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Dear Whit..
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...I regretto inform you
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that Holden Caulfieldis dead.
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I know you thoughthe could protect me.
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Or, at the very least
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give me refugefrom my sarcasm.
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But Holdenis gone forever.
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And I don't knowif anythingcan save me now.
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[drum music]
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[laughing]
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Oh, where's your girl,
Jerry? Where'd she go?
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Ah, she wanted to dance
with her brother.
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Oh, it's a tight family.
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You know, the Lusitania
making it to England
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Oh, I don't know,
spoiled rich girls
love college dropouts.
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"He's not only broke,
daddy, he's also a Jew."
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Hey! Half-Jew.
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Oh, God. Why do we
keep coming here?
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I can't stand all these
flits and phonies.
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To give girls
like that the time.
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- Who is that?
- Oona O'Neill.
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What? As inEugene O'Neill?
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That's her dad.
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Rumor is, she's got
a thing for writers.
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Maybe I can get her drunk
and read her
one of my stories.
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The drunk part, yes, not
so sure about the second
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I've read your work.
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You're a real
prince of a guy.
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Who are the bodyguards?
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Blythe Chaucerand Carol Flourentine
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her protectors
from morphine addicts
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and boys
without trust funds.
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If you even try
to give Oona the time
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they'll take
your watch away.
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Okay.
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I'm going in.
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Ladies.
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- Oona.
- Hello.
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I'm
Jerome David Salinger.
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My friends
call me Jerry.
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It's a pleasure
to meet you,
Jerome David Salinger.
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I'm a huge admirer
of your father.
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I'm a writer myself,
and his plays have been
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a great source
of inspiration to me.
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What do you write?
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I, uh..
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I write short stories.
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- Really? Have you --
- Have you been published?
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Come on, Oona,
I want to introduce you
to Billy Chanler.
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- He's here?- Yes.
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Oh, right now?
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- Great.
- Let's go.
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Until we meet again,
Jerome David Salinger.
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Come on, Oona doll.
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Billy!
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Excuse me, sir,
do you happen to know
the time?
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That went well.
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Through the courseof my fascinatinglydull life
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I've always found fictionso much more truthfulthan reality.
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And, yes,I'm aware of the irony.
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He had neitherthe looks, personality,or good clothes
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to gainShirley's interest.
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He didn'thave a chance.
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And as I said before
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to write a really goodboy-meets-girl story
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it's wise to havethe boy meet the girl.
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I can't concentrate
with you staring
at me like that.
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Well, do you like it?
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- It's really good.
- You can tell me
the truth.
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I am. It's...terrific.
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Tie your shoes, honey.
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So, what do you
think, mom?
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I love the kids.
I love the way they talk.
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Yeah, 'cause in
the slicks, the teens
always sound phony
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because they're written
by 50-year-old drunks.
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You know,
it just kills me.
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Well, you're
really talented.
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I think I want
to try to publish.
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How would you do that?
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I want to go back
to school, to study
creative writing.
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You what?
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You get kicked outof every schoolI send you too
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because of thatsmart alec mouthof yours.
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How do youpossibly believe
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you could bea professional writer?
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I don't know,
I just like doing it.
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He's verytalented, Sol.
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Even if he is,it's impossible to makea living at it
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even for the bestof students
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and you're not evena good student.
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I can't do
anything right.
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Ah -- ah, sonny, sonny..
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Come here, sit down.
Sorry. Please.
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I -- I -- I just
don't want you
to be disappointed
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when it doesn't
work out.
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And it won't.
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It never does.
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Listen to me, meat
and cheese distribution
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has been very good
to this family.
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Six years ago,
Buddy Richman
was practically broke.
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He buys a slaughterhouse
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and now he's
king of the bacon.
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That could be you,
sonny boy!
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Jerry is not
going to sell cheese
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or pigs,
or cows, or milk.
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He is not going to be
the king of the bacon.
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He is going to go
to Columbia.
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He is going
to study writing.
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That's what Jerry
is going to do
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and you are going
to pay for it.
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I bet if I never walkedinto your class that day
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then Holden Caulfieldprobably wouldn'teven exist.
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So, in a way,this whole mess
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is as much your faultas it is mine.
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There is nothingmore sacred
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than story.
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The Bible, the Koran,the Torah.
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The stories contained
in these books
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are so powerful
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that people
actually believe
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they were written
by a God.
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That is the power
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that a story can hold.
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And in the course
of this semester
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you will be
given the tools
and the techniques
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to be able to create
your own stories
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so that you can
enrapture people, move..
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I was alwaysa lousy student.
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Even when I wantedto be there.
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It was prettyembarrassing, if youwant to know the truth.
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How does that sound,
Mr. Salinger?
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I'm so sorry,
you lost me at Bible.
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Oh, I'm sorry,
Mr. Salinger
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did you think
that this course
was a study in atheism?
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No. No, I didn't.
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But I'm hoping
there really is a God
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that'll give you something
interesting to say.
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- Oh!- Oh!
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Funny, I had
the same thought
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when I read your
admissions essay.
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Although they still
let you in
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it must be a very
lean year for Columbia.
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Mr. Salinger wrote
an essay
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very funny
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brimming with exactly
the sort of sarcasm
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that he so beautifully
displayed here
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in the first five minutes
of the course.
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And yet, after that
Mr. Salinger failed
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to turn thatclever voice of his
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into an actual
narrative.
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Which is a shame,because there issome potential there.
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But this is the work
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we will all be
striving to achieve.
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And by the end
of the semester
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God willing,
or in Mr. Salinger's
case, unwilling
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you will all understand
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the difference between
wanting to be a writer
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and actually being one.
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My countrymen,and my friends
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I had hoped against hopethat some miraclewould prevent
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a devastating warin Europe
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and bring to an end
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the invasion of Polandby Germany.
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I have said many timesthat I have seen war
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and I hate war.
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I hopethe United States
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will keep outof this war.
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I believe that it will.
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Oh, Mr. Salinger.
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Come in, have a seat.
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Would you like a drink?
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- Coffee, please.
- Coffee, please.
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So, how did you
find me here?
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Oh, I used to go to NYU,
and I always saw you
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grading papers
in the window.
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Hey, why do you come
all the way down
to the Village?
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I couldn't think
of a better place
to read the work
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of the next Fitzgerald
or Hemingway
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than right here
in Greenwich Village.
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- Sir.- Thank you.
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And what about you?What happened at NYU?
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They kick you out
for that mouth of yours?
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No, it was
a mutual understanding.
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They wanted me gone,
and I wanted them dead.
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[laughing]
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Well, you're not
the first wise-ass
I've taught, you know.
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You act out
at authority figures
like me
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because you're emotionally
repressed at home
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and you also think
you're the cleverest boy
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that ever walked
the planet, and no one
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recognizes what a genius
you are.
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It's pretty typical stuff,
if you want
to know the truth.
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But enough of my
dime-store Freud.
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What can I do for you,
Mr. Salinger?
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Uh, well, I -- I -- I
wanted to ask about
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what you talked about
in class.
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You know, my voice
overwhelming the story.
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I always thought my voice
is what defines me
as a writer.
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Absolutely.
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Your voice is what makes
your story unique.
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But when that voice
overwhelms the story
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as it did in your
admissions essay
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then it becomes
an expression
more of your ego
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than of the emotional
experience of the reader.
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Does that make sense?
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Kind of.
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Kind of..
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No.
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I'd apologize
for being late, but since
I'm going to be late
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for every single class
this semester
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I'm going to instead
save my strength
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for the reading
of your pages
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and heavy drinking.
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Now, today
I want to focus on
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the writer's voice.
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And to illustrate this,
I'm going to read
a passage to you
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from William Faulkner.
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Alright, now I want you
to listen carefully.
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In fact,
close your eyes.
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"The jailer cut her down
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"and then, revived her.
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"Then he beat her
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"and whipped her.
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"She had hung herself
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with her dress."
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Alright, so,
what happened?
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A woman in jail
tried to commit suicide
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and after the jailer
saved her, he beat her.
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Exactly. This is why
I let women
audit my classes.
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Hopefully, the rest
of the university
will soon follow suit.
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Alright, now,
I read this passage
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in as dull a voice
as I could possibly muster
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and yet you were
still all engaged
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by the passage. Why?
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Because the events
of the story
were compelling
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thematically layered,
and dramatic.
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Now, of course,
Faulkner is famous
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for his voice,
with its unique,
regional style.
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And so therefore,
even the non-writer thinks
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that they love Faulkner
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but in fact it is
the events of the story
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the attempted suicide,
the beating
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that draws us in.
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And then Faulkner
uses his voice
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to make the story
uniquely his own.
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[whispering]
Does that make sense?
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For our next class,I want you all to write
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a five-page story.
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Ask yourselves,
if I were to read
this in a monotone
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would I still keep
the class' attention?
255
00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,108
Okay, well, I'm really
not going to do any better
than that today.
256
00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:07,045
So, that's it, you can use
the rest of the time
257
00:14:07,047 --> 00:14:09,914
to write your story,
or masturbate.
258
00:14:09,916 --> 00:14:11,549
Just try not to confuse
259
00:14:11,551 --> 00:14:13,384
the former
with the latter.
260
00:14:13,386 --> 00:14:15,854
God knows,
there is many an author
261
00:14:15,856 --> 00:14:18,022
who has failed
at that very task.
262
00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:19,858
Have a good weekend.
See you later, children.
263
00:14:24,496 --> 00:14:26,898
The one good thingabout being stuckin a nut house
264
00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:29,534
is everyone hereis in the samelousy shape as I am.
265
00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:35,473
Truth be told, I neverreally fit in anywhere
266
00:14:35,475 --> 00:14:37,442
in the wholegoddamned world.
267
00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:41,312
Uptown, I was a Jew.Downtown, I was a square.
268
00:14:41,314 --> 00:14:43,581
But on occasion,I could fool the girlsinto thinking
269
00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:45,216
I wasClark Gable's cousin.
270
00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:47,252
Bravo! Bravo!
271
00:14:47,254 --> 00:14:49,020
Keep giving 'em hell,
Ernie!
272
00:14:50,189 --> 00:14:51,556
You know what,
I actually think
273
00:14:51,558 --> 00:14:54,926
'cause I love how much
it pisses my father off.
274
00:14:54,928 --> 00:14:56,928
That's hilarious.You need to go with that.
275
00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:59,030
You should write
your story about that.
276
00:14:59,032 --> 00:14:59,898
Nah.
277
00:15:02,601 --> 00:15:05,103
- You got your watch on?
- Yes. Why?
278
00:15:05,105 --> 00:15:07,305
Because you need to give
that girl the time.
279
00:15:10,209 --> 00:15:11,409
Yes, I do.
280
00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:17,048
- Hi.
- Hi.
281
00:15:17,050 --> 00:15:19,284
- So, you like jazz?
- What do you think?
282
00:15:23,222 --> 00:15:26,524
So, um, what do you do
most of the time
on weekends?
283
00:15:26,526 --> 00:15:30,128
I don't know. What do you
do most of the time
on weekends?
284
00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:32,063
This and that.
285
00:15:32,065 --> 00:15:33,665
This and that?
286
00:15:33,667 --> 00:15:36,668
I know that's code
for sowing your wild oats.
287
00:15:36,670 --> 00:15:38,469
[laughing]
288
00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:44,609
"Sow your wild oats?"
289
00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:47,178
I'm sorry.
I don't follow.
290
00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:49,647
Oh, please.
Chase around.
291
00:15:49,649 --> 00:15:51,249
Joe College.
292
00:15:58,657 --> 00:16:00,591
Sow the wild oats?
293
00:16:00,593 --> 00:16:02,460
"I don't thinkI get your drift."
294
00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:05,663
"You know, chase around.Joe College."
295
00:16:05,665 --> 00:16:07,565
Suddenly, from theother side of the room
296
00:16:07,567 --> 00:16:10,134
a small blondshrieked with laughter.
297
00:16:10,136 --> 00:16:12,103
Yes. It was very good.
298
00:16:12,105 --> 00:16:14,072
Your voice was present
and entertaining
299
00:16:14,074 --> 00:16:16,341
but it helped
tell the story,
it didn't become it.
300
00:16:16,343 --> 00:16:18,009
I -- I felt it,
you know, I could tell
301
00:16:18,011 --> 00:16:19,544
when something I wrote
was too clever.
302
00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:22,113
- Was it true?
- Hmm, some of it.
Some, I made up.
303
00:16:22,115 --> 00:16:24,082
Well, you know
what we call that?
304
00:16:24,084 --> 00:16:25,984
- What?
- Writing.
305
00:16:25,986 --> 00:16:27,418
So, how do I
get it published?
306
00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:28,720
Well, that's
a bit ambitious
307
00:16:28,722 --> 00:16:30,355
for your first outing,
don't you think?
308
00:16:30,357 --> 00:16:31,956
Well, a real writer
publishes, right?
309
00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:33,291
That's the only way
to make a living at it.
310
00:16:33,293 --> 00:16:35,226
Oh, wait, let me guess,
your father told you that.
311
00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:36,461
Well, why don't you try
"The New Yorker?"
312
00:16:36,463 --> 00:16:37,996
I'm sure
that would impress him.
313
00:16:37,998 --> 00:16:39,630
I was actually thinking
"Story Magazine."
314
00:16:41,233 --> 00:16:43,034
I love their pieces.
315
00:16:43,036 --> 00:16:44,602
Do you know who the editor
of "Story" is?
316
00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:47,138
Well, yeah. You.
317
00:16:47,140 --> 00:16:50,108
And on behalf of "Story,"
I would like to thank you
for your submission.
318
00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:53,144
Unfortunately, we're going
to decline at this time.
319
00:16:53,146 --> 00:16:57,048
But we do look forward
to reading your
future submissions.
320
00:16:57,050 --> 00:16:59,717
Mr. Salinger, you're about
to learn the second most
important lesson
321
00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:01,519
on having a career
as a writer.
322
00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:03,287
Learning to deal
with rejection.
323
00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:07,558
Well, I'm going straight
to "The New Yorker"
324
00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,127
and they're going to
publish it, and you're
going to be sorry!
325
00:17:09,129 --> 00:17:10,495
I already am!
326
00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:22,273
- Hi, I'm here to --
- Submit a short story.
327
00:17:22,275 --> 00:17:24,175
Fill this out.
Leave your story.
328
00:17:24,177 --> 00:17:25,810
We'll get back to you
in four to six weeks.
329
00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:32,650
This is the...first story
I've ever submitted.
330
00:17:32,652 --> 00:17:34,519
Well, that's
a historic day for us all.
331
00:17:40,325 --> 00:17:42,126
What's the J.D.
stand for?
332
00:17:42,128 --> 00:17:43,561
It's juvenile
delinquent.
333
00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:48,332
Don't write that.
334
00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:51,436
And I wantthose re-writesbefore next week.
335
00:17:51,438 --> 00:17:54,472
And do not get used
to the idea of me
staying for each class
336
00:17:54,474 --> 00:17:57,175
my dinner
plans canceled.
337
00:17:57,177 --> 00:18:00,278
Oh, it's your first
rejection letter.
338
00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,747
You have to
get that framed!
339
00:18:02,749 --> 00:18:04,482
- So, what do I do now?
- You're a writer.
340
00:18:04,484 --> 00:18:05,550
What do you think
you do now?
341
00:18:05,552 --> 00:18:07,085
Write another story?
342
00:18:07,087 --> 00:18:09,153
Yes. And then writeanother one after that.
343
00:18:11,690 --> 00:18:12,757
And then another oneafter that.
344
00:18:14,793 --> 00:18:16,661
And then another oneafter that.
345
00:18:18,063 --> 00:18:20,598
- Okay.
- And then another one
after that!
346
00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:27,105
Perhaps my dreamsof literary triumph
347
00:18:27,107 --> 00:18:29,540
were the delusionsof an egotistical
348
00:18:29,542 --> 00:18:32,443
and overly-ambitiousboy who shouldhave listened
349
00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:35,213
when he was offeredthe chance to bethe king of the bacon.
350
00:18:36,648 --> 00:18:38,549
I could've beena king, Whit.
351
00:18:42,254 --> 00:18:43,888
I don't know
if I'm cut out for this.
352
00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:47,658
Yeah. Maybe you're not.
353
00:18:50,729 --> 00:18:52,697
- You -- you don't
think I am?
- Well..
354
00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:55,766
Let me ask you
a question.
355
00:18:55,768 --> 00:18:58,236
Why do you want
to do this?
356
00:18:58,238 --> 00:19:00,304
Publish?
357
00:19:00,306 --> 00:19:02,140
No.
358
00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:03,674
Be a writer.
359
00:19:03,676 --> 00:19:05,343
Why do you
want to write?
360
00:19:08,647 --> 00:19:10,815
Because I..
361
00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:13,484
I get angry about
a lot of things.
362
00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:15,887
When I'm writing,
I feel like I'm doing
something about it.
363
00:19:15,889 --> 00:19:18,322
Like I'm finally getting
to speak my mind.
364
00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:21,526
You see, Jerry, this is
what you need to be doing
in your writing.
365
00:19:21,528 --> 00:19:24,128
Explore what it is
that makes you angry
366
00:19:24,130 --> 00:19:26,330
and then put that
into a story.
367
00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:28,399
- But --
- No, no, no,
but here's the catch.
368
00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:32,436
You still may
never publish.
369
00:19:32,438 --> 00:19:34,705
- Never?
- Nope.
370
00:19:34,707 --> 00:19:37,241
You may spend
the rest of your life
371
00:19:37,243 --> 00:19:39,810
being rejected.
372
00:19:39,812 --> 00:19:41,612
And now, you have toask yourself a question.
373
00:19:43,148 --> 00:19:47,218
Are you willing
to devote your life
374
00:19:47,220 --> 00:19:49,687
to telling stories
375
00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:52,623
knowing that you may get
nothing in return?
376
00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:58,229
And if the answerto that question is no
377
00:19:58,231 --> 00:20:01,265
well, then, you should
go out there
378
00:20:01,267 --> 00:20:03,801
and find yourself
something else to do
with your life
379
00:20:03,803 --> 00:20:07,271
because you're not
a true writer.
380
00:20:09,408 --> 00:20:11,242
Good day.Thank you very much.
381
00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:19,817
No, no, no, no.
382
00:20:19,819 --> 00:20:21,652
Take your rejections
with you.
383
00:20:46,745 --> 00:20:50,414
Would you look
at this place,
it's beautiful.
384
00:20:50,416 --> 00:20:51,782
You -- you'll find
something else
385
00:20:51,784 --> 00:20:54,418
you like to do,
sonny. You'll see.
386
00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:56,687
And it'll be something
you can actually
make a buck at.
387
00:20:56,689 --> 00:20:58,589
Try not to worry about
anything this week, dear.
388
00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:01,025
It's a vacation,
and you should relax.
389
00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:17,975
[instrumental music]
390
00:21:48,373 --> 00:21:50,941
[music continues]
391
00:21:52,911 --> 00:21:55,813
She had immense eyesthat always seemedin danger
392
00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:58,582
of capsizingin their own innocence.
393
00:21:58,584 --> 00:22:01,719
She was with a smallboy, unmistakablyher brother
394
00:22:01,721 --> 00:22:03,487
and it was only whenhis sister spoke to him
395
00:22:03,489 --> 00:22:04,755
that he came aroundand applied
396
00:22:04,757 --> 00:22:06,924
the small of his backto his chair.
397
00:22:06,926 --> 00:22:08,392
Now, there are two kindsof femme fatale..
398
00:22:08,394 --> 00:22:09,927
The noisy young peopleshe'd invited..
399
00:22:09,929 --> 00:22:12,963
[indistinct chatter]
400
00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:21,372
Jerry, your sister
didn't drive
all the way up here
401
00:22:21,374 --> 00:22:24,041
to watch you write
in a lobby for five days.
402
00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:26,310
Now, put that away
403
00:22:26,312 --> 00:22:30,414
I will, in -- in one hour.
I'm almost done, okay?
404
00:22:30,416 --> 00:22:32,917
What makes you think
you have anything
to say to people?
405
00:22:39,624 --> 00:22:41,826
[scoffs]
Grow up!
406
00:22:47,632 --> 00:22:48,966
[instrumental music]
407
00:22:57,709 --> 00:23:00,578
Oh, Jerry, why don't you,
uh, hang back
for a minute?
408
00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:01,946
Yeah, thanks.
409
00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:09,653
Now that you have made
a true commitment
410
00:23:09,655 --> 00:23:12,957
to your craft,
I think it's time.
411
00:23:12,959 --> 00:23:14,125
Time for what?
412
00:23:17,696 --> 00:23:19,096
For you to be published.
413
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:22,500
In..
414
00:23:27,539 --> 00:23:28,706
[laughing]
415
00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:34,845
This is the first
damned story I gave you.
416
00:23:34,847 --> 00:23:36,147
Oh, I loved itright away.
417
00:23:36,149 --> 00:23:37,815
I just had to be sure
you were a real writer
418
00:23:37,817 --> 00:23:39,016
before I published it.
419
00:23:41,386 --> 00:23:42,553
So..
420
00:23:44,055 --> 00:23:47,558
This is your first check
421
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,059
as a real writer.
422
00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:55,766
Thank you.
423
00:23:56,701 --> 00:23:58,569
Thank you so much.
424
00:23:58,571 --> 00:24:00,104
You're welcome.
Now go write
another story.
425
00:24:03,775 --> 00:24:05,075
- To publishing!
- To publishing!
426
00:24:06,978 --> 00:24:09,413
Oh, your old man
finally impressed?
427
00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:10,848
No, when I showed him
the check, he told me
428
00:24:10,850 --> 00:24:12,783
I could finally afford
a suit to get a real job.
429
00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:14,118
To hell with him.
430
00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:16,487
He's just jealous because
you're a paid writer
431
00:24:16,489 --> 00:24:19,190
he's nothing but a lousy
Jew pig-seller.
432
00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:21,759
You know, he hides
the fact that he's Jewish
from our neighbors?
433
00:24:21,761 --> 00:24:24,128
Always has.
The first phony I ever met
was on the day I was born.
434
00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:31,836
What the hell
are they doing?
435
00:24:31,838 --> 00:24:33,437
The Stork Club
advertises
436
00:24:33,439 --> 00:24:35,005
that Oona comes here
'cause of her dad
437
00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:37,708
but they only photographher drinking milk
438
00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:39,844
because she's underage.
439
00:24:39,846 --> 00:24:41,812
That could be the most
pathetic thing
I've ever seen.
440
00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:43,047
[laughing]
441
00:24:47,152 --> 00:24:49,820
Alright, that's my cue.
442
00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,021
- Going in.
- Ooh!
443
00:24:52,757 --> 00:24:54,492
- Oona.
- Hmm!
444
00:24:54,494 --> 00:24:56,026
So lovely
to see you again.
Carol. Blythe.
445
00:24:56,028 --> 00:24:57,695
- I'm Blythe!
- Great.
446
00:24:57,697 --> 00:24:59,230
If you don't mind,
I'm going to give
447
00:24:59,232 --> 00:25:01,665
the most beautiful girlin the world a twirl.
448
00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:03,000
Alright.
449
00:25:12,143 --> 00:25:14,745
I read your piece
in "Story."
450
00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:17,815
- You read "Story?"
- I read everything.
451
00:25:17,817 --> 00:25:19,183
And what did you think?
452
00:25:21,653 --> 00:25:23,888
I thought
it was marvelous.
453
00:25:23,890 --> 00:25:27,691
No, it was simply
marvelous.
454
00:25:27,693 --> 00:25:29,260
Thank you,
you're without a doubt
455
00:25:29,262 --> 00:25:30,995
the most special girl
I've ever seen.
456
00:25:30,997 --> 00:25:32,863
[laughing]
457
00:25:32,865 --> 00:25:34,965
And you're very handsome
458
00:25:34,967 --> 00:25:36,967
Jerome David Salinger.
459
00:25:49,814 --> 00:25:51,782
- What do you think?- I love it.
460
00:25:51,784 --> 00:25:55,886
Just a few months.
But I don't think
I'll be here much longer.
461
00:25:55,888 --> 00:25:56,887
Why? Where are you
going to go?
462
00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:59,189
Hollywood.
463
00:25:59,191 --> 00:26:01,926
If I want to get
into pictures, that's
the place to be, right?
464
00:26:01,928 --> 00:26:03,861
Yeah.
465
00:26:03,863 --> 00:26:05,195
You know, I -- I used to
want to be an actor.
466
00:26:05,197 --> 00:26:06,964
- Really?
- But I hate Hollywood.
467
00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:09,567
It's a bunch
of jaguar-driving jerks
making crap
468
00:26:09,569 --> 00:26:11,201
for knuckleheads
that can't read.
469
00:26:12,837 --> 00:26:14,204
You're funny.
470
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,241
And you're so talented.
471
00:26:18,944 --> 00:26:20,110
I love talent.
472
00:26:23,281 --> 00:26:25,215
- Don't go to California.
- Why?
473
00:26:25,217 --> 00:26:26,984
I -- I think it's better
if you stay here.
474
00:26:26,986 --> 00:26:29,019
Stay here
and do theatre.
475
00:26:30,855 --> 00:26:32,356
Have you asked your dad
to put you
in any of his plays?
476
00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:35,626
Mnm-mnm.
477
00:26:35,628 --> 00:26:36,660
Why?
478
00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:42,066
We don't speak.
We don't speak very often.
479
00:26:42,068 --> 00:26:43,767
I'm -- I'm sorry.
I didn't..
480
00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:45,769
It's alright.
481
00:26:45,771 --> 00:26:47,905
You know, I haven't
seen him since I was
a little girl, actually.
482
00:26:49,674 --> 00:26:51,842
You know, I don't know
why he doesn't love me.
483
00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:57,081
I never did
anything wrong.
484
00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:02,353
You know, my -- my -- my
dad doesn't
love me either.
485
00:27:11,663 --> 00:27:13,797
- I -- I should -- I
should probably go now.
- Jerry.
486
00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:15,699
- No, I..
- Jerry, you
don't have to.
487
00:27:15,701 --> 00:27:17,034
I.. If I -- if I get back
to my writing
488
00:27:17,036 --> 00:27:18,902
I can get
a lot done tonight.
489
00:27:18,904 --> 00:27:20,170
- Okay.
- Um..
490
00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:23,607
- Do you want to
go dancing, Friday?
- Yes.
491
00:27:23,609 --> 00:27:24,908
- Yes?
- Yes.
492
00:27:24,910 --> 00:27:26,910
- I'd love to.
- Alright, me too.
493
00:27:26,912 --> 00:27:28,278
Okay.
494
00:27:29,881 --> 00:27:31,315
- Good.
- Okay.
495
00:27:40,625 --> 00:27:42,126
That's the thingabout girls.
496
00:27:42,128 --> 00:27:43,761
Every time they dosomething pretty
497
00:27:43,763 --> 00:27:45,229
you fall half in lovewith them.
498
00:27:47,832 --> 00:27:49,366
And then you never knowwhere the hell you are.
499
00:27:52,971 --> 00:27:56,340
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!Hang in there, my love.
500
00:27:56,342 --> 00:27:58,809
I know it can be a slog,
but you've got
to stick out
501
00:27:58,811 --> 00:28:00,411
these dry spells.
502
00:28:00,413 --> 00:28:02,146
Everyone
loves the writing.
503
00:28:02,148 --> 00:28:04,782
I get terrific feedback
every time I submit you.
504
00:28:04,784 --> 00:28:05,983
That's terrific,
but I haven't
505
00:28:05,985 --> 00:28:07,751
had a story published
in eight months.
506
00:28:07,753 --> 00:28:08,952
Well, have you thought
about writing something
507
00:28:08,954 --> 00:28:10,020
with a little more
pop to it?
508
00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:11,722
More "Post"
than "New Yorker?"
509
00:28:11,724 --> 00:28:13,891
No, I hate the "Post,"
it's a bunch
of sentimental crap.
510
00:28:13,893 --> 00:28:15,693
- I know.
- I wanna be
a "New Yorker" writer.
511
00:28:15,695 --> 00:28:18,095
And you will be, but it's
never easy, my love.
512
00:28:18,097 --> 00:28:21,231
And there's no harm
in dumbing it down
once in a while.
513
00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:22,966
We just got to get you
published again.
514
00:28:22,968 --> 00:28:25,169
Publishing
is everything.
515
00:28:25,171 --> 00:28:27,004
Oh, I don't even know
what I should write about.
516
00:28:29,908 --> 00:28:31,308
Oh, Jerry.
517
00:28:33,678 --> 00:28:36,213
First of all,
you need to relax.
518
00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:39,950
You're not gonna
do better work
being so stressed.
519
00:28:39,952 --> 00:28:42,453
Take that pretty
girlfriend of yours
on a date.
520
00:28:42,455 --> 00:28:43,854
Have some fun.
521
00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:48,025
[whispering]
How's it going with her?
522
00:28:48,027 --> 00:28:50,794
[doorbell buzzing]
523
00:28:50,796 --> 00:28:52,396
Hey, Pearl.
524
00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:55,866
I'm sorry, Jerry,
but Oona isn't here.
525
00:28:55,868 --> 00:28:58,902
She left for the Hamptons
this morning.
526
00:28:58,904 --> 00:29:00,704
She did what?
527
00:29:00,706 --> 00:29:02,773
- We had a date.
- You know Oona.
528
00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:08,112
Yeah. Okay. Thanks.
529
00:29:24,262 --> 00:29:27,498
Maybe I'm justnot capableof experiencing happiness
530
00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:29,500
like the fella that worksat a lousy job
531
00:29:29,502 --> 00:29:32,236
and has a pretty wife,and a bunchof stupid kids.
532
00:29:34,239 --> 00:29:36,073
Maybe I didn'tlose my mind at all.
533
00:29:39,177 --> 00:29:41,445
Maybe I never had itin the first place.
534
00:29:58,863 --> 00:30:00,497
You should get
out of here, kid.
535
00:30:11,075 --> 00:30:12,376
He made his wayinto the men's room
536
00:30:12,378 --> 00:30:14,845
and filled both washbowlswith cold water.
537
00:30:14,847 --> 00:30:17,181
"You want a towel,fella?" askedthe piano player.
538
00:30:17,183 --> 00:30:19,216
"Not me," said Holden.
539
00:30:19,218 --> 00:30:21,051
"Why don't yougo home, kid?"
540
00:30:21,053 --> 00:30:22,920
Holden Caulfieldwent on drinking.
541
00:30:22,922 --> 00:30:25,856
Hello, it's me,
Jerry Salinger, I just
wanna speak to Oona.
542
00:30:25,858 --> 00:30:28,959
She's asleep. Why are youcalling so late?
543
00:30:28,961 --> 00:30:31,461
"This is me,Holden Caulfield, can Ispeak to Sally, please?"
544
00:30:31,463 --> 00:30:34,198
It doesn't have
to be anything serious.
545
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:39,903
- You're just
such a phony! You are!
- No. I'm not a phony.
546
00:30:39,905 --> 00:30:41,939
You go to hell!
Don't say that..
547
00:30:46,110 --> 00:30:47,811
- Oona?
- What?
548
00:30:47,813 --> 00:30:49,446
Oona,
can I call you tomorrow?
549
00:30:56,921 --> 00:30:59,289
His teethchattering violently
550
00:30:59,291 --> 00:31:01,191
Holden Caulfieldstood on the corner
551
00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:03,460
and waited forthe Madison Avenue bus.
552
00:31:04,963 --> 00:31:06,430
It was..
553
00:31:08,166 --> 00:31:09,399
...a long wait.
554
00:31:23,448 --> 00:31:25,015
No, we -- we didn't
order champagne.
555
00:31:25,017 --> 00:31:26,583
I did.
556
00:31:26,585 --> 00:31:29,386
I asked you here
so we could celebrate.
557
00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:31,388
Uh, ce -- celebrate
what?
558
00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:33,223
I have some
exciting news.
559
00:31:35,226 --> 00:31:37,494
"The New Yorker" read
"Slight Rebellion
Off Madison."
560
00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:40,297
And they want
to publish it.
561
00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:43,567
- "The New Yorker?"
- Yes!
562
00:31:43,569 --> 00:31:45,402
They love your
Holden Caulfield character
563
00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:48,038
they feel he's
completely original.
564
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,473
I'm so happy
for you, Jerry.
565
00:31:49,475 --> 00:31:50,908
"The New Yorker."
I can't believe it!
566
00:31:50,910 --> 00:31:52,542
Well, believe it,
my love.
567
00:31:53,878 --> 00:31:55,545
To publishing.
568
00:31:55,547 --> 00:31:57,180
It really is everything.
569
00:32:02,954 --> 00:32:05,155
Now, they have
a couple of notes
570
00:32:05,157 --> 00:32:06,323
that they want you
to address.
571
00:32:08,192 --> 00:32:10,427
- Notes?
- Yes.
572
00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:12,896
All writers have togo through thiswith every magazine
573
00:32:12,898 --> 00:32:15,198
and "The New Yorker"
has more notes than most.
574
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,533
They want all their
stories to have
575
00:32:16,535 --> 00:32:18,402
a "New Yorker"
signature to them.
576
00:32:20,571 --> 00:32:22,506
What if I don't want
to do the notes?
577
00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:31,648
They told me their
problems with the story.
578
00:32:31,650 --> 00:32:33,116
Should I tell you?
579
00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:38,388
Sure. Sure. Okay.
Tell me their problems.
580
00:32:38,390 --> 00:32:41,491
First off, they think
Holden's drinking
comes out of nowhere.
581
00:32:41,493 --> 00:32:43,694
They want it to be clearer
he's an alcoholic.
582
00:32:43,696 --> 00:32:46,596
No, but...he's not
an alcoholic, he's..
583
00:32:46,598 --> 00:32:48,465
He's just getting drunk
because he's depressed
about the girl.
584
00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:50,300
Well, they think
that's unclear.
585
00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:53,437
I don't, I think
that's perfectly clear.
586
00:32:53,439 --> 00:32:55,706
Well, maybe you can make
a slight adjustment
587
00:32:55,708 --> 00:32:57,074
so it's not confusing
for some people.
588
00:33:01,045 --> 00:33:02,579
Also, they think it would
be nice if, in the end
589
00:33:02,581 --> 00:33:06,016
Holden and Sally
got back together.
590
00:33:06,018 --> 00:33:08,685
They specifically said
we don't need to see it
591
00:33:08,687 --> 00:33:11,121
we just want the reader
to have a sense that
they'll end up --
592
00:33:11,123 --> 00:33:13,223
But they don't
end up together.
That's not what happens.
593
00:33:13,225 --> 00:33:14,992
- Why not?
- Because people
don't end up together.
594
00:33:14,994 --> 00:33:17,127
It usually
doesn't work out.
595
00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:20,063
Okay, look, I know
in every goddamn story,
and every goddamn magazine
596
00:33:20,065 --> 00:33:22,199
the couple always
falls in love
with a stupid kiss
597
00:33:22,201 --> 00:33:24,067
to make us feel
all warm and fuzzy
598
00:33:24,069 --> 00:33:25,402
and full of
Christmas cheer,
but that's not
599
00:33:25,404 --> 00:33:28,005
what happens
in real life.
600
00:33:28,007 --> 00:33:29,606
Someone always gets
their heart broken
601
00:33:29,608 --> 00:33:31,308
and has a hard time
getting over it.
602
00:33:31,310 --> 00:33:33,243
Sometimes, they drink
603
00:33:33,245 --> 00:33:35,412
because they're upset,
even though they're
not alcoholics.
604
00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:43,387
I just want my writing
to be truthful.
605
00:33:43,389 --> 00:33:44,554
That's all.
606
00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:50,660
So, what would you like me
to tell them?
607
00:33:52,330 --> 00:33:54,297
Tell them I'm very
open to notes
608
00:33:54,299 --> 00:33:56,600
but Holden's not
an alcoholic, and they
don't end up together.
609
00:33:56,602 --> 00:33:58,502
Those are the only
notes, Jerry.
610
00:33:58,504 --> 00:34:00,337
Well, tell them I won't
make those changes.
611
00:34:09,247 --> 00:34:10,547
You're so talented.
612
00:34:17,588 --> 00:34:19,423
Give Oona
a little twirl?
613
00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:29,566
So, get this, I told Oona
about "The New Yorker.."
614
00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:31,802
- And?
- We've already
been out three times.
615
00:34:31,804 --> 00:34:33,770
- To "The New Yorker!"
- To "The New Yorker!"
616
00:34:37,041 --> 00:34:38,475
Did they have any notes?
617
00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:42,412
- Who?
- "The New Yorker."
618
00:34:42,414 --> 00:34:45,315
Did they have any notes
on the story?
619
00:34:45,317 --> 00:34:46,383
No.
620
00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:51,054
Well, I'm not surprised
they loved it.
621
00:34:51,056 --> 00:34:53,290
That Holden character
is fantastic.
622
00:34:53,292 --> 00:34:55,692
It's exactly what
I've been telling you
about digging deeper.
623
00:34:55,694 --> 00:34:57,527
Yeah. Yeah, I -- I felt it
when I was writing him.
624
00:34:57,529 --> 00:34:59,596
It...just flowed out
of me.
625
00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:00,831
I want to keep
writing stories about him.
626
00:35:00,833 --> 00:35:02,332
You should.
627
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:06,536
Well..
628
00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:11,208
Another.
629
00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:14,077
- You okay there, boss?
- Ah..
630
00:35:14,079 --> 00:35:16,213
Well..
631
00:35:16,215 --> 00:35:18,582
Between you and me, things
aren't great at "Story."
632
00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:22,119
Money is tight.
633
00:35:22,121 --> 00:35:24,855
I mean, Martha watches
the finances, and me.
634
00:35:24,857 --> 00:35:27,724
Apparently, I'm still
spending too much money.
635
00:35:27,726 --> 00:35:29,493
You'll have to
shut it down?
636
00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:31,328
No, no, we'll be
alright for now.
637
00:35:33,631 --> 00:35:35,465
But it's been
tough on us.
638
00:35:38,769 --> 00:35:41,371
I got an eye.
639
00:35:41,373 --> 00:35:45,275
I can spot talent
coming a mile away.
640
00:35:45,277 --> 00:35:47,511
Saroyan, Cheever,
Caldwell
641
00:35:47,513 --> 00:35:50,213
I discovered them all.
642
00:35:50,215 --> 00:35:52,415
Of course, it would
be nice if somebody
discovered me.
643
00:35:52,417 --> 00:35:54,417
Hey, come on,
you've been published.
644
00:35:54,419 --> 00:35:56,686
I not only
discovered them
645
00:35:56,688 --> 00:35:58,488
I shaped them.
646
00:35:58,490 --> 00:35:59,789
I challenged them.
647
00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:03,660
This is me.
648
00:36:08,399 --> 00:36:10,233
You should..
649
00:36:10,235 --> 00:36:12,802
...continue to write
about Holden
650
00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:14,838
but not
as a short story.
651
00:36:16,307 --> 00:36:17,607
Well, hang on, wait.
Wait, wait, wait.
652
00:36:17,609 --> 00:36:18,875
What do you mean?
653
00:36:21,646 --> 00:36:23,713
I think Holden Caulfield
is a novel.
654
00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:28,151
No.
655
00:36:28,153 --> 00:36:29,519
No, I -- I couldn't
write a whole novel.
656
00:36:29,521 --> 00:36:31,388
I'm a dash man,
not a miler.
657
00:36:31,390 --> 00:36:33,323
You only say thatbecause you're lazy.
658
00:36:35,426 --> 00:36:36,793
Holden Caulfield..
659
00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:41,865
...deserves an entire
book, all on his own.
660
00:36:44,302 --> 00:36:46,169
Well, a novel
is a lot of words.
661
00:36:46,171 --> 00:36:47,604
It's just more words.
662
00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:53,176
Imagine the book
663
00:36:53,178 --> 00:36:55,545
that you would
want to read.
664
00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:57,581
And then go write it.
665
00:37:12,496 --> 00:37:14,731
[thudding]
666
00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:16,466
[sobbing]
667
00:37:22,707 --> 00:37:24,674
Hey! Mom.
668
00:37:25,676 --> 00:37:26,943
What's wrong?
669
00:37:26,945 --> 00:37:28,478
Mom.
670
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:29,980
Hey, what is it?
671
00:37:29,982 --> 00:37:32,716
What's happened?
672
00:37:32,718 --> 00:37:35,318
We interrupt thisbroadcast to bring youthis important bulletin
673
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:36,987
from the United Press.
674
00:37:36,989 --> 00:37:37,954
We have witnessedthis morning
675
00:37:37,956 --> 00:37:39,789
the attackof Pearl Harbor
676
00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:41,224
and the severe bombing
677
00:37:41,226 --> 00:37:43,493
of Pearl Harborby army planes.
678
00:37:43,495 --> 00:37:44,794
Undoubtedly Japanese.
679
00:37:46,897 --> 00:37:48,965
It's no joke.
680
00:37:48,967 --> 00:37:50,667
It's a real war.
681
00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:56,506
I don't care what you say,
I'm sending you socks
682
00:37:56,508 --> 00:37:58,308
every week, and you had
better wear them.
683
00:37:58,310 --> 00:37:59,676
Please, you'll
embarrass me.
684
00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:01,378
They're gonna supply
everything I need.
685
00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:04,614
Everyone, can I have
your attention, please?
686
00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:07,017
As you all know,
tomorrow morning
687
00:38:07,019 --> 00:38:10,553
our son, Jerry,
is going off to war.
688
00:38:10,555 --> 00:38:12,956
Perhaps this will turn him
into the man
689
00:38:12,958 --> 00:38:16,593
I know he isdestined to become.
690
00:38:16,595 --> 00:38:18,962
And I would liketo propose a toast
691
00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:20,563
to the best student
I've ever had.
692
00:38:20,565 --> 00:38:22,532
To Jerry!
693
00:38:22,534 --> 00:38:24,567
A wonderful writer,
an inspiration
694
00:38:24,569 --> 00:38:26,503
and a great friend.
695
00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:27,904
To Jerry!
696
00:38:27,906 --> 00:38:29,339
- To Jerry!- To Jerry!
697
00:38:34,512 --> 00:38:35,712
This may not be
the best timing
698
00:38:35,714 --> 00:38:37,714
but I have
some bad news.
699
00:38:37,716 --> 00:38:40,583
Really? What?
700
00:38:40,585 --> 00:38:41,918
"The New Yorker"
isn't going to run
701
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,386
the Holden Caulfield
story.
702
00:38:44,855 --> 00:38:46,756
Um, why not?
703
00:38:46,758 --> 00:38:48,024
They think
it's too frivolous
704
00:38:48,026 --> 00:38:49,693
now that we've
entered the war.
705
00:38:52,797 --> 00:38:53,963
I'm sorry, Jerry.
706
00:38:53,965 --> 00:38:55,999
No. It's fine.
707
00:39:09,447 --> 00:39:11,081
Promise you'll
wait for me.
708
00:39:14,318 --> 00:39:15,618
- I promise.
- Really?
709
00:39:19,657 --> 00:39:20,990
Of course, Jerry.
710
00:39:30,601 --> 00:39:34,404
Well, she is an actress.
711
00:39:34,406 --> 00:39:37,807
Hey, hey, mark my words,
I will marry that girl.
712
00:39:37,809 --> 00:39:39,709
Well, it's a good thing
her father is
a comedy writer.
713
00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:40,910
[laughing]
714
00:39:43,581 --> 00:39:46,349
Anyway, how's everything
at the home front
with you?
715
00:39:46,351 --> 00:39:47,951
You, uh, good with Martha?
Chewing your ear?
716
00:39:47,953 --> 00:39:49,419
Everything in my home
is fine
717
00:39:49,421 --> 00:39:51,488
because what you'll learn
about having a wife
718
00:39:51,490 --> 00:39:53,556
is that, occasionally,
she just needs to yell
719
00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:55,825
to feel better.
720
00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:58,361
Oh, and by the way,
I'm awfully sorry
721
00:39:58,363 --> 00:39:59,729
about "The New Yorker."
722
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:04,567
How'd you know
about that?
723
00:40:04,569 --> 00:40:05,735
Oh, please.
724
00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:07,404
They canned
the Caulfield story
725
00:40:07,406 --> 00:40:09,139
because you wouldn't take
any of their notes.
726
00:40:09,141 --> 00:40:11,374
You know, you cannot be
a pain in the ass
727
00:40:11,376 --> 00:40:13,042
until you're a success.
728
00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:15,111
Oh, yeah?
729
00:40:15,113 --> 00:40:16,780
Well, to hell
with "The New Yorker."
You know what?
730
00:40:16,782 --> 00:40:18,648
I'll put it in
an anthology
with the other short --
731
00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:20,383
No, no, no! Don't do that!
Don't do that!
732
00:40:20,385 --> 00:40:22,485
Don't do that
to Holden Caulfield!
733
00:40:22,487 --> 00:40:23,753
He deserves a novel!
734
00:40:25,156 --> 00:40:26,689
- You really think so?
- I know so!
735
00:40:26,691 --> 00:40:28,658
He's a fantastic
character.
736
00:40:30,528 --> 00:40:31,828
Listen to me.
737
00:40:31,830 --> 00:40:33,963
While you're over there,
you know, uh
738
00:40:33,965 --> 00:40:36,032
getting the clap from
all those French whores
739
00:40:36,034 --> 00:40:38,101
do me a favor..
740
00:40:38,103 --> 00:40:40,170
I want you to
write about him.
741
00:40:40,172 --> 00:40:43,072
I want Holden Caulfield
to be your best friend.
742
00:40:44,475 --> 00:40:45,608
And listen to me.
743
00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:47,544
Stay alive! Alright?
744
00:40:47,546 --> 00:40:49,646
Stay alive!
745
00:40:49,648 --> 00:40:50,814
No matter what!
746
00:41:06,096 --> 00:41:09,566
After I enlistedin the army, I bouncedfrom base to base
747
00:41:09,568 --> 00:41:11,067
until they finallyshipped me offto England.
748
00:41:14,738 --> 00:41:16,473
I knew army foodwould be bad
749
00:41:16,475 --> 00:41:18,141
but they promised usa steak dinner
750
00:41:18,143 --> 00:41:19,976
the night beforethe big invasion.
751
00:41:23,681 --> 00:41:26,082
I just couldn't startthe Caulfield novel.
752
00:41:26,084 --> 00:41:27,917
That's why I keptsending you short stories
753
00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:29,886
for the anthologyI was writing instead.
754
00:41:31,555 --> 00:41:34,190
I had never writtenanything so personal.
755
00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:36,793
That's why he wasa first-person character.
756
00:41:36,795 --> 00:41:38,895
I didn't want tobegin Holden's story
757
00:41:38,897 --> 00:41:41,064
because I was scaredI wouldn't livelong enough to finish it.
758
00:41:52,910 --> 00:41:54,277
[dramatic music]
759
00:42:12,563 --> 00:42:15,064
Hey, Jerry.
How's your girlfriend?
760
00:42:15,066 --> 00:42:16,199
I wish they'd all just
forget about it.
761
00:42:16,201 --> 00:42:18,535
- Bye, lover boy.
- Come on, Jerry.
762
00:42:18,537 --> 00:42:19,903
You're the first guy
to ever get dumped
on the front page
763
00:42:19,905 --> 00:42:21,671
of every newspaper
in the country.
764
00:42:21,673 --> 00:42:23,506
It's pretty nuts.
765
00:42:23,508 --> 00:42:25,808
Chaplin's old enough
to be her father.
766
00:42:25,810 --> 00:42:27,610
Well, what can I say?
Everyone loves
that little tramp.
767
00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:32,215
In a scandal that hasrocked the nation
768
00:42:32,217 --> 00:42:34,551
the biggest movie starin the world,Charlie Chaplin
769
00:42:34,553 --> 00:42:36,986
has marriedthe 18-year-old daughterof famed playwright
770
00:42:36,988 --> 00:42:40,156
Eugene O'Neill,who has declared thatshe has finally met
771
00:42:40,158 --> 00:42:41,691
her true love.
772
00:42:47,298 --> 00:42:48,698
[Oona chuckles]
773
00:43:02,913 --> 00:43:04,614
It's just more words.
774
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:18,027
"Holden Caulfield,"she said.
775
00:43:18,029 --> 00:43:21,264
"It's marvelous tosee you. It's been ages."
776
00:43:21,266 --> 00:43:23,866
She had one of thosevery loud,embarrassing voices
777
00:43:23,868 --> 00:43:25,835
when youmet her somewhere.
778
00:43:25,837 --> 00:43:28,104
She got away with itbecause she wasso damned good-looking
779
00:43:28,106 --> 00:43:30,840
but it always gave mea pain in the ass.
780
00:43:30,842 --> 00:43:32,275
"It's swell to see you,"I said.
781
00:43:32,277 --> 00:43:33,876
I meant it too.
782
00:43:33,878 --> 00:43:35,111
"How are you, anyway?"
783
00:43:35,113 --> 00:43:37,680
"Grand," she said.
784
00:43:37,682 --> 00:43:40,183
If there is one wordI hate, it's grand.
785
00:43:40,185 --> 00:43:41,851
It's so phony.
786
00:44:07,044 --> 00:44:10,947
This is a momentoushour in worldhistory. D-Day.
787
00:44:10,949 --> 00:44:13,116
The men of GeneralDwight D. Eisenhower
788
00:44:13,118 --> 00:44:16,653
are fighting theirway up the beachesin fire and blood
789
00:44:16,655 --> 00:44:19,756
into the fortressof Nazi Europe.
790
00:44:19,758 --> 00:44:21,891
Casualties in thismammoth operation
791
00:44:21,893 --> 00:44:23,760
may reacha dreadful toll.
792
00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:39,842
[sighs]
793
00:44:46,884 --> 00:44:49,852
I had stormed Normandywith six chaptersin my back.
794
00:44:49,854 --> 00:44:51,387
And I'd be lyingif I didn't tell you
795
00:44:51,389 --> 00:44:54,691
Holden got me throughsome rough spells.
796
00:44:54,693 --> 00:44:56,225
He gave me somethingto focus on
797
00:44:56,227 --> 00:44:58,061
when things weren'tgoing so hot.
798
00:45:01,198 --> 00:45:04,801
That's one of the thingsI love the mostabout writing.
799
00:45:04,803 --> 00:45:06,836
Your mind keeps onworking on your stories
800
00:45:06,838 --> 00:45:08,705
whether you've got a penor a gun in your hand.
801
00:45:10,841 --> 00:45:12,875
It just neverstops creating.
802
00:45:12,877 --> 00:45:13,976
[explosion]
803
00:45:13,978 --> 00:45:15,378
[screaming]
804
00:45:18,248 --> 00:45:19,348
Fire!
805
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:22,885
Careful!
806
00:45:22,887 --> 00:45:24,287
Hey, you okay?
807
00:45:24,289 --> 00:45:26,355
You gotta shoot me!
Shoot me!
808
00:45:31,695 --> 00:45:32,795
[groans]
809
00:45:34,364 --> 00:45:35,398
[groans]
810
00:45:39,169 --> 00:45:40,269
Hey, hey..
811
00:45:43,807 --> 00:45:46,442
[screaming]
812
00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:54,884
I did everything I couldto keep on writing.
813
00:45:54,886 --> 00:45:55,918
I really did.
814
00:45:58,188 --> 00:46:00,890
No pen. No typewriter.To hell with them.
815
00:46:03,193 --> 00:46:05,394
I kept on tellingHolden's story
816
00:46:05,396 --> 00:46:08,097
even if it wasonly to myself.
817
00:46:08,099 --> 00:46:10,399
I thought I'd get
pneumonia, and then
I'd probably die.
818
00:46:15,506 --> 00:46:17,874
M -- millions of..
819
00:46:17,876 --> 00:46:20,877
...j -- jer -- jerks
at my funer..
820
00:46:20,879 --> 00:46:22,345
f -- funeral.
821
00:46:31,789 --> 00:46:33,222
[footsteps approaching]
822
00:46:34,057 --> 00:46:36,993
Jerry! Jerry!
823
00:46:36,995 --> 00:46:38,361
You're gonna bealright, okay?
824
00:46:38,363 --> 00:46:41,030
Alright? You just got to
warm up a bit, okay?
825
00:46:41,032 --> 00:46:43,199
Come on. Here we go.
826
00:46:43,201 --> 00:46:45,101
Alright.
827
00:46:45,103 --> 00:46:47,904
Hey. Hey, you just
got to warm up.
828
00:46:47,906 --> 00:46:48,905
Okay?
829
00:46:48,907 --> 00:46:50,006
Hey.
830
00:46:51,809 --> 00:46:54,443
How about the socks
your mom sent you?
831
00:46:54,445 --> 00:46:56,512
She's a smart lady,
Jer, alright?
832
00:46:56,514 --> 00:46:57,847
Take 'em.
833
00:46:57,849 --> 00:46:59,215
They'll keep you
warm, alright.
834
00:46:59,217 --> 00:47:00,383
Okay?
835
00:47:00,385 --> 00:47:01,551
I'm not going anywhere.
836
00:47:09,193 --> 00:47:12,228
[grunting]
837
00:47:36,153 --> 00:47:39,188
[instrumental music]
838
00:48:08,518 --> 00:48:11,554
[music continues]
839
00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:51,460
Jerry?
840
00:48:53,196 --> 00:48:54,230
Jerry?
841
00:49:04,942 --> 00:49:07,310
Jerry? Can you hear me?
842
00:49:07,312 --> 00:49:10,046
Jerry, I want you
to look at me.
843
00:49:10,048 --> 00:49:11,681
Could you look
at me, Jerry?
844
00:49:13,283 --> 00:49:15,217
Jerry.
845
00:49:15,219 --> 00:49:17,053
Squeeze my hand
if you can hear me.
846
00:49:18,522 --> 00:49:19,555
Alright..
847
00:49:28,598 --> 00:49:30,199
[sighing]
848
00:49:52,622 --> 00:49:54,490
[dramatic music]
849
00:49:58,662 --> 00:50:02,565
I'm truly sorryyou wasted all thattime on me.
850
00:50:02,567 --> 00:50:04,233
But you gotta believe mewhen I tell you
851
00:50:04,235 --> 00:50:05,501
I have nothingleft to say..
852
00:50:07,471 --> 00:50:09,305
...aboutHolden Caulfield
853
00:50:09,307 --> 00:50:11,207
or anything else,for that matter.
854
00:50:12,142 --> 00:50:14,143
Sincerely yours
855
00:50:14,145 --> 00:50:15,544
Jerry Salinger.
856
00:50:18,648 --> 00:50:21,350
[doorbell ringing]
He's here!
857
00:50:21,352 --> 00:50:22,651
- Is he still crazy?
- Shh!
858
00:50:22,653 --> 00:50:24,387
Welcome home, sonny!
859
00:50:24,389 --> 00:50:26,222
All the way homefrom Germany!
860
00:50:32,162 --> 00:50:33,329
Hey, mom.
861
00:50:38,101 --> 00:50:40,469
- Doris, hey.- Jerry.
862
00:50:43,073 --> 00:50:44,106
Hey.
863
00:50:48,545 --> 00:50:50,346
Uh, this is my wife.
864
00:50:50,348 --> 00:50:51,747
Sylvia.
865
00:50:55,552 --> 00:50:57,553
Well, this is
my mom, Miriam.
866
00:51:02,459 --> 00:51:05,227
This is my sister,
Doris.
867
00:51:05,229 --> 00:51:07,196
And that'smy father, Sol.
868
00:51:07,198 --> 00:51:08,230
Hello.
869
00:51:21,144 --> 00:51:23,412
So, sonny,
you were, uh..
870
00:51:23,414 --> 00:51:26,115
You were interrogating
Nazis after the war?
871
00:51:26,117 --> 00:51:27,683
Yeah, yeah, we were
trying to find out
872
00:51:27,685 --> 00:51:29,552
where all the Nazis
were hiding.
873
00:51:29,554 --> 00:51:31,120
That sounds exciting.
874
00:51:40,163 --> 00:51:43,132
So, Sylvia,
what do you do?
875
00:51:43,134 --> 00:51:44,600
She's a rodeo clown.
876
00:51:51,675 --> 00:51:53,175
It's a joke.
877
00:51:55,412 --> 00:51:57,646
I'm an ophthalmologist
by trade.
878
00:51:57,648 --> 00:52:00,249
Before the war.
879
00:52:00,251 --> 00:52:02,451
When did you two
get married?
880
00:52:02,453 --> 00:52:04,453
About six months ago.
881
00:52:04,455 --> 00:52:07,690
Oh. That's when you
stopped responding
to our letters.
882
00:52:09,126 --> 00:52:10,392
I know.
883
00:52:10,394 --> 00:52:12,495
Well, I..
884
00:52:12,497 --> 00:52:14,763
I haven't written a word
in over a year.
885
00:52:14,765 --> 00:52:16,765
Well, I hope you're gonna
write stories again.
886
00:52:19,302 --> 00:52:21,403
Maybe after Whit publishes
"The Young Folks"
anthology.
887
00:52:21,405 --> 00:52:23,239
It's the only reason
why I came home.
888
00:52:27,811 --> 00:52:29,845
And to see all of you.
889
00:52:37,154 --> 00:52:38,787
[instrumental music]
890
00:52:53,770 --> 00:52:56,539
[no audio]
891
00:53:02,245 --> 00:53:04,647
Most of these, I wrote
before I went to Europe
892
00:53:04,649 --> 00:53:06,916
but a few, I wrote
during the war.
893
00:53:06,918 --> 00:53:08,450
And what about
the Caulfield novel?
894
00:53:08,452 --> 00:53:09,752
Where are you with that?
895
00:53:09,754 --> 00:53:11,654
About halfway.
896
00:53:11,656 --> 00:53:13,489
When do you think
you're gonna finish?
897
00:53:14,191 --> 00:53:15,291
I just..
898
00:53:15,293 --> 00:53:16,825
I can't work
on it anymore.
899
00:53:16,827 --> 00:53:19,195
- Why not?
- It brings back
too many memories..
900
00:53:19,197 --> 00:53:21,697
I want to forget it all.
901
00:53:21,699 --> 00:53:23,732
Well, have you
written anything
since you got back?
902
00:53:26,303 --> 00:53:27,670
I tried, I ju..
903
00:53:28,772 --> 00:53:30,372
I just can't do it.
904
00:53:32,175 --> 00:53:34,710
Well, we'll publish
your anthology
905
00:53:34,712 --> 00:53:37,246
and I'll bet before long
you'll be back
at that typewriter.
906
00:53:38,415 --> 00:53:41,617
I hope so.
907
00:53:41,619 --> 00:53:43,586
I'm not gettingenough sleep, so it'shard to concentrate.
908
00:53:43,588 --> 00:53:45,721
And sometimes, I..
909
00:53:45,723 --> 00:53:49,258
I wake up, and I'm -- I'm
s -- screaming.
910
00:53:49,260 --> 00:53:51,760
Well, these are
all very common
post-war symptoms, Jerry.
911
00:53:51,762 --> 00:53:52,795
Okay?
912
00:53:54,297 --> 00:53:57,800
And have you been
painting, at all?
913
00:54:00,737 --> 00:54:03,272
No. No, 'cause I'm not
a painter, I'm a writer.
914
00:54:03,274 --> 00:54:04,707
Yes.
915
00:54:04,709 --> 00:54:07,376
Yes, of course. Writer.
916
00:54:07,378 --> 00:54:08,978
No, with the nightmares,
I just..
917
00:54:08,980 --> 00:54:11,714
[sighs]
918
00:54:11,716 --> 00:54:14,783
Sometimes, I have
flashbacks of the camps
during the day too.
919
00:54:16,553 --> 00:54:18,988
It's almost like
I'm there.
I can smell..
920
00:54:18,990 --> 00:54:21,257
Is there anything
I can do for that?
921
00:54:21,259 --> 00:54:23,359
No, these are all
very common occurrences
922
00:54:23,361 --> 00:54:25,527
from soldiers
returning from combat.
923
00:54:25,529 --> 00:54:27,363
It's just a phase.
924
00:54:27,365 --> 00:54:28,897
Alright?
925
00:54:34,771 --> 00:54:37,806
[instrumental music]
926
00:54:56,626 --> 00:54:57,660
Hey.
927
00:54:58,862 --> 00:55:00,663
Hello.
928
00:55:00,665 --> 00:55:02,831
So, you've been
drinking?
929
00:55:02,833 --> 00:55:05,434
No. No, I haven't touched
a drop in years.
930
00:55:05,436 --> 00:55:07,503
Oh, that's right. You
joined a temperance union.
931
00:55:07,505 --> 00:55:10,005
Joined? You mean,
started.
932
00:55:10,007 --> 00:55:13,676
I also joined
the divorce union.
933
00:55:13,678 --> 00:55:16,378
Well, kind of more...
annulled, if you want to
get technical about it.
934
00:55:16,380 --> 00:55:18,814
- What happened?
- Something that
never should've.
935
00:55:18,816 --> 00:55:20,582
I think she might
be a Nazi.
936
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:24,486
[whispering]
Are you serious?
937
00:55:24,488 --> 00:55:25,888
[Jerry chuckles]
938
00:55:25,890 --> 00:55:28,290
I don't know. Maybe.
939
00:55:28,292 --> 00:55:29,391
I ju..
940
00:55:32,562 --> 00:55:34,663
Well, now see,
that is something
you should write about.
941
00:55:34,665 --> 00:55:35,831
Have you
started up again?
942
00:55:37,033 --> 00:55:39,468
No, um..
943
00:55:39,470 --> 00:55:41,970
You know...I think once
the anthology is published
944
00:55:41,972 --> 00:55:43,572
that'll hopefully
get me going again.
945
00:55:44,441 --> 00:55:45,941
[sighs]
946
00:55:47,744 --> 00:55:49,411
What?
947
00:55:49,413 --> 00:55:51,413
The anthology has
just turned out to be..
948
00:55:52,982 --> 00:55:54,817
...a little
more complicated
than I thought.
949
00:55:57,053 --> 00:55:58,754
How?
950
00:55:58,756 --> 00:56:00,489
Well, you know we don't
publish on our own
951
00:56:00,491 --> 00:56:01,757
we don't have the money
for it, so we have this
952
00:56:01,759 --> 00:56:03,859
relationship with
Lippincott to finance
953
00:56:03,861 --> 00:56:06,528
the long form, and..
954
00:56:06,530 --> 00:56:08,864
They've rejected
the book.
955
00:56:08,866 --> 00:56:10,999
They -- they don't
want to publish it.
956
00:56:11,001 --> 00:56:13,035
So, y -- you're not
going to publish
"The Young Folks" --
957
00:56:13,037 --> 00:56:16,739
I -- I nearly ended
the relationship with --
958
00:56:16,741 --> 00:56:18,073
You nearly ended
the relationship?
959
00:56:18,075 --> 00:56:20,576
How nearly brave of you
that must have been!
960
00:56:20,578 --> 00:56:22,411
- Come on.
- No. No, no, that
means a lot to me.
961
00:56:22,413 --> 00:56:24,847
I mean, you know
that was the only reason
962
00:56:24,849 --> 00:56:26,949
I came back from Germany.
You knew how much
it meant to me.
963
00:56:26,951 --> 00:56:29,051
- How much I needed that!
- At least it
brought you home.
964
00:56:29,053 --> 00:56:30,652
I didn't want
to come home!
965
00:56:30,654 --> 00:56:32,821
Jerry, I'm sorry,
there's nothing
I can do, alright?
966
00:56:32,823 --> 00:56:34,623
I went to war
with these guys over this.
967
00:56:34,625 --> 00:56:37,659
War? War?
968
00:56:37,661 --> 00:56:39,128
- War? You went to war
with these guys?
- I'm sorry.
969
00:56:39,130 --> 00:56:41,463
No, that was a bad
choice of words.
I didn't mean --
970
00:56:41,465 --> 00:56:43,065
- I landed on D-Day!
- I understand --
971
00:56:43,067 --> 00:56:45,567
No, no, no, no, no.
You have no idea.
972
00:56:45,569 --> 00:56:47,936
I'm only alive because
we missed our landing
by a thousand yards.
973
00:56:47,938 --> 00:56:49,138
But I saw them
all get killed.
974
00:56:49,140 --> 00:56:51,607
I saw every single
one of them get killed!
975
00:56:51,609 --> 00:56:53,642
- I should be dead too.
I shouldn't be here.
- Jerry, I'm sorry.
976
00:56:53,644 --> 00:56:57,045
Don't sit there
and tell me how
you fought for this!
977
00:56:57,047 --> 00:56:58,881
You are a liar!
You're a goddamn liar!
978
00:56:58,883 --> 00:57:00,549
And I never want to
see you again!
979
00:57:05,455 --> 00:57:06,922
Jerry!
980
00:57:22,939 --> 00:57:24,173
Hey, mister.
981
00:57:25,809 --> 00:57:27,643
I have a question
for you.
982
00:57:29,179 --> 00:57:30,646
Where do you think
the ducks go in the winter
983
00:57:30,648 --> 00:57:32,481
when the pond
freezes over?
984
00:57:34,117 --> 00:57:36,218
I'm sorry, pal,
I ain't got no idea.
985
00:57:40,890 --> 00:57:42,958
Hey, you, uh,
do you wanna smoke?
986
00:57:44,027 --> 00:57:46,195
Yeah, thank you.
987
00:57:46,197 --> 00:57:48,163
Hey, you want a,
you want a nip?
988
00:57:48,165 --> 00:57:50,499
Don't mind if I do.
989
00:57:50,501 --> 00:57:52,701
- Have you got a light?
- I think I do.
990
00:57:53,736 --> 00:57:55,771
[Jerry groans]
991
00:57:58,208 --> 00:57:59,875
Hey! Hey! I'm a veteran!
992
00:57:59,877 --> 00:58:01,910
I'm a veteran,
goddammit! Stop..
993
00:58:05,215 --> 00:58:06,715
[indistinct chatter]
994
00:58:13,556 --> 00:58:16,191
[instrumental music]
995
00:58:37,914 --> 00:58:40,949
[people humming]
996
00:58:56,900 --> 00:58:58,200
What are you all doing?
997
00:59:05,775 --> 00:59:08,810
[instrumental music]
998
00:59:32,769 --> 00:59:35,070
I keep having nightmares
about the war,
almost every night.
999
00:59:37,006 --> 00:59:38,840
Sometimes,
I wake up screaming.
1000
00:59:40,243 --> 00:59:42,744
And you also see it
during the day.
1001
00:59:47,951 --> 00:59:49,618
How'd you know?
1002
00:59:49,620 --> 00:59:51,787
Before I studied
the teachings
of Ramakrishna
1003
00:59:51,789 --> 00:59:55,557
I was a Freedom Fighter
in India against
the British.
1004
00:59:55,559 --> 00:59:58,694
It was the violence
I witnessed that led me
on the same path
1005
00:59:58,696 --> 01:00:01,630
that has led you to me.
1006
01:00:01,632 --> 01:00:03,732
Do you think
the nightmares
will ever go away?
1007
01:00:03,734 --> 01:00:06,234
Oh, yes.
1008
01:00:06,236 --> 01:00:09,237
But first, you must heal
from the violence
that has been inflicted
1009
01:00:09,239 --> 01:00:11,106
upon your soul.
1010
01:00:11,108 --> 01:00:12,908
But how?
1011
01:00:12,910 --> 01:00:14,109
Right.
1012
01:00:16,079 --> 01:00:18,246
Our religion
consists of meditation
1013
01:00:18,248 --> 01:00:20,983
on the spirit
of full consciousness.
1014
01:00:20,985 --> 01:00:22,818
Come. Remove your shoes.
1015
01:00:25,154 --> 01:00:27,322
This is how we will
begin to heal the pain.
1016
01:00:27,324 --> 01:00:29,825
Those are very
handsome shoes.
1017
01:00:29,827 --> 01:00:31,760
Thank you.
1018
01:00:31,762 --> 01:00:33,128
Come. Sit.
1019
01:00:36,766 --> 01:00:39,267
Very good.
Now, close your eyes.
1020
01:00:42,372 --> 01:00:44,940
It's alright.
It won't hurt you.
1021
01:00:48,911 --> 01:00:52,681
Ultimate realityis an all-pervading..
1022
01:00:52,683 --> 01:00:54,816
...uncreated..
1023
01:00:54,818 --> 01:00:56,885
...self-luminous..
1024
01:00:56,887 --> 01:00:59,621
...eternal spirit.
1025
01:00:59,623 --> 01:01:01,256
It is the consciousnessthat animates
1026
01:01:01,258 --> 01:01:03,392
all conscious beings.
1027
01:01:06,963 --> 01:01:09,998
[instrumental music]
1028
01:01:30,386 --> 01:01:33,021
I, I try to write.
1029
01:01:33,023 --> 01:01:35,991
Every day, I sitat the typewriter,but I can't start.
1030
01:01:35,993 --> 01:01:38,994
What do you think about
when you stare
at the blank page?
1031
01:01:41,264 --> 01:01:43,331
Well, that it
won't be good.
1032
01:01:43,333 --> 01:01:45,167
That I've lostmy talent.
1033
01:01:45,169 --> 01:01:47,202
So, what if you have?
1034
01:01:50,139 --> 01:01:51,373
Then I shouldn't write.
1035
01:01:51,375 --> 01:01:54,042
You write to show off
your talent?
1036
01:01:54,044 --> 01:01:56,278
Or to express
what's in your heart?
1037
01:02:06,723 --> 01:02:08,457
I finallystarted yesterday.
1038
01:02:08,459 --> 01:02:10,792
- Good.
- No, it wasn't good.
1039
01:02:10,794 --> 01:02:13,195
I mean, the writing
was terrible, and I
only managed one page.
1040
01:02:15,398 --> 01:02:16,898
Then what happened?
1041
01:02:21,971 --> 01:02:24,072
Did you enjoy it?
1042
01:02:24,074 --> 01:02:26,341
- Writing?
- No, ripping up the page.
1043
01:02:28,711 --> 01:02:30,112
Yeah.
1044
01:02:42,225 --> 01:02:44,259
I ripped up
five pages yesterday.
1045
01:02:46,028 --> 01:02:47,395
Sounds like fun.
1046
01:02:47,397 --> 01:02:50,432
[instrumental music]
1047
01:03:20,429 --> 01:03:23,265
[music continues]
1048
01:03:23,267 --> 01:03:25,167
Seymour Glass.
1049
01:03:27,236 --> 01:03:31,072
"Are you goingin the water,Seymour Glass?" she said.
1050
01:03:31,074 --> 01:03:34,309
He suddenlygot to his feet.He looked at the ocean.
1051
01:03:34,311 --> 01:03:35,944
"I'll tell youwhat we'll do.
1052
01:03:35,946 --> 01:03:37,913
"We'll see if we cancatch a bananafish.
1053
01:03:40,183 --> 01:03:42,350
This is a perfect dayfor bananafish."
1054
01:03:52,862 --> 01:03:54,196
[knock on door]
1055
01:03:56,833 --> 01:03:59,601
Well, I love what you've
done with the place.
1056
01:04:03,105 --> 01:04:04,940
You're writing again?
1057
01:04:04,942 --> 01:04:06,041
Mm-hmm.
1058
01:04:07,243 --> 01:04:09,578
The Caulfield novel?
1059
01:04:09,580 --> 01:04:11,980
Uh, no. No,
I -- I tried.
1060
01:04:11,982 --> 01:04:13,381
- But..
- Thank you.
1061
01:04:13,383 --> 01:04:15,317
You know,
it's just some..
1062
01:04:15,319 --> 01:04:18,186
...short stories,
I've been working on them.
1063
01:04:18,188 --> 01:04:19,588
They're not very good,
but at least
I'm getting pages done.
1064
01:04:19,590 --> 01:04:21,857
Well, that's why
I'm here.
1065
01:04:21,859 --> 01:04:24,392
You remember that story
that "The New Yorker"
was going to publish?
1066
01:04:24,394 --> 01:04:26,261
"Slight Rebellion
Off Madison."
1067
01:04:26,263 --> 01:04:28,096
My first
Caulfield story.
1068
01:04:28,098 --> 01:04:30,131
Well, they've been
reviewing all their
past submissions
1069
01:04:30,133 --> 01:04:32,901
from before the war,
and they are considering
publishing it.
1070
01:04:32,903 --> 01:04:34,302
Really?
1071
01:04:34,304 --> 01:04:36,838
- Yes, really.- Oh.
1072
01:04:36,840 --> 01:04:38,139
I don't know
if you remember
1073
01:04:38,141 --> 01:04:40,008
but they had
specific notes
1074
01:04:40,010 --> 01:04:42,611
you didn't want to take.
1075
01:04:42,613 --> 01:04:44,880
And if you want them
to publish it
1076
01:04:44,882 --> 01:04:46,448
you're going to have to
make their changes.
1077
01:04:49,151 --> 01:04:52,020
Oh, come on,
at least hear them out.
1078
01:04:53,122 --> 01:04:54,956
Publishing
is everything.
1079
01:04:58,094 --> 01:05:01,296
Well, "The New Yorker"
holds a special place
in American literature
1080
01:05:01,298 --> 01:05:05,066
and it's important to us
that our stories
have a uniform vision.
1081
01:05:05,068 --> 01:05:07,168
We want the reader to be
able to read a story
1082
01:05:07,170 --> 01:05:10,338
and know that
it could only run
in "The New Yorker."
1083
01:05:10,340 --> 01:05:12,540
Well, that's exactly
what I don't want.
1084
01:05:12,542 --> 01:05:15,477
You don't want
to be...published
in "The New Yorker?"
1085
01:05:15,479 --> 01:05:18,346
No. No, I love
"The New Yorker."
1086
01:05:18,348 --> 01:05:21,483
I just don't want
to write stories
like everyone else.
1087
01:05:21,485 --> 01:05:23,652
You know, the war hero
doesn't always
get a parade.
1088
01:05:25,388 --> 01:05:27,989
Sometimes, he blows
his head off.
1089
01:05:27,991 --> 01:05:30,558
I want to create
a new form of writing
1090
01:05:30,560 --> 01:05:33,194
a modern form
about modern society
1091
01:05:33,196 --> 01:05:35,563
in which the pain
of our existence
1092
01:05:35,565 --> 01:05:37,666
is laid out truthfully
for everyone to see.
1093
01:05:43,105 --> 01:05:44,272
I'll make
a deal with you.
1094
01:05:44,274 --> 01:05:45,607
If you try the notes
1095
01:05:45,609 --> 01:05:48,977
and don't feel they make
your story better
1096
01:05:48,979 --> 01:05:50,645
then I'll submit
your original version.
1097
01:05:50,647 --> 01:05:53,248
I don't want
Holden and Sally
to end up together.
1098
01:05:53,250 --> 01:05:55,483
That's not what happens
in real life,
at least not in my life.
1099
01:05:55,485 --> 01:05:58,119
Well, that's fine.
It was just
a thought we had.
1100
01:05:58,121 --> 01:06:00,488
I thought it was
a big sticking point
for you.
1101
01:06:00,490 --> 01:06:03,124
Not if you feel thatit destroys the integrityof the piece.
1102
01:06:03,126 --> 01:06:05,293
Look, Jerry, I'm not
trying to take
your story over
1103
01:06:05,295 --> 01:06:07,996
or write it for you.
1104
01:06:07,998 --> 01:06:11,566
You have
a wonderful voice,
but you over-explain.
1105
01:06:11,568 --> 01:06:13,568
You know, trust that
the reader is going
to understand you.
1106
01:06:16,038 --> 01:06:18,540
What do you mean
I over-explain?
1107
01:06:18,542 --> 01:06:21,576
[instrumental music]
1108
01:06:36,225 --> 01:06:37,425
It's better.
1109
01:06:39,628 --> 01:06:42,197
Your notes worked.
Thanks.
1110
01:06:42,199 --> 01:06:44,532
You're welcome.
1111
01:06:44,534 --> 01:06:46,735
I'll submit it to
Harold Ross and the team.
1112
01:06:46,737 --> 01:06:48,570
It should take a few weeks
to get an answer.
1113
01:06:53,442 --> 01:06:56,011
I wanted to give you
another story I wrote.
1114
01:06:58,347 --> 01:07:00,382
I thought you could
help me make it better.
1115
01:07:02,051 --> 01:07:04,719
Well, shouldn't
"Bananafish," be
two wor --
1116
01:07:04,721 --> 01:07:08,023
- No, it has to be one.
- Why?
1117
01:07:08,025 --> 01:07:09,657
Because two words would
make too much sense.
1118
01:07:14,430 --> 01:07:16,464
Dear Jerry, I've sent youseveral letters
1119
01:07:16,466 --> 01:07:19,134
but you never respond.
1120
01:07:19,136 --> 01:07:22,337
I hope you believe mewhen I tell you therewas nothing I could do.
1121
01:07:22,339 --> 01:07:25,073
I begged themto publish it,I really did.
1122
01:07:25,075 --> 01:07:27,542
And now I'm beggingfor your forgiveness.
1123
01:07:27,544 --> 01:07:29,210
Because I -- I truly..
1124
01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:33,548
I've read several
of your stories
1125
01:07:33,550 --> 01:07:37,452
and they're very
impressive
for someone your age.
1126
01:07:39,255 --> 01:07:41,589
My writing changed
a lot after the war.
1127
01:07:41,591 --> 01:07:44,259
The war changed
a lot of writers.
1128
01:07:44,261 --> 01:07:45,527
The ones that survived.
1129
01:07:48,697 --> 01:07:51,733
Jerry, I brought you here
today because I wanted
to tell you personally
1130
01:07:51,735 --> 01:07:53,568
that "The New Yorker"
would like to publish you.
1131
01:07:58,741 --> 01:08:00,675
Uh, which -- which
story?
1132
01:08:03,245 --> 01:08:04,479
All of them.
1133
01:08:07,083 --> 01:08:09,451
All of them?
1134
01:08:09,453 --> 01:08:11,686
I would liketo offer you afirst rejection contract.
1135
01:08:11,688 --> 01:08:13,488
We'll pay you
a handsome yearly salary
1136
01:08:13,490 --> 01:08:16,791
and in return,
we get to read
all of your stories first.
1137
01:08:16,793 --> 01:08:19,060
The ones
we don't publish
1138
01:08:19,062 --> 01:08:21,362
you're free to sell
to other magazines.
1139
01:08:21,364 --> 01:08:23,531
It's the most
prestigious contract
in American publishing.
1140
01:08:24,834 --> 01:08:26,468
Congratulations, Jerry.
1141
01:08:27,503 --> 01:08:28,736
You did it.
1142
01:08:33,176 --> 01:08:36,211
♪ I love to hearour laughter mingle ♪
1143
01:08:36,213 --> 01:08:37,846
♪ Hah hah ho ho
1144
01:08:37,848 --> 01:08:39,180
♪ Gliding throughthe snow ♪
1145
01:08:39,182 --> 01:08:40,849
May I present
Jerry Salinger?
1146
01:08:40,851 --> 01:08:42,717
Peggy Siskin.
1147
01:08:42,719 --> 01:08:45,587
"The New Yorker's"
incipient Great man
of American Letters.
1148
01:08:45,589 --> 01:08:47,455
Jerry, if I may,
I am also a writer.
1149
01:08:47,457 --> 01:08:48,723
Fantastic.
1150
01:08:48,725 --> 01:08:50,358
I thought "Uncle Wiggily
In Connecticut"
1151
01:08:50,360 --> 01:08:53,328
was marvelous.
I'm simply dying
for your next story.
1152
01:08:53,330 --> 01:08:55,563
When Seymour Glass
shot himself
1153
01:08:55,565 --> 01:08:57,132
you weren't just
talking about the war
1154
01:08:57,134 --> 01:08:59,100
you were talking
about the bourgeois
1155
01:08:59,102 --> 01:09:01,369
capitalist infrastructure
of a modern plutocracy.
1156
01:09:01,371 --> 01:09:04,139
Or maybe it was the war.
But it's really
up to the reader.
1157
01:09:04,141 --> 01:09:07,175
Jerry is in
the very beginnings
of his first novel.
1158
01:09:07,177 --> 01:09:08,443
And Bill says you may be
writing a novel.
1159
01:09:08,445 --> 01:09:10,178
So, when are you going
to write a novel?
1160
01:09:10,180 --> 01:09:13,314
- Hopefully, it won't
be too long.
- Let's get a picture.
1161
01:09:13,316 --> 01:09:14,682
Ooh, thank you so much.
1162
01:09:16,785 --> 01:09:18,553
The main picture.
1163
01:09:18,555 --> 01:09:19,587
Here we are.
1164
01:09:27,130 --> 01:09:29,564
♪ Jing a ling jinga ling jing a ling ♪
1165
01:09:32,835 --> 01:09:34,202
[exhales]
1166
01:09:35,838 --> 01:09:37,472
[sighs]
1167
01:09:48,417 --> 01:09:50,885
There's one thing that'sbeen weighing on me.
1168
01:09:50,887 --> 01:09:52,587
A novel I'm trying to..
1169
01:09:52,589 --> 01:09:55,356
Wanting to finish,but can't.
1170
01:09:55,358 --> 01:09:58,426
I'm scared if I work
on it, the nightmares
will come back.
1171
01:09:58,428 --> 01:09:59,928
Is it about the war?
1172
01:09:59,930 --> 01:10:02,430
No, it's about
a character I wrote about
during the war.
1173
01:10:02,432 --> 01:10:04,732
He was with me
everywhere I went.
1174
01:10:04,734 --> 01:10:06,401
Every time you attempt
to work on it
1175
01:10:06,403 --> 01:10:08,403
you feel the war again.
1176
01:10:11,173 --> 01:10:12,574
You know, you never
really get the smell
of burning flesh
1177
01:10:12,576 --> 01:10:15,610
out of your nostrils.
1178
01:10:15,612 --> 01:10:17,979
Perhaps finishing
this book is the way
for you to move on.
1179
01:10:20,816 --> 01:10:21,849
Right.
1180
01:10:24,453 --> 01:10:26,788
There's just
so many distractions
everywhere, I..
1181
01:10:26,790 --> 01:10:29,424
Then you must
remove distractions.
1182
01:10:29,426 --> 01:10:32,260
[instrumental music]
1183
01:10:53,582 --> 01:10:54,749
Well, this is it.
1184
01:10:57,519 --> 01:11:00,421
It gets a little drafty,
but the price is right.
1185
01:11:03,959 --> 01:11:06,227
What are you gonna
do up here?
1186
01:11:06,229 --> 01:11:07,996
Oh, just
a little writing.
1187
01:11:07,998 --> 01:11:09,430
Mmm.
1188
01:12:01,950 --> 01:12:04,752
I'll just tell you aboutthis madman stuffthat happened to me
1189
01:12:04,754 --> 01:12:06,821
around last Christmas..
1190
01:12:06,823 --> 01:12:08,656
...just before I gotpretty run-down.
1191
01:12:10,759 --> 01:12:14,062
Finally, what I decidedI'd do, I decidedI'd go away.
1192
01:12:14,064 --> 01:12:15,863
I decided I'd nevergo home again.
1193
01:12:15,865 --> 01:12:17,799
I'd never go awayto another school again.
1194
01:12:17,801 --> 01:12:20,368
That way, I wouldn'thave to have anygoddamned stupid
1195
01:12:20,370 --> 01:12:22,003
useless conversationswith anybody.
1196
01:12:27,443 --> 01:12:29,844
I keep picturingall these little kids
1197
01:12:29,846 --> 01:12:32,947
playing some gamein this big fieldof rye and all.
1198
01:12:32,949 --> 01:12:35,350
Thousands of little kids,and nobody's around
1199
01:12:35,352 --> 01:12:36,951
nobody big, I mean,except me.
1200
01:12:39,688 --> 01:12:42,724
And I'm standingon the edgeof some crazy cliff.
1201
01:12:42,726 --> 01:12:45,093
What I have to do,I have to catch everybody
1202
01:12:45,095 --> 01:12:47,662
if they start to goover the cliff.
1203
01:12:47,664 --> 01:12:50,631
I mean, if they'rerunning, and they don'tlook where they're going
1204
01:12:50,633 --> 01:12:52,800
I have to come outfrom somewhere,and catch them.
1205
01:12:54,937 --> 01:12:57,872
And that's allI'd do, all day.
1206
01:12:57,874 --> 01:12:59,907
I'd just be the catcherin the rye and all.
1207
01:13:04,780 --> 01:13:06,748
I know it's crazy
1208
01:13:06,750 --> 01:13:09,050
but that's the only thingI'd really like to be.
1209
01:13:11,587 --> 01:13:13,788
- Jerry!
- Hi.
1210
01:13:13,790 --> 01:13:15,390
Thanks so much
for stopping by.
1211
01:13:15,392 --> 01:13:17,458
- Well, thank you.
- It's great to meet you.
1212
01:13:17,460 --> 01:13:19,761
- Mr. Giroux, a pleasure.
- Robert. Please
call me Robert.
1213
01:13:19,763 --> 01:13:21,095
- Have a seat.
- Thank you.
1214
01:13:21,097 --> 01:13:22,830
It's such an honor
to have you here.
1215
01:13:22,832 --> 01:13:25,133
Well, I'm sorry for
stopping by unannounced.
1216
01:13:25,135 --> 01:13:26,868
I just wanted to speak
to you personally.
1217
01:13:26,870 --> 01:13:29,370
No apologies necessary.
1218
01:13:29,372 --> 01:13:31,072
I don't know
if you remember,
but a year ago
1219
01:13:31,074 --> 01:13:32,940
you sent me the kindest
letter about my writing
1220
01:13:32,942 --> 01:13:35,443
asking if you could
publish a book
of my short stories.
1221
01:13:35,445 --> 01:13:38,079
Of course.
I love those stories.
1222
01:13:38,081 --> 01:13:42,116
Uh, I just completed
my first novel, and, um..
1223
01:13:43,886 --> 01:13:46,754
If -- if -- if you like,
I -- I -- I..
1224
01:13:46,756 --> 01:13:48,589
I'd like you
to publish it.
1225
01:13:50,459 --> 01:13:53,728
Ah, I am honored
you'd think of me.
1226
01:13:53,730 --> 01:13:54,962
When can I read it?
1227
01:14:06,842 --> 01:14:09,177
You know, the pages
of this book
1228
01:14:09,179 --> 01:14:11,546
were with me
when I stormed
the beaches of Normandy.
1229
01:14:12,981 --> 01:14:15,183
I wrote them
in Hitler's death camps
1230
01:14:15,185 --> 01:14:17,652
and in the hospital,
where I could barely
remember my own name.
1231
01:14:21,723 --> 01:14:23,758
I don't think I'd be
alive if it wasn't
for this book.
1232
01:14:30,999 --> 01:14:32,633
I'm really
flattered, Jerry.
1233
01:14:34,570 --> 01:14:35,903
[sighs]
1234
01:14:35,905 --> 01:14:37,104
Is it a war story?
1235
01:14:39,441 --> 01:14:42,109
No, it's about
a troubled kid
1236
01:14:42,111 --> 01:14:43,678
during
the Christmas holidays.
1237
01:14:47,783 --> 01:14:50,818
Well, I know you wanted us
to give you some helpful
notes on the novel
1238
01:14:50,820 --> 01:14:54,555
but the truth is,
we both think it has
a lot of problems.
1239
01:14:54,557 --> 01:14:55,823
I just don't buy Holden.
1240
01:14:57,860 --> 01:14:59,827
That's the whole book.
1241
01:14:59,829 --> 01:15:03,531
Well, he seems phony,
as he would like to say.
1242
01:15:03,533 --> 01:15:06,033
He's so negativeall the time, it justdoesn't feel real.
1243
01:15:06,035 --> 01:15:07,835
And your style is toowriter-consciousness.
1244
01:15:07,837 --> 01:15:11,873
I feel you're trying
to be clever
on almost every page.
1245
01:15:11,875 --> 01:15:13,741
Well, did you at least
think it was funny?
1246
01:15:13,743 --> 01:15:15,843
[chuckling]
1247
01:15:15,845 --> 01:15:19,213
Yes, but in a way
where I feel the writer
is being too witty.
1248
01:15:19,215 --> 01:15:21,649
You're making
a real name for yourself
1249
01:15:21,651 --> 01:15:24,519
and I would hate
for this book to throw
that goodwill away.
1250
01:15:24,521 --> 01:15:26,587
The best note I cangive you, is to just
1251
01:15:26,589 --> 01:15:28,022
put it in a drawerfor a year or two.
1252
01:15:30,125 --> 01:15:32,927
- It's that bad?
- I'm afraid it is.
1253
01:15:37,232 --> 01:15:38,699
[lighter clicks]
1254
01:15:47,609 --> 01:15:50,177
I loved it, Jerry,
I really did.
1255
01:15:51,580 --> 01:15:52,880
Thank God.
1256
01:15:52,882 --> 01:15:56,050
But these things
are never easy.
1257
01:15:57,619 --> 01:15:58,819
What do you mean?
1258
01:15:59,788 --> 01:16:01,889
My boss didn't get it.
1259
01:16:01,891 --> 01:16:04,058
But I fought for it
1260
01:16:04,060 --> 01:16:07,061
and he said he'd be
willing to publish
1261
01:16:07,063 --> 01:16:08,896
if you did
a major re-write.
1262
01:16:11,066 --> 01:16:13,834
What does he
want re-written?
1263
01:16:13,836 --> 01:16:16,604
He doesn't
understand Holden..
1264
01:16:16,606 --> 01:16:19,240
...what makes him tick,
and...I gotta admit
1265
01:16:19,242 --> 01:16:21,676
I found him
confusing at times.
1266
01:16:21,678 --> 01:16:24,545
He hates everything.
1267
01:16:24,547 --> 01:16:26,347
And he -- he's always
so sarcastic.
1268
01:16:29,051 --> 01:16:31,986
Is...is Holden
supposed to be crazy?
1269
01:16:42,030 --> 01:16:44,031
Are you okay?
1270
01:16:44,033 --> 01:16:45,066
Jerry?
1271
01:16:46,935 --> 01:16:47,969
Jerry.
1272
01:16:49,838 --> 01:16:51,772
No, I've thought
about it, and I can't
do a re-write.
1273
01:16:51,774 --> 01:16:52,974
I won't do it, I'm not
gonna change a word.
1274
01:16:52,976 --> 01:16:54,208
Holden would
never approve.
1275
01:16:54,210 --> 01:16:56,010
You might not have to.
1276
01:16:56,012 --> 01:16:57,678
What do you mean?
1277
01:16:57,680 --> 01:17:02,216
but I sent it
to one person, just
to test the waters.
1278
01:17:02,218 --> 01:17:05,286
- Who?- John Woodburnat Little, Brown.
1279
01:17:05,288 --> 01:17:06,854
Well, how was the water?
1280
01:17:06,856 --> 01:17:08,589
Hot.
1281
01:17:08,591 --> 01:17:11,158
- Very hot.
- He -- he liked it?
1282
01:17:11,160 --> 01:17:14,295
No, he loved it!
He thinks it's
an American masterpiece.
1283
01:17:14,297 --> 01:17:15,963
He -- he --
he said, "Masterpiece?"
1284
01:17:15,965 --> 01:17:17,765
That's what he said.
1285
01:17:17,767 --> 01:17:20,134
And, wait,
you told him I wouldn't
make any changes?
1286
01:17:23,005 --> 01:17:25,840
Yes, I told him that
that could be a problem,
and he still wants
1287
01:17:25,842 --> 01:17:27,942
to meet with you
to discuss marketing
and distribution.
1288
01:17:27,944 --> 01:17:30,211
Hold on. Marketing?
1289
01:17:30,213 --> 01:17:32,113
We also love this onefor the cover.
1290
01:17:32,115 --> 01:17:33,948
Holden in his
red hunting hat.
1291
01:17:35,784 --> 01:17:37,018
I hate it.
1292
01:17:38,220 --> 01:17:40,988
So what's wrong
with this one?
1293
01:17:40,990 --> 01:17:43,224
The reader needs to
imagine for themselves
1294
01:17:43,226 --> 01:17:45,693
what they want
Holden to look like.
1295
01:17:45,695 --> 01:17:47,395
What if we just useit for the galleys?
1296
01:17:47,397 --> 01:17:49,664
- I thinkit would be really --
- Unh-unh. No.
1297
01:17:49,666 --> 01:17:51,632
I don't want
any galleys sent out.
1298
01:17:51,634 --> 01:17:54,835
Advance copies
are crucial
for publicity purposes.
1299
01:17:54,837 --> 01:17:56,704
I don't want
any publicity.
1300
01:17:56,706 --> 01:17:58,773
You don't wantany publicity?
1301
01:17:58,775 --> 01:17:59,907
No.
1302
01:17:59,909 --> 01:18:01,976
I don't care
if it's successful
1303
01:18:01,978 --> 01:18:03,878
I just want it
to be good.
1304
01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:05,680
The less attention
the book gets
1305
01:18:05,682 --> 01:18:07,648
the more the story
will affect people.
1306
01:18:07,650 --> 01:18:09,817
It won't affect anyone
if they don't read it.
1307
01:18:11,287 --> 01:18:15,322
This isn't about me
or publicity, or reviews.
1308
01:18:17,392 --> 01:18:18,959
This is about Holden.
1309
01:18:21,096 --> 01:18:23,330
Jerry..
1310
01:18:23,332 --> 01:18:25,332
...do you want us
to publish this book
1311
01:18:25,334 --> 01:18:27,368
or merely to print it?
1312
01:18:27,370 --> 01:18:29,403
Because if you
just want a printer
1313
01:18:29,405 --> 01:18:31,872
then I suggest you type up
a few hundred copies
1314
01:18:31,874 --> 01:18:33,340
and send them
out yourself!
1315
01:18:36,978 --> 01:18:40,014
Fine, you can
send out galleys
for advance reviews.
1316
01:18:40,016 --> 01:18:41,982
Thank you, Jerry.
1317
01:18:41,984 --> 01:18:43,818
That's very generous
of you.
1318
01:18:46,855 --> 01:18:49,457
But I don't want to read
a single review, so don't
send them to me, okay?
1319
01:18:53,929 --> 01:18:57,865
Receiving rapturousreviews, the debut novelof J.D. Salinger
1320
01:18:57,867 --> 01:19:00,367
is being heraldedas the break-outbook of the year.
1321
01:19:00,369 --> 01:19:04,705
♪ If a bodymeet a body ♪
1322
01:19:04,707 --> 01:19:08,342
♪ Comin' throughthe rye ♪
1323
01:19:08,344 --> 01:19:12,279
♪ If a bodykiss a body ♪
1324
01:19:12,281 --> 01:19:16,183
♪ Need a body cry?
1325
01:19:16,185 --> 01:19:20,187
♪ Every lassiehas her laddie ♪
1326
01:19:20,189 --> 01:19:23,724
♪ None they sayhave I ♪
1327
01:19:23,726 --> 01:19:27,895
♪ Yet all the ladsthey smile at me ♪
1328
01:19:27,897 --> 01:19:31,132
♪ When comin' through
1329
01:19:31,134 --> 01:19:34,535
♪ The rye
1330
01:19:42,043 --> 01:19:45,846
♪ And all the lads
1331
01:19:45,848 --> 01:19:48,149
♪ They smile at me
1332
01:19:50,285 --> 01:19:54,989
♪ When comin' through
1333
01:19:54,991 --> 01:19:57,358
♪ The rye
1334
01:20:03,865 --> 01:20:05,800
And do you feel peace?
1335
01:20:21,983 --> 01:20:24,318
Excuse me. Mr. Salinger?
1336
01:20:25,887 --> 01:20:27,121
E -- excuse me.
1337
01:20:29,424 --> 01:20:32,860
Um. Uh, I -- I just
wanted to talk to you.
1338
01:20:36,998 --> 01:20:39,300
I -- I feel like..
1339
01:20:39,302 --> 01:20:40,968
...I'm Holden Caulfield.
1340
01:20:43,104 --> 01:20:44,939
An -- and I just..
1341
01:20:44,941 --> 01:20:46,073
[chuckles]
1342
01:20:46,075 --> 01:20:48,375
Now, I -- I need
1343
01:20:48,377 --> 01:20:51,111
to talk to you
a -- about the book.
1344
01:20:51,113 --> 01:20:52,980
About Holden.
1345
01:20:52,982 --> 01:20:55,349
Why, everything
I have to say,
I wrote in the book.
1346
01:20:57,853 --> 01:20:58,886
But..
1347
01:21:00,222 --> 01:21:02,056
...how do you know
so much about me?
1348
01:21:04,059 --> 01:21:05,426
Well, I -- I don't.
1349
01:21:07,429 --> 01:21:09,163
It's a -- it's just
a work of fiction.
1350
01:21:11,166 --> 01:21:13,167
I'm -- I'm just
a fiction writer.
1351
01:21:17,572 --> 01:21:19,406
Hey, tha -- thank you
for saying hello.
1352
01:21:21,209 --> 01:21:23,310
Bu -- but I'm Holden!
1353
01:21:23,312 --> 01:21:25,012
Uh.. Um.. Uh..
1354
01:21:25,014 --> 01:21:26,580
I -- I'm
Holden Caulfield!
1355
01:21:30,352 --> 01:21:32,586
You're a phony!
1356
01:21:32,588 --> 01:21:34,188
Like everyone else!
1357
01:21:42,297 --> 01:21:44,632
Sorry. I didn't
want to wake you.
1358
01:21:44,634 --> 01:21:46,567
No, no, no.
You -- you -- you didn't.
1359
01:21:48,303 --> 01:21:50,204
[chuckles]
I was always worried
you wouldn't
1360
01:21:50,206 --> 01:21:51,472
be able
to pay your rent.
1361
01:21:51,474 --> 01:21:53,607
Now, I gotta worry about
1362
01:21:53,609 --> 01:21:56,010
deranged fans
attacking you.
1363
01:21:57,612 --> 01:21:59,947
You should
take your photo off
1364
01:21:59,949 --> 01:22:01,348
all those book covers.
1365
01:22:02,617 --> 01:22:04,451
I never knew
you worried at all.
1366
01:22:05,654 --> 01:22:07,621
Since the day
you were born.
1367
01:22:12,193 --> 01:22:14,528
When I was a boy, I..
1368
01:22:14,530 --> 01:22:16,597
I -- I wanted
to be a pianist.
1369
01:22:18,233 --> 01:22:20,267
I loved playing so much.
1370
01:22:21,503 --> 01:22:24,038
But my father
was a Rabbi
1371
01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:27,207
so he just couldn't
understand how I..
1372
01:22:27,209 --> 01:22:28,509
...I would be able
to support myself
1373
01:22:28,511 --> 01:22:31,078
and he -- he forced me
to stop playing.
1374
01:22:34,549 --> 01:22:36,150
I was upset.
1375
01:22:36,152 --> 01:22:39,186
But...I -- I knew
he loved me.
1376
01:22:39,188 --> 01:22:41,422
He just -- he just
wanted me to be okay.
1377
01:22:46,161 --> 01:22:48,028
I've never even
heard you play.
1378
01:22:48,697 --> 01:22:49,997
No.
1379
01:22:51,666 --> 01:22:53,167
But I was good.
1380
01:22:56,371 --> 01:22:57,404
[sighs]
1381
01:22:57,406 --> 01:22:58,472
So..
1382
01:23:00,041 --> 01:23:02,242
You're Holden Caulfield,
right?
1383
01:23:06,982 --> 01:23:08,082
Yeah.
1384
01:23:10,285 --> 01:23:11,485
[sighs]
1385
01:23:11,487 --> 01:23:13,387
Your mother was right.
1386
01:23:13,389 --> 01:23:15,322
You are..
1387
01:23:15,324 --> 01:23:16,991
...very talented.
1388
01:23:20,128 --> 01:23:21,295
Thank you.
1389
01:23:24,699 --> 01:23:26,734
Now, you just gotta write
another one even better.
1390
01:23:29,137 --> 01:23:30,971
No pressure.
1391
01:23:30,973 --> 01:23:32,172
[sighs]
1392
01:23:33,041 --> 01:23:34,208
Goodnight, sonny.
1393
01:23:43,351 --> 01:23:46,387
[indistinct chatter]
1394
01:23:48,723 --> 01:23:51,025
I hear people
talking about "Catcher"
1395
01:23:51,027 --> 01:23:52,326
everywhere I go.
1396
01:23:52,328 --> 01:23:54,395
Everyone just loves it.
1397
01:23:54,397 --> 01:23:57,164
I'm so excitedto read your next book.
1398
01:23:57,166 --> 01:23:58,265
I'll be back.
1399
01:23:58,267 --> 01:24:00,167
Is your steak okay?
1400
01:24:00,169 --> 01:24:02,136
I -- I'm just
not very hungry.
1401
01:24:02,138 --> 01:24:04,171
Oh. Uh, Could you eat
something else, maybe?
1402
01:24:04,173 --> 01:24:05,672
No. Excuse me.
1403
01:24:23,158 --> 01:24:25,159
You okay?
1404
01:24:25,161 --> 01:24:26,460
Yeah, I'm fine.
1405
01:24:29,064 --> 01:24:32,132
You know, there's
a dinner party
going on in there.
1406
01:24:32,134 --> 01:24:34,201
Yeah, I'm just a little
uncomfortable right now.
1407
01:24:37,605 --> 01:24:38,772
It's just a book.
1408
01:24:40,708 --> 01:24:43,210
I didn't even like it
that much, if you wanna
know the truth.
1409
01:24:47,549 --> 01:24:49,416
What didn't you
like about it?
1410
01:24:51,586 --> 01:24:54,288
Well, it was just like all
those other phony books.
1411
01:24:54,290 --> 01:24:57,624
A lot of whining,
and the ending
was a lousy bore.
1412
01:24:57,626 --> 01:24:59,660
[chuckles]
1413
01:25:02,063 --> 01:25:05,099
You shouldn't
take yourself
so seriously, you know.
1414
01:25:05,101 --> 01:25:06,600
It's not like
you're the first guy
to write a hit book.
1415
01:25:10,605 --> 01:25:11,672
Wait.
1416
01:25:12,807 --> 01:25:14,108
Wait.
1417
01:25:16,377 --> 01:25:17,678
Can I get
your phone number?
1418
01:25:23,785 --> 01:25:25,152
Got a pen?
1419
01:25:32,494 --> 01:25:35,496
I got some...paper, too.
1420
01:25:37,465 --> 01:25:39,433
What's your name?
1421
01:25:39,435 --> 01:25:42,336
- Claire.
- Claire.
1422
01:25:42,338 --> 01:25:44,271
You're the first person
that's ever said
they hated it.
1423
01:25:46,374 --> 01:25:47,574
To your face.
1424
01:25:49,110 --> 01:25:50,310
Thank you.
1425
01:26:06,561 --> 01:26:08,162
You have capturedthe consciousness
1426
01:26:08,164 --> 01:26:09,796
of the nation.
1427
01:26:09,798 --> 01:26:11,532
You've tapped into
the way many feel
1428
01:26:11,534 --> 01:26:13,500
and have given a voice
to their pain.
1429
01:26:13,502 --> 01:26:14,902
I can't go home anymore.
1430
01:26:14,904 --> 01:26:16,603
I wrote the book
to get over the war.
1431
01:26:16,605 --> 01:26:18,438
Now, I feel like I'm going
crazy all over again.
1432
01:26:18,440 --> 01:26:19,873
[sighs]
1433
01:26:19,875 --> 01:26:22,809
Have you not yet learned
how to remove distraction?
1434
01:26:32,754 --> 01:26:34,154
New Hampshire is
really beautiful
1435
01:26:34,156 --> 01:26:35,322
this time of year.
1436
01:26:36,624 --> 01:26:39,326
It's 90 acres,
mostly woods.
1437
01:26:39,328 --> 01:26:41,562
The house is modest,
but very nice.
1438
01:26:41,564 --> 01:26:42,930
There's also
a small bunker
1439
01:26:42,932 --> 01:26:45,599
that can be converted
to a guest house.
1440
01:26:45,601 --> 01:26:48,302
- Or an office.
- Whatever you want.
1441
01:26:48,304 --> 01:26:49,937
I think you'll be
really happy here.
1442
01:26:52,373 --> 01:26:53,540
I hope so.
1443
01:27:04,485 --> 01:27:07,287
[typewriter
keys clacking]
1444
01:27:07,289 --> 01:27:09,223
An artist'sonly concern
1445
01:27:09,225 --> 01:27:12,326
is to shoot forsome kind of perfection.
1446
01:27:12,328 --> 01:27:14,428
And on his own terms,not anyone else's.
1447
01:27:15,263 --> 01:27:16,797
Excuse me. Mr. Salinger?
1448
01:27:16,799 --> 01:27:18,332
Since you write
about teenagers
1449
01:27:18,334 --> 01:27:19,499
I thought you might be
interested in running
1450
01:27:19,501 --> 01:27:20,701
a youth group.
1451
01:27:20,703 --> 01:27:22,936
I think the kids
would love it.
1452
01:27:22,938 --> 01:27:24,938
- I would too.
- Great!
1453
01:27:24,940 --> 01:27:27,307
Yeah. They're right
over here. Well..
1454
01:27:27,309 --> 01:27:29,509
Yet a real artist,I've noticed
1455
01:27:29,511 --> 01:27:30,811
will survive anything.
1456
01:27:39,520 --> 01:27:40,587
Jerry?
1457
01:27:42,457 --> 01:27:43,957
[scoffs]
1458
01:27:43,959 --> 01:27:45,425
You invite me
all the way out here
1459
01:27:45,427 --> 01:27:47,327
and then walk away
as soon as you see me?
1460
01:27:47,329 --> 01:27:48,829
No. I'm...sorry.
1461
01:27:48,831 --> 01:27:51,298
I thought you
were one of those
crazed Caulfield fans.
1462
01:27:51,300 --> 01:27:52,599
You should be so lucky.
1463
01:27:52,601 --> 01:27:54,001
Hey, you look beautiful.
1464
01:27:57,572 --> 01:27:58,839
What do you think?
1465
01:28:00,308 --> 01:28:02,342
It's just as you said
in your letters.
1466
01:28:02,344 --> 01:28:04,344
It's like the city
without the city.
1467
01:28:04,346 --> 01:28:05,912
Do you hate it?
1468
01:28:05,914 --> 01:28:07,814
I grew up
in foster homes, Jerry.
1469
01:28:09,017 --> 01:28:10,851
As long as you're here,
it's perfect.
1470
01:28:17,358 --> 01:28:18,859
Her skin was lovely.
1471
01:28:18,861 --> 01:28:21,395
And her featureswere delicate.
1472
01:28:21,397 --> 01:28:22,596
No one could havemissed saying
1473
01:28:22,598 --> 01:28:24,431
that she wasa first-class beauty.
1474
01:28:27,568 --> 01:28:31,038
He's overjoyed withhis new spiritual life.
1475
01:28:31,040 --> 01:28:32,639
And he goes onsaying his prayer
1476
01:28:32,641 --> 01:28:34,574
and telling everyonehe happens to meet
1477
01:28:34,576 --> 01:28:36,943
how to say it too.
1478
01:28:36,945 --> 01:28:39,980
Hey, Mr. Salinger.
1479
01:28:39,982 --> 01:28:42,316
I know you're
very private,
but I -- I was wondering
1480
01:28:42,318 --> 01:28:44,518
if I could interview you
for my school newspaper.
1481
01:28:44,520 --> 01:28:45,919
They want me to write
an article about someone
1482
01:28:45,921 --> 01:28:48,889
I admire and,
and you'd be perfect.
1483
01:28:50,725 --> 01:28:52,559
Well, I stopped
doing interviews
a while ago.
1484
01:28:56,464 --> 01:28:57,631
But for a school paper
1485
01:28:57,633 --> 01:28:59,466
I can certainly
make an exception.
1486
01:28:59,468 --> 01:29:00,701
- Really?- Of course.
1487
01:29:00,703 --> 01:29:01,735
The kids at schoolare gonna love it!
1488
01:29:01,737 --> 01:29:03,737
Thank you. Thank you.
1489
01:29:03,739 --> 01:29:05,572
Is "Catcher In The Rye"
autobiographical?
1490
01:29:06,374 --> 01:29:07,874
Sort of.
1491
01:29:07,876 --> 01:29:09,609
My boyhood was very much
the same as that
1492
01:29:09,611 --> 01:29:10,877
of the boy in the book.
1493
01:29:10,879 --> 01:29:12,546
You know, I had
problems in school
1494
01:29:12,548 --> 01:29:14,715
just like he did.
1495
01:29:14,717 --> 01:29:17,651
To be honest,
it was a great relief
telling people about it.
1496
01:29:17,653 --> 01:29:19,986
And why do most
of your stories
center on young people?
1497
01:29:26,594 --> 01:29:27,761
Because
they're innocent.
1498
01:29:29,497 --> 01:29:31,965
And they haven't
been destroyed
by the world yet.
1499
01:29:34,635 --> 01:29:36,803
I guess part of me
wishes I could still
be that innocent
1500
01:29:36,805 --> 01:29:40,107
but I've seen the things
I've seen, and..
1501
01:29:40,109 --> 01:29:42,409
I know I'll never have
that innocence again.
1502
01:29:48,816 --> 01:29:52,352
That girl who interviewed
you the other day
was very pretty.
1503
01:29:52,354 --> 01:29:53,854
So?
1504
01:29:53,856 --> 01:29:55,989
So, you seem to like
pretty, young girls.
1505
01:29:55,991 --> 01:29:57,958
Yes, that would
1506
01:29:57,960 --> 01:30:00,060
put me in that
special classification
1507
01:30:00,062 --> 01:30:01,628
known as a man.
1508
01:30:07,735 --> 01:30:08,769
Well, I hope you'll
still love me when I'm not
1509
01:30:08,771 --> 01:30:10,070
a pretty young girl.
1510
01:30:14,642 --> 01:30:16,143
Of course I will.
1511
01:30:24,085 --> 01:30:26,019
[exhales]
1512
01:30:26,021 --> 01:30:27,687
- No.
- What?
1513
01:30:28,956 --> 01:30:30,991
That interview..
1514
01:30:30,993 --> 01:30:32,859
The interview
with the girl, it was..
1515
01:30:32,861 --> 01:30:34,161
It was printed
in the local paper
1516
01:30:34,163 --> 01:30:35,829
not the school paper.
1517
01:30:35,831 --> 01:30:37,798
- So?
- So..
1518
01:30:37,800 --> 01:30:40,133
She lied to me,
she said it was
for the school paper.
1519
01:30:40,135 --> 01:30:41,802
- She lied!
- It's okay, Jerry.
1520
01:30:41,804 --> 01:30:43,403
- It's gonna be okay.
- No. I trusted her!
1521
01:30:43,405 --> 01:30:44,504
- Now, Jerry, it's okay.
- I trusted her!
1522
01:30:44,506 --> 01:30:46,873
And she betrayed me!
Goddammit!
1523
01:30:46,875 --> 01:30:48,775
Even the goddamn children
betray me now!
1524
01:30:57,051 --> 01:30:59,052
When people becomethe distraction..
1525
01:31:00,455 --> 01:31:02,722
...then, I supposeyou remove the people.
1526
01:31:04,959 --> 01:31:07,160
There hasn't been
a single mention
1527
01:31:07,162 --> 01:31:09,896
of me or "Story Magazine"
in any of the press.
1528
01:31:09,898 --> 01:31:11,765
Not a single mention.
1529
01:31:11,767 --> 01:31:14,034
That's because you have
no official involvement
in the book.
1530
01:31:14,036 --> 01:31:16,136
But I published
his first story.
1531
01:31:16,138 --> 01:31:18,505
I'm the one
who convinced him
1532
01:31:18,507 --> 01:31:20,440
that Holden Caulfield
should be a novel.
1533
01:31:20,442 --> 01:31:21,675
Well, you would've
been the publisher
1534
01:31:21,677 --> 01:31:22,909
of the hottest
novel of the year
1535
01:31:22,911 --> 01:31:24,644
if you'd published
his anthology
1536
01:31:24,646 --> 01:31:25,645
like you promised him.
1537
01:31:27,048 --> 01:31:28,582
[sighs]
1538
01:31:33,955 --> 01:31:35,922
I haven't slept
for six months.
1539
01:31:37,859 --> 01:31:39,493
And I miss him.
1540
01:31:41,562 --> 01:31:43,196
Well, I'm sorry
about that.
1541
01:31:46,167 --> 01:31:47,634
Lippincott says
that they'll publish
1542
01:31:47,636 --> 01:31:49,536
an anthology now.
Anything he wants.
1543
01:31:49,538 --> 01:31:51,771
Everyone wants
an anthology.
1544
01:31:51,773 --> 01:31:53,940
But we're going
with Little, Brown,
out of loyalty
1545
01:31:53,942 --> 01:31:55,542
although I hatethe title.
1546
01:31:55,544 --> 01:31:57,477
"Nine Stories."
It's such a bore.
1547
01:31:57,479 --> 01:32:03,950
Do you think
Jerry would write
a piece for "Story?"
1548
01:32:03,952 --> 01:32:05,685
It doesn't have to bea new piece.
1549
01:32:05,687 --> 01:32:08,054
It -- it can be
an old story.
It -- it -- it's fine.
1550
01:32:08,056 --> 01:32:10,056
We're...we're just
really struggling.
1551
01:32:10,058 --> 01:32:11,691
I already asked him.
1552
01:32:12,994 --> 01:32:14,194
He said no.
1553
01:32:21,068 --> 01:32:23,570
How can he still
be angry with me?
1554
01:32:23,572 --> 01:32:25,672
He's a huge success now.
1555
01:32:25,674 --> 01:32:27,807
It hasn't been
easy on him.
1556
01:32:27,809 --> 01:32:29,042
The war made him
a better writer
1557
01:32:29,044 --> 01:32:30,844
but it really
messed him up.
1558
01:32:34,982 --> 01:32:37,183
[typewriter
keys clacking]
1559
01:32:37,185 --> 01:32:39,653
It seems to me,indisputably true
1560
01:32:39,655 --> 01:32:42,055
that artists and poetswho have a reputation
1561
01:32:42,057 --> 01:32:44,257
for producing a greator fine art
1562
01:32:44,259 --> 01:32:47,561
have somethinggarishly wrongwith them as persons.
1563
01:32:47,563 --> 01:32:49,095
A spectacularflaw in character
1564
01:32:49,097 --> 01:32:51,631
or an extremeself-centeredness.
1565
01:32:51,633 --> 01:32:54,200
And the public's thirstfor their nextsupposed masterpiece
1566
01:32:54,202 --> 01:32:56,870
only makes them want tohide from distractionseven more.
1567
01:33:04,312 --> 01:33:06,947
You've been in that studio
for over a week, Jerry.
1568
01:33:08,249 --> 01:33:10,650
A week writing
about the Glass family!
1569
01:33:13,020 --> 01:33:14,821
We're alone here, Jerry!
1570
01:33:14,823 --> 01:33:17,924
You can't just leave us
alone like this!
1571
01:33:17,926 --> 01:33:19,225
We are your family too.
1572
01:33:20,861 --> 01:33:23,863
[baby crying]
1573
01:33:23,865 --> 01:33:25,198
I have no friends here.
1574
01:33:25,200 --> 01:33:27,067
I have no one
to talk to.
1575
01:33:27,069 --> 01:33:28,301
I am all alone.
1576
01:33:28,303 --> 01:33:29,603
[baby crying]
1577
01:33:31,038 --> 01:33:32,238
I'm alone.
1578
01:33:42,149 --> 01:33:44,618
He's absolutelyunfit for marriage
1579
01:33:44,620 --> 01:33:46,219
or anythinghalfway normal.
1580
01:33:47,622 --> 01:33:49,723
It's a sad factthat the end of one story
1581
01:33:49,725 --> 01:33:52,692
always seems to grow intothe start of a new one.
1582
01:33:52,694 --> 01:33:54,060
And the tragedy isthere is simply nothing
1583
01:33:54,062 --> 01:33:56,329
he can do about it.
1584
01:33:56,331 --> 01:33:58,632
Please, you know
you're not supposed
to bother me in here.
1585
01:33:58,634 --> 01:33:59,799
[sighs]
1586
01:33:59,801 --> 01:34:01,701
I know.
1587
01:34:01,703 --> 01:34:03,803
But you have a phone call,
and he says
it's important.
1588
01:34:04,672 --> 01:34:06,272
Why? Who is it?
1589
01:34:06,274 --> 01:34:07,707
Whit Burnett.
1590
01:34:12,813 --> 01:34:15,382
No. No, I -- I don't
want to talk to him.
1591
01:34:25,059 --> 01:34:26,626
You'd think with
all that meditation
1592
01:34:26,628 --> 01:34:28,194
you'd have learned
to forgive by now.
1593
01:34:46,714 --> 01:34:49,249
- Hello?
- Jerry. Hi.
1594
01:34:49,251 --> 01:34:51,851
It's been a long time.
1595
01:34:51,853 --> 01:34:53,186
Yes, it has.
1596
01:34:54,989 --> 01:34:57,791
Li.. Uh, I never got
a chance to tell you
1597
01:34:57,793 --> 01:35:01,027
but I just loved
"Catcher In The Rye."
1598
01:35:01,029 --> 01:35:02,996
Thank you. It wasyour idea to write it.
1599
01:35:02,998 --> 01:35:05,765
Well...it's one thing
to have an idea.
1600
01:35:05,767 --> 01:35:07,133
It's another thing
to execute it, and you did
1601
01:35:07,135 --> 01:35:10,170
so brilliantly.
1602
01:35:10,172 --> 01:35:12,439
- Thank you.
- Ho -- how's lifein the country?
1603
01:35:12,441 --> 01:35:14,007
- I -- I unders --- It's fine, Whit.
1604
01:35:14,009 --> 01:35:15,275
What can I do for you?
1605
01:35:18,946 --> 01:35:20,380
Are you still angry
about what happened?
1606
01:35:23,784 --> 01:35:24,984
Is that why you called?
1607
01:35:24,986 --> 01:35:27,053
No. No,
I called because..
1608
01:35:27,055 --> 01:35:28,822
Um..
1609
01:35:28,824 --> 01:35:30,256
Look, "Story Magazine"
is going to do
1610
01:35:30,258 --> 01:35:31,458
an anthology
of short stories
1611
01:35:31,460 --> 01:35:33,326
and since you're
our most famous alumni
1612
01:35:33,328 --> 01:35:35,862
I...just thought
it would be fitting
1613
01:35:35,864 --> 01:35:38,364
if -- if you did
the introduction for us.
1614
01:35:46,841 --> 01:35:48,708
Hello?
1615
01:35:48,710 --> 01:35:50,744
Okay.
1616
01:35:50,746 --> 01:35:52,278
- O -- okay, what?- Okay, I'll do it.
1617
01:35:53,447 --> 01:35:55,315
Really?
1618
01:35:55,317 --> 01:35:56,916
Yeah, yousound surprised.
1619
01:35:56,918 --> 01:35:58,852
No, no,
I'm just thrilled.
1620
01:35:58,854 --> 01:36:00,353
I -- I..
Thank you.
1621
01:36:02,089 --> 01:36:04,224
Well, thank you
for buying my first story.
1622
01:36:07,428 --> 01:36:09,863
Well, it was the best
$25 I ever spent.
1623
01:36:14,902 --> 01:36:17,837
When I was 20, I wasa student for a time
1624
01:36:17,839 --> 01:36:20,206
in Whit Burnett'sshort story courseup at Columbia.
1625
01:36:20,208 --> 01:36:21,775
I often have my doubts
1626
01:36:21,777 --> 01:36:23,376
whether any goodand conscientious
1627
01:36:23,378 --> 01:36:26,312
writing course conductorcan humanly do more.
1628
01:36:26,314 --> 01:36:28,348
He was there,unmistakably
1629
01:36:28,350 --> 01:36:30,517
in the serviceof the story.
1630
01:36:32,787 --> 01:36:34,988
It isn't too quiet
for you out here?
1631
01:36:35,990 --> 01:36:37,791
No, it's perfect.
1632
01:36:37,793 --> 01:36:39,859
But don't you miss
the action in the city?
1633
01:36:39,861 --> 01:36:41,861
It's just a distraction.
1634
01:36:41,863 --> 01:36:42,929
It's all a distraction.
1635
01:36:42,931 --> 01:36:45,298
It's important
I remove anything
1636
01:36:45,300 --> 01:36:47,400
that can interfere
with my writing.
1637
01:36:47,402 --> 01:36:50,537
Yeah, but don't you
have less to write about?
1638
01:36:50,539 --> 01:36:52,405
You're so isolated.
1639
01:36:52,407 --> 01:36:54,207
I mean, look, I liked
"Franny And Zooey."
1640
01:36:54,209 --> 01:36:57,076
It's just, it felt
a little bit more like
1641
01:36:57,078 --> 01:37:00,413
reading a religious
textbook than a story.
1642
01:37:00,415 --> 01:37:04,117
You always told me
to dig deeper.
1643
01:37:04,119 --> 01:37:05,318
- Correct?
- Yes.
1644
01:37:05,320 --> 01:37:06,452
I couldn't have
written "Catcher"
1645
01:37:06,454 --> 01:37:08,154
without the war.
1646
01:37:08,156 --> 01:37:09,322
But now I'm seeking
a higher calling
1647
01:37:09,324 --> 01:37:11,090
than a boy
and his hunting hat.
1648
01:37:11,092 --> 01:37:13,393
Wait a minute, Holden
changed the country.
1649
01:37:13,395 --> 01:37:15,128
There's now young people
all over the world
1650
01:37:15,130 --> 01:37:17,063
who feel they
finally have a voice
they never had before.
1651
01:37:17,065 --> 01:37:18,498
I know, yes,
and they're not afraid
1652
01:37:18,500 --> 01:37:21,467
to come here
and tell me.
1653
01:37:21,469 --> 01:37:24,003
Sometimes, I wish
I never wrote it.
1654
01:37:24,005 --> 01:37:25,271
I know, it's made me
a prisoner here.
1655
01:37:25,273 --> 01:37:26,539
I'm shackled by
my own creation.
1656
01:37:26,541 --> 01:37:27,941
Oh, come on, does it
have to be like that?
1657
01:37:27,943 --> 01:37:29,008
Yes.
1658
01:37:29,010 --> 01:37:30,510
If I want to
keep writing, it does.
1659
01:37:30,512 --> 01:37:33,313
And that's the only time
I feel any sense of peace.
1660
01:37:34,582 --> 01:37:36,049
Alright.
1661
01:37:36,051 --> 01:37:39,385
It's nice to see you
again, but I'm..
1662
01:37:39,387 --> 01:37:40,954
...curious why
you wanted to come
all the way up here
1663
01:37:40,956 --> 01:37:43,356
to talk to me.
1664
01:37:43,358 --> 01:37:45,925
It's about
the introduction
you wrote.
1665
01:37:45,927 --> 01:37:48,294
Look, I...I loved it.
1666
01:37:48,296 --> 01:37:49,863
It's beautiful,
I was very flattered.
1667
01:37:49,865 --> 01:37:50,930
Well, I'm glad
you enjoyed it.
1668
01:37:50,932 --> 01:37:52,599
But unfortunately,
I can't use it.
1669
01:37:55,202 --> 01:37:57,103
- You can't use it?
- No.
1670
01:37:57,105 --> 01:37:58,872
Because it's not about
1671
01:37:58,874 --> 01:38:00,940
"Story Magazine"
or the other writers.
1672
01:38:00,942 --> 01:38:02,575
It's just about me,
and it's just..
1673
01:38:02,577 --> 01:38:04,944
...inappropriate to use
as an introduction
1674
01:38:04,946 --> 01:38:06,579
for an anthology.
Why are you laughing?
1675
01:38:06,581 --> 01:38:09,382
[laughing]
1676
01:38:09,384 --> 01:38:12,085
Ever since we've met,
all you've done is
reject my writing.
1677
01:38:12,087 --> 01:38:13,887
I guess I was
foolish to think
that would end now.
1678
01:38:15,055 --> 01:38:16,489
Well, I never said
life as a writer
1679
01:38:16,491 --> 01:38:18,424
was going to be easy.
1680
01:38:18,426 --> 01:38:20,260
And as always,
you were right.
1681
01:38:27,902 --> 01:38:29,302
Goodbye, Whit.
1682
01:38:34,909 --> 01:38:36,376
Goodbye.
1683
01:39:00,000 --> 01:39:01,968
[sighs]
1684
01:39:03,304 --> 01:39:04,671
[instrumental music]
1685
01:39:17,384 --> 01:39:19,319
As always, there are
1686
01:39:19,321 --> 01:39:21,688
multiple offers
for the film rights
to "Catcher."
1687
01:39:21,690 --> 01:39:24,524
Elia Kazan, Billy Wilder,
they both keep calling.
1688
01:39:24,526 --> 01:39:26,960
Tell them no.
And to stop calling.
1689
01:39:26,962 --> 01:39:28,094
It'd never
work as a movie.
1690
01:39:28,096 --> 01:39:29,529
Why not?
1691
01:39:29,531 --> 01:39:31,497
Because I'm the only one
that can play Holden.
1692
01:39:31,499 --> 01:39:34,100
I'm too old.
1693
01:39:34,102 --> 01:39:36,970
Little, Brown called
about your next book.
1694
01:39:36,972 --> 01:39:40,039
They asked if you were
still writing about
the Glass family.
1695
01:39:40,041 --> 01:39:42,108
They'll take anything.
1696
01:39:42,110 --> 01:39:43,543
Literally anything.
1697
01:39:43,545 --> 01:39:45,111
[sighs]
1698
01:39:45,113 --> 01:39:46,379
There is something I want
to talk to you about.
1699
01:39:46,381 --> 01:39:47,380
It's actually
the reason why
1700
01:39:47,382 --> 01:39:48,648
I came back to the city.
1701
01:39:48,650 --> 01:39:51,417
[sighs]
1702
01:39:51,419 --> 01:39:52,618
What is it?
1703
01:39:56,724 --> 01:39:58,558
I don't want
to publish anymore.
1704
01:40:03,230 --> 01:40:06,766
But people really love
to read your stories.
1705
01:40:08,302 --> 01:40:10,536
You'll have so many
disappointed fans.
1706
01:40:13,040 --> 01:40:15,675
Well, writing's..
It's become my religion.
1707
01:40:18,512 --> 01:40:20,113
Publishing, it -- it gets
in the way
1708
01:40:20,115 --> 01:40:21,614
of the meditation.
1709
01:40:22,583 --> 01:40:24,217
It corrupts it.
1710
01:40:26,186 --> 01:40:29,422
I don't know how to bea husband or a father.
1711
01:40:29,424 --> 01:40:31,491
Or even a friend.
1712
01:40:31,493 --> 01:40:33,326
All I knowis how to be a writer.
1713
01:40:34,561 --> 01:40:35,995
If -- if I -- if I
can truly do this
1714
01:40:35,997 --> 01:40:38,197
if I can dedicate
my life to writing
1715
01:40:38,199 --> 01:40:41,200
and -- and get
nothing in return..
1716
01:40:41,202 --> 01:40:43,369
...then I think I can
find some happiness.
1717
01:40:49,543 --> 01:40:51,477
Then don't
publish anymore.
1718
01:40:53,680 --> 01:40:56,149
I love you, and I want
you to be happy.
1719
01:40:57,651 --> 01:40:58,818
And it's like
I always said..
1720
01:41:00,421 --> 01:41:02,588
Publishing
isn't everything.
1721
01:41:04,224 --> 01:41:06,426
[chuckling]
1722
01:41:10,697 --> 01:41:13,699
[dramatic music]
1723
01:41:13,701 --> 01:41:16,736
[typewriter
keys clacking]
1724
01:41:46,733 --> 01:41:49,769
[music continues]
1725
01:42:20,234 --> 01:42:23,569
Dear Whit, so to answerthe question you asked me
1726
01:42:23,571 --> 01:42:25,238
all those years ago..
1727
01:42:25,240 --> 01:42:26,873
Yes.
1728
01:42:26,875 --> 01:42:29,375
I am willing to writefor the rest of my life
1729
01:42:29,377 --> 01:42:32,211
and get nothingin return.
1730
01:42:32,213 --> 01:42:35,715
Sincerely yours,J.D. Salinger.
1731
01:42:45,526 --> 01:42:48,361
[instrumental music]
1732
01:43:18,358 --> 01:43:21,394
[music continues]
1732
01:43:22,305 --> 01:43:28,832
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