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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:02:17,266 --> 00:02:21,034 Merry? Where did you go? 2 00:02:27,509 --> 00:02:29,242 What are you doing in the closet? 3 00:02:29,244 --> 00:02:31,611 I thought it was the housemother. 4 00:02:31,613 --> 00:02:33,045 For God's sake, the taxi's waiting. 5 00:02:33,047 --> 00:02:36,281 - Come on. Are you ready? - I'm ready. 6 00:02:40,853 --> 00:02:43,119 - Are you taking him? - You think it's silly? 7 00:02:43,121 --> 00:02:44,920 Just because you don't want to graduate. 8 00:02:44,922 --> 00:02:47,389 He's been here three and a half years. Maybe he'd like to. 9 00:02:47,391 --> 00:02:49,624 I couldn't leave Hamburger. He's been my family... 10 00:02:49,626 --> 00:02:52,293 - ...ever since I was little. - Shh. Come on. 11 00:03:01,170 --> 00:03:02,335 Give me this. 12 00:03:02,337 --> 00:03:04,337 - Liz? - Yeah? 13 00:03:04,405 --> 00:03:09,141 I guess he could stay and be some sort of company. 14 00:03:09,143 --> 00:03:10,842 It's okay. 15 00:03:34,267 --> 00:03:38,269 - Come on, Merry. - Okay, okay. 16 00:03:39,472 --> 00:03:42,639 Liz, tell me. Aren't you just a little bit jealous? 17 00:03:42,641 --> 00:03:44,140 Are you crazy? 18 00:03:44,142 --> 00:03:47,710 Well, in a way, Doug's 19 00:03:47,712 --> 00:03:50,079 far more your type than mine, you know. 20 00:03:50,081 --> 00:03:52,314 He likes the same old boring books. 21 00:03:53,383 --> 00:03:54,448 A real brain. 22 00:03:54,450 --> 00:03:58,785 Did I tell you he started smoking a pipe? 23 00:03:58,853 --> 00:04:03,488 I swear on everything you consider holy, I do not envy you and Doug. 24 00:04:03,490 --> 00:04:06,624 Well, he was your date. 25 00:04:08,060 --> 00:04:11,895 Oh, Liz. Next time we meet I'm gonna be a married lady. 26 00:04:11,897 --> 00:04:12,562 What do you think? 27 00:04:12,564 --> 00:04:15,131 I'm gonna be an unmarried lady. 28 00:04:17,502 --> 00:04:19,502 Oh. 29 00:04:20,605 --> 00:04:22,905 - There he is. - Oh! 30 00:04:22,907 --> 00:04:25,207 Doug. 31 00:04:25,209 --> 00:04:26,708 Doug. 32 00:04:41,624 --> 00:04:43,223 Hi. 33 00:04:44,726 --> 00:04:45,791 Hello, Doug. 34 00:04:45,793 --> 00:04:48,727 - You been good? - Flawless. 35 00:04:52,631 --> 00:04:55,198 Do you see what I mean? 36 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:55,865 We better go. 37 00:04:55,867 --> 00:04:58,334 I'm not stealing your roommate. She's following me... 38 00:04:58,336 --> 00:05:00,669 ...all the way to California. 39 00:05:00,671 --> 00:05:03,471 Yeah. You rats. 40 00:05:03,473 --> 00:05:05,239 Have a wonderful life... 41 00:05:05,241 --> 00:05:07,975 ...trip, everything. 42 00:05:32,735 --> 00:05:34,468 You owe me one. 43 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:04,495 To talk about debuts being auspicious... 44 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:06,530 ...is to talk about the career of Liz Hamilton. 45 00:06:06,532 --> 00:06:10,800 She came to our attention with her very first novel, Night Song. 46 00:06:10,802 --> 00:06:11,967 A remarkable achievement... 47 00:06:11,969 --> 00:06:15,270 ...because it won the National Writer's Award... 48 00:06:15,272 --> 00:06:17,972 ...and she was then only early in her 20s. 49 00:06:17,974 --> 00:06:22,977 Since then her essays have appeared in reviews and in journals. 50 00:06:22,979 --> 00:06:26,981 And her second novel is promised to us for later this year. 51 00:06:26,983 --> 00:06:30,884 Or maybe early next year in 1970, if she gets to it. 52 00:06:32,387 --> 00:06:33,387 Oh, look. Oh, God. 53 00:06:33,388 --> 00:06:35,020 Although she doesn't... Hi. Liz. 54 00:06:35,022 --> 00:06:38,223 ...Identify herself specifically with feminist politics... 55 00:06:38,225 --> 00:06:44,596 ...her works are themselves an evocation of the feminine life. 56 00:06:44,598 --> 00:06:46,831 A plea for the feminine ethic... 57 00:06:46,833 --> 00:06:51,502 ...a demand for a space to be just that, female. 58 00:06:51,504 --> 00:06:55,105 I'm very pleased that she's with us today. 59 00:06:55,107 --> 00:06:58,408 Please, help me greet Liz Hamilton. 60 00:07:03,448 --> 00:07:05,281 Thank you. 61 00:07:08,618 --> 00:07:12,019 My sincere thanks to Professor Fields. 62 00:07:12,021 --> 00:07:15,989 My thanks, also definitely sincere, to the Women's Caucus... 63 00:07:15,991 --> 00:07:19,692 ...for sending me a ticket to come to this warm climate. 64 00:07:19,694 --> 00:07:21,260 And receive such a warm reception. 65 00:07:21,262 --> 00:07:24,630 I'm not sure it's an exclusively feminine instinct... 66 00:07:24,632 --> 00:07:26,765 ...but I need a lot of warmth. 67 00:07:28,535 --> 00:07:30,968 Perhaps it is true, as Professor Fields has said... 68 00:07:30,970 --> 00:07:35,973 ...that I do not involve myself specifically in feminist politics. 69 00:07:35,975 --> 00:07:37,874 Why not? 70 00:07:37,876 --> 00:07:39,609 Yeah. 71 00:07:40,712 --> 00:07:44,346 Perhaps I am too exclusively involved in work. 72 00:07:44,348 --> 00:07:49,451 That is, in writing and the paralysis that seems to come with it. 73 00:07:49,453 --> 00:07:54,055 I don't know why it is, but writers, many writers... 74 00:07:54,057 --> 00:07:58,526 ...must face some daily barrier of fear. 75 00:07:58,528 --> 00:08:00,961 But then, a dear old man, James M. Cain said that: 76 00:08:00,963 --> 00:08:03,363 "If your writing doesn't keep you up nights... 77 00:08:03,365 --> 00:08:05,798 ...it won't keep anyone else up either." 78 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,766 I have a confession to make. 79 00:08:07,768 --> 00:08:10,568 All my life, I've had a love for old men. 80 00:08:10,570 --> 00:08:13,704 My father was old when I was born. 81 00:08:13,706 --> 00:08:14,971 Older still, when he died. 82 00:08:14,973 --> 00:08:16,872 My first novel was a memory of him. 83 00:08:16,874 --> 00:08:20,775 And I am damn sure not going to apologize for that. 84 00:08:23,279 --> 00:08:25,946 And this is, sort of, the entertaining area. 85 00:08:25,948 --> 00:08:28,615 It's just a little thing, but, you know... 86 00:08:28,617 --> 00:08:30,249 ...little tiny houses out here on the beach... 87 00:08:30,251 --> 00:08:33,919 ...they cost as much as a mansion down home. 88 00:08:35,722 --> 00:08:38,689 - Doug. - Hi, Daddy. 89 00:08:40,025 --> 00:08:44,093 In case you've forgotten, that handsome man is my husband. 90 00:08:44,095 --> 00:08:46,662 - Well, what do you think? - What? 91 00:08:46,664 --> 00:08:48,730 - My house. - Terrific. 92 00:08:48,732 --> 00:08:50,898 Doug resents we don't still live near the lab. 93 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:55,335 But I could not take it, I tell you, Pasadena. Whew. 94 00:08:55,337 --> 00:08:57,704 Go see your daddy. 95 00:08:57,706 --> 00:08:59,672 Look, honey, look who's here. 96 00:09:01,075 --> 00:09:02,340 - Hi. - Hi, Doug. 97 00:09:02,342 --> 00:09:05,076 - You're looking great. - Oh, you're the one. 98 00:09:05,078 --> 00:09:06,644 - You're beautiful. - Is she? 99 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:07,544 Let me look? 100 00:09:07,546 --> 00:09:10,313 Oh, my God. You don't look bad. And a celebrity too. 101 00:09:10,315 --> 00:09:11,947 Debby, take your hands out of your pants. 102 00:09:11,949 --> 00:09:14,716 You should have seen the admiration of all those girls. 103 00:09:14,718 --> 00:09:17,785 Debby, we all have interesting things under our clothes... 104 00:09:17,787 --> 00:09:20,554 ...but we don't stand around and pick at them. 105 00:09:20,556 --> 00:09:22,556 So you were a big hit on campus. 106 00:09:22,558 --> 00:09:24,591 They tarred, but did not feather me. 107 00:09:24,593 --> 00:09:27,093 What we call boffo box office. 108 00:09:27,095 --> 00:09:29,361 Oh, now Douglas, don't you start. 109 00:09:29,363 --> 00:09:31,463 Here in Malibu, we all talk show-biz talk. 110 00:09:31,465 --> 00:09:34,399 Liz is not interested in any Hollywood silliness. 111 00:09:34,401 --> 00:09:36,000 She's a New York authoress. Right, hon? 112 00:09:36,002 --> 00:09:39,303 She takes her coffee every day at the Plaza Hotel, Palm Court. 113 00:09:39,305 --> 00:09:42,606 And she eats her steaks at the Four Seasons on Park Avenue. 114 00:09:42,608 --> 00:09:43,506 I'm impressed. 115 00:09:43,508 --> 00:09:45,875 I take my coffee to go at a deli on Sixth Avenue. 116 00:09:45,877 --> 00:09:47,776 Heh. I'm even more impressed. 117 00:09:47,911 --> 00:09:50,912 If he had his way, we'd be over at Caltech all the time. 118 00:09:50,914 --> 00:09:53,514 But those college people, they're like Atlantics... 119 00:09:53,516 --> 00:09:54,581 ...except they lie even more. 120 00:09:54,583 --> 00:09:56,149 When do I get to see more of your husband? 121 00:09:56,151 --> 00:09:58,684 Later. We're having a party for you. 122 00:09:58,686 --> 00:10:02,020 And he's agreed not to work for just a minute or two. 123 00:10:02,022 --> 00:10:02,587 A party? 124 00:10:02,589 --> 00:10:04,522 You're my only friend who's a celebrity. 125 00:10:04,524 --> 00:10:06,290 - A very minor celebrity, Merry. - Oh, hell. 126 00:10:06,292 --> 00:10:11,094 It'll do these folks good. They're all such major ones. 127 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:19,633 Oh, Liz, honey, look, this is Kent. 128 00:10:19,635 --> 00:10:22,702 This is Kent, this is Liz. 129 00:10:22,704 --> 00:10:23,402 Hi. 130 00:10:23,404 --> 00:10:26,571 Don't fall all over yourself because it just embarrasses him. 131 00:10:26,573 --> 00:10:29,106 Don't worry. I only know how to embarrass myself. 132 00:10:29,108 --> 00:10:31,641 I'm sorry I haven't read any of your books. 133 00:10:31,643 --> 00:10:32,775 Oh, there's only been one. 134 00:10:32,777 --> 00:10:37,212 But, it's marvelous though, even the parts I don't understand. 135 00:10:37,214 --> 00:10:38,613 What parts? 136 00:10:39,182 --> 00:10:40,881 Parts unknown. 137 00:10:42,717 --> 00:10:45,851 - Isn't she special? - But, Merry, wait, I, I... 138 00:10:50,356 --> 00:10:51,722 How're you doing? 139 00:10:51,724 --> 00:10:53,890 - I'm drunk. - Let me catch up. 140 00:10:53,892 --> 00:10:57,793 You shouldn't be talking to the help. Half of Hollywood's here. 141 00:10:57,795 --> 00:10:59,361 Yeah? 142 00:11:03,867 --> 00:11:05,566 You wanna go for a walk? 143 00:11:05,901 --> 00:11:10,837 - You get time off? - She likes me to rebel now and again. 144 00:11:20,881 --> 00:11:22,480 Hey, your turn. 145 00:11:22,482 --> 00:11:25,916 I'm right in the middle of a story. 146 00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:29,453 How's the book coming? 147 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:32,556 Well, the first hundred pages? Terrific. 148 00:11:32,558 --> 00:11:36,493 I've written them over five times in five years. 149 00:11:36,495 --> 00:11:37,927 Is that how you normally write? 150 00:11:37,929 --> 00:11:39,161 I don't write normally. 151 00:11:39,163 --> 00:11:43,532 I'm what is called blocked. Isn't that humorless? 152 00:11:48,739 --> 00:11:50,972 What about the Frenchman? 153 00:11:50,974 --> 00:11:53,140 You still into him? 154 00:11:53,642 --> 00:11:56,809 Into him? You talk hippie talk? 155 00:11:56,811 --> 00:11:59,678 That's California talk, I think. 156 00:12:02,049 --> 00:12:03,782 Are you? 157 00:12:08,054 --> 00:12:10,654 I used to be very young. 158 00:12:11,023 --> 00:12:13,890 Paris was very old. 159 00:12:13,892 --> 00:12:16,692 He was intense. I was shy. 160 00:12:17,194 --> 00:12:20,762 - He did all the work. - And now? 161 00:12:20,764 --> 00:12:24,031 They ought to warn you before they let you fall in love. 162 00:12:24,033 --> 00:12:25,799 I mean, for the first time. 163 00:12:25,801 --> 00:12:29,569 You can pick the God-awfullest one. 164 00:12:29,571 --> 00:12:34,206 And you don't recover. Not from the first. Never. 165 00:12:34,208 --> 00:12:37,609 What comes after the Frenchman? 166 00:12:37,611 --> 00:12:39,143 Nothing for the moment. 167 00:12:39,145 --> 00:12:42,045 I got no lover, but I got a therapist. 168 00:12:42,047 --> 00:12:44,947 Now, that's humorless. 169 00:12:44,949 --> 00:12:48,817 Well, he says, "When I start writing again, I'll start loving." 170 00:12:48,819 --> 00:12:50,618 What he said was, "fucking again." 171 00:12:50,620 --> 00:12:51,952 Excuse me, Doug, the man's a Freudian. 172 00:12:51,954 --> 00:12:55,655 Maybe it's the other way. Start loving, you'll start writing. 173 00:12:55,657 --> 00:12:57,657 - I suggested that. - What'd he say? 174 00:12:57,659 --> 00:13:00,926 He said, not writing was my problem. 175 00:13:22,848 --> 00:13:24,047 We missing the party? 176 00:13:24,049 --> 00:13:26,349 - The party's over. - I'm sorry. 177 00:13:26,351 --> 00:13:29,085 It's the habit of this community to be suspicious. 178 00:13:29,087 --> 00:13:32,888 When a married man goes off with a married woman's best friend... 179 00:13:32,890 --> 00:13:34,589 ...that's the occasion for suspicion. 180 00:13:34,591 --> 00:13:38,559 We better move, because I'm not changing my habits. 181 00:13:38,561 --> 00:13:39,993 It's my fault. 182 00:13:45,834 --> 00:13:47,266 You know that. 183 00:13:47,268 --> 00:13:49,668 Anyway, tomorrow night David Steinberg will be here. 184 00:13:49,670 --> 00:13:51,831 And on Friday, Joe Namath, who's gonna be a... 185 00:13:54,141 --> 00:13:58,676 Joe will not do a monologue, because it takes him too... 186 00:14:03,883 --> 00:14:07,885 Kiss? I'm not mad at you anymore. 187 00:14:08,721 --> 00:14:11,955 - Better. - That's my best. 188 00:14:13,625 --> 00:14:17,026 - Thank you, Doug. - Thank you. 189 00:14:17,028 --> 00:14:18,093 Good night. 190 00:14:18,095 --> 00:14:20,929 - Good night, honey. - Good night. 191 00:14:25,135 --> 00:14:27,101 Merry, thank you. 192 00:14:27,103 --> 00:14:28,302 What for? 193 00:14:28,304 --> 00:14:30,804 For being there. 194 00:14:30,806 --> 00:14:35,241 One year I come running from Paris, and you... You're there. 195 00:14:35,243 --> 00:14:40,012 Another time, I want to crawl into a hole until the reviews come out... 196 00:14:40,014 --> 00:14:42,314 ...you open the door. 197 00:14:42,316 --> 00:14:43,148 And the party. 198 00:14:43,150 --> 00:14:46,184 Oh, that little party. Forget it. 199 00:14:46,186 --> 00:14:50,288 I always thought if my books were a success, I would buy you a mink coat. 200 00:14:50,290 --> 00:14:51,656 - Sable. - All right, sable. 201 00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:54,859 Well, it was a big success. You were in Newsweek, honey. 202 00:14:54,861 --> 00:14:56,827 There's a lot of broke people in Newsweek. 203 00:14:56,829 --> 00:14:59,262 Some of these movie folk here knew your name. 204 00:14:59,264 --> 00:15:00,630 They're all rich and famous. 205 00:15:00,632 --> 00:15:03,933 You're just famous. That's harder to do. 206 00:15:04,602 --> 00:15:07,603 All the good things happen to you. 207 00:15:08,138 --> 00:15:10,171 Handsome husband. 208 00:15:11,073 --> 00:15:12,906 A beautiful little girl. 209 00:15:12,908 --> 00:15:15,308 And you know how to sew. 210 00:15:18,212 --> 00:15:22,180 - Are you gonna drink? - Just a little. 211 00:15:22,182 --> 00:15:23,648 Why? 212 00:15:23,650 --> 00:15:25,316 I wanted to talk. 213 00:15:25,318 --> 00:15:28,786 I can drink and talk. Go. 214 00:15:29,221 --> 00:15:34,257 Liz, honey, I'm so proud of the way you turned yourself out. 215 00:15:34,259 --> 00:15:35,358 I sound like a table leg. 216 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,728 I mean, what do I do? I sit here and sew like my grandmother... 217 00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:41,197 ...and kiss my husband goodbye on his way to work. 218 00:15:41,199 --> 00:15:42,698 Have tea with Rock Hudson. 219 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:45,701 Oh, you know, they are just folks here. 220 00:15:45,703 --> 00:15:48,136 They all got problems same as you and me. 221 00:15:48,138 --> 00:15:49,170 We could debate that. 222 00:15:49,172 --> 00:15:51,972 You take that nice fella, my little neighbor next door. 223 00:15:51,974 --> 00:15:54,207 That fellow may be just a neighbor to you... 224 00:15:54,209 --> 00:15:57,210 ...but he shows up in a lot of ladies' dreams. 225 00:15:57,212 --> 00:15:58,344 Well, that is just the point. 226 00:15:58,346 --> 00:16:01,146 Just because he is a star actor, doesn't mean he's happy. 227 00:16:01,148 --> 00:16:04,349 He's always moping around, coming in here for tuna fish. 228 00:16:04,351 --> 00:16:06,684 He has got lots of time to sit home and worry. 229 00:16:06,686 --> 00:16:09,920 - About what? - He's had three wives. 230 00:16:09,922 --> 00:16:11,655 Not one of them worth spit. 231 00:16:11,657 --> 00:16:13,923 He has become far too familiar with drugs... 232 00:16:13,925 --> 00:16:17,593 ...some of which he puts up his nose. 233 00:16:30,674 --> 00:16:35,810 Here, just let me find the part about Kent. 234 00:16:35,812 --> 00:16:41,215 Hmm. Here's the part about... This is the part about Kent. 235 00:16:41,217 --> 00:16:41,848 Hmm. 236 00:16:41,850 --> 00:16:47,253 Well, maybe I... Maybe I better start at the beginning. 237 00:16:47,255 --> 00:16:49,655 Start what? 238 00:16:49,657 --> 00:16:51,256 - What is this? - Well. 239 00:16:51,258 --> 00:16:56,861 Liz, I know this sounds silly but this is a novel. 240 00:16:56,863 --> 00:16:58,762 This whole box. 241 00:17:00,265 --> 00:17:02,031 How wonderful. 242 00:17:02,333 --> 00:17:03,265 Oh, no. 243 00:17:03,267 --> 00:17:06,701 It doesn't have all the commas in place like yours... 244 00:17:06,703 --> 00:17:09,270 ...but it is something I feel real serious about. 245 00:17:09,272 --> 00:17:13,841 These folks around here, they come and they sit on this beach. 246 00:17:13,843 --> 00:17:16,109 And it is no different from down home. 247 00:17:16,111 --> 00:17:19,112 They got problems, honey, and they tell them to me. 248 00:17:19,114 --> 00:17:22,281 Because I like to listen. 249 00:17:22,283 --> 00:17:25,817 And then you, you write about them? 250 00:17:25,819 --> 00:17:27,418 Well, I changed all the names. 251 00:17:27,420 --> 00:17:30,954 - Oh, good. - You don't wanna hear this? 252 00:17:30,956 --> 00:17:32,155 Let me read, it's easier. 253 00:17:32,157 --> 00:17:35,291 No, it's such a mess. I better read it. 254 00:17:35,293 --> 00:17:38,294 - The whole thing? - Oh, Liz, would you mind? 255 00:17:38,296 --> 00:17:42,298 Let's just start and see how far we get, okay? 256 00:17:42,300 --> 00:17:45,234 You're gonna hate this but, okay? 257 00:17:46,437 --> 00:17:48,737 Okay. 258 00:17:52,175 --> 00:17:53,974 It's got a title. 259 00:17:53,976 --> 00:17:57,344 It's called A House by the Sea. 260 00:17:57,346 --> 00:18:00,480 You know, to make you think of Malibu. 261 00:18:06,486 --> 00:18:08,752 "This was a first for Laurelle Jordan. 262 00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:12,989 Her first trip to New York, her first visit to the Plaza Hotel. 263 00:18:12,991 --> 00:18:17,793 Being a girl from Dallas, she marched into that hotel drinking room... 264 00:18:17,795 --> 00:18:20,896 ...with all the arrogance of Texas money." 265 00:18:20,898 --> 00:18:24,266 - You're not getting drunk are you? - I'm listening. 266 00:18:26,670 --> 00:18:30,471 "As she sat there fingering the olive in her crystal clear... 267 00:18:30,473 --> 00:18:33,974 ...drink she was wearing a hat in the shape of a Stetson. 268 00:18:33,976 --> 00:18:38,478 But this was no cowboy hat. It was made of mink. 269 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,682 The little animals who gave up their lives to make her hat... 270 00:18:42,684 --> 00:18:45,484 ...had all come of age in Siberia. 271 00:18:48,088 --> 00:18:50,121 There was the sand at her feet... 272 00:18:50,123 --> 00:18:52,756 ...and as many as the grains of that sand... 273 00:18:52,758 --> 00:18:54,891 ...were the memories of her years... 274 00:18:54,893 --> 00:18:56,926 ...Brad, Elliot, Gerald... 275 00:18:56,928 --> 00:19:03,165 ...in and out of her life as the tide that came now to wash at her feet. 276 00:19:03,167 --> 00:19:07,903 'Gone, ' seemed to say the lapping tide, all gone. 277 00:19:07,905 --> 00:19:14,075 But her memories and this, her simple house by the sea." 278 00:19:20,983 --> 00:19:22,916 Was it okay? 279 00:19:23,351 --> 00:19:26,852 Why do they always end up alone? 280 00:19:29,389 --> 00:19:30,454 Who? 281 00:19:30,456 --> 00:19:36,359 Those ladies, in those stories, they always end up alone. 282 00:19:36,361 --> 00:19:38,294 You liked it? 283 00:19:40,931 --> 00:19:42,931 It knocked me out. 284 00:19:45,035 --> 00:19:45,900 Is that good? 285 00:19:45,902 --> 00:19:48,068 The Mona Lisa never knocked me out. 286 00:19:48,070 --> 00:19:51,304 - Do you want some coffee? - Got any more Scotch? 287 00:19:51,306 --> 00:19:52,805 Haven't you had enough? 288 00:19:52,807 --> 00:19:55,808 A nightcap. A morningcap. 289 00:20:02,850 --> 00:20:05,116 I don't want you to tell me any lies, Liz. 290 00:20:05,118 --> 00:20:10,788 Don't worry. I need to get sleep before I tell a believable lie. 291 00:20:12,224 --> 00:20:14,824 Did you like my book? 292 00:20:19,463 --> 00:20:21,930 How long did it take you to write it? 293 00:20:21,932 --> 00:20:24,232 Oh, almost a year. Let's see... 294 00:20:24,234 --> 00:20:26,500 ...I started just after Debby went... 295 00:20:26,502 --> 00:20:30,003 Well, eight months, in the afternoons. 296 00:20:30,005 --> 00:20:32,372 Eight months in the afternoons? 297 00:20:32,374 --> 00:20:35,408 What are you gonna do with it? Get it published? 298 00:20:35,410 --> 00:20:37,476 I was going to ask you. 299 00:20:37,478 --> 00:20:38,477 Go ahead. Ask. 300 00:20:38,479 --> 00:20:40,078 I don't like your tone, Liz. 301 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:41,212 What is wrong with my tone? 302 00:20:41,214 --> 00:20:45,449 The New York Review of Bookss said I was a master of irony. 303 00:20:45,451 --> 00:20:47,184 Oh, drink your gin and go to sleep. 304 00:20:47,186 --> 00:20:50,820 You want me to show the book to Jules Levi. 305 00:20:51,122 --> 00:20:55,824 Well, I want you to do whatever you think is right. 306 00:20:55,826 --> 00:20:58,326 Jules Levi is the wrong man for you, Merry. 307 00:20:58,328 --> 00:20:58,726 Why? 308 00:20:58,728 --> 00:20:59,827 Too much important tailoring. 309 00:20:59,829 --> 00:21:02,596 He's like an apple the butler polishes every day. 310 00:21:02,598 --> 00:21:05,031 He's the most impressive publisher in the business. 311 00:21:05,033 --> 00:21:06,365 Let's say he's impressed. 312 00:21:06,367 --> 00:21:09,267 Liz, would you...? 313 00:21:09,269 --> 00:21:10,968 Would you show it to Jules Levi... 314 00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:14,237 ...tell him it not be like some translation from the Russian? 315 00:21:14,239 --> 00:21:15,939 I haven't escaped from the iron curtain or anything... 316 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:20,576 - ...but I do know what it feels... - To have feelings! 317 00:21:20,578 --> 00:21:22,277 You know what it feels like to have feelings. 318 00:21:22,279 --> 00:21:24,445 - I suppose. - It is not a supposition. 319 00:21:24,447 --> 00:21:26,413 It is a fact, from the master of irony. 320 00:21:26,415 --> 00:21:28,681 Merry knows what it feels like to have feelings. 321 00:21:28,683 --> 00:21:30,649 That is worth money in the pocket. 322 00:21:30,651 --> 00:21:32,384 But not Jules Levi's pocket. 323 00:21:32,386 --> 00:21:34,185 He doesn't have any pockets. 324 00:21:34,187 --> 00:21:36,620 - Too much expensive tailoring. - Why not Jules Levi? 325 00:21:36,622 --> 00:21:39,389 Jules Levi is interested in something called serious art. 326 00:21:39,391 --> 00:21:42,191 Serious art. Ask him and he'll tell you. 327 00:21:42,193 --> 00:21:46,161 There are only two markets for serious art: Homosexuals and Jews. 328 00:21:46,163 --> 00:21:50,265 - That's an ugly thing to say. - What? Homosexual or Jew? 329 00:21:50,267 --> 00:21:52,567 I could smack your face and not even feel it. 330 00:21:52,569 --> 00:21:55,369 Another gin and I wouldn't either. 331 00:21:56,038 --> 00:21:59,506 What's wrong with me writing a book? Makes you so jealous, huh? 332 00:21:59,508 --> 00:21:59,806 Nothing. 333 00:21:59,808 --> 00:22:03,242 What is wrong with learning to bounce balls on your nose eight months? 334 00:22:03,244 --> 00:22:06,912 I should learn to bounce balls on my nose. Balls, I should. 335 00:22:06,914 --> 00:22:09,781 I'm too busy writing and rewriting my first 100 pages... 336 00:22:09,783 --> 00:22:14,218 ...for that famous apple polished, impressed and impressive publisher. 337 00:22:14,220 --> 00:22:18,822 He has been waiting years for what they call my second effort. 338 00:22:20,759 --> 00:22:22,859 Do you know what it is to be blocked? 339 00:22:22,861 --> 00:22:25,094 Could you develop a few hang-ups? 340 00:22:25,696 --> 00:22:27,262 Don't you wanna write major art? 341 00:22:27,264 --> 00:22:28,997 And knock them out at the local gay Hadassah? 342 00:22:28,999 --> 00:22:30,131 Why are you all shouting? 343 00:22:30,133 --> 00:22:34,001 Liz is just being a bitch, is what we call it down home. 344 00:22:34,003 --> 00:22:38,338 Well, we're not down home. We're way out West. 345 00:22:38,340 --> 00:22:40,973 And quit quoting Atlanta as though it were gospel. 346 00:22:40,975 --> 00:22:42,674 Atlanta has fallen. Haven't you heard? 347 00:22:42,676 --> 00:22:44,142 Sherman has spared us any further wisdom... 348 00:22:44,144 --> 00:22:46,210 ...from that quotable capital of the South. 349 00:22:46,212 --> 00:22:50,447 Give us a quote from Paris, France then, Miss Smarty. 350 00:22:50,449 --> 00:22:50,914 Okay. 351 00:22:50,916 --> 00:22:55,118 In Paris in France they had a guy who was, for the record... 352 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:56,853 ...both a homosexual and a Jew. 353 00:22:57,589 --> 00:23:02,124 Who wrote a seven-volume book they continue to refer to as a masterpiece. 354 00:23:02,126 --> 00:23:04,693 Who was such nitro-glycerin in the head... 355 00:23:04,695 --> 00:23:07,529 ...that he had to hide out in a cork-lined room... 356 00:23:07,531 --> 00:23:10,164 ...or else he'd have gone up in shrapnel. 357 00:23:10,166 --> 00:23:12,733 Proust, Marcel Proust. 358 00:23:13,268 --> 00:23:15,334 He had the good grace to suffer for his art. 359 00:23:15,336 --> 00:23:18,003 And didn't push aside the tuna fish sandwiches... 360 00:23:18,005 --> 00:23:19,871 ...on his Formica kitchen table to write it. 361 00:23:19,873 --> 00:23:21,606 Has anybody slept around here? 362 00:23:21,608 --> 00:23:24,775 Liz Hamilton, it is my duty to remind you of a promise... 363 00:23:24,777 --> 00:23:27,644 ...you extracted from me early in our careers in college. 364 00:23:27,646 --> 00:23:30,580 You made me promise to tell you if you ever went too far... 365 00:23:30,582 --> 00:23:31,714 ...and were in danger of hurting me. 366 00:23:31,716 --> 00:23:35,884 Well, you are too far right now. Apologize. 367 00:23:35,886 --> 00:23:37,886 I apologize. 368 00:23:38,088 --> 00:23:41,722 Tell her I apologize for a basic lack of honesty. 369 00:23:41,724 --> 00:23:43,590 You have been lying. 370 00:23:43,592 --> 00:23:46,459 Not yet. I would only be lying if I let you believe... 371 00:23:46,461 --> 00:23:51,063 ...it was merely Scotch or gin that are making me do what I am about to do. 372 00:23:51,065 --> 00:23:53,598 What are you about to do? 373 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,166 Vomit. 374 00:23:58,571 --> 00:24:00,771 She liked my book. 375 00:24:08,946 --> 00:24:13,682 Don't worry, I'll get some sleep on the plane, I guess. 376 00:24:13,684 --> 00:24:16,718 Oh, give these back to Merry. 377 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,753 And, tell her, thank you. 378 00:24:18,755 --> 00:24:20,855 I wish I understood you two. 379 00:24:20,857 --> 00:24:24,592 Why should you know the secret? We don't. 380 00:24:30,632 --> 00:24:32,498 Thank you. 381 00:24:34,835 --> 00:24:36,868 I'm just sorry. 382 00:24:36,936 --> 00:24:40,804 Why? You've been behaving like a normal human being. 383 00:24:40,806 --> 00:24:43,072 I'm sorry you don't live around here. 384 00:24:43,074 --> 00:24:44,640 You are? 385 00:24:44,742 --> 00:24:48,076 It'd be nice for Merry having a friend. 386 00:24:48,078 --> 00:24:51,379 Oh, some friend. 387 00:24:52,048 --> 00:24:54,281 You're okay. 388 00:25:06,028 --> 00:25:08,061 Bye, Doug. 389 00:25:10,031 --> 00:25:11,830 Thanks. 390 00:25:16,036 --> 00:25:20,872 Airlines, flight 174... 391 00:25:20,874 --> 00:25:24,442 ...for St. Louis and Houston... 392 00:25:24,444 --> 00:25:27,378 ...will depart from gate 30. 393 00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:44,459 Thank you. 394 00:25:46,463 --> 00:25:48,830 Are you not drinking? 395 00:25:48,832 --> 00:25:51,399 Not this trip, thanks. 396 00:26:11,854 --> 00:26:14,988 Hmm. I don't think she's drinking. 397 00:26:14,990 --> 00:26:18,024 A little wine. That doesn't count. 398 00:26:18,026 --> 00:26:23,462 - Well, don't blame me. - Heh. No, you are blameless. 399 00:26:34,441 --> 00:26:35,139 Thanks. 400 00:26:35,141 --> 00:26:40,978 It was hard at first. Sure, it's an adjustment. 401 00:26:41,947 --> 00:26:43,680 I can't imagine. 402 00:26:43,682 --> 00:26:46,783 It must be really horrible in its way. 403 00:26:46,785 --> 00:26:52,488 For example, I've never been able to take this off. 404 00:26:52,490 --> 00:26:54,156 How old was she? 405 00:26:54,158 --> 00:26:56,858 If you don't mind saying? 406 00:26:56,860 --> 00:26:58,726 Twenty-nine. 407 00:26:58,728 --> 00:27:01,428 I'm just two years older. 408 00:27:02,063 --> 00:27:03,695 Any kids? 409 00:27:03,697 --> 00:27:06,931 No. Thank God for that. 410 00:27:12,905 --> 00:27:15,739 You ever known a guy...? 411 00:27:18,677 --> 00:27:21,878 Have you ever known a guy who loved you so much that he'd... 412 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:26,048 ...run up the stairs because he couldn't wait for the elevator? 413 00:27:26,050 --> 00:27:28,850 You ran up the stairs for your wife? 414 00:27:28,852 --> 00:27:30,885 Sometimes. 415 00:27:31,721 --> 00:27:34,922 I've never lived in an elevator building. 416 00:27:34,924 --> 00:27:36,890 It can be nice. 417 00:27:36,892 --> 00:27:37,590 What? 418 00:27:37,592 --> 00:27:39,558 Would you like one last drink... 419 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,093 ...before our approach to Kennedy? 420 00:27:42,929 --> 00:27:44,862 Kennedy? 421 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:49,232 No. Thank you. 422 00:27:51,135 --> 00:27:53,635 Oh, excuse me. 423 00:27:58,208 --> 00:28:00,474 Sorry. 424 00:28:33,607 --> 00:28:35,206 Oh, sorry. 425 00:28:57,027 --> 00:29:00,228 The captain has turned on the no smoking sign... 426 00:29:00,230 --> 00:29:02,029 ...in preparation for our landing at Kennedy. 427 00:29:02,031 --> 00:29:05,165 We ask at this time that you return to your seats... 428 00:29:05,167 --> 00:29:08,835 ...and extinguish all smoking materials. 429 00:29:11,939 --> 00:29:15,140 At this time we would like to request that you put your... 430 00:29:15,142 --> 00:29:18,743 ...seatbacksin full upright position, make sure all carry... 431 00:29:18,745 --> 00:29:21,812 ...on luggage is securely under your seat. 432 00:29:35,958 --> 00:29:38,992 The sound you hear is the landing gear locking into... 433 00:29:38,994 --> 00:29:43,129 ...place and is a normal part of our flight. 434 00:29:56,242 --> 00:29:58,342 The sound you hear is the captain reversing engines... 435 00:29:58,344 --> 00:30:03,113 ...to retard our forward motion and is a normal part of our procedure. 436 00:30:05,150 --> 00:30:08,317 On behalf of Captain Price and the entire flight crew... 437 00:30:08,319 --> 00:30:11,253 ...we want to welcome you to the New York area... 438 00:30:11,255 --> 00:30:13,688 ...and to thank you for flying TWA. 439 00:30:13,690 --> 00:30:15,990 We hope your trip has been pleasurable. 440 00:30:21,629 --> 00:30:25,097 I work in the city and maybe we could... 441 00:30:25,099 --> 00:30:27,332 You know, I don't even know your last name. 442 00:30:27,334 --> 00:30:30,802 Max, some things are perfect just as they are. 443 00:30:30,804 --> 00:30:35,039 - Well, what if I give you my number? - Well... 444 00:30:35,041 --> 00:30:36,073 Daddy, Daddy. 445 00:30:36,075 --> 00:30:41,044 Max, darling. Max, thank God. I thought we missed you, honey. 446 00:30:41,046 --> 00:30:44,147 The kids fought all the way down the Saw Mill River Parkway. 447 00:30:44,149 --> 00:30:46,415 I wanted to surprise you but it wouldn't have been... 448 00:30:46,417 --> 00:30:49,217 ...much of a surprise if we'd missed you. 449 00:30:49,219 --> 00:30:51,719 - Can I help you? - Oh, no, no. No, thanks. 450 00:30:51,721 --> 00:30:54,588 I've been helped quite enough for one day. 451 00:30:54,590 --> 00:30:56,923 Come on, let's go. I made this wonderful dinner. 452 00:30:56,925 --> 00:31:00,860 You're just gonna love it. Come on, you got everything? 453 00:31:32,124 --> 00:31:33,823 - Jules. - Ah. 454 00:31:34,926 --> 00:31:36,392 - Mwah. - Welcome home, dove. 455 00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:37,359 - That is a tan. - Ha-ha. 456 00:31:37,361 --> 00:31:40,261 Most New Yorkers never get out of the Polo Lounge out there. 457 00:31:40,263 --> 00:31:44,765 - I passed out on the beach a lot. - Five years. 458 00:31:44,767 --> 00:31:45,932 I've always had to call you. 459 00:31:45,934 --> 00:31:49,702 I felt like a rejected suitor. At last you call me. 460 00:31:49,704 --> 00:31:52,004 With your manuscript. Unbelievable. 461 00:31:52,006 --> 00:31:52,704 Not quite. 462 00:31:52,706 --> 00:31:54,972 - What are you drinking? - Scotch and water. 463 00:31:54,974 --> 00:31:56,106 Another martini for you, Mr. Levi? 464 00:31:56,108 --> 00:31:59,909 When a writer calls her publisher, it's usually love or money. 465 00:31:59,911 --> 00:32:03,312 - They're out of one or the other. - Well, Jules, it's neither. 466 00:32:03,314 --> 00:32:05,747 - You have some money left? - Yeah. 467 00:32:05,749 --> 00:32:06,781 You're not in love? 468 00:32:06,783 --> 00:32:09,183 No, I've lost my resilience in that department. 469 00:32:09,185 --> 00:32:10,150 How do you mean? 470 00:32:10,152 --> 00:32:14,721 Well, my trust, which at best has always been minimal, is now entirely gone. 471 00:32:14,723 --> 00:32:15,521 Nothing ventured. 472 00:32:15,523 --> 00:32:17,890 I've never found anyone to compare with you, Jules. 473 00:32:17,892 --> 00:32:21,059 Heh. What's wrong with the original? Try him, terrific. 474 00:32:21,061 --> 00:32:22,794 - Sarah says so. - Sarah who? 475 00:32:22,796 --> 00:32:23,661 Your wife, Sarah. 476 00:32:23,663 --> 00:32:26,897 I don't know why so many attractive ladies are more concerned... 477 00:32:26,899 --> 00:32:30,800 ...about my wife's feelings than mine. Your novel. 478 00:32:32,737 --> 00:32:33,402 This isn't mine. 479 00:32:33,404 --> 00:32:37,105 I thought you said you were closing in on it, on the finish? 480 00:32:37,107 --> 00:32:38,206 I am closing in on it. But... 481 00:32:38,208 --> 00:32:40,675 Since I came back, I've been possessed with work. 482 00:32:40,677 --> 00:32:46,347 - A couple hours a day I'm possessed. - Then, what is this? 483 00:32:46,349 --> 00:32:48,482 This is by a friend. 484 00:32:48,484 --> 00:32:52,953 My oldest friend, truly a friend. It has potential. 485 00:32:52,955 --> 00:32:54,287 Give it to Allan for a read. 486 00:32:54,289 --> 00:32:56,789 No, I want you to read it as a favor. 487 00:32:56,791 --> 00:32:59,324 What's it about? 488 00:32:59,326 --> 00:33:00,124 Feelings. 489 00:33:00,126 --> 00:33:02,226 What kind of feelings? 490 00:33:02,228 --> 00:33:05,329 The kind of feelings they have in Malibu. 491 00:33:06,065 --> 00:33:08,498 Malibu. 492 00:33:15,740 --> 00:33:16,538 Oh. 493 00:33:16,540 --> 00:33:19,040 Just because I'm from the South, every time I open my... 494 00:33:19,042 --> 00:33:21,308 ...mouth some Yankee thinks I sound stupid. 495 00:33:21,310 --> 00:33:24,177 Why? Because of the accent? Well, I don't care. 496 00:33:24,179 --> 00:33:27,480 I'm not gonna curl up like some salted slug. 497 00:33:27,482 --> 00:33:32,051 I'm proud to be from Atlanta. 498 00:33:32,053 --> 00:33:35,554 Twice a year, when Merry Noel Blake takes down Margaret Mitchell's... 499 00:33:35,556 --> 00:33:40,458 ...phenomenal bestseller to read, it's not just to be reminded of home. 500 00:33:40,460 --> 00:33:43,060 She may be comparing royalties. 501 00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:44,361 Ever since her first book... 502 00:33:44,363 --> 00:33:48,131 ...A House by the Sea, went through Hollywood like a... 503 00:33:48,133 --> 00:33:51,934 ...mowing down about half the film colony with its exposí... 504 00:33:51,936 --> 00:33:53,936 ...she has established herself as more than a writer. 505 00:33:53,938 --> 00:33:58,941 This prolific woman, with five torrid bestsellers, one after the other... 506 00:33:58,943 --> 00:34:03,245 ...has become a, kind of, publishing institution. 507 00:34:03,247 --> 00:34:04,879 But at what a cost. 508 00:34:04,881 --> 00:34:07,214 Nah. I've always loved Merry. 509 00:34:07,216 --> 00:34:08,081 She's a good kid. 510 00:34:08,083 --> 00:34:09,315 You don't feel that... 511 00:34:09,317 --> 00:34:13,585 ...there's a slightly altered portrait of you in her book? 512 00:34:13,587 --> 00:34:17,288 Now, do I look like the kind of a guy that... Teenage girls? 513 00:34:17,290 --> 00:34:20,557 I mean, once in a while, some schnook could get carried away. 514 00:34:20,559 --> 00:34:23,459 But, I mean, with all of the daughters of all of his... 515 00:34:23,461 --> 00:34:26,228 ...friends? Including the daughter of the studio head? 516 00:34:26,230 --> 00:34:29,030 God, somebody's gotta be a fruitcake to do that. 517 00:34:29,032 --> 00:34:30,197 It's not true then... 518 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:33,266 ...that your attorney is bringing suit against her? 519 00:34:35,469 --> 00:34:36,234 Nah. Heh. 520 00:34:36,236 --> 00:34:38,703 Nah, I'm sorry to see Merry move out of the colony. 521 00:34:38,705 --> 00:34:41,305 We should mention, that's the Malibu Colony. 522 00:34:41,307 --> 00:34:43,940 And that's where the first novel is set. 523 00:34:43,942 --> 00:34:46,242 Why did she leave Malibu? 524 00:34:46,244 --> 00:34:50,813 I don t know. Some guy set fire to her car. 525 00:34:50,815 --> 00:34:53,015 It's hard to imagine that the pyramids... 526 00:34:53,017 --> 00:34:57,386 ...along the Nile or the sphinx with its mysterious smile, could have... 527 00:34:57,388 --> 00:34:58,553 You're gonna miss this. 528 00:34:58,555 --> 00:35:00,521 It's a rerun. You've seen it once. 529 00:35:00,523 --> 00:35:03,156 - Make me one too. - What do you want? 530 00:35:03,158 --> 00:35:05,024 Half of whatever you're drinking. 531 00:35:05,026 --> 00:35:07,559 That you use a nom de plume. 532 00:35:07,561 --> 00:35:10,061 I was a Christmas surprise to my mama... 533 00:35:10,063 --> 00:35:12,196 ...so she named me Merry Noel... 534 00:35:12,198 --> 00:35:13,830 ...you know, M-E-R-R-Y. 535 00:35:13,832 --> 00:35:17,333 All the folks down home call me Merry Noel to this day. 536 00:35:17,335 --> 00:35:18,634 In her second book, Cleo... 537 00:35:18,636 --> 00:35:24,373 ...Merry Blake imagines a modern day Cleopatra, who comes to America... 538 00:35:24,375 --> 00:35:28,210 ...and falls in love, in fact into bed, with a executive... 539 00:35:28,212 --> 00:35:33,315 - ...who looks like our own Gerald Ford. - There's your half. 540 00:35:33,317 --> 00:35:36,484 - Do you wanna go to New York? - Nope. 541 00:35:36,486 --> 00:35:39,019 I'm booked on to The Merv Griffin Show. 542 00:35:39,021 --> 00:35:41,521 - What would I do? - What do you do here? 543 00:35:44,058 --> 00:35:44,923 I'm sorry. 544 00:35:44,925 --> 00:35:46,124 I know how you like to affix blame... 545 00:35:46,126 --> 00:35:49,393 ...but I did not close down the project, the lab did. 546 00:35:49,395 --> 00:35:50,961 I said, I'm sorry. 547 00:35:50,963 --> 00:35:55,065 Sometimes words just slide out of my mouth. Heh. 548 00:35:55,067 --> 00:35:58,234 Like a snake out of its hole. 549 00:36:23,928 --> 00:36:25,294 Home Cookin'. 550 00:36:25,296 --> 00:36:27,896 - You like it? - Hmm. 551 00:36:27,898 --> 00:36:29,397 That's it. That's the title. 552 00:36:29,399 --> 00:36:30,498 Home Cookin'. 553 00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:33,400 It's gonna be about Mama. 554 00:36:33,402 --> 00:36:34,334 Yeah. 555 00:36:34,336 --> 00:36:39,472 I keep trying to remember why she kept going off to see Papa. 556 00:36:39,474 --> 00:36:41,507 She had been married three more times... 557 00:36:41,509 --> 00:36:44,042 ...and she was living with her third husband. 558 00:36:44,044 --> 00:36:47,245 And she snuck off to a motel to see Papa. 559 00:36:47,247 --> 00:36:49,180 She was 60. 560 00:36:49,182 --> 00:36:52,983 - My God, she was driven. - Mm-hm. 561 00:36:55,253 --> 00:36:58,454 - I wonder. - What? 562 00:36:59,356 --> 00:37:00,922 Wha... 563 00:37:02,592 --> 00:37:04,892 She must have loved Papa. 564 00:37:05,427 --> 00:37:09,996 You never recover from the first person you fall in love with. 565 00:37:09,998 --> 00:37:12,098 - Doug, you know that? - No. 566 00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:14,533 - Well, you said it. - Liz told me. 567 00:37:14,535 --> 00:37:17,135 - You and Liz talked about love? - We did. 568 00:37:17,137 --> 00:37:20,872 - When? - Some years ago. 569 00:37:32,085 --> 00:37:37,922 Doug, honey, Doug, could you excuse me? Just a second. 570 00:37:37,924 --> 00:37:40,324 I'll be right back. Hon, I'll be right back. 571 00:37:40,326 --> 00:37:42,025 You just... I'll be right back. 572 00:37:42,027 --> 00:37:45,228 One second, okay? I've just gotta... 573 00:38:48,058 --> 00:38:50,158 Dougy. 574 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,461 - Mm. - I'm sorry. 575 00:38:56,365 --> 00:38:57,697 Doug-bug? 576 00:38:57,699 --> 00:39:02,301 - I thought you wanted to...? - I finished. 577 00:39:02,303 --> 00:39:03,368 Without me? 578 00:39:03,370 --> 00:39:07,038 I only feel, Merv, you can only be honest when you do something. 579 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:08,906 You have to do it, speak from the heart... 580 00:39:08,908 --> 00:39:11,508 ...you have to tell it like it is. That's how I feel. 581 00:39:11,510 --> 00:39:14,344 - You have a daughter? - I do, yes, I do, she's 14. 582 00:39:14,346 --> 00:39:20,183 I wonder, Merry Noel, what advice you give her about boys? 583 00:39:20,185 --> 00:39:23,386 Oh, well, I just tell her what my mama told me. 584 00:39:23,388 --> 00:39:26,389 I just tell her, if you think too much about boys... 585 00:39:26,391 --> 00:39:28,457 ...you get on the back of a horse. 586 00:39:29,326 --> 00:39:31,025 Quite a philosopher, your mama. 587 00:39:31,027 --> 00:39:32,059 She was, yes. 588 00:39:32,061 --> 00:39:35,595 Did you do a lot of horseback riding as a youngster? 589 00:39:35,597 --> 00:39:38,164 Oh, no, I didn't Merv. I don't like horses. 590 00:39:38,166 --> 00:39:41,600 They're so big, but I like jockeys. 591 00:39:42,936 --> 00:39:44,969 Do you? 592 00:41:47,420 --> 00:41:49,219 You're early. 593 00:41:52,057 --> 00:41:53,222 Hi, Doug. 594 00:41:53,224 --> 00:41:54,790 You're not at The Merv Griffin Show? 595 00:41:54,792 --> 00:41:58,093 I stepped out for a drink. 596 00:41:58,095 --> 00:42:01,763 - I was about to have one myself. - Me too. 597 00:42:01,765 --> 00:42:04,165 I thought you were sticking with Merry. 598 00:42:04,167 --> 00:42:06,233 She can never find her way down here. 599 00:42:06,235 --> 00:42:11,171 She can figure out how to find a bookstore in Satsuma, Florida. 600 00:42:11,173 --> 00:42:13,072 I'm not worried. 601 00:42:16,177 --> 00:42:21,613 I haven't figured out whether I like you better drunk or sober. 602 00:42:21,615 --> 00:42:23,414 No Scotch? 603 00:42:24,817 --> 00:42:27,350 Ah. Next to the typewriter. 604 00:42:27,352 --> 00:42:30,186 I forgot the literary process. 605 00:42:30,188 --> 00:42:31,220 You're almost right. 606 00:42:31,222 --> 00:42:33,455 I was having drinks with a novelist. 607 00:42:33,457 --> 00:42:34,656 That is literary, isn't it? 608 00:42:34,658 --> 00:42:39,127 The novelist? Are you still seeing him? 609 00:42:39,596 --> 00:42:42,463 - No. - His wife came back? 610 00:42:42,465 --> 00:42:44,031 - No. - You're not talking? 611 00:42:44,033 --> 00:42:47,367 - If there was something to talk about. - Ahh. 612 00:42:47,369 --> 00:42:49,535 Poor Liz. 613 00:42:55,776 --> 00:42:59,844 I finally figured out after three, what is it... 614 00:42:59,846 --> 00:43:02,847 ...three and a half, on-again off-again years... 615 00:43:02,849 --> 00:43:06,884 ...that my friend Paul considers me an interruption. 616 00:43:08,420 --> 00:43:11,554 To his otherwise important thoughts. 617 00:43:15,826 --> 00:43:18,227 Poor Liz. 618 00:43:20,364 --> 00:43:21,996 Don't worry. I took his best years. 619 00:43:21,998 --> 00:43:24,765 Please God, don't let me burn that bird. 620 00:43:25,734 --> 00:43:29,902 All the times we've been here, I've never seen you in the kitchen. 621 00:43:29,904 --> 00:43:33,639 I don't go in the kitchen. The roaches talk about me. 622 00:43:33,641 --> 00:43:36,508 I'm thinking about moving back here. 623 00:43:37,911 --> 00:43:39,877 I'm not afraid of cockroaches. 624 00:43:39,879 --> 00:43:41,278 You're kidding? 625 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,314 Hmm. They run when I turn on the light. They're afraid of me. 626 00:43:44,316 --> 00:43:45,715 I mean about moving back here. 627 00:43:45,717 --> 00:43:50,319 There's an opening at the Rockefeller Institute. I'm going in to see them. 628 00:43:50,321 --> 00:43:51,653 Does Merry want to live in New York? 629 00:43:51,655 --> 00:43:53,655 I don't know. I never asked her. 630 00:43:53,657 --> 00:43:55,590 - Don't you think you should? - Liz. 631 00:43:55,592 --> 00:43:58,859 I have this fantasy that if I work back here I can come by. 632 00:43:58,861 --> 00:44:02,162 - You can incinerate a bird. - Where is Merry going to be? 633 00:44:02,164 --> 00:44:03,897 - She can fly in between books. - Oh, yeah. 634 00:44:03,899 --> 00:44:06,799 That's what she does, flies in between books. 635 00:44:06,801 --> 00:44:08,500 - Naughty. - Hey, I can cook. 636 00:44:08,502 --> 00:44:11,736 Did I tell you? I used to read Gourmet Magazine. 637 00:44:11,738 --> 00:44:12,870 Let me ask you something... 638 00:44:12,872 --> 00:44:15,339 I'm thinking, if I get a place back here... 639 00:44:15,341 --> 00:44:18,642 ...I can cook duck or cherries jubilee. 640 00:44:18,644 --> 00:44:22,278 - That sounds fun. - And invite you. 641 00:44:24,315 --> 00:44:27,883 You're thinking, you can move away from Merry... 642 00:44:27,885 --> 00:44:32,420 ...between books and invite her oldest friend over for duck? 643 00:44:32,422 --> 00:44:35,256 And cherries jubilee. 644 00:44:36,259 --> 00:44:37,858 And then what? 645 00:44:37,860 --> 00:44:39,726 Where does your fantasy go from there? 646 00:44:39,728 --> 00:44:40,860 I told you way back in college... 647 00:44:40,862 --> 00:44:45,731 ...when I started going with Merry, if there ever came a time when you... 648 00:44:47,401 --> 00:44:50,969 You promised you'd never mention that again. 649 00:44:51,905 --> 00:44:53,971 I lied. 650 00:45:05,984 --> 00:45:08,584 That's Merry, Doug. 651 00:45:11,555 --> 00:45:13,688 Doug. 652 00:45:20,329 --> 00:45:23,730 The limousine driver had no idea where Minetta Lane was. 653 00:45:23,732 --> 00:45:25,598 He had to stop and ask a cab. 654 00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,933 I got so darn angry I took the cab... 655 00:45:27,935 --> 00:45:29,968 ...and then that damn fool couldn't even find the Village. 656 00:45:29,970 --> 00:45:32,704 Goddamn it. I see you found your way down here. 657 00:45:32,706 --> 00:45:35,540 - Liz has some wonderful Scotch. - You want a drink, Merry? 658 00:45:35,542 --> 00:45:38,543 I don't. He doesn't. Why do you give him liquor? 659 00:45:38,545 --> 00:45:39,911 She also sacrificed a chicken. 660 00:45:39,913 --> 00:45:43,514 Great, great. You're drunk. That's just great. 661 00:45:43,516 --> 00:45:45,315 - I'll get it. - No, I got it. 662 00:45:45,317 --> 00:45:48,418 - I'll get it. - Goddamn it. 663 00:45:49,954 --> 00:45:52,621 Well, I took a Dexamyl and cleaned house today. 664 00:45:52,623 --> 00:45:54,422 You did all this in one day? 665 00:45:54,424 --> 00:45:58,392 Oh, the dexie did it. I just watched. 666 00:46:09,638 --> 00:46:11,371 Good night. 667 00:46:12,006 --> 00:46:14,439 - Where are you going? - Back to the hotel. 668 00:46:14,441 --> 00:46:15,907 - Why? - I've got an interview tomorrow. 669 00:46:15,909 --> 00:46:18,509 I wanna go and drink myself to sleep. Alone. 670 00:46:18,511 --> 00:46:20,344 Do you have any idea how far away you are... 671 00:46:20,346 --> 00:46:23,046 - ...from sleeping on park benches? - Come on, Merry. 672 00:46:23,048 --> 00:46:25,548 I wish you weren't always ready with a Scotch... 673 00:46:25,550 --> 00:46:27,483 ...and a back scratch for poor Doug. 674 00:46:27,485 --> 00:46:29,084 "Poor Doug" likes his back scratched. 675 00:46:29,086 --> 00:46:31,753 It is, I am told, the spirits of affection... 676 00:46:31,755 --> 00:46:34,388 ...and not the distillery that comfort the soul. 677 00:46:34,390 --> 00:46:37,324 - Brother! - Could you please help in that? 678 00:46:37,326 --> 00:46:38,825 This is not Bellevue. 679 00:46:38,827 --> 00:46:41,794 I do not accept responsibility for the sprits of my guests. 680 00:46:41,796 --> 00:46:43,529 You cannot imagine what it's been like... 681 00:46:43,531 --> 00:46:45,664 ...since he drank himself out of his job, at the lab. 682 00:46:45,666 --> 00:46:48,900 - Bullshit. I never drank to do my job... - Hah! 683 00:46:48,902 --> 00:46:51,369 I only drink to perform my job as husband. 684 00:46:51,371 --> 00:46:53,070 Then you better bring a bottle to bed next time. 685 00:46:53,072 --> 00:46:55,772 Let's say we eat. Blame me, goddamn it... 686 00:46:55,774 --> 00:46:58,608 ...it's clear he blames me for what turns out to be... 687 00:46:58,610 --> 00:47:01,077 ...to my surprise, something missing in his character. 688 00:47:01,079 --> 00:47:04,713 What's missing are a few intimate parts of my anatomy. 689 00:47:04,715 --> 00:47:05,680 Disgusting. 690 00:47:05,682 --> 00:47:08,482 I do blame myself because if I hadn't offered them up... 691 00:47:08,484 --> 00:47:09,816 ...you'd never have sliced them off. 692 00:47:09,818 --> 00:47:14,687 - I wish I'd slice you up. - Get your hand off my tie. 693 00:47:17,357 --> 00:47:18,956 How very stupid. 694 00:47:18,958 --> 00:47:20,991 It's a scene from one of your books. 695 00:47:20,993 --> 00:47:23,927 That ain't stupid. It's just trash. 696 00:47:23,929 --> 00:47:25,762 - Trash? - Trash. 697 00:47:25,764 --> 00:47:26,763 You said trash? 698 00:47:26,765 --> 00:47:29,465 - Trash. - Successful trash. 699 00:47:29,467 --> 00:47:30,466 You're goddamn right. 700 00:47:30,468 --> 00:47:34,937 You put together enough trash, you get major garbage. 701 00:47:46,116 --> 00:47:47,815 Trash. 702 00:47:47,817 --> 00:47:49,750 Trash, my ass! 703 00:48:11,072 --> 00:48:13,572 Liz. 704 00:48:13,574 --> 00:48:15,473 Doug. 705 00:48:19,579 --> 00:48:21,412 Hi, Doug. 706 00:48:21,781 --> 00:48:23,814 - I had the interview. - Oh. 707 00:48:23,816 --> 00:48:24,981 And it wasn't right. 708 00:48:24,983 --> 00:48:27,116 Really. I'm sorry. 709 00:48:27,118 --> 00:48:29,384 It was probably best. I'm going down to Houston. 710 00:48:29,386 --> 00:48:31,753 There's a NASA position that sounds right. 711 00:48:31,755 --> 00:48:34,322 That means I'll live in Texas. Assuming... 712 00:48:34,324 --> 00:48:37,124 - You're serious about this with Merry. - Yes. 713 00:48:37,126 --> 00:48:41,628 I gave her 15 years. You can't say that I wasn't serious. 714 00:48:42,397 --> 00:48:43,496 Aren't you gonna tell her? 715 00:48:43,498 --> 00:48:45,764 We talked it out, we shouted it out, last night. 716 00:48:45,766 --> 00:48:48,533 - No, about Texas. - Will you tell her? 717 00:48:48,535 --> 00:48:50,635 - Is that why you asked me here? - No. 718 00:48:50,637 --> 00:48:53,804 No, Doug. Don't start any more of this fantasy business. 719 00:48:53,806 --> 00:48:56,106 Why don't you let me be your friend? 720 00:48:56,108 --> 00:48:57,607 You are my friend. 721 00:48:57,609 --> 00:49:00,009 Close friend. You need a close friend. 722 00:49:00,011 --> 00:49:02,444 You and Merry are both my close friends. 723 00:49:02,446 --> 00:49:04,145 You know what the end of my fantasy is? 724 00:49:04,147 --> 00:49:05,613 - No, Doug. - Merry divorces me. 725 00:49:05,615 --> 00:49:07,982 - Please. - You forget about her friend. 726 00:49:07,984 --> 00:49:10,217 - Stop. - Hey, look at me. 727 00:49:10,219 --> 00:49:12,519 And you marry me. 728 00:49:12,521 --> 00:49:16,155 Doug, you're scaring the shit out of me. 729 00:49:30,638 --> 00:49:32,771 Doug. 730 00:49:36,576 --> 00:49:41,478 - What is it? - You told her you were meeting me? 731 00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:43,179 Doug. 732 00:49:43,181 --> 00:49:44,847 - I had to. - Why? 733 00:49:44,849 --> 00:49:46,882 Fifteen years. 734 00:49:46,884 --> 00:49:50,852 Don't you want me to tell her something? 735 00:49:50,854 --> 00:49:52,186 Yeah. 736 00:49:52,721 --> 00:49:55,154 Tell her goodbye. 737 00:49:55,156 --> 00:49:56,655 Doug. 738 00:49:56,657 --> 00:49:58,790 Doug, wait. 739 00:50:02,162 --> 00:50:04,028 Doug. 740 00:50:04,030 --> 00:50:06,964 - Doug. - He's gone, Merry. 741 00:50:06,966 --> 00:50:09,633 - Gone where? - He's gone to Texas. 742 00:50:09,635 --> 00:50:10,133 Texas? 743 00:50:10,135 --> 00:50:11,834 - A job interview in Texas. - Ugh. 744 00:50:11,836 --> 00:50:14,102 Did you tell him I forgive everything he said? 745 00:50:14,104 --> 00:50:16,671 He doesn't wanna talk, he's leaving, he's left. 746 00:50:16,673 --> 00:50:19,640 - Left what? - He's left the marriage. 747 00:50:19,642 --> 00:50:22,609 He said you all talked it out. 748 00:50:22,611 --> 00:50:26,312 Stupid man. He said stupid things. 749 00:50:26,914 --> 00:50:29,648 Well, go get him. Go. 750 00:50:31,818 --> 00:50:34,051 Did he say anything more? 751 00:50:34,053 --> 00:50:36,520 He said, goodbye. 752 00:50:37,789 --> 00:50:39,054 Goodbye? 753 00:50:39,056 --> 00:50:41,823 - Goodbye. - That's it? 754 00:50:46,595 --> 00:50:48,595 What...? 755 00:50:48,597 --> 00:50:50,229 What am I gonna do? 756 00:50:51,665 --> 00:50:54,499 You're gonna miss him, terribly. 757 00:50:54,501 --> 00:50:58,803 Oh, no, I don't want to. 758 00:50:59,539 --> 00:51:01,639 I hate to be unhappy. 759 00:51:01,641 --> 00:51:02,239 Oh. 760 00:51:02,241 --> 00:51:06,876 You are making me unhappy and I'm gonna hate you for it. 761 00:51:06,878 --> 00:51:09,945 I'm gonna hate you, Doug. 762 00:51:09,947 --> 00:51:12,047 I hate you. 763 00:51:13,550 --> 00:51:17,018 - I hate Texas. - Merry. 764 00:51:18,821 --> 00:51:20,854 Oh. 765 00:51:23,724 --> 00:51:28,526 Oh, Liz, we were a good marriage. 766 00:51:28,528 --> 00:51:29,860 Everyone said so. 767 00:51:29,862 --> 00:51:34,831 I don't mean just the magazines. I mean, our friends, everyone. 768 00:51:34,833 --> 00:51:37,900 Didn't you think we were happy? 769 00:51:37,902 --> 00:51:40,669 Now what are they going to say? 770 00:51:40,671 --> 00:51:41,703 What can they say? 771 00:51:41,705 --> 00:51:45,673 Just something more that was happy, gone to waste. 772 00:51:46,575 --> 00:51:48,975 It's the times. 773 00:51:48,977 --> 00:51:52,678 What ugly times, we live in. 774 00:51:54,081 --> 00:51:57,782 Another broken home. 775 00:51:57,784 --> 00:51:59,049 Mm. 776 00:51:59,051 --> 00:52:02,719 I never wanted to be a statistic. 777 00:52:02,721 --> 00:52:04,654 Oh. 778 00:52:07,625 --> 00:52:13,028 Make a new life, isn't that what abandoned ladies always do? 779 00:52:13,030 --> 00:52:14,063 Well, to hell with that. 780 00:52:14,065 --> 00:52:17,900 I'm just gonna keep the same life with just a piece missing. 781 00:52:17,902 --> 00:52:21,069 I'll just break off a piece. 782 00:52:21,071 --> 00:52:23,771 I got my career. 783 00:52:24,874 --> 00:52:27,374 - I got my daughter. - Hmm. 784 00:52:28,176 --> 00:52:31,177 I got you, my friend. 785 00:52:31,179 --> 00:52:34,046 Liz, you'll be my friend, won't you? 786 00:52:34,048 --> 00:52:35,347 That's a stupid question. 787 00:52:35,349 --> 00:52:39,050 We'll just be old friends like always, huh? 788 00:52:39,052 --> 00:52:42,653 Old friends. Of course. 789 00:53:26,164 --> 00:53:27,129 Hello. Sorry. 790 00:53:27,131 --> 00:53:29,131 Liz is late. Take a little off her vote, huh? 791 00:53:29,133 --> 00:53:32,634 I've forgotten how long it takes to get around in this city. 792 00:53:32,636 --> 00:53:34,302 How are the ducks and the pigs? 793 00:53:34,304 --> 00:53:36,304 I have a mill pond. It's for mills, not for ducks. 794 00:53:36,306 --> 00:53:40,608 I'd be damned if I'd live in Connecticut without something that said "moo." 795 00:53:40,610 --> 00:53:42,810 - Ducks and pigs don't go "moo." - See what I know? 796 00:53:42,812 --> 00:53:46,180 If I can get down to what is called serious business. 797 00:53:46,182 --> 00:53:48,682 - Where'd they put you up? - The Algonquin. 798 00:53:48,684 --> 00:53:49,649 Which I must read. 799 00:53:49,651 --> 00:53:51,651 Martha, you have every good intention... 800 00:53:51,653 --> 00:53:53,786 ...we know, but you're not gonna read the rules. 801 00:53:53,788 --> 00:53:58,357 - We know the rules. - It is not my intention to bore you. 802 00:53:58,359 --> 00:54:00,258 Then don't. 803 00:54:00,260 --> 00:54:00,658 Sorry. 804 00:54:00,660 --> 00:54:03,627 We have until December 31st to make the announcement... 805 00:54:03,629 --> 00:54:05,662 ...of the best of American fiction for the year. 806 00:54:05,664 --> 00:54:08,631 - All of you, as previous winners... - She's going to do it. 807 00:54:08,633 --> 00:54:12,267 I have a question. One of the titles we've been considering... 808 00:54:12,269 --> 00:54:13,801 ...is Merry Blake's Home Cookin'. 809 00:54:13,803 --> 00:54:15,836 It's already getting some remarkable press. 810 00:54:15,838 --> 00:54:18,605 That woman has ground out sausage for 10 years... 811 00:54:18,607 --> 00:54:20,340 ...and suddenly a book comes out. 812 00:54:20,342 --> 00:54:21,674 That woman is a friend of mine. 813 00:54:21,676 --> 00:54:24,276 It's not your fault she wrote something good. 814 00:54:24,278 --> 00:54:26,478 - Even old Dr. No likes it. - Who? 815 00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:29,581 Hennings. Didn't you see his piece in the Sunday Times? 816 00:54:29,583 --> 00:54:31,115 - No, what? - Enough. Please. 817 00:54:31,117 --> 00:54:33,550 He said, "At last she has written from the heart... 818 00:54:33,552 --> 00:54:37,353 ...and decided to bypass the obstruction of her brain." 819 00:54:37,355 --> 00:54:39,455 Mm. Funny. 820 00:54:39,457 --> 00:54:42,791 I wanna register with you, if I should disqualify myself. 821 00:54:42,793 --> 00:54:46,361 If anyone should disqualify himself, it should be me. 822 00:54:46,363 --> 00:54:47,495 What do you mean, Martin? 823 00:54:47,497 --> 00:54:50,564 Well, you know, about me and Anita Turner. 824 00:54:50,566 --> 00:54:51,531 No. 825 00:54:51,533 --> 00:54:55,067 Her book is all about me, for chrissake. 826 00:54:58,304 --> 00:54:59,436 Now, what does that mean? 827 00:54:59,438 --> 00:55:01,204 Oh, Martin, be a big boy. 828 00:55:01,206 --> 00:55:03,506 You be a big boy. 829 00:55:05,176 --> 00:55:07,176 I just wanted you all to be warned. 830 00:55:07,178 --> 00:55:09,778 My old friend Merry has taken the floor of a hotel... 831 00:55:09,780 --> 00:55:13,548 ...and she intends to lobby this entire city for this award. 832 00:55:13,550 --> 00:55:17,351 She's got Jules Levi lined up to a series of what she calls... 833 00:55:17,353 --> 00:55:18,452 ...opinion-forming parties. 834 00:55:18,454 --> 00:55:23,590 We're the only three who can be impressed by such tactics. 835 00:55:23,592 --> 00:55:26,292 That is a cold statement of truth. 836 00:55:26,294 --> 00:55:29,228 When the National Writers' Award was first formed... 837 00:55:29,230 --> 00:55:31,630 ...it was the intention of the charter... 838 00:55:48,646 --> 00:55:51,146 1218, please. 839 00:55:53,650 --> 00:55:55,149 Thanks. 840 00:55:55,151 --> 00:55:59,353 Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry. 841 00:55:59,355 --> 00:56:02,522 A messenger brought this for you. 842 00:56:02,524 --> 00:56:04,156 The National Writers' Award. 843 00:56:04,158 --> 00:56:05,190 - And this. - Books, great. 844 00:56:05,192 --> 00:56:08,193 - There's a man waiting to see you. - Who? 845 00:56:08,195 --> 00:56:10,795 - Mr. Adams. - Who's that? 846 00:56:10,797 --> 00:56:12,296 Christopher Adams. 847 00:56:12,298 --> 00:56:15,499 He's over there, next to the column. 848 00:56:16,335 --> 00:56:18,234 Oh, okay. 849 00:56:26,644 --> 00:56:27,809 Mr. Adams? 850 00:56:27,811 --> 00:56:30,645 - No. I'm sorry. - You're not Christopher Adams? 851 00:56:30,647 --> 00:56:34,382 - No, I'm not. - I am. 852 00:56:34,884 --> 00:56:37,251 Hi. Chris Adams. 853 00:56:37,253 --> 00:56:37,985 Liz Hamilton. 854 00:56:37,987 --> 00:56:40,320 You wanna do it down here or go to your room? 855 00:56:40,322 --> 00:56:43,222 - Do what? - You don't remember? 856 00:56:43,224 --> 00:56:46,825 - I don't remember. - Well, that's okay. 857 00:56:46,827 --> 00:56:50,461 It's better than okay, it's terrific. Nice meeting you. 858 00:56:50,463 --> 00:56:53,363 Would you like a bellboy for these, Miss Hamilton? 859 00:56:53,365 --> 00:56:54,831 - Uh... - I got them. 860 00:56:54,833 --> 00:56:55,531 Hmm? 861 00:56:55,533 --> 00:56:57,799 Are you a messenger from the Writers' Award? 862 00:56:57,801 --> 00:57:00,168 - I'm from the Stone. - The what? 863 00:57:00,170 --> 00:57:01,636 Rolling Stone. We have an interview. 864 00:57:01,638 --> 00:57:03,738 Chris. Chris Adams. Rolling Stone... 865 00:57:03,740 --> 00:57:05,106 God, I'm sorry. 866 00:57:05,108 --> 00:57:09,243 I'm sorry I can't possibly do it. I've gotta read all these. 867 00:57:09,245 --> 00:57:12,813 - I'll carry them up for you. - Ahem. 868 00:57:21,557 --> 00:57:23,256 Come in. 869 00:57:24,259 --> 00:57:27,526 - Where do you want this? - Over here. 870 00:57:49,181 --> 00:57:51,347 I'll just be a minute. 871 00:58:02,293 --> 00:58:04,393 Give me room service please. 872 00:58:04,395 --> 00:58:05,827 Oh, don't put that on yet. 873 00:58:05,829 --> 00:58:08,429 - What do you want to drink? - I don't drink. 874 00:58:08,431 --> 00:58:11,532 - You don't want a soft drink? - No. 875 00:58:12,601 --> 00:58:15,868 This is room 1218. 876 00:58:15,870 --> 00:58:20,239 I'd like a Scotch, please. And a water to back it up. 877 00:58:20,241 --> 00:58:23,875 Oh, no, give me double, thank you. 878 00:58:25,545 --> 00:58:26,443 Um... 879 00:58:26,445 --> 00:58:29,846 Somebody left grass around. Maybe you'd prefer that? 880 00:58:29,848 --> 00:58:31,814 No. 881 00:58:35,419 --> 00:58:36,017 - Funny. - Mm. 882 00:58:36,019 --> 00:58:39,253 When they said someone from the Stone was coming... 883 00:58:39,255 --> 00:58:41,355 ...I imagined a satin jumpsuit... 884 00:58:41,357 --> 00:58:44,725 ...and two coke spoons coming out of your nose. 885 00:58:44,727 --> 00:58:48,428 I don't have to use this at all, if you don't want. 886 00:58:48,430 --> 00:58:50,563 Well, how long is this gonna take? 887 00:58:50,565 --> 00:58:51,697 Whatever you want. 888 00:58:51,699 --> 00:58:55,967 You don't wanna talk now, you can call me later. 889 00:58:55,969 --> 00:58:58,269 Since when would I want? 890 00:58:58,271 --> 00:59:00,237 I mean, you guys. 891 00:59:00,239 --> 00:59:02,505 How old are you, may I ask? 892 00:59:02,507 --> 00:59:04,206 Twenty-two. 893 00:59:04,208 --> 00:59:07,676 Well, you're more like 12. 894 00:59:07,678 --> 00:59:08,910 If you say. 895 00:59:08,912 --> 00:59:12,446 I don't really understand why the interview. 896 00:59:12,448 --> 00:59:13,914 Why? 897 00:59:15,417 --> 00:59:16,282 Yeah. 898 00:59:16,284 --> 00:59:19,585 Why me? Why the Stone? Why me, for the Stone? 899 00:59:19,587 --> 00:59:21,520 - It was my idea. - Yeah? 900 00:59:21,522 --> 00:59:21,953 Yeah. 901 00:59:21,955 --> 00:59:24,355 Perhaps you could break the language barrier... 902 00:59:24,357 --> 00:59:25,923 ...and let me know what this is all about. 903 00:59:25,925 --> 00:59:29,660 - There's a language barrier? - I thought this was a joke... 904 00:59:29,662 --> 00:59:31,428 ...you know, about your publication. 905 00:59:31,430 --> 00:59:33,496 The utterances of those who can't speak... 906 00:59:33,498 --> 00:59:35,498 ...written by those who cannot write... 907 00:59:35,500 --> 00:59:38,601 - ...for those who cannot read. - I used that. 908 00:59:38,603 --> 00:59:40,035 You did? 909 00:59:40,037 --> 00:59:42,771 In one of my interviews. 910 00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:45,906 Well, you see. 911 00:59:45,908 --> 00:59:49,876 After your second novel, it was my idea to do a piece on you. 912 00:59:49,878 --> 00:59:52,979 There's no one that fits in right where you do. 913 00:59:52,981 --> 00:59:54,947 The magazine wanted a woman in the arts. 914 00:59:54,949 --> 00:59:57,950 There were others with more visibility but I wanted you. 915 00:59:57,952 --> 01:00:01,553 You have political anger. But reason keeps it cool. 916 01:00:01,555 --> 01:00:03,955 Especially in your small magazine pieces. 917 01:00:03,957 --> 01:00:06,424 Your fiction, there's passion right there. 918 01:00:06,426 --> 01:00:08,692 But again, within the parameters of taste. 919 01:00:08,694 --> 01:00:12,262 Or maybe it's art, not taste, you'll tell me. 920 01:00:12,264 --> 01:00:16,733 More than any other woman with a public profile, I respect you. 921 01:00:19,337 --> 01:00:23,005 Well, turn it on and maybe we'll get started. 922 01:00:24,341 --> 01:00:27,342 Ah. No, it's Scotch. 923 01:00:31,581 --> 01:00:35,349 - Oh, Debby. - Hi, Aunt Liz. 924 01:00:35,351 --> 01:00:36,983 - Hi. - Hi. 925 01:00:36,985 --> 01:00:38,050 This is my favorite niece. 926 01:00:38,052 --> 01:00:40,519 More or less my niece, daughter of a friend. 927 01:00:40,521 --> 01:00:43,421 Her name is Debby. This is Chris from Rolling Stone. 928 01:00:43,423 --> 01:00:46,390 - Hi. Mom didn't call here? - Four times. 929 01:00:46,392 --> 01:00:47,023 What'd she say? 930 01:00:47,025 --> 01:00:48,791 I don't know. I just got the messages. 931 01:00:48,793 --> 01:00:53,028 I can tell you, she's going to be opposed to my moving in here. 932 01:00:53,030 --> 01:00:54,796 She is? Well, so am I. 933 01:00:54,798 --> 01:00:57,965 There's only room here for me, and the ghost of Dorothy Parker. 934 01:00:57,967 --> 01:01:00,801 I'm not really, I've just gotta get out of that hotel. 935 01:01:00,803 --> 01:01:03,570 So I can stay at Ginger's. She hates Ginger. 936 01:01:03,572 --> 01:01:04,304 Well, who's she? 937 01:01:04,306 --> 01:01:07,974 Ginger Trinidad. He's this terrific Puerto Rican poet. 938 01:01:07,976 --> 01:01:08,975 You've heard of him. 939 01:01:08,977 --> 01:01:12,378 He started writing poetry in the Tombs, the New York jail. 940 01:01:12,380 --> 01:01:14,713 - What was he doing there? - I don't know. 941 01:01:14,715 --> 01:01:15,780 It was in TIME magazine. 942 01:01:15,782 --> 01:01:18,048 He robbed some liquor stores or something. 943 01:01:18,050 --> 01:01:19,783 But it was politically motivated. 944 01:01:19,785 --> 01:01:21,584 Oh, apart from a few minor details... 945 01:01:21,586 --> 01:01:23,752 ...I don't know what your mother has against him. 946 01:01:23,754 --> 01:01:24,986 We're making it, that's what. 947 01:01:24,988 --> 01:01:29,390 She's got some weird idea I should save myself for an astronaut or something. 948 01:01:31,060 --> 01:01:33,693 The Scotch. 949 01:01:37,432 --> 01:01:41,267 - Oh. - Do you ever answer your phone? 950 01:01:41,269 --> 01:01:42,835 I have been too busy answering the door. 951 01:01:42,837 --> 01:01:45,804 - This is Chris Adams. - How do you do? I see you're here. 952 01:01:45,806 --> 01:01:48,106 - He's from the press. - Oh, how interesting. 953 01:01:48,108 --> 01:01:49,707 - Which publication? - Rolling Stone. 954 01:01:49,709 --> 01:01:54,378 I've just been trying to find out one little piece of information... 955 01:01:54,380 --> 01:01:57,013 - ...about what went on today? - You mean about... 956 01:01:57,015 --> 01:01:59,915 - I guess you mean about... - I can't talk about it. 957 01:01:59,917 --> 01:02:02,651 - What did they say? - They liked your book. 958 01:02:02,653 --> 01:02:03,718 That much I can say. 959 01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:05,480 - How much? - Oh, Jesus. 960 01:02:06,856 --> 01:02:09,056 Please, God. 961 01:02:10,692 --> 01:02:11,891 Hi, there. Is Debby here? 962 01:02:11,893 --> 01:02:14,593 - You must be Ginger. - Yeah. You the mother? 963 01:02:14,595 --> 01:02:17,028 She's the mother. I'm the aunt. Come in. 964 01:02:17,030 --> 01:02:17,895 Thank you. 965 01:02:17,897 --> 01:02:19,162 - Hi, honey. - Hi, Ginger. 966 01:02:19,164 --> 01:02:20,596 - How you doing? - Fine. 967 01:02:20,598 --> 01:02:22,664 - Ready to go? - Please. 968 01:02:22,666 --> 01:02:24,932 - Good. - Just one moment. 969 01:02:24,934 --> 01:02:25,933 Please, young lady. 970 01:02:25,935 --> 01:02:27,935 I know, maybe you don't like me too much. 971 01:02:27,937 --> 01:02:30,604 Not like you? I have no reason to dislike you. 972 01:02:30,606 --> 01:02:32,639 It's just a question of my liking my daughter more. 973 01:02:32,641 --> 01:02:35,508 Perhaps too much, but then again, she is my daughter. 974 01:02:35,510 --> 01:02:37,776 Maybe you don't like Puerto Ricans. Is that it? 975 01:02:37,778 --> 01:02:40,245 Heh. It has nothing to do with being a Puerto Rican. 976 01:02:40,247 --> 01:02:42,814 You could have skin whiter than apple blossoms. 977 01:02:42,816 --> 01:02:44,649 As long as there's lingering respect... 978 01:02:44,651 --> 01:02:46,717 ...from my daughter that she'll consider my opinion... 979 01:02:46,719 --> 01:02:51,021 ...I would prefer that she not race about the streets of this dangerous city... 980 01:02:51,023 --> 01:02:53,289 - ...with the criminal element. - Wow. 981 01:02:53,291 --> 01:02:54,156 Let's go, Ginger. 982 01:02:54,158 --> 01:02:56,525 - Nice meeting you all. - Ginger. 983 01:02:56,527 --> 01:02:58,493 Debby! 984 01:03:02,865 --> 01:03:05,265 You. Darling, Aunt Liz. 985 01:03:05,267 --> 01:03:08,568 After whom my daughter chooses to model her years. 986 01:03:08,570 --> 01:03:12,004 I've ordered a double, you can have half. Save your speech until then. 987 01:03:12,006 --> 01:03:15,240 You consider it adventuresome, her affair with a car thief. 988 01:03:15,242 --> 01:03:17,875 - He stole a car? - He's addicted to the practice. 989 01:03:17,877 --> 01:03:19,576 Maybe he can get me a Mercedes. 990 01:03:19,578 --> 01:03:21,644 Debby would roar over that cynical humor. 991 01:03:21,646 --> 01:03:22,645 Would you get off it? 992 01:03:22,647 --> 01:03:25,547 - I've been keeping this fellow. - I don't mind. 993 01:03:25,549 --> 01:03:26,414 - I mind. - I'll go. 994 01:03:26,416 --> 01:03:30,684 - Just give me one simple word. - What simple word? 995 01:03:30,686 --> 01:03:32,218 Am I or am I not wasting my time... 996 01:03:32,220 --> 01:03:34,720 ...and considerable amount of money back here... 997 01:03:34,722 --> 01:03:37,656 ...or am I going to win the National Writers' Award? 998 01:03:37,658 --> 01:03:39,958 Well, there are two simple words. 999 01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:41,092 Yes and no. 1000 01:03:41,094 --> 01:03:45,229 - That's all for now? - That is all for now. 1001 01:03:45,231 --> 01:03:46,830 Okay. 1002 01:03:48,166 --> 01:03:49,131 Don't forget. 1003 01:03:49,133 --> 01:03:50,799 Dinner Friday night at Jules'. 1004 01:03:50,801 --> 01:03:54,702 I can't, Merry. I've gotta go up to Connecticut for the weekend. 1005 01:03:54,704 --> 01:03:56,737 - With 200 books. - All right. 1006 01:03:56,739 --> 01:03:59,906 Well, there's another Tuesday night at my place. 1007 01:03:59,908 --> 01:04:01,641 - I'll try. - Please. 1008 01:04:01,643 --> 01:04:04,810 And find someone nice to bring. 1009 01:04:18,624 --> 01:04:20,757 Can we do this later? 1010 01:04:20,759 --> 01:04:22,225 You know what you need? 1011 01:04:22,227 --> 01:04:24,026 You know what I need? 1012 01:04:24,028 --> 01:04:25,794 You need to relax. 1013 01:04:25,796 --> 01:04:26,861 What do you mean? 1014 01:04:26,863 --> 01:04:29,530 Relax? Relax means relax. 1015 01:04:29,532 --> 01:04:32,266 You mean, I need someone to relax me? 1016 01:04:33,068 --> 01:04:37,804 You think I need someone to relax me? To come here and relax me? 1017 01:04:37,806 --> 01:04:39,572 I didn't mention someone, no. 1018 01:04:39,574 --> 01:04:41,540 - Oh, you were gonna do it? - Do what? 1019 01:04:41,542 --> 01:04:43,208 There's an arrogance about men, sometimes. 1020 01:04:43,210 --> 01:04:46,711 Maybe you haven't noticed, not being yet a man yourself. 1021 01:04:46,713 --> 01:04:48,679 - Are you okay? - Do I sound okay? 1022 01:04:48,681 --> 01:04:50,914 Look, all I meant was you should get some rest. 1023 01:04:50,916 --> 01:04:53,783 If you wanna get some rest with someone, that's up to you. 1024 01:04:53,785 --> 01:04:56,652 If I wanna get movement in bed I'll check into a motel... 1025 01:04:56,654 --> 01:04:59,187 ...and drop a quarter in the vibrating mattress. 1026 01:04:59,189 --> 01:05:01,022 I'm at the Chelsea when you wanna do this. 1027 01:05:01,024 --> 01:05:04,325 I'm wrong. It is the young men who are the most arrogant. 1028 01:05:04,327 --> 01:05:07,194 When it comes to arrogance in sexual matters... 1029 01:05:07,196 --> 01:05:10,764 ...they assume everyone is falling down over them. 1030 01:05:10,766 --> 01:05:13,600 Put that on. I have a quote. 1031 01:05:15,069 --> 01:05:18,904 I find this century obsession with young flesh obscene. 1032 01:05:18,906 --> 01:05:22,040 It's like eating green cantaloupes. 1033 01:05:22,942 --> 01:05:25,309 Okay. Goodbye. 1034 01:05:45,896 --> 01:05:48,229 - Is that for 1218? - Yes, ma'am. 1035 01:05:48,231 --> 01:05:49,997 Great. 1036 01:05:53,268 --> 01:05:56,669 Wait. 1037 01:05:56,671 --> 01:05:59,271 Thanks. Down, please. 1038 01:06:24,829 --> 01:06:28,697 Excuse me, could you tell me where Cartier's is? 1039 01:06:28,699 --> 01:06:34,169 Yes. It's just up there on the other side of the street. 1040 01:06:34,171 --> 01:06:36,171 Near those flags? 1041 01:06:36,173 --> 01:06:37,772 Yeah. 1042 01:07:09,170 --> 01:07:11,136 It's up there. 1043 01:07:19,346 --> 01:07:21,979 This thing doesn't fit. 1044 01:07:21,981 --> 01:07:24,748 It's supposed to be a bracelet. 1045 01:07:24,750 --> 01:07:28,251 It'd be fine, if I wanted a necklace. 1046 01:07:29,120 --> 01:07:31,220 Is it a gift from your mother? 1047 01:07:32,156 --> 01:07:36,658 No. My mother lives in Redlands, California. 1048 01:07:48,038 --> 01:07:49,837 Are you Mrs. Collins? 1049 01:07:50,806 --> 01:07:52,238 No. 1050 01:07:52,840 --> 01:07:55,640 East 71st Street? 1051 01:07:55,642 --> 01:07:57,074 No. 1052 01:08:09,687 --> 01:08:14,289 At one time, every important literary figure in New York came here. 1053 01:08:15,125 --> 01:08:17,258 Over there where you see the restaurant area... 1054 01:08:17,260 --> 01:08:19,660 ...they had a weekly luncheon called the round table. 1055 01:08:19,662 --> 01:08:25,098 With writers like Robert Benchley, George Kaufman, Edna Ferber. 1056 01:08:25,100 --> 01:08:29,168 Thank you, Jim, for walking me all the way down here. 1057 01:08:42,383 --> 01:08:45,183 You do a lot of smiling. 1058 01:09:37,235 --> 01:09:40,369 How old are you? 1059 01:09:40,371 --> 01:09:42,371 Eighteen. 1060 01:10:10,134 --> 01:10:12,901 Who is Mrs. Collins? 1061 01:12:50,589 --> 01:12:54,424 My problem is, I'm truly an old-fashioned girl. 1062 01:12:55,260 --> 01:12:58,427 I like men who talk. I love to talk. 1063 01:12:58,429 --> 01:13:00,962 There's a whole generation crowding up behind us... 1064 01:13:00,964 --> 01:13:03,364 ...of people who wanna talk with their bodies. 1065 01:13:03,366 --> 01:13:05,666 Christ, everyone is so muscular and chic. 1066 01:13:05,668 --> 01:13:09,302 Their tits spilling out all over the place, soft fashions. 1067 01:13:09,304 --> 01:13:13,939 We've got a generation of beauties. They're more beautiful than the Greeks. 1068 01:13:13,941 --> 01:13:15,941 But what happened to the articulate guy? 1069 01:13:15,943 --> 01:13:18,043 I mean, nobody wants to talk anymore. 1070 01:13:18,045 --> 01:13:19,177 You don't have to be hard on me. 1071 01:13:19,179 --> 01:13:23,281 - I'm just listening. - Listening is an intimate act. 1072 01:13:24,150 --> 01:13:26,450 - It laughs. - You said something funny. 1073 01:13:26,452 --> 01:13:30,587 I don't talk to everyone, nor make love to every woman I meet. 1074 01:13:30,589 --> 01:13:32,288 Maybe you should catch up with your peers. 1075 01:13:32,290 --> 01:13:37,526 I'll agree with your point. A way to approach a woman is through the ears. 1076 01:13:37,528 --> 01:13:40,829 Ears, you know. They're little emblems of sexuality. 1077 01:13:40,831 --> 01:13:44,132 I'm listening to you through little emblems of sexuality. 1078 01:13:47,403 --> 01:13:49,302 I'm not ready to concede that the young aren't more... 1079 01:13:49,304 --> 01:13:53,572 ...sexually arrogant though, and this is important... 1080 01:13:53,574 --> 01:13:55,440 ...I have been recently led to believe... 1081 01:13:55,442 --> 01:13:59,877 ...that they might have something to be arrogant about. 1082 01:13:59,879 --> 01:14:01,511 Namely... 1083 01:14:01,513 --> 01:14:04,547 ...endurance and bodies. 1084 01:14:05,182 --> 01:14:07,382 My old friend Bessie Smith... 1085 01:14:07,384 --> 01:14:12,053 ...whose records shared many an afternoon with me in Paris... 1086 01:14:12,055 --> 01:14:18,125 ...said she liked it when her daddy took her for a buggy ride. 1087 01:14:20,529 --> 01:14:23,997 What I like about you is you never stall. 1088 01:14:23,999 --> 01:14:25,798 How about you, kid? 1089 01:14:25,800 --> 01:14:28,767 I never preferred it with girls my age. 1090 01:14:28,769 --> 01:14:29,701 Oh. 1091 01:14:29,703 --> 01:14:31,836 I was about to make you, Christopher Adams... 1092 01:14:31,838 --> 01:14:35,840 ...the lead character of my new book, Young Flesh. 1093 01:14:37,443 --> 01:14:38,809 Why not with girls your own age? 1094 01:14:38,811 --> 01:14:41,912 They're always watching for their own orgasm. 1095 01:14:41,914 --> 01:14:45,448 What should they be watching for? 1096 01:14:45,450 --> 01:14:46,882 Your orgasm? 1097 01:14:46,884 --> 01:14:49,417 Our orgasm. 1098 01:14:57,093 --> 01:14:59,460 I suppose if I talk fast enough and stay up all night... 1099 01:14:59,462 --> 01:15:04,097 ...I could tell you my life story before I get on the train in the morning. 1100 01:15:04,099 --> 01:15:05,098 I'll drive you. 1101 01:15:05,100 --> 01:15:07,233 - Connecticut? - Why not? I got a license. 1102 01:15:07,235 --> 01:15:10,102 Well, for one thing, I've got to read all those books. 1103 01:15:10,104 --> 01:15:13,872 If you give me a minute, I'm sure there's another reason. 1104 01:15:13,874 --> 01:15:16,708 Pick you up at 10. 1105 01:15:16,710 --> 01:15:18,810 - All right? - Okay. 1106 01:15:19,279 --> 01:15:20,711 Night. 1107 01:15:20,713 --> 01:15:22,813 Good night. 1108 01:15:41,967 --> 01:15:43,933 Ah. Heh. 1109 01:15:43,935 --> 01:15:45,034 Oh, it's so great. 1110 01:15:45,036 --> 01:15:48,570 - Isn't it terrific? - Yeah. 1111 01:15:48,572 --> 01:15:52,073 - I'll get the bags later. - Okay. 1112 01:15:55,111 --> 01:15:58,612 Here, here, here, I'll help you. 1113 01:15:59,281 --> 01:16:01,214 Thanks. 1114 01:16:05,787 --> 01:16:08,320 Watch out, it's slick there. 1115 01:16:10,123 --> 01:16:13,591 Hang on, I'll just get the key. 1116 01:16:39,785 --> 01:16:42,285 - Thank you. - Mm-hm. 1117 01:17:13,850 --> 01:17:15,916 Let me look at you. 1118 01:17:57,658 --> 01:17:58,323 Ooh! 1119 01:17:58,325 --> 01:18:01,793 Put this on, put this on. 1120 01:18:07,066 --> 01:18:09,800 Mwah. All right, one more. 1121 01:18:11,703 --> 01:18:15,004 - That's enough. That's enough. - One more. Uhn. 1122 01:18:17,875 --> 01:18:19,341 Hah. 1123 01:18:40,796 --> 01:18:41,728 I don't like this. 1124 01:18:41,730 --> 01:18:44,764 - Why don't you like this? - Because I don't like parties. 1125 01:18:44,766 --> 01:18:47,333 - Ginger, you need these people. - I don't need... 1126 01:18:47,335 --> 01:18:48,701 - Hello, how are you? - Hi. 1127 01:18:48,703 --> 01:18:51,336 - This is Ginger Trinidad. - Hi. 1128 01:18:59,111 --> 01:19:02,078 - Francis, how are you? - Francis. 1129 01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:03,345 Hello, hello. 1130 01:19:03,347 --> 01:19:07,282 Oh. How are you? Oh, Merry. You're a beauty. 1131 01:19:07,284 --> 01:19:10,018 I won't be for long if Jules doesn't give me some rest. 1132 01:19:10,020 --> 01:19:12,754 It's party, party, party. 1133 01:19:12,756 --> 01:19:14,756 Excuse me. 1134 01:19:15,759 --> 01:19:19,293 You are late. But I barely forgive you. 1135 01:19:19,295 --> 01:19:21,762 - And your young friend. - Jules. 1136 01:19:21,764 --> 01:19:23,730 Hi, Liz. 1137 01:19:27,202 --> 01:19:28,434 My girls. 1138 01:19:32,339 --> 01:19:33,905 This is Christopher Adams. 1139 01:19:33,907 --> 01:19:35,072 - How do you do? - Fine. 1140 01:19:35,074 --> 01:19:37,841 Thank you very much. 1141 01:19:56,092 --> 01:19:57,791 Merry. 1142 01:20:11,072 --> 01:20:13,138 I do not believe it. 1143 01:20:14,274 --> 01:20:16,073 It's true. 1144 01:20:17,242 --> 01:20:19,175 You are in love. 1145 01:20:24,081 --> 01:20:28,083 You sly, old land turtle. 1146 01:20:33,957 --> 01:20:35,356 He's... 1147 01:20:35,358 --> 01:20:37,791 He's so young. 1148 01:20:38,326 --> 01:20:40,259 God, I'm sick. 1149 01:20:54,005 --> 01:20:56,872 You see, I'll invite just anyone. 1150 01:20:56,874 --> 01:20:58,506 - Is this just anyone? - Ha-ha. 1151 01:20:58,508 --> 01:21:00,040 I could not believe your review. 1152 01:21:00,042 --> 01:21:02,809 I thought Southern boys were taught nicer manners than that. 1153 01:21:02,811 --> 01:21:06,379 I bet your mama won't let you say at home what you say in print. 1154 01:21:06,381 --> 01:21:08,914 Merry Noel, are you trying to charm me? 1155 01:21:08,916 --> 01:21:12,851 Oh, I'd imagine that's beyond the realm of possibility. 1156 01:21:24,931 --> 01:21:26,297 Yeats was an absolute madman. 1157 01:21:26,299 --> 01:21:29,400 He and his wife used to sit around listening for voices... 1158 01:21:29,402 --> 01:21:30,501 ...to tell him how to write. 1159 01:21:30,503 --> 01:21:35,038 Once he heard an owl bark, and it threw him off for days. 1160 01:21:36,041 --> 01:21:38,975 Oh, but what he wrote. 1161 01:21:38,977 --> 01:21:41,277 God, the Irish. 1162 01:21:42,013 --> 01:21:45,314 But one man loved The pilgrim soul in you. 1163 01:21:45,316 --> 01:21:49,318 And loved the sorrows Of your changing face. 1164 01:21:49,320 --> 01:21:51,186 Hmm. 1165 01:21:51,188 --> 01:21:54,355 I've had this great revelation. 1166 01:21:55,157 --> 01:21:57,290 That it's all right. 1167 01:21:57,292 --> 01:21:58,791 You know? 1168 01:21:58,793 --> 01:22:00,325 No. 1169 01:22:00,327 --> 01:22:01,492 It. 1170 01:22:01,494 --> 01:22:03,393 It's all right. Us. 1171 01:22:03,395 --> 01:22:04,494 I mean... 1172 01:22:04,496 --> 01:22:05,795 ...it's all right for me. 1173 01:22:05,797 --> 01:22:07,963 Oh, it's all right to be in love? Heh. 1174 01:22:07,965 --> 01:22:11,066 Look, I've the right to let me say it. 1175 01:22:11,068 --> 01:22:13,168 That's what I mean... 1176 01:22:13,170 --> 01:22:14,802 ...in love. 1177 01:22:15,304 --> 01:22:17,437 To be in love. 1178 01:22:19,908 --> 01:22:22,508 Does sex confuse you? 1179 01:22:23,177 --> 01:22:24,109 No. 1180 01:22:24,111 --> 01:22:29,013 I don't mean how to do it, though that can be confusing at times. 1181 01:22:29,015 --> 01:22:33,117 I just mean the question of sex. 1182 01:22:33,119 --> 01:22:34,218 Mm-mm. 1183 01:22:34,220 --> 01:22:37,321 I went to this therapist one summer. 1184 01:22:37,323 --> 01:22:40,957 He had this insane notion that's probably true... 1185 01:22:40,959 --> 01:22:47,163 ...that I had to wait to be emotionally mauled by some guy before I can write. 1186 01:22:47,165 --> 01:22:49,365 He also said... 1187 01:22:49,367 --> 01:22:52,234 ...that I take surrogate lovers. 1188 01:22:52,569 --> 01:22:55,436 To wit, I am aroused by object A. 1189 01:22:55,438 --> 01:22:59,239 I go out and go to bed with object B. 1190 01:23:00,842 --> 01:23:06,545 With you, I feel like I'm making love to object A. 1191 01:23:16,023 --> 01:23:21,526 Did you ever think that what makes sex so exciting is that it's so frightening? 1192 01:23:21,528 --> 01:23:24,295 Is that what you think? Do I frighten you? 1193 01:23:25,364 --> 01:23:30,467 It's like T. S. Eliot. He made this crack about D. H. Lawrence. 1194 01:23:30,469 --> 01:23:32,502 He said Lawrence was looking for an intimacy... 1195 01:23:32,504 --> 01:23:36,873 ...that was impossible between a man and a woman. 1196 01:23:36,875 --> 01:23:40,610 Well, I say bullshit, T. S. Eliot. 1197 01:23:40,612 --> 01:23:41,877 See, Eliot was just scared. 1198 01:23:41,879 --> 01:23:47,616 And there was Lawrence like some sexual test pilot, ready to take the dive. 1199 01:23:47,618 --> 01:23:49,017 You understand? 1200 01:23:49,019 --> 01:23:51,386 Oh, you intellectuals are too much for me. 1201 01:23:53,289 --> 01:23:55,555 What is everybody afraid of? 1202 01:23:55,557 --> 01:23:57,490 Chances? Risk? Commitment? 1203 01:23:57,492 --> 01:24:03,829 Those are the popular words but, God, they don't measure up to the old words. 1204 01:24:03,831 --> 01:24:08,233 Lovesick, heartfelt, with this hand... 1205 01:24:08,235 --> 01:24:12,337 ...sickness and health, death do us part. 1206 01:24:12,339 --> 01:24:14,339 Those are sensational. 1207 01:24:14,341 --> 01:24:18,409 You can't hear them without ladies weeping. 1208 01:24:19,845 --> 01:24:22,312 What do men do? 1209 01:24:22,314 --> 01:24:23,313 Don't they weep? 1210 01:24:23,315 --> 01:24:29,152 Well, different style. They've got little hairs that stand up in a lot of places. 1211 01:24:29,154 --> 01:24:32,221 Are your little hairs standing up? 1212 01:24:33,457 --> 01:24:36,558 Those words, love, honor. 1213 01:24:36,560 --> 01:24:38,493 I'd love to be able to use them, you know. 1214 01:24:38,495 --> 01:24:42,129 I'd love to believe in someone, some one woman so much... 1215 01:24:42,131 --> 01:24:43,964 ...that I could believe those words... 1216 01:24:43,966 --> 01:24:47,968 ...and they'd just come jumping out of my mouth. 1217 01:24:49,237 --> 01:24:51,136 What did you mean, some one girl? 1218 01:24:51,138 --> 01:24:55,573 - Isn't a woman too old for you? - God, you're hard. 1219 01:24:57,276 --> 01:24:59,542 I'm like T. S., I'm scared. 1220 01:24:59,544 --> 01:25:02,678 I mean, I'd like to say to you I wanna get married. 1221 01:25:02,680 --> 01:25:05,380 But you'd bitch, you'd laugh. 1222 01:25:05,382 --> 01:25:06,581 No, I wouldn't. 1223 01:25:06,583 --> 01:25:09,183 Who do you wanna marry? 1224 01:25:14,557 --> 01:25:19,927 Do you know how many times I've asked someone to marry me? 1225 01:25:19,929 --> 01:25:22,062 Think about it. 1226 01:25:57,164 --> 01:25:59,097 Oh, it's you. 1227 01:25:59,099 --> 01:26:01,165 That fact doesn't thrill me either. 1228 01:26:01,167 --> 01:26:05,102 Debby doesn't come in, doesn't call. I'm giving up on her. 1229 01:26:05,104 --> 01:26:10,574 She's 18, and in this state, that's old enough for a martini. 1230 01:26:10,576 --> 01:26:15,211 This Brahms you recommended is crippling my fingers. 1231 01:26:22,085 --> 01:26:27,688 Didn't he write that lullaby, that Brahms...? "Brahms Lullaby"? 1232 01:26:27,690 --> 01:26:30,657 I guess, he must have. It's got his name on it. 1233 01:26:46,404 --> 01:26:49,071 What do you think? 1234 01:26:55,312 --> 01:26:56,311 Perfect. 1235 01:26:56,313 --> 01:26:58,179 No, I mean, the whole picture. 1236 01:26:58,181 --> 01:27:02,049 Self-sufficient woman, a woman of proven talents... 1237 01:27:02,051 --> 01:27:06,053 ...sitting by the fire, playing her piano. 1238 01:27:09,758 --> 01:27:11,491 Is a reporter coming? 1239 01:27:11,493 --> 01:27:13,527 Oh, hardly. 1240 01:27:13,529 --> 01:27:15,128 A man. 1241 01:27:15,130 --> 01:27:16,729 Oh. 1242 01:27:16,731 --> 01:27:18,263 A man. 1243 01:27:18,265 --> 01:27:20,832 He likes lullabies? 1244 01:27:21,467 --> 01:27:23,200 Oh, may I? 1245 01:27:27,072 --> 01:27:30,506 Doug called. He's in New York. 1246 01:27:30,508 --> 01:27:31,139 Doug Blake? 1247 01:27:31,141 --> 01:27:34,876 He's tanned and successful, up from Houston. That's what he says. 1248 01:27:34,878 --> 01:27:36,644 He would've come over, but it's business, business. 1249 01:27:36,646 --> 01:27:38,812 - When's he coming? - Tomorrow. 1250 01:27:38,814 --> 01:27:42,615 Give him my love. He's a wonderful man. 1251 01:27:42,617 --> 01:27:46,385 He's got something very obvious in mind. I know it. 1252 01:27:46,387 --> 01:27:49,187 I'm willing to stake my life on it. 1253 01:27:49,189 --> 01:27:51,155 He wants the marriage back. 1254 01:27:51,157 --> 01:27:52,990 It's only been four years. That's not long. 1255 01:27:52,992 --> 01:27:57,027 They say it takes you five years for your mattress to lose its imprint. 1256 01:27:57,029 --> 01:28:00,263 We're still imprinted on each other. 1257 01:28:00,765 --> 01:28:03,532 Let me look at you. 1258 01:28:06,870 --> 01:28:08,903 - I've lost. - What? 1259 01:28:09,572 --> 01:28:12,639 That's why you look like you're standing on your own udder. 1260 01:28:12,641 --> 01:28:13,740 Oh, Merry, please. 1261 01:28:13,742 --> 01:28:18,277 They took a vote, I've lost. And you can't tell me. 1262 01:28:18,279 --> 01:28:21,580 - What is today's date? - I'm not a child. 1263 01:28:21,582 --> 01:28:23,381 Today's date is December 30th. 1264 01:28:23,383 --> 01:28:26,684 The final vote is December 31st, as promised. 1265 01:28:29,822 --> 01:28:34,024 Oh, Liz, I've been dreaming about my party. 1266 01:28:34,026 --> 01:28:36,826 Right at the stroke of midnight, New Year's. 1267 01:28:36,828 --> 01:28:42,097 I announce the victory of my book and the rejoining of my marriage. 1268 01:28:42,099 --> 01:28:43,898 How can you be so sure? 1269 01:28:43,900 --> 01:28:46,367 - Of what? - Either. 1270 01:28:48,037 --> 01:28:49,970 I'm having tables all along here... 1271 01:28:49,972 --> 01:28:53,206 ...just spilling over whatever grows this time of year. 1272 01:28:53,208 --> 01:28:56,008 The trouble with December is there's no strawberries. 1273 01:28:56,010 --> 01:29:00,212 How am I gonna create a big red area in the center of the table? 1274 01:29:00,214 --> 01:29:02,881 Stab one of the guests. 1275 01:29:03,950 --> 01:29:08,252 Liz, if all you want is to be unhappy, just let me be. 1276 01:29:08,254 --> 01:29:11,755 I'm sorry, but those are my thoughts. 1277 01:29:11,757 --> 01:29:13,223 I'm sorry. 1278 01:29:13,225 --> 01:29:16,593 I didn't mean to make you unhappy. 1279 01:29:16,595 --> 01:29:19,262 Give my love to Doug. I meant what I said. 1280 01:29:19,264 --> 01:29:21,964 He's a wonderful guy. 1281 01:29:34,010 --> 01:29:38,712 You know, you two are the only thing I ever admired. 1282 01:29:38,714 --> 01:29:39,879 A marriage... 1283 01:29:39,881 --> 01:29:43,883 ...a real child and you loved each other. 1284 01:29:48,856 --> 01:29:50,622 I'm fine, really. 1285 01:29:50,624 --> 01:29:52,824 I wanna know what's going on with you. 1286 01:29:52,826 --> 01:29:55,526 Tomorrow, Merry, tomorrow. 1287 01:30:03,002 --> 01:30:07,738 Merry, go back inside. You'll die out here. I'll call you later. 1288 01:30:08,574 --> 01:30:11,908 Can you lend me your coat for a second? Just for a second, okay? 1289 01:30:11,910 --> 01:30:17,046 - Yes, ma'am. I'll wait inside. - Okay, thank you. 1290 01:30:21,986 --> 01:30:23,919 Liz. 1291 01:30:25,856 --> 01:30:28,056 Liz. 1292 01:30:28,058 --> 01:30:29,090 You are so determined. 1293 01:30:29,092 --> 01:30:34,395 If you're going through all this worry just because of me and that prize. 1294 01:30:34,397 --> 01:30:35,396 No. 1295 01:30:35,398 --> 01:30:36,864 Your writing? 1296 01:30:36,866 --> 01:30:38,599 Please, no. 1297 01:30:38,601 --> 01:30:40,367 Rolling Stone? 1298 01:30:40,369 --> 01:30:42,869 His name is Chris Adams. 1299 01:30:44,505 --> 01:30:47,138 That's what it is. 1300 01:30:51,844 --> 01:30:53,743 He wants to marry me. 1301 01:30:54,779 --> 01:30:55,911 That boy? 1302 01:30:55,913 --> 01:30:58,013 That's what I said. 1303 01:30:58,015 --> 01:30:59,948 He proposed? 1304 01:30:59,950 --> 01:31:01,082 Yes. 1305 01:31:01,084 --> 01:31:04,718 To this mature woman. 1306 01:31:04,720 --> 01:31:08,555 Ah. I do not believe that. 1307 01:31:08,557 --> 01:31:09,822 That's my problem too. 1308 01:31:09,824 --> 01:31:11,857 Do you think he's serious? 1309 01:31:14,094 --> 01:31:17,095 - He says he is. - What do you think? 1310 01:31:18,598 --> 01:31:20,130 I said no. 1311 01:31:20,932 --> 01:31:23,632 What do you feel? 1312 01:31:23,634 --> 01:31:26,001 I don't want anyone around watching my thighs grow old. 1313 01:31:26,003 --> 01:31:31,406 You are such a big, bad bear at times, you only scare yourself. 1314 01:31:31,408 --> 01:31:32,440 Well... 1315 01:31:32,442 --> 01:31:35,576 I mean, how long could it last? 1316 01:31:35,578 --> 01:31:37,444 It's insane. 1317 01:31:38,079 --> 01:31:40,379 - A year. - You see? 1318 01:31:40,381 --> 01:31:45,784 Or two, maybe three. From there, there might be a fourth. 1319 01:31:45,786 --> 01:31:47,418 What are you saying? 1320 01:31:47,420 --> 01:31:49,153 There's no guarantees. 1321 01:31:49,155 --> 01:31:50,454 If that man says he wants you... 1322 01:31:50,456 --> 01:31:53,924 ...you let him stick around until your thighs turn to stone. 1323 01:31:53,926 --> 01:31:56,860 What the shit difference does it make? 1324 01:31:58,797 --> 01:32:00,763 Why didn't you say this in the beginning? 1325 01:32:00,765 --> 01:32:01,764 Oh. 1326 01:32:01,766 --> 01:32:07,069 Well, honey, we're not talking about a new dress here, this takes a moment. 1327 01:32:24,888 --> 01:32:27,388 1218, any messages? 1328 01:32:27,390 --> 01:32:29,623 No messages. 1329 01:32:29,625 --> 01:32:31,725 Oh, thanks. 1330 01:32:32,461 --> 01:32:34,894 Courthouse? Which courthouse? 1331 01:32:34,896 --> 01:32:36,161 Is he on a story? 1332 01:32:36,163 --> 01:32:41,599 Yes, please. Tell him I'm at the hotel. I'm eating in. 1333 01:32:41,601 --> 01:32:43,500 Thank you. 1334 01:32:50,941 --> 01:32:52,140 Hello. 1335 01:32:52,142 --> 01:32:54,609 Oh, Debby, it's you. 1336 01:32:54,611 --> 01:32:56,777 Look, your mother's looking for you. 1337 01:32:56,779 --> 01:33:00,580 And I'm trying to keep off this line. I'm expecting a call. 1338 01:33:00,582 --> 01:33:01,747 What? He's with you? 1339 01:33:01,749 --> 01:33:06,618 Yeah, Chris is here. He's been terrific. He's in talking to the judge now. 1340 01:33:06,620 --> 01:33:07,919 - Is he in trouble? - No. 1341 01:33:07,921 --> 01:33:08,886 No, not him. It's Ginger. 1342 01:33:08,888 --> 01:33:12,389 They arrested Ginger for parole violation, carrying a weapon. 1343 01:33:12,391 --> 01:33:15,558 It wasn't even for real. It was a real gun and everything... 1344 01:33:15,560 --> 01:33:18,928 ...but he was using it to see how people would respond. 1345 01:33:18,930 --> 01:33:20,596 He's starting a new novel. 1346 01:33:20,598 --> 01:33:21,730 Why didn't you call me? 1347 01:33:21,732 --> 01:33:24,899 I was. I was trying to reach you. You weren't in. 1348 01:33:24,901 --> 01:33:28,836 So I called the Chelsea and I asked for Chris, thinking you'd be there. 1349 01:33:28,838 --> 01:33:32,406 No way was I calling my mom and getting the daughter of Dracula. 1350 01:33:32,408 --> 01:33:34,141 Debby, could you please put Chris on? 1351 01:33:34,143 --> 01:33:38,044 He can't, no. He's in there with Ginger and the judge. 1352 01:33:38,046 --> 01:33:41,447 Okay, sure. As soon as he can. 1353 01:33:41,449 --> 01:33:43,115 Okay. 1354 01:33:55,795 --> 01:33:57,494 Oh. 1355 01:34:02,167 --> 01:34:04,667 Um... Wait. 1356 01:34:04,669 --> 01:34:08,604 555-9970, please. 1357 01:34:12,943 --> 01:34:15,143 Room 2-1-8. 1358 01:34:19,215 --> 01:34:20,147 What? 1359 01:34:20,149 --> 01:34:22,616 No, this is a friend. 1360 01:34:24,686 --> 01:34:26,485 You must. 1361 01:34:27,187 --> 01:34:28,686 They say? 1362 01:34:28,688 --> 01:34:31,889 They said they don't want to be disturbed? 1363 01:34:38,963 --> 01:34:41,630 Liz. Liz. 1364 01:34:52,909 --> 01:34:56,543 I'm having lunch uptown with Doug. 1365 01:34:56,545 --> 01:34:57,644 Well, I'm going downtown. 1366 01:34:57,646 --> 01:35:00,113 Oh, we'll go downtown. Go downtown. 1367 01:35:20,268 --> 01:35:21,967 Well? 1368 01:35:21,969 --> 01:35:26,137 I thought we can have this conversation later over a drink. 1369 01:35:26,139 --> 01:35:27,838 I lost. 1370 01:35:28,874 --> 01:35:30,640 - Not exactly. - I won. 1371 01:35:30,642 --> 01:35:35,144 - Not exactly. - Well, what in God's earth...? 1372 01:35:35,146 --> 01:35:37,679 It was a dead heat. 1373 01:35:38,548 --> 01:35:41,048 A split prize? 1374 01:35:41,050 --> 01:35:43,517 Well, not really. It was decided that... 1375 01:35:43,519 --> 01:35:46,119 ...two people should win first prize. 1376 01:35:46,121 --> 01:35:47,787 You... 1377 01:35:47,789 --> 01:35:49,855 ...and Sharon Gay. 1378 01:35:49,857 --> 01:35:51,122 Sharon? 1379 01:35:51,124 --> 01:35:53,591 Both books are in what they call the American grain. 1380 01:35:53,593 --> 01:35:56,894 - The coming of age of rural America... - I know the American grain. 1381 01:35:56,896 --> 01:36:00,797 Hers is the black woman's point of view. Yours, the white. 1382 01:36:00,799 --> 01:36:02,965 Sharon Gay. 1383 01:36:02,967 --> 01:36:04,733 Merry, both are excellent choices. 1384 01:36:04,735 --> 01:36:08,603 If they had the guts, they'd have given it to the black. 1385 01:36:08,605 --> 01:36:09,103 What is that? 1386 01:36:09,105 --> 01:36:11,638 They obviously wanted to give it to Sharon. 1387 01:36:11,640 --> 01:36:13,206 The reviews have been licking her feet. 1388 01:36:13,208 --> 01:36:15,975 You were on the jury, they had to toss you a bone. 1389 01:36:15,977 --> 01:36:19,578 Goddamn it, your book is good and so is Sharon's. 1390 01:36:19,580 --> 01:36:21,780 I'm a son of a bitch if I'm gonna explain. 1391 01:36:21,782 --> 01:36:23,715 You didn't have to share the award. 1392 01:36:23,717 --> 01:36:25,650 They gave it all to you. Blue Ribbon. 1393 01:36:25,652 --> 01:36:28,986 It may come as a surprise, but we did not write the same book. 1394 01:36:28,988 --> 01:36:30,687 Meaning mine is worse than yours? 1395 01:36:30,689 --> 01:36:33,022 Meaning I am sick and fucking tired... 1396 01:36:33,024 --> 01:36:35,657 ...of you trying to live your life through my skin. 1397 01:36:35,659 --> 01:36:40,128 Ha. If I had your skin, I'd take better care of it. 1398 01:36:42,098 --> 01:36:43,964 That is truly amusing. 1399 01:36:43,966 --> 01:36:44,864 Oh, you stop it. 1400 01:36:44,866 --> 01:36:47,166 I'm angry and I want you to be angry too. 1401 01:36:47,168 --> 01:36:50,236 - I'm getting out of the car. - I always wanted to write. 1402 01:36:50,238 --> 01:36:53,005 Ever since I was 8 and I started my first diary. 1403 01:36:53,007 --> 01:36:55,173 It had nothing to do with you. 1404 01:36:55,175 --> 01:36:56,175 Merry, be honest. 1405 01:36:56,176 --> 01:37:02,346 If I had become a glider pilot, you'd be behind the wheel of a 747 by now. 1406 01:37:02,348 --> 01:37:05,215 Driver, can you drop me here, please? 1407 01:37:16,293 --> 01:37:18,293 Taxi. 1408 01:37:36,144 --> 01:37:37,376 How are you? 1409 01:37:37,378 --> 01:37:38,710 Wiped out. 1410 01:37:38,712 --> 01:37:40,878 I was worried, this jail business and all. 1411 01:37:40,880 --> 01:37:42,746 I had about three hours' sleep. 1412 01:37:42,748 --> 01:37:43,880 Did you get Ginger out? 1413 01:37:43,882 --> 01:37:46,749 They're holding him for 60 days. Parole violation. 1414 01:37:46,751 --> 01:37:48,283 Debby must be heartbroken. 1415 01:37:48,285 --> 01:37:50,418 - I guess. - Where is she? 1416 01:37:50,420 --> 01:37:52,153 I guess she's still asleep. 1417 01:37:52,155 --> 01:37:53,787 Merry didn't mention she was back. 1418 01:37:53,789 --> 01:37:56,356 - Back where? - Back at her mother's hotel. 1419 01:37:56,358 --> 01:37:57,056 She's not there. 1420 01:37:57,058 --> 01:38:00,059 - Then where is she sleeping? - My room. 1421 01:38:01,095 --> 01:38:02,994 Your room. 1422 01:38:02,996 --> 01:38:04,028 On the couch. 1423 01:38:04,030 --> 01:38:05,396 - How odd. - What? 1424 01:38:05,398 --> 01:38:07,831 She could have come to my hotel, I have a couch. 1425 01:38:07,833 --> 01:38:11,067 She was going to her mom's but you know how that is. 1426 01:38:11,069 --> 01:38:12,968 No. How is that, Chris? 1427 01:38:12,970 --> 01:38:16,004 - Are you upset? - I'm upset for Debby. 1428 01:38:16,006 --> 01:38:17,305 All alone and no place to go. 1429 01:38:17,307 --> 01:38:20,474 Chelsea must be booked up or she wouldn't impose on you. 1430 01:38:20,476 --> 01:38:22,709 - You know Chelsea's not booked. - How do I know? 1431 01:38:22,711 --> 01:38:26,746 - I haven't checked the books. - I didn't wanna tell you this. 1432 01:38:26,748 --> 01:38:29,715 Tell me about what? Something I shouldn't know? 1433 01:38:29,717 --> 01:38:31,149 No, I knew you'd get carried away. 1434 01:38:31,151 --> 01:38:34,919 Never been calmer. It's you who's gone all emotional. 1435 01:38:34,921 --> 01:38:36,820 Sudden compassion for runaway teenagers. 1436 01:38:36,822 --> 01:38:39,189 - Do you consider them as peers? - Stop it, please. 1437 01:38:39,191 --> 01:38:41,858 Why couldn't you receive calls? What was all that about? 1438 01:38:41,860 --> 01:38:46,429 Debby and her mom were having fights and she kept calling back. 1439 01:38:46,431 --> 01:38:47,930 What if it had been me? 1440 01:38:47,932 --> 01:38:50,165 Why am I on the defensive? 1441 01:38:50,167 --> 01:38:52,100 I'm trying to say that... 1442 01:38:52,102 --> 01:38:57,305 ...I've been sleepless all night reconsidering your proposals. 1443 01:38:57,307 --> 01:38:58,939 You remember, your many proposals. 1444 01:38:58,941 --> 01:39:02,175 - Your many insistent proposals. - Stop! 1445 01:39:02,177 --> 01:39:06,312 You said no. We don't have to beat it to death. 1446 01:39:06,314 --> 01:39:07,146 Oh. 1447 01:39:07,148 --> 01:39:09,815 - I'm sorry. - I wanted to marry you. 1448 01:39:09,817 --> 01:39:12,751 You didn't have to be so goddamn hostile. 1449 01:39:12,753 --> 01:39:16,454 Well, then, be man enough to end the hostilities. 1450 01:39:16,456 --> 01:39:18,789 Hostilities end when one side surrenders. 1451 01:39:18,791 --> 01:39:21,691 Oh. Is that what you think marriage is? A surrender? 1452 01:39:21,693 --> 01:39:24,794 Who the fuck is talking about marriage? 1453 01:39:24,796 --> 01:39:28,597 You were. Until you opened a youth hostel. 1454 01:39:31,535 --> 01:39:34,068 Can I join you guys? 1455 01:39:35,304 --> 01:39:36,202 I guess not, huh? 1456 01:39:36,204 --> 01:39:38,771 - I'm sorry, it's not really... - No, no. No problem. 1457 01:39:38,773 --> 01:39:42,141 I better go call Mom and tell her what's going on, anyway. 1458 01:39:42,143 --> 01:39:45,043 I'll call you later. And thank you, really... 1459 01:39:45,045 --> 01:39:46,778 ...for saving my life. 1460 01:39:46,780 --> 01:39:48,379 Bye, Aunt Liz. 1461 01:39:48,381 --> 01:39:50,381 Bye, baby. 1462 01:39:54,186 --> 01:39:56,986 I'm going on the road with Fleetwood Mac. 1463 01:39:56,988 --> 01:39:59,221 I'm doing an interview. 1464 01:40:00,023 --> 01:40:02,223 Debby's going with me as my assistant. 1465 01:40:02,225 --> 01:40:06,427 It was in the budget and the guy I was... 1466 01:40:09,432 --> 01:40:15,836 Debby's been wanting to get away from home. I think that's good. 1467 01:40:15,838 --> 01:40:17,204 Yeah. 1468 01:40:17,206 --> 01:40:19,005 Truly. 1469 01:40:19,007 --> 01:40:21,807 It's better than good. It's fantastic. 1470 01:40:21,809 --> 01:40:23,074 Yeah? 1471 01:40:23,076 --> 01:40:25,009 - Do me a favor? - What? 1472 01:40:25,011 --> 01:40:26,910 Don't say we're gonna be friends. 1473 01:40:26,912 --> 01:40:30,146 We're inappropriate as friends. 1474 01:40:30,148 --> 01:40:34,216 - If I can't have you as a lover, - What makes you so sure? 1475 01:40:34,218 --> 01:40:36,384 Well, we have to agree about one thing. 1476 01:40:36,386 --> 01:40:41,288 That in some ways I'm more mature than you. 1477 01:40:42,157 --> 01:40:44,357 I've seen some endings. 1478 01:40:44,359 --> 01:40:45,424 This is one. 1479 01:40:45,426 --> 01:40:47,793 I wanted something from you. 1480 01:40:47,795 --> 01:40:48,293 I know. 1481 01:40:48,295 --> 01:40:52,096 - You made me really furious. - I know. 1482 01:40:54,200 --> 01:40:56,266 Do me another favor. 1483 01:40:56,268 --> 01:40:58,001 Let's forget about the interview. 1484 01:40:58,003 --> 01:41:01,070 I don't wanna read it. 1485 01:41:01,072 --> 01:41:04,606 We've written something sensational together. 1486 01:41:04,608 --> 01:41:09,010 But it's a private edition. Let's not make it public. 1487 01:41:09,012 --> 01:41:12,046 You talk some good talk, you know. 1488 01:41:12,048 --> 01:41:13,447 Like my old friend Yeats said: 1489 01:41:14,383 --> 01:41:17,851 When you're old and gray And nodding by the fire. 1490 01:41:17,853 --> 01:41:21,487 You can take down that book And slowly read. 1491 01:42:03,930 --> 01:42:05,262 Are you leaving? 1492 01:42:05,264 --> 01:42:07,063 I'm going to Connecticut. 1493 01:42:07,065 --> 01:42:09,098 What about my party? 1494 01:42:09,100 --> 01:42:12,101 I'm sorry. I was gonna call. 1495 01:42:12,103 --> 01:42:16,538 I'm so down, I'd just spoil it. 1496 01:42:16,540 --> 01:42:19,908 I think we have come to a serious juncture in our lives... 1497 01:42:19,910 --> 01:42:23,244 ...when we should examine the terms of our friendship. 1498 01:42:23,246 --> 01:42:24,979 Hold this. 1499 01:42:26,449 --> 01:42:29,216 Thanks. 1500 01:42:29,218 --> 01:42:31,117 Merry, I'm truly sorry about the award... 1501 01:42:31,119 --> 01:42:36,188 ...but it's not the worst thing that could happen. There'll be lots of publicity. 1502 01:42:36,190 --> 01:42:37,889 That is water long under the bridge. 1503 01:42:37,891 --> 01:42:40,892 - How was Doug? - Even longer under the bridge. 1504 01:42:40,894 --> 01:42:44,562 - Is he still drinking? - Dry as the Sahara. 1505 01:42:44,564 --> 01:42:46,630 How does he look? 1506 01:42:49,901 --> 01:42:54,169 He's getting married. 1507 01:42:54,171 --> 01:42:56,905 - Not to...? - Joyce. 1508 01:42:56,907 --> 01:42:58,873 From Houston. 1509 01:42:58,875 --> 01:43:00,407 Oh. Poor Merry. 1510 01:43:00,409 --> 01:43:03,343 What a day you are having. 1511 01:43:03,345 --> 01:43:06,446 They've bought a house with a yard. 1512 01:43:06,448 --> 01:43:09,215 - Sounds wonderful to me. - Oh, since when? 1513 01:43:09,217 --> 01:43:12,618 I'm not immune to the attractions of a man and a yard. 1514 01:43:12,620 --> 01:43:14,553 Or to Doug specifically? Doug and a yard? 1515 01:43:14,555 --> 01:43:15,687 I never thought of it. 1516 01:43:15,689 --> 01:43:18,089 - Never thought of Doug as a husband? - Never. 1517 01:43:18,091 --> 01:43:21,459 Along with his ability to drink, he has lost his ability to lie. 1518 01:43:21,461 --> 01:43:24,528 - Don't you look away from me. - I'm closing my suitcase. 1519 01:43:24,530 --> 01:43:27,531 I began to smell there was something he didn't wanna say. 1520 01:43:27,533 --> 01:43:30,267 I bought him a drink and it all came tumbling out. 1521 01:43:30,269 --> 01:43:31,368 You bought him a drink? 1522 01:43:31,370 --> 01:43:34,971 What a petty, disgusting confession it was. 1523 01:43:34,973 --> 01:43:36,706 Me, the unsuspecting wife... 1524 01:43:36,708 --> 01:43:39,975 ...blaming myself over the years as I sensed my husband... 1525 01:43:39,977 --> 01:43:42,510 ...slowly but surely slipping away from me. 1526 01:43:42,512 --> 01:43:44,044 Those don't sound like Doug's words. 1527 01:43:44,046 --> 01:43:47,080 Isn't it true that all the time he was married to me... 1528 01:43:47,082 --> 01:43:49,048 ...he was pouring out his love for you? 1529 01:43:49,050 --> 01:43:51,216 - He mentioned it. - While married to me? 1530 01:43:51,218 --> 01:43:54,319 - At the last. - And he proposed? 1531 01:43:54,321 --> 01:43:56,020 Tsk. Merry, I said no. 1532 01:43:56,022 --> 01:43:58,422 Oh, because of your friendship with me? 1533 01:43:58,424 --> 01:43:59,990 - At least you got that right. - Oh. 1534 01:43:59,992 --> 01:44:04,694 Except for that strange lapse into morality you would have taken him? 1535 01:44:05,396 --> 01:44:07,396 He sure deserved better than he was getting. 1536 01:44:07,398 --> 01:44:10,031 How did you know what he was getting? Did he describe it? 1537 01:44:10,033 --> 01:44:13,534 If you have any more revelations, keep them for your diaries... 1538 01:44:13,536 --> 01:44:16,036 ...or your novels, they sound about alike. 1539 01:44:16,038 --> 01:44:17,270 Well, it's happy time for all. 1540 01:44:17,272 --> 01:44:20,139 Doug and his Joyce. You and your cradle snatchings. 1541 01:44:20,141 --> 01:44:23,408 You can have a double ceremony. 1542 01:44:26,212 --> 01:44:28,412 If you mean Chris, he's gone. 1543 01:44:28,414 --> 01:44:29,646 Where? 1544 01:44:30,348 --> 01:44:34,083 Into the arms of what you would be corny enough to call... 1545 01:44:34,085 --> 01:44:37,119 - ..."the other woman." - Who? 1546 01:44:37,988 --> 01:44:39,520 Debby. 1547 01:44:41,624 --> 01:44:43,457 My Debby? 1548 01:44:43,459 --> 01:44:45,025 That's absurd. 1549 01:44:45,027 --> 01:44:48,528 That's what I thought. They're too close in age. 1550 01:44:48,530 --> 01:44:50,396 I'm gonna put a stop to that. 1551 01:44:50,398 --> 01:44:51,163 Hell you are. 1552 01:44:51,165 --> 01:44:53,465 Chris is giving her a job with my blessings. 1553 01:44:53,467 --> 01:44:57,068 Doesn't that just complete the picture? 1554 01:44:57,070 --> 01:44:58,202 In a painful kind of way. 1555 01:44:58,204 --> 01:45:01,071 Everything I've ever had, I had to share because of you. 1556 01:45:01,073 --> 01:45:03,373 My award, my husband, my daughter. 1557 01:45:03,375 --> 01:45:05,942 Isn't there anything that's mine? 1558 01:45:05,944 --> 01:45:08,377 - Your bile. - My righteous anger. 1559 01:45:08,379 --> 01:45:09,945 Ah. What a preacher you would make. 1560 01:45:09,947 --> 01:45:12,580 Because I don't have the morals of a yellow dog? 1561 01:45:12,582 --> 01:45:14,682 I have respect for the morals of yellow dogs. 1562 01:45:14,684 --> 01:45:17,985 - One come in the yard, we'd kick it. - They're loyal. 1563 01:45:17,987 --> 01:45:20,087 They'd hump a snake if it stood still. 1564 01:45:20,089 --> 01:45:23,423 - I haven't tried snakes. - A miracle. 1565 01:45:23,425 --> 01:45:25,491 - Now, I'm a slut? - You said it. 1566 01:45:25,493 --> 01:45:27,259 What are you saying, Merry? 1567 01:45:27,261 --> 01:45:29,127 How many men have you had? 1568 01:45:29,129 --> 01:45:30,695 - Is that the test? - How many? 1569 01:45:30,697 --> 01:45:32,196 How many before you're a slut? 1570 01:45:32,198 --> 01:45:33,063 - Three. - Heh. 1571 01:45:33,065 --> 01:45:36,299 - Kick me out of the yard. - How many besides my husband? 1572 01:45:36,301 --> 01:45:38,701 Three sailors and a jockey but never your husband. 1573 01:45:38,703 --> 01:45:40,102 Which at this point, I regret. 1574 01:45:40,104 --> 01:45:44,439 What astonishes me is that you have no idea why I truly hate you at this point. 1575 01:45:44,441 --> 01:45:46,407 It's not because of your jealousy over my work. 1576 01:45:46,409 --> 01:45:47,141 Oh, your work! 1577 01:45:47,143 --> 01:45:52,312 Because you lack the moral sensibility to appreciate what I have lost in Doug. 1578 01:45:52,314 --> 01:45:53,680 - Next to nothing. - Liar. 1579 01:45:53,682 --> 01:45:56,015 A possession. You lost more in that bear. 1580 01:45:56,017 --> 01:45:57,683 That is one thing of mine you won't keep. 1581 01:45:57,685 --> 01:46:00,152 Take him. That's one thing that won't talk back... 1582 01:46:00,154 --> 01:46:02,687 ...so you can turn to hate of all exaggerations. 1583 01:46:02,689 --> 01:46:05,123 - I am not such a woman. - You're right. 1584 01:46:05,125 --> 01:46:07,558 - You are part such a woman. - Meaning? 1585 01:46:07,560 --> 01:46:08,792 Cunt. 1586 01:46:08,794 --> 01:46:10,226 God! 1587 01:46:10,228 --> 01:46:13,562 - Give me that bear. Give it. - It's mine. 1588 01:46:13,564 --> 01:46:15,797 Give me that. Give it here. 1589 01:46:27,476 --> 01:46:29,142 Oh. 1590 01:48:08,305 --> 01:48:10,171 Darling, I've been looking for you. 1591 01:48:10,173 --> 01:48:14,241 - Happy New Year, Jules. - Happy New Year, angel. 1592 01:48:15,544 --> 01:48:17,944 Where are you going, love? 1593 01:48:17,946 --> 01:48:19,879 A party. 1594 01:48:46,673 --> 01:48:48,639 Liz. 1595 01:48:53,812 --> 01:48:56,479 Hello? Liz? 1596 01:49:03,820 --> 01:49:05,686 Liz. 1597 01:49:06,855 --> 01:49:08,588 Hello? 1598 01:49:14,228 --> 01:49:15,927 Come in. 1599 01:49:18,865 --> 01:49:19,964 Oh. 1600 01:49:19,966 --> 01:49:24,401 Do you know how much it costs to take a cab, from New York? 1601 01:49:24,403 --> 01:49:26,202 Ninety dollars. 1602 01:49:26,204 --> 01:49:27,002 Ninety. 1603 01:49:27,004 --> 01:49:30,372 I tipped him five. Was that enough? 1604 01:49:34,778 --> 01:49:36,611 Ooh. 1605 01:49:36,613 --> 01:49:40,481 Oh, boy, doesn't that feel good. 1606 01:49:42,551 --> 01:49:45,285 Do you have glasses? 1607 01:49:49,758 --> 01:49:51,724 I hated my party. 1608 01:50:05,806 --> 01:50:08,840 Damn, the bubbles are gone. 1609 01:50:11,711 --> 01:50:13,343 Thanks. 1610 01:50:21,219 --> 01:50:24,186 I'm not much good at apologizing. 1611 01:50:24,188 --> 01:50:28,356 I guess I never have, actually, but I am now. 1612 01:50:28,358 --> 01:50:31,726 - You don't have to. - I certainly do. 1613 01:50:31,728 --> 01:50:33,294 I couldn't hate you. 1614 01:50:33,296 --> 01:50:35,896 And even if sometimes I do, I shouldn't say it. 1615 01:50:35,898 --> 01:50:39,699 You're my oldest friend. What else have we got in life? 1616 01:50:39,701 --> 01:50:41,434 Our oldest enemies. 1617 01:50:41,969 --> 01:50:46,237 Honey, as the years go on, they begin to look alike. 1618 01:50:49,475 --> 01:50:51,541 I've been thinking about us. 1619 01:50:51,543 --> 01:50:53,409 Really? 1620 01:50:53,411 --> 01:50:55,577 We're terrific. 1621 01:50:55,579 --> 01:50:57,879 You don't say. 1622 01:50:57,881 --> 01:51:03,384 We've accomplished one hell of a lot, in one lifetime. 1623 01:51:03,386 --> 01:51:06,353 What we deserve is a rest. 1624 01:51:07,389 --> 01:51:09,589 And we shouldn't always argue. 1625 01:51:09,991 --> 01:51:13,892 I know. You're right. 1626 01:51:14,828 --> 01:51:17,995 - You know what we should do? - What? 1627 01:51:18,998 --> 01:51:20,597 Take a year off... 1628 01:51:20,599 --> 01:51:23,299 ...and sail around the Greek Isles. 1629 01:51:24,335 --> 01:51:29,404 Only sleep with guys who can't pronounce our names. 1630 01:51:29,406 --> 01:51:31,572 All Greeks. 1631 01:51:32,508 --> 01:51:33,807 Uh... 1632 01:51:33,809 --> 01:51:35,375 Well, I couldn't do that. 1633 01:51:35,377 --> 01:51:37,844 - Just the fishermen. - Well, how... 1634 01:51:39,581 --> 01:51:42,348 But how could I do such a thing? 1635 01:51:43,017 --> 01:51:45,917 It's simple. You just go there and let it happen. 1636 01:51:45,919 --> 01:51:52,690 I wouldn't even know where to start. I wouldn't... would I say? 1637 01:51:53,726 --> 01:51:55,025 All my life I've wanted men... 1638 01:51:55,027 --> 01:52:00,063 ...to find something mysterious and seductive in my work. 1639 01:52:00,065 --> 01:52:02,031 Some poetry. 1640 01:52:02,800 --> 01:52:04,900 Me too. 1641 01:52:07,471 --> 01:52:11,306 Now, let them find the poetry in my body. 1642 01:52:11,308 --> 01:52:14,075 Forget about the books. 1643 01:52:25,086 --> 01:52:26,485 Merry... 1644 01:52:26,487 --> 01:52:28,854 ...do me a favor. 1645 01:52:28,856 --> 01:52:30,388 What? 1646 01:52:32,091 --> 01:52:33,990 Kiss me. 1647 01:52:37,728 --> 01:52:38,693 After all these years... 1648 01:52:38,695 --> 01:52:42,730 ...are you going to tell me there's something about you? 1649 01:52:45,534 --> 01:52:47,934 It's New Year's Eve. 1650 01:52:48,536 --> 01:52:51,403 I want the press of human flesh... 1651 01:52:51,405 --> 01:52:55,006 ...and you're the only flesh around. 1652 01:52:55,008 --> 01:52:56,607 Kiss me.125197

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