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Well, it was an interesting time
in the early '90s, I guess.

I mean, if you
mention that time,

I think of a pub
called The Good Mixer,

which was kind of where all the
bands went and got drunk together.

It started there.

It was a feeling of
something happening.

And then that kind of expanded

until it seemed like the whole
country had become that pub.

That's kind of what happened.

I first met Gary, I
suppose, at that point

where his group seemed
to be doing something.

They did a tour.

On The One did a tour and
we were the support band,

and it was kind of...

I liked him.

He was the only one in the
group I did like, actually.

There was another
bloke called Paul,

who was absolutely the biggest
pain in the ass I had ever met.

Who made the band a success?

I think Gary would
disagree, but it was...

You know, it was me.

I was the driving force
behind the band.

You know, while Gary would be
sitting whistling in the corner,

thinking of riffs and stuff, I'd
be powering us forward as a unit

and basically being creative and
a manager at the same time.

I sensed that he
felt very trapped.

And he wanted to get out and
experience the world and life.

So we broke up.

And...

Yeah, it wasn't very long
after that that he met Dora.

He started going out with this girl
called Dora that I used to go out with,

and after wanting to kind of
really dislike this person

and even maybe thinking
I might, you know,

hit him for going out
with my ex-girlfriend,

we ended up getting
on really well,

and I, you know, ended
up really liking him.

I see Gary all the time.
You know, I see him...

I see him... I do, I
see him a lot, but...

You know, I miss who he
was, you know, I miss...

I miss that.

But I never thought this is how
he'd get famous, you know.

Well, I spoke to him a while
ago when he moved to New York

to be with Dora, I think.

And he rang me and just
asked me a question,

"Do you know where John Lennon
lived?" And I said, "No."

He knew where he lived.
It was...

It was his way of telling
me that he'd gone for good.

Can you turn the heat up?

I'm sweating.

Love you.

I love you, too.

Okay, this is Mega-Life, "Back to
School," 30 seconds, version one.

Hey, is everything okay?

You've got to cut out
this artistic crap, okay?

You're weirding out the clients.

So, what do you mean?

Can he hear me? No.

Norman said Mega-Life played
you an acoustic piece Uh-huh.

So you could do a sound-alike,

and you gave them a fucking
flute solo and some slap bass.

I went with my instinct.
And it wasn't slap bass.

Well... I wanted it to
be original and great...

But they don't want
"great," okay?

That's why they come to us,
that's why they come to me, okay?

Because they know they're going
to get, you know, "fine."

Yeah, but it has to be good.

Bad is good, okay?

And don't use words like
"Gershwin" and "Sondheim"

because that scares
the shit out of them.

They don't know what that means.

They think you're
making fun of them.

Okay? They want a
Cheers sound-alike.

Cheers? Yeah.

The TV show? Yeah.

Don't, please don't do that.
Don't.

This is going to be like the
second album again, I can feel it.

I don't... Do you know...

Seriously, I don't want any of your
self-sabotaging bullshit, okay?

Just, please, make it bad.

Okay. Yeah.

Okay, I'll make it bad.

Good.

I'll see you at dinner, okay?

Paul Bernard.

Hey. Sorry we're late.

That's fine. How are you?

How are you? Good.

Nice to see you.

Hi.

I just wanted to tell you I'm sorry
about Sophie and that ashram.

Oh, it's fine. I'll
just go next week.

So, it's happening.

Paul's getting the promotion.

And I'm totally flipping out.
Wow. Mate.

It's official. What promotion?

They're making me a partner.

What? That's incredible!
Tell us!

I didn't know that
wasa possibility.

I just didn't want to jinx it.

You remember the "Life is the greatest
refreshment of all" campaign?

They're extending that
for another year.

That Jerome dick has
gone to Belgium.

The field is open. Suddenly
I've become indispensable.

That's incredible.
Congratulations.

That is incredible.

Isn't it exciting?

That is really great.

And we're gonna get the
country house for definite.

Terry spoke to Rob's friend, and
we're just going to do it, so...

All that stuff from the old apartment
is going straight up there.

You can be our permanent
summer guests.

That's incredible.
Congratulations.

I don't even know what
to do with myself.

Let's get some champagne.
Well done.

You can have the two Andys
make you that gazebo.

Well done.

I can't believe you
didn't tell me that.

- I want Christmas in the new house.
- Yes...

Have you ever thought
of talking to Paul

about being part of the agency?

You know, maybe that could be...

Why do you say that?

I don't want to do that. I've never
wanted to do anything like that.

I know. I just...
I don't know...

Does it really seem like
scoring commercials

and doing it only halfway
is really working?

I thought you liked my stuff.

I do. I think you're
incredibly talented. I just...

It doesn't seem like half-assing
it is really working for you.

I just... I just want you
to be happy, you know?

I mean, either do it or don't.

Everything is with an eye toward
film composition, documentaries.

I have to start somewhere.

Start? You've been doing
it for seven years.

Ever since the band broke up.
Well...

I'm just saying, you know, I liked
the guy who was writing songs.

Maybe it was because
it was after the group

and you had something to prove.

But now it's just like, if
you're going to give up,

you might as well go teach
music in the inner city.

One thing. One thing. I haven't given up.
All right?

Secondly, are you telling
me that that is my choice?

To either teach music
in the inner city

or go and work for the agency?

I'm just saying you're
basically doing it anyway,

so why not just commit?

What about working in an art gallery
is so good for the world, Dora?

You know, I knew my
artistic limitations, okay?

That's what we're getting to.

I'm not saying you're limited.

I'm just saying I dealt with it.

You know, if you want to do this for
the rest of your life, that's fine.

Okay? Be my guest.

But you can't ask
me to respect it.

Or support it. Okay.

And you know what?
You're so sensitive,

you think everything
is an attack.

Love you.

I love you, too.

I'm sorry if I hurt
your feelings before.

No, it's okay.

You're right.

I'm taking off my watch,

so you're supposed to take
off your street shoes.

They said cords were okay.

Don't worry.

I think you look perfect.

Thank you.

I'm Gary.

A pleasure.

If you pay close attention

and close your eyes

you can feel a
heartbeat in my lips.

You can't feel it like that.

Can you be here at 6:00 to let
the guys in to fix the drain?

Yeah.

Have a good day.

Thanks.

This time could we just hear a
bit of the original please?

Thank you.

Wanna do something fun for
dinner tomorrow night?

Yeah, like what?

I don't know.

Anyone you want to see?
Any place you want to go?

I don't know.

I'll think of something fun.
I'll surprise you.

You shouldn't have
said anything.

We don't have to.

No, I want to.

Okay.

Are you going to read
for a long time?

I'm just going to
finish this chapter.

I have to get up early.

Okay.

Love you. Me, too.

Hello.

I'm so excited to see you again.

Could you please
tell me your name?

I'm Anna.

I'm Gary.

How are you?

I'm fine, Gary.

I'm all for you.

Fuck it.

Fuck it!

What is it? Are you okay?

Just had a nightmare.

About what?

I don't know.

I was blind and lost, or
drowning or something.

Try to relax.

Rats were eating my pillow.

For you.

For you.

For you.

For you. For you. For you.

For you.

Don't come in, I'm in here!

What?

I was just...

Oh, my God. What?

It's 7:00 in the morning.

Do you know how weird that is?

Well, sometimes I just...
You know?

This is so sad.

You're a fucked-up person.

Dora, listen, I don't...

Christ, I don't know...

You have problems.

Make sure you scrub
out the sink.

Gary? Gary? Are you here?

Gazo!

Hey, mate. Have
you seen her yet?

Here she is! No. Have
you seen her? No.

She's, like, sort of tall and hot,
in a kind of short, ugly way.

Paul, why is she coming here?

You're such an idiot.

Someone's going to see you.
What if Terry finds out?

Then it's curtains, isn't it?

Exactly. How can it be worth it?

What are you talking
about, worth it?

It's like being on tour again.

She wants to be a gymnast.

Have you any idea how flexible
those chicks can get?

A gymnast? What is
she, 11 years old?

That's what I said to her!

I said, "Your tits are too
big to be a gymnast."

Because they've got to be flat

and, like, super
Chinese, you know?

Why are we in a
fucking hobbit hole?

We're not in a hobbit hole. I'm
just checking some things out.

Don't touch my books.

Listen, do you have
a lot of dreams?

What does that mean? Well,
do you have dreams?

Like, I don't know, dreams
that, when you're sleeping,

that you have one night,

and then the next night you have it again.
I don't mean the same dream,

but say, one closely related
to the one you had before?

Well, I don't know, probably. I
don't really remember my dreams.

Unless I leave a little something in
my PJ's, if you know what I'm saying.

Well, yeah. This is...

These are all PJ dreams, but
without the "leaving something."

I've had a couple of them and they just...
They were amazing.

I just thought I'd
find out about it.

Okay, well, now you
come to mention it,

I did have a dream once
where I killed a man,

which is pretty cool.

And I fucked my mother.

Oi! I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

No, I'm not. But it was sick.
I didn't enjoy it.

Yes, I did. Look, don't
tell Dora I said that

because that's, like, bad.

That is bad.

Ah! There she is.

This her? Yeah, she's
waiting for me.

Hey. Hey, how're you doing? Hi.

Don't kiss me. Okay.

This is Gary. He works for me.

Hi. Hi, Gary.

You're the keyboardist? Yeah.

Tica with a "T." Hi.

Oh, wow. I'm just such a big fan.
Oh, thank you.

She is, honestly. She knows all
the words to Checkpoint Carlos.

She likes to hum it
when we're in bed.

Do you like any of
the other songs?

Checkpoint Carlos is really
one of my favorite ones.

We should get the hell out of here
because we've got stuff to do.

You make up those changes
and call my assistant,

because she'll know where I am, okay?
All right.

Take it easy. Don't slap it.

Whatever, let's rock.

Excuse me?

Can you tell me, do these books
tell you what your dreams mean?

Yeah. Yeah, those books will tell
you everything you need to know.

Ah! But see this
book right here?

Mmm-hmm. I mean,

this book will tell you shit
you didn't even want to know.

I mean, because, like,
Alan Weigert's like

the John Grisham
of lucid dreaming.

All right. Of what, sorry?

You want a tip?

Yeah, what?

You want to learn about
dreams and dreaming, right?

Yeah. It seems
interesting, yeah.

Okay. I've got a
place you should go.

Okay.

Everything is going
to be okay, honey.

Go on. Go on, cry your eyes out.

You're a sick human.

If it happens again,
Mel, I'll call the cops.

They were egging me on, man.

They're children,
for God's sake.

You know how dark kids can be?
No, I don't.

Little horrible adults
in tiny bodies.

I didn't do anything.

I heard you, Mel. You can't
call a seven-year-old girl

a vapid narcissist.

They just stand there, staring
at themselves in a mirror!

They're supposed to be looking in the
mirror. It's part of the exercise.

Turn-out into pas de bouree.

Don't be mad at me just
because you hate yourself.

At 6:00 the room is mine.
What? What did you say?

You heard me. There is always
going to be some overlap.

It's a small room. We're
trying to make it work.

Listen, you speak to one of
my girls like that again,

there will be consequences.

Meanie!

Lolita!

See, honey? Just like my father.

Anabella, did you
bring the Jell-O?

You said pudding on Tuesday.

Hi. Yo, my man!
Karate's at 7:00.

No, no. I'm here
for the dreaming.

This is the lucid
dreaming group?

Yeah. Great.

Unhappy with your life?

Looking for some control?

Maybe, yeah.

Let's get to it, people!

- All right, Constance and, uh, Bomba?
- Yeah?

You team. Rita and
Shiraz, you hook up.

Come on. Get in, get in, get in.
Look at it.

Check it out. Open up.
Open up for him.

Yoshi, Sherry, you do
that, you pair up.

...like, through the rooms, and
there was all these people.

People are in there, you know?

And then, the thing about
it is, you know...

Look, you don't want to read any
of those books by Alan Weigert.

Really? Why not? They seem pretty good.
They're illusion.

They should be in the
fiction section.

He's a sellout.

What you want are
hard-hitting facts.

What you need is the truth.

I wrote it myself.
Begin at Chapter 1.

You gotta look at your hands just before
you go to sleep. That's the thing.

That's the biggest thing
in a lucid dream.

You gotta, you know, study each
line and crack and imperfection.

Gotta get a long-lasting
impression in your mind,

because they are your safety
blanket in the dream state.

In case the nightmare begins

or some stressful event
creates a dream monster,

you have to use this technique to
stop it while you're still sleeping.

Otherwise, you'll wake up...

Sorry, did you say
"dream monster"?

Yeah. You're kidding.

No. It's like getting shot, falling
down, or being chased around,

all the classic side effects
of a dream monster.

So it's not like a real monster?
Could be.

To some people, it's a feeling

that knocks them
out of the dream.

For others, it's a giant Muppet.

It's different for everybody.

And the thing about when you
go to sleep, you fall asleep,

as soon as you do, you look
for light switches, right?

You turn them on
and off, inside,

indoor light switches,
to see what happens.

If you find a mirror or you look
in a mirror, it's very good.

If you already know what you
want your dream to be about,

then how can you get that going?
Is that possible?

Well, that's in Chapter
7, but don't skip around

because there's a math to it.

Yo! Karate chop! What the fuck?

Knock, knock. I got
two more minutes.

Go wait outside.

They have swords.

Every week, these
fucking warmongers...

It's a full-on
emotional exploration.

It's not dangerous, but sometimes
it's emotionally alarming.

Just a preparation, okay?
Read the book.

Okay? That's it. Not that guy.
Not... Not the Weigert guy.

All right, everybody, let's go.
That's good.

That's enough for today.
She okay?

When I first met Mel in 1962
at Berkeley, I was at MIT.

My father said, "Never go to
California, it's full of shit."

Because he was a pilot,

he was convinced that the
United States were tilted

and all the crap, dirt and filth

slid towards
California, Berkeley.

He said, "Never go there."

I went there and I did find

that filthy hell hole

full of stupid hippies,

but I enjoyed myself there.

That's when I first
met Mel, yeah.

He belonged there.

What are you doing in there?
Are you on the toilet?

Yeah, I'll... I'll
be done in a minute.

Turn the fan on.

I wish you had waited
till I got ready for bed.

Sorry. Sorry. I'm
almost finished.

Are you in there playing
with yourself again?

Light a match.

Love you.

Me, too.

I thought I'd never
see you again.

I'm here.

Will you make love to me?

Yes.

All day long?

Of course.

Even after it hurts
too much to continue?

Anything.

Can we make babies?

Huh?

I'm just kidding.

Remember...

Everything you need to
make it great is in you.

Look at your hands, quick!

What's up?

Sorry, nothing. It's
just the same old stuff.

Gary? GARY: In the bedroom!
Wait one second.

I just saw Angel.

He said they're going to redo
the entire lobby. Oh, wait.

What are you doing?

Look, I'm sorry about
the mess, okay?

I'll have that cleaned up.

You know, I've not been
sleeping or anything.

So I just thought the best thing
would be to get it really quiet.

Wait, wait. This looks
totally horrible.

That siren last night was
so loud, I was screwed.

I was like a zombie
at work today.

I called you at work.
You weren't there.

Yeah. I cut out early to
get this stuff set up.

Don't you think
it's a good idea?

I mean, we'll sleep
so much better.

I sleep fine.

It'll be good. Trust me.

Gary, this is insanely
inconsiderate.

I can't believe you've done this
without even consulting me.

Now we're going to breathe
in all this foam?

It can't be good for you.

It's full of chloro-fluorocarbons
or whatever.

Dora, I'm doing
this for you, too.

I'm going to tidy up. You
won't even know it's there.

This is crazy.

Don't they at least
make it in white?

What are you doing?

Jesus Christ, Gary, I'm reading.
What's wrong with you?

What's wrong with me? What
the fuck is wrong with you?

Why are you doing this to me?

Are you having nightmares again?

I mean, basically, but
I still want to sleep.

Jesus, Dora!

You're kidding me. Can't you
read in the other room?

This is so fucking rude. I
get scared in there alone.

Oh, you get scared. Jesus.

It's the living room.

Why can't you be nice to me?

I don't feel well. I
take care of you.

Okay, what's wrong
with you then?

I've got a tickle in my throat.

Jesus Christ! What do you
want me to do about it?

You're a real jerk,
you know that?

I would never do this to you.

I hope you have
terrifying nightmares.

I hope you shit your pants.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I love you.

Here they are. Hi, guys.

Sorry, we're... Hi.

Is everything all right?

Terry!

Terry!

What's that all about?

She broke into my e-mail, okay?

She found a letter
from that girl

who I've been seeing
a little bit.

Tica with a "T"? Oh, my God!

It was just kind of... It was regular
kind of girl shit, you know?

But then she added this fantasy
where she kind of ended up

with me breaking her arm and
knocking a couple of her teeth out!

Which is fine, that's
fine, you know?

But when your wife reads it,

you realize that, you
know, it's wrong.

Well, this is serious!

Is it? I don't know, you know.

I thought I'd be more
frightened of Terry leaving.

But it's kind of like...

It's like an exciting prospect.

You know, I'm kind of
a bit of a hotshot

at work at the moment, you know?

It's like I haven't felt
like this since the band.

It's like being on
tour, you know?

Women kind of look at me differently.
I don't know.

I'm just going to see how
things go, you know?

In the meantime, I wish
she would just shut up

and go to her mother's because
I'm just, you know...

What's wrong with you?
You look terrible.

My sleeping's all
screwy, you know...

Right, the dream stuff.
How's that going?

Yeah, things are very good.

I feel like an idiot
saying this, but...

I have this girl and she's amazing.
I mean, she loves me.

She's passionate and
supportive and inspiring.

I don't know, like I said, I feel
like an idiot saying this, but...

I don't know, I just...

I just...

I read these books, right, they teach
you how to control your dreams.

I mean, it's ridiculous,
but I feel good.

And I haven't felt good about
myself in such a long time.

I'll tell you, it was just
like the early days with Dora.

God, that sounds great.

That sounds so great because
there are no problems.

You can't get caught.

You should lend me one
of your dream books.

No, thanks.

Yeah, and then I can get
a dream girlfriend,

and then we can, you
know, we can double up.

Or better yet, we can swap.

I don't want to swap.

Consider it.

So where's Terry?

She's gone to her mother's.

Yes!

I didn't...

What did you do with the NyQuil?

Is it not in the
medicine cabinet?

Do you want to do that?

Do you want to have sex
e-mails with some bimbo?

That's so fucked up. Do you
know how dark that is?

Hold on. It was just an e-mail.

We don't know that
he's cheating.

Oh, come on. Don't do that.

Don't defend him. It's me.

Do you think about
stuff like that?

What's thinking about something?
You know, what...

You could say, do I
think about suicide?

Well, yes, I do think about it.

Would I do it? Well, you
know, bad example...

Right. So you do think about it.

No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding!

For Christ's sake,
it's so abstract!

The relationship is on the line.

Do I think about something?
It's depressing.

What do you want me to tell you?
How about the truth?

Okay, do you think about it?

No, I don't, and I have
a lot of opportunity.

Sorry, what does that mean?

Guys like me. They
make it clear.

Go fuck one of them, then. What do I care?
It's not like we do.

I don't want to, Gary!
That's the point!

Jesus, nobody jerks off
at 7:00 in the morning

unless they're really unhappy!

And it's sure as shit not me
you're thinking about in there!

I don't know how to
respond to this, okay?

Don't lump me in with Paul
because he's fucked up.

It just seems like we're
heading in that direction

and if we're going
to end up like that,

it's better to
talk about it now.

We could have a
normal conversation.

Conversation about what?

About how I've watched more
TV in the last three years

than I have in my whole
life because of you.

We don't do anything and you're
always the depressive, you know?

Does it ever occur to you that maybe I
need a little cheering up, you know?

That I want to feel special?

I don't think you do need cheering up.
I think you need tampons.

What a response. Fuck you.

I'm so tired of this... Dora!

I can't sit around here anymore.

Dora! Come on, I'm sorry.

Go! Be messy, and go camping,
What am I apologizing for?

And live life and
drive race cars!

Jesus Christ, I'll
just put you in a cab.

Are you okay?

You look tense.

Do I?

Shit. I feel like such a liar.

What do you have to lie about?

You. This.

Gary, you're a good person.

You haven't done anything wrong.

Then why am I so
anxious all the time?

Why do I feel like
everything I do is bad?

Ah, it's nice to feel
the breeze on my face.

I think our relationship
was less complicated

than his one with Dora.

But I think he was challenged
by complicated people.

He was challenged by
people who scared him.

Dora scared him.

Dora?

Hi.

Hey. What are you doing?

Ellen had to cancel
her trip to Venice.

I had to decide at
the last second,

but I'm going to
go in her place.

It's a big deal for me representing
the gallery over there.

Wait, are you kidding?

This is great news, but you
didn't want to consult me?

Why should I, Gary?

You know, I mean, I think
it's probably the best thing

that we have some time apart.

I'm not making you
happy, Best thing?

You're not making
me happy, so...

Hang on, I'm not
making you happy?

Oh, come on. Let's just
cut the bullshit, okay?

This is ridiculous.

The whole thing has
just gotten totally...

It's just fear, you know?

I'm just afraid of being alone.

I don't want to get
into the whole thing.

I'm not saying
anything official.

I just want to go and do this.

That's fine. But
don't go like this.

Come on.

You and your idiot friend can do
whatever you want while I'm gone.

I really don't care.

Paul has moved out of Terry's.

I'm thinking I might stay there
for a few days when I get back.

That's fine.

You do whatever you
have to do, all right?

But don't blame me
for everything.

I'm not blaming you, Gary!
That's the whole point.

It's just not fun anymore.

I feel lousy about
myself all the time.

And that's how I feel.

I can't do this today.
It makes my joints ache.

Do you have your passport?

Yeah.

Okay.

Of course that's all
you have to say.

You're such a dead person.

You're just so absent.
You're so absent.

How did you get like this?
What's wrong with you?

That is exactly the
way you are with me.

No, no, no, Gary.

You don't just reciprocate
the complaint, okay?

You can't throw back
the same insult.

I never do that. That's
what you always do.

Oh, Jesus Christ!

Goodbye!

¶ Wait just a moment
before our love will die

¶ 'Cause I can show you
loving that you won't deny

¶ Wait and show your
loving like it was before

¶ 'Cause I won't let that feeling
walk out through the door ¶

Think of it this way, you've
got two weeks off, right?

Dora is out of town.

You know, you can have
wet dreams every night,

even work on this nocturnal thing
you're developing, you know,

and try and put it to
use in the real world,

you know, in the real-life population.
I mean...

What's your name, beautiful?

Shawna.

And do you have a boyfriend?

Just you, sugar.

Correct answer. Straight
A's for Shawna.

And what do you look for in a guy,
other than deep pockets and V.D.?

I like funny guys.

Well, take my friend Gary here, okay?
Now, if he was a funny guy,

okay, and he's not by the
way, but let's pretend he is,

if he was a funny guy,
could he be your type?

Oh, sure.

You know, Shawna
can be inspiring.

She wants to be a singer.

A rapper. Even better!

Shawna, don't you want
to rock Gary's mic?

Yeah.

Come on, Gary. Let
me rock your mic.

Okay! That's fine!

Oh, make him stay, Shawna!

Please, you've been great.

I'm going to call you tomorrow.

Come back, Shane.

Anna?

Anna?

Hey, Gary.

Are you coming to Venice?

You're friends with Dora, right?

He knows her.

Hey, Gaz. She's going
to rock the mic.

Oh, shit!

Gary didn't fear rejection.

What Gary feared was
being a mediocre talent,

which, to be brutally
honest, he was.

Hey, Gary! What happened to you?

I thought you were going
to be a new addition.

Yeah, I'm sorry. I've just
been real busy, you know?

Listen, do you have a minute?

Well, I'm actually
on my way to work.

So, if you want to
walk me, it's okay.

Work? Hang on, isn't
this your job?

You can't take
sleeping pills, man.

That's Dream Science 101.

Well, it doesn't say anything
in the book about not doing it.

I mean, that's quite a major
warning, right? It should say so.

That's where all the incoherence
and the melting faces

and the dream
monsters breed, man.

That's like inviting
gremlins to a pool party.

Hey, see if you can
help me with this, huh?

See, I don't know, Mel. I've been
reading this guy, Alan Weigert,

and he says that you
should take long baths...

Alan Weigert?

I told you not to
read that crap!

Alan Weigert is a
scummer and a sell-out.

I know him. You don't know him.

What do you mean, you know him?

He's a sick man and a
goddamn capitalist.

Wait, how do you...

Do you know what a
traitor is, man?

Who, me or him?

Balls. I gotta go to work.

Jesus Christ.

Mel...

Look, man, you gotta
come to the group.

That's where we work
these things out.

I'm not good with groups. I
just need some tips, like...

Does anybody else
have these problems?

For most people,
it's recreation.

You know, inner child
shit, midlife crisis...

But that's for me,
too, though, right?

It's not sounding like it.

Can't you just give me something
to help with the sleeping?

Do you eat healthy?

Healthy? What,
like granola bars?

Do you... Do you exercise?
You like sports?

Not really, no.

You jog? You look like a jogger.

Do I? No, I don't jog, Mel.

Well, start. Start running.
Run till you drop.

You'll sleep like a baby.

God, I never thought of that.

Yeah, there's nothing
better than blowing it out,

because nothing will
make you more tired.

Jeez, I can't believe I didn't think
of that. Mel, you're a genius.

If there's anything I can
ever do for you, then...

You got 50 bucks?

Sure, yeah.

Here, take my card. We'll
treat it as a private.

Okay. If you have any
problems, you call me.

Thanks.

Do you have an invitation, sir?

No!

¶ You say you've got to go home

¶ 'Cause he's sitting on
his own again this evening

¶ I know you're gonna let him
bore your pants off again

¶ Oh, now it's half past eight

¶ You'll be late

¶ Don't say you're not sure

¶ Though it makes good sense
for you to live together

¶ Still you bought a toy that can
reach the places he never goes

¶ And now it's getting late

¶ He's so straight

¶ Do you remember
the first time?

¶ I can't remember a worse time

¶ But you know that we've
changed so much since then

¶ Oh yeah, we've grown

¶ Now I don't care
what you're doing

¶ No, I don't care if
you save a piece for me

¶ Oh, yeah now

¶ You wanna go home ¶

Gary, there's only so much
you can control, man.

You can't think that you can
be in charge of every element.

Well, why not? Isn't that the whole point?
You just can't.

No, isn't that the whole point?

Listen, do you have a
more advanced book?

Because I really feel that I've
graduated to a higher level.

I'm better than the average dream reader.
I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.

Are you encountering dream monsters?
Yes, I am!

And they're not fucking
Muppets, let me tell you.

They're Italians.

You have any coherent
conversations?

All the time, Mel,

but it's not sleeping pills.
I'm totally clean.

By the way, bring the thermos
in tomorrow, will you, Tony?

This sounds like deep
control aggression, man.

I mean, you having a lot
of problems in your life?

Yeah, all I have are problems,

and now my real-life girlfriend
is showing up in my dreams.

What about getting
away for a few days?

You know, sometimes getting away

from your waking-life problems,
it clears your dreams.

I can't, not in any real way.

Meet me tomorrow at noon
at the studio. Fine.

We'll go somewhere. Okay, where?

I'll take you on a field trip.
Be there at noon.

Field trip.

See how relaxed you're getting?

Girlfriends, man...

Let me tell you something.

I haven't had a real-life
relationship since 1966.

You should enjoy this time.
Embrace your freedom.

And more than anything,

relax.

It's a pillow-top. This is good.

Try this bed. It's good.

I used to really believe that

everybody was at the center
of their own universe.

You know, like we're all suns being
orbited by the people in our lives.

But at a certain point, if
things don't go your way,

maybe it's better just to

pick someone or something great

and just orbit that.

You know?

I felt like that's what
I was doing with Dora.

Sometimes I wish you could just
hit the sack and never wake up.

If your favorite
song never ended

or your best book never closed,

if the emotions mustered from these
things would just go on and on,

who wouldn't want
to stay asleep?

Now, the guy who discovers
that perpetual dream,

he's my man.

He's going to make
a billion dollars.

I gotta tell you, Gary, hanging out
with you is pretty depressing.

I know. I'm sorry.

Think I'm going
to go take a nap.

No, come on. Let me
get you some food.

No, I got no appetite.

Please. No, I'm going
to jog it off.

Okay.

Watch this.

I know it's crazy, but this is her.
I swear to God.

In, like, seven magazines.
I'm flipping out here!

I can see that. This is surreal.
But this is Anna.

What, you've given her a name?

I haven't given her anything.
That's her name.

She is absolutely hot as
shit, it's got to be said.

This doesn't just happen in life, Paul.
This means something.

This is like a motivating
force of destiny.

This is fate!

So what's her real-life name?
Well, that's the trouble.

None of these magazines have
any credits or anything.

I was hoping that maybe you
could help me track her down.

Do you know what's happened?
You've seen this woman

in, like, one of
Dora's magazines,

or on a billboard or
something like that.

And that's how she's got
inside your head, right?

I was reading one of
those dream books,

and it said that
all of our dreams

have a basis in
reality somewhere.

Sorry, what book? So that's...

When did you start
reading a book?

Well, you didn't lend
me yours, did you?

I had to go out and find my own.

I bought Alan Weigert, you know?

I just want to understand what
you're going through a bit better.

So how's that working out?

Really, really good.

Actually, you remember
the Keppel twins? Yeah.

I fucked Sandy last night.

Jenny was the good-looking one.

She watched. Oh!

Listen, I've got this covered, all right?
I'm on it.

Stop sleeping!

Get out of bed!

I know you're sleeping,
you fucked up mess.

Hello?

Come on. Hello?

All right, look, just
get out of bed, shower,

and meet me at 2:00 p.m., okay?

And brush your teeth. Bye.

There are a lot of things in your
life that you owe me for, okay?

But this one

will be the biggest
one of all time.

Her name is Melodia

and I've hired her as "The
Greatest Refreshment on Earth."

Hi, Melodia. Hello.

I just wanted you to meet a
very good friend of mine

who's a musician I work with.

This is Gary Sheller.

Hello. Nice to meet you. Hi.

Nice to meet you.

Just as good.

Gary composes a lot of the music
for the commercials we do.

And if this goes to
a TV commercial,

he'll be doing that, too.

But it's actually his fault
that you're here today

because he saw you and said,

"That is the face
of refreshment."

And I always listen to Gary.

Oh! Sweet.

Thank you, Gary.

You're welcome. You deserve it.

Why?

Because you're great.

Did you write the
music for this?

This what?

This. Oh!

Not really...

Write for the photo shoot?

He wrote it. Yeah, I wrote it.

Cool.

Are you coming to
the dinner tonight?

What dinner? He's coming.

Cool.

Maybe you can save me a seat.

Will you do that?

Yeah, I'll do that.

Cool. Okay.

Well, listen... Okay.

Thank you very much
for your time,

and you're doing some
great stuff today.

See you later, Gary.

Yeah.

Gary, meet Karl Heinz.
He's Melodia's ex-husband.

She hates me. It was a
marriage of dependence.

She needed a passport
and I needed to be...

Punished? As in scolded?

Yeah, like burned with a cigar.

I need him, don't I?

Well, she'll be here, I swear.

Hey. PAUL: Hey, there she is!

The lady of the moment.

Hello. Welcome,
welcome, welcome.

Move, Karl Heinz.
Don't touch me!

Hello, warrior princess.

I thought maybe you'd left.

Left? No. I thought maybe
you weren't turning up.

That's my best friend, Naresta.

Hello. Hi, hi. Hi.

She killed a guy once in Brazil.

Hi, can I have two shots of
tequila and a Kir Royale?

So...

So, what are you into, Gary?

What am I into?

I don't know. What are you into?

Just being alive, you
know, and staying young.

Young here, minded, not in a looks way.
I don't care.

I like my hips. I
like my wrinkles.

I'm into life, you know?

I feel like I just want to suck
every drop of juice out of it

and then fuck it to
death and pass out.

And you?

Well, I haven't really
done anything like that,

you know, to death yet, but...

Yeah, I love a lot of stuff like that.
Like what?

Like the things that
you were just saying.

Mmm!

But what do you like? Oh! Um...

I like dreams. Dreams?

Mmm. Dreams, like, you
know, when you're asleep.

Ah!

Cool. I never thought of that.

What do you dream about?

I dream about lots of things,

but really I'm more concerned with
controlling my dreams, to be honest.

Controlling them how? Oh.

How? By making them unravel...

Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine.

By unraveling them

in a way that I want, you know?

Do you have a lot of sex dreams?

I do, yeah.

Cool.

¶ I want to spend my life
with a girl like you

¶ And do all the things
that you want me to

¶ Till that time has come

¶ That we might live as one

¶ Can I dance with you? ¶

God, she's so pretty.

I've never had
anyone that pretty

without having to pay for it.

Did you tell her you
wrote Checkpoint Carlos?

I said we co-wrote it.

No, we took co-credit, Paul.

I can't even remember
what I said, okay?

Anyway, you owe me big-time.

Yes, I know.

She's pretty amazing. I know.

Certainly giving me a little bit
of ammo for my dreams tonight.

Don't say that. And don't do that.
Why would you...

You're not going to
do that, are you?

It's a dream.

It's not like I'm going
to fuck you, is it?

Yeah, but it's not a
dream, though, is it?

At least not in the
sense that you mean.

Her look is sort
of wrong, though.

Her look? Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. How are you?

Good. I think she likes
me a little bit.

Why would you say that?

I sense that.

You're not going to do
anything about it, are you?

No, no. I just mean she's, you know,
the kind of girl that likes everyone.

She's just really out there.

She said she wants to
experience everything.

Well, that's why I like her. She's
the exact opposite of Dora.

Oh, God.

Yes!

Listen, I'm going to go before
I fuck your girlfriend.

Why are you doing
this to me, Paul?

You're right, you're right.
I'll wait till I'm asleep.

Listen, I will call you tomorrow
and I'll tell you what happened

and we can compare notes.
Don't do this, please.

It'll be great. Melody, you're a star.
Bye-bye. Ciao, Paul.

See you, Gary. Yeah.

Hey.

Do you want to get a drink?
Sure.

Who were those guys
you were talking to?

One's a stylist I
used to work with

and the other I don't know.

Uh-huh. But they're gay.

Right, they seemed
kind of dickie.

They're harmless. Let's go.

¶ Something in the
moonlight catches my eye

¶ The shadow of a
lover goes dancing by

¶ Looking for a little
bit of love to grow, so

¶ Give me love Give
me heart and soul

¶ You never let me cross
to the other side now

Do you like this place?

Yeah, it's not bad.

¶ Hard on the heels
of something more ¶

Do you ever wear your hair back?

What's wrong with my hair?

No, no, it's nothing. I just
think it might look good.

Mmm.

No.

Not really.

Yeah, that's nice.

Yes, Master.

Anything else I can change
about myself to your liking?

Um...

No, not today. You are perfect.

Even with all the zippers and...

You don't like my clothes?

No, the clothes are great.

I meant your jacket,
which actually I...

I like. It's very...

Very backstage.

Well, should we get
into your style?

I'm sorry.

I like the jacket.

It's okay, you can
say what you want.

I'm not really crazy
about the jacket.

Jesus Christ!

What? You just said I
could say what I want.

Are you weird?

What do you mean?

Are you drunk?

No, of course I'm not drunk. I
just want to have a nice time.

Let's have some fun.

Sorry, can I have two shots
of tequila and a white wine?

Yeah. You can't smoke that in here.
Cool, okay.

I can't have another
one of those shots.

I didn't order you one.

Please don't be mad.
I was kidding.

Half-kidding.

I just want you to look great.

I don't think that's wrong, that
I want you... Stop talking.

I don't mean it in
a bad way, okay?

I mean it in a good way.

Because I know how
great you could look.

I know how fantastic you would
look in a white tuxedo.

What?

You're crazy. I'm not crazy.

Yeah, you're crazy.
You're a loser.

Psychotic. Psychotic.

Hey! Hey!

What are you doing? You can't
just walk out of the bar!

Don't tell me what
to do, please.

Okay, well, would you mind
telling me what I've done?

Why are you being mean?

Mean?

Mean? I don't even
know you, man.

I mean, I just thought you were
nice and we could be friends

and have a good time together.

I didn't really think you were
one of those douchebag guys.

But clearly you are.
A douchebag?

Have you ever even said that word before?
What's "douchebag"?

I'm not a douchebag. I don't
want to talk anymore, okay?

I'm going home.

You're making me feel like I
have to break up with you,

and I don't even know you.

Goodbye, Gary.

Come on.

Bullshit.

You think that's me out there?

You're a real piece of shit, Gary.
You know that?

I've been sleeping.

Oh, fuck!

Jesus!

Ah.

Gary. How are you?

I'm a wreck. How are you?

Oh, cool. I'm fine.
I mean, come on in.

Thank you. Yeah.

Excuse the mess.

Okay.

Yeah, I was just...

Funny little rabbit
girl I dreamed up

was nipping at my toes and then

you were at the door.

Yeah.

Did your girlfriend come back?

No, she hasn't
called or anything.

You don't look so good. No?

I don't even know
what to say, Mel.

Look, I'm falling
apart, you know?

Is that soundproofing?

Yeah. It's got cotton behind it.

Swallowed up, right?

You feel like everything real is

in there

and all this out here is
just a waste of time.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

This is what you got to look
forward to, man, in your old age.

I can't do anything anymore.

I let you down. I let you down.

The human default setting
is loneliness, man.

Sadness is a guarantee.

People like you have all
these great distractions,

girlfriends and jobs and shit.

And all these distractions
from unhappiness

equal life.

I don't have any
of those things.

In some ways, my cross to bear,

in others, my
freedom to cherish.

You see all this stuff? This...

My past and future
lie in these stacks.

I'm always looking
for something new.

I've saved eagles' nests
high in the Dolomites

on Icarus' perfected wings.

I bedded Cleopatra
in a tub of figs.

Not bad for a schlub
from Astoria.

What should I do, Mel?

I see it in you.

It's like looking in a mirror.

I know how lost you are.

Hey, man...

If you want out, all you've
got to do is say goodbye.

What the fuck did you
do to this place?

Fucking hell!

Jesus Christ! You can't do
that to people. This is...

I've been in here for 45 minutes
trying to find anything.

I don't give a shit
that I'm not 70.

You could have fucking
killed me there!

Oh, God!

I didn't know you were coming back today.
Yes, you did, Gary.

I didn't. Are you a
complete lunatic?

Okay, you have 100% lost it.

Okay, listen. I had to do
something about the noise, right?

I couldn't sleep. I...

How are you? The noise is in your head.
Do you understand that?

No, it's not. The noise is in New York.
This is really crazy!

I can't believe you've covered

the entire bedroom with this stuff!
I know, I know.

I'm sorry. I'm going to bring it down.
I'll take it down.

We're never getting our security
deposit back, by the way!

How was the trip? Unbelievable.

The trip was great,
thank you very much.

I signed a fantastic
painter to the gallery.

I'm going to curate my own show
with him and another painter.

With him? He's a man.
He's a man?

A man painter?

What, a man painting with a hat on?
What are you...

You developed a stutter
since I saw you?

No.

I've been home for five minutes,

the questions are
already boring.

Where are you coming from,
anyway, at this hour?

I'm coming from having breakfast
outside, because I'm not sleeping.

Why are you so mad at me?

You're right, okay?

You're right. I'm sorry.
I'm not mad. I just...

This whole thing
reeks of paralysis.

I need to go and stay at
Terry's for a while, okay?

This place is a disaster zone!

Yeah, I know. I was going to call
the housekeeper. She can vacuum.

Look, tell me about the trip.

What do you want me
to tell you, Gary?

It was great, okay?

It was nice to feel
like myself again.

I liked not having to call.

I liked that the
phone didn't ring.

I'm going to go, all right?

If you want to have dinner
or whatever this week...

Aw! It's your boyfriend, Paul.

Give me the report. Gary?

Stop talking. Stop talking.

Dora. Dora, wait! Come on.

What are you doing here, Gary?

Is your new boyfriend here?

I'm going to smash
his goddamn face in.

What is this? What's
going on here?

Would you like to meet Vincent?

You look great.

Where are you going?

Tell your boyfriend, wherever he
is, he's dead! I'm coming back!

Hello?

Dora?

She is at Terry's. I know she's at Terry's.
I need to speak to her.

She doesn't know
what's been going on.

Please don't drag me into this mess.
All right?

I'm not dragging
you into anything.

Have you called Terry?

I called her once, okay?

Just to check that she
hadn't killed herself,

and she never called me back.

So maybe she's dead, you know.

But I don't think so, 'cause
she's filed for divorce.

I know Dora's there, Paul.

Can we just go find her and see?

They'll let you in. It's
still your apartment.

I really hate you, you know?

You're only nice to me
when I do things for you.

I'm always nice to you.

Well, be extra nice
to me today, okay?

I'm in a sensitive mood today.

In fact, let's swap places.

I'll be you,
sensitive, depressed,

and you can be me, okay?

So what am I like?

Do you really want to know?

Fuck you.

Paul, I can't see any
of Dora's stuff.

There's no toothbrushes
or nothing.

We should get out
of here, you know,

because this could really
screw up the settlement.

Did you check messages? No.
I want to get out of here.

There's just too many memories, all right?
Just do it.

What do I press here?
All right, that.

Hey, Terry. This is Randy.

I just wanted to tell you what
a good time I had last night.

Wind that back! Who
the fuck is Randy?

Please be quiet. I can't
hear the next message.

Do you know any Randys? I
don't know any Randys!

And you know what? If there
is such a thing as a Randy,

he's the kind of man

that digs and chops wood.

I'm going to be sick,
Gary, I swear.

Oh!

Oh! Oh! Oh!

...give me a call at
my office, okay? Bye.

I know you're here, Paul.

The doorman told me
you just came in.

Come out and I won't be mad.

Did you or did you not fuck a
lumberjack by the name of Randy?

That is none of your business.

Is that a yes?

I'm not answering that.
Oh, for fuck's...

Well... All right, well...

What, does he go to the gym
all the time, does he?

What?

From Randy?

I'm going to rape you.

Oh!

Hi, Terry.

Hi, Gary.

He is not going to rape you.

That's a relief.

How are you, Gary?

I'm okay, thanks. I'm
going to take him home.

Is Dora staying here?

I'm not saying anything
to you clowns.

Well, if you could just tell
her that we stopped by.

Come on. I'm not going!
She's breaking my heart.

Hey!

Paul!

Hey, I can't believe
you're so upset.

I thought you'd be
glad to be rid of her.

I am!

I am.

You know, in some ways...

It's just... I don't know.

I want her to sit in that apartment
for the rest of her life,

you know, just
thinking about me.

I want her to think about
how, you know, I'm the best.

And to be hoping that
I might come back.

And I might! I might come back.

If there's nothing
better out there.

I know, it sounds crazy, but
this is too much for me.

I don't want her to be happy.

Does that make me selfish?

Yes.

Yeah, I think it does, Paul.

I thought this was
everything you wanted.

It is. It is.

Can I please call her?

Don't say goodbye.

Are you happy?

This actually makes me so sad.

You are talented.

I always knew it,

but I love seeing it.

Oh, hey, Lily.

Hey. Have you been away?

No, no, no. I've been in.

What's up, Gary?

Hi.

Dora! Dora!

Dora!

Gary?

What the hell are
you doing here?

I came to see you. I wanted to
see what your show was like.

Who just shows up? You're nuts!

No, I'm great!

Dora, I'm really good now.

Where are you going?

We've got this big
dinner for the opening.

Can I go?

I mean, yeah, I guess.

This is so weird! I can't
believe you just showed up.

No, it's cool!

It's cool that we do
these things together.

Who are you?

I'll be there in two seconds.

Gary, you can't just show
up and save everything.

Isn't that the point?

You know, why not? Who is that?

What do you want me to say?

Did you hear the music that
was playing inside just now?

Yeah, I guess.

What, you didn't like it?

I don't know, I mean, I
wasn't really listening.

I wanted you to hear it.

I kind of wrote it for you.

You did?

Yeah.

Could you just... Wait
one minute, please.

Just wait.

Gary!

This is the future. This is now.

This will change your life.

It's a great read.

It's got a good feeling to it.

I owe it all to Gary.

No, I think the book is really interesting.
It's a great entertainment.

It's not what Gary was about.
I mean, he was...

He was always so
alive and inspired

and wanted to succeed. I
mean, it was amazing.

Have you spoken to
Dora about the book?

I've come to think
that you should...

You have to...

Not wanting to sound like South
Pacific, "You've got to have a dream."

You do have to have a dream.

But heaven help the person
who actually achieves that.

It's like the end
of the rainbow,

you know, the
little pot of gold.

You know it's not there,

but it's nice to believe in it

because it actually gives you
a direction to travel in.

Oh, it's nice to
get a little sun.

Warmth makes the itches go away.

Gary, the antibiotics...

I've got to live a little.

Okay.

Hey, I brought this great big long
extension cable so that we can...

This afternoon, we can pull the TV
out, we can put it right there,

and we can watch the
Dylan documentary again.

Good man.

You're going to be on your
feet really soon, buddy.

I hope not. I like
being waited on.

Do you want me to get
your sunglasses?

No, I'm great, hon.

I should break my leg.

Now, listen.

I heard yesterday we're going to definitely
start mixing the album on Friday.

Oh, great. So try and
come along if you can.

I will. I'll hobble over.

Hobble over.

Speaking of which...

Where are you going?

I should stretch it
out and walk on it.

It's part of the regimen.

You want me to go with you?

No, no. It's good for
me to do it alone.

If he's a boy, he'll be Gary.
What do you think?

Take it easy.

I will.

I love you.

I love you, too.

¶ Happy talking,
talking Happy talk

¶ Talk about things
you'd like to do

¶ You've got to have a dream

¶ If you don't have a dream

¶ How you gonna have
a dream come true?

¶ Talk about the moon
floating in the sky

¶ Looking like a lily on a lake

¶ Talk about the bird
learning how to fly

¶ Making all the
music he can make

¶ Happy talking,
talking Happy talk

¶ Talk about things
you'd like to do

¶ You've got to have a dream

¶ If you don't have a dream

¶ How you gonna have
a dream come true?

¶ Talk about the star
looking like a toy

¶ Peeking through the
branches of a tree

¶ Talk about the girl
talk about the boy

¶ Counting all the
ripples on the sea

¶ Happy talking,
talking Happy talk

¶ Talk about things
you'd like to do

¶ You've got to have a dream

¶ If you don't have a dream

¶ How you gonna have
a dream come true?

¶ Talk about the boy
saying to the girl

¶ Golly, baby I'm a-lucky 'cause

¶ Talk about the girl
saying to the boy

¶ You and me is lucky to be us

¶ Happy talking,
talking Happy talk

¶ Talk about things
you'd like to do

¶ You've got to have a dream

¶ If you don't have a dream

¶ How you gonna have
a dream come true?

¶ If you don't talk happy

¶ And you never have a dream

¶ Then you'll never have
a dream come true ¶

Is good idea. You like?