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She's not here. Oh, actually...

- Hey, James.
- Speak of the devil. Hold on.

Hey. Yeah, I gotta go.

I know. All right.
I'll deal with that tomorrow.

Yeah. Okay. Bye.

Hey, Syd!

I'm making cocktails!

Onions or olives?

Olives!

Sorry, I'm late.

We had a lot of submissions.

You're still doing those?

I thought, uh-- I thought
they were getting a new intern.

They are. They're being selective.

About an intern?

They're being selective

about an intern
and you're still working on that?

I think their priorities are
really fucked up, you know?

No one made me stay.

Oh, I know they didn't make you stay.
That's not what I meant.

Yeah? You sound like you meant that.

No, I just...

You know, if they made you an editor,

they shouldn't keep treating you
like an intern, that's all.

I think it's degrading.

Assistant editor.

Okay, assistant editor.

Come on, Syd, I'm sticking up for you.

Why?

I'm not being bullied by anyone...
except you.

Good book?

Oh. Yeah, it's really intense.

Hey, that's great they promoted you.
Congratulations.

- Thanks.
- Are you assisting Dominique too?

Uh, no, I'm not really assisting anyone.
I'm the assistant editor.

Oh, that's great. I guess
that's why they gave you an office.

- Yeah. Did my faxes come through?
- Oh, yeah.

- Thanks.
- I'm sorry.

How'd you get that job?

I mean, what did you have to do,
to get it?

What did I have to do to get my job?

No, I mean, like,
what was your background?

What was your major?

Uh, critical theory.

Really, that's a major?

Yeah, it's like cultural studies
or semiotics.

Philosophy, you know?

Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva, whatever.

Oh, pretty cerebral, huh?

No, it's actually really interesting.
You'd probably really like it.

- You think?
- Yeah. What are you reading?

Dostoevsky. That is cerebral.

Yeah, well, I'm not sure
I'm really getting it.

- Debby, no calls, we're in a meeting.
- No problem.

- Morning.
- Morning.

Did you reconfirm Dieter?

Uh, I'm just on to that.

- I have some errands for you too.
- Okay.

Proofs come back?

Uh, they should be here by 3.

Are these Dieter's?

Yeah, they just came in.

- Oh, that's brilliant.
- I know. The tones are great.

I got you your scone and Earl Grey.

Oh, did you? Thank you.

I'd to like to have all the prints
before his meeting, hmm?

- Okay. I'll get on to that now.
- Hmm. Thanks.

Excuse me.

There's a line forming out here.

I'll be right with you, lady.

Greta! Oh, God, I'm sorry.

No. Sorry to hold you up.

No, really, I'm so sorry. I...
Did you finish?

Yeah. All done.

How have you been?

Good. Everything's great.

Good, good. Great.

How are you?

I'm great, great.
Got a MacArthur last week.

Oh, yeah.

That's a genius thing, right?

Ah, well, that's what they call it,
but, you know,

I think it's really more
a good opportunity

for a writer to keep working.

It's free now.

I saw that Native lady. What's her name?

I always forget. White Cloud?

White Hawk.

Yeah, her.

She got some genius award.
What is that, half a million?

Eat.

They should give you one of those awards.

You're a genius and fucking brilliant.

I thought you weren't
gonna bring that tonight.

What?

Really.

I was talking to White Cloud.

Ooh, ooh.

She was chewing my ear off
about her award.

Was she?

Really.

It was sickening
the way she was going on about it.

Really.

I can't stand that.

You know, Fassbinder always told me:

"The ugliest quality in a woman
is vanity."

- Vanity?
- It really is.

I don't care if she's disabled.

Hey, James?

Yeah?

You know this crack in the ceiling?

Yeah?

It's leaking.

Do you want me to try Boris?

I think so.

You with us, Arnold?

Domino.

That's me.

Arnie, you're cheating.

I'm not cheating 'cause...

You're not paying attention
because if you--

If you count up the outsides,
then you'd know if I--

I think you should go
to the boneyard.

- I put my five.
- What? Wait a minute.

For crying out...
Honey, you're not listening.

You're not, uh, focusing because if you...

- Are you guys gonna play?
- I put my five.

Luce, did you understand the directions?

'Cause I-- I've explained it all.

Can you--? Is it like a language barrier?

- I don't have this problem with Xander.
- This is ridiculous.

- Have you explained to her what I...?
- Xander's a guy.

We're girls.

Yeah, so that's why I'm saying,
why don't you explain it to her?

'Cause I'm-- I'm...

Is Delia coming over?

- Delia?
- I didn't talk to her.

How come Delia won't go out with me?

Because you broke up.

That was a long time ago.

I don't know.

Hi. Are you running a bath?

No. Are you?

Uh, no. I'm-- I'm sorry.

I live right under you and our--
Our ceiling's leaking.

Did you call, um, Boris?

Yeah. He's not answering.

- Did you call a plumber?
- Well, I didn't really want to.

It's so late. You know,
it's really expensive, and...

It's probably just your drains
or pipe or something.

I mean, you live right on top of us.

Yeah, I wish I knew what to tell you,
but no one here has taken a bath recently.

Right.

- Did you find anything interesting?
- There's some water under here,

but I can't tell exactly
where it's coming from.

Do you have a rag or some tape,
like, some duct tape?

I might. I'll look.

Who is that?

She has a leak downstairs.
She's trying to fix it.

She's cute.

You wanna try this?

Who's the photographer?

Oh, I took that.

- It's a great picture.
- Thanks.

The composition is so skillful,
but it seems...

It seems really spontaneous,
almost like a snapshot.

- I think it was a snapshot.
- Yeah?

That's what's so great about it.
It has this amazing symmetry to it.

It's really old.

It's really great.
It still seems really contemporary.

Did you take all these pictures?

Um, I think so. Mostly.

Did you take the ones in the other room?

Yeah, over the years.

Do you ever publish them or show?
Is that, like, what you do?

No. I did a long time ago,
but not anymore.

Who is this woman?

She seems really intense.

Her name's Greta.

Luce, who's your friend?

Um...

- Sorry, what's your name?
- Syd.

- Hey.
- Syd.

Uh, Arnie, Joan, Greta.

- Syd.
- Hey.

Did you get that leak fixed?

Um, I tried.
We'll have to see what happens.

Let us know.

Okay. I will.

Okay. See you later, Syd.

Yeah. See you later.

See you.

That woman upstairs is
a photographer.

Yeah?

What kind of photographer?

- Portraits mostly.
- Really?

What's, uh--? What's her name?

Lucy.

Lucy?

Yeah. Lucy.

- Morning.
- Hey.

- Do you have any aspirin?
- Uh, I think so.

- They were out of scones.
- That would help.

Uh... thanks for the tea.

Sure.

Harry, I was wondering
if I could ask you something.

Is it personal?

No.

Um, look, if this is a bad time,
I can talk to you about it later.

You're here now. What is it?

Well, it's just that I met--
I mean, I know this amazing photographer,

- and I just thought that...
- What's his name?

Lucy Krauss or Berli, or something.

Never heard of her. Who's she with?

Uh, I'm not sure exactly.

Does she show?

Oh, yeah, yeah, she's definitely shown.

She does excellent work, Harry.

It's-- It's mostly portraiture, but it's--
It's almost documentary.

It's, it's...
No, it's more intimate than that.

And her lighting has
this ethereal quality to it.

It's kind of like a subverted realism.

Okay, well, let me know when she shows.

Okay. I think
you'd really like her work, Harry.

I mean, you may wanna consider her--

I wouldn't consider her for anything
without knowing who she is.

I wasn't saying
that you would wanna consider her

- without knowing who she is.
- Bring something in.

Has she done a book?

I think so.

Okay. Bring her book.

Okay.

All right. I'll--
I'll definitely bring her book for you.

Brilliant. Can't wait.
I, uh, need you to call these people.

It's delicious. Did you make it?

No, I bought it.

Delicious.

Ma, your American Express bill is huge.
What did you buy at Bendel's?

It's over there in the bag.

And I think they're in your size.

- Ma, you didn't spend 6000 on this.
- What, you don't like them?

- Try them on!
- Come on. What else did you buy?

I don't know. I don't remember.

Well, how can you not remember, Ma?
You spent $6000.

What does it matter?
Nothing gives me pleasure anymore anyway.

You just...

You need to start keeping track
of these little things.

But I'm almost gone.

Don't I deserve a little pleasure?

Of course you do.

Ah, what does it matter anyway?
You have yours.

- You'll get mine when I go.
- I'm not worried about it.

- So?
- So, what did Dr. Argold say?

He said it's a miracle I'm not dead yet.

Come on, Ma. How's the medication working?

Are you still with the German?

Greta. The German's name is Greta.

God forbid, in my time,

my mother would let me be with a girl,
let alone a German.

Well, it's not your time.

Jew haters, all of them.

...we got out before.

Yeah, with your money.

Don't be irreverent.

- I'm gonna take some pictures, okay?
- Of what? Of me?

Yeah, Ma, I wanna take pictures of you.

Why do you want
to take pictures of me again?

You don't want to talk?
I'm telling you something important.

You can talk while I shoot. I'm listening.

I told you, Lucy, it's your obligation.

Who else is left to keep the name?

They're gone, everyone's gone.

I don't know why you stopped pushing.

Yeah, Ma, you know why I stopped.
Don't start with this again.

You're too passive.

You were always passive,
gifted and passive.

Okay, big deal, I'm passive.

- That's the way it is.
- Yeah.

Can we just enjoy the morning?

He promised me that part
and then he gave it to Hannah.

If he hadn't died first.

No, it was
right after Berlin Alexanderplatz.

Yes.

I don't remember.

I don't wanna talk about this anymore.
Why don't you just come over?

Yeah, just come over.

She talks too much.

Arnie, right?

- Right?
- Possibly.

They're not staying all night.

Hey. Um, sorry to bug you again.

Is it still leaking?

Well, it's definitely better,
but it's still dripping, kind of,

so I thought we could try this.

You know, I can pay for a plumber.
It's really not a big deal.

No. Um, I think this'll do it.

- Yeah.
- Is that Greta?

Hey, sweetie.

Ooh, Greta.

You look so sexy.

Look at this bra. You waiting for us?

- Eat me.
- Yo, Greta.

You have to take it in the bedroom.

That girl's here again.

Who? What girl?

The chick with the leak.

Really, it ties
into Barthes' whole conception

of photographic ecstasy,

the way he explores temporality
and memory and meaning.

I mean, I know
it sounds really dry in the text,

but when I'm looking at your pictures,
I really feel like I understand it.

I don't know. Do you know
what I mean?

I think so.

- Am I going off?
- No.

No. Not at all.

I haven't been deconstructed
in a long time.

Yeah, I bet you hate that.

I don't hate it at all.

What about you, Syd?
Are you a photographer?

No, I'm not a photographer.

Just a connoisseur.

Well, no, I'm-- I'm an editor.

I mean, I'm an assistant editor at Frame.

- Go into the bedroom.
- Why?

The neighbor girl's here.

That's exciting.

Hey.

- You remember Syd.
- Of course.

How could I forget Syd?

Hey.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Excuse me.

Sit down. Get you a beer.

I'm Greta.

I live for Lucy.

I mean, I live here with Lucy.

Syd.

- You want one?
- Sure.

That's a great picture.

Thanks.

All these pictures are great.

Do you have a book?

What kind of book?

Of your work. Like a monograph
or a catalog or something.

- Nothing recent.
- You've never seen her book?

No.

That book's really old.

Really.

This is a great reproduction.

Yeah, you know,

actually we've been trying
to get her out of retirement.

Haven't we, liebchen?

- Hey.
- Hey, man.

- Greta around?
- She's in the bedroom.

Do you think I could borrow this book?

You can have it.

No, no. I'll definitely return it.

No, you take it. Seriously.

I don't need it.

We really love these.

They're modern, sexy, classic.

Um...

- I don't think they're classic, really.
- Transcendent, not classic.

Same thing, really.

Oh, boy.

Sorry to interrupt.
Uh, just brought you your sandwiches.

Thanks. Real great, we're starved.

I think we spoke. I'm Dieter.

- Hey. Um, Syd.
- Oh, I'm sorry.

- I thought you two had met.
- What did she get?

- Uh, tuna, some kind of veggie.
- What's the book?

Oh, this is Lucy Berliner.

I just brought it in for Harry to look at.

- I love Lucy Berliner.
- Where did you get this book?

She gave it to me.

- She gave it to you?
- Oh, well, I borrowed it from her.

What's the book?

It's Lucy Berliner, the photographer
I was talking to you about.

- You don't know Lucy Berliner?
- Oh, oh, right. Of course, Lucy Berliner.

I thought she was living in Berlin.

No, she's definitely here.

Is she working again?

- No, she never stopped working.
- I can't believe that.

She was so belligerent
when she left New York.

Mm. Right, I remember that.

I mean, the real "fuck you"
to everyone who helped her come up.

You know, that was it.
No explanations, nothing.

How do you know her?

We're neighbors.

- When did she get back?
- Uh, recently, I think.

Why didn't we know about this?
We should have been on top of this.

Who else knows?

I knew about it. I set up a meeting.

Did she get back about Thursday?

Thursday?

Lunch, on Thursday.

No, no, not, not yet.

Well, you better follow upon that.

So, uh,
the show is at 10:30, yeah?

And, uh, I told Ted
that we would meet him, uh,

at the bar before.

Shit.

I forgot about that.

- You--?
- Uh, I...

I really need to talk to her tonight.

It's okay. Why don't you, uh--?
Why don't you call her up?

Uh, no, I need to talk to her in person.

Okay, so, um, I'll wait for you.

No, it's fine. Um, you go.

Uh, don't worry about it.

Happy Birthday!

Thank you.

I'm gonna make a run.

Um, Luce, you got any? 'Cause...

Yeah, in the bag.

Did he say he's making a run?

I think, yeah.

- He better be.
- Who's that?

- I'll bring change. Okay?
- Whatever.

- All right. Happy birthday, bro.
- Thank you.

And don't go getting lost, man.
We're having a party.

- Gimme that.
- Who else is coming to the party?

No one.

Hey, lookee here.
How much do we love you, baby?

- Zoe!
- Something from Siberia.

Where I stayed for a long time.

- Here you go, baby.
- Ooh, such a big box for an old man.

I don't think you're old, Arnie.

An animal?

- It won't bite.
- It has flaps.

Yeah.

- So good.
- It's so dead.

Arn, I didn't realize
you had such a skinny head.

He's a lean man, baby.

- Delia, baby.
- Hey, that's not what she said.

That's not what I heard.

But it's your birthday.

- Joan.
- Yeah.

I might go to Berlin next week.

That director keeps calling me
and I said that I might come.

What?

You want me to come with you?

Gimme.

I think you should go.

They're putting the wall back up.

I like it with the wall back up.

Sit on Alexanderplatz.

Yeah, with Xander.

No. But, Joan,
maybe you could come with me.

You're gonna take them both?

Oh, Luce will, Luce will come.
She loves Berlin.

I don't know.

But maybe, maybe Joan will come with me.

Stay home.

What the hell am I supposed to do?

Syd.

But I need you
to help me.

You just stay home.

- I'll stay home with you--
- Play with myself.

We'll be here.

I'll play with you, maybe.

I'm gonna stay home with them.

Doing okay?

- What?
- Yeah.

I don't know.

Maybe I'll just go to China.

I like China.

We had fabulous opium there.

Didn't we, Luce?

Baby?

You okay?

Are you fucked up?

Yeah.

- Yeah?
- I'm kind of fucked up.

Yeah.

You seem kind of...

fucked up.

- You want me to stop?
- No!

Not necessarily.

Hey.

Are you sick?

I don't know.

Hey. Is it the tequila?

Huh?

I did a line of heroin.

I don't think I'm used to it.

That's, uh, sweet.

I mean...

What is--? What was that about, Syd?

- I just did a line.
- No.

- I mean, is that what's...
- That's all.

...so fascinating upstairs?

I mean, is that what
that photography woman is into?

It was only a line, James.

Oh. What, am I being uptight?

Uh-huh. You are, kind of.

Yeah.

Dominique Peugeot wants you
to do a piece for the next issue.

Dominique Peugeot was
the receptionist at Interview.

Yeah, but she's the executive editor
at Frame now.

She really wants you to do a piece,
probably the cover.

Oh. She really climbed up.

This is what I was talking to you
about the other night.

They really wanna meet with you.

They wanna take you to lunch on Thursday.

I appreciate it,
but I don't do that anymore.

Don't do what?

Industry work.

Well, it's not industry work.
I mean, it's not like an assignment.

You can do whatever you want.

Can I take pictures of you?

Right now?

No.

I feel like shit right now.
I'm kind of wrecked.

You look really sexy, actually.

I stopped working commercially
ten years ago.

It was kind of a mental health decision.

Actually, no, it-- It wasn't a decision.

I just made it impossible
for myself to continue.

Impossible?

How? I mean, what did you do?

I stopped showing up.

For what? I mean, why?

I don't know why exactly.
I mean, why do people fuck up?

It just seemed sort of punk at the time.

I don't understand that exactly.

Well, I don't really know
how to explain it to you, Syd.

There just stopped being a line
between me and work.

I mean, people were glomming
onto something I was doing then,

and I just... got trapped.

I mean, I loved the-- The attention.
But I just couldn't handle the impact.

I felt sort of pigeonholed, um,

sort of like I couldn't breathe anymore.

- Does that make sense?
- Yeah.

The people at Frame think
you're an amazing photographer.

They just wanna see you work again.
I don't think that they wanna trap you.

I think they wanna support you.

So it's just
this one woman underwater

and your mother?

Right.

That's what I'm doing now.

And who's the woman?

Greta Krauss. She's a German actress.

I've actually done a lot of work with her.

You done with that one?

Just a second.

Could we have
some more water, please?

Right.

I'm sorry.
Are they, uh, portraits?

Right. Underwater portraits.

I have to say, Lucy, um,
I love your older work.

I find the realism incredibly honest.

Lucy, I think your work has
a certain allure right now,

a cultural currency
that we'd like to explore with you.

- A cultural currency?
- A certain cachet.

If I can interrupt, Lucy,
what I think Dominique is saying

is that the public can appreciate
the rigor of your work now,

the intimacy and desolation
of your subjects.

Lucy, we'd like to offer you
the fall cover.

And we think
the best way to bridge the gap--

Well, to reintroduce.

Right, reintroduce you publicly is
to revisit some of your older themes.

We are thinking of an essay,
Lucy, rather free-form,

sort of an examination
of your friends and your life.

You'd like me to examine my life?

We'd like you to go back
to the place where, uh,

you left off.

I know deadlines are
a horrible sort of nuisance, uh,

but we would need
to move on this immediately.

Right. Well, let me think about it.

We're usually not solicitous, Lucy.

I mean, we receive thousands
of submissions a year.

But we put some very promising
photographers on hold for you.

You know, it's flattering,

and it sounds interesting.

Um, but I really have to see about
my other obligations.

Well, we would need a commitment
from you today.

Otherwise, we'd have to give
the space to another photographer.

It's just that close, unfortunately.

It's really yours to define, Lucy.

I mean, I hope
we've impressed that on you.

This is not an assignment.

Of course we'll help you shape it
and select images--

But we really need
to know now.

Okay.

I wanna work with Syd on it.

Brilliant. Syd's in the office every day.

She's, uh-- She's involved
in all of our projects.

I mean, she can certainly
give some feedback.

We always encourage that from her.

No. I want Syd to be my editor.

So did you get a raise?

It's not about a raise.

What do you think of this shirt?
Is it too tight?

- No.
- No?

I think it's sexy.

How about this color? You like the color?

- I like it.
- Yeah?

- I don't wanna stay too long, okay?
- Okay.

- Really.
- Yeah.

Hi. Oh, my God. How are you doing?

Syd, uh, mentioned to me
that you were retired?

Yeah. I-- I stopped working
for a few years.

What, uh--? What made you decide to,
uh, get started again?

I don't know.
It just seemed like the right thing to do.

Excuse me. It was nice meeting you.

Yeah. Yeah, you too.

I'm gonna feel so fucking good
in about one fucking second.

I thought that was for me, Arnie.

No. No.

That was definitely for me.

That's for you.

You're such a gentleman, Arnie.

You guys are so glamorous.

Yeah?

Hey, it's Syd.

Come in.

Come in. Shut the door.

Cocktail?

Thanks.

Did Lucy tell you about our meeting?

What meeting?

Lucy's doing a piece for Frame.

What is a piece for Frame?

I'm shooting something for Syd's magazine.

It's not just something, it's the cover.

That's fabulous.

Did you orchestrate that, Syd?

Uh, I didn't really orchestrate it.

Yeah, I brought Lucy into Frame.

That's really great, Luce!

You got yourself a cover.

Good for fucking you.

- I feel good about it.
- You should feel great.

I mean, that's-- That's-- That's
fucking great. We should celebrate that.

Are you coming?

In a sec.

- See you out there.
- Be right out.

- You wanna stop by Victor's?
- Sure, wait.

Zee, this is James, Syd's boyfriend.

Hey. Zoe.

James. Nice to meet you.

I didn't know Syd had a boyfriend.

Yeah. I didn't know either.

Yeah, it was really good, right?
Like, I completely loved it.

But the only thing was...

Hey, excuse me.

Have you seen, uh, Syd?

Syd, the-- The woman
you were talking to in the corner?

Oh, yeah. She's in the bedroom with Lucy.

No, that's...

a wonderful thing about you:

Your ambition, your focus...

your drive.

I really love having that around me again.
I didn't know how much I missed it.

I can't believe you asked them
about me being the editor.

Why?

I don't know. I just didn't expect it.

I mean, they didn't expect it.

It's what you want, isn't it?

Yeah.

- Okay, uh, Lucy?
- What?

- Greta's out.
- Arnie, what? Where's Greta?

Lucy, in the bathroom,
Greta's fucking out!

Fuck!

- What are you doing to her?
- What does it look like I'm doing?

- I'm trying to wake her up!
- It's all right. Don't panic.

Arnie?

Okay, can you--? Can you move?

All right. Gimme the...
Where's the sa--? Saline solution?

Goddamn it. Ah!

- Watch her tongue.
- I know what I'm doing!

- It's fucking done.
- Come on, Greta, breathe.

Come on, Greta, wake up!

- Greta.
- Oh, fuck.

Yes, we'll be right out!

- She's breathing!
- Oh, thank God.

Who put me in that fucking ice--?

Should I get her a blanket or something?

What the fuck is she doing here?

- Get her the fuck out of here.
- Okay. All right.

- It's all right.
- Get her the fuck out.

- It's all right.
- Get her the-- Fuck you, Lucy!

- Syd, would you just leave?
- Fucking whore. Fuck you!

- Sorry.
- Fuck you!

- Sweetie?
- Oh, Arnie.

Oh, Arnie.

Your clothes are wet.

I had to help someone out of the bath.

- You took a bath with Lucy?
- No.

Greta had an accident
and I had to help her out of the bath.

Where were you?

Where was I?

I didn't see you leave.

Yeah, that's 'cause you were
in the bedroom with Lucy.

How's
the Berliner piece coming?

Good. She's been working
really hard on it.

Good.

We need her elements immediately.

Yeah, she's almost there.

You know we pushed
Dieter Shulte off the cover for her.

- No, I-- I didn't realize that.
- Well, we did.

And it was incredibly difficult for him.

I'm sure.

I'm really expecting
something outstanding from this.

Definitely, Dominique.
You won't regret this.

Wonderful.

Thank you.

I'm telling Arnie to stay away.

The smell of these eggs is disgusting.

You know, you have a good time,

and then it just turns
into the same old shit.

And I-- I can't do it again.

We had a bad bag or something.

I don't know what happened.

You know, fuck the bad bag story,
Greta, okay?

Just fuck it!

I had the same shit and it wasn't bad.

Then why are you going off on me?

Because you don't know when to stop, G.
You have no limits!

You get a really clean bag
and you keep kicking it back

till you go unconscious!

Tell that Syd to stop coming around.

She's a little sycophant.

A sycophant?
What is that? I don't know what that is.

You know what that is.

She's a bootlicker, a parasite.

She saved your fucking life.

Joan threw me in that tub,
and I wasn't dying anyway.

When I came into that room,
you weren't breathing.

She's sucking you off.

You're so wrapped up in her,
you can't even see it.

She comes in here all cocky and eager.

She doesn't know shit about us.
She's a fucking teenager.

Greta, would you just--?
Would you eat that, please?

I don't like you.

If that's Arnie and Joan,
I'm sending them away.

I don't like you.

I don't like you.

I brought some food.

Is she okay?

I'm really sorry
I yelled at you last night.

- I shouldn't have done that.
- Hey. It's okay.

I just lost it for a minute.

Really, it's okay.

I'm sorry that happened.

Yeah, so am I.

I...

I know this is a bad time,

but we really need
to get something in to them.

Yeah, I know.

Have you been planning it out?

Uh, no. I haven't been planning it out.

I haven't been thinking too clearly.

Okay. Well, maybe I could help you.

I mean, maybe we could get
a room at the Chelsea

and you could shoot portraits
or Coney Island.

I mean, that's even easier.

Or here. I mean, we could set it up here.

Yeah. I don't work that way, Syd.

I don't set things up.

Well, maybe you'll have
to set things up for this.

I mean, we really need
to get something in to them.

I think I need
to get out of town right now.

Now?

I mean, when?

I mean, Lucy, we have a deadline.

Okay? It's not flexible.

I mean, we can't fuck this up.
I mean, I can't fuck this up.

Hey, we'll get something in to them.

Trust me, okay? I'll get it done.

Okay. I'm sorry. I'm just--

Don't be sorry.

Just come with me.

- I'm going away.
- I wanna figure... this out.

You go.

No, you.

Um...

Lucy asked me to go upstate
with her this weekend.

She's been kind of distraught,
and we need to do this piece.

I can't be here if you're fucking
the photographer.

I haven't slept with Lucy.

Are you working up to it?

I don't know.

Well, I think you have to start knowing.

I guess you're...

You're really at the center of it all now,
aren't you?

You got your power job,
you got your hipster friends,

and all that access.

I mean, it's the real shit.

This is just what you wanted.

- And that's what you think, isn't it?
- Yeah, it's what it seems like.

Yeah.

Well, if you weren't so fixated on that,

- then you might--
- Fixated on what?

On putting me in a box,
on pigeonholing me,

- because I can't fucking breathe.
- What the fuck does that mean?

It means that no matter what I do,
you can't stop telling me it's wrong.

I mean, I'm trying to get somewhere.

All I get from you are
these slurs about my job

and the people that I've met,

and how pretentious and meaningless

and idiotic it is, and...

You know what?

It's not meaningless to me.

This is what I care about.

I mean, what do you care about, James?

I mean, really, what?

You know, this restaurant has a policy
about sleeping in here.

Oh, yeah, I'm sorry.
She's just exhausted.

I understand.

I'm gonna have to ask you to leave
if she falls asleep again.

Sure. I'm really sorry.

I can't do this anymore.

What?

You wanna break up with me again?

G...

I wanna help you get over this.

Sleep with Syd if you want.

I can't tell you what to do.

G, listen to me.

She's such a poseur,
with her stupid-ass magazine.

I don't know what you see in her.

You're not listening to me.

I can't wait around

and keep talking about
when you're gonna change.

You need some help, G.

Look at yourself, Lucy.

Is this yours?

It's my mother's.

The light's so nice around here.

It is.

It's sexy.

Kind of lures you and then it goes.

Yeah.

I didn't know you were bringing that.

I wanted to get high with you.

I don't think I want to this weekend.

No?

No.

Okay.

I mean, I don't wanna do that
with you all the time.

Okay. We don't have to.

I mean, I don't want that
to be our only connection.

It's not our only connection.

Well, I don't want it to become like that.

This make you feel better?

- Lucy--
- Come on, Syd.

What is it? Just say it.

It's not the point, okay?

No. No, no, Syd.

What is this? Is this some kind
of intervention thing? Is that it?

What is the point, Syd? Just be an adult.

- Just say it!
- That's not the point, okay?

I don't have a point.

I'm just saying it.

I just don't wanna be with you
like that right now.

So, basically, she left him
when I was 12,

and we moved back here
and he stayed there...

in his house on top of a hill.

In Tasmania.

That's right.

What does he do on his hill?

I don't know.

He's very mysterious.

He writes letters.

So who gave you the ring? Your boyfriend?

No.

No, my grandmother gave me this ring.

It's beautiful.

Thank you.

Come on.

This is intense.

Is it?

I'm not usually like this.

Like what?

Nervous.

You okay?

Yeah.

You sure?

Yeah.
It's just you look so serious.

I look serious?

Yeah.

I mean, I'm kind of hot.

That's kind of serious.

Yeah, it's hot in here.

No. You're hot.

What should I do to you?

Whatever you wanna do to me.

I don't really know what I'm doing.

You're doing fine.

Should I pinch you
or bite you or something?

If you want to.

Is that hard enough?

Is that soft enough?

You okay?

Yeah.

Who's serious now?

I know. I'm sorry.

Is this weird for you?

No.

What? Tell me.

I don't know.

I think I'm kind of in love with you.

Lucy, I'm sleeping.

No, you're not.

- Get back here!
- I will. Wait.

No.

Where are you going?

- Come here.
- Just a minute.

- Did you go alone?
- No.

- I went with a friend.
- Who?

The German?

No, it was another friend.

- Syd.
- Syd?

That's a man's name.

Yeah.

Well, she's definitely not a man.

Is she Jewish?

I don't know, Ma.

Oh, well.

I'm not gonna be able
to come by for a while.

What happened? What did I do?
I didn't give you enough?

- What?
- No. No, no, no.

You-- You've given me more
than enough, plenty.

- So why can't you come?
- I have a...

I have a small problem
I have to take care of.

What kind of problem? What did you do?

- Is it the German?
- Will you stop with that?

"The German."
It's Greta, Mother! It's Greta!

- What did she do to you?
- Nothing.

I did it to myself.

What did you do to yourself?

Come on. Tell me.

What kind of problem?

I don't know if...

It's not really a problem.
It's more of an issue.

You just said a problem. Is it a problem?

Now it's an issue.
Is it a problem or an issue?

Both.

I have a... A love issue.

And a drug problem.

Or maybe I have a love problem
and a drug issue.

I don't know.

Well, God forbid.

I can't help you with that.

I know that.

I just wanted to tell you.

Would you excuse me, please?

Don't walk away from me, Ma.

- You alone?
- Yeah.

I missed you.

I missed you too.

Did you talk to her?

Yeah.

I did.

Did you talk to James?

Nope.

He won't return my calls.

I got a room at the Chelsea.

I thought if you shoot tonight,
we can rush it through Dugall.

Yeah, I have to talk to you
about that.

Um, I need to go back upstate right now.

What are you talking about right now?

It's, like, all set up.
I'm leaving tonight.

That's insane, Lucy. You can't do that.

- Syd--
- No, what is this? What is this?

Are--? Are you mad at me?
Is this--? Is this about the weekend?

Did Greta say something to you?

Yeah, it is about the weekend
and Greta and everything.

I can't... function like this.

You know? I mean, I can't...

I can't deal with you
being down here, you know,

and the way things are upstairs.

Do you know what I'm saying?

I have to change the situation.

I don't wanna wait anymore.

I mean, I can't.

These are for you.
They are of our weekend.

Thanks.

I want you to use them.

Uh, what do you mean, you want me
to use them? I'm in them.

I'm in all of them.

- Is that too hard for you?
- No, no. It's fine.

I'm just naked in them.

Well, they wanted me to examine my life,

- right?
- Yeah.

I mean, this is it.

It's about you right now.

I'm thinking about you.

Anyway, you look gorgeous.

What about the pictures of Greta?

I mean, those are beautiful images.

That's what you were doing before.

That's what you want?

These are really beautiful.

This one would make a wonderful cover.

This would be better.

I really had
an instinct about this.

- How did I know she was gonna do this?
- I thought we were very direct with her.

I literally spelled it out.

There's absolutely no context here,
nothing.

It's completely flat.

This is a nightmare.

She waits till the last fucking minute
and this is what we get!

These are beautiful images.

I-- I mean, the subject is different,
but the quality of the work

- is--
- Syd,

Lucy Berliner has been invisible
for ten years.

The public has a five-year memory,
and that's it.

Syd, if a best-selling crime writer
disappeared for ten years

and came back peddling love poems,
how do you think it would do?

- Really well, probably.
- It's a business, Syd.

I don't wanna do it.

- I'm calling Dieter Shulte.
- You can't do that, Dominique.

You had an arrangement with Lucy.

I have every right to do that.

I'll see you at my office.

Call Dieter Shulte!

Fuck.

I need to talk to you about Lucy Berliner.

Let's just move forward, Syd.

I want you to look at these pictures.

I think that they're more
of what you wanted.

Syd, we're practically at press.

Look, I realize that this is late,
but this is her piece.

This is what she wanted to use,

and I would like you
to at least consider it.

Why didn't you bring these before?

I didn't think it was appropriate.

Did you stage these?

No.

I mean, is this some kind of critique?
You're her editor.

No, it's not a critique,
it's just what happened.

It's just what happened?

Well, I didn't realize

that she wanted to use these
when she shot them.

I'm confused, Syd.

Are you her sitter?

No, I'm not her sitter, not formally.

I mean... No, I'm not, in general.

Are you her lover?

Yeah.

Joan's gonna keep score
and we're gonna start over.

What do you mean, Joan's gonna keep score?

I'm gonna keep score.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

Am I interrupting something?

Not at all. You live here.

Where's Greta?

- She went to get cereal.
- She'll be right back.

We thought you were staying longer.

- When did you get here?
- Right now.

What are you doing here?

I live here.

Why didn't you call?

One of us has to go, Greta.

Maybe I could just stay at Joan's
for a few nights.

That's not what I'm talking about.

I want you to keep your account.

I don't want your money.

Well, I'm not just gonna abandon you, G!
I wouldn't do that.

What are you doing, then?

I mean, you just kicked me out,
didn't you?

What am I supposed to do now?
Just get on a plane?

- Just go back?
- No, you don't have to go back!

- I understand, your life is here.
- No, it's not.

I don't have a life here.

I came here to be with you
so that you could have a life here.

I had everything in Berlin.
I had a great career.

Gre--

Greta, Fassbinder's dead, okay?

You didn't have a career after that.

You are so spoiled.

You are spoiled and selfish,

and you think the whole fucking world
revolves around you!

You're a dilettante, Lucy.
That's what you are.

You never worked for anything!

Girls, you wanna come
get something to eat?

- No, go on, Joan.
- I'll wait for you, ladies.

Enjoy your fight.

I'll be right here when you're done.

I didn't mean to say that.

I really didn't.

I wanted to be with you.

I love you.

I didn't mean to say those things.

What am I supposed to do now, G?

I don't know anymore.

Just be with me tonight.

I'm here, G.

I'm with you.

I need you...

at my level.

It's not gonna change anything.

I know it won't.

I just need to be close to you right now.

Do you have anything?

I don't know.

I don't remember.

Where?

In there.

Is this Arnie's?

Yeah.

I can't believe you still have this.

I told you, I wasn't doing it anymore.

I thought you were lying.

Where did you think I'd been all week?

With the teenager.

Arnie?

Open the door.

Open the fucking door!

Hey!

Why are you in here?

Hey.

Arnie.

Are you okay?

Where's Lucy?

She died this morning.

That is a...

A really fucked-up thing to say to me.

You don't know shit about me and Lucy.

And I don't know
what Greta has been telling you,

- but she is, like, fucking gone.
- Just stop it.

No! You don't understand!

It doesn't fucking matter!

Oh, hey, the issue came back.

Great work, Syd.

Thanks.

Great work, Syd. It looks wonderful.