All language subtitles for Sue.Anna Thomson.1997.eng

Sue, you know I Iike you.

How Iong have you been
in this buiIding?

12 years.

That Iong.

And we never had a
probIem, right?

But you owe me 3 months
rent now.

You pay me 400 doIIars
a month,

I couId be renting it out
for 7, maybe 8.

I think it's more than fair,
isn't it?

Yes, it's extremeIy fair,
StanIey.

I mean, I don't care, but we've
got to get paid.

It's stiII a business,
not a charity.

Yes. I'II get you the money by
Friday, StanIey, I promise.

Get it to me by the end of the
month. That's more than 2 weeks.

Otherwise, I can't carry you
anymore.

I appreciate that.

I'm famiIiar with aII types of
IegaI paperwork,

and even though I have
no formaI degree in Iaw,

I can do any type of contract
and even fiIe suits.

I have aII the secreteriaI skiIIs
that I think you wouId require

and I feeI quite quaIified
for the job.

Here's my resume and
Ietter of recommendation.

You've taken PsychoIogy
and Modern Dance.

WeII, I have a BA in PsychoIogy
from CoIumbia University.

I did take a few courses
in Modern Dance, but...

We'II be in touch.

Thank you. My primary
background is Iaw, though.

I worked for 12 years
for a Iaw firm.

Okay, thank you very much.

What's a beautifuI young woman
Iike you doing by herseIf

on a Sunday morning?

Crossword puzzIe.

My name is WiIIie.

HeIIo, WiIIie.

WiII you show me your breasts?

Excuse me?

I'd Iove to see your breasts.

WeII, it'II cost you.

How much?

10 bucks.

I can't afford it.

WeII, that's the going rate, even
with a senior citizens discount.

What's a European capitaI,
6 Ietters, starts with a 'P'?

Prague. Or Paris with 2 'R's.

I think Prague works better.

Where are you going?

I'm going to get a coffee.

WouId you get me a
Strawberry Mystic?

A Mystic?

Yeah, strawberry fIavor. It's
75 cents. I'II pay you back.

No, no.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Excuse me. You dropped a doIIar.

Oh, thank you.

No probIem.

You want a cigarette?

No, thank you.

You're smart.

How can you teII? I mean,
we've onIy just met.

You don't smoke.

WeII, that doesn't make
me smart.

It just means I never
got in the habit.

That's what I mean,
you're smart.

Anything interesting in there?

Where?

The paper?

Oh, no, the usuaI crap.

Why do you read it?

Goes weII with cigarettes
and coffee.

There you are.

Here, keep the change.

WeII, it was nice to
speak to you.

Sue.

Ben.

Nice meeting you Ben. WouId be
nice to chat some more.

Yeah weII, you have a good day .

Do you Iive around here?

No, I Iive in Minnesota.

Minnesota?

That's out in the Midwest.

Yeah, I know where
Minnesota is.

I'm sorry. New York brings out
the mean streak in me.

It was nice meeting you.

Wait a sec, wait! Do you
have a pen?

Take it! You can throw
it out if you want.

I'II give you a caII, Sue.

Is everything aII right?

Yeah, I'II take some more
coffee, if you don't mind.

AII right.

Hey Eddie, Iisten to this.

The other night when
I was working,

there's this guy sitting
in the back,

and he's Iike, ''hey babe,
we need some more coffee. ''

and I'm Iike,
I don't Iike it,

'cause I'm not his babe,
I'm not his anything.

But I go back there, start
pouring the coffee.

The next thing I know ,
he's got his hand on my ass,

so I say to him...

Thank you.

So, I go to take some
other orders,

Then, maybe 10 minutes Iater,
same bozo wants a refiII,

So, I'm thinking, he's
Iearned his Iesson.

So, I go back there.

Now his cup of coffee is up
against the waII,

aII the way on the other
side of the tabIe,

so I have to reach for it
to pour the coffee,

and as I'm reaching to
pour the coffee,

I can feeI his hand smack up
between my Iegs,

I can feeI him fingering
my pussy.

I'm Iike, ''what? You think
just because I work

in an aII-night diner, you can
just finger my pussy

any time you feeI Iike it?''

I fucking whacked him
right on his head.

He was on the fIoor on
his ass, it was beautifuI.

'Cause, Eddie, baby, you're
the onIy one for me.

You dress Iike a sIut,
you taIk Iike a sIut,

what the heII do
you expect?

That's aII you have to
say to me

after everything I go through?
You changed, Eddie.

Where the heII are you going?

Good morning, I'm caIIing
in reference

to your ad in the ''T imes. ''

''Medium-sized midtown IegaI
firm seeks office manager. ''

AIready? Yikes! EarIy bird
does get the worm, huh?

Thank you very much.

What do you think?

Oh, I quite Iike it.
It's compIicated, but...

reaIIy quite simpIe.
I think I Iike it.

Yeah, I see what you mean.

These group shows are
so difficuIt.

They must be very difficuIt
to organize, I think.

Yes, certainIy for
the curator...

Oh yes, for him especiaIIy.
Of course, yes.

I think, they did a good job,
I think. Don't you?

Yeah, it's curiousIy
coherent.

Oh, excuse me.

There you are Agnes.
HeIIo. Nice to see you.

Yeah, sure, go with Agnes.
See what I care.

It's a fucked up worId,
if you ask me.

I didn't ask you,
but you're correct.

Men, aII they wanna do is
jerk off in your face

and make you swaIIow
their cum.

WeII, fuck them and fuck
their mothers.

It's true. You want a beer?

Thank you. Why not?

How's everything?

WeII, a coupIe of days ago my
grandmother died from pneumonia.

That sucks.

WeII, that's New York for you.
What are you gonna do?

Listen, you wanna go get
a cup of coffee?

If I don't have cof fee
first thing in the morning,

I just can't do anything.
EspeciaIIy in the winter.

In the summer,
I don't care.

Yeah, aII right. But on
one condition.

What?

We go Dutch.

Fine by me.

I can't stand it when somebody
buys you a coffee and

then they think they own you.

But this once, I'II invite you.

It's fine, 'cause I don't
Iike to pay.

Okay, cooI.

Besides, this coId weather
makes my tits hurt.

Me too.

Hey, gringo! Can we get
some drinks here?

How can I heIp you, Iadies?

I'II have a doubIe whisky in
a taII gIass with some ice.

What kind of whisky?

''WiId Turkey. ''

How about you?

I'II have a Johnnie WaIker
on the rocks.

I Iove to drink in the morning.

As opposed to the rest
of the day?

As opposed to nothing.

So, why did you start taIking
to me in the street?

You started taIking to me.

ReaIIy?

So, what do you do?

I rob banks and video stores.

Anything to eat?

Yeah, I'II have saIad and
some bread.

How about you, ma'am?

Just go make the saIad
and bring me back

a doubIe whisky in
Iike 5 minutes.

Why video stores?

'Cause they've aIways
got cash.

Besides, I can pick up a
coupIe of videos,

watch them at home and then
I take them out

on CanaI Street, seII them
for 5 bucks a pop.

So what do you do?

I'm between jobs at the moment.

I used to be a dentaI
assistant.

But then I Iost my job when
CIinton got re-eIected.

What does CIinton
getting re-eIected

have to do with your work?

Nothing. But, you know,
that's when it happened.

But I don't care, cause peopIe
stink from the mouth.

I haven't had a cavity
in years.

As far as teeth are concerned,
I've been very fortunate.

I don't ever go to doctors. If I'm
in pain, I just drink it away.

I just Iost my apartment and
I don't even care, it's a reIief.

That'II be 22 doIIars
and 15 cents.

No, that's aII right. I'II take
care of it.

Now, Iisten up, BiIIie-Joe,
or whatever your name is,

I got money, but the thing is,
do you reaIIy want me to pay?

No, no, I was gonna
invite you.

FoIks Iike you are aIways
weIcome.

That's what I thought!
So, why don't you go

to the cash register,
get me 50 bucks

and we'II be on our way.

Thank you for coming.

No, thank you,
for having us.

Thanks for breakfast.

I got to get going,
I'II see you Iater.

It was my pIeasure.

I Iive right here if you
wanna come up.

No, I've got things I gotta
take care of,

so I'II see you Iater.

Okay. I Iive on the top fIoor,
end of the haII.

I'II have the money in a week.

You've never had any probIem
with me, I promise. Okay?

Okay.

HeIIo, Mom?

Mom, I miss you.

Mom, how are you?
Mom, don't hang up.

Mom, pIease don't hang up.

How're you doing?

I'II have a chocoIate donut.

Something eIse?

Yeah, a cup of coffee.

Buck fifty.

Kind of empty tonight.

It's getting Iate.

Keep the change.

No, thanks.

I'm too worked up to sIeep.

WeII, I'm cIosing soon.

Why? What time is it?

Getting Iate. Midnight.

I didn't know it's that Iate.

You wanna go have a drink?

No, thanks, I gotta get
back to BrookIyn.

Right, yeah.

I don't know what I
was thinking.

I gotta get up earIy, too.

Thanks.

You're sure about this?

Yeah. It'II be nice to have
some company

and someone to heIp
with the rent.

Yeah, we'II have fun. You got
anything to drink?

Sure, yeah.

UnfortunateIy, when
my boss died,

I didn't get a reference at
the time, 'cause I thought

I was gonna go into a
different fieId, but I'm sure

I can get a reference from
one of his partners.

I was the boss's right hand man,
so to speak, for a Iong time.

Then, when he died, the office
shut down very suddenIy.

Hi.

Hi.

I was thinking that maybe
you'd Iike to come over

and have a good time with
me and my girIfriend.

You mean Iike, ''good time''
good time? Or...

Yeah, a good time.

Sure, yeah, why not. I mean,
I'm not busy in the afternoon,

I don't have anything to do.

I mean, in the evening
I get busy, but...

We were there 3 days,
you know,

when finaIIy the heIicopter
came to rescue me,

you know, gets coId up
in the mountains there.

That's why they caII me Iike
the Indiana Jones of New York.

Take off your coat.

It's cozy.

So, where's your friend?
Isn't there supposed to be

a third party to this party?

Don't worry about it,
just reIax.

Was that your friend?

Yeah.

Listen, what's your name?

LoIa.

LoIa. Okay, LoIa? Fine!
Your friend? I can't do it.

Get rid of her or something.
I mean, I can't...

Okay, aII right.
Just don't get crazy.

Don't... crazy? Listen,
you don't even know

about crazy, okay? I was
shot at, many times.

I've fucking kiIIed peopIe for
Iooking at me sideways.

I'd rather get shot at
than have to deaI

with that, aII right?
BeIieve me.

Okay.

Just can we do something
about that?

Yeah

Sue, something came up. I can
expIain it to you Iater, but...

Listen, that's okay, no, no,
forget what I said, canceI,

I was kidding you. Don't you
know when I'm kidding?

Yeah, we got 7-Up, beer.

Save the 7-Up in case your
grandmother ever comes to visit.

Hi. There was a girI who
came out of there before,

that wasn't you, was it?

Yeah.

You're reaIIy beautifuI.

But reaIIy oId.

No, not at aII.

My god, your skin is so soft.

Just took a bath.

So what, am I interrupting
something now?

No.

Here's your beer.

Forget the beer.

Hey, Sue! What's the matter?

Sue!

What did you say to her?

I kissed her.

One... two... you ain't got
much, do ya?

Hi, gorgeous day, isn't it?

How oId is she?

It's a he.

Oh, sorry. How oId is he?

1 4 months.

Oh. It's a gorgeous IittIe
thing. Hi, aren't you?

You're a gorgeous IittIe
thing, aren't you?

He's got beautifuI eyes.

Come on, Max, you
wanna go home?

I just... I Iove the park.
I mean, because it's so...

Jesus!

WeII, fuck you!

I'm sorry, LoIa.

I'II see you around.

What are you gonna bet on?

The doubIe.

Sounds good to me.
Do you want another?

Yeah.

Okay.

How are you today?

Okay.

Do you need any
heIp in here?

No, we're not hiring
right now.

Are you the owner?

I'm his daughter.

Oh, weII, in that case,
I'II have a Johnnie WaIker.

On the rocks?

Yeah.

Bright and earIy
you be drinking.

Yeah.

Have you ever bartended?

Oh yeah, I've done
a Iot of things.

Like what?

Waitressing, modeIIing. I ran a
Iaw office for 12 years.

There's a Iot of Iaw
offices in town.

Yeah, but nobody's hiring.

I just need a job. I got
sick of it, anyway.

Can't Iive on unempIoyment
forever.

Not in New York fucking City.

I know what you mean.

Do you Iike this job?

I don't mind it. I'm working
my way through my Ph. D.

ReaIIy? What are you
studying?

CIinicaI PsychoIogy.

The way I'm going, I'm
gonna need your services

pretty badIy in about
2 months.

I hope not. I won't be done
for another 2 years.

Oh, no, by then you'II have to
fish me out of the morgue.

How much do I owe you?

It's on the house.

Thank you.

Hi, Minnesota.

How're you doing, Sue?

AII right.

Imagine seeing you here.

Where have you been?

I'm gIad to see you.

ReaIIy?

Yeah, I was thinking
about you.

Oh reaIIy?

I am!

Lost my number?

I didn't Iose your number.
I was busy.

God, you're incredibIe.

In what sense?

You're so passionate.

I feeI Iike a teenager.
Jesus Christ!

WeII, it's been a Iong time
since I made Iove

with somebody I
reaIIy Iiked.

Do you make Iove to peopIe
you don't Iike?

Oh, yeah.

So, what happened
to Minnesota?

Minnesota's just
a home base.

I write for airIine magazines
and traveI a Iot.

And the wife and chiIdren
in MinneapoIis come

to the airport aII teary-eyed to
greet you when you come home?

The wife is remarried and
Iives in Connecticut.

There are no chiIdren.

No kidding?

No kidding.

'Cause, you know,
we aIready fucked,

so you don't have
to Iie to me now.

I wouIdn't Iie to you, Sue.

WeII... cream and sugar?

No. Just bIack.

So, teII me about
your work.

I toId you, it's just
this and that.

I traveI to a pIace,
I do some research,

I get the atmosphere, write
about it. That's it.

Sounds so simpIe.

No. BeIieve it or not,
I used to be a boxer.

That was simpIe.

I mean, I never thought
I couId write.

I can't even speII.

The trick is, not to be
redundant, to keep it fresh.

I guess the most important
thing is to make

a good impression
on the editor.

Does that work?

I try.

I try to make everything a
IittIe speciaI, a IittIe unique.

What about you?

TeII me about yourseIf.

Oh, nothing has happened
to me for years.

I go in and out of
the apartment,

I go up ten bIocks,
down ten bIocks,

I have sex with a Iot of strangers
and I watch a Iot of TV.

Your Iife is as interesting
as anyone's.

Maybe more than most.

Why do you say that?

'Cause you're yourseIf.

Because you choose.

So, I choose to be IoneIy?

Maybe.

Why?

I don't know.

You never got married?

No. I have onIy accidentaI
peopIe in my Iife, Iike you.

I'd hate to be thought of
as an accident.

Yeah, weII...

I gotta get going. I got
a Iot of work to do.

Yeah.

That's why I came to New
York. To get something new.

Me too.

Something new,
something exciting.

I'm addicted to the city.

Sometimes I think I'd be
happier any other pIace.

But where eIse couId you find
this IeveI of noise?

I'II see you reaI soon, Sue.

No, you won't.

Hi, Sven.

HeIIo, Miss Sue.

How're you doing?

Good.

How are you?

Okay.

Do you want some coffee or
something coId to drink?

ActuaIIy, coffee wouId be nice.

Do you want cream
and sugar? I forget.

Yeah, both.

Okay.

Here. How's it going?

Good.

Yeah?

Yeah.

It's gonna be fixed.

Oh gosh, you're a
genious, Sven.

What wouId I do
without you?

I don't know.

You shouId stiII get
yourseIf a new set.

Okay. I'II ask Santa.

He's a good guy to ask.

Yeah.

HeIIo? Okay.

You Miss Sue?

Me Su Yan Sin, who you?

Sign here.

HeIIo? Yes, they're
beautifuI.

Jesus Christ!

Thank you.

Thank you.

Here's to you.

So, you're stiII trying to
impress your editor?

I'm stiII trying.

FIowers? Lunches?
ChocoIate?

No, nothing Iike that.

You've been down to Mexico?

No. Why?

I had a job down there,
it was beautifuI.

It was fun. This pIace reminds
me of a pIace in Mexico.

I know something eIse fun.

What's that? What are
you doing, Sue?

Getting comfortabIe.

Getting comfortabIe...

You're getting more
than comfortabIe.

That's aII right.

I Iike this dress.

You do?

Yeah, I do.

You wanna dance?

No, I'd Iike to take you down
to Mexico some time.

What are you gonna do?

Sue... stop.

Sue... come on...

Sue, what are you doing?

You wanna dance?

Yeah.

You want me to dance?
You're gonna regret it.

No.

You know why I wanna
dance with you?

I Iike to dance with you.

You stiII think I'm
an accident?

Yeah, but a good accident.

No, seriousIy.

AtaII, handsome wonderfuI
accident.

You reaIIy do think I'm an
accident, don't you?

WeII, there's good accidents
and there's bad accidents.

You're a taII, handsome,
good-kisser accident.

How's that?

You think I'm just in this
for the sex?

Nothing wrong with that.

Come on, Ben, don't be
a baby. Come on!

Sue, you know what?

Stop, aII right? Stop.

There, that's for the drinks.
I don't need this.

Ben. Come on!

HeIIo, yes, I'd Iike to speak
to one of your hoteI guests.

His name is Ben.
He's about

32 or 34, I don't know,
something Iike that.

He's taII, he's very
handsome, he's...

No, I'm afraid I don't know
his Iast name, but can't you...

Okay, great, thank you,
fuck you, too.

We must be neighbours.

Yeah, I Iive down the street.

I'm Linda.

Sue.

Have you found a job yet?

No.

You're quiet.

Yeah. I'm not that big
on conversation.

I onIy communicate
through sex.

Oh.

Oh. I'm not gay or anything.

WeII, Iet's see...

Have you seen any
movies IateIy?

No, I don't go to the movies much.

Why not?

I don't Iike to go aIone and
it's so expensive, you know .

You get the popcorn
and the soda.

Yeah, you don't want to go to
the movies without popcorn.

And that's 15 bucks
easy and...

You know, there's a Iot
of stuff on TV.

AIthough I don't want to
watch too much and become

one of those automated zombies,
you know, no brain...

You must have friends?

No.

What do you mean, no?

WeII, kind of Iost touch,
you know.

Friends, famiIy, kids. AII go
their own ways, get jobs.

You're not married?

No. I've resisted the
institution of marriage

and now it's probabIy
too Iate,

and I'm too oId and
set in my ways.

Nonsense.

HeIIo? Operator?

CouId you connect me with
my mother in...

My mother, pIease.

What's the number?

I can't remember. It's some kind
of a faciIity in SeattIe.

PortIand. PortIand. Sorry.

You'll have to give me
the number.

You dial the area code and
then 5551212.

Operator?

Yes?

Don't get off the Iine.
I just...

I just need somebody to
taIk to for a minute.

You sound Iike a nice person.

Miss, we're very busy
right now.

Yeah, I'm sure, I just...

I'II be aII right in a minute.

I just need someone to
taIk to for a minute.

I'II be aII right
in a minute.

Operator, are you
stiII there?

Yes.

Where are you Iocated?

I just need to taIk,
to caIm down.

I'II be aII right
in a minute.

Sorry, we cannot give out
that information.

Why not?

For security reasons.

Oh, I see.

l have to get off
now, Miss. l'm sure,

Iif you get the number,
somebody wiII heIp you.

I'm sorry. I just...

My mother has AIzheimer's.

My mother has AIzheimer's
and I haven't been abIe

to have a conversation
with her in years.

Operator? Operator?

Yes?

My mother was very beautifuI.

l'm sorry, Miss.

You're a very kind person,
operator, very kind.

It's very surprising.

Why is it surprising?

I don't know. I aIways
think that

operators are just sort of Iike
machines, you know.

Thank you very much
for your kindness.

I'd Iove to work with chiIdren.
I feeI quite quaIified.

I have a BA from CoIumbia
in PsychoIogy.

When did you graduate?

A IittIe more than
ten years ago,

but during that time
I feeI that

I've Iearned a Iot of
other things

just from Iife in the city
and Iiving here

and peopIe that I've met.

It's just that right after
I graduated

I didn't feeI Iike pursuing
sociaI work right away.

So, I did some other things.

But now I feeI very
interested in it

and I'd Iike to give it a try.

Thank you very much.

It's quite aII right.

Then what? What now?

Back home to New York.

Back to the same rut?

No! lt won't be the same.

l've gone straight, honest.

Do you?

l came all the way across
the ocean for you.

Has it been on Iong?

About 5 minutes.

Thanks.

l told him l want to go
back to work.

He promised he'll find
me something.

He wants me back.

That's wonderful, Jack.

Things will be different
from now on.

Can I have some of
your popcorn?

WeII, sure.

l can't make it without you.

You don't want to throw away
6 years just like that, do you.

You should have thought
Iof that earIier.

Don't send me away!

All right, l'll go with you.

There's a flight that leaves for
New York in the morning.

All right.

Let's get going.

Not right now. l need some
time by myself.

l understand, l really do.

l'll leave you alone, then.

Look, couId you pIease
stop foIIowing me?

Hey, take it easy.

Look...

What's the matter with you?

Just don't foIIow me, okay?

We did what we did,
it was nice.

But just don't foIIow me, okay?

Shit!

Hi.

Hi.

I don't want anything. I just
Iike to sit for a few minutes.

Sure.

Are you aII right?

Yeah, sure. Thank you.

It's a nice dress.
You Iook great.

What is it?

I'm fine.

I'm going to CaIifornia at
the end of the week.

It's gonna be quite
a change.

I thought you wanna
get your Ph. D. here.

No, UCLA.

Wow, that's a Iong way off.

Yeah, it's a good schooI,
though.

Yeah.

What is it?

Is there anything I can
heIp you with?

Sure... 1 ,200 doIIars.

Does that sound Iike a good
deaI or what?

I think I can swing it.

No! No!

Yeah.

Why are you so nice to me?

Because I Iike you.

You Iook Iike you're going
through a hard time.

WeII, Iet me think about it.
I stiII have a coupIe of weeks.

You shouId take it
now, Sue.

I'm gonna be gone at the
end of the week.

It's no big deaI.

No, no.

What is it?

Oh, I'm okay.

I just had a IittIe troubIe
breathing for a second.

You shouId see a doctor.

No, I'm fine, reaIIy.
I'm fine.

I'm here through Sunday.

Okay, great.
I'II see you then.

Bye.

What are you doing here?

I've been Iooking for you for days.

I can't get invoIved with
anybody right now.

Why not?

Because I've just got
too many probIems

and I just can't get burnt
by somebody right now.

You reaIIy think I'm
gonna burn you?

Yes, I do, I reaIIy do.

I've been burnt by everybody,
aII around me,

ever since the day I was born.
And I just...

I know it's my fauIt,
It' my fauIt,

because I get too vuInerabIe,
it's not their fauIt.

But I just... I just
can't do it.

You're not even here,
you traveI aII the time.

One minute you're here,
one minute you're gone.

It's just...

Sue, I'm not going to be
traveIing forever.

It's your job.

It's been my job for the
past 4 years.

ExactIy. And before?

Before I was a chef.

And chefs are naiIed down?

I was, yes.

Come on, Sue! Come out here!

PIease!

Before that, I ran a video
store for 3 years.

Before that, I was
in the army.

They trusted me... government,
come on.

Sue, it's aII right.

Things change.

My Iife doesn't change.

Yes, your Iife can change.

No, it doesn't change, that's
the point. It never changes.

It wiII.

It doesn't.

I can't have chiIdren. I've
taken a miIIion drugs,

I've had a miIIion abortions.
It's ridicuIous.

I don't care. Do you hear
me? I don't care.

Is that true?

Yes, that's true.

Yeah! WeII, thank you
very much.

It was reaIIy nice
meeting you.

Oh, ditto, ditto.

I can start whenever
you want.

AII right. WeII, I'II taIk to
the guys upstairs

and we'II caII you Iater.

Okay, thanks.

You Ieft me your
number, right?

It's on my resume.

Okay.

Next!

Hi.

Is he nice?

He was reaIIy nice to me.
Good Iuck.

Thank you.

HeIIo, Miss KaIIenowski.

Nice to meet you.
Come in and have a seat.

Oh, sure. Thank you.

WeII, Miss KaIIenowski.
Sue, if you don't mind,

seems you have a Iot of
experience and...

everything we require in one
of our empIoyees.

So, congratuIations, good to
have you aboard.

Thank you so much.
You won't be sorry.

BeautifuI day, isn't
it, driver?

I said, beautifuI day, isn't it.
Can you hear me?

I mean for New York,
in this time of year.

I Iove this kind of weather.

I'm going to Iunch with
a friend of mine.

He's a writer. He's
very interesting.

WeII, writers by definition
are interesting

peopIe, though, aren't they?

I reaIIy Iike this guy.

When I've been feeIing
good, I can't imagine

why I was feeIing bad
for so Iong.

I don't know where the
desperation

comes from sometimes.

What's his name?

Ben.

Ben what?

I don't know. But he didn't
ask my Iast name, either.

Why didn't you ask him?

Ask him what?

For the rent money.

No. I toId you, I got this job.
Why shouId he pay my rent?

Commitment. Love.
Sharing.

I mean, don't get me wrong,
my offer stiII stands,

but if he's the right guy,
then he'II come through.

No, I couIdn't do that.

My number in Santa Monica.
Linda McNeiI.

CaII me if you need
anything, okay?

Okay, thanks.

My name's KaIIenowski.

It was nice to know you,
Sue KaIIenowski.

Likewise.

CouId I have some sesame
noodIes to go, pIease?

Sesame noodIes and eggroII?

No, no eggroII. Just
sesame noodIes.

What eIse? What
kind of soda?

No soda. Sesame noodIes,
no eggroII, no soda.

Sesame noodIe!
No soda! To go!

How much, pIease?
How much, pIease?

Watch where you're waIking,
you piece of shit!

What's aII that noise? Where
are you caIIing from?

l'm at the airport. l got
a job. l'm going to lndia.

India? When? Now?

ln 45 minutes.

WeII.

lt happened all of a sudden.
l got this job.

Somebody else has
dropped out.

l had to make up my mind.

l needed time to get
ready and go.

Good Iuck, Ben.

HeIIo?

Don't hang up, please.

AII right, I'm... here.

l can't just go without
talking to you.

I don't have anything
to say.

Don't be so cold!

I'm not coId.

lt's not because l don't
care about you, Sue.

Yeah, just not enough.

l'll be back!

When?

ln about a month.

Look, you have a good time.
I reaIIy have to go now.

Send me a postcard, okay?

l will.

Yeah. You don't even
know my Iast name.

Sure, l do.

Kallenowski. lt's on
your mailbox.

Look, l'll send you a postcard
from every city, l swear.

Okay. You do that.

Hey.

Hi.

What?

How much?

How much what?

What?

You think I'm a hooker?

Do I Iook Iike a hooker?

Okay, I'm sorry.

I Iook cheap and
decrepid and...?

I Iook Iike a hooker?

Forget it, forget it. I'm sorry.

It's aII right.

No, no, wait, wait.

How much were you
thinking of?

I don't know.

WeII, how about 1 ,200 doIIars
and you get the whoIe night?

Oh weII, I was thinking
more Iike 20 doIIars.

20 doIIars? AII right,
aII right, okay.

Look, I'm just kidding. I'm
waiting for my boyfriend.

We're going to see a pIay.
I'm sorry, reaIIy.

I'm sorry.

Hey...

Oh, no, no. It's okay .

ReaIIy?

Yeah, it's okay. Just... couId
you heIp me with my zipper?

It's hard.

I know, it's hard.
Thank you.

I'm gIad you're not a hooker .

Thank you.

I'm gIad you're not, either.

Do you think I couId
see you again?

WeII, I actuaIIy do have a
sort of a boyfriend.

You sure?

Yeah, pretty sure.

You're sweet. I have to go.
I'm sorry.

You sure?

Yeah, I reaIIy do.
You're sweet.

Have a good time
in New York.

Have fun!

I wiII.

Sue, what are you
doing here?

I'm just finishing up this
stuff for Mr. Parker.

You didn't get our notice?

What? No, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. We don't need your
services any Ionger.

At aII?

No, I'm sorry.

PIease, have your desk
cIeaned out by 2 p.m.

Yes, yes, I know Friday is the
end of the month, StanIey ,

I'm not a fucking moron.

Hi, yeah, is Linda there?

No, do you know when
she'II be in?

No, I don't want to
Ieave a message.

I'II caII back, okay.

Yes?

What's going on?
Who're you?

Who do you think I am?

Damn it, man. Someone must
have given me

the wrong address.
I'm Iooking for LoIa.

Are you from UPS?

No, I'm her ex-boyfriend.
And cIose that robe.

Oh, reaIIy?

ReaIIy.

What are you doing here?

What am I doing here?
I Iive here.

The reaI question is,
what are you doing here?

I'm Iooking for LoIa.
Where's LoIa?

What the heII's going
on here?

LoIa has been gone
for weeks.

Where did she go?

I don't know. I haven't
heard from her.

Do you want something
to drink?

AtequiIIa, if you got it.

I have tequiIIa...

Sit down. It wiII cost
you the same.

What do you mean?

I was joking.

What have you got there?

A knife.

Oh, I thought it was
gonna be a gun.

Ain't you scared of Ietting in
peopIe, just Iike that?

EspeciaIIy guys who'd just
come out of jaiI?

No, I Iove vioIence.

You do.

Uh-huh.

Keep drinking.

I didn't mean to kiII
the conversation.

You didn't kiII nothing.
I come here to kiII LoIa.

The cheating bitch.

I was going to cut her
arms off.

It sounds so exciting.

But LoIa's not here.

No, she's not.

But I am.

You're some woman, Sue,
you know.

In a Iot of ways you
remind me of LoIa.

ReaIIy?

You even drink Iike her.

Thank you.

I'm just going to take
my watch off.

It's a gift from my mother.
I wouIdn't want anything

to happen to it when
my arm goes.

What do you mean?

It's a joke.

I get it.

You know, you came through
the door, I said to myseIf:

''Now, there's the man
for you.''

And I have reaIIy
good instincts.

You know, Eddie, sex is
very important to me.

LoIa never had any
compIaints.

Yeah, weII, LoIa's
not here.

Hi, Pedro, how's it going?

I'm aII right.

I'd Iike a chocoIate donut
and a cup of coffee, pIease.

You stiII owe me 21 doIIars.

Oh, gosh you're right.
I'II get it to you.

I'd appreciate if you
don't smoke.

Okay. Then I'II just have
a cup of coffee.

You can have it if you give
me 21 doIIars and 75 cents.

I'd Iike another cup
of coffee, pIease.

Thank you.

HeIIo, WiIIie.

HeIIo, Miss...

Sue.

Sue. That's a nice name.

Thank you.

How's your wife?

She's aII right.

That feeIs nice.

I wish I was young, Sue.

I wish I knew you when
I was your age.

No, then we wouIdn't
be meeting Iike this.

Look, I have a Iot of
advantages.

I can work Iong hours
in the office.

I can take work home. I'm
not married or anything.

so I can work on the
weekend. I can...

You sure, you...

I see, you aIready did.

Okay, yeah, no. It's great,
thank you.

Hi. Yeah, I saw your sign
in the window

that you're Iooking
for a waitress.

Yeah, I am. I'II give you
an appIication,

fiII it out and bring
it back to me.

Thank you.

WeIcome.

WouId you Iike some
more coffee?

Sure.

Ma'am, may I have more
coffee, pIease?

How Iong does it take you to
fiII a cup again? How Iong?

I'm sorry.

How's everything?

Fine.

Mom? Mom, can you
hear me?

I just caIIed see if you
were feeIing any better.

I'm okay.

From time to time, I get a
IittIe desperate, but I'm okay.

Don't worry about me, though,
that's the main thing.

Just don't worry about me.

That's the Iast thing
you shouId do.

Okay. WeII, I just caIIed
to say hi

and see if you were
feeIing any better.

I miss you.

l'll come down for Christmas,
it will bejust the two of us.

lt will be nice, okay?

Okay. WeII, I Iove you.
Okay. Bye.

Oh, god.

HeIIo, Miss Sue.

Sven, what are you
doing here?

I brought you a new TV.

Oh, Sven.

What is aII this stuff?

I got evicted.

Jesus.

Is there anything
I can do?

You reaIIy made my
day with the TV.

Can I have the same room
I had Iast night, pIease?

Thank you. Come on, Iet's
get this show on the road.

Hi. I'd Iike a room for
the night, pIease.

50 bucks.

Okay.

That's cash in advance.

Okay.

I think I just have 47.

How much?

47. Two, three... 47.

AII right.

I have some change.

AII right, keep it, keep it.
Room 28, second fIoor.

You need heIp with that?

No, thanks.

Got a cigarette?

Yeah.

So, you're new here, huh?

What's your name?

Sue.

I'm Lisa.

Hi, nice to meet you.

Sorry. Sorry.

Hey, you got 50 cents or 75
cents for a cup of coffee?

LoIa?

Yeah. I'm freezing, man.

LoIa, don't you remember me?

Come on, just Iike a doIIar
or something.

I've been out for two weeks,
I'm fucking coId, man!

LoIa, LoIa! Come back
to the hoteI with me!

LoIa, come back to the hoteI.

Excuse me?

What is it?

There is an oId man,
that used to come here,

his name is WiIIie.
Do you know him?

Yeah, WiIIie.

I don't see him. I haven't seen
him in a reaIIy Iong time.

Do you know where he is?

WeII, I can't heIp you Iady .
He stopped coming here.

When?

About a month.

Susan!

Susan!

I've been Iooking for you
aII over the pIace.

I must have caIIed your
house 20 times.

When did you get back?

Two days ago.

How was it?

It was great.

Good.

But I reaIIy missed you.

Where have you been?

I've been traveIIing.

Where to?

Nowhere far and
exciting Iike you.

I gotta go to work.
I'II see you Iater.

Where are you working?

I'm temping.

I'II waIk you.

But teII me a IittIe
bit about India.

Sue, India is a whoIe
other worId.

I've traveIIed aII over, but I'd
never been to the Far East.

It made me reaIize how much
more there is out there.

How many more options we aII
have, know what I mean?

It just makes me
a IittIe dizzy.

Have dinner with me tonight.

I've got so much I want
to teII you.

That'II be great.

Eight o'cIock sharp, your
phone's gonna be ringing.

I'd Iove that.

Okay, I'II see you Iater.

Not even one kiss?

Uhmm, tonight. I'm aII dirty
and disgusting.

Ben, couId I borrow a few
doIIars, just to tide me over?

Of course, what do you need?

A hundred?

Are you aII right, Sue?

Yeah.

You do Iike me a IittIe bit,
don't you, Ben?

You're teasing me, right?

I wouIdn't do that.

Thanks. See you Iater .

HeIIo, operator?

I'd Iike to make this
a coIIect caII, pIease.

For Miss Linda McNeiII.
The name is Sue.

Thank you.

Hello?

Hi baby, it's Sue.
I'm reaIIy sorry.

Sue, where are you?

I'm in a phone booth.

Okay. l'm gonna wire you
some money.

What's your account number?

I don't remember.

Listen Sue, l'm gonna
wire it to the Times Square

Station Post Office, okay.

You can pick it up
in the morning.

Okay.

Sue, l'm going to be over
in two weeks for Christmas.

Thank you baby.
I'm so sorry.

Are you all right?

It's just I haven't spoken
to my mother

in a reaIIy Iong time.

And every time I caII,
I have this fear

that she's gonna be dead

and I won't be abIe to speak
to her any more.

Yes, next?

Yeah, I'd Iike some sesame
noodIes to go.

To stay or to go?

To go.

Sesame noodIes, to go!

I'm sorry.

It's okay. What's your name?

Sidney.

Where are you from?

New York.

Do you Iike it here?

Yeah. I've got to go, okay?
So, see you Iater.