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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:38,571 --> 00:00:41,173 Some of the best writing in New York won't be found 2 00:00:41,175 --> 00:00:43,809 in books, or movies, or plays.. 3 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:48,419 ...but on the benches of Central Park. 4 00:01:22,115 --> 00:01:24,183 Read the benches and you understand. 5 00:01:27,454 --> 00:01:30,756 Enormous things happen in every life. 6 00:01:36,429 --> 00:01:39,498 On the other hand, some of the worst writing in New York 7 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:44,269 could be found at 222 East 30th Street, Apartment 3C. 8 00:01:44,271 --> 00:01:45,871 The walls of which were decorated 9 00:01:45,873 --> 00:01:48,107 with rejection letters from magazines 10 00:01:48,109 --> 00:01:51,877 located in 12 countries, 47 states 11 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:53,645 and the District of Columbia. 12 00:01:55,215 --> 00:01:57,182 When I think about those stories 13 00:01:57,184 --> 00:02:00,719 and how I didn't realize what was missing from them 14 00:02:00,721 --> 00:02:03,789 not even tears, rivers of shame 15 00:02:03,791 --> 00:02:06,191 come out of my eyes. 16 00:02:06,193 --> 00:02:08,794 I wasn't interested in friends or girlfriends. 17 00:02:08,796 --> 00:02:12,598 All I did was write and read and mumble to myself. 18 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,434 It's a form of mental illness really. 19 00:02:15,436 --> 00:02:18,437 Now, in New York, you're never more than 20 feet away 20 00:02:18,439 --> 00:02:22,374 from someone you know, or someone you're meant to know. 21 00:02:22,376 --> 00:02:26,578 But in my whole life, I only crossed the street once. 22 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:47,332 I might never have thought of anything to say 23 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:49,935 but then I smelled the smoke from her cigarette. 24 00:02:49,937 --> 00:02:52,171 It was heavy, I recognized it from outside 25 00:02:52,173 --> 00:02:56,675 a restaurant one time, it was either French or Spanish. 26 00:02:56,677 --> 00:02:57,910 And I didn't speak Spanish. 27 00:03:12,325 --> 00:03:14,445 Shall we continue in English? Please. 28 00:03:16,262 --> 00:03:19,431 My name is Brian. May I ask your name? 29 00:03:19,433 --> 00:03:21,600 Arielle. Arielle. 30 00:03:21,602 --> 00:03:23,602 Like "The Little Mermaid." 31 00:03:23,604 --> 00:03:25,270 What? 32 00:03:25,272 --> 00:03:27,439 "The Little Mermaid," it's a Disney film. 33 00:03:27,441 --> 00:03:29,808 The little mermaid's name was Arielle. 34 00:03:29,810 --> 00:03:33,912 Yes, I'm familiar. Tha... That's where your mind goes? 35 00:03:33,914 --> 00:03:36,548 She was actually a very interesting character. 36 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:38,717 Really? Yes. 37 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:43,255 A beautiful woman who lived in the sea and.. 38 00:03:43,257 --> 00:03:47,392 ...had the tail of a fish, and yet she.. 39 00:03:47,394 --> 00:03:49,628 Somehow for her, it all worked. 40 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:51,697 Did you see it yesterday or something? 41 00:03:51,699 --> 00:03:53,799 No. When I was 8. 42 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:56,635 The day before yesterday. 43 00:03:56,637 --> 00:03:58,303 What's the French word for.. 44 00:03:58,305 --> 00:04:01,707 Sirene. Sirene, nice. 45 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:03,575 Well, enchante, Brian. 46 00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:05,577 Enchante. Will we meet again? 47 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,882 I would like it very much if that would happen. 48 00:04:10,884 --> 00:04:12,451 Well, I'm here every Friday 49 00:04:12,453 --> 00:04:15,487 at the close of lunch in my exile. 50 00:04:15,489 --> 00:04:17,656 You would simply have to be here as well. 51 00:04:19,692 --> 00:04:21,293 I will be then. 52 00:04:21,295 --> 00:04:22,928 Good. Until next Friday then. 53 00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:26,331 Until next Friday. 54 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:33,572 Hi, Jim. How are you today? 55 00:04:33,574 --> 00:04:34,773 Good. 56 00:04:36,376 --> 00:04:38,744 Work is going very well, dad. 57 00:04:38,746 --> 00:04:42,914 Well, it's gonna sound stupid, but the fiction editor 58 00:04:42,916 --> 00:04:45,284 from the "Atlantic" added the word "Sorry" 59 00:04:45,286 --> 00:04:46,918 to the bottom of my latest rejection. 60 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,453 What the hell does that mean? 61 00:04:48,455 --> 00:04:50,656 It means I got close. It's code. 62 00:04:50,658 --> 00:04:52,357 Can we talk about law school? 63 00:04:52,359 --> 00:04:54,239 No, thank you. No law school. 64 00:04:58,831 --> 00:05:01,867 Any job worth having requires a second interview. 65 00:05:09,442 --> 00:05:11,810 I thought perhaps you wouldn't come. 66 00:05:11,812 --> 00:05:13,945 It never occurred to me. 67 00:05:13,947 --> 00:05:16,515 I mean, because of the rain. 68 00:05:16,517 --> 00:05:17,517 Is it raining? 69 00:05:19,786 --> 00:05:21,486 It was a good test. 70 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:24,089 A woman has to know what sort of man she's dealing with. 71 00:05:25,658 --> 00:05:27,959 What sort of man am I dealing with? 72 00:05:27,961 --> 00:05:29,494 Damp. 73 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:31,730 A damp sort of man.. 74 00:05:31,732 --> 00:05:34,099 ...but happy in his dampness. 75 00:05:36,436 --> 00:05:38,837 What sort of woman am I dealing with? 76 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,339 Une sirene. 77 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:48,880 Thank you. 78 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:54,419 So, Brian, what is it you do in your life 79 00:05:54,421 --> 00:05:56,822 that leaves you free to wander about the streets 80 00:05:56,824 --> 00:06:00,359 in the afternoons, and smoke in nooks, and talk to strangers? 81 00:06:03,496 --> 00:06:05,530 I write. 82 00:06:05,532 --> 00:06:06,631 I'm a writer. 83 00:06:06,633 --> 00:06:08,667 Have you published? 84 00:06:08,669 --> 00:06:10,001 No, not yet. 85 00:06:11,504 --> 00:06:13,138 How old are you? 86 00:06:13,140 --> 00:06:15,574 24. 87 00:06:15,576 --> 00:06:17,409 What are your stories about? 88 00:06:17,411 --> 00:06:19,044 Various things. 89 00:06:19,046 --> 00:06:20,946 One is about.. 90 00:06:20,948 --> 00:06:21,948 ...baseball. 91 00:06:23,683 --> 00:06:25,650 One is about.. 92 00:06:25,652 --> 00:06:27,486 ...dogs. 93 00:06:27,488 --> 00:06:28,720 Dogs? 94 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:30,622 Yes. 95 00:06:30,624 --> 00:06:34,826 Uh-huh. So, do you have any questions for me? 96 00:06:34,828 --> 00:06:36,962 May I ask your profession? 97 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:39,931 Are you asking me if I'm a prostitute? 98 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:42,434 No. No. No. No. No. No. 99 00:06:44,404 --> 00:06:47,906 Are you... a prostitute? 100 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:50,475 Certainly not. How dare you? 101 00:06:50,477 --> 00:06:52,844 You brought it up. I would have never... 102 00:06:52,846 --> 00:06:55,013 I was a model. I stopped 8 years ago. 103 00:06:56,649 --> 00:06:59,684 Are you wondering how old I am? 104 00:06:59,686 --> 00:07:00,819 Yes. 105 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:03,588 I'm 33. 106 00:07:09,061 --> 00:07:10,629 Back to coffee with your friends? 107 00:07:10,631 --> 00:07:11,631 Yes. 108 00:07:13,065 --> 00:07:15,033 Until next Friday? 109 00:07:15,035 --> 00:07:20,105 Hmm, if you wish, well, I'm free any weeknight from 5 to 7. 110 00:07:20,107 --> 00:07:24,075 Ah, those are very specific hours. 111 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:25,210 Yes, they are. 112 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:31,183 Alright. Well... shall we say Monday at 5? 113 00:07:31,185 --> 00:07:33,485 Do you like museums? 114 00:07:33,487 --> 00:07:37,055 Would you meet me at the Guggenheim? 115 00:07:37,057 --> 00:07:38,757 I'd be delighted. 116 00:07:38,759 --> 00:07:39,925 Good. 117 00:07:41,627 --> 00:07:42,627 Till then, then. 118 00:07:44,797 --> 00:07:45,797 Till then. 119 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:57,676 No, he... he didn't write, "We will publish your next story." 120 00:07:57,678 --> 00:07:59,211 Is that what dad told you? 121 00:07:59,213 --> 00:08:02,581 So then, what did he write? He just wrote, "Sorry." 122 00:08:02,583 --> 00:08:04,015 And were they sorry today? 123 00:08:04,017 --> 00:08:06,785 No, they didn't write sorry on today's rejections. 124 00:08:06,787 --> 00:08:08,086 Well, that's a step backward. 125 00:08:08,088 --> 00:08:09,955 It's not a step backwards, mom. 126 00:08:09,957 --> 00:08:11,923 Progress is not linear. 127 00:08:22,235 --> 00:08:23,502 It's about death. 128 00:08:25,805 --> 00:08:26,938 I beg your pardon? 129 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:29,107 And menace. 130 00:08:29,109 --> 00:08:31,243 It's about death and menace. 131 00:08:31,245 --> 00:08:34,846 It's a... boat. A nice boat. 132 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:37,983 It's near a beautiful beach and it's... sunny. 133 00:08:37,985 --> 00:08:40,652 Is there any life on that boat? 134 00:08:40,654 --> 00:08:43,822 No. And what is the opposite of life? 135 00:08:43,824 --> 00:08:46,224 Death, but... It's like a neutron bomb went off. 136 00:08:46,226 --> 00:08:48,226 Maybe they're just below decks. 137 00:08:48,228 --> 00:08:49,928 And it's not just this painting. 138 00:08:49,930 --> 00:08:52,163 Look at this one. Ha! 139 00:08:52,165 --> 00:08:54,132 This one has people in it. Dead people. 140 00:08:54,134 --> 00:08:55,667 They're alive. 141 00:08:55,669 --> 00:08:57,035 Not really. Look at that man. 142 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:58,870 Is he alive? 143 00:08:58,872 --> 00:09:01,273 And the soda jerk? Is that any kind of life? 144 00:09:01,275 --> 00:09:02,807 And the prostitute? 145 00:09:02,809 --> 00:09:05,010 Okay, she's not a prostitute. 146 00:09:05,012 --> 00:09:06,912 What is it with you and prostitutes? 147 00:09:06,914 --> 00:09:08,613 What is she then? 148 00:09:08,615 --> 00:09:10,048 She's.. 149 00:09:10,050 --> 00:09:12,150 I don't know, she's a beautician. 150 00:09:12,152 --> 00:09:13,952 They're all dead. 151 00:09:13,954 --> 00:09:16,588 And the store across the street is out of business. 152 00:09:16,590 --> 00:09:18,823 And no one lives in the apartment upstairs. 153 00:09:18,825 --> 00:09:22,060 The tenants have been evicted and the building condemned. 154 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:24,062 This Hopper is supposed to be the quintessential 155 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:26,064 American painter. 156 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:29,301 Well, if that's true, then America is not alive. 157 00:09:29,303 --> 00:09:32,037 America is alive, okay? 158 00:09:32,039 --> 00:09:35,206 And you have a somewhat downbeat world view. 159 00:09:35,208 --> 00:09:36,575 No, I don't. 160 00:09:36,577 --> 00:09:38,009 And prove it. 161 00:09:38,011 --> 00:09:39,210 Prove what? 162 00:09:39,212 --> 00:09:41,112 That America is still alive. 163 00:09:41,114 --> 00:09:42,347 Look around. 164 00:09:45,651 --> 00:09:48,053 They don't seem particularly alive to me. Prove it. 165 00:09:51,357 --> 00:09:52,357 Alright. 166 00:10:01,767 --> 00:10:03,687 You may be right, I don't know. 167 00:10:05,905 --> 00:10:08,840 Your accent is beautiful. 168 00:10:08,842 --> 00:10:11,343 Thank you, but you're a man infatuated 169 00:10:11,345 --> 00:10:14,212 and so nothing you say can be believed. 170 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:16,781 What made you settle in New York? 171 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:19,284 I married a diplomat who was assigned here. 172 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:21,052 I mean, I wondered if you'd been married. 173 00:10:21,054 --> 00:10:24,155 What happened to him? What do you mean? 174 00:10:24,157 --> 00:10:25,924 The person you were married to. 175 00:10:25,926 --> 00:10:28,893 Were married to? Well, I'm married to. 176 00:10:28,895 --> 00:10:30,362 Well, nothing happened to him. 177 00:10:30,364 --> 00:10:32,030 He works at the French Consulate. 178 00:10:32,032 --> 00:10:34,165 It's a few blocks from here. 179 00:10:34,167 --> 00:10:37,335 So... so, you're married? 180 00:10:38,971 --> 00:10:41,339 Of course, what did you think? 181 00:10:41,341 --> 00:10:45,076 I thought you were... not married. 182 00:10:45,078 --> 00:10:46,311 Why would you think that? 183 00:10:46,313 --> 00:10:48,179 Why would I not think that? 184 00:10:48,181 --> 00:10:51,082 For one thing, you don't wear a wedding ring. 185 00:10:51,084 --> 00:10:53,685 So American, you need a signpost for everything 186 00:10:53,687 --> 00:10:55,286 or you'll completely lose your way. 187 00:10:55,288 --> 00:10:57,656 It's not just Americans. 188 00:10:57,658 --> 00:11:00,792 Many cultures have indicators of marriage. 189 00:11:00,794 --> 00:11:04,162 Rings, piercings, dots.. 190 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:07,232 ...designed to keep people out of exactly this sort of.. 191 00:11:08,401 --> 00:11:12,237 ...awkward situation. 192 00:11:12,239 --> 00:11:14,239 Do you wish you were not in that situation? 193 00:11:14,241 --> 00:11:17,308 Oh, so we seem to be mutually pursuing one another. 194 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:19,044 Yes, so? 195 00:11:19,046 --> 00:11:21,746 Well, I, uh.. 196 00:11:21,748 --> 00:11:23,314 I would have thought you'd mention... 197 00:11:23,316 --> 00:11:25,784 Well, must everything be mentioned? 198 00:11:25,786 --> 00:11:27,786 Can nothing be culled from the subtext? Well... 199 00:11:27,788 --> 00:11:30,355 Do you not understand the meaning of 5 to 7? 200 00:11:30,357 --> 00:11:33,058 Was my confusion about 5 to 7 somehow unclear 201 00:11:33,060 --> 00:11:35,860 because I thought I was very clear about my confusion. 202 00:11:35,862 --> 00:11:38,296 I thought you were kidding. 203 00:11:38,298 --> 00:11:42,267 No. No. I was actually confused. 204 00:11:42,269 --> 00:11:44,202 And what did you think I meant when I said 205 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:46,871 I was only free at those hours? 206 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:48,807 I thought you had a very busy schedule 207 00:11:48,809 --> 00:11:52,243 or you were unprepared to spend the later 208 00:11:52,245 --> 00:11:56,281 and definitionally sexier hour with someone you hardly knew. 209 00:11:56,283 --> 00:12:00,285 Oh... it was a code. 210 00:12:00,287 --> 00:12:02,187 A code. 211 00:12:02,189 --> 00:12:05,824 Un cinq a sept, uh, a 5 to 7 relationship 212 00:12:05,826 --> 00:12:10,495 is a relationship outside of marriage. 213 00:12:10,497 --> 00:12:14,132 Seriously the French actually block out time for that? 214 00:12:14,134 --> 00:12:15,800 No. 215 00:12:15,802 --> 00:12:18,236 1 to 3 lunch, 3 to 5 conference call. 216 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,739 5 to 7 commit adultery. Look... 217 00:12:20,741 --> 00:12:22,807 Do you set aside time to break other commandments? 218 00:12:22,809 --> 00:12:25,944 Do you covet at 9:30? Worship false idols from 10 to noon? 219 00:12:25,946 --> 00:12:30,915 It's not literal. It's an expression. 220 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:33,351 It re... refers to a time in the evening 221 00:12:33,353 --> 00:12:36,054 where a person's whereabouts 222 00:12:36,056 --> 00:12:37,976 might naturally be a little hazy. 223 00:12:39,992 --> 00:12:41,526 Okay, I have a very good French dictionary 224 00:12:41,528 --> 00:12:43,895 and that is definitely not in there. 225 00:12:43,897 --> 00:12:45,463 No, it wouldn't be. 226 00:12:45,465 --> 00:12:47,265 Now, back in the day 227 00:12:47,267 --> 00:12:51,035 such things did tend to happen from 5 to 7, I think. 228 00:12:51,037 --> 00:12:53,071 But these days, they happen all the time 229 00:12:53,073 --> 00:12:56,441 but my husband and I, we have found that.. 230 00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:59,010 ...the original hours work very well. 231 00:12:59,012 --> 00:13:03,448 They provide a set window and... clear boundaries. 232 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:07,085 I guess, that makes us old-fashioned. 233 00:13:07,087 --> 00:13:08,453 Yes, entirely. 234 00:13:10,456 --> 00:13:12,957 So, your husband does this too? 235 00:13:12,959 --> 00:13:16,327 He has a mistress. Her name is Jane. 236 00:13:16,329 --> 00:13:18,263 And you know her? 237 00:13:18,265 --> 00:13:20,965 From time to time, I see her at social functions. 238 00:13:26,205 --> 00:13:29,040 Well, nothing is ever flaunted 239 00:13:29,042 --> 00:13:31,576 and so, no one is ever embarrassed. 240 00:13:31,578 --> 00:13:36,848 And everyone is okay with everyone. 241 00:13:36,850 --> 00:13:38,810 This is how we've chosen to live. 242 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:48,960 One day, I will stand next to her at his funeral. 243 00:13:51,096 --> 00:13:53,016 Is that gonna be anytime soon? 244 00:13:55,067 --> 00:13:58,203 I am sure what I'm saying sounds terribly tawdry 245 00:13:58,205 --> 00:13:59,205 and hedonistic. 246 00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:02,340 A little. 247 00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:04,375 Well, it isn't. 248 00:14:04,377 --> 00:14:07,245 We have our reasons for the choices we've made. 249 00:14:10,416 --> 00:14:12,283 Do you have children? 250 00:14:12,285 --> 00:14:14,986 Two. Would you like to see pictures? 251 00:14:14,988 --> 00:14:15,988 Yes. 252 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:20,892 Marc is 7 and Elodie is 6. 253 00:14:23,495 --> 00:14:25,496 They're beautiful. Thank you. 254 00:14:25,498 --> 00:14:26,738 They are the lights of my life. 255 00:14:33,339 --> 00:14:36,274 You're really thrown by all this, aren't you? 256 00:14:36,276 --> 00:14:40,245 I, uh, yes. Uh-huh. 257 00:14:40,247 --> 00:14:44,215 I must say that in my culture it's not judged so harshly. 258 00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:46,317 Okay, but we're not in your culture. 259 00:14:46,319 --> 00:14:48,920 We're in my culture and in my culture 260 00:14:48,922 --> 00:14:50,955 if we didn't have things to judge harshly 261 00:14:50,957 --> 00:14:53,324 we wouldn't know what to do all day. 262 00:14:53,326 --> 00:14:56,527 Well, maybe your culture needs to grow. 263 00:14:56,529 --> 00:14:58,649 Maybe there are other ways to look at life. 264 00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:05,536 Maybe there are some people you marry 265 00:15:05,538 --> 00:15:07,005 and people you love. 266 00:15:09,241 --> 00:15:13,912 Arielle, you're older than I am, you're wiser I'm sure 267 00:15:13,914 --> 00:15:16,281 and you've seen much more of the world. 268 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:21,352 And you're beautiful, and elegant 269 00:15:21,354 --> 00:15:24,322 and smart, and funny 270 00:15:24,324 --> 00:15:26,057 and interesting 271 00:15:26,059 --> 00:15:30,228 and you feel like family, which is wonderful. 272 00:15:30,230 --> 00:15:32,397 Are you seriously telling me that a but is coming 273 00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:34,399 at the end of the sentence? 274 00:15:34,401 --> 00:15:38,136 Yes, but... being with you 275 00:15:38,138 --> 00:15:40,438 would be... an affair 276 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:41,639 and to me.. 277 00:15:43,375 --> 00:15:44,609 ...not ethical. 278 00:15:46,178 --> 00:15:47,178 Unethical. 279 00:15:48,347 --> 00:15:50,415 Not good... ethically. 280 00:15:55,587 --> 00:15:59,357 I must respect your ethics if I ask you to respect mine. 281 00:16:03,696 --> 00:16:06,431 Should you change your mind, I will continue to be out there 282 00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:07,966 smoking nook on Fridays. 283 00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:12,303 But if I never see you again 284 00:16:12,305 --> 00:16:13,504 do know that.. 285 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:17,788 ...I will always remember you very fondly. 286 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:24,182 Are you okay? 287 00:16:27,086 --> 00:16:28,966 I'm sad. It was the beginning. 288 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:31,656 Of what? 289 00:16:34,693 --> 00:16:35,693 Belief. 290 00:16:54,246 --> 00:16:58,049 The following Friday right about after lunchtime 291 00:16:58,051 --> 00:17:00,051 the pace of work began to slow. 292 00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:08,159 I knew where she was and it was all I could think about. 293 00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:11,596 By the Friday after that.. 294 00:17:13,399 --> 00:17:15,566 Well, look, French girls just aren't good 295 00:17:15,568 --> 00:17:16,648 for your work habits. 296 00:17:18,103 --> 00:17:20,104 And it killed me.. 297 00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:22,226 ...that she was lighting her own cigarette. 298 00:17:24,576 --> 00:17:26,577 By the Friday after that.. 299 00:17:58,510 --> 00:18:00,645 I can't believe it took you 3 weeks. 300 00:18:03,182 --> 00:18:04,182 Sorry. 301 00:18:06,385 --> 00:18:08,719 So... what happens now? 302 00:18:11,323 --> 00:18:13,791 Room 2117, 5 o'clock. 303 00:19:32,304 --> 00:19:33,304 Use your key. 304 00:19:50,556 --> 00:19:51,556 How are you? 305 00:19:52,791 --> 00:19:55,626 Very well. Thank you. 306 00:19:55,628 --> 00:19:57,361 And you? 307 00:19:57,363 --> 00:19:59,430 Very well. 308 00:19:59,432 --> 00:20:01,766 Will you have some champagne? 309 00:20:01,768 --> 00:20:02,934 Please. 310 00:20:05,504 --> 00:20:08,873 Always look the person in the eye when you touch glasses. 311 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:12,243 I know. 7 years of bad luck. 312 00:20:12,245 --> 00:20:14,679 Bad luck? That's the American version? 313 00:20:14,681 --> 00:20:17,615 Yes. What's the French? 314 00:20:17,617 --> 00:20:20,351 7 years of bad sex. 315 00:20:20,353 --> 00:20:21,353 Good Lord. 316 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:24,989 I think that tells you everything 317 00:20:24,991 --> 00:20:27,758 you need to know about our two cultures. 318 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,896 Yes. Yours is very optimistic. 319 00:20:31,898 --> 00:20:35,633 I mean, a lot of people after, like, year 5 of bad sex 320 00:20:35,635 --> 00:20:38,536 they'd give up, but you guys really hang in there. 321 00:20:38,538 --> 00:20:40,338 It's admirable. Thank you. 322 00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:46,811 At any rate, best to look the other person in the eye. 323 00:20:46,813 --> 00:20:48,012 Yes. 324 00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:58,522 Are you nervous? 325 00:20:58,524 --> 00:21:00,958 Oh, no. I do this all the time. 326 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,495 I am. 327 00:21:04,497 --> 00:21:05,963 What? 328 00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:08,332 Nervous. I am nervous around you. 329 00:21:10,502 --> 00:21:12,036 That's ridiculous. 330 00:21:12,038 --> 00:21:14,672 Good nervous, I mean, uh, like a girl. 331 00:21:16,875 --> 00:21:18,276 Well, you don't show it. 332 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:20,785 I should hope not. 333 00:21:23,415 --> 00:21:28,019 Sometimes life is... really something. 334 00:21:31,356 --> 00:21:33,436 Maybe you should write fortune cookies. 335 00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:03,447 Are you alright? 336 00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:05,383 I was just thinking 337 00:23:05,385 --> 00:23:08,919 I never did a semester abroad in college and I.. 338 00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:12,056 ...really regret that now. 339 00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:13,258 It was completely different. 340 00:23:14,693 --> 00:23:17,728 From your expectations? 341 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:18,996 From the past. 342 00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:20,698 Good. 343 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:22,700 Because I was about to say the same. 344 00:23:24,703 --> 00:23:25,736 Really? 345 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,475 Wow. Good for me. 346 00:23:31,477 --> 00:23:34,044 Just so you know, you're a natural lover. 347 00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:36,366 Your body expresses beautifully what's in your heart. 348 00:23:38,683 --> 00:23:41,719 I'm just gonna write that down. 349 00:23:41,721 --> 00:23:43,421 Have none of the other women you've been with 350 00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:44,722 told you these things? 351 00:23:44,724 --> 00:23:47,925 Uh, no. 352 00:23:47,927 --> 00:23:50,961 Wow. Good for me. 353 00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:53,697 How do you do that? 354 00:23:53,699 --> 00:23:54,765 What? 355 00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:57,735 Look like that, in 30 seconds. 356 00:24:09,915 --> 00:24:11,081 Do you have to go? 357 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:17,220 There's a fundraiser at my children's school. 358 00:24:20,859 --> 00:24:23,961 Please don't take this the wrong way 359 00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:28,065 but it suddenly seems.. 360 00:24:28,067 --> 00:24:30,187 ...impossible to me that you have that life. 361 00:24:33,605 --> 00:24:34,939 I don't take it the wrong way. 362 00:24:34,941 --> 00:24:36,981 Actually, it seems impossible to me too. 363 00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:41,844 It will until the moment I next see my children. 364 00:24:44,883 --> 00:24:48,185 I did wanna ask you something, if you don't mind. 365 00:24:50,055 --> 00:24:51,522 What you said about belief.. 366 00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:56,660 ...what did you mean? Can you say more? 367 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:03,234 It's almost 7. 368 00:25:17,282 --> 00:25:19,884 Will I see you tomorrow? 369 00:25:19,886 --> 00:25:21,986 No. Monday. 370 00:25:21,988 --> 00:25:24,588 5. The same room. 371 00:25:24,590 --> 00:25:26,056 Hold on to the key. 372 00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:27,191 Trust me. 373 00:25:36,902 --> 00:25:40,004 Say, "Till then, then" like you did that time. 374 00:25:41,973 --> 00:25:43,040 Till then, then. 375 00:25:46,912 --> 00:25:47,912 I like that. 376 00:25:55,721 --> 00:25:58,822 I was way, way too happy to write. 377 00:26:01,693 --> 00:26:04,828 It was not a good weekend for the Venetian wines. 378 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:18,776 Can no American watch a film without popcorn? 379 00:26:18,778 --> 00:26:20,578 That's right. 380 00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:23,647 Do you chomp popcorn when you read literature? 381 00:26:23,649 --> 00:26:26,083 I eat sunflower seeds and I spit the shells 382 00:26:26,085 --> 00:26:27,318 into a little cup. 383 00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:34,725 I cannot kiss you goodbye outdoors. 384 00:26:34,727 --> 00:26:36,894 I understand. 385 00:26:36,896 --> 00:26:40,731 People can see us together. That is permitted. 386 00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:44,935 I can take your arm, but we cannot kiss. 387 00:26:44,937 --> 00:26:49,206 If those are the rules... those are the rules. 388 00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:02,319 Between the hours of 7 and 5 389 00:27:02,321 --> 00:27:05,155 I made a study of French culture. 390 00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:12,663 They seemed to be, uh, strange people. 391 00:27:17,035 --> 00:27:20,270 But then, I'm sure she thought my people were strange too. 392 00:27:20,272 --> 00:27:23,807 So I lost my virginity on Passover. 393 00:27:23,809 --> 00:27:26,777 Passover? Yeah. Do you know what that is? 394 00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:28,912 I don't know what you.. No, what does that mean? 395 00:27:28,914 --> 00:27:30,814 It's a Jewish holiday. Yeah? 396 00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:33,917 Where you eat matzah, which is unleavened bread. 397 00:27:33,919 --> 00:27:35,319 Strange. Yeah. 398 00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:38,288 How was it? Yeah. You mean the matzah? 399 00:27:38,290 --> 00:27:40,157 Or my... the loss of my virginity? The matzah, of course. 400 00:27:40,159 --> 00:27:41,992 The matzah. Yeah. Now the matzah was great. 401 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:45,663 It, matzah doesn't really change over the years. 402 00:27:45,665 --> 00:27:47,331 Sometimes our two-hour interludes 403 00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:50,134 were calm and prosaic. 404 00:27:50,136 --> 00:27:52,436 Oh, no. What? 405 00:27:52,438 --> 00:27:54,772 I have some troubling news. What? 406 00:27:57,942 --> 00:28:01,045 I don't think the boat we're controlling is our boat. 407 00:28:01,047 --> 00:28:02,312 Are you.. What? 408 00:28:02,314 --> 00:28:06,150 Are you kidding me? No. 409 00:28:06,152 --> 00:28:08,318 Where is our boat? I have no idea. 410 00:28:11,757 --> 00:28:14,191 Sometimes they were not so calm. 411 00:28:54,299 --> 00:28:56,266 Mmm, mmm. 412 00:29:09,881 --> 00:29:11,915 Brian. 413 00:29:11,917 --> 00:29:13,383 Yes? 414 00:29:13,385 --> 00:29:15,486 Please join me. 415 00:29:15,488 --> 00:29:17,154 By all means, bring your food. 416 00:29:27,999 --> 00:29:29,599 Sh.. Mm-hmm. 417 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:35,038 Hello, I'm Arielle's husband, Valery. 418 00:29:36,941 --> 00:29:39,276 Enchante. Enchante. 419 00:29:41,412 --> 00:29:45,149 Please forgive any hot dog related moisture. 420 00:29:45,151 --> 00:29:47,284 Only if you will forgive my intrusion. 421 00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:52,222 I...I thought we should meet. 422 00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:56,093 Arielle speaks very highly of you. 423 00:29:56,095 --> 00:29:59,062 She does? 424 00:29:59,064 --> 00:30:00,097 To you? 425 00:30:00,099 --> 00:30:01,532 Mm-hmm. 426 00:30:01,534 --> 00:30:03,454 She says you're a very fine person. 427 00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:08,138 Funny, naturally charming 428 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:11,909 sincere, extremely bright, kind. 429 00:30:11,911 --> 00:30:14,278 She suspects you're very talented. 430 00:30:17,015 --> 00:30:19,082 Thank you. 431 00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:22,052 I'm very happy that she has met you, Brian. 432 00:30:22,054 --> 00:30:25,289 For the little time since she has known you 433 00:30:25,291 --> 00:30:30,894 I have seen a light in her eyes that I had never seen before. 434 00:30:30,896 --> 00:30:33,897 And I'm so very glad of it. I wish to thank you. 435 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,969 You're welcome. 436 00:30:38,971 --> 00:30:41,605 I would be pleased if you cared to join us at our home 437 00:30:41,607 --> 00:30:44,441 this coming Saturday for supper. 438 00:30:44,443 --> 00:30:45,976 Really? 439 00:30:45,978 --> 00:30:48,612 Yes. 440 00:30:48,614 --> 00:30:52,249 Is there any chance that this is a gentlemanly ploy 441 00:30:52,251 --> 00:30:54,585 designed to relax me 442 00:30:54,587 --> 00:30:56,887 before your driver turns around 443 00:30:56,889 --> 00:30:59,489 and impales me with a fleur-de-lis? 444 00:30:59,491 --> 00:31:00,557 None. 445 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:03,493 Well, then.. 446 00:31:05,029 --> 00:31:06,530 ...I thank you for the invitation 447 00:31:06,532 --> 00:31:09,132 and I look forward to attending. 448 00:31:09,134 --> 00:31:10,134 Good. 449 00:31:10,135 --> 00:31:13,437 173 East 77th. 450 00:31:13,439 --> 00:31:14,605 7:30? 451 00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:20,344 How did he find out? Was it a credit card bill or something? 452 00:31:20,346 --> 00:31:22,579 I told him. I beg your pardon? 453 00:31:22,581 --> 00:31:25,282 With great joy. You just volunteered it? 454 00:31:25,284 --> 00:31:27,184 Of course. 455 00:31:27,186 --> 00:31:30,320 Why? Because he's my husband. 456 00:31:30,322 --> 00:31:34,958 Uh-huh. And did you know about this invitation? 457 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,627 No. I'm not surprised though. 458 00:31:36,629 --> 00:31:38,595 Valery does lovely things like this. 459 00:31:38,597 --> 00:31:41,298 How is this a lovely thing? 460 00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:45,435 To me, this is a wildly, wildly awkward thing. 461 00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:47,471 I don't know what he has in mind. 462 00:31:47,473 --> 00:31:49,973 You must understand, this is between you and him. 463 00:31:49,975 --> 00:31:51,575 You have your own relationship now. 464 00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:53,343 We do? If you want it. 465 00:31:53,345 --> 00:31:56,046 I highly recommend it to you, by the way. 466 00:31:56,048 --> 00:31:57,447 You will come to treasure his friendship. 467 00:31:57,449 --> 00:32:00,384 He's that sort of person. 468 00:32:00,386 --> 00:32:05,188 And somehow Saturday night will be thoughtful and wonderful. 469 00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:06,590 You'll see. 470 00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:12,396 You don't understand things yet, do you? 471 00:32:12,398 --> 00:32:13,398 Uh, no. 472 00:32:15,233 --> 00:32:18,101 I feel guilty. 473 00:32:18,103 --> 00:32:20,070 Why would you feel guilty if he's happy for us? 474 00:32:20,072 --> 00:32:22,940 Because I don't understand things yet. 475 00:32:22,942 --> 00:32:26,376 Put aside your notions about how people are, Brian. 476 00:32:26,378 --> 00:32:29,279 The world will surprise you with its grace if you let it. 477 00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:32,716 Unclasp me? 478 00:33:00,144 --> 00:33:02,512 Brian Bloom. I believe I'm expected. 479 00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:04,348 What? Don't say that. 480 00:33:04,350 --> 00:33:06,083 Brian Bloom. Invited guest. 481 00:33:06,085 --> 00:33:08,051 No, no, that's silly. 482 00:33:08,053 --> 00:33:12,456 Hi. Uh, Brian Bloom reporting for dinner. 483 00:33:12,458 --> 00:33:14,258 Please come in. Thanks. 484 00:33:20,598 --> 00:33:23,367 Oh. Hello. 485 00:33:23,369 --> 00:33:25,769 Good evening. May I take your coat? 486 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:29,606 Uh, sure. 487 00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:45,789 Thank you. 488 00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:52,095 Right this way for the elevator. 489 00:33:52,097 --> 00:33:53,097 Elevator? 490 00:33:58,169 --> 00:34:00,249 Good evening, and welcome to our home. 491 00:34:01,739 --> 00:34:03,407 Thank you. 492 00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:16,386 Brian. Come in. Come in. 493 00:34:16,388 --> 00:34:17,821 Glad you're here. 494 00:34:17,823 --> 00:34:20,824 Your children are amazing. Ha ha, thank you. 495 00:34:20,826 --> 00:34:23,093 Are they real or are they from a catalogue? 496 00:34:23,095 --> 00:34:24,694 Uh, they are from a catalogue. 497 00:34:24,696 --> 00:34:26,296 Come and meet some people. 498 00:34:26,298 --> 00:34:28,698 Everyone, this is our dear friend, Brian Bloom 499 00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:33,437 who also happens to be one of the most talented young writers. 500 00:34:33,439 --> 00:34:36,473 Brian, do you know Maestro Alan Gilbert? 501 00:34:36,475 --> 00:34:38,275 Pleasure. It's a great pleasure, maestro. 502 00:34:38,277 --> 00:34:39,743 Mr. Julian Bond. 503 00:34:39,745 --> 00:34:41,545 True honor, sir. Delighted. 504 00:34:41,547 --> 00:34:44,448 And Mr. Daniel Boulud. A pleasure. 505 00:34:44,450 --> 00:34:47,117 I look forward to one day being able to afford 506 00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:48,718 to eat in one of your restaurants, sir. 507 00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:51,388 Nonsense. Nonsense. I'll give you my card later. 508 00:34:51,390 --> 00:34:54,157 And I'll tell Kareem to take very good care of you. 509 00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:57,294 And this is our friend, Jane Hastings. 510 00:34:57,296 --> 00:34:59,096 How do you do? Nice to meet you. 511 00:34:59,098 --> 00:35:03,500 Now, Jane is an editor at Farrar, Strauss and Giroux 512 00:35:03,502 --> 00:35:06,103 and perhaps this is the first of many handshakes 513 00:35:06,105 --> 00:35:07,270 between you two. 514 00:35:07,272 --> 00:35:08,505 Ah, you're here. 515 00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:16,580 Ladies and gentlemen, three of my favorite words. 516 00:35:16,582 --> 00:35:19,483 Dinner is served. 517 00:35:19,485 --> 00:35:20,525 This way, please. 518 00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:33,864 You, maestro, though immortal are not a God but a man. 519 00:35:39,337 --> 00:35:41,905 We know God can be kind. He can be joyful. 520 00:35:41,907 --> 00:35:43,607 But we also know He can be annoying. 521 00:35:43,609 --> 00:35:46,376 What kind of a God is that now, maestro? 522 00:35:46,378 --> 00:35:48,845 I've listened to my own recordings at times 523 00:35:48,847 --> 00:35:52,482 and wanted to kill everything in the room, myself, the composer. 524 00:35:53,519 --> 00:35:55,152 Even if the composer is dead. 525 00:35:57,855 --> 00:36:00,790 Ah, and at those times, He can be vengeful? 526 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:02,359 Oh, yes. 527 00:36:02,361 --> 00:36:05,662 Not if we're made strictly in His image. 528 00:36:05,664 --> 00:36:07,564 Exactly. 529 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:21,511 Goodnight, maestro. 530 00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:23,433 Enough already with the maestro. 531 00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:26,850 He seemed to like it. 532 00:36:26,852 --> 00:36:29,886 I'm kidding. 533 00:36:29,888 --> 00:36:33,290 So tonight actually happened you're saying. 534 00:36:33,292 --> 00:36:34,424 You'll get used to it. 535 00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:43,300 Julian Bond sure didn't eat much. 536 00:36:43,302 --> 00:36:46,503 He's just very polite. 537 00:36:46,505 --> 00:36:49,372 Oh, God, should I not have had seconds on the little hens? 538 00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:51,841 It was fine. Alan Gilbert had seconds. 539 00:36:51,843 --> 00:36:54,211 It was fine. Don't worry. 540 00:37:00,718 --> 00:37:02,786 Split it? Sure. 541 00:37:19,937 --> 00:37:23,340 You seem to know the ropes very well. 542 00:37:23,342 --> 00:37:25,342 Have you been with Valery for a while? 543 00:37:27,578 --> 00:37:29,512 A year. 544 00:37:29,514 --> 00:37:31,781 Could I ask you something? 545 00:37:31,783 --> 00:37:34,417 Do you ever think to yourself 546 00:37:34,419 --> 00:37:37,587 "What the heck am I doing? This is crazy." 547 00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:38,888 No. 548 00:37:38,890 --> 00:37:40,824 Well, then would you tell me 549 00:37:40,826 --> 00:37:44,427 what the heck am I doing? Because this is crazy. 550 00:37:44,429 --> 00:37:47,530 You're being happy. Just like I am. 551 00:37:47,532 --> 00:37:49,933 But don't you want a relationship with a future? 552 00:37:49,935 --> 00:37:52,035 I'm 25 years old. 553 00:37:52,037 --> 00:37:54,671 There's plenty of time for a future. 554 00:37:54,673 --> 00:37:55,673 I guess. 555 00:37:56,907 --> 00:38:00,810 Life is a collection of moments. 556 00:38:00,812 --> 00:38:05,515 The idea is to have as many good ones as you can. 557 00:38:05,517 --> 00:38:08,518 See, I was taught that there are no free lunches. 558 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:12,022 That one day the rent comes due, the other shoe drops 559 00:38:12,024 --> 00:38:15,592 and you suffer a thousand-fold. 560 00:38:15,594 --> 00:38:17,794 Who raised you? Jews. 561 00:38:19,563 --> 00:38:22,932 Look, if you wanna be a good writer 562 00:38:22,934 --> 00:38:24,934 then you can't have a mediocre life. 563 00:38:27,738 --> 00:38:29,406 I'll give you a baseball metaphor 564 00:38:29,408 --> 00:38:31,328 because Jewish writers love them. 565 00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:34,778 Swing from the heels. 566 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:37,080 Okay, Brian Bloom? 567 00:38:38,716 --> 00:38:39,849 Okay. 568 00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:44,888 I look forward to the next time we see each other. 569 00:38:44,890 --> 00:38:46,930 And to the evolution of your attitudes. 570 00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:50,627 You are a natural editor. 571 00:38:56,434 --> 00:38:58,935 Where did this idea come from? 572 00:38:58,937 --> 00:39:03,707 Oh, you know, I'm just trying to... swing from the heels. 573 00:39:03,709 --> 00:39:07,377 Oh, I'm so sorry I'm late. Ah, no worries... mom. 574 00:39:07,379 --> 00:39:09,779 Ariel. Arielle, mom. 575 00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:13,049 Arlene Bloom. How do you do? Enchante. 576 00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:14,818 Where's dad? Parking. 577 00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:16,986 This neighborhood is a nightmare. 578 00:39:16,988 --> 00:39:18,855 There are plenty of garages. 579 00:39:18,857 --> 00:39:20,990 Have you forgotten who we're dealing with? 580 00:39:20,992 --> 00:39:22,592 Dad refuses to pay for parking. 581 00:39:22,594 --> 00:39:24,627 He says it's highway robbery. 582 00:39:24,629 --> 00:39:26,129 And he's absolutely right. 583 00:39:26,131 --> 00:39:27,664 Brian, would you ask the waiter 584 00:39:27,666 --> 00:39:29,132 if they have a different chair? 585 00:39:29,134 --> 00:39:32,102 Sorry? My back is killing me. 586 00:39:32,104 --> 00:39:34,003 Uh, I think all the chairs are pretty much the same. 587 00:39:34,005 --> 00:39:37,507 Oh, excuse me. Could I trouble you for a different chair? 588 00:39:37,509 --> 00:39:39,909 Excuse me? Something with better back support. 589 00:39:39,911 --> 00:39:41,811 I'm afraid we don't have any other chair. 590 00:39:41,813 --> 00:39:43,847 No folding chairs in the back? 591 00:39:43,849 --> 00:39:45,849 Mm, I don't think we have any. 592 00:39:45,851 --> 00:39:48,385 It's fine. I'll stand. 593 00:39:48,387 --> 00:39:50,387 You'll stand? It's fine. 594 00:39:51,756 --> 00:39:54,624 It's highway robbery parking in this burg. 595 00:39:54,626 --> 00:39:56,493 Hi, dad. Hiya, pal. 596 00:39:56,495 --> 00:39:59,095 I finally had to say "Oncle" and put it in a garage. 597 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,932 Your mother is standing. I know. 598 00:40:02,934 --> 00:40:04,968 They have no folding chairs here. 599 00:40:04,970 --> 00:40:08,738 It's The Carlyle, Arlene. 600 00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:10,940 You know when we first met, she only sent back entrees. 601 00:40:10,942 --> 00:40:12,409 Now it's chairs. 602 00:40:13,644 --> 00:40:17,013 Dad, may I introduce Arielle Pierpont? 603 00:40:17,015 --> 00:40:19,082 Enchante. Oh, no. 604 00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:21,618 I am the one who is enchanted. 605 00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:23,753 That's right. I studied your language. 606 00:40:42,139 --> 00:40:46,543 Dad, the meaning of the verb, "baiser" 607 00:40:46,545 --> 00:40:50,847 which used to mean to kiss has changed a bit over the years. 608 00:40:50,849 --> 00:40:52,549 It has? Yes. 609 00:40:53,617 --> 00:40:54,918 What does it mean now? 610 00:40:57,021 --> 00:40:58,521 It means to fuck. 611 00:40:58,523 --> 00:41:00,190 Oh, God. 612 00:41:00,192 --> 00:41:02,525 Pardon my French. Not at all. 613 00:41:02,527 --> 00:41:06,496 Seriously though, $42 for 2 hours plus tip 614 00:41:06,498 --> 00:41:08,932 and then on top of that, after this, we have to drive 615 00:41:08,934 --> 00:41:11,000 all the way across town to another parking lot 616 00:41:11,002 --> 00:41:14,003 We're seeing "The Book Of Mormon." 617 00:41:14,005 --> 00:41:17,774 Not the original cast... but still. 618 00:41:17,776 --> 00:41:19,909 Yeah. It's the replacement Mormons. 619 00:41:19,911 --> 00:41:22,545 You know it actually might be less expensive if we leave 620 00:41:22,547 --> 00:41:24,080 the car in the East Side, then we take a taxi 621 00:41:24,082 --> 00:41:25,782 to the theater and back. 622 00:41:25,784 --> 00:41:28,651 Maybe could we strategize later on the parking? 623 00:41:28,653 --> 00:41:31,020 What can I get for you? Table water for me, please. 624 00:41:31,022 --> 00:41:32,989 Flat or sparkling? No, just table water. 625 00:41:32,991 --> 00:41:34,057 Tap water? Yes. 626 00:41:34,059 --> 00:41:35,625 With ice? Yes. 627 00:41:35,627 --> 00:41:37,961 I think I'm gonna have a vodka martini. 628 00:41:37,963 --> 00:41:39,829 You'll be passed out by intermission 629 00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:43,099 and I'll have to sing the second act in the car on the way home. 630 00:41:43,101 --> 00:41:45,602 I would drink, but I may have to drive across town. 631 00:41:45,604 --> 00:41:47,570 Yes. You've mentioned that. 632 00:41:47,572 --> 00:41:49,539 Vodka martini sounds wonderful. 633 00:41:49,541 --> 00:41:52,008 One for me too, please. You think we'll even find a cab? 634 00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:53,877 With a syringe, if you would. 635 00:41:53,879 --> 00:41:55,712 Tout de suite. Merci. 636 00:41:55,714 --> 00:41:59,616 So, first of all, did you ever hear anybody 637 00:41:59,618 --> 00:42:01,751 speak better school-taught French than this kid? 638 00:42:01,753 --> 00:42:04,053 99 on the Regents Exam. 639 00:42:04,055 --> 00:42:06,189 And he knows the current usage. 640 00:42:06,191 --> 00:42:07,991 And this is within his whole life 641 00:42:07,993 --> 00:42:10,260 not one day out of the country. 642 00:42:10,262 --> 00:42:12,161 Something of which I'm very proud. 643 00:42:12,163 --> 00:42:14,731 So, it's nice the schedule worked out. 644 00:42:14,733 --> 00:42:17,300 Brian says you're only free till 7. 645 00:42:17,302 --> 00:42:18,935 That's right. 646 00:42:18,937 --> 00:42:20,737 So, Arielle 647 00:42:20,739 --> 00:42:23,907 of whom my son speaks in golden tones 648 00:42:23,909 --> 00:42:26,643 tell us about yourself. 649 00:42:26,645 --> 00:42:30,179 Well, I am 33, married, and the mother of two. 650 00:42:37,321 --> 00:42:38,688 Waiter. 651 00:42:40,090 --> 00:42:41,324 Canadian Club. 652 00:42:42,693 --> 00:42:44,561 A married French woman 653 00:42:44,563 --> 00:42:47,931 33 years of age, with two children. 654 00:42:47,933 --> 00:42:50,867 You could stop that sentence anywhere along the way 655 00:42:50,869 --> 00:42:53,002 and have reason enough not to be in the relationship. 656 00:42:53,004 --> 00:42:54,637 Dad... 657 00:42:54,639 --> 00:42:56,339 These are the same French who didn't let us 658 00:42:56,341 --> 00:42:58,341 fly over their country on the way to Khadafi. 659 00:42:58,343 --> 00:43:00,043 Okay, but it's not her Frenchness 660 00:43:00,045 --> 00:43:01,077 that's really bothering you... 661 00:43:01,079 --> 00:43:02,211 No, but I can't discuss 662 00:43:02,213 --> 00:43:04,614 her marital or parental status 663 00:43:04,616 --> 00:43:08,051 because if I do, my pancreas will explode. 664 00:43:08,053 --> 00:43:11,321 So instead, I'm dwelling on the relatively benign 665 00:43:11,323 --> 00:43:15,692 but still objectionable issue of her Frenchness. 666 00:43:15,694 --> 00:43:16,694 Okay. 667 00:43:16,695 --> 00:43:18,294 In the war, the French 668 00:43:18,296 --> 00:43:19,963 couldn't wait to give up their Jews. 669 00:43:19,965 --> 00:43:21,331 Nobody could wait to give up... 670 00:43:21,333 --> 00:43:24,367 Also, they surrendered 3 times in the same war. 671 00:43:24,369 --> 00:43:26,669 Have you any idea how hard that is to do? 672 00:43:26,671 --> 00:43:28,037 What does that have to do with anything? 673 00:43:28,039 --> 00:43:30,206 Because this is who you're dealing with. 674 00:43:31,942 --> 00:43:35,712 Mimi and Joe Fabercamp went to Paris for their 25th 675 00:43:35,714 --> 00:43:38,314 and they said, "It was a festival of rudeness." 676 00:43:38,316 --> 00:43:40,216 And Joe even had a phrase book. 677 00:43:40,218 --> 00:43:42,318 And his cousin, once removed 678 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:45,822 was at Omaha Beach, unbelievable in gratitude. 679 00:43:45,824 --> 00:43:48,324 $42, please. Jesus Christ. 680 00:44:00,904 --> 00:44:03,339 I really hope you know what you're doing, my boy. 681 00:44:05,009 --> 00:44:08,778 I really hope this does not turn out to be one of those decisions 682 00:44:08,780 --> 00:44:12,215 that takes a perfectly good life and turns it for the worse. 683 00:44:13,851 --> 00:44:15,418 It won't. 684 00:44:18,689 --> 00:44:20,823 Now what the hell is going on over there? 685 00:44:23,227 --> 00:44:24,394 Look at that, dad. 686 00:44:25,696 --> 00:44:26,963 She fucked her twice. 687 00:44:35,973 --> 00:44:39,308 Arlene... you wanna weigh in, please 688 00:44:39,310 --> 00:44:42,979 on the subject of la femme Robinson over there? 689 00:44:42,981 --> 00:44:44,447 Or are you just gonna leave your husband 690 00:44:44,449 --> 00:44:46,349 to fight this battle himself? 691 00:44:46,351 --> 00:44:48,751 Just like that time at karaoke night 692 00:44:48,753 --> 00:44:52,021 when you dropped the microphone, walked off and left me 693 00:44:52,023 --> 00:44:54,724 because you couldn't read the lyrics to "It Had To Be You." 694 00:44:56,226 --> 00:44:57,960 It's good you've let that go. 695 00:45:01,965 --> 00:45:05,935 I think that there are two forces on Earth 696 00:45:05,937 --> 00:45:08,171 you never want to be fighting. 697 00:45:08,173 --> 00:45:10,306 One is Mother Nature. 698 00:45:10,308 --> 00:45:12,241 The other is love. 699 00:45:12,243 --> 00:45:14,410 What? She's lovely. 700 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,281 It's not an ideal situation 701 00:45:18,283 --> 00:45:20,483 but she adores my son. 702 00:45:21,952 --> 00:45:24,187 Now how can you be a sensible parent 703 00:45:24,189 --> 00:45:27,356 and not feel warmly towards someone who adores your child? 704 00:45:29,326 --> 00:45:32,261 That is practically... anti-social. 705 00:45:32,263 --> 00:45:36,232 Okay. So I'm anti-social. 706 00:45:36,234 --> 00:45:37,967 Not news. 707 00:45:37,969 --> 00:45:40,403 Besides, I'm not telling you that I don't like her. 708 00:45:40,405 --> 00:45:42,245 I hardly know her. Exactly. 709 00:45:45,042 --> 00:45:48,444 I hope you don't mind, Bri, but Arielle gave me her number. 710 00:45:48,446 --> 00:45:50,413 We're gonna go shopping 711 00:45:50,415 --> 00:45:52,815 and she's gonna teach me how to walk like her. 712 00:46:01,258 --> 00:46:03,960 I cannot tell you how little 713 00:46:03,962 --> 00:46:06,129 I wanna see a Broadway show right now. 714 00:46:14,905 --> 00:46:19,208 It's one of two things... or possibly both. 715 00:46:20,244 --> 00:46:21,277 What is? 716 00:46:23,914 --> 00:46:27,550 Either no one is immune to your charms.. 717 00:46:29,987 --> 00:46:33,556 ...or the world really can surprise you with its grace. 718 00:46:41,331 --> 00:46:42,465 What? 719 00:46:45,903 --> 00:46:46,903 Je t'aime. 720 00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:50,807 Just for the record. 721 00:47:00,584 --> 00:47:04,120 Okay, we'll start very simply. 722 00:47:07,124 --> 00:47:09,158 Taste, please, this glass. 723 00:47:17,367 --> 00:47:18,568 Is it white or red? 724 00:47:22,139 --> 00:47:23,339 Red. 725 00:47:25,042 --> 00:47:27,243 My, God. Ah! Really? 726 00:47:27,245 --> 00:47:28,444 You gotta be shitting me. 727 00:47:30,047 --> 00:47:32,248 You have the palate of a water buffalo. 728 00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:35,184 That is about to change. 729 00:47:37,054 --> 00:47:40,223 Replace the blindfold, please. 730 00:47:40,225 --> 00:47:42,925 Take a small piece of baguette to cleanse the palate. 731 00:47:44,862 --> 00:47:49,298 Okay. Please drink from this glass. 732 00:47:57,941 --> 00:48:00,276 Is it the Miller High Life or the Guinness stout? 733 00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:02,665 The Miller High Life. 734 00:48:04,381 --> 00:48:06,983 Oh, boy. What? Merde! 735 00:48:06,985 --> 00:48:09,051 We have a lot of work to do. 736 00:48:09,053 --> 00:48:11,087 I was sure it was Miller High Life. 737 00:48:11,089 --> 00:48:12,521 Now please take a buffalo chicken wing 738 00:48:12,523 --> 00:48:14,390 to obliterate the palate. 739 00:48:14,392 --> 00:48:16,559 No, I was not very 740 00:48:16,561 --> 00:48:21,030 like, I had, like, big glasses for my sight. 741 00:48:21,032 --> 00:48:23,933 And I was not very... attractive actually. 742 00:48:23,935 --> 00:48:25,434 I find that very hard to believe. 743 00:48:25,436 --> 00:48:28,237 Yeah? Yes. 744 00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:31,507 I like it that you find that very... ha ha ha.. 745 00:48:31,509 --> 00:48:33,509 I find that incredibly difficult.. 746 00:48:35,312 --> 00:48:36,946 ...to believe. 747 00:48:36,948 --> 00:48:39,115 That was very adventurous. It was? 748 00:48:41,018 --> 00:48:45,488 Yes, in my culture we wait a long time, maybe even years 749 00:48:45,490 --> 00:48:49,525 before we do... something like that. 750 00:48:49,527 --> 00:48:51,661 Well, consider it a cultural exchange. 751 00:48:53,330 --> 00:48:55,464 Can we do that again? 752 00:49:00,671 --> 00:49:03,239 One day when you're a famous writer 753 00:49:03,241 --> 00:49:05,241 all these people will know your name. 754 00:49:06,576 --> 00:49:10,513 I don't think I want that guy to know my name. 755 00:49:10,515 --> 00:49:11,675 You will have no choice. 756 00:49:13,717 --> 00:49:18,654 Why is it that you're so much sure of me than I am of myself? 757 00:49:18,656 --> 00:49:19,989 Maybe I've seen the future. 758 00:49:31,135 --> 00:49:32,234 Thanks. 759 00:49:33,338 --> 00:49:34,338 Excuse me. 760 00:49:37,708 --> 00:49:39,175 It's you. 761 00:49:39,177 --> 00:49:41,310 Our nanny has a respiratory infection. 762 00:49:41,312 --> 00:49:42,611 Uh-oh. 763 00:49:42,613 --> 00:49:45,081 Valery and I have a state luncheon. 764 00:49:45,083 --> 00:49:49,118 Is that better or worse than a respiratory infection? 765 00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:52,388 I can't miss it and the children cannot be left alone. 766 00:49:52,390 --> 00:49:54,724 Pas de probleme. I have an idea. 767 00:49:54,726 --> 00:49:57,259 I don't care if you're French. 768 00:49:57,261 --> 00:50:00,029 If you're going to live here, there are certain things 769 00:50:00,031 --> 00:50:02,431 that you're going to have to know how to do. 770 00:50:02,433 --> 00:50:04,333 And none of them.. 771 00:50:04,335 --> 00:50:06,202 ...none.. 772 00:50:06,204 --> 00:50:07,436 ...is more important.. 773 00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:11,640 ...than hitting a baseball. 774 00:50:11,642 --> 00:50:15,745 Okay? Elodie, keep your back elbow up. 775 00:50:15,747 --> 00:50:18,514 Keep your eyes on the ball and above all.. 776 00:50:18,516 --> 00:50:20,416 Don't lunge. Exactly. 777 00:50:20,418 --> 00:50:23,152 Ne lunge pas. Here we go. 778 00:50:23,154 --> 00:50:26,389 Oh! Oh, no, are you okay? No, I ain't hurt. 779 00:50:26,391 --> 00:50:28,224 It didn't hurt. What do we call that? 780 00:50:28,226 --> 00:50:30,059 Chin music. Exactly. 781 00:50:30,061 --> 00:50:32,328 When it comes for you, you gotta get out of the way, you know. 782 00:50:32,330 --> 00:50:36,665 Alright. Next pitch. Do not be afraid of the ball. 783 00:50:36,667 --> 00:50:38,701 If it's coming for your head, get out of the way. 784 00:50:38,703 --> 00:50:42,138 But otherwise, be afraid of being afraid of the ball. 785 00:50:42,140 --> 00:50:44,140 That's the American way. Now, hit me in the nose with it. 786 00:50:44,142 --> 00:50:45,474 Okay? Right in the nose. 787 00:50:47,411 --> 00:50:49,345 Oh! That was great. Yay! Yay! 788 00:50:49,347 --> 00:50:51,480 That was great! Come here. 789 00:50:51,482 --> 00:50:53,382 Throw me in the air again. Yes! 790 00:50:53,384 --> 00:50:55,284 Three more. 791 00:50:55,286 --> 00:50:56,619 Two more. 792 00:50:56,621 --> 00:50:58,054 One. 793 00:51:01,391 --> 00:51:03,392 Brian. Yes. 794 00:51:03,394 --> 00:51:06,395 I'm so glad that you're my mother's boyfriend. 795 00:51:06,397 --> 00:51:09,432 Me too. We are very, very happy to have you in the family. 796 00:51:12,636 --> 00:51:13,736 Thank you. 797 00:51:13,738 --> 00:51:16,105 My turn to bat! My turn to bat! 798 00:51:16,107 --> 00:51:18,541 Yes. Okay. 799 00:51:18,543 --> 00:51:21,777 Uh, give your sister the... what do we call the catching gear? 800 00:51:21,779 --> 00:51:23,746 The tools of ignorance. Exactly. 801 00:51:23,748 --> 00:51:27,349 The tools... of ignorance. 802 00:51:27,351 --> 00:51:30,219 Alright, guys, are you ready? 803 00:51:30,221 --> 00:51:32,388 What have I missed? 804 00:51:32,390 --> 00:51:35,458 Well, let's see. Your daughter is Derek Jeter. 805 00:51:35,460 --> 00:51:38,394 And your son is David Ortiz. 806 00:51:38,396 --> 00:51:40,429 I don't know what you're saying to me. 807 00:51:40,431 --> 00:51:42,465 Never mind. Just watch this. 808 00:51:42,467 --> 00:51:43,866 Okay. 809 00:51:43,868 --> 00:51:46,302 Don't close that stance. Very good. 810 00:51:46,304 --> 00:51:48,204 I wanna see your front hip, okay? 811 00:51:48,206 --> 00:51:50,406 Elodie, how about some infield chatter? 812 00:51:54,511 --> 00:51:56,178 Oh! 813 00:51:56,180 --> 00:51:57,546 Big Papi! 814 00:52:57,208 --> 00:53:00,910 I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of you. 815 00:53:00,912 --> 00:53:03,579 $6000 and they publish your story. 816 00:53:03,581 --> 00:53:05,381 The story about the dogs. 817 00:53:05,383 --> 00:53:07,216 The story about the dogs. 818 00:53:07,218 --> 00:53:09,685 Which you now regret mocking, don't you? 819 00:53:09,687 --> 00:53:11,887 No, that just proves that if you have enough talent 820 00:53:11,889 --> 00:53:14,690 you can write about complete bullshit and still fool people. 821 00:53:14,692 --> 00:53:16,725 But I'm so proud of you. 822 00:53:20,564 --> 00:53:23,666 You know there's a ceremony. There's a ceremony? 823 00:53:23,668 --> 00:53:24,668 Will you come? 824 00:53:26,269 --> 00:53:28,704 It won't be between 5 and 7? 825 00:53:28,706 --> 00:53:30,639 No. 826 00:53:30,641 --> 00:53:31,974 Can we break the rules? 827 00:53:32,909 --> 00:53:33,989 We can't break them. 828 00:53:35,545 --> 00:53:36,545 I understand. 829 00:53:38,248 --> 00:53:40,749 So we will just have to work within them. 830 00:53:43,753 --> 00:53:45,788 What does that mean? 831 00:53:45,790 --> 00:53:47,389 It means that no force on earth 832 00:53:47,391 --> 00:53:48,924 would keep me away that night. 833 00:53:57,801 --> 00:53:58,921 Your future is starting. 834 00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:27,263 One of the best parts of my job is reading new writers 835 00:54:27,265 --> 00:54:29,598 and occasionally, even publishing them. 836 00:54:30,968 --> 00:54:34,003 The fact is, talent happens when it happens 837 00:54:34,005 --> 00:54:36,605 and you have to be there when it does. 838 00:54:36,607 --> 00:54:38,374 Tonight, I'm delighted to introduce 839 00:54:38,376 --> 00:54:40,442 6 extraordinary voices. 840 00:54:40,444 --> 00:54:43,846 New writers for only a moment longer. 841 00:54:43,848 --> 00:54:46,548 Proceeding then in that ever-egalitarian thing 842 00:54:46,550 --> 00:54:48,784 called alphabetical order. 843 00:54:48,786 --> 00:54:50,619 In her story, "Kupchino Station" 844 00:54:50,621 --> 00:54:52,821 Diane Altschuler brings to life 845 00:54:52,823 --> 00:54:55,557 the Leningrad of the early 1980s. 846 00:54:55,559 --> 00:54:57,559 A city still bearing the physical scars 847 00:54:57,561 --> 00:54:58,894 of the Second World War 848 00:54:58,896 --> 00:55:01,597 and now feeling the full stifling effect 849 00:55:01,599 --> 00:55:04,300 of President Jimmy Carter's grain embargo. 850 00:55:04,302 --> 00:55:05,834 Elainee, a refusenik 851 00:55:05,836 --> 00:55:08,537 the character is based on the author's mother 852 00:55:08,539 --> 00:55:11,473 earns a small hourly fee standing in line 853 00:55:11,475 --> 00:55:13,676 on behalf of a wealthy neighbor to buy... 854 00:55:13,678 --> 00:55:15,678 I'm not comfortable. 855 00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:17,446 Shh. 856 00:55:17,448 --> 00:55:19,081 It's the husband. She brings the husband? 857 00:55:19,083 --> 00:55:21,483 Dad, please. I'm sorry. 858 00:55:21,485 --> 00:55:23,585 But I feel I should get mad at somebody. 859 00:55:23,587 --> 00:55:26,388 Only I'm not sure who. We'll discuss it after. 860 00:55:26,390 --> 00:55:28,691 All I'm saying is that civilization 861 00:55:28,693 --> 00:55:31,894 is organized by couples... for better or worse. 862 00:55:31,896 --> 00:55:34,630 Frequently worse, I grant you. 863 00:55:34,632 --> 00:55:36,031 But there's a reason for it 864 00:55:36,033 --> 00:55:37,700 which is that it's not confusing. 865 00:55:37,702 --> 00:55:39,468 I'm begging you. 866 00:55:39,470 --> 00:55:41,370 Are you saying you disagree with me? 867 00:55:41,372 --> 00:55:44,907 Would you for Christ's sake watch your son's finest hour? 868 00:55:44,909 --> 00:55:47,743 Brian Bloom's story, "Run From Becky" 869 00:55:47,745 --> 00:55:49,678 is about a forbidden liaison 870 00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:53,482 between two Westminster best-in-breeds. 871 00:55:53,484 --> 00:55:55,584 One, a German Shepherd and the other 872 00:55:55,586 --> 00:55:58,454 a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. 873 00:56:00,357 --> 00:56:02,991 I have been reading your magazine since my parents 874 00:56:02,993 --> 00:56:05,561 got me a subscription when I went away to college. 875 00:56:05,563 --> 00:56:07,696 That makes me very proud. Thank you. 876 00:56:07,698 --> 00:56:10,766 And a copy of the "New Yorker's View Of The World" 877 00:56:10,768 --> 00:56:13,068 cover hangs in our guest bathroom. 878 00:56:13,070 --> 00:56:16,672 A lovely tribute and soon your son's story will hang right beside it. 879 00:56:16,674 --> 00:56:18,841 Oh, no. It's gonna hang in the living room. 880 00:56:18,843 --> 00:56:20,576 Of course. Of course. 881 00:56:20,578 --> 00:56:22,444 But if he keeps writing the way he is now 882 00:56:22,446 --> 00:56:23,846 he's gonna fill every wall in the house. 883 00:56:23,848 --> 00:56:26,448 That's very kind. 884 00:56:26,450 --> 00:56:28,951 You are a very nice man. Thank you. 885 00:56:28,953 --> 00:56:31,019 I thought you were gonna be gruffer. 886 00:56:31,021 --> 00:56:32,755 Didn't you think he'd be gruffer? 887 00:56:32,757 --> 00:56:35,824 I was expecting a real SOB. Okay, then. 888 00:56:35,826 --> 00:56:38,994 Can I borrow the two of you for just one moment? 889 00:56:38,996 --> 00:56:41,163 Yes. Excuse us? 890 00:56:41,165 --> 00:56:42,865 The all-important schmoozefest. 891 00:56:42,867 --> 00:56:43,999 Go. Do. 892 00:56:47,404 --> 00:56:48,904 Nice save. 893 00:56:48,906 --> 00:56:51,507 So I assume you'll be rescinding the award now. 894 00:56:51,509 --> 00:56:53,542 What? You think I don't have parents? 895 00:56:53,544 --> 00:56:56,512 Besides, everything I said to you was true. 896 00:56:56,514 --> 00:56:58,547 All the winning stories were terrific 897 00:56:58,549 --> 00:57:00,649 but yours carried with it, I don't know.. 898 00:57:00,651 --> 00:57:02,718 ...the tease of greatness. 899 00:57:02,720 --> 00:57:05,087 Make of it what you will. 900 00:57:05,089 --> 00:57:06,955 Thank you. 901 00:57:06,957 --> 00:57:08,197 We'll see each other again. 902 00:57:10,860 --> 00:57:12,628 Golly. Golly? 903 00:57:12,630 --> 00:57:15,564 You are a person who says, "Golly?" 904 00:57:15,566 --> 00:57:18,133 It just came out. First time in my life. 905 00:57:19,469 --> 00:57:21,437 Okay. Listen, fast and close. 906 00:57:23,039 --> 00:57:24,072 Come here. 907 00:57:25,542 --> 00:57:28,944 Okay. My boss is upstairs at the reception. 908 00:57:28,946 --> 00:57:30,646 He wants to meet you. 909 00:57:30,648 --> 00:57:33,482 He read your story or at least, half of it. 910 00:57:33,484 --> 00:57:34,683 He loved it. 911 00:57:34,685 --> 00:57:37,219 He... he said it was a little episodic 912 00:57:37,221 --> 00:57:39,855 which only means he read it in several sittings. 913 00:57:39,857 --> 00:57:42,991 He loves your voice. Loves! 914 00:57:42,993 --> 00:57:45,127 He wants you to start a novel. 915 00:57:45,129 --> 00:57:48,597 He wants to publish you. He... he never says that. 916 00:57:48,599 --> 00:57:50,232 He hates everything. 917 00:57:50,234 --> 00:57:53,168 He just wants to meet you for one minute first 918 00:57:53,170 --> 00:57:56,104 and make sure that you're not a lunatic... 919 00:57:56,106 --> 00:57:58,040 What the hell is wrong with you? 920 00:58:00,643 --> 00:58:03,245 She brought Valery. 921 00:58:03,247 --> 00:58:05,581 Of course, she did. Rules are rules. 922 00:58:05,583 --> 00:58:09,551 So this shouldn't bother me? It doesn't bother you at all? 923 00:58:09,553 --> 00:58:12,488 To see them here, on a night like this, in your world... 924 00:58:12,490 --> 00:58:15,691 Okay. Get your head right. 925 00:58:15,693 --> 00:58:18,994 Get your head right right now because you're about to have 926 00:58:18,996 --> 00:58:21,630 the most important conversation of your life. 927 00:58:21,632 --> 00:58:23,665 And it's not just your future here. 928 00:58:23,667 --> 00:58:25,868 It's mine too. So can you do it? 929 00:58:25,870 --> 00:58:30,005 Can you put the French lady out of your mind for 9 seconds? 930 00:58:30,007 --> 00:58:32,574 Please. Just stick out your hand. 931 00:58:32,576 --> 00:58:35,944 Say, "How do you do, sir?" like a normal human being 932 00:58:35,946 --> 00:58:38,580 so you can have the career that you have always dreamed of 933 00:58:38,582 --> 00:58:40,883 or are you just gonna blow it and incinerate 934 00:58:40,885 --> 00:58:44,286 and dissolve like a Kleenex in a fat man's sneeze? 935 00:58:44,288 --> 00:58:46,088 Is... is your head right? 936 00:58:47,957 --> 00:58:49,691 Is your head right? 937 00:58:49,693 --> 00:58:51,960 Is... your head... right? 938 00:58:53,830 --> 00:58:56,031 You are much crazier than I am. 939 00:58:56,033 --> 00:58:58,800 Is your head right? Yes. Yes. 940 00:58:58,802 --> 00:59:00,269 My head is right. Okay. 941 00:59:00,271 --> 00:59:02,104 Okay. 942 00:59:02,106 --> 00:59:05,107 "How do you do, sir?" That's all you have to say. 943 00:59:05,109 --> 00:59:07,709 "How do you do, sir? How do you do, sir?" 944 00:59:07,711 --> 00:59:10,712 "How do you do, sir? How do you do, sir?" 945 00:59:10,714 --> 00:59:13,849 Brian Bloom, I would like you to meet Jonathan Galassi. 946 00:59:13,851 --> 00:59:16,251 Our publisher. How do you do, sir? 947 00:59:16,253 --> 00:59:18,587 Did Jane tell you to say that? 948 00:59:18,589 --> 00:59:20,255 Yes. She did, sir. 949 00:59:20,257 --> 00:59:23,559 Well... over the coming years 950 00:59:23,561 --> 00:59:26,094 I want you to do almost everything she says. 951 00:59:27,196 --> 00:59:30,666 I'm pretty sure I already do. 952 00:59:30,668 --> 00:59:33,969 I can't wait to read what you write when.. 953 00:59:33,971 --> 00:59:35,971 ...you've got something to write about. 954 00:59:36,973 --> 00:59:38,574 On that day 955 00:59:38,576 --> 00:59:40,909 I'll be honored to publish you. 956 00:59:40,911 --> 00:59:42,844 The honor will be all mine. 957 00:59:44,981 --> 00:59:46,348 Uh, that is my happy noise. 958 00:59:57,827 --> 01:00:00,028 I don't mean to meddle, but you don't stop 959 01:00:00,030 --> 01:00:03,031 being a parent just because your son's name is in the paper. 960 01:00:03,033 --> 01:00:06,168 I appreciate that, dad. Sam, he will figure it out. 961 01:00:06,170 --> 01:00:08,103 Can I finish this conversation? 962 01:00:08,105 --> 01:00:09,638 You have finished it 8 times. 963 01:00:09,640 --> 01:00:11,840 In 30 years, I don't remember once 964 01:00:11,842 --> 01:00:13,742 ever being able to finish a sentence. 965 01:00:13,744 --> 01:00:15,877 Well, with your subjects, you don't deserve predicate. 966 01:00:15,879 --> 01:00:17,312 Oh. What is that? 967 01:00:17,314 --> 01:00:20,916 A grammar insult. A syntax barb. 968 01:00:20,918 --> 01:00:25,253 Not everyone is as lucky as we were, alright? 969 01:00:25,255 --> 01:00:28,924 Not everyone has it simple. I know that. 970 01:00:28,926 --> 01:00:31,727 Do you remember how sure we were? 971 01:00:31,729 --> 01:00:34,630 And how quickly and how little was in our way? 972 01:00:36,399 --> 01:00:38,834 Do you remember what you said to me 973 01:00:38,836 --> 01:00:42,037 after the very fist time we had intercourse? 974 01:00:42,039 --> 01:00:43,739 Are you hungry? 975 01:00:45,041 --> 01:00:46,675 Before that. 976 01:00:46,677 --> 01:00:48,410 Yes. I remember. 977 01:00:54,751 --> 01:00:57,352 I should go. Why are we leaving you here? 978 01:00:57,354 --> 01:00:59,354 I'd like to walk. Why? 979 01:00:59,356 --> 01:01:01,990 There's a lot to think about. You could get mugged. 980 01:01:01,992 --> 01:01:04,226 By who? An exhausted office worker? 981 01:01:04,228 --> 01:01:05,994 Arlene, your son is a madman. 982 01:01:05,996 --> 01:01:09,164 Because he walks? You should try it. 983 01:01:09,166 --> 01:01:11,033 I'm really glad you guys came tonight. 984 01:01:11,035 --> 01:01:12,701 Thank you. 985 01:01:12,703 --> 01:01:15,137 Listen to me, I couldn't be prouder. 986 01:01:15,139 --> 01:01:17,939 Me too, son. Honestly. 987 01:01:17,941 --> 01:01:20,042 We are now officially spending that law school money. 988 01:01:20,044 --> 01:01:21,910 Half of it. 989 01:01:21,912 --> 01:01:25,247 I love you both. Please drive home safely, okay? 990 01:01:25,249 --> 01:01:27,449 We'll give you two and half rings when we reach. 991 01:01:27,451 --> 01:01:29,451 Alright. 992 01:01:29,453 --> 01:01:32,988 The GW or the Tappan Zee? 993 01:01:32,990 --> 01:01:34,923 At this hour? 994 01:02:16,999 --> 01:02:18,967 Hello. 995 01:02:18,969 --> 01:02:20,135 I need your help with jewelry. 996 01:02:20,137 --> 01:02:21,970 I beg your pardon. 997 01:02:21,972 --> 01:02:25,373 What jewelry stores does Arielle respect? 998 01:02:25,375 --> 01:02:28,176 It's midnight. Yes. 999 01:02:28,178 --> 01:02:29,978 Why are you asking me this? 1000 01:02:29,980 --> 01:02:33,081 Because I'm spotty on women's accessories. 1001 01:02:33,083 --> 01:02:35,784 Why are you buying her jewelry? 1002 01:02:35,786 --> 01:02:38,053 Do I have to say? 1003 01:02:38,055 --> 01:02:40,489 You're gonna be my writer. I'm going to be your editor. 1004 01:02:40,491 --> 01:02:42,524 We're going to have this kind of relationship. 1005 01:02:42,526 --> 01:02:44,326 What kind of relationship? 1006 01:02:44,328 --> 01:02:47,062 The kind where you call me in the middle of the night 1007 01:02:47,064 --> 01:02:50,298 asking me crazy questions and I talk you off the ledge. 1008 01:02:50,300 --> 01:02:54,402 Could you please just tell me where to shop for her? 1009 01:02:54,404 --> 01:02:56,238 What genre of jewelry? 1010 01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:58,039 There are genres? 1011 01:02:58,041 --> 01:02:59,775 Fun or important? 1012 01:03:01,944 --> 01:03:05,247 Important. You can't afford important. 1013 01:03:05,249 --> 01:03:08,150 As important as I can afford. 1014 01:03:08,152 --> 01:03:10,018 Give me a dollar figure. 1015 01:03:10,020 --> 01:03:12,454 $6000, including tax. 1016 01:03:19,829 --> 01:03:20,962 Dior. 1017 01:03:25,935 --> 01:03:28,336 Okie-dokie, then. 1018 01:03:28,338 --> 01:03:31,907 I'm gonna get some sleep now, okay? 1019 01:03:31,909 --> 01:03:33,175 I knew you'd know. 1020 01:03:38,581 --> 01:03:41,449 I wish it were tomorrow at 5. 1021 01:03:41,451 --> 01:03:43,218 Can you stay for another moment? 1022 01:03:43,220 --> 01:03:45,821 There's something I wanna say. 1023 01:03:45,823 --> 01:03:47,155 Of course. 1024 01:03:52,562 --> 01:03:54,996 I would like to be a good writer. 1025 01:03:54,998 --> 01:03:57,198 And tell stories that mean something to people. 1026 01:04:01,137 --> 01:04:03,939 But the only thing.. 1027 01:04:03,941 --> 01:04:07,375 ...I really want in this world.. 1028 01:04:07,377 --> 01:04:09,611 ...is to be the man who walks beside you. 1029 01:04:12,315 --> 01:04:15,917 You do walk beside me. Not just from 5 to 7. 1030 01:04:15,919 --> 01:04:18,587 It's not enough. Not nearly. 1031 01:04:30,967 --> 01:04:33,101 Marry me, Arielle. 1032 01:04:33,103 --> 01:04:34,536 I wanna be your husband. 1033 01:04:34,538 --> 01:04:38,240 And stepfather to your children and if you wish it 1034 01:04:38,242 --> 01:04:41,142 I want us to have children together. 1035 01:04:43,279 --> 01:04:46,214 I am already married. I know. 1036 01:04:46,216 --> 01:04:50,485 And that's why this is not a conventional engagement ring. 1037 01:04:50,487 --> 01:04:53,054 That and the fact that a conventional engagement ring 1038 01:04:53,056 --> 01:04:54,656 will require a somewhat more 1039 01:04:54,658 --> 01:04:57,025 robust conquest of the marketplace. 1040 01:04:59,395 --> 01:05:02,130 You know the situation. I do. 1041 01:05:02,132 --> 01:05:03,531 You know the rules. 1042 01:05:03,533 --> 01:05:06,534 I do and I can no longer play by them. 1043 01:05:11,207 --> 01:05:15,243 We had a trust that you have now broken. 1044 01:05:15,245 --> 01:05:16,344 I know. 1045 01:05:18,047 --> 01:05:20,115 And I can't help it. 1046 01:05:20,117 --> 01:05:23,285 I've found the person I wanna spend my life with. 1047 01:05:23,287 --> 01:05:26,421 That is a drive much stronger than any set of rules 1048 01:05:26,423 --> 01:05:29,958 or any doubts about the meaning and purpose of marriage. 1049 01:05:32,194 --> 01:05:36,164 Of course, if your... feelings aren't as strong as mine 1050 01:05:36,166 --> 01:05:39,701 then... I completely understand. 1051 01:05:41,070 --> 01:05:42,704 They are. 1052 01:05:44,340 --> 01:05:45,674 You know that they are. 1053 01:05:47,276 --> 01:05:49,044 They are. 1054 01:05:50,479 --> 01:05:52,380 From the first moment. 1055 01:06:03,192 --> 01:06:06,428 You really think you're ready to be a stepfather? 1056 01:06:06,430 --> 01:06:08,096 I know I am. 1057 01:06:10,199 --> 01:06:12,634 You will be growing up in a very big hurry 1058 01:06:12,636 --> 01:06:14,369 skipping your young adulthood. 1059 01:06:14,371 --> 01:06:17,305 Frankly, it's overrated. 1060 01:06:17,307 --> 01:06:19,607 Regular adulthood seems much better. 1061 01:06:22,044 --> 01:06:23,278 I'm 9 years older than you. 1062 01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:24,679 I don't care. 1063 01:06:24,681 --> 01:06:27,182 When you're 34, I will be 43. 1064 01:06:27,184 --> 01:06:30,452 Women are at their most beautiful in their 40s. 1065 01:06:30,454 --> 01:06:31,653 Okay. That's true. 1066 01:06:31,655 --> 01:06:34,322 But 10 years after that I'll be 53. 1067 01:06:34,324 --> 01:06:37,425 At which point I will believe that women are at their most beautiful in their 50s. 1068 01:06:37,427 --> 01:06:40,362 Oh, and 10 years after that? What are we doing, sums now? 1069 01:06:41,497 --> 01:06:42,697 No. 1070 01:06:49,538 --> 01:06:52,273 Do you believe that keeping a marriage together 1071 01:06:52,275 --> 01:06:54,342 is always best for the children? 1072 01:06:57,246 --> 01:07:00,048 If I believed that.. 1073 01:07:00,050 --> 01:07:02,784 ...I wouldn't be asking you to do this. 1074 01:07:04,687 --> 01:07:08,056 But if you believe it, then... you have to say no. 1075 01:07:12,028 --> 01:07:13,628 This is complicated. 1076 01:07:13,630 --> 01:07:17,132 This is very... very complicated. 1077 01:07:17,134 --> 01:07:19,601 It's not. I mean, yes, it is. 1078 01:07:19,603 --> 01:07:22,370 Of course, it is, but at the same time 1079 01:07:22,372 --> 01:07:25,140 it's very simple. 1080 01:07:25,142 --> 01:07:27,509 What are we willing to do for love? 1081 01:07:56,605 --> 01:08:00,175 How did you know the size? 1082 01:08:00,177 --> 01:08:02,477 I described your hands to the salesman. 1083 01:08:12,455 --> 01:08:14,089 Are you saying yes? 1084 01:08:35,344 --> 01:08:38,546 Meet me here tomorrow. 1085 01:08:38,548 --> 01:08:40,381 I'll bring a suitcase. 1086 01:08:40,383 --> 01:08:42,517 We will live here for the first little while. 1087 01:08:45,354 --> 01:08:48,823 I will tell Valery tonight. I will not be able to call you. 1088 01:08:50,326 --> 01:08:51,860 Just.. 1089 01:08:53,696 --> 01:08:56,598 ...be here... tomorrow. 1090 01:08:58,501 --> 01:09:00,668 At 5. 1091 01:09:00,670 --> 01:09:02,804 At 4. At 4? 1092 01:09:05,574 --> 01:09:07,342 There are no rules anymore. 1093 01:09:54,523 --> 01:09:56,224 Yes? 1094 01:09:56,226 --> 01:09:58,826 It's Valery. Let me in, please. 1095 01:10:02,698 --> 01:10:04,432 Apartment 3C. 1096 01:10:31,994 --> 01:10:34,562 Please come in. 1097 01:10:34,564 --> 01:10:36,231 Thank you. 1098 01:10:41,737 --> 01:10:44,572 Would you like something? I have, um... 1099 01:10:53,883 --> 01:10:56,884 We had an understanding. 1100 01:10:56,886 --> 01:10:59,754 A clear, honorable and tacitly acknowledged 1101 01:10:59,756 --> 01:11:01,756 set of boundaries. 1102 01:11:01,758 --> 01:11:04,325 I know. 1103 01:11:04,327 --> 01:11:07,362 I have welcomed you into my family 1104 01:11:07,364 --> 01:11:08,997 under a certain aegis 1105 01:11:08,999 --> 01:11:11,266 and now you have betrayed everyone involved. 1106 01:11:12,434 --> 01:11:14,035 I had no choice. 1107 01:11:17,973 --> 01:11:20,575 Are you certain you know what you're doing? 1108 01:11:20,577 --> 01:11:23,311 Yes. 1109 01:11:23,313 --> 01:11:24,646 I'm sorry. 1110 01:11:24,648 --> 01:11:26,547 I meant no injury. 1111 01:11:29,385 --> 01:11:31,586 I know. 1112 01:11:31,588 --> 01:11:33,821 I'm sure that if the roles had been reversed 1113 01:11:33,823 --> 01:11:36,357 I would've done the same. 1114 01:11:42,698 --> 01:11:44,365 See to her. 1115 01:12:08,657 --> 01:12:10,458 Mr. Bloom. 1116 01:12:13,095 --> 01:12:14,996 Yes? 1117 01:12:14,998 --> 01:12:16,898 Madam Pierpont was here earlier. 1118 01:12:16,900 --> 01:12:18,866 She asked me to give this to you. 1119 01:13:20,763 --> 01:13:23,765 I started working when I was 11. 1120 01:13:23,767 --> 01:13:26,768 By 25, I could feel the end of my career coming. 1121 01:13:26,770 --> 01:13:29,904 I thought, "What happens now?" 1122 01:13:29,906 --> 01:13:32,407 "What will be my life?" 1123 01:13:32,409 --> 01:13:34,575 I was terrified. 1124 01:13:34,577 --> 01:13:38,679 And so I made an error of youth. 1125 01:13:38,681 --> 01:13:40,882 Some of the girls were lucky. 1126 01:13:40,884 --> 01:13:45,586 They had fallen in love, but not me. Not once. 1127 01:13:45,588 --> 01:13:47,655 Even though I had been all over the world 1128 01:13:47,657 --> 01:13:50,758 and I had met everyone. 1129 01:13:50,760 --> 01:13:53,494 That spring, I was introduced to Valery. 1130 01:13:53,496 --> 01:13:56,531 He was then just as he is now. 1131 01:13:56,533 --> 01:14:00,735 Solid. Substantial. And good. 1132 01:14:00,737 --> 01:14:05,506 "The salt of the Earth," as American like to say. 1133 01:14:05,508 --> 01:14:08,643 I felt a great affection for him. 1134 01:14:08,645 --> 01:14:10,578 A great respect. 1135 01:14:10,580 --> 01:14:12,880 That is a kind of love. 1136 01:14:12,882 --> 01:14:16,984 I thought it was the only kind I would ever know. 1137 01:14:16,986 --> 01:14:18,686 I didn't believe enough. 1138 01:14:19,955 --> 01:14:21,956 I didn't believe in love. 1139 01:14:25,461 --> 01:14:27,528 8 years later 1140 01:14:27,530 --> 01:14:29,730 I discovered that I should have. 1141 01:14:32,034 --> 01:14:34,969 It has stunned me, this new happiness 1142 01:14:34,971 --> 01:14:36,571 which came out of nowhere. 1143 01:14:39,675 --> 01:14:42,143 This secret door that has opened in me. 1144 01:14:43,912 --> 01:14:46,647 I have never felt so alive.. 1145 01:14:48,250 --> 01:14:52,019 ...as when I am in your arms. 1146 01:14:52,021 --> 01:14:55,556 It is tempting, so tempting to forget about everything 1147 01:14:55,558 --> 01:14:58,826 and just accept this gift. 1148 01:14:58,828 --> 01:15:02,063 But I cannot. 1149 01:15:02,065 --> 01:15:03,998 And not because I don't believe 1150 01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:07,502 that you would be a marvelous stepfather to Marc and Elodie. 1151 01:15:07,504 --> 01:15:09,570 And a wonderful father to the children 1152 01:15:09,572 --> 01:15:12,773 we might have had together. 1153 01:15:12,775 --> 01:15:16,811 Not because of lifestyle or the difference in our ages 1154 01:15:16,813 --> 01:15:20,681 or the opinions of others. 1155 01:15:20,683 --> 01:15:23,885 When Valery and I married, we wrote our own vows. 1156 01:15:38,700 --> 01:15:40,635 He has always kept his promise 1157 01:15:40,637 --> 01:15:44,772 and I feel I must keep mine. 1158 01:15:44,774 --> 01:15:47,842 But it's more than a matter of honor. 1159 01:15:47,844 --> 01:15:50,978 One day, Brian, when you have children 1160 01:15:50,980 --> 01:15:55,149 you'll understand that to leave them is to leave yourself. 1161 01:15:55,151 --> 01:15:58,920 And to injure them, unthinkable. 1162 01:15:58,922 --> 01:16:03,591 I told you, I'm an old-fashioned girl. 1163 01:16:03,593 --> 01:16:05,893 Please do not try to contact me. 1164 01:16:05,895 --> 01:16:08,863 It will not change anything. 1165 01:16:08,865 --> 01:16:12,600 I am so sad to say goodbye. 1166 01:16:12,602 --> 01:16:14,969 To be parted. 1167 01:16:14,971 --> 01:16:18,205 I can't believe it, really. 1168 01:16:18,207 --> 01:16:21,943 We had so many adventures still ahead of us. 1169 01:16:21,945 --> 01:16:24,946 Maybe... if we had had more time 1170 01:16:24,948 --> 01:16:26,814 I would have found something about you 1171 01:16:26,816 --> 01:16:30,184 I didn't like, really couldn't stand 1172 01:16:30,186 --> 01:16:33,087 which would be very useful right now. 1173 01:16:33,089 --> 01:16:35,756 But I doubt it. 1174 01:16:35,758 --> 01:16:39,660 They say that no love is perfect. 1175 01:16:39,662 --> 01:16:42,830 But then, they never met you. 1176 01:16:43,865 --> 01:16:45,366 Arielle. 1177 01:17:49,898 --> 01:17:53,134 Let me help. No, it's okay. 1178 01:17:53,136 --> 01:17:55,736 But if I may impose for a favor? 1179 01:17:55,738 --> 01:17:57,738 Sir. 1180 01:17:57,740 --> 01:18:00,074 Please give this to Madam Pierpont 1181 01:18:00,076 --> 01:18:03,077 when she comes for lunch on Friday. 1182 01:18:03,079 --> 01:18:05,112 Certainly, sir. 1183 01:18:05,114 --> 01:18:06,347 Thank you. 1184 01:19:12,114 --> 01:19:14,448 I did as she asked. 1185 01:19:14,450 --> 01:19:16,817 I didn't try to contact her. 1186 01:19:16,819 --> 01:19:19,820 I stayed out of her neighborhood. 1187 01:19:19,822 --> 01:19:23,357 I never returned to the St. Regis. 1188 01:19:23,359 --> 01:19:26,093 If my route was to take me near it 1189 01:19:26,095 --> 01:19:28,929 I would go a couple of blocks out of my way. 1190 01:21:06,361 --> 01:21:08,195 Yes? 1191 01:21:08,197 --> 01:21:10,965 It's just me. Jane. 1192 01:21:23,378 --> 01:21:25,546 How is she? 1193 01:21:25,548 --> 01:21:27,648 I have no idea. 1194 01:21:29,985 --> 01:21:31,585 What do you mean? 1195 01:21:33,889 --> 01:21:36,457 I ended it with Valery. 1196 01:21:36,459 --> 01:21:37,958 Why? 1197 01:21:39,995 --> 01:21:42,496 Because there is a certain sadness to it now. 1198 01:21:42,498 --> 01:21:45,099 Because being around him and around her 1199 01:21:45,101 --> 01:21:48,335 feels like I'm betraying my friendship with you. 1200 01:21:48,337 --> 01:21:51,639 You're not. Not anymore. 1201 01:21:51,641 --> 01:21:54,108 And because.. 1202 01:21:57,679 --> 01:21:59,680 ...the future has a way of arriving 1203 01:21:59,682 --> 01:22:02,116 whether you want it to or not. 1204 01:22:05,954 --> 01:22:08,289 Eat something. 1205 01:22:08,291 --> 01:22:10,090 Smoke less. 1206 01:22:16,598 --> 01:22:19,233 Call me. We'll go to the movies. 1207 01:22:19,235 --> 01:22:21,936 Something from a big American studio. 1208 01:23:25,066 --> 01:23:27,735 As little as you want to write when you're happy 1209 01:23:27,737 --> 01:23:31,238 that's how much you have to write when you're miserable. 1210 01:23:31,240 --> 01:23:33,474 Your passions have to go somewhere 1211 01:23:33,476 --> 01:23:36,610 and this is the only place left. 1212 01:23:36,612 --> 01:23:38,772 Your suffering has to be good for something. 1213 01:23:44,586 --> 01:23:47,755 It's not for me to say if the words were worth the price. 1214 01:23:59,334 --> 01:24:01,101 What are you doing? Where are we going? 1215 01:24:01,103 --> 01:24:03,170 Just wait a minute. 1216 01:24:35,737 --> 01:24:38,138 Smile, you asshole. Smile. 1217 01:24:50,385 --> 01:24:53,654 Come on. Come on, we're celebrating. 1218 01:25:54,749 --> 01:25:56,617 Thousands of years ago 1219 01:25:56,619 --> 01:26:00,888 somebody came up with the notion of impermanence. 1220 01:26:00,890 --> 01:26:04,858 Of the beauty and inevitability of change. 1221 01:26:06,794 --> 01:26:08,914 I'm pretty sure they had just been dumped. 1222 01:26:11,332 --> 01:26:15,335 I had a long time to consider the value of memory. 1223 01:26:15,337 --> 01:26:18,372 And the idea that just because something doesn't last forever 1224 01:26:18,374 --> 01:26:21,508 doesn't mean its worth is diminished. 1225 01:26:21,510 --> 01:26:24,711 Maybe it was just a rationalization. 1226 01:26:24,713 --> 01:26:27,681 Easier on the soul than mourning what might have been. 1227 01:26:27,683 --> 01:26:29,883 A life unlived. 1228 01:26:29,885 --> 01:26:31,418 I honestly don't know. 1229 01:26:32,921 --> 01:26:34,955 But I chose to believe in memory. 1230 01:26:34,957 --> 01:26:38,825 I chose to believe in her. 1231 01:26:38,827 --> 01:26:41,728 I chose to believe that the bond was never broken 1232 01:26:41,730 --> 01:26:43,864 and that we carried each other in our hearts. 1233 01:26:45,400 --> 01:26:47,367 As a secret singularity. 1234 01:26:48,770 --> 01:26:50,938 She made me a writer. 1235 01:26:50,940 --> 01:26:54,341 She made me a man. 1236 01:26:54,343 --> 01:26:57,511 There would be other loves, even great loves. 1237 01:26:58,546 --> 01:26:59,680 But she was right. 1238 01:27:01,716 --> 01:27:04,518 Only one remained perfect. 1239 01:27:15,530 --> 01:27:17,898 I'm gonna get a kick out of that. 1240 01:27:17,900 --> 01:27:20,834 Carol tells me that she's 1241 01:27:20,836 --> 01:27:24,271 she's deciding to take her work vacation. 1242 01:27:24,273 --> 01:27:25,973 Which she has. Of course she has. 1243 01:27:25,975 --> 01:27:28,942 And as a result, it never quite left me alone. 1244 01:27:44,659 --> 01:27:47,561 ...like, you have to try... 1245 01:27:47,563 --> 01:27:51,265 I wondered if it remained perfect for her as well. 1246 01:27:51,267 --> 01:27:54,268 Or if I was just holding onto an idea. 1247 01:27:55,970 --> 01:27:59,773 Some questions have to go unanswered. 1248 01:27:59,775 --> 01:28:02,776 But in New York, you're never more than 20 feet away 1249 01:28:02,778 --> 01:28:05,445 from someone you know 1250 01:28:05,447 --> 01:28:07,407 or someone you were meant to know. 1251 01:28:40,748 --> 01:28:42,268 Hi. Hi. 1252 01:28:44,819 --> 01:28:46,920 Brian, lovely to see you. Valery, how are you? 1253 01:28:46,922 --> 01:28:49,356 Nice to see you. This is Kiva. 1254 01:28:49,358 --> 01:28:50,924 How are you? Hello, I'm Valery. 1255 01:28:50,926 --> 01:28:52,559 Nice to meet you. And you. 1256 01:28:52,561 --> 01:28:54,661 Very nice to meet you. Marc. 1257 01:28:54,663 --> 01:28:57,597 And our children, Marc and Elodie. 1258 01:28:57,599 --> 01:28:58,999 And? 1259 01:29:00,735 --> 01:29:03,103 This is Charlie Bloom. Hi, Charlie. 1260 01:29:03,105 --> 01:29:05,605 Wanna say hi, Charlie? Hello, Charlie. 1261 01:29:05,607 --> 01:29:09,042 He's two, right? Yeah, he's... he is two. 1262 01:29:09,044 --> 01:29:11,378 Not talking much yet. 1263 01:29:12,847 --> 01:29:15,015 I loved "The Mermaid." 1264 01:29:15,017 --> 01:29:19,119 Oh, yes, so did I. And I must say, all of your books. 1265 01:29:19,121 --> 01:29:22,489 Yes, we read you religiously in our home. 1266 01:29:22,491 --> 01:29:24,791 Thank you. I'm very glad about that. 1267 01:29:26,594 --> 01:29:28,662 Tell me, how... how is Jane? 1268 01:29:28,664 --> 01:29:30,964 Jane is brilliant. 1269 01:29:30,966 --> 01:29:33,834 Jane is Jane. 1270 01:29:33,836 --> 01:29:35,035 She is married. 1271 01:29:35,037 --> 01:29:38,071 She met a very good guy, a cellist. 1272 01:29:38,073 --> 01:29:40,640 And they have a son. 1273 01:29:40,642 --> 01:29:42,876 Oh, that's wonderful. 1274 01:29:42,878 --> 01:29:45,879 And tell me, Mrs. Bloom, apart from being the mother 1275 01:29:45,881 --> 01:29:48,749 of this beautiful.. 1276 01:30:21,717 --> 01:30:23,483 Brian. 1277 01:30:23,485 --> 01:30:24,718 Take care... Take care. Bye-bye. 1278 01:30:24,720 --> 01:30:26,520 So nice to meet you. 1279 01:30:27,522 --> 01:30:28,855 Bye. 1280 01:30:48,109 --> 01:30:50,911 I don't know if I'll ever see her again. 1281 01:30:50,913 --> 01:30:52,946 I don't know if that's a good thing 1282 01:30:52,948 --> 01:30:54,114 or a bad one. 1283 01:30:56,751 --> 01:30:59,586 But I will promise you this. 1284 01:30:59,588 --> 01:31:03,890 Your favorite story, whatever it might be 1285 01:31:03,892 --> 01:31:06,760 was written for one reader. 94675

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