28,760 --> 01:12:30,444 I keep picturing all these little kids 1223 01:12:30,445 --> 01:12:34,239 playing some game in this big field of rye and all. 1224 01:12:34,240 --> 01:12:36,527 Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around. 1225 01:12:36,528 --> 01:12:38,921 Nobody big I mean, except me. 1226 01:12:40,840 --> 01:12:44,045 And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. 1227 01:12:44,046 --> 01:12:46,202 What I have to do, I have to catch everybody 1228 01:12:46,203 --> 01:12:48,919 if they start to go over the cliff. 1229 01:12:48,920 --> 01:12:50,445 I mean if they're running and they don't look 1230 01:12:50,446 --> 01:12:52,329 where they're going, I have to come out 1231 01:12:52,330 --> 01:12:54,800 from somewhere and catch them. 1232 01:12:56,440 --> 01:12:59,399 And that's all I'd do all day. 1233 01:12:59,400 --> 01:13:02,927 I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. 1234 01:13:06,360 --> 01:13:08,966 I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing 1235 01:13:08,967 --> 01:13:10,769 I'd really like to be. 1236 01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:14,519 - Jerry. 1237 01:13:14,520 --> 01:13:15,362 - Hi, 1238 01:13:15,363 --> 01:13:16,673 - Thanks so much for stopping by. 1239 01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:17,520 - Oh, thank you. 1240 01:13:17,521 --> 01:13:18,440 - It's great to meet you. 1241 01:13:18,441 --> 01:13:19,519 - Mr. Giroux, it's a pleasure. 1242 01:13:19,520 --> 01:13:20,326 - Robert. 1243 01:13:20,327 --> 01:13:21,160 Please, call me Robert. 1244 01:13:21,161 --> 01:13:22,000 - Robert. - Have a seat. 1245 01:13:22,001 --> 01:13:22,840 - Thank you. 1246 01:13:22,841 --> 01:13:24,046 - Such an honor to have you here. 1247 01:13:24,047 --> 01:13:26,324 - No, I'm sorry for stopping by unannounced. 1248 01:13:26,325 --> 01:13:28,288 I just wanted to speak to you personally. 1249 01:13:28,289 --> 01:13:30,039 - No apologies necessary. 1250 01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:32,399 - I don't know if you remember, but a year ago 1251 01:13:32,400 --> 01:13:34,209 you sent me the kindest letter about my writing 1252 01:13:34,210 --> 01:13:36,521 asking if you could publish a book of my short stories. 1253 01:13:36,522 --> 01:13:39,719 - Of course, I love those stories. 1254 01:13:39,720 --> 01:13:40,959 - Thank you. 1255 01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:42,962 I just completed my first novel 1256 01:13:42,963 --> 01:13:46,601 and if you like, I'd like you to publish it. 1257 01:13:51,640 --> 01:13:55,079 - Ah, I am honored you'd think of me. 1258 01:13:55,080 --> 01:13:56,605 When can I read it? 1259 01:14:05,360 --> 01:14:06,360 - Hm. 1260 01:14:08,280 --> 01:14:10,931 You know, the pages of this book were with me 1261 01:14:10,932 --> 01:14:14,599 when I stormed the beaches of Normandy. 1262 01:14:14,600 --> 01:14:17,046 I wrote them in Hitler's death camps and in the hospital 1263 01:14:17,047 --> 01:14:20,522 where I could barely remember my own name. 1264 01:14:23,040 --> 01:14:27,204 I don't think I'd be alive if it wasn't for this book. 1265 01:14:32,520 --> 01:14:34,966 - I'm really flattered, Jerry. 1266 01:14:37,480 --> 01:14:38,970 Is it a war story? 1267 01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:41,959 - No. 1268 01:14:41,960 --> 01:14:46,090 It's about a troubled kid during the Christmas holidays. 1269 01:14:48,680 --> 01:14:50,644 - Well I know you wanted us to give you 1270 01:14:50,645 --> 01:14:52,205 some helpful notes on the novel. 1271 01:14:52,206 --> 01:14:55,807 But the truth is, we both think it has a lot of problems. 1272 01:14:55,808 --> 01:14:57,928 - I just don't buy Holden. 1273 01:14:59,160 --> 01:15:01,039 - That's the whole book. 1274 01:15:01,040 --> 01:15:04,639 - Well he seems phony, as he would like to say. 1275 01:15:04,640 --> 01:15:05,721 He's so negative all the time. 1276 01:15:05,722 --> 01:15:07,402 It just doesn't feel real. 1277 01:15:07,403 --> 01:15:09,209 - And your style is too writer-conscious. 1278 01:15:09,210 --> 01:15:13,319 I feel you're trying to be clever on almost every page. 1279 01:15:13,320 --> 01:15:15,129 - Did you at least think it was funny? 1280 01:15:15,130 --> 01:15:16,919 - Um. 1281 01:15:16,920 --> 01:15:18,524 - Yes, but in a way where I feel 1282 01:15:18,525 --> 01:15:20,519 the writer's being too witty. 1283 01:15:20,520 --> 01:15:22,559 - You're making a real name for yourself 1284 01:15:22,560 --> 01:15:23,607 and I would hate for this book 1285 01:15:23,608 --> 01:15:25,999 to throw all that goodwill away. 1286 01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:27,047 The best note I can give ya 1287 01:15:27,048 --> 01:15:31,011 is to just put it in a drawer for a year or two. 1288 01:15:31,920 --> 01:15:32,999 - It's that bad? 1289 01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:34,525 - I'm afraid it is. 1290 01:15:49,040 --> 01:15:51,850 - I loved it, Jerry, I really did. 1291 01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:54,359 - Thank God. 1292 01:15:54,360 --> 01:15:57,170 - But these things are never easy. 1293 01:15:58,840 --> 01:16:01,239 - What do you mean? 1294 01:16:01,240 --> 01:16:03,559 - My boss didn't get it. 1295 01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:08,479 But I fought for it and he said he'd be willing to publish 1296 01:16:08,480 --> 01:16:10,721 if you did a major rewrite. 1297 01:16:12,720 --> 01:16:15,199 - What does he want rewritten? 1298 01:16:15,200 --> 01:16:18,839 - He doesn't understand Holden, what makes him tick. 1299 01:16:18,840 --> 01:16:22,879 And I gotta admit, I found him confusing at times. 1300 01:16:22,880 --> 01:16:24,530 He hates everything. 1301 01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:27,967 And he's always so sarcastic. 1302 01:16:30,360 --> 01:16:32,886 Is Holden supposed to be crazy? 1303 01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:45,519 Are you okay? 1304 01:16:45,520 --> 01:16:46,520 Jerry? 1305 01:16:48,400 --> 01:16:49,400 Jerry? 1306 01:16:51,080 --> 01:16:53,046 - No, I've thought about it and I can't do a rewrite. 1307 01:16:53,047 --> 01:16:54,405 I won't do it, I'm not going to change a word. 1308 01:16:54,406 --> 01:16:55,806 Holden would never approve. 1309 01:16:55,807 --> 01:16:57,484 - You might not have to. 1310 01:16:57,485 --> 01:16:58,799 - What do you mean? 1311 01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:00,325 - Look, I didn't tell you I was going to do this. 1312 01:17:00,326 --> 01:17:03,319 But I sent it to one person, just to test the waters. 1313 01:17:03,320 --> 01:17:04,287 - Who? 1314 01:17:04,288 --> 01:17:06,959 - John Woodburn at Little, Brown. 1315 01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:08,564 - Okay, well how was the water? 1316 01:17:08,565 --> 01:17:09,846 - Hot, very hot. 1317 01:17:11,160 --> 01:17:12,446 - He liked it? 1318 01:17:12,447 --> 01:17:13,759 - No, he loved it. 1319 01:17:13,760 --> 01:17:15,569 He thinks it's an American masterpiece. 1320 01:17:15,570 --> 01:17:17,319 - He said masterpiece? 1321 01:17:17,320 --> 01:17:18,599 - That's what he said. 1322 01:17:18,600 --> 01:17:19,442 - Yeah. 1323 01:17:19,443 --> 01:17:24,039 And wait, you told him I wouldn't make any changes? 1324 01:17:24,040 --> 01:17:26,279 - Yes, I told him that that could be a problem, 1325 01:17:26,280 --> 01:17:27,486 and he still wants to meet with you 1326 01:17:27,487 --> 01:17:29,562 to discuss marketing and distribution. 1327 01:17:29,563 --> 01:17:31,559 - Hold on, marketing? 1328 01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:33,562 - We also love this one for the cover, 1329 01:17:33,563 --> 01:17:36,040 Holden in his red hunting hat. 1330 01:17:37,080 --> 01:17:38,080 - I hate it. 1331 01:17:39,760 --> 01:17:42,239 - So what's wrong with this one? 1332 01:17:42,240 --> 01:17:44,004 - The reader needs to imagine for themselves 1333 01:17:44,005 --> 01:17:46,959 what they want Holden to look like. 1334 01:17:46,960 --> 01:17:48,847 - What if we just use it for the galleys? 1335 01:17:48,848 --> 01:17:49,682 I think it would really... 1336 01:17:49,683 --> 01:17:50,999 - Mm-mm, no. 1337 01:17:51,000 --> 01:17:53,001 I don't want any galleys sent out. 1338 01:17:53,002 --> 01:17:56,083 - Advanced copies are crucial for publicity purposes. 1339 01:17:56,084 --> 01:17:58,159 - I don't want any publicity. 1340 01:17:58,160 --> 01:17:59,969 - You don't want any publicity? 1341 01:17:59,970 --> 01:18:01,319 - No. 1342 01:18:01,320 --> 01:18:03,084 I don't care if it's successful. 1343 01:18:03,085 --> 01:18:05,279 I just want it to be good. 1344 01:18:05,280 --> 01:18:06,361 The less attention the book gets, 1345 01:18:06,362 --> 01:18:08,806 the more the story will affect people. 1346 01:18:08,807 --> 01:18:12,799 - It won't affect anyone if they don't read it. 1347 01:18:12,800 --> 01:18:13,847 - Well I'm not doing press. 1348 01:18:13,848 --> 01:18:17,447 This isn't about me or publicity or reviews. 1349 01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:20,524 This is about Holden. 1350 01:18:22,600 --> 01:18:26,999 - Jerry, do you want us to publish this book 1351 01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:28,759 or merely to print it? 1352 01:18:28,760 --> 01:18:30,522 Because if you just want a printer, 1353 01:18:30,523 --> 01:18:32,807 then I suggest you type up a few hundred copies 1354 01:18:32,808 --> 01:18:35,007 and send them out yourself. 1355 01:18:38,200 --> 01:18:41,522 - Fine, you can send out galleys for advance reviews. 1356 01:18:41,523 --> 01:18:43,199 - Thank you, Jerry. 1357 01:18:43,200 --> 01:18:45,487 That's very generous of you. 1358 01:18:47,800 --> 01:18:49,529 - But I don't want to read a single review. 1359 01:18:49,530 --> 01:18:51,639 So don't send them to me, okay? 1360 01:18:55,120 --> 01:18:56,451 - Receiving rapturous reviews, 1361 01:18:56,452 --> 01:18:59,683 the debut novel of J.D. Salinger is being heralded 1362 01:18:59,684 --> 01:19:01,884 as the breakout book of the year. 1363 01:19:01,885 --> 01:19:05,839 ♪ If a body meet a body 1364 01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:09,599 ♪ Coming through the rye 1365 01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:13,599 ♪ If a body kiss a body 1366 01:19:13,600 --> 01:19:17,159 ♪ Need a body cry 1367 01:19:17,160 --> 01:19:21,679 ♪ Every lassie has a laddie 1368 01:19:21,680 --> 01:19:24,919 ♪ None they say have I 1369 01:19:24,920 --> 01:19:29,279 ♪ And all the lads they smile at me 1370 01:19:29,280 --> 01:19:33,080 ♪ When coming through the rye 1371 01:19:43,320 --> 01:19:47,450 ♪ And all the lads they smile at me 1372 01:19:51,880 --> 01:19:55,680 ♪ When coming through the rye 1373 01:20:05,280 --> 01:20:07,248 - And do you feel peace? 1374 01:20:23,280 --> 01:20:25,408 - Excuse me, Mr. Salinger. 1375 01:20:27,280 --> 01:20:28,280 Excuse me. 1376 01:20:31,080 --> 01:20:33,811 Um, I just wanted to talk to you. 1377 01:20:38,720 --> 01:20:41,451 I feel like I'm Holden Caulfield. 1378 01:20:44,840 --> 01:20:47,571 And I jump, I need to talk to you 1379 01:20:50,360 --> 01:20:52,727 about the book, about Holden. 1380 01:20:54,360 --> 01:20:58,251 - Everything I have to say I wrote in the book. 1381 01:21:01,440 --> 01:21:04,330 - How do you know so much about me? 1382 01:21:05,680 --> 01:21:06,680 - I don't. 1383 01:21:08,680 --> 01:21:10,967 It's just a work of fiction. 1384 01:21:12,640 --> 01:21:14,768 I'm just a fiction writer. 1385 01:21:19,560 --> 01:21:22,599 Thank you for saying hello. 1386 01:21:22,600 --> 01:21:23,965 - But I'm Holden. 1387 01:21:26,400 --> 01:21:28,129 I'm Holden Caulfield. 1388 01:21:32,080 --> 01:21:34,765 You're phony, like everyone else. 1389 01:21:43,480 --> 01:21:46,039 - Sorry, I didn't want to wake you. 1390 01:21:46,040 --> 01:21:48,088 - No, no, no, you didn't. 1391 01:21:50,360 --> 01:21:53,091 I was always worried you wouldn't be able to pay your rent. 1392 01:21:53,092 --> 01:21:57,165 Now I gotta worry about deranged fans attacking you. 1393 01:21:59,400 --> 01:22:04,239 You should take your photo off all those book covers. 1394 01:22:04,240 --> 01:22:07,359 - I never knew you worried at all. 1395 01:22:07,360 --> 01:22:09,806 - Since the day you were born. 1396 01:22:13,840 --> 01:22:17,287 When I was a boy I wanted to be a pianist. 1397 01:22:19,760 --> 01:22:21,728 I loved playing so much. 1398 01:22:23,040 --> 01:22:26,601 But my father was a rabbi so he just couldn't understand 1399 01:22:26,602 --> 01:22:29,799 how I would be able to support myself, 1400 01:22:29,800 --> 01:22:32,485 and he forced me to stop playing. 1401 01:22:36,120 --> 01:22:37,639 I was upset. 1402 01:22:37,640 --> 01:22:39,529 But I knew he loved me. 1403 01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:42,767 He just wanted me to be okay. 1404 01:22:47,640 --> 01:22:50,399 - I never even heard you play. 1405 01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:52,129 - No, but I was good. 1406 01:22:58,880 --> 01:23:01,770 So, you're Holden Caulfield, right? 1407 01:23:08,160 --> 01:23:09,160 - Yeah. 1408 01:23:12,960 --> 01:23:15,039 - Your mother was right. 1409 01:23:15,040 --> 01:23:16,849 You are very talented. 1410 01:23:21,400 --> 01:23:22,400 - Thank you. 1411 01:23:26,160 --> 01:23:30,559 - Now you just got to write another one even better. 1412 01:23:30,560 --> 01:23:31,560 No pressure. 1413 01:23:34,360 --> 01:23:35,805 Good night, sonny. 1414 01:23:50,480 --> 01:23:53,802 - I hear people talking about Catcher everywhere I go. 1415 01:23:53,803 --> 01:23:55,879 Everyone just loves it. 1416 01:23:55,880 --> 01:23:59,719 - I'm so excited to read your next book. 1417 01:23:59,720 --> 01:24:01,719 - Is your steak okay? 1418 01:24:01,720 --> 01:24:03,881 - Yeah, I'm just not very hungry. 1419 01:24:03,882 --> 01:24:05,609 - Could we get you something else maybe? 1420 01:24:05,610 --> 01:24:06,886 - No, excuse me. 1421 01:24:24,560 --> 01:24:26,519 - You okay? 1422 01:24:26,520 --> 01:24:27,931 - Yeah, I'm fine. 1423 01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:33,682 - You know, there's a dinner party going on in there. 1424 01:24:33,683 --> 01:24:37,810 - Yeah, I'm just a little uncomfortable right now. 1425 01:24:39,240 --> 01:24:40,810 - It's just a book. 1426 01:24:42,120 --> 01:24:42,962 I didn't even like it that much, 1427 01:24:42,963 --> 01:24:45,440 if you want to know the truth. 1428 01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:51,531 - What didn't you like about it? 1429 01:24:52,840 --> 01:24:55,764 - It was just like all those other phony books. 1430 01:24:55,765 --> 01:24:59,399 A lot of whining and the ending was a lousy bore. 1431 01:25:03,360 --> 01:25:06,284 You shouldn't take yourself so seriously, you know. 1432 01:25:06,285 --> 01:25:10,410 It's not like you're the first guy to write a hit book. 1433 01:25:12,120 --> 01:25:13,167 - Wait, wait. 1434 01:25:17,720 --> 01:25:20,007 Can I get your phone number? 1435 01:25:25,160 --> 01:25:26,160 - Got a pen? 1436 01:25:34,400 --> 01:25:36,607 - And I got some paper too. 1437 01:25:38,840 --> 01:25:40,599 What's your name? 1438 01:25:40,600 --> 01:25:42,090 - Claire. 1439 01:25:43,560 --> 01:25:47,759 You're the first person that's ever said they hated it. 1440 01:25:47,760 --> 01:25:49,000 - To your face. 1441 01:25:50,440 --> 01:25:51,440 - Thank you. 1442 01:26:08,040 --> 01:26:11,324 - You have captured the consciousness of the nation. 1443 01:26:11,325 --> 01:26:12,965 You've tapped into the way many feel, 1444 01:26:12,966 --> 01:26:15,004 and have given a voice to their pain. 1445 01:26:15,005 --> 01:26:16,439 - Well I can't go home anymore. 1446 01:26:16,440 --> 01:26:17,601 I wrote the book to get over the war 1447 01:26:17,602 --> 01:26:21,239 and now I feel like I'm going crazy all over again. 1448 01:26:21,240 --> 01:26:25,370 - Have you not yet learned how to remove distraction? 1449 01:26:34,480 --> 01:26:38,119 - New Hampshire's really beautiful this time of year. 1450 01:26:38,120 --> 01:26:40,719 It's 90 acres, mostly woods. 1451 01:26:40,720 --> 01:26:42,879 The house is modest but very nice. 1452 01:26:42,880 --> 01:26:43,927 There's also a small bunker 1453 01:26:43,928 --> 01:26:46,959 that can be converted to a guest house. 1454 01:26:46,960 --> 01:26:47,999 - Or an office. 1455 01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:49,639 - Whatever you want. 1456 01:26:49,640 --> 01:26:52,610 I think you'll be really happy here. 1457 01:26:53,600 --> 01:26:54,965 - Well I hope so. 1458 01:27:08,640 --> 01:27:10,244 - An artist's only concern 1459 01:27:10,245 --> 01:27:13,559 is to shoot for some kind of perfection. 1460 01:27:13,560 --> 01:27:16,919 And on his own terms, not anyone else's. 1461 01:27:16,920 --> 01:27:18,239 - Excuse, Mr. Salinger. 1462 01:27:18,240 --> 01:27:19,207 Since you write about teenagers 1463 01:27:19,208 --> 01:27:22,249 I thought you might be interested in running a youth group. 1464 01:27:22,250 --> 01:27:24,559 I think the kids would love it. 1465 01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:25,368 - I would too. 1466 01:27:25,369 --> 01:27:26,519 - Great. 1467 01:27:26,520 --> 01:27:28,479 They're right over here. 1468 01:27:28,480 --> 01:27:29,288 - Yet a real artist, 1469 01:27:29,289 --> 01:27:32,250 I've noticed, will survive anything. 1470 01:27:41,080 --> 01:27:42,080 - Jerry? 1471 01:27:45,080 --> 01:27:46,411 You invite me all the way out here 1472 01:27:46,412 --> 01:27:48,607 and then walk away as soon as you see me? 1473 01:27:48,608 --> 01:27:50,039 - No, I'm sorry. 1474 01:27:50,040 --> 01:27:52,611 I thought you were one of those crazed Caulfield fans. 1475 01:27:52,612 --> 01:27:54,479 - You should be so lucky. 1476 01:27:54,480 --> 01:27:56,209 - You look beautiful. 1477 01:27:58,960 --> 01:28:00,405 What do you think? 1478 01:28:01,480 --> 01:28:03,641 - It's just as you said in your letters. 1479 01:28:03,642 --> 01:28:06,007 It's like the city without the city. 1480 01:28:06,008 --> 01:28:07,239 - Do you hate it? 1481 01:28:07,240 --> 01:28:10,639 - I grew up in foster homes, Jerry. 1482 01:28:10,640 --> 01:28:13,610 As long as you're here it's perfect. 1483 01:28:18,600 --> 01:28:19,761 - Her skin was lovely 1484 01:28:19,762 --> 01:28:22,679 and her features were delicate. 1485 01:28:22,680 --> 01:28:23,761 No one could have missed saying 1486 01:28:23,762 --> 01:28:26,570 that she was a first class beauty. 1487 01:28:29,160 --> 01:28:31,603 He's overjoyed with his new spiritual life. 1488 01:28:31,604 --> 01:28:34,888 And he goes on saying his prayer and telling everyone 1489 01:28:34,889 --> 01:28:38,679 he happens to meet how to say it too. 1490 01:28:38,680 --> 01:28:40,919 - Hey, Mr. Salinger. 1491 01:28:40,920 --> 01:28:43,161 I know you're very private, but I was wondering 1492 01:28:43,162 --> 01:28:45,799 if I could interview you for my school newspaper. 1493 01:28:45,800 --> 01:28:47,928 They want me to write an article about someone I admire. 1494 01:28:47,929 --> 01:28:49,649 And you'd be perfect. 1495 01:28:52,040 --> 01:28:55,840 - Well I stopped doing interviews a while ago. 1496 01:28:57,720 --> 01:29:00,839 But for a school paper I can certainly make an exception. 1497 01:29:00,840 --> 01:29:01,680 - Really? 1498 01:29:01,681 --> 01:29:02,520 - Of course. 1499 01:29:02,521 --> 01:29:03,487 - The kids at school are going to love it. 1500 01:29:03,488 --> 01:29:05,319 Thank you, thank you. 1501 01:29:05,320 --> 01:29:07,891 Is Catcher in the Rye autobiographical? 1502 01:29:07,892 --> 01:29:09,079 - Sort of. 1503 01:29:09,080 --> 01:29:10,406 My boyhood was very much the same 1504 01:29:10,407 --> 01:29:12,243 as that of the boy in the book. 1505 01:29:12,244 --> 01:29:16,039 You know, I had problems in school just like he did. 1506 01:29:16,040 --> 01:29:18,930 To be honest, it was a great relief telling people about it. 1507 01:29:18,931 --> 01:29:23,050 - And why do most of your stories center on young people? 1508 01:29:27,840 --> 01:29:30,759 - Because they're innocent 1509 01:29:30,760 --> 01:29:34,810 and they haven't been destroyed by the world yet. 1510 01:29:35,920 --> 01:29:38,205 I guess part of me wishes I could still be that innocent. 1511 01:29:38,206 --> 01:29:39,406 But I've seen the things I've seen 1512 01:29:39,407 --> 01:29:42,768 and I'll never have that innocence again. 1513 01:29:49,920 --> 01:29:50,921 - That girl who interviewed you 1514 01:29:50,922 --> 01:29:53,639 the other day was very pretty. 1515 01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:55,199 - So? 1516 01:29:55,200 --> 01:29:57,679 - So you seem to like pretty young girls. 1517 01:29:57,680 --> 01:29:59,399 - Yes, that would put me 1518 01:29:59,400 --> 01:30:03,200 in that special classification known as a man. 1519 01:30:09,040 --> 01:30:09,882 - Well I hope you still love me 1520 01:30:09,883 --> 01:30:12,611 when I'm not a pretty young girl. 1521 01:30:16,240 --> 01:30:17,810 - Of course I will. 1522 01:30:27,680 --> 01:30:28,680 No. - What? 1523 01:30:30,720 --> 01:30:33,326 - That interview, the interview with the girl. 1524 01:30:33,327 --> 01:30:37,279 It was printed in the local paper, not the school paper. 1525 01:30:37,280 --> 01:30:38,319 - So? 1526 01:30:38,320 --> 01:30:39,719 - So she lied to me. 1527 01:30:39,720 --> 01:30:41,279 She said it was for the school paper. 1528 01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:42,120 She lied. 1529 01:30:42,121 --> 01:30:42,960 - It's okay, Jerry. 1530 01:30:42,961 --> 01:30:43,800 It's going to be okay. 1531 01:30:43,801 --> 01:30:44,640 - No, I trusted her. - Jerry, it's okay. 1532 01:30:44,641 --> 01:30:45,641 - I trusted her. 1533 01:30:45,642 --> 01:30:47,449 She betrayed me. - It's okay. 1534 01:30:47,450 --> 01:30:51,679 - How dare those goddam children betray me now. 1535 01:30:58,360 --> 01:31:01,879 - When people become the distraction 1536 01:31:01,880 --> 01:31:04,929 then I suppose you remove the people. 1537 01:31:06,680 --> 01:31:09,399 - There hasn't be a single mention of me 1538 01:31:09,400 --> 01:31:12,839 or Story Magazine in any of the press, not a single mention. 1539 01:31:12,840 --> 01:31:13,682 - That's because you have no 1540 01:31:13,683 --> 01:31:15,565 official involvement in the book. 1541 01:31:15,566 --> 01:31:17,403 - But I published his first story. 1542 01:31:17,404 --> 01:31:19,359 I'm the one who convinced him 1543 01:31:19,360 --> 01:31:21,679 that Holden Caulfield should be a novel. 1544 01:31:21,680 --> 01:31:22,919 - Well, you would have been the publisher 1545 01:31:22,920 --> 01:31:24,283 of the hottest novel of the year 1546 01:31:24,284 --> 01:31:26,601 if you'd published his anthology like you promised him. 1547 01:31:35,480 --> 01:31:38,211 - I haven't slept for six months. 1548 01:31:39,320 --> 01:31:40,560 And I miss him. 1549 01:31:42,920 --> 01:31:45,207 - Well I'm sorry about that. 1550 01:31:47,120 --> 01:31:48,845 - Lippincott says that they'll publish 1551 01:31:48,846 --> 01:31:50,808 an anthology now, anything he wants. 1552 01:31:50,809 --> 01:31:52,959 - Everyone wants an anthology. 1553 01:31:52,960 --> 01:31:55,244 But we're going with Little, Brown out of loyalty, 1554 01:31:55,245 --> 01:31:56,924 although I hate the title. 1555 01:31:56,925 --> 01:31:59,491 Nine Stories, it's such a bore. 1556 01:32:01,600 --> 01:32:05,319 - Do you think Jerry would write a piece for Story? 1557 01:32:05,320 --> 01:32:06,606 It doesn't have to be a new piece. 1558 01:32:06,607 --> 01:32:09,319 It could be an old story, it's fine. 1559 01:32:09,320 --> 01:32:11,519 We're just really struggling. 1560 01:32:11,520 --> 01:32:13,329 - I already asked him. 1561 01:32:14,560 --> 01:32:15,560 He said no. 1562 01:32:22,840 --> 01:32:24,922 - How can he still be angry with me? 1563 01:32:24,923 --> 01:32:26,959 He's a huge success now. 1564 01:32:26,960 --> 01:32:29,159 - It hasn't been easy on him. 1565 01:32:29,160 --> 01:32:30,399 The war made him a better writer 1566 01:32:30,400 --> 01:32:32,687 but it really messed him up. 1567 01:32:38,960 --> 01:32:40,845 - It seems to me indisputably true 1568 01:32:40,846 --> 01:32:43,241 that artists and poets who have a reputation 1569 01:32:43,242 --> 01:32:45,479 for producing a great or fine art 1570 01:32:45,480 --> 01:32:48,919 have something garishly wrong with them as persons, 1571 01:32:48,920 --> 01:32:50,046 a spectacular flaw in character 1572 01:32:50,047 --> 01:32:52,919 or an extreme self-centeredness. 1573 01:32:52,920 --> 01:32:55,082 And the public's thirst for their next supposed masterpiece 1574 01:32:55,083 --> 01:32:59,210 only makes them want to hide from distractions even more. 1575 01:33:05,800 --> 01:33:09,719 - You've been in that studio for over a week, Jerry. 1576 01:33:09,720 --> 01:33:12,963 All week writing about the Glass family. 1577 01:33:14,720 --> 01:33:16,085 We're alone here, Jerry. 1578 01:33:17,240 --> 01:33:19,322 You can't just leave us along like this. 1579 01:33:19,323 --> 01:33:21,129 We're your family too. 1580 01:33:25,440 --> 01:33:28,330 I have no friends here, I have no one to talk to. 1581 01:33:28,331 --> 01:33:29,526 I am all alone. 1582 01:33:32,600 --> 01:33:33,600 I'm alone. 1583 01:33:43,760 --> 01:33:45,603 - He's absolutely unfit for marriage 1584 01:33:45,604 --> 01:33:47,807 or anything halfway normal. 1585 01:33:49,120 --> 01:33:50,802 It's a sad fact that the end of one story 1586 01:33:50,803 --> 01:33:53,879 always seems to grow into the start of a new one. 1587 01:33:53,880 --> 01:33:54,927 And the tragedy is there's simply 1588 01:33:54,928 --> 01:33:57,559 nothing he can do about it. 1589 01:33:57,560 --> 01:34:01,201 - Please, you know you're not supposed to bother me in here. 1590 01:34:01,202 --> 01:34:02,799 - I know. 1591 01:34:02,800 --> 01:34:06,043 But you have a phone call and he says it's important. 1592 01:34:06,044 --> 01:34:07,079 - Why? 1593 01:34:07,080 --> 01:34:07,922 Who is it? 1594 01:34:07,923 --> 01:34:09,126 - Whit Burnett. 1595 01:34:14,120 --> 01:34:17,249 - No, no, I don't want to talk to him. 1596 01:34:26,520 --> 01:34:27,759 - You'd think with all that meditation 1597 01:34:27,760 --> 01:34:30,809 you'd have learned to forgive by now. 1598 01:34:48,120 --> 01:34:48,928 - Hello. 1599 01:34:48,929 --> 01:34:50,879 - Jerry, hi. 1600 01:34:50,880 --> 01:34:53,239 It's been a long time. 1601 01:34:53,240 --> 01:34:54,287 - Yes it has. 1602 01:34:56,480 --> 01:34:58,050 - I never got a chance to tell you 1603 01:34:58,051 --> 01:35:00,964 but I just loved Catcher in the Rye. 1604 01:35:02,440 --> 01:35:03,280 - Thank you. 1605 01:35:03,281 --> 01:35:04,441 It was your idea to write it. 1606 01:35:04,442 --> 01:35:06,999 - Well, it's one thing to have an idea. 1607 01:35:07,000 --> 01:35:08,126 It's another thing to execute it, 1608 01:35:08,127 --> 01:35:10,327 and you did so brilliantly. 1609 01:35:11,440 --> 01:35:12,479 - Thank you. 1610 01:35:12,480 --> 01:35:13,843 - How's life in the country? 1611 01:35:13,844 --> 01:35:14,725 I understand... 1612 01:35:14,726 --> 01:35:15,642 - It's fine, Whit. 1613 01:35:15,643 --> 01:35:17,449 What can I do for you? 1614 01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:23,847 - Are you still angry about what happened? 1615 01:35:25,080 --> 01:35:26,411 - Is that why you called? 1616 01:35:26,412 --> 01:35:30,799 - No, no, I called because, look, Story Magazine 1617 01:35:30,800 --> 01:35:32,959 is going to do an anthology of short stories. 1618 01:35:32,960 --> 01:35:34,450 And since you're our most famous alumni 1619 01:35:34,451 --> 01:35:36,919 I just thought it would be fitting 1620 01:35:36,920 --> 01:35:39,810 if you did the introduction for us. 1621 01:35:48,240 --> 01:35:49,240 Hello. 1622 01:35:50,160 --> 01:35:51,160 - Okay. 1623 01:35:51,920 --> 01:35:52,762 - Okay, what? 1624 01:35:52,763 --> 01:35:54,679 - Okay, I'll do it. 1625 01:35:54,680 --> 01:35:55,680 - Really? 1626 01:35:56,720 --> 01:35:58,085 - Yeah, you sound surprised. 1627 01:35:58,086 --> 01:36:00,039 - No, no, I'm just thrilled. 1628 01:36:00,040 --> 01:36:01,371 I, I, thank you. 1629 01:36:03,480 --> 01:36:06,927 - No, thank you for buying my first story. 1630 01:36:08,800 --> 01:36:12,159 - Well it was the best $25 I ever spent. 1631 01:36:16,480 --> 01:36:18,881 - When I was 20 I was a student for a time 1632 01:36:18,882 --> 01:36:21,925 in Whit Burnett's short story course up at Columbia. 1633 01:36:21,926 --> 01:36:23,645 I often have my doubts whether any good 1634 01:36:23,646 --> 01:36:25,642 and conscientious writing course conductor 1635 01:36:25,643 --> 01:36:27,639 can humanly do more. 1636 01:36:27,640 --> 01:36:31,770 He was there unmistakably in the service of the story. 1637 01:36:34,440 --> 01:36:37,359 - It isn't too quiet for you out here? 1638 01:36:37,360 --> 01:36:39,119 - No, it's perfect. 1639 01:36:39,120 --> 01:36:41,168 - But don't you miss the action in the city? 1640 01:36:41,169 --> 01:36:43,119 - It's just a distraction. 1641 01:36:43,120 --> 01:36:44,359 It's all a distraction. 1642 01:36:44,360 --> 01:36:46,124 It's important I remove anything 1643 01:36:46,125 --> 01:36:48,839 that can interfere with my writing. 1644 01:36:48,840 --> 01:36:50,283 All I want now is to write. 1645 01:36:50,284 --> 01:36:52,203 - Yeah, but don't you have less to write about? 1646 01:36:52,204 --> 01:36:53,799 You're so isolated. 1647 01:36:53,800 --> 01:36:55,450 I mean, look, I liked Franny and Zooey. 1648 01:36:55,451 --> 01:36:57,839 It's just it felt a little bit more 1649 01:36:57,840 --> 01:37:02,119 like reading a religious textbook than a story. 1650 01:37:02,120 --> 01:37:06,199 - You always told me to dig deeper, correct? 1651 01:37:06,200 --> 01:37:07,042 - Yes. 1652 01:37:07,043 --> 01:37:09,399 - I couldn't have written Catcher without the war. 1653 01:37:09,400 --> 01:37:10,731 But now I'm seeking a higher calling 1654 01:37:10,732 --> 01:37:12,399 than a boy in his hunting hat. 1655 01:37:12,400 --> 01:37:13,242 - Wait a minute. 1656 01:37:13,243 --> 01:37:14,679 Holden changed the country. 1657 01:37:14,680 --> 01:37:15,919 There's now young people all over the world 1658 01:37:15,920 --> 01:37:18,491 who feel they finally have a voice they never had before. 1659 01:37:18,492 --> 01:37:22,799 - Yes, and they're not afraid to come here and tell me. 1660 01:37:22,800 --> 01:37:25,479 Sometimes I wish I never wrote it. 1661 01:37:25,480 --> 01:37:26,766 I do, it's made me a prisoner here. 1662 01:37:26,767 --> 01:37:28,119 I'm shackled by my own creation. 1663 01:37:28,120 --> 01:37:29,406 - Oh come on, does it have to be like that? 1664 01:37:29,407 --> 01:37:30,439 - Yes. 1665 01:37:30,440 --> 01:37:31,771 If I want to keep writing, it does. 1666 01:37:31,772 --> 01:37:36,359 And that's the only time I feel any sense of peace. 1667 01:37:36,360 --> 01:37:39,842 It's nice to see you again but I'm curious 1668 01:37:40,800 --> 01:37:44,759 why you wanted to come all the way up here to talk to me. 1669 01:37:44,760 --> 01:37:47,331 - It's about the introduction you wrote. 1670 01:37:47,332 --> 01:37:50,239 Look, I loved it, it's beautiful. 1671 01:37:50,240 --> 01:37:51,239 I was very flattered. 1672 01:37:51,240 --> 01:37:52,127 - Well I'm glad you enjoyed it. 1673 01:37:52,128 --> 01:37:55,010 - But unfortunately I can't use it. 1674 01:37:56,480 --> 01:37:57,839 - You can't use it? 1675 01:37:57,840 --> 01:38:00,684 - No, because it's not about Story Magazine 1676 01:38:00,685 --> 01:38:02,119 or the other writers. 1677 01:38:02,120 --> 01:38:04,599 It's about me and it's just inappropriate 1678 01:38:04,600 --> 01:38:06,639 to use as an introduction for an anthology. 1679 01:38:07,483 --> 01:38:09,209 Why are you laughing? 1680 01:38:10,680 --> 01:38:13,126 - Ever since we've met all you've clone is reject my writing. 1681 01:38:13,127 --> 01:38:16,404 I guess I was foolish to think that would end now. 1682 01:38:16,405 --> 01:38:19,768 - Well, I never said life as a writer was going to be easy. 1683 01:38:19,769 --> 01:38:22,081 - As always, you were right. 1684 01:38:29,320 --> 01:38:30,320 Bye, Whit. 1685 01:38:36,400 --> 01:38:37,400 - Good bye. 1686 01:39:19,000 --> 01:39:21,479 - As always there are multiple offers 1687 01:39:21,480 --> 01:39:23,045 for the film rights to Catcher. 1688 01:39:23,046 --> 01:39:25,884 Elia Kazan, Billy Wilder, they both keep calling. 1689 01:39:25,885 --> 01:39:28,239 - Tell them no and to stop calling. 1690 01:39:28,240 --> 01:39:29,810 It'd never work as a movie. 1691 01:39:29,811 --> 01:39:30,879 - Why not? 1692 01:39:30,880 --> 01:39:33,159 - 'Cause I'm the only one that can play Holden. 1693 01:39:33,160 --> 01:39:34,160 I'm too old. 1694 01:39:35,520 --> 01:39:38,043 - Little, Brown called about your next book. 1695 01:39:38,044 --> 01:39:41,442 They asked if you were still writing about the Glass family. 1696 01:39:41,443 --> 01:39:44,922 They'll take anything, literally anything. 1697 01:39:46,360 --> 01:39:47,805 - No, there's something I want to talk to you about. 1698 01:39:47,806 --> 01:39:52,639 It's actually the reason why I came back to the city. 1699 01:39:52,640 --> 01:39:53,687 - What is it? 1700 01:39:57,600 --> 01:40:00,365 - I don't want to publish anymore. 1701 01:40:04,000 --> 01:40:07,800 - But people really love to read your stories. 1702 01:40:09,720 --> 01:40:12,849 You'll have so many disappointed fans. 1703 01:40:14,440 --> 01:40:17,728 - My writing's, it's become my religion. 1704 01:40:19,840 --> 01:40:24,199 Publishing, it gets in the way of the meditation. 1705 01:40:24,200 --> 01:40:25,406 It corrupts it. 1706 01:40:27,480 --> 01:40:29,679 I don't know how to be a husband, 1707 01:40:29,680 --> 01:40:32,919 or a father, or even a friend. 1708 01:40:32,920 --> 01:40:35,959 All I know is how to be a writer. 1709 01:40:35,960 --> 01:40:38,281 If I can truly do this, if I can dedicate 1710 01:40:38,282 --> 01:40:42,519 my life to writing and get nothing in return, 1711 01:40:42,520 --> 01:40:45,729 then I think I can find some happiness. 1712 01:40:51,120 --> 01:40:53,521 - Then don't publish anymore. 1713 01:40:55,080 --> 01:40:59,079 I love you and I want you to be happy. 1714 01:40:59,080 --> 01:41:03,210 And it's like I always said, publishing isn't everything. 1715 01:42:21,680 --> 01:42:23,279 - Dear Whit. 1716 01:42:23,280 --> 01:42:26,568 So to answer the question you asked me all those years ago. 1717 01:42:26,569 --> 01:42:30,439 Yes, I am willing to write for the rest of my life 1718 01:42:30,440 --> 01:42:32,568 and get nothing in return. 1719 01:42:33,480 --> 01:42:36,051 Sincerely yours, J.D. 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