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[typing]
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[door opens]
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Heather Wolfe, I presume.Yeah.
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Professor Schiller.
I can't believe it's you.
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Well, I can't believe
it's me, either.
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Please sit down.
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What'll you have,
Professor?
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You go first.
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Um, I'll have a BLT
and a cup of coffee.
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And I'd like a baked potato.
No salt, no--
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No butter,
no sour cream.
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I know.
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Tea. Skim milk,
no sugar.
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Thank you, Dolores.
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I'm not allowed to put
butter on anything anymore.
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I had a heart attack
last year. I had surgery.
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They cracked me open
like a lobster.
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Oh. That must've been
very scary.
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Well, it did tend
to concentrate the mind.
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I can imagine.
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So you've embarked
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on a project
of questionable merit.
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You're
doing a study on me.
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I think it's
a very worthy project.
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I'm flattered
by your interest,
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but I'm afraid
I can't be of any help.
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Why not?
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Miss Wolfe--
Heather.
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I'm trying
to finish a novel.
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My one remaining goal
in life is to finish it.
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I'm not in good health,
and I just can't afford
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to spend time discussing
four old novels
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that aren't even
in print anymore.
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The Sound and the Fury
would've gone out of print
in the '40s
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if Malcolm Cowley
hadn't published
The Portable Faulkner.
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And you're going to
save me from obscurity
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with a Portable Schiller,
is that the idea?
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Something like that.
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I've had several
pieces published,
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most recently
on Stanley Elkin
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in the fall issue
of Illuminata.
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Maybe you saw it?No, I haven't.
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And it's not a question
of my doubting you.
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It's just that
I must avoid anything
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that will distract me
from my own work.
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And your project,
however flattering,
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is really a distraction.
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So I'm afraid
I must say no.
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[sigh]
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May I ask one favor?
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Um, if I do have a copy,
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it would be in my bedroom.
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Do you think
I could have a look
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at the room
where you write?
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Well, I suppose so.
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It's those doors
behind you.
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Don't touch anything.
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[sigh]
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[Woman]
Hello?
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Are you a burglar?
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Not professionally.
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Well, it's good
to have a hobby.
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I found it.
Oh, hello, darling.
Hey.
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Heather, this is
my daughter Ariel.
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Ariel,
this is Heather Wolfe.
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She's writing
her Master's thesis,
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for some unknown reason,
about me.
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Well, here's that copy
of The Lost City.
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It's like a sacred text.
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I believe there's only one copy
of it left in the world.
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Thank you.
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I can't believe I left
my copy in Providence.
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But I can
return this next week
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when I go back for
the rest of my things.
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[Schiller]
Fine. You can leave it
with the doorman.
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So, Dad, are we still on
for movie night?
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I picked up Notorious
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and The Shop
Around the Corner.
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Would you mind terribly
if I took a rain check?
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I really have a lot
of work to do.
No problem.
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I was in the neighborhood,
anyway, giving a private.
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I should
get out of your way.
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No, no. It's all right.
It's all right.
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Heather was just
about to leave.
Oh, yeah.
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I gotta fight that traffic
back to Hoboken.
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You have a car?
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Yeah. Do you need a ride?That'd be great.
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Give me two minutes.
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All right.
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I respect your decision,
Professor Schiller,
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but I can't help but think
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that you've made up your mind
too quickly.
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Young lady, I haven't done
anything too quickly in years.
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Well, maybe the best thing
for your health would be
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to have a fascinating
young woman in your life.
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Miss Wolfe.
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Promise me
you'll give me a chance.
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So what's it like to be
the daughter of a great writer?
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You think
he's a great writer?
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Don't you?
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Yeah, but he's my father.
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The truth is I'm not
really much of a reader.
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I'm more
of an action person.
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That's right.
You're a dancer.
Yes, yes.
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You read about me
in his second novel?
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The difficult birth,
the tumultuous childhood,
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the unquenchable
desire to dance.
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So are you still dancing?No.
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I teach Pilates
and yoga and exercise.
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That's what happens
to dancers when they die.
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Right up here.
This is just fine.
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Thank you
for the lift.
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You know
I'm gonna reintroduce
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your father's work
to the world.
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I know an editor
at the University
of Chicago Press
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who's already
very interested.
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Cool.
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It was nice meeting you.You, too. Okay.
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[Man]
Hey, listen, it's not
as bad as Chicago.
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[Man]
Casey Davis back!
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Congratulations.I'm happy about this.
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Great to see you.Thank you. Thank you.
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Good to have you back.All right. See ya.
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Bye.Bye.
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[whistles]
Hey!
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[Woman]
I have two Casey Davises.
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A Dr. Casey Davis
on Fifth Avenue. No.
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And a Casey Davis
on 107th Street.
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Is that a new listing? Yes, it is.
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I'll take it.
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The number is 646-555-4325.
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[Man]
"Now he understood
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"that our birth into
the world of the body
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"is only our first birth
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"and by no means
the most important.
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"He was laboring
this beautiful labor
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"on his second birth.
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"He was undoing the threads
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"that kept him
bound to the body.
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"To dissolve them
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"was to become
a creature of light.
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"He thought about
one of the threads,
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"and it dissolved.
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"He never knew that liberation
could be so simple,
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so full of joy."
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Frank would like to meet you.
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All right.
Let me sign these first.
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Of course.
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Charles.
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Leonard Schiller.
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It's been forever.
How are you?
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I can't complain.
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How are things
over at GRB?
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Oh, I left there
15 years ago.
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I'm at Mulberry.
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Well,
that's very impressive.
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A little hard work,
a lot of luck.
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But how are you?
Are you still writing?
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Well, yes.
Yes, of course.
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As a matter of fact,
I'm just putting
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the finishing touches
on my new novel.
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I'd really be happy
to send it over to you
as soon as it's finished.
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Leonard, I respect you
too much to blow smoke.
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I mean, this business
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has turned
into the film industry.
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It's all about the name.
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Literary novels are such
a tough sell anyway.
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It would be very hard
to get anyone on board.Well--
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To tell you the truth,
most of the business we do
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is celebrity confessions
and self-help books.
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All right.
Well, I understand.
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It's good to see you.
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You, too, Charles.
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Well, it was really nice
meeting you.
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Okay.All right. Take care.
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Bye-bye.
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A friend of yours?No.
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Just another woman
nearing 40
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obsessed with her
biological clock.
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You know you have the same
gift your mother had:
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that ability to strike up
a conversation
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with complete strangers.
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Yeah, except Mom made
a career of it.
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I'm just a blabbermouth.
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You'd be a wonderful
therapist yourself.
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You used to talk about going
back to school to become one.
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Let's be honest, Dad.
The time for going back
to school has passed me by.
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Oh, that's nonsense, Ariel.
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You're so young
and so full of potential.
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Aw, it's a little late
to be talking potential.
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That grad student, Heather,
now, she's young.
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She has potential.
What time is it?
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It's 9:30.
9:30.
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Oh, I gotta go see Victor.
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Oh, Victor's back
in the picture.
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Well, that's good.
I always liked Victor.
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He's a very decent man.
He's kind. He's hardworking.
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Maybe you should marry him.
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Well, if I
were nearing 40
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and anxious
to start a family,
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I probably would.
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He's a good catch.
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Every guy I've dated
in the past five years
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has been
a good catch, right?
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Every guy but Casey,
hmm?
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I make no apologies
of my opinion of Casey.
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I wish him a long
and prosperous life,
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so long as he prospers
in Chicago.
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And I'm sure you don't feel
any differently.
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No, I don't. Do you want
to share a cab with me?
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I have to go.You go ahead, darling.
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I'm gonna stay and browse.
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Okay. Bye, Dad.
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Bye.
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[heavy breathing]
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[Man grunting]
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God.
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It must be so creepy being
around drug dealers all day.
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Your neck is a mass of knots.
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The drug dealers
are actually the nice guys.
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They're always polite.
They never tell me
they're innocent.
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Tell me something, Victor.
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Why did you become a lawyer?
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I was deeply in love
with the majesty of the law.
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Really?
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Yeah, right.
I was an English major.
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What's an English major
gonna do in the real world?
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Nothing.
So I went to law school.
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[gasps]
What's up?
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Stay!
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I'll make you French toast
for breakfast.
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00:14:48,409 --> 00:14:50,367
No, I can't. I have
a 7:30 in the morning.
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I gotta get home.
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[ring]
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[Man]
Yeah. Hello.
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Hello.
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00:15:11,649 --> 00:15:13,564
Anybody there?
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I'm so glad you called.
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It was
an unexpected surprise.
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00:15:31,147 --> 00:15:32,801
Please come in.
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When you
were writing Tenderness,
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were you reading
a lot of D. H. Lawrence?
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A New York Jew
imitates D.H. Lawrence
at his own peril.
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Oh, no, I didn't say
you imitated him.
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But you do remind me of him
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in the way
that you give your characters
room to reject things.
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Like in Tenderness,
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you allow Ellen to walk
away from her marriage
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without ever portraying her
as cruel.
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She did what she
needed to do.
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Yes, that's what I mean--
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00:16:01,177 --> 00:16:02,439
that you give
your characters freedom.
255
00:16:02,483 --> 00:16:03,963
It's not mine to give.
256
00:16:04,006 --> 00:16:06,139
What I give them
is the freedom
257
00:16:06,182 --> 00:16:07,618
to find their own way.
258
00:16:20,544 --> 00:16:21,763
When you start a book,
259
00:16:21,806 --> 00:16:23,678
do you have the story
clearly in mind?
260
00:16:23,721 --> 00:16:25,245
No. Never.
261
00:16:25,288 --> 00:16:27,160
I wish I did.
262
00:16:27,203 --> 00:16:29,684
I always start
with a character.
263
00:16:29,727 --> 00:16:32,600
Um, in Tenderness,
264
00:16:32,643 --> 00:16:36,125
I had a picture of a woman
being asked to leave a museum
265
00:16:36,169 --> 00:16:38,301
because she had run her hand
over one of the statues,
266
00:16:38,345 --> 00:16:40,216
and I had no idea
who she was
267
00:16:40,260 --> 00:16:43,002
or why she was
touching the statue.
268
00:16:43,045 --> 00:16:44,916
I wrote the book
to find out.
269
00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,353
How do you find out?
270
00:16:46,396 --> 00:16:48,268
You follow
the characters around,
271
00:16:48,311 --> 00:16:50,966
waiting for them
to do something interesting.
272
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,968
Sometimes they do so
right away.
273
00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:55,057
Sometimes...
[grunts]
274
00:16:55,101 --> 00:16:57,190
I follow them around
for months
275
00:16:57,233 --> 00:17:00,236
only to find that they don't
do anything interesting at all.
276
00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,238
Is that what's
taking you so long
277
00:17:02,282 --> 00:17:03,848
to finish
your current novel?
278
00:17:09,289 --> 00:17:11,160
I think it would be
in your interest to know
279
00:17:11,204 --> 00:17:13,075
you've just hit upon
the worst question
280
00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,164
you could ask a writer.
281
00:17:18,776 --> 00:17:20,430
The book is taking so long
282
00:17:20,474 --> 00:17:24,521
because following
one's characters around
takes stamina.
283
00:17:24,565 --> 00:17:27,350
I'm old, and I'm
having trouble keeping up.
284
00:17:27,394 --> 00:17:30,788
I noticed you've made several
references to being old,
285
00:17:30,832 --> 00:17:34,009
and I can't help but wonder
if you're using your age
286
00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:36,185
to mask a deeper conflict.
287
00:17:38,753 --> 00:17:40,233
Miss Wolfe...
288
00:17:41,712 --> 00:17:45,064
I agreed to assist you
in your enterprise
289
00:17:45,107 --> 00:17:47,240
because you strike me
as a serious young woman.
290
00:17:47,283 --> 00:17:49,155
However, this is
our first interview,
291
00:17:49,198 --> 00:17:51,026
and there is such a thing
as decorum.
292
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:53,246
Point taken.
293
00:17:55,161 --> 00:17:57,076
However, Professor Schiller,
should you encounter
294
00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,426
any shortcomings in my thesis,
I hope you wouldn't allow me
295
00:17:59,469 --> 00:18:01,254
to use my youth as a defense.
296
00:18:04,213 --> 00:18:06,433
Okay, then.
297
00:18:06,476 --> 00:18:07,825
Point taken.
298
00:18:12,656 --> 00:18:14,180
Are you sure
about this, Dad?
299
00:18:14,223 --> 00:18:16,051
Won't this be a distraction
from your book?
300
00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:17,835
Not necessarily.
301
00:18:17,879 --> 00:18:20,142
She seems like a very
intelligent young woman.
302
00:18:20,186 --> 00:18:22,840
Well, I'm sure she is,
but you've always been
so inflexible
303
00:18:22,884 --> 00:18:25,234
about letting anything
take you away from your work.
304
00:18:25,278 --> 00:18:26,714
And you've argued
convincingly
305
00:18:26,757 --> 00:18:27,889
that a little deviation
306
00:18:27,932 --> 00:18:29,238
may be exactly
what I need.
307
00:18:29,282 --> 00:18:32,154
Dad, I meant a few extra
laps around the reservoir.
308
00:18:32,198 --> 00:18:33,329
Well--
Careful.
309
00:18:33,373 --> 00:18:36,115
I appreciate you looking
after me, darling.
310
00:18:36,158 --> 00:18:39,118
But don't worry.
It's just a few interviews,
311
00:18:39,161 --> 00:18:41,424
and off she goes.
312
00:18:41,468 --> 00:18:43,339
Oh, by the way,
313
00:18:43,383 --> 00:18:44,601
an old student of mine
314
00:18:44,645 --> 00:18:46,734
is having a book release
party on Saturday.
315
00:18:46,777 --> 00:18:48,301
Would you like to come?
316
00:18:48,344 --> 00:18:50,216
I can't.
I have a date with Victor.
317
00:18:50,259 --> 00:18:53,175
Oh, I'm glad you're keeping
an open mind about him.
318
00:18:53,219 --> 00:18:57,310
Well, Dad, seeing that
I'm nearing the big 4-O,
319
00:18:57,353 --> 00:18:59,312
I decided
to make a bold move.
320
00:18:59,355 --> 00:19:01,227
I'm gonna have a baby.
321
00:19:01,270 --> 00:19:03,794
Oh, that's wonderful.
322
00:19:03,838 --> 00:19:06,188
I'm so happy for you.
323
00:19:06,232 --> 00:19:08,277
I must confess,
I'm a bit surprised.
324
00:19:08,321 --> 00:19:10,323
The last time we spoke,
325
00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:12,542
you didn't seem very
enthusiastic about Victor.
326
00:19:12,586 --> 00:19:15,066
I'm not.
He doesn't know about it.
327
00:19:15,110 --> 00:19:16,981
It's a solo project.
328
00:19:17,025 --> 00:19:18,983
What do you mean,
a solo project?
329
00:19:19,027 --> 00:19:20,985
Dad, let's face the facts.
330
00:19:21,029 --> 00:19:22,683
I'm not getting any younger.
331
00:19:22,726 --> 00:19:24,206
If I can't have a family,
332
00:19:24,250 --> 00:19:26,469
I want to have a child
before it's too late,
333
00:19:26,513 --> 00:19:28,123
so I've stopped taking
precautions with Victor,
334
00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:31,126
and, you know, hopefully,
the stars will line up for me.
335
00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:33,346
Darling, I sympathize
with your predicament,
336
00:19:33,389 --> 00:19:35,522
but you're acting
out of desperation,
337
00:19:35,565 --> 00:19:37,785
not to mention
the moral implications.
338
00:19:37,828 --> 00:19:39,178
Here we go.It's dishonest
339
00:19:39,221 --> 00:19:41,702
and a violation
of Victor's trust in you.
340
00:19:41,745 --> 00:19:45,096
You know, Dad,
maybe the characters
in your books
341
00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:47,229
have the luxury of grappling
with moral issues,
342
00:19:47,273 --> 00:19:48,970
but I'm in the real world.
343
00:19:51,712 --> 00:19:53,757
♪♪ [African drums]
344
00:20:19,827 --> 00:20:23,744
In Tenderness,
you portray the breakdown
of Ellen and Ira's marriage
345
00:20:23,787 --> 00:20:26,442
with such brutal honesty
that it's tempting to assume
346
00:20:26,486 --> 00:20:28,357
it's drawn
from personal experience.
347
00:20:28,401 --> 00:20:31,752
Miss Wolfe, the writer's
words are his fingerprints.
348
00:20:31,795 --> 00:20:33,884
The writer himself
should be forgotten.
349
00:20:33,928 --> 00:20:36,800
Right. But you'd agree
that knowing what we do
about Hemmingway's life
350
00:20:36,844 --> 00:20:39,063
informs any serious
discussion of his work.
351
00:20:39,107 --> 00:20:41,196
Perhaps. But there's
still no substitute
352
00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,242
for two or three
close readings
353
00:20:43,285 --> 00:20:45,287
of The Sun Also Rises.
354
00:20:45,331 --> 00:20:48,725
I've had many close readings
of all of your novels,
355
00:20:48,769 --> 00:20:50,945
and I still think
that it might be illuminating
356
00:20:50,988 --> 00:20:53,208
for us to spend a little
of our time together
357
00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:56,124
discussing the man
behind the words.
358
00:20:56,167 --> 00:20:59,519
I thought this was meant to be
a critical analysis of my work,
359
00:20:59,562 --> 00:21:01,303
not a magazine profile.
360
00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:04,959
Well, I'm looking for the theme
of my thesis, Professor.
361
00:21:05,002 --> 00:21:06,482
And I think it's unfair of you
362
00:21:06,526 --> 00:21:08,354
to accuse me
of writing some puff piece
363
00:21:08,397 --> 00:21:12,096
because I've asked you
to discuss any biographical
origins of your fiction.
364
00:21:12,140 --> 00:21:14,664
Oh, my God.
365
00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:16,840
Can't a writer draw
from his life
366
00:21:16,884 --> 00:21:19,234
without being accused
of autobiography?
367
00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:22,368
Do you at least concede
that your first two novels
368
00:21:22,411 --> 00:21:24,152
were more tied
to you personally?
369
00:21:24,195 --> 00:21:27,068
Now you're answering
your own question.
370
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,160
If you'll excuse me
for a minute.
371
00:21:48,350 --> 00:21:50,396
[exhaling slowly]
372
00:22:11,199 --> 00:22:12,287
I'm a little tired.
373
00:22:14,811 --> 00:22:18,032
Why don't we make this
your last question
till next week, hmm?
374
00:22:18,075 --> 00:22:21,122
Oh. Of course.
375
00:22:27,084 --> 00:22:29,435
Ellen, in your first book,
376
00:22:29,478 --> 00:22:31,611
is very similar to Beth
in your second.
377
00:22:31,654 --> 00:22:35,136
And those women
were so ahead of their time
378
00:22:35,179 --> 00:22:37,399
in how they refused
to sacrifice their lives
379
00:22:37,443 --> 00:22:39,358
for the sake of
their husbands' happiness.
380
00:22:40,402 --> 00:22:43,231
And then, no character
resembling her
381
00:22:43,274 --> 00:22:47,931
appears in the next two,
so...what happened to her?
382
00:22:47,975 --> 00:22:50,064
She died late one evening
383
00:22:50,107 --> 00:22:52,762
on an icy stretch
of the Taconic Parkway.
384
00:22:52,806 --> 00:22:56,026
Right. But Ellen doesn't die.
She moves to Paris and h--
385
00:23:01,292 --> 00:23:02,642
I'm sorry.
386
00:23:05,471 --> 00:23:07,386
That was insensitive of me.
387
00:23:07,429 --> 00:23:09,039
Don't be sorry.
388
00:23:09,083 --> 00:23:11,433
You had
no way of knowing.
389
00:23:12,478 --> 00:23:14,175
I...
390
00:23:24,577 --> 00:23:27,580
I concede this,
Miss Wolfe.
391
00:23:27,623 --> 00:23:29,495
I have, in my writing,
392
00:23:29,538 --> 00:23:31,453
occasionally drawn
from my own life,
393
00:23:31,497 --> 00:23:34,238
but only in the spirit
of objectivity.
394
00:23:54,171 --> 00:23:57,174
You know,
I never told you
395
00:23:57,218 --> 00:23:59,263
why your books are
so important to me.
396
00:23:59,307 --> 00:24:01,048
Oh?
397
00:24:02,310 --> 00:24:04,443
Your novels set me free.
[chuckles]
398
00:24:04,486 --> 00:24:06,836
Growing up, you know,
399
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,751
I always felt
like an alien.
400
00:24:08,795 --> 00:24:11,188
I never really
fit in anywhere,
401
00:24:11,232 --> 00:24:13,103
especially not
Cleveland Heights.
402
00:24:13,147 --> 00:24:17,368
But I always found solace
in writing and in books.
403
00:24:17,412 --> 00:24:20,154
And then I had
this English teacher
404
00:24:20,197 --> 00:24:22,199
who encouraged me to apply
405
00:24:22,243 --> 00:24:25,246
to this early-entrance
program at Brown,
406
00:24:25,289 --> 00:24:28,815
where they allow you
to skip your last year
of high school.
407
00:24:28,858 --> 00:24:31,208
And, uh, I got in.
408
00:24:31,252 --> 00:24:35,386
But I had this boyfriend
who was brilliant.
409
00:24:35,430 --> 00:24:38,346
He-- He was a brilliant
writer and musician,
410
00:24:38,389 --> 00:24:41,044
and at the prospect
of my leaving,
411
00:24:41,088 --> 00:24:43,003
he really started
coming apart.
412
00:24:43,046 --> 00:24:48,182
Uh, and I had all but
made up my mind not to go.
413
00:24:48,225 --> 00:24:51,141
So I did what I always do
in times of great uncertainty.
414
00:24:51,185 --> 00:24:53,143
I, uh--
I went to the books.
415
00:24:53,187 --> 00:24:56,669
I went to the library, and--
416
00:24:56,712 --> 00:24:59,062
and that's when I found you.
417
00:24:59,106 --> 00:25:03,414
Oh.I found Tenderness,and...
418
00:25:03,458 --> 00:25:07,201
I sat on the floor
in the stacks,
419
00:25:07,244 --> 00:25:09,116
and I read the whole book.
420
00:25:09,159 --> 00:25:13,163
And by the time I finished
and the library
was closing around me,
421
00:25:13,207 --> 00:25:15,078
I knew what I had to do.
422
00:25:15,122 --> 00:25:17,385
You decided to go to Brown.
423
00:25:17,428 --> 00:25:19,256
Yeah.
424
00:25:20,562 --> 00:25:24,174
You gave me the courage
to live my own life.
425
00:25:28,918 --> 00:25:31,181
Freedom isn't the choice
the world encourages.
426
00:25:31,225 --> 00:25:34,228
You have to wear
a suit of armor to defend it.
427
00:25:36,491 --> 00:25:38,928
I, uh... You've--
You've always explained
my life to me
428
00:25:38,972 --> 00:25:42,105
more sympathetically
than I could explain it
to myself.
429
00:25:42,149 --> 00:25:44,455
Well, I'm glad I could be
of some small service.
430
00:25:44,499 --> 00:25:46,240
What happened
to the boyfriend?
431
00:25:46,283 --> 00:25:48,242
Oh, he got over it.
432
00:25:50,070 --> 00:25:53,421
Well, uh, have patience.
433
00:25:53,464 --> 00:25:56,598
It's the slowest elevator
on the Upper West Side.
434
00:25:56,642 --> 00:25:58,992
Nice to have seen you.
435
00:26:15,704 --> 00:26:17,706
[dialing]
436
00:26:21,144 --> 00:26:23,364
[Electronic Voice]
First unheard message.
437
00:26:23,407 --> 00:26:26,454
[Schiller]
Um, hello, Heather.
This is Leonard Schiller.
438
00:26:26,497 --> 00:26:30,240
This Saturday evening,
I'll be attending
a book release party.
439
00:26:30,284 --> 00:26:33,026
If you think
you might find the occasion
of interest to you,
440
00:26:33,069 --> 00:26:35,202
you're certainly
welcome to join me.
441
00:26:35,245 --> 00:26:37,378
Thank you and good-bye.
442
00:26:51,697 --> 00:26:53,612
Mmm!
443
00:26:53,655 --> 00:26:54,961
Oh, wait a second.
444
00:26:55,004 --> 00:26:56,179
Why?
445
00:26:56,223 --> 00:26:57,180
Wait a second.
446
00:26:57,224 --> 00:26:58,225
Why?
447
00:27:02,185 --> 00:27:04,144
What about
your diaphragm?
448
00:27:05,667 --> 00:27:07,103
Right.
449
00:27:16,373 --> 00:27:18,288
[sigh]
450
00:27:26,166 --> 00:27:30,039
♪♪ [Woman singing]
451
00:27:30,083 --> 00:27:32,172
There's some
heavy hitters
here, Leonard.
452
00:27:32,215 --> 00:27:34,348
You didn't tell me
you moved in such
lofty circles.
453
00:27:34,391 --> 00:27:36,916
Well, I'm not out
of circulation yet.
454
00:27:36,959 --> 00:27:39,135
That's Robert Randolph.
He wrote Time Out of Mind.
455
00:27:39,179 --> 00:27:40,963
I've never heard of it.
456
00:27:41,007 --> 00:27:43,792
Oh, it's one of
my favorite books
from last year.
457
00:27:43,836 --> 00:27:46,273
You should read it.
It's brilliant.Hmm?
458
00:27:46,316 --> 00:27:48,797
That's a nice tie,
by the way.
Is that new?
459
00:27:48,841 --> 00:27:51,104
No. No, I've had this
for years.
460
00:27:52,845 --> 00:27:54,585
Oh, my God.
461
00:27:54,629 --> 00:27:56,979
Will you excuse me
for a minute?
462
00:27:58,894 --> 00:28:01,462
Hi. My name
is Heather Wolfe,
463
00:28:01,505 --> 00:28:04,117
and you rejected
two of my book reviews.
464
00:28:05,205 --> 00:28:06,641
Heather Wolfe.
465
00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:08,121
I can't say
I remember them.
466
00:28:08,164 --> 00:28:09,296
I guess they weren't
very good.
467
00:28:09,339 --> 00:28:12,647
Oh, well,
I just wanted to tell you
468
00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:16,042
I loved your article last spring
about Max's Kansas City.
469
00:28:16,085 --> 00:28:17,826
It was the best piece
in The Voicein years.
470
00:28:17,870 --> 00:28:19,219
Thanks.
471
00:28:19,262 --> 00:28:20,742
But I also thought
you weren't saying
472
00:28:20,786 --> 00:28:22,265
everything you knew
about Lou Reed.
473
00:28:22,309 --> 00:28:24,877
Maybe you were
pulling your punches?
474
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,096
Uh...
[chuckles]
475
00:28:27,140 --> 00:28:29,098
maybe I do remember
those reviews.
476
00:28:29,142 --> 00:28:31,100
You're a graduate student
somewhere, aren't you?
477
00:28:31,144 --> 00:28:32,885
Yeah. At Brown.
478
00:28:35,148 --> 00:28:37,716
Do you want
to get a drink?
479
00:28:39,326 --> 00:28:41,545
What is your
Master's thesis about?
480
00:28:41,589 --> 00:28:43,547
She asked in trepidation.
481
00:28:43,591 --> 00:28:47,203
Oh, it's a critical biography
of a great American novelist.
482
00:28:47,247 --> 00:28:50,119
Who?Um, him.
483
00:28:51,468 --> 00:28:53,035
[Woman]
Who is he?
484
00:28:53,079 --> 00:28:55,995
It's Leonard Schiller.
485
00:28:56,038 --> 00:28:57,605
Tenderness.
486
00:28:58,693 --> 00:29:00,042
The Lost City.
487
00:29:00,086 --> 00:29:01,783
I know the name.
488
00:29:01,827 --> 00:29:03,611
He was one of
the New York intellectuals.
489
00:29:03,654 --> 00:29:05,656
Bellow, Schwartz.
490
00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:08,094
To be honest,
I was never really
interested in that crowd.
491
00:29:08,137 --> 00:29:10,313
I imagined them as a bunch
of white guys in suits
492
00:29:10,357 --> 00:29:12,098
going to bed early.
493
00:29:28,462 --> 00:29:31,770
It's bad luck to make love
without knowing your fortune.
494
00:29:32,727 --> 00:29:34,163
No, not that one.
Try this one.
495
00:29:34,207 --> 00:29:36,339
I have a good feeling
about this one.
496
00:29:42,476 --> 00:29:44,913
So what does
your fortune say?
497
00:29:54,488 --> 00:29:56,969
Okay. Uh...
498
00:29:57,012 --> 00:29:58,884
maybe I moved too fast.
499
00:29:58,927 --> 00:30:01,147
Uh, let's table
the whole marriage thing.
500
00:30:01,190 --> 00:30:03,192
We'll go back
to the way things were.
501
00:30:03,236 --> 00:30:05,281
I-I'm sorry. I can't.
502
00:30:05,325 --> 00:30:06,674
Well, don't be sorry.
503
00:30:06,717 --> 00:30:08,850
I just thought
we were good together.
504
00:30:10,199 --> 00:30:12,114
Victor, it's not you.
It's-- It's me.
505
00:30:12,158 --> 00:30:13,986
Oh, I hate it
when people say that
506
00:30:14,029 --> 00:30:15,378
because
they're usually lying.
507
00:30:15,422 --> 00:30:17,337
I know, but I'm not.
508
00:30:17,380 --> 00:30:18,773
Don't leave.
509
00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:20,340
I have to.
510
00:30:20,383 --> 00:30:23,212
Two minutes ago,
you couldn't take
your hands off me.
511
00:30:25,084 --> 00:30:26,737
[sigh]
512
00:30:26,781 --> 00:30:30,263
Victor, I didn't
put in my diaphragm.
513
00:30:30,306 --> 00:30:32,047
Well, put it in now.
514
00:30:32,091 --> 00:30:34,136
I didn't
bring it with me.
515
00:30:34,180 --> 00:30:36,269
I haven't brought it
for weeks.
516
00:30:38,445 --> 00:30:41,013
You've been trying
to have my child,
517
00:30:41,056 --> 00:30:42,536
but now that I want
to marry you,
518
00:30:42,579 --> 00:30:44,277
you don't want to have
a child with me?
519
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,366
See, Victor?
520
00:30:46,409 --> 00:30:49,543
It's not you.
It really is me.
521
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,942
Sandra, I assumed I'd see you
at the Vanity Fairbash.
522
00:30:56,985 --> 00:30:58,204
I was just heading over.
523
00:30:58,247 --> 00:30:59,379
Frederick,
this is Heather Wolfe.
524
00:30:59,422 --> 00:31:00,989
Hi. Pleasure to meet you.Hello.
525
00:31:01,033 --> 00:31:03,078
You don't have to introduce
Leonard Schiller.
526
00:31:03,122 --> 00:31:05,820
He and his wife were
dear friends of my parents.
527
00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:07,387
Got your message, Professor.
528
00:31:07,430 --> 00:31:09,084
Morally earnest as always.Well...
529
00:31:09,128 --> 00:31:11,304
Frederick was kind enough
530
00:31:11,347 --> 00:31:13,915
to offer me a job
writing ad copy.
531
00:31:13,959 --> 00:31:15,786
Just paragraphs
about Central Park.
532
00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:18,485
You didn't even have to
mention American Express.
533
00:31:18,528 --> 00:31:20,487
I'm old-fashioned enough
to believe
534
00:31:20,530 --> 00:31:22,663
that art and commerce
are at war.
535
00:31:22,706 --> 00:31:24,273
I think
that's inspiring--
536
00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:26,493
to be that pure
about your art.
537
00:31:26,536 --> 00:31:29,191
I don't see what's so pure
about turning down paid work.
538
00:31:29,235 --> 00:31:33,065
As if making a living
means you're guilty
of selling your soul?
539
00:31:33,108 --> 00:31:34,936
I make my living writing
540
00:31:34,980 --> 00:31:37,199
and, until recently,
teaching literature.
541
00:31:37,243 --> 00:31:40,159
That's my world,
and I'm faithful to it.
542
00:31:40,202 --> 00:31:43,379
Of course your magazine
owes its existence
to advertising revenue.
543
00:31:43,423 --> 00:31:45,207
I suppose there's
nothing wrong with that,
544
00:31:45,251 --> 00:31:46,165
but it's just...
545
00:31:47,340 --> 00:31:50,952
a compromise that I'm
not willing to make.
546
00:31:50,996 --> 00:31:53,215
But that advertising revenue
547
00:31:53,259 --> 00:31:56,436
allows us to introduce new
writing talent to the world.
548
00:31:56,479 --> 00:31:58,960
I don't see
the compromise in that.
549
00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:13,279
Thank you for going
out of your way.
550
00:32:16,108 --> 00:32:17,979
Leonard, do you mind
if I come up?
551
00:32:18,023 --> 00:32:20,199
I have to use
the little girls' room.
552
00:32:25,073 --> 00:32:26,640
[sigh]Oh.
553
00:32:26,683 --> 00:32:28,990
Well, then.
554
00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:31,514
But you haven't
fed me yet.
555
00:32:31,558 --> 00:32:33,995
Oh, I thought
you ate at the party.
556
00:32:34,039 --> 00:32:36,084
A chunk of cheese
on a cracker?
557
00:32:36,128 --> 00:32:38,173
That will hardly do.
558
00:33:13,382 --> 00:33:15,776
You look sad tonight.
559
00:33:20,433 --> 00:33:23,305
The Knight of
the Mournful Countenance.
560
00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:30,312
Honestly, I can't stop
thinking about my daughter.
561
00:33:31,748 --> 00:33:33,794
She seems forever adrift,
562
00:33:33,837 --> 00:33:36,797
and I can't help
but blame myself.
563
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,408
Her mother died when Ariel
was still in her teens,
564
00:33:39,452 --> 00:33:41,932
and I'm afraid I didn't
do very well after that.
565
00:33:41,976 --> 00:33:44,152
I kept concerning myself
566
00:33:44,196 --> 00:33:46,067
with the perfection
of my work,
567
00:33:46,111 --> 00:33:52,073
and I reduced her to begging
for my time and attention.
568
00:33:55,859 --> 00:33:57,774
You're very hard
on yourself.
569
00:34:02,562 --> 00:34:04,042
Sorry.
570
00:34:04,085 --> 00:34:05,826
Ohh.
571
00:34:08,002 --> 00:34:10,265
I'm sorry
for getting honey on you.
572
00:35:10,282 --> 00:35:12,980
You'll excuse me.
573
00:35:48,581 --> 00:35:51,149
I'm sorry, but...
574
00:35:51,192 --> 00:35:53,151
I think it's time
for you to go.
575
00:35:53,194 --> 00:35:54,935
Oh, dear.
576
00:35:56,458 --> 00:35:58,330
Did I do something wrong?
577
00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:00,897
No. You've been
very kind to me.
578
00:36:00,941 --> 00:36:03,161
It's just...
579
00:36:03,204 --> 00:36:05,075
that I'm too old.
580
00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:07,904
Please,
I'm not being kind.
581
00:36:08,992 --> 00:36:11,125
If you want me to go,
I'll go,
582
00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:16,174
but...I'm not expecting
anything from you.
583
00:36:46,421 --> 00:36:48,162
Can we lie down?
584
00:37:09,705 --> 00:37:12,447
We don't have to
do anything.
585
00:37:14,319 --> 00:37:17,147
I just want
to be next to you.
586
00:39:35,634 --> 00:39:38,288
[breathes heavily]
587
00:40:42,265 --> 00:40:44,529
[door opens, closes]
588
00:40:45,530 --> 00:40:46,618
Hello, Daddy.
589
00:40:54,016 --> 00:40:55,540
I should've called.
590
00:40:57,106 --> 00:40:58,368
I'll call you tomorrow.
591
00:40:58,412 --> 00:41:00,370
[running footsteps]
592
00:41:00,414 --> 00:41:03,461
[door opens, closes]
593
00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:16,125
If we get into
an accident and die,
I won't be able to tip you.
594
00:41:19,259 --> 00:41:21,914
Fuck. Fuck.
My purse. My purse.
595
00:41:21,957 --> 00:41:24,177
Fu-- Okay, excuse me.
596
00:41:24,220 --> 00:41:26,048
Okay, I don't have my purse.
I-- I'm s--
597
00:41:26,092 --> 00:41:29,008
I forgot my purse.
I don't have any money on me.
598
00:41:31,401 --> 00:41:33,273
I'm sorry.
I have no money.
599
00:41:33,316 --> 00:41:35,536
If you don't have money,
I cannot drive you anywhere.
600
00:41:35,580 --> 00:41:37,669
Good luck to you, miss.
601
00:41:37,712 --> 00:41:40,236
I hope you locate
your purse.
602
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,153
[phone rings]
603
00:41:47,330 --> 00:41:49,594
[Man]
Hello.
604
00:41:49,637 --> 00:41:51,509
Hello. Hello.
605
00:41:52,597 --> 00:41:54,294
Ariel?
606
00:41:55,904 --> 00:41:58,037
How did you know
it was me?
607
00:41:58,080 --> 00:41:59,429
[chuckles]
608
00:41:59,473 --> 00:42:02,128
I know your silence.
Where are you?
609
00:42:02,171 --> 00:42:03,999
29th and 7th.
610
00:42:04,043 --> 00:42:06,175
Nick's? Nick's.
611
00:42:06,219 --> 00:42:09,135
I'll see you
in 20 minutes.
612
00:42:26,065 --> 00:42:28,067
[sigh]
613
00:42:32,245 --> 00:42:35,161
I thought
you were in California.
614
00:42:35,204 --> 00:42:37,250
I thought
you were in Chicago.
615
00:42:37,293 --> 00:42:39,557
I just moved back.
616
00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:42,124
Folks eating?
617
00:42:42,168 --> 00:42:44,562
No, just coffee.Okay.
618
00:42:50,219 --> 00:42:52,613
Hey, I haven't seen
you kids in years.
619
00:42:52,657 --> 00:42:54,615
I thought you left us
for another diner.
620
00:42:54,659 --> 00:42:56,008
No, we didn't go find
another diner.
621
00:42:56,051 --> 00:42:58,184
We just moved out of
the neighborhood, Nick.
622
00:42:58,227 --> 00:43:00,839
Well, it's good
to have you back.
Coffee's on me.
623
00:43:11,371 --> 00:43:12,459
So...
624
00:43:14,287 --> 00:43:15,810
uh...
625
00:43:19,553 --> 00:43:21,990
What's new?
626
00:43:22,034 --> 00:43:23,905
I joined the glee club.
627
00:43:23,949 --> 00:43:26,255
When?
Just now.
628
00:43:43,925 --> 00:43:47,189
Oh. Hello.
629
00:43:47,233 --> 00:43:49,365
Um, coffee's ready.
630
00:43:49,409 --> 00:43:52,107
I could make you
something to eat.
631
00:43:52,151 --> 00:43:54,936
Oh, no, thanks.
I never eat breakfast.
632
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:07,949
Oh, I love Narayan.
633
00:44:08,907 --> 00:44:10,125
You've read him?
634
00:44:10,169 --> 00:44:11,866
Oh, my God, yes.
635
00:44:11,910 --> 00:44:13,346
He reminds me of Chekhov.
636
00:44:13,389 --> 00:44:15,827
Not as tough-minded,
but more of a sense of humor.
637
00:44:19,178 --> 00:44:20,527
What?
638
00:44:21,528 --> 00:44:23,399
Nothing.
639
00:44:23,443 --> 00:44:26,054
It's just nice
to meet a young person
640
00:44:26,098 --> 00:44:28,143
who wants to talk
about R.K. Narayan
641
00:44:28,187 --> 00:44:29,623
at 7:00 in the morning.
642
00:44:34,193 --> 00:44:36,282
I always thought that people
would still be reading him
643
00:44:36,325 --> 00:44:38,197
in a hundred years.
644
00:44:40,895 --> 00:44:43,376
Do you think people
will still be reading you
in a hundred years?
645
00:44:44,812 --> 00:44:46,771
What I wonder
is whether people
646
00:44:46,814 --> 00:44:49,121
will still be reading
in a hundred years.
647
00:44:49,164 --> 00:44:51,863
But really, don't you
ever think about it?
648
00:44:51,906 --> 00:44:54,300
If I do, it would be
unseemly to talk about.
649
00:44:54,343 --> 00:44:55,562
It's got nothing to do
650
00:44:55,605 --> 00:44:57,607
with what the whole
enterprise is about.
651
00:44:57,651 --> 00:45:00,132
What is the whole
enterprise about?
652
00:45:00,175 --> 00:45:04,136
It-- It's not something
I can put into words.
653
00:45:04,179 --> 00:45:06,225
Not at 7:00
in the morning.
654
00:45:07,966 --> 00:45:09,924
To put it bluntly, Leonard,
655
00:45:09,968 --> 00:45:11,839
your novels
are out of print,
656
00:45:11,883 --> 00:45:14,059
and you're not sure
if anyone will publish
657
00:45:14,102 --> 00:45:16,061
the one that you're
working on now.
658
00:45:16,104 --> 00:45:18,367
So why do you keep going?
659
00:45:18,411 --> 00:45:20,369
Heather, what can I say?
660
00:45:20,413 --> 00:45:23,633
Whatever I say will either
be too much or too little.
661
00:45:23,677 --> 00:45:26,506
Yes, but when I'm
summing up my thesis,
662
00:45:26,549 --> 00:45:28,638
what should I say it is
that keeps you going?
663
00:45:28,682 --> 00:45:31,685
Just say it's
the madness of art.
664
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:35,733
The madness of art.
665
00:45:51,139 --> 00:45:53,620
Hello, Davis.[chuckles]
666
00:45:53,663 --> 00:45:55,622
Stop glowing
at me, Schiller.
667
00:45:55,665 --> 00:45:57,145
Am I glowing?
668
00:45:57,189 --> 00:46:00,279
Mm-hmm. Kept me up
half the night
with your glowing.
669
00:46:11,203 --> 00:46:13,553
If he had money,
I'd think she was scheming
to get in his will,
670
00:46:13,596 --> 00:46:15,163
but Dad doesn't have money.
671
00:46:15,207 --> 00:46:17,165
Well, maybe she thinks
he has money.
672
00:46:17,209 --> 00:46:19,385
Oh! How could she
get naked with him?
673
00:46:19,428 --> 00:46:21,822
She's, like, 25.
It's against nature.
674
00:46:21,866 --> 00:46:25,086
Wow. Let your father
have some fun.
675
00:46:25,130 --> 00:46:27,132
What are you doing
defending him?
676
00:46:27,175 --> 00:46:28,481
I'm not defending him.
677
00:46:28,524 --> 00:46:30,744
I'm just saying, you know,
be glad he's happy.
678
00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:32,659
I want him to be happy.
679
00:46:32,702 --> 00:46:35,793
If she was a nice old librarian,
I'd be delighted.
680
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,192
What's going on?
681
00:46:46,716 --> 00:46:48,153
I know that look.
682
00:46:54,376 --> 00:46:56,770
Ariel, before we get
too far in again,
683
00:46:56,814 --> 00:46:59,599
I-I-I feel I should
let you know that
684
00:46:59,642 --> 00:47:03,690
I haven't
changed my position
on having children.
685
00:47:03,733 --> 00:47:06,693
Really?Yeah.
686
00:47:06,736 --> 00:47:08,695
I thought I should let you
know that right away
687
00:47:08,738 --> 00:47:11,959
so there are
no misunderstandings later.
688
00:47:12,003 --> 00:47:14,527
That's fair.
689
00:47:14,570 --> 00:47:18,139
I would rather
walk away right now
690
00:47:18,183 --> 00:47:21,142
than risk the kind of pain
we went through last time.
691
00:47:25,538 --> 00:47:27,496
So there are
no misunderstandings later,
692
00:47:27,540 --> 00:47:30,499
I haven't changed
my position, either.
693
00:47:30,543 --> 00:47:32,197
Yeah.
694
00:47:36,505 --> 00:47:39,726
But don't worry. I--
695
00:47:39,769 --> 00:47:42,903
I'm just gonna toy with you
for a couple of months,
696
00:47:42,947 --> 00:47:45,340
then leave you by the wayside
begging for more.
697
00:47:45,384 --> 00:47:48,213
Mmm. But until then,
698
00:47:48,256 --> 00:47:51,129
let's just keep things
like they are right now--
699
00:47:51,172 --> 00:47:54,175
hot and light.
700
00:47:54,219 --> 00:47:56,264
Okay.
Okay?
701
00:47:57,396 --> 00:47:59,267
Thank you.Okay, Tina.
702
00:47:59,311 --> 00:48:01,269
Take care. Take care.Thank you.
703
00:48:01,313 --> 00:48:03,097
Okay. Bye.
704
00:48:03,141 --> 00:48:05,143
They adore you.[chuckles]
705
00:48:05,186 --> 00:48:07,449
I can see it on their faces.
You inspire them.
706
00:48:07,493 --> 00:48:09,364
Well, that's because
I taught them how to breathe.
707
00:48:09,408 --> 00:48:11,279
It's amazing what
a little oxygen will do.
708
00:48:11,323 --> 00:48:13,194
I left the keys
in the side pocket.
709
00:48:13,238 --> 00:48:15,936
Okay. Good.
710
00:48:15,980 --> 00:48:18,939
About last night,
Heather wasn't feeling well,
711
00:48:18,983 --> 00:48:20,898
so I just let her
sleep in the guestroom.
712
00:48:20,941 --> 00:48:23,465
That's what I figured.
Give me five minutes
to freshen up, okay?
713
00:48:23,509 --> 00:48:26,120
Great. Hi, Chelsea.
Hey, that's my dad.
714
00:48:26,164 --> 00:48:27,992
It's nice to meet you.Hello.
715
00:48:32,953 --> 00:48:35,173
Okay, Dad,
let's have it out.
716
00:48:35,216 --> 00:48:37,218
Ariel...
717
00:48:38,263 --> 00:48:41,962
this is a man who doesn't
want what you want,
718
00:48:42,006 --> 00:48:44,791
and he proved it
beyond a doubt five years ago.
719
00:48:44,834 --> 00:48:47,533
Dad, that was a decision
Casey and I made together.
720
00:48:47,576 --> 00:48:49,535
No, that was a decision
Casey made.
721
00:48:49,578 --> 00:48:51,102
If your opinion had mattered,
722
00:48:51,145 --> 00:48:52,973
you'd have a 5-year-old
child by now.
723
00:48:53,017 --> 00:48:55,236
Ah! That is a terrible
thing to say!
724
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,891
The man left you
when you needed him most.
725
00:48:57,935 --> 00:48:59,284
Dad,
it's not that simple.
726
00:48:59,327 --> 00:49:02,678
And now he has the gall
to waltz back into your life
727
00:49:02,722 --> 00:49:04,593
and waste more
of your valuable time.
728
00:49:04,637 --> 00:49:05,986
I called him.
729
00:49:06,030 --> 00:49:07,988
People don't change, Ariel.
730
00:49:08,032 --> 00:49:10,382
Well, maybe not.
We'll just have to see.
731
00:49:10,425 --> 00:49:12,993
I was happy last night.
Doesn't that count
for something?
732
00:49:13,037 --> 00:49:14,952
No! No, it doesn't.
733
00:49:14,995 --> 00:49:16,214
Not when it leaves you
so depressed
734
00:49:16,257 --> 00:49:18,216
you can't get out of bed
for a whole year.
735
00:49:18,259 --> 00:49:20,087
That's not
gonna happen again.
I'm older now.
736
00:49:20,131 --> 00:49:22,960
Yes.
That's what worries me.
737
00:49:24,265 --> 00:49:25,788
[Woman]
"To sit across the table
738
00:49:25,832 --> 00:49:27,007
"and talk
with someone you love
739
00:49:27,051 --> 00:49:29,749
"is itself
a complex engagement.
740
00:49:29,792 --> 00:49:31,664
"To go to bed with someone,
741
00:49:31,707 --> 00:49:35,189
"to carry your conversation
into the realm of the body--
742
00:49:35,233 --> 00:49:37,670
"a realm of insecurity
and vulnerability
743
00:49:37,713 --> 00:49:39,977
"and fear
as well as pleasure--
744
00:49:40,020 --> 00:49:42,196
"was always fraught
with the sad evidence
745
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:45,634
"of how difficult it is
to understand another person
746
00:49:45,678 --> 00:49:47,680
and make yourself
understood."
747
00:49:59,344 --> 00:50:01,215
Thank you for inviting me.
748
00:50:01,259 --> 00:50:03,043
She's a wonderful writer.
749
00:50:03,087 --> 00:50:05,002
Yes, she is.
750
00:50:05,045 --> 00:50:08,179
The excerpt she read
was very nicely
observed, I thought.
751
00:50:09,832 --> 00:50:12,052
Lucky break for me
Ariel couldn't make it.
752
00:50:12,096 --> 00:50:14,620
No. To be honest,
753
00:50:14,663 --> 00:50:17,144
I was surprised
you were available.
754
00:50:17,188 --> 00:50:19,059
Really.
I assumed you'd be out
755
00:50:19,103 --> 00:50:21,409
with a gentleman friend
on a Friday evening.
756
00:50:21,453 --> 00:50:24,021
I am out
with a gentleman friend
on a Friday evening.
757
00:50:25,848 --> 00:50:27,807
To tell you the truth,
Leonard,
758
00:50:27,850 --> 00:50:30,505
I find very few men
my age interesting.
759
00:50:30,549 --> 00:50:32,420
They're like chewing gum.
760
00:50:32,464 --> 00:50:34,988
Ten minutes of flavor
followed by bland repetition.
761
00:50:35,032 --> 00:50:37,599
Oh, surely
it can't be that bleak.
762
00:50:37,643 --> 00:50:39,558
Now, don't get me wrong.
I love a good time
763
00:50:39,601 --> 00:50:42,039
as much as the next girl,
but I have too much to do.
764
00:50:42,082 --> 00:50:43,779
You know,
I want to be bold.
765
00:50:43,823 --> 00:50:45,781
I want to be
like Joan Didion,
766
00:50:45,825 --> 00:50:48,132
Joni Mitchell, Joan of Arc.
767
00:50:50,612 --> 00:50:52,571
I guess I have
the under-30 disease.
768
00:50:52,614 --> 00:50:54,181
Well, I understand.
769
00:50:54,225 --> 00:50:56,749
I was your age when I
started my first novel.
770
00:50:56,792 --> 00:50:58,707
And three years later,
when I finished it,
771
00:50:58,751 --> 00:51:00,448
I was a very different man.
772
00:51:00,492 --> 00:51:02,102
What do you mean
your first novel?
773
00:51:02,146 --> 00:51:05,758
I wrote two unpublished novels
when I was in my 20s.
774
00:51:06,933 --> 00:51:08,804
I would love to read them.
775
00:51:08,848 --> 00:51:10,806
I'm afraid
that's impossible.
776
00:51:10,850 --> 00:51:12,199
Why? You destroyed them?
777
00:51:12,243 --> 00:51:14,071
I had to in order
to keep writing.
778
00:51:14,114 --> 00:51:16,073
And if I hadn't,
779
00:51:16,116 --> 00:51:19,946
I might not have
written Tenderness,
780
00:51:19,989 --> 00:51:24,864
and we wouldn't be
here right now.
781
00:51:26,431 --> 00:51:29,173
And where are we, Leonard?
782
00:51:32,350 --> 00:51:34,134
Well, it's--
it's getting late.
783
00:51:34,178 --> 00:51:37,181
I think maybe we should
pick this up next time.
784
00:51:37,224 --> 00:51:38,921
Okay.
785
00:52:53,126 --> 00:52:54,867
[chuckles]
786
00:52:54,910 --> 00:52:57,174
Where are you?
787
00:52:58,175 --> 00:53:00,829
[typing]
788
00:53:00,873 --> 00:53:02,831
I'm leaving, Dad.
789
00:53:02,875 --> 00:53:05,225
Soup's on the stove.
Let it simmer for an hour.
790
00:53:05,269 --> 00:53:07,314
Thank you, dear.
See you tonight.
791
00:53:07,358 --> 00:53:10,187
Love you.Love you, too.
792
00:53:14,539 --> 00:53:16,758
Hi, Miss Wolfe.
Why don't you head on up?
793
00:53:16,802 --> 00:53:18,369
Thanks, Jeff.
794
00:53:20,109 --> 00:53:22,111
Hey, Ariel.Hey, Heather.
795
00:53:22,155 --> 00:53:24,244
I don't think
Dad's expecting you.
He's working right now.
796
00:53:24,288 --> 00:53:27,073
I know. We got a lot
of ground to cover.
I gotta crack that whip.
797
00:53:27,116 --> 00:53:29,075
He's very strict
about his writing hours.
798
00:53:29,118 --> 00:53:31,251
Well, maybe a little
shakeup in the routine
799
00:53:31,295 --> 00:53:32,861
is just what Leonard needs.
800
00:53:34,646 --> 00:53:36,604
Hey, by the way,
Happy Birthday.
801
00:53:36,648 --> 00:53:39,172
Oh, thank you.
How did you know
it was my birthday?
802
00:53:39,216 --> 00:53:41,305
Of course I know
it's your birthday.
803
00:53:45,091 --> 00:53:47,049
Hi, Leonard.
I know it's not a work day,
804
00:53:47,093 --> 00:53:49,661
but last night
I came across something
805
00:53:49,704 --> 00:53:50,923
that F. Scott Fitzgerald
wrote.
806
00:53:50,966 --> 00:53:52,229
It really got me thinking.
807
00:53:52,272 --> 00:53:53,839
Can't it wait till Monday?
808
00:53:53,882 --> 00:53:55,754
I really must
get back to work.
809
00:53:55,797 --> 00:53:57,843
He said that most good
writers line themselves up
810
00:53:57,886 --> 00:53:59,758
along a solid gold bar.
811
00:53:59,801 --> 00:54:02,239
Heather, these are
my writing hours.
You must respect them.
812
00:54:04,980 --> 00:54:06,939
I'm sorry.
813
00:54:06,982 --> 00:54:08,984
I guess it'll have to wait.
814
00:54:14,163 --> 00:54:16,165
[sigh]
Now that you're here,
815
00:54:16,209 --> 00:54:18,255
if you have work to do,
816
00:54:18,298 --> 00:54:20,431
you're welcome
to the living room.
817
00:55:05,998 --> 00:55:10,089
Well, since you're here,
818
00:55:10,132 --> 00:55:12,613
I suppose we should
get our work in now.
819
00:55:12,657 --> 00:55:16,356
What's all this
about F. Scott Fitzgerald's
solid gold bar?
820
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:19,925
Okay. He says that
most great writers
821
00:55:19,968 --> 00:55:22,667
have an essential theme that
runs through their best work,
822
00:55:22,710 --> 00:55:24,451
like Hemmingway's courage
823
00:55:24,495 --> 00:55:26,192
or Dostoyevsky's
spiritual violence.
824
00:55:26,235 --> 00:55:29,978
I trust you resisted
any impulse to place me
in their company.
825
00:55:30,022 --> 00:55:33,417
Well, I do say
that you breathe
the same moral air,
826
00:55:33,460 --> 00:55:35,593
especially in
your first two novels
827
00:55:35,636 --> 00:55:38,247
when you adhere closely
to your solid gold bar.
828
00:55:38,291 --> 00:55:40,293
Ah, yes,
personal liberation
829
00:55:40,337 --> 00:55:42,034
in the works
of Leonard Schiller.
830
00:55:42,077 --> 00:55:43,557
Don't misunderstand me.
831
00:55:43,601 --> 00:55:46,168
The last two novels
are brilliant,
832
00:55:46,212 --> 00:55:50,825
but I sense
a stylistic change
833
00:55:50,869 --> 00:55:54,612
where you're writing
less nakedly,
834
00:55:54,655 --> 00:55:57,397
less personally.
835
00:55:57,441 --> 00:56:00,922
Well, I did attempt to work
836
00:56:00,966 --> 00:56:04,273
on a larger social canvas
in The Lost City.
837
00:56:04,317 --> 00:56:08,539
But in my estimation,
it's my most passionate novel.
838
00:56:08,582 --> 00:56:12,151
It's true, my work did change
after Stella died,
839
00:56:12,194 --> 00:56:15,807
but I suppose my life
as a source of inspiration
840
00:56:15,850 --> 00:56:18,113
began to interest me less.
841
00:56:19,724 --> 00:56:22,030
You must've
loved her deeply.
842
00:56:22,074 --> 00:56:26,252
My wife was not
a bounded entity.
843
00:56:27,253 --> 00:56:30,604
She made me feel
that I existed in her
844
00:56:30,648 --> 00:56:34,216
as much as I existed
in my own body.
845
00:56:34,260 --> 00:56:37,132
You never experienced
that again
846
00:56:37,176 --> 00:56:39,178
after you lost her?
847
00:56:40,701 --> 00:56:42,094
No.
848
00:56:44,139 --> 00:56:46,141
No, I suppose not.
849
00:56:49,144 --> 00:56:51,538
But then I wouldn't
be a writer, would I,
850
00:56:51,582 --> 00:56:52,713
if I weren't...
851
00:56:54,367 --> 00:56:57,370
blinded by optimism.
852
00:57:01,809 --> 00:57:03,115
[Ariel]Oh![Casey]
Wow.
853
00:57:03,158 --> 00:57:05,247
[Leonard]
I always loved
this photograph of you.
854
00:57:05,291 --> 00:57:06,466
Thank you.
855
00:57:07,815 --> 00:57:09,687
Thank you so much.
856
00:57:09,730 --> 00:57:12,733
Dinner'll be ready
in a sec, okay?Mm-hmm.
857
00:57:16,215 --> 00:57:17,346
So Ariel tells me
858
00:57:17,390 --> 00:57:19,653
you are about to launch
your own magazine.
859
00:57:19,697 --> 00:57:21,873
Yeah, yeah. I've always
wanted to provide a forum
860
00:57:21,916 --> 00:57:25,137
where, um, people on the left
could argue.
861
00:57:25,180 --> 00:57:26,660
It just remains to be seen
862
00:57:26,704 --> 00:57:28,227
if anyone's
up for a good fight.
863
00:57:28,270 --> 00:57:31,012
I was involved with a magazine
for a while back in the '60s.
864
00:57:31,056 --> 00:57:33,798
A literary journal
to be published and edited
865
00:57:33,841 --> 00:57:35,495
by eight young writers.
866
00:57:35,539 --> 00:57:38,193
No kidding.
Anything become of it?
867
00:57:38,237 --> 00:57:41,370
No. There's something
about collaboration
868
00:57:41,414 --> 00:57:43,634
that brings out
the worst in writers.
869
00:57:43,677 --> 00:57:45,157
Hmm.
870
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:48,160
Well, there's only
four of us, so, uh,
871
00:57:48,203 --> 00:57:50,510
I guess we'll have
fewer opportunities
to disagree.
872
00:57:50,554 --> 00:57:54,471
Well, it takes a capacity
for compromise, doesn't it?
873
00:57:54,514 --> 00:57:57,212
As in any worthwhile endeavor,
be it a magazine
874
00:57:57,256 --> 00:58:01,086
or a literary journal
or a family,
875
00:58:01,129 --> 00:58:04,481
one has to be willing to...
876
00:58:04,524 --> 00:58:07,048
surrender, occasionally,
877
00:58:07,092 --> 00:58:10,617
one's beliefs
for the greater good.
878
00:58:16,057 --> 00:58:19,147
Ariel tells me you've got
a young biographer
879
00:58:19,191 --> 00:58:21,149
doing a study
of your work.
880
00:58:21,193 --> 00:58:23,282
How's that going?Oh, marvelous.
881
00:58:23,325 --> 00:58:25,850
Suddenly
the literary world
882
00:58:25,893 --> 00:58:28,679
is abuzz with curiosity
about my every move.
883
00:58:28,722 --> 00:58:30,028
Hmm.
884
00:58:30,071 --> 00:58:33,205
Well, you--
you deserve it, Leonard.
885
00:58:33,248 --> 00:58:34,336
I mean, if anyone knows
886
00:58:34,380 --> 00:58:36,425
the meaning
of the word compromise.
887
00:58:36,469 --> 00:58:38,471
Ariel has often told me
888
00:58:38,515 --> 00:58:42,083
how you locked yourself away
in your writing room,
889
00:58:42,127 --> 00:58:45,217
cutting yourself off
from the rest of the world.
890
00:58:45,260 --> 00:58:48,612
I'm-- I'm really glad
you're finally gonna
get your due.
891
00:58:51,223 --> 00:58:52,746
Case, can you
give me a hand?
892
00:58:52,790 --> 00:58:54,052
Yeah, yeah. I'm coming.
893
00:58:54,095 --> 00:58:56,489
Excuse me, Leonard.
894
00:58:56,533 --> 00:58:58,056
Duty calls.
895
00:58:58,099 --> 00:59:00,145
What can I get you?
896
00:59:00,188 --> 00:59:03,409
♪♪ [rock]
897
00:59:03,452 --> 00:59:05,977
I'm done with the first part
about his first two books.
898
00:59:06,020 --> 00:59:09,850
And that came easily,
because I love them.
899
00:59:09,894 --> 00:59:12,026
But I'm having
the hardest time
900
00:59:12,070 --> 00:59:15,247
writing
about the last two.
901
00:59:15,290 --> 00:59:17,292
I just don't get them.
902
00:59:17,336 --> 00:59:19,947
You don't get them,
or you don't like them?
903
00:59:21,340 --> 00:59:25,257
I guess I took it for granted
that I would grow to like them.
904
00:59:26,214 --> 00:59:28,956
But-- But they never
catch fire.
905
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:31,524
They're too neutral,
they're too careful.
906
00:59:31,568 --> 00:59:35,136
The books I love,
they valued a certain
kind of recklessness.
907
00:59:35,180 --> 00:59:37,574
At first, I was in awe
908
00:59:37,617 --> 00:59:39,706
of that single-minded
devotion to his art,
909
00:59:39,750 --> 00:59:43,144
and now I suspect
it's drained the life
out of his work.
910
00:59:43,188 --> 00:59:46,060
Two great novels
is nothing to sneeze at.
911
00:59:47,409 --> 00:59:49,368
I thought my thesis
was going to be about
912
00:59:49,411 --> 00:59:51,631
one of America's great
unacknowledged writers,
913
00:59:51,675 --> 00:59:53,154
not one
that was written out
914
00:59:53,198 --> 00:59:55,113
by the time
he was 45 years old.
915
00:59:55,156 --> 00:59:58,464
To-- To be a writer,
sometimes you have to
hurt people's feelings,
916
00:59:58,507 --> 01:00:01,206
sometimes you have
to be a bastard.
917
01:00:01,249 --> 01:00:03,208
You'll be speaking
with conviction.
918
01:00:03,251 --> 01:00:07,691
When you speak with conviction,
people notice.
919
01:00:07,734 --> 01:00:09,127
[sigh]
920
01:00:12,173 --> 01:00:14,654
But he's had
enough disappointment.
921
01:00:14,698 --> 01:00:17,962
I mean, I don't even
think he's gotten over
losing his wife.
922
01:00:18,005 --> 01:00:19,877
I hate to tell
tales out of school,
923
01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:21,139
but from what I hear,
924
01:00:21,182 --> 01:00:23,576
it's a little more
complicated than that.
925
01:00:23,620 --> 01:00:25,186
What do you mean?
926
01:00:25,230 --> 01:00:26,710
Well,
when I was heading down
927
01:00:26,753 --> 01:00:28,407
to the Vanity Fairparty
with Frederick,
928
01:00:28,450 --> 01:00:31,410
he told me a few things
about your friend Leonard.
929
01:00:36,371 --> 01:00:39,113
It's good.
930
01:00:44,728 --> 01:00:46,686
Did you see the newspaper
this morning, Ariel?
931
01:00:46,730 --> 01:00:47,992
No, I didn't
get a chance.
932
01:00:48,035 --> 01:00:49,689
Well, here's a--
933
01:00:49,733 --> 01:00:52,387
there's a story here--
ahem--
934
01:00:52,431 --> 01:00:55,390
of a comet
that will be visible
935
01:00:55,434 --> 01:00:57,697
probably within
the next few months.
936
01:00:57,741 --> 01:00:59,046
Russel's Comet.
937
01:00:59,090 --> 01:01:02,180
It comes close to the Earth
every 45 years.
938
01:01:02,223 --> 01:01:05,009
I saw it with your mother.
939
01:01:05,052 --> 01:01:06,663
And, um, I think
you should see it,
940
01:01:06,706 --> 01:01:08,621
and then you can tell
your children about it.
941
01:01:08,665 --> 01:01:10,449
And when it comes around
in another 45 years,
942
01:01:10,492 --> 01:01:12,756
they can see it for themselves.
943
01:01:12,799 --> 01:01:14,714
My children. That's nice.
944
01:01:14,758 --> 01:01:16,977
Maybe I will
just have a couple.
945
01:01:17,021 --> 01:01:19,893
If you'll allow me,
I'd like to, uh,
946
01:01:19,937 --> 01:01:23,157
make a toast to Ariel,
our birthday girl.
947
01:01:23,201 --> 01:01:26,030
Ariel,
back when we first met,
948
01:01:26,073 --> 01:01:29,163
and we shared those years
of our lives together,
949
01:01:29,207 --> 01:01:31,644
I always felt like
950
01:01:31,688 --> 01:01:33,820
I was the luckiest guy
in New York City.
951
01:01:33,864 --> 01:01:36,780
And now,
five years later,
952
01:01:36,823 --> 01:01:39,260
for us to find
each other again,
953
01:01:40,261 --> 01:01:42,133
well, I know I am.
954
01:01:42,176 --> 01:01:45,658
The way you encouraged me
to go after my dreams
955
01:01:45,702 --> 01:01:48,226
and take chances
with my life,
956
01:01:48,269 --> 01:01:51,185
even if those chances
run contrary to your dreams,
957
01:01:51,229 --> 01:01:54,623
is a quality that,
958
01:01:54,667 --> 01:01:56,103
well, you know,
959
01:01:56,147 --> 01:01:59,019
it comes around
as often as Russel's Comet.
960
01:01:59,063 --> 01:02:00,673
So, um...
961
01:02:00,717 --> 01:02:02,762
so I raise my glass
to you
962
01:02:02,806 --> 01:02:05,243
on your 40th birthday,
963
01:02:05,286 --> 01:02:07,158
uh, in the hope that I--
964
01:02:07,201 --> 01:02:12,250
I give you some measure
of what I know you give me.
965
01:02:13,251 --> 01:02:14,034
You do.
966
01:02:21,041 --> 01:02:23,043
Good evening, Jeff.Hi, Professor.
967
01:02:23,087 --> 01:02:24,653
Miss Wolfe
is here to see you.
968
01:02:24,697 --> 01:02:27,221
I told her you were out,
but she wanted to wait.
969
01:02:33,184 --> 01:02:34,402
Thank you, Jeff.
970
01:02:39,799 --> 01:02:41,670
Leonard,
I want to read your book.
971
01:02:41,714 --> 01:02:42,802
What's this all about?
972
01:02:42,846 --> 01:02:44,195
I know
you have a strict rule
973
01:02:44,238 --> 01:02:45,674
against letting anyone
see your work
974
01:02:45,718 --> 01:02:46,763
before it's completed,
975
01:02:46,806 --> 01:02:48,329
but I want you
to break it for me.
976
01:02:48,373 --> 01:02:49,809
That's out of the question.Why?
977
01:02:49,853 --> 01:02:52,159
Because I am not
ready to show it.
978
01:02:52,203 --> 01:02:55,032
But that's precisely why
you should let me read it.
979
01:02:55,075 --> 01:02:57,121
Take a chance.
Maybe it'll free you
to finish it.
980
01:02:57,164 --> 01:02:59,732
I'll finish it by sitting
in front of my typewriter
981
01:02:59,776 --> 01:03:01,212
first thing in the morning.
982
01:03:01,255 --> 01:03:03,736
So if you'll excuse me,
I'd like to get to bed.
983
01:03:03,780 --> 01:03:06,086
Ohh, I thought you would
make an exception for me.
984
01:03:06,130 --> 01:03:09,089
You'll have to make do
with my published novels.
985
01:03:09,133 --> 01:03:10,699
Good night, Heather.
986
01:03:14,399 --> 01:03:16,531
I'm sorry. It's not
good enough, Leonard.
987
01:03:31,285 --> 01:03:32,809
What are you
not getting, Heather?
988
01:03:32,852 --> 01:03:34,071
What's the problem?
989
01:03:34,114 --> 01:03:35,594
[sigh]
990
01:03:35,637 --> 01:03:38,162
We had an understanding,
Leonard,
991
01:03:38,205 --> 01:03:40,599
that if I was
to do justice to your work,
992
01:03:40,642 --> 01:03:42,862
you would share with me
the events that shaped it.
993
01:03:42,906 --> 01:03:44,429
That's precisely
what I've done--
994
01:03:44,472 --> 01:03:48,694
talk with you openly
about my life and my work.
995
01:03:48,737 --> 01:03:51,653
With one glaring omission.
996
01:03:51,697 --> 01:03:54,178
What in God's name
are you talking about?
997
01:03:54,221 --> 01:03:56,876
Your marriage.
998
01:03:57,921 --> 01:03:59,052
Oh.
999
01:03:59,096 --> 01:04:01,272
So you've done some
investigative work
1000
01:04:01,315 --> 01:04:05,624
and uncovered details
about my personal life?
1001
01:04:05,667 --> 01:04:07,234
You've been dishonest
with me,
1002
01:04:07,278 --> 01:04:09,410
and it makes me wonder
if you're honest with yourself.
1003
01:04:09,454 --> 01:04:11,978
I told you from day one,
I would not indulge in gossip.
1004
01:04:12,022 --> 01:04:14,894
Oh, but you had no problem
feeding me a myth
1005
01:04:14,938 --> 01:04:17,331
about a marriage
that was some work of art.
1006
01:04:17,375 --> 01:04:20,857
It was a work of art,
and like many works of art,
it was imperfect.
1007
01:04:20,900 --> 01:04:22,771
Your wife left you
for another man!
1008
01:04:22,815 --> 01:04:25,818
One year
before my wife died,
1009
01:04:25,862 --> 01:04:28,647
we went through
some troubled times, yes.
1010
01:04:28,690 --> 01:04:31,084
What does that tell you
about my work?
1011
01:04:31,128 --> 01:04:33,347
That life betrayed you,
1012
01:04:33,391 --> 01:04:34,914
and you went into hiding,
1013
01:04:34,958 --> 01:04:36,481
and you took
your characters with you.
1014
01:04:36,524 --> 01:04:38,483
So they began guarding
their lives.
1015
01:04:38,526 --> 01:04:40,267
They stopped giving in
to temptation.
1016
01:04:40,311 --> 01:04:42,226
No, Miss Wolfe!
1017
01:04:42,269 --> 01:04:44,097
They learned the cost
1018
01:04:44,141 --> 01:04:46,317
of living
only for themselves,
1019
01:04:46,360 --> 01:04:47,840
and I became aware
1020
01:04:47,884 --> 01:04:50,321
of problems
far greater than my own.
1021
01:04:50,364 --> 01:04:53,846
And you insult my writing
by trying to define it
1022
01:04:53,890 --> 01:04:56,370
by a single unhappy event
from my past.
1023
01:04:56,414 --> 01:04:58,807
If I had known you were
gonna subject my work
1024
01:04:58,851 --> 01:05:01,898
to such simplistic,
psychological criticism,
1025
01:05:01,941 --> 01:05:04,770
I never would've wasted
my time with you
in the first place!
1026
01:05:05,945 --> 01:05:08,208
You don't have to
insult me, Leonard.
1027
01:05:08,252 --> 01:05:10,080
You insult me.
1028
01:05:10,123 --> 01:05:13,387
You insult me...
1029
01:05:13,431 --> 01:05:17,000
by insinuating
that I should write
the same book
1030
01:05:17,043 --> 01:05:19,045
over and over again.
1031
01:05:21,918 --> 01:05:23,484
[mutters]
1032
01:05:31,884 --> 01:05:33,277
[exhales forcefully]
1033
01:05:50,729 --> 01:05:53,514
I'm sorry I kept you up.
1034
01:05:53,558 --> 01:05:56,256
I should really get going.
1035
01:05:57,257 --> 01:05:59,085
Heather,
1036
01:06:01,609 --> 01:06:05,352
if you'd like to...
stay here
1037
01:06:05,396 --> 01:06:08,181
and not drive all the way back
to Hoboken at this late hour,
1038
01:06:08,225 --> 01:06:10,096
I understand.
1039
01:06:10,140 --> 01:06:12,620
You're welcome
to the guestroom.
1040
01:06:39,517 --> 01:06:41,562
[knocking on door]
1041
01:06:41,606 --> 01:06:42,999
Come in.
1042
01:06:47,351 --> 01:06:49,135
Would you like me
to wake you
1043
01:06:49,179 --> 01:06:50,397
at any
particular time?
1044
01:06:52,095 --> 01:06:53,096
No.
1045
01:06:54,140 --> 01:06:56,664
I'm always up by 7.
1046
01:06:58,275 --> 01:07:00,494
Well, uh...
1047
01:07:01,843 --> 01:07:04,020
I'll say good night,
then.
1048
01:08:10,173 --> 01:08:13,132
[phone rings]
1049
01:08:16,570 --> 01:08:19,617
[Heather]
Hi. Please leave a message
here for Heather Wolfe.
1050
01:08:19,660 --> 01:08:21,967
[beeps]
1051
01:08:22,010 --> 01:08:24,056
Hi, Heather.
This is Leonard.
1052
01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:27,625
I just wanted to wish you well
as you finish your thesis.
1053
01:08:27,668 --> 01:08:29,148
There's
no need to call back.
1054
01:08:29,192 --> 01:08:31,237
I'll see you next Friday
as planned. Bye.
1055
01:08:42,118 --> 01:08:43,858
Hi. I'm sorry I'm late.
1056
01:08:43,902 --> 01:08:45,773
The car died.
I had to take the train.
1057
01:08:45,817 --> 01:08:47,035
Oh, that's perfectly
all right.
1058
01:08:47,079 --> 01:08:48,036
Is this it?
1059
01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:49,777
Yes.My.
1060
01:08:49,821 --> 01:08:51,518
But it's only a first draft,
1061
01:08:51,562 --> 01:08:53,346
and I hope
you bear that in mind.
1062
01:08:53,390 --> 01:08:55,305
Don't say a word.
1063
01:09:04,009 --> 01:09:05,880
How we doing tonight?
1064
01:09:05,924 --> 01:09:07,795
Oh, we're doing
just fine tonight.A drink to start?
1065
01:09:07,839 --> 01:09:09,362
Yes, I--Yeah. What do you have on tap?
1066
01:09:09,406 --> 01:09:13,627
Amstel, Bud, Bass, Harp,
Dos Equis, Rolling Rock...
1067
01:09:13,671 --> 01:09:15,586
I'll have a Dos Equis.
1068
01:09:15,629 --> 01:09:17,196
Good choice.
1069
01:09:17,240 --> 01:09:18,589
For you, sir?
1070
01:09:18,632 --> 01:09:20,330
I'll have a glass
of the house white.
1071
01:09:20,373 --> 01:09:22,070
I won't be a minute.
1072
01:09:32,690 --> 01:09:34,692
Um...
1073
01:09:36,824 --> 01:09:38,870
There's something
I'd like to give you.
1074
01:09:42,656 --> 01:09:46,094
This is the key
to my apartment.
1075
01:09:46,138 --> 01:09:49,141
I thought since you spend
so much time in the city,
1076
01:09:49,185 --> 01:09:50,577
if there are some nights
1077
01:09:50,621 --> 01:09:53,101
that you don't want
to go all the way
back to Hoboken,
1078
01:09:53,145 --> 01:09:54,625
you could stay
in the guestroom.
1079
01:09:54,668 --> 01:09:58,194
Or if you need
somewhere to read
in the afternoons.
1080
01:09:58,237 --> 01:10:00,283
Here.
1081
01:10:00,326 --> 01:10:03,373
I just want you
to know that...
1082
01:10:03,416 --> 01:10:06,289
there is a place
that you can come
1083
01:10:06,332 --> 01:10:09,292
without having
to explain yourself.
1084
01:10:10,510 --> 01:10:12,120
Thank you.
1085
01:10:13,470 --> 01:10:15,036
This is an honor.
1086
01:10:15,080 --> 01:10:16,212
Oh.
1087
01:10:20,868 --> 01:10:22,783
Well.
1088
01:10:24,089 --> 01:10:27,223
Here's to the completion
of many months of hard work.
1089
01:10:27,266 --> 01:10:29,355
Oh, I should remind you
it's just a draft,
1090
01:10:29,399 --> 01:10:31,836
and I plan on doing
a lot more work on it.
1091
01:10:31,879 --> 01:10:33,054
Don't worry so much.
1092
01:10:40,627 --> 01:10:44,414
If you really want to continue
with literary criticism,
1093
01:10:44,457 --> 01:10:47,895
I could lend you some books
by the great critics of my era.
1094
01:10:47,939 --> 01:10:49,375
I appreciate that.
1095
01:10:49,419 --> 01:10:51,551
I doubt that they're taught
in academies anymore,
1096
01:10:51,595 --> 01:10:53,074
but that's really
all to their credit
1097
01:10:53,118 --> 01:10:56,164
because
they weren't theorists,
they were readers.
1098
01:10:56,208 --> 01:10:58,689
I would like to continue
with criticism.
1099
01:10:58,732 --> 01:11:02,867
It'd be a good excuse
to read the books I love
over and over again.
1100
01:11:02,910 --> 01:11:05,348
[breathing heavily]
1101
01:11:05,391 --> 01:11:08,264
Heather,
I'd like to sit down
for just one minute.
1102
01:11:10,266 --> 01:11:11,441
Are you all right?
1103
01:11:13,269 --> 01:11:15,271
How can I help you?
1104
01:11:17,229 --> 01:11:20,232
It's all right.
It's just a little bit
of heartburn.
1105
01:11:20,276 --> 01:11:22,147
[chuckles]
1106
01:11:22,190 --> 01:11:25,106
There. It's passed.
So let's continue, huh?
1107
01:11:25,150 --> 01:11:27,108
Let me get a cab.No, I'm fine.
1108
01:11:27,152 --> 01:11:28,936
I'm really fine.
I'd love to walk.
1109
01:11:28,980 --> 01:11:30,590
It's such
a lovely evening.
1110
01:11:30,634 --> 01:11:32,592
Hmm?Okay.
1111
01:11:32,636 --> 01:11:34,507
Yeah.
1112
01:11:34,551 --> 01:11:35,552
[sigh]
1113
01:11:38,076 --> 01:11:40,165
It is.
1114
01:11:49,653 --> 01:11:51,132
Now let's see.
1115
01:11:54,788 --> 01:11:57,965
Ah, yes. Trilling,
1116
01:11:58,009 --> 01:11:59,532
Howe...
1117
01:11:59,576 --> 01:12:02,361
and, oh,
1118
01:12:02,405 --> 01:12:04,885
especially
Edmund Wilson.
1119
01:12:10,456 --> 01:12:12,328
Take your time with them.
1120
01:12:14,242 --> 01:12:16,288
That's very generous
of you.
1121
01:12:21,249 --> 01:12:23,251
Thank you
for a lovely evening.
1122
01:12:23,295 --> 01:12:25,645
Oh, I enjoyed myself, too.
1123
01:12:57,503 --> 01:12:58,765
[door closes]
1124
01:13:43,070 --> 01:13:45,464
Hey, hopper.Hey, flapper.
1125
01:13:45,508 --> 01:13:46,987
What are you reading?
1126
01:13:47,031 --> 01:13:49,337
It's your dad's last novel,
The Lost City.
1127
01:13:49,381 --> 01:13:51,252
I really like this book.
1128
01:13:51,296 --> 01:13:54,212
It's stronger
than his first one.
1129
01:13:54,255 --> 01:13:55,779
That was so soft
and sentimental.
1130
01:13:55,822 --> 01:13:57,520
Soft and sentimental?
My father?
1131
01:13:57,563 --> 01:14:00,000
Yeah, yeah.
You know, it was one of
those relationship books.
1132
01:14:00,044 --> 01:14:01,611
Two couples and all their
problems
1133
01:14:01,654 --> 01:14:04,048
and all of that,
yadda, yadda, yadda.
1134
01:14:04,091 --> 01:14:07,312
This one's great.
It's about something.
It's got guts.
1135
01:14:07,355 --> 01:14:09,140
What you got there?
1136
01:14:09,183 --> 01:14:12,012
I have a course guide
in a Master's program
1137
01:14:12,056 --> 01:14:14,014
in expressive arts
therapy.
1138
01:14:14,058 --> 01:14:15,625
What?
[chuckles]
1139
01:14:15,668 --> 01:14:16,800
Expressive--
1140
01:14:16,843 --> 01:14:18,454
What is expressive arts
therapy?
1141
01:14:18,497 --> 01:14:21,848
It uses movement and dance
to work through your issues.
1142
01:14:21,892 --> 01:14:24,721
And who exactly would benefit
from that kind of treatment?
1143
01:14:24,764 --> 01:14:26,026
Oh, I don't know.
1144
01:14:26,070 --> 01:14:27,680
I mean, someone
who might have difficulty
1145
01:14:27,724 --> 01:14:30,814
tapping into his soft
and sentimental side.
1146
01:14:31,989 --> 01:14:33,164
I don't know.
1147
01:15:09,766 --> 01:15:12,725
[Leonard]
I can't say your study
filled me with elation,
1148
01:15:12,769 --> 01:15:15,119
but I appreciate your honesty,
1149
01:15:15,162 --> 01:15:17,469
your kind remarks
about the first two books
1150
01:15:17,513 --> 01:15:19,906
and, especially,
the seriousness
1151
01:15:19,950 --> 01:15:23,301
with which you
thought about my work.
1152
01:15:23,344 --> 01:15:24,650
I'm grateful that you looked
1153
01:15:24,694 --> 01:15:26,565
for a common thread
in my work,
1154
01:15:26,609 --> 01:15:28,001
although I do wonder
1155
01:15:28,045 --> 01:15:29,916
whether it was precisely
your conclusion
1156
01:15:29,960 --> 01:15:32,571
that my true theme
is freedom
1157
01:15:32,615 --> 01:15:36,009
that left you
unable to appreciate
my two later books,
1158
01:15:36,053 --> 01:15:38,577
especiallyThe Lost City.
1159
01:15:38,621 --> 01:15:41,537
But I suppose
it's not for me to say.
1160
01:15:41,580 --> 01:15:45,845
A writer isn't the best
judge of his own work.
1161
01:15:45,889 --> 01:15:48,065
I once knew
a literary critic who,
1162
01:15:48,108 --> 01:15:50,241
when asked to characterize
his critical methods,
1163
01:15:50,284 --> 01:15:51,503
said that he simply tried
1164
01:15:51,547 --> 01:15:54,332
to read the hell
out of a book.
1165
01:15:54,375 --> 01:15:57,161
"You've certainly read
the hell out of mine,
1166
01:15:57,204 --> 01:15:59,206
"and that's all
a writer can ask.
1167
01:15:59,250 --> 01:16:00,773
"Yours, Leonard.
1168
01:16:00,817 --> 01:16:02,645
"And P.S.,
your prose is good,
1169
01:16:02,688 --> 01:16:04,821
"but here and there,
it could be more direct.
1170
01:16:04,864 --> 01:16:07,301
I made a few suggestions
on the manuscript."
1171
01:16:07,345 --> 01:16:08,564
And then he went ahead
1172
01:16:08,607 --> 01:16:10,130
and gave me
a complete line edit,
1173
01:16:10,174 --> 01:16:12,089
strengthened
all of my arguments.
1174
01:16:12,132 --> 01:16:13,656
And the amazing thing is
1175
01:16:13,699 --> 01:16:17,398
he made it much more clearly
critical of his own work.
1176
01:16:17,442 --> 01:16:20,924
That's great. You must--
You must be thrilled.
1177
01:16:20,967 --> 01:16:23,753
I should be,
shouldn't I?
1178
01:16:28,845 --> 01:16:30,629
How's the writing going?
1179
01:16:32,718 --> 01:16:35,155
It's not too bad,
I suppose.
1180
01:16:36,679 --> 01:16:39,072
I haven't seen
your friend Heather
around in a while.
1181
01:16:39,116 --> 01:16:40,596
Where has she been?
1182
01:16:40,639 --> 01:16:43,773
Couldn't say.
Her work is done.
1183
01:16:43,816 --> 01:16:46,123
Did she finish that book?
Or whatever it was?
1184
01:16:46,166 --> 01:16:48,647
Master's thesis.
Wasn't very good.
1185
01:16:48,691 --> 01:16:50,475
Kind of half-baked,
really.
1186
01:16:50,518 --> 01:16:53,130
Mmm. I'm not surprised.
1187
01:16:54,566 --> 01:16:56,960
Hey, Dad,
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1188
01:16:57,003 --> 01:16:58,570
is playing
at Cinema Village tonight.
1189
01:16:58,614 --> 01:17:00,224
Do you want to join me
and Casey?
1190
01:17:00,267 --> 01:17:02,226
I don't think so.
Not tonight.
1191
01:17:02,269 --> 01:17:05,055
It's a new print.No, I really don't feel
up to it.
1192
01:17:05,098 --> 01:17:08,014
Oh, come on.
You love that movie.
1193
01:17:09,146 --> 01:17:11,931
What do you mean,
you're not surprised?
1194
01:17:12,976 --> 01:17:14,325
Excuse me?
1195
01:17:14,368 --> 01:17:17,415
Why are you
not surprised?
1196
01:17:17,458 --> 01:17:19,809
She graduated
from an Ivy League school.
1197
01:17:19,852 --> 01:17:22,159
Do you have any idea
how much hard work
1198
01:17:22,202 --> 01:17:24,030
and how much discipline
that takes?
1199
01:17:24,074 --> 01:17:26,642
What basis do you have
for denigrating her work?
1200
01:17:27,817 --> 01:17:30,863
Hey, you're the one
that said it was half-baked.
1201
01:17:30,907 --> 01:17:33,039
She's been published
in a major literary journal.
1202
01:17:33,083 --> 01:17:36,042
I didn't mean anything by it.
I-- I just-- She--
1203
01:17:36,086 --> 01:17:38,262
She just didn't impress me
as being deep enough
1204
01:17:38,305 --> 01:17:39,742
to write about your work.
1205
01:17:39,785 --> 01:17:41,874
I thought she'd be wasting
your valuable time.
1206
01:17:41,918 --> 01:17:43,354
Wasting valuable time?
1207
01:17:43,397 --> 01:17:45,138
There's a subject
you're well-schooled in.
1208
01:17:45,182 --> 01:17:48,185
Oh, well, what's that
supposed to mean, huh?
1209
01:17:48,228 --> 01:17:50,143
Are you talking
about Casey, Dad?
1210
01:17:50,187 --> 01:17:51,710
Because you don't know
1211
01:17:51,754 --> 01:17:53,320
what goes on
between Casey and me!
1212
01:17:53,364 --> 01:17:56,236
You don't know
the first thing
about our relationship!
1213
01:17:56,280 --> 01:17:58,935
I know enough.
I was there for his
birthday toast to you.
1214
01:17:58,978 --> 01:18:00,545
Apparently I'm the only one
who heard it.
1215
01:18:00,588 --> 01:18:03,853
I heard it. He said
that he's lucky
to find me again.
1216
01:18:03,896 --> 01:18:06,246
He said that you
give him everything,
1217
01:18:06,290 --> 01:18:08,335
and you ask for
so little in return.
1218
01:18:08,379 --> 01:18:10,163
Of course he feels lucky!
1219
01:18:10,207 --> 01:18:12,035
How can you accept
such a condition?
1220
01:18:12,078 --> 01:18:15,168
A man who says you're
secondary to his dreams,
1221
01:18:15,212 --> 01:18:17,257
and you always will be!
1222
01:18:18,389 --> 01:18:21,087
I don't know, Dad.
How did Mom do it?
1223
01:18:28,138 --> 01:18:31,184
[door closes]
1224
01:18:35,711 --> 01:18:37,016
Oh, come on, Casey.
1225
01:18:37,060 --> 01:18:39,018
You look like you're
going to the dentist.
1226
01:18:39,062 --> 01:18:41,238
Keep an open mind.
You might even enjoy it.
1227
01:18:41,281 --> 01:18:42,935
Yeah. Two hours
of French people
1228
01:18:42,979 --> 01:18:45,198
singing and dancing
for no apparent reason.
1229
01:18:45,242 --> 01:18:46,765
I think the world
would be a better place
1230
01:18:46,809 --> 01:18:49,768
if everybody sang and danced
for no apparent reason.
1231
01:18:49,812 --> 01:18:51,683
Just remember your part
of the deal, all right?
1232
01:18:51,727 --> 01:18:54,251
This week,
we see the-- the-- this.
1233
01:18:54,294 --> 01:18:57,210
Next week,
Battle of Algiers.
1234
01:19:00,300 --> 01:19:03,086
You know, Case, go see
The Battle of Algiers.
1235
01:19:03,129 --> 01:19:05,392
No, no, no.
A deal's a deal.
Um...
1236
01:19:05,436 --> 01:19:08,178
Go ahead.
Go see the movie you want.
1237
01:19:08,221 --> 01:19:10,397
Really? You don't mind?
1238
01:19:10,441 --> 01:19:13,183
What's the difference?
I mean, we're both sitting
in the dark anyway.
1239
01:19:13,226 --> 01:19:15,141
Right?Yeah.
1240
01:19:15,185 --> 01:19:16,752
Okay.
Well, uh, yeah.
1241
01:19:16,795 --> 01:19:18,666
You see the movie
you want to see,
1242
01:19:18,710 --> 01:19:20,233
I'll see
what I want to see,
1243
01:19:20,277 --> 01:19:23,889
and we can discuss them
over dinner.
Okay.
1244
01:19:23,933 --> 01:19:25,238
One for Algiers
1245
01:19:25,282 --> 01:19:27,153
and one for Rochefort,
please.
1246
01:19:28,764 --> 01:19:30,504
And how are you today,
Miss Wolfe?
1247
01:19:30,548 --> 01:19:33,203
All right, Jeff. Thanks.
Is the professor home?
1248
01:19:33,246 --> 01:19:35,901
He took a walk this morning,
but he's been back for hours.
1249
01:19:35,945 --> 01:19:38,077
That's weird.
I just called him
a few minutes ago,
1250
01:19:38,121 --> 01:19:39,687
and there was no answer. [ring]
1251
01:19:39,731 --> 01:19:41,254
Maybe he's taking a nap.
1252
01:19:41,298 --> 01:19:42,865
No, he never naps
in the late afternoon
1253
01:19:42,908 --> 01:19:44,475
because it keeps him up
at night.
1254
01:19:44,518 --> 01:19:46,085
[ring]
1255
01:19:46,129 --> 01:19:48,131
He's not picking up.
1256
01:19:56,226 --> 01:19:59,969
[door buzzer buzzes]
1257
01:20:00,012 --> 01:20:01,448
[knocking on door]
1258
01:20:01,492 --> 01:20:02,623
[lock unlocks]
1259
01:20:07,933 --> 01:20:09,239
Leonard!
1260
01:20:13,460 --> 01:20:16,812
Oh, Leonard!
Are you okay?
1261
01:20:16,855 --> 01:20:19,162
Let me help you up,
Professor.
1262
01:20:19,205 --> 01:20:20,816
[Leonard grunting]
1263
01:20:20,859 --> 01:20:22,905
There you go.
1264
01:20:22,948 --> 01:20:25,821
Oh!
[panting]
1265
01:20:36,570 --> 01:20:38,616
How is he?Oh, I don't know.
1266
01:20:38,659 --> 01:20:40,531
What did they say?
What happened?
1267
01:20:40,574 --> 01:20:42,098
They said
they can't be sure,
1268
01:20:42,141 --> 01:20:45,492
but they-- they think
it might be a stroke.
1269
01:20:45,536 --> 01:20:47,320
I'll be right back,
Case.
1270
01:20:50,410 --> 01:20:52,369
[sigh]
1271
01:20:52,412 --> 01:20:55,285
Hi. I'm Heather Wolfe,
a friend of Leonard's.
1272
01:20:55,328 --> 01:20:57,678
Casey Davis.
I've heard a lot about you.
1273
01:20:57,722 --> 01:20:59,593
You're writing that book
about him.
1274
01:20:59,637 --> 01:21:01,857
Oh, it's only a thesis.
1275
01:21:06,426 --> 01:21:08,864
I've just been reading
The Lost City.
1276
01:21:08,907 --> 01:21:10,430
It's brilliant.
1277
01:21:10,474 --> 01:21:12,737
Yes, it is.
1278
01:21:12,780 --> 01:21:14,870
Okay, the doctor's
gonna be out soon.
1279
01:21:14,913 --> 01:21:17,873
It might not be a stroke.
It might be stress.
1280
01:21:17,916 --> 01:21:20,484
He has been under
a lot of stress lately.
1281
01:21:20,527 --> 01:21:23,487
I know he's had a hard time
finishing his book.
1282
01:21:29,362 --> 01:21:32,017
If I fall apart,
will you take care of me?
1283
01:21:32,061 --> 01:21:34,585
I will if you do,
but you won't.
1284
01:21:34,628 --> 01:21:36,152
All right? Hmm?
1285
01:21:36,195 --> 01:21:38,067
I can accept
he's gonna die.
1286
01:21:38,110 --> 01:21:40,808
I just can't accept
he's gonna be dead
forever.
1287
01:21:40,852 --> 01:21:41,984
Oh.
1288
01:21:42,027 --> 01:21:44,638
Hey, he's
gonna be all right.
1289
01:21:44,682 --> 01:21:45,770
Are you the doctor?
1290
01:21:45,813 --> 01:21:46,814
Yes.I'm Ariel Schiller.
1291
01:21:46,858 --> 01:21:48,599
This is Casey.Nice to meet you.
1292
01:21:48,642 --> 01:21:50,731
First, let me tell you
that your father
is resting comfortably.
1293
01:21:50,775 --> 01:21:52,298
His vital signs are stable,
but it does appear
1294
01:21:52,342 --> 01:21:54,213
that he suffered
a fairly large stroke.
1295
01:21:54,257 --> 01:21:56,476
Now, he hasn't caused
any further damage
to his heart,
1296
01:21:56,520 --> 01:21:57,869
which is encouraging,
1297
01:21:57,913 --> 01:21:59,175
but he's
still not responsive.
1298
01:21:59,218 --> 01:22:00,741
It'll be 24 hours or so
1299
01:22:00,785 --> 01:22:02,265
before we really know
where we are.
1300
01:22:02,308 --> 01:22:03,919
Can I see him?Yes, of course.
1301
01:22:03,962 --> 01:22:05,355
Now, he may not know
you're there,
1302
01:22:05,398 --> 01:22:06,922
but you can go ahead
and talk to him just the same.
1303
01:22:06,965 --> 01:22:08,706
I want to see him.He's in ICU right now.
1304
01:22:08,749 --> 01:22:11,100
They're finishing up.
I can take you over there.
1305
01:22:13,363 --> 01:22:15,234
Is this what you mean
by shaking things up?
1306
01:22:15,278 --> 01:22:17,149
Is this what
you had in mind?
1307
01:22:29,553 --> 01:22:31,120
[sniffles]
1308
01:22:33,557 --> 01:22:36,168
[whispers]
Dad.
1309
01:22:39,998 --> 01:22:41,565
Dad?
1310
01:22:41,608 --> 01:22:42,870
[sniffles]
1311
01:23:02,629 --> 01:23:04,631
[sigh]
1312
01:23:14,250 --> 01:23:17,253
[sobbing]
1313
01:23:37,490 --> 01:23:39,666
What?
1314
01:23:39,710 --> 01:23:41,059
Diaphragm.
1315
01:24:15,659 --> 01:24:17,617
I can't do it, Casey.
1316
01:24:17,661 --> 01:24:20,751
Can't do what?
1317
01:24:20,794 --> 01:24:23,232
I can't
do hot and light.
1318
01:24:23,275 --> 01:24:25,973
Hey, I never called it
hot and light.
That's your term.
1319
01:24:26,017 --> 01:24:28,541
Oh, yeah.
What do you call it?
1320
01:24:28,585 --> 01:24:30,935
Love.
That's what I call it.
1321
01:24:30,978 --> 01:24:33,068
Right.
With one condition.
1322
01:24:33,111 --> 01:24:35,592
And I can't live with it.
I never could.
1323
01:24:35,635 --> 01:24:38,551
I thought
that was behind us.
1324
01:24:39,552 --> 01:24:41,424
You know,
what can I say, Case?
1325
01:24:41,467 --> 01:24:42,686
I have a bad habit
1326
01:24:42,729 --> 01:24:44,122
of silencing myself
with you.
1327
01:24:44,166 --> 01:24:46,777
I barely survived it
the last time.
1328
01:24:46,820 --> 01:24:48,170
That doesn't
say much for me
1329
01:24:48,213 --> 01:24:50,520
if I get in line for more
of the same, does it?
1330
01:24:50,563 --> 01:24:54,872
Ariel, Ariel, why--
why go back there, huh?
1331
01:24:54,915 --> 01:24:57,048
I mean,
we talked it all through.
1332
01:24:57,092 --> 01:24:59,137
No, we didn't
talk it through!
1333
01:24:59,181 --> 01:25:01,008
You defended yourself,
and I got over it.
1334
01:25:01,052 --> 01:25:04,186
You asked me to leave.
Remember? I wanted to stay.
1335
01:25:04,229 --> 01:25:07,189
Oh, lose the child,
and then go on
as if nothing happened?
1336
01:25:07,232 --> 01:25:10,017
Come on. How long
would that have lasted?
1337
01:25:10,061 --> 01:25:12,107
Let's be honest, Casey.
1338
01:25:14,109 --> 01:25:16,459
It may not be my fate
to have children.
1339
01:25:16,502 --> 01:25:18,461
I can live with that,
1340
01:25:18,504 --> 01:25:21,551
but I just can't live
without possibility.
1341
01:25:21,594 --> 01:25:24,554
And you're
a closed man, Casey.
1342
01:25:24,597 --> 01:25:27,818
There's just not enough
air in your world.
1343
01:25:40,352 --> 01:25:43,225
Can we sleep on it?
1344
01:25:45,966 --> 01:25:47,881
What is there
to sleep on?
1345
01:25:49,100 --> 01:25:51,189
Ariel, I'm not
leaving you alone.
1346
01:25:51,233 --> 01:25:52,451
Not tonight.
1347
01:25:52,495 --> 01:25:54,366
Not with Leonard
in the state he's in.
1348
01:25:54,410 --> 01:25:56,107
That's exactly why
you have to leave.
1349
01:25:57,239 --> 01:25:59,110
If anything happens
to my father,
1350
01:25:59,154 --> 01:26:01,417
I'll never be
this strong again.
1351
01:26:18,042 --> 01:26:19,957
[door closes]
1352
01:26:55,166 --> 01:26:57,124
Hey, I set you up
in the kitchen.
1353
01:26:57,168 --> 01:27:00,127
Just get a cup of tea
or-- or just...
1354
01:27:22,324 --> 01:27:26,023
Can I get you
a cup of tea? Water?No. No, thank you.
1355
01:27:43,954 --> 01:27:46,086
Here, Dad.
Do you want me to--Oh, no.
1356
01:27:46,130 --> 01:27:48,175
...get it?
1357
01:27:50,352 --> 01:27:52,310
[grunts]
1358
01:27:52,354 --> 01:27:56,009
Dad, I'm gonna leave
your walker by the door.
1359
01:27:56,053 --> 01:27:58,273
A walker?
1360
01:27:58,316 --> 01:28:00,275
My goodness.
1361
01:28:10,589 --> 01:28:13,592
[typing slowly]
1362
01:28:26,301 --> 01:28:28,390
Shouldn't you be resting?
1363
01:28:28,433 --> 01:28:31,480
Are you-- Are you sure
you should be working
so soon?
1364
01:28:33,786 --> 01:28:36,659
I'm running
out of time, dear.
1365
01:28:37,660 --> 01:28:39,662
I have to finish.
1366
01:28:40,706 --> 01:28:43,709
[typing]
1367
01:29:07,516 --> 01:29:10,649
My daughter.
1368
01:29:32,845 --> 01:29:34,194
[door buzzer buzzes]
1369
01:29:37,241 --> 01:29:39,199
Hi, Heather.
1370
01:29:39,243 --> 01:29:41,027
Glad you could stop by.
1371
01:29:41,071 --> 01:29:43,203
Well, I meant
to come by sooner.
1372
01:29:43,247 --> 01:29:45,249
Your visits have always
meant a lot to him.
1373
01:29:45,292 --> 01:29:47,425
Thank you.
How's he feeling?
1374
01:29:47,469 --> 01:29:50,036
He's-- He gets tired
after about a half an hour,
1375
01:29:50,080 --> 01:29:53,344
but he's-- he's a lot better
than he was a month ago.
1376
01:29:53,388 --> 01:29:55,259
Let me put these in a vase.
1377
01:30:19,196 --> 01:30:20,893
Heather.
1378
01:30:22,242 --> 01:30:25,811
Daddy, see the nice flowers
Heather got for you.
1379
01:30:25,855 --> 01:30:27,726
Lovely.
1380
01:30:31,730 --> 01:30:34,211
Your snack's ready.
I'll be back
in about an hour, okay?
1381
01:30:34,254 --> 01:30:37,257
Mm-hmm.I love you.
1382
01:30:37,301 --> 01:30:38,389
Bye, Heather.
1383
01:31:03,153 --> 01:31:05,024
How are you?
1384
01:31:07,984 --> 01:31:10,421
Hanging on.
1385
01:31:12,118 --> 01:31:14,207
Ariel tells me
you're writing again.
1386
01:31:15,774 --> 01:31:17,776
I sit...
1387
01:31:19,125 --> 01:31:22,607
and look for
the typewriter keys.
1388
01:31:22,651 --> 01:31:25,436
Sometimes I find them.
1389
01:31:28,221 --> 01:31:31,921
Well, I'm glad
you're working again.
1390
01:31:33,096 --> 01:31:36,012
I'm glad you're gonna
finish your book.
1391
01:31:42,888 --> 01:31:45,543
I was reading about
how Rosellen Brown, um...
1392
01:31:45,587 --> 01:31:47,763
she got all her old books
back in print
1393
01:31:47,806 --> 01:31:50,940
after she hit it big
with Before and After.
1394
01:31:52,463 --> 01:31:55,161
I really think
that could happen for you.
1395
01:32:02,212 --> 01:32:05,694
I think it's really wonderful
that you're going on.
1396
01:32:07,130 --> 01:32:10,612
And I have a good feeling
about this new book.
1397
01:32:10,655 --> 01:32:13,789
I think it's
gonna be your best.
1398
01:33:01,053 --> 01:33:03,186
I didn't deserve that.
1399
01:33:16,199 --> 01:33:19,158
I'm sorry everything
got so fucked up.
1400
01:33:20,507 --> 01:33:23,510
You gave an old man
some excitement.
1401
01:33:27,036 --> 01:33:29,386
It's been good knowing you.
1402
01:33:36,132 --> 01:33:38,525
I got the best
of the bargain.
1403
01:34:07,598 --> 01:34:10,209
[exhales deeply]
1404
01:34:54,776 --> 01:34:56,691
[sniffle]
1405
01:35:01,260 --> 01:35:03,088
[keys jingling]
1406
01:35:27,069 --> 01:35:29,854
Excuse me. I'm sorry.
Uh, I got-- I got lost.
1407
01:35:29,898 --> 01:35:32,552
Is this the right room
for Advanced Booty Ballet?
1408
01:35:32,596 --> 01:35:34,032
[chuckle]
1409
01:35:34,076 --> 01:35:36,687
No, Advanced Booty Ballet
is across the hall.
1410
01:35:36,731 --> 01:35:38,428
This is Pilates.
1411
01:35:38,471 --> 01:35:41,257
See, I gotta do something
about this big old caboose
of mine.
1412
01:35:43,215 --> 01:35:45,740
Okay, well, in that case,
how about a cup of coffee?
1413
01:35:45,783 --> 01:35:49,047
No, I can't. I have--
I have class in 15 minutes.
1414
01:35:49,091 --> 01:35:51,223
But what about
after class?
1415
01:35:51,267 --> 01:35:53,704
Uh, I can't.
I have school tonight.
1416
01:35:53,748 --> 01:35:56,098
School? Oh, wow.
You got into that, uh,
1417
01:35:56,141 --> 01:35:58,622
expressive arts
therapy program.
1418
01:35:58,665 --> 01:36:00,624
Well, there's a cause
for celebration.
1419
01:36:00,667 --> 01:36:03,105
That's it.
I'll take you out to dinner
straight after school.
1420
01:36:05,629 --> 01:36:07,805
No, that's not
a good idea, Case.
1421
01:36:07,849 --> 01:36:10,068
I'd have to disagree
with you, Schiller.
1422
01:36:10,112 --> 01:36:12,027
Um, look, I've been doing
a lot of thinking,
1423
01:36:12,070 --> 01:36:14,072
and I'm seeing things
more clearly.
1424
01:36:15,073 --> 01:36:17,075
People don't change.
1425
01:36:17,119 --> 01:36:19,121
Not that fast, Casey.
1426
01:36:20,296 --> 01:36:23,038
Look, I know my reputation
precedes me,
1427
01:36:23,081 --> 01:36:25,910
but...I'm ready, Ariel.
1428
01:36:25,954 --> 01:36:28,957
I'm-- I'm ready to make
some-- some big changes.
1429
01:36:31,220 --> 01:36:33,178
It's not gonna hold.
1430
01:36:33,222 --> 01:36:35,702
You just miss the comfort
of us being together.
1431
01:36:35,746 --> 01:36:37,966
That's not change.
That's fear of change.
1432
01:36:38,009 --> 01:36:40,142
Come on, Ariel. Come on.
1433
01:36:40,185 --> 01:36:42,579
Huh? You're selling
me short here.
1434
01:36:49,499 --> 01:36:51,762
Case, we're not
a good match.
1435
01:36:52,807 --> 01:36:56,854
It kills me to let you go,
but I am.
1436
01:36:56,898 --> 01:36:58,987
I'm letting you go.
1437
01:36:59,030 --> 01:37:00,336
Um...
1438
01:37:00,379 --> 01:37:02,773
Oh, Ariel.
There you are.
1439
01:37:02,817 --> 01:37:04,993
Please tell me you're free
to cover my 3:00 tomorrow.
1440
01:37:05,036 --> 01:37:07,038
Um, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I can cover it.
1441
01:37:07,082 --> 01:37:09,475
Oh, you're a lifesaver!
I cracked a crown.
1442
01:37:09,519 --> 01:37:12,130
It's the only time my dentist
can fit me in this week.
1443
01:37:12,174 --> 01:37:13,566
No, no, I can't.
1444
01:37:13,610 --> 01:37:16,221
I've got to take my father
to the doctor tomorrow.
1445
01:37:16,265 --> 01:37:18,397
I can't. Did you--
Did you ask Brenda?
1446
01:37:18,441 --> 01:37:21,270
[Chelsea]
She has a private.
And Ruthie's out of town.
1447
01:37:21,313 --> 01:37:23,098
I'll do it.
1448
01:37:23,141 --> 01:37:25,013
You can't teach Yoga.
Um...
1449
01:37:25,056 --> 01:37:28,538
No, I mean I'll take your dad
to his doctor's appointment.
1450
01:37:29,539 --> 01:37:30,845
Really?
1451
01:37:30,888 --> 01:37:32,672
Yeah. Why not?
1452
01:37:33,717 --> 01:37:35,675
Okay.
I guess you're covered.
1453
01:37:35,719 --> 01:37:38,200
Thank you, kind stranger.
1454
01:37:38,243 --> 01:37:40,115
You've earned
many Karma points.
1455
01:37:42,726 --> 01:37:44,902
Case, this doesn't
change anything.
1456
01:37:46,077 --> 01:37:48,253
Yeah, well,
I'm just helping out.
1457
01:37:48,297 --> 01:37:50,168
Nothing more than that.
1458
01:38:03,138 --> 01:38:05,140
Thank you.
1459
01:38:08,839 --> 01:38:11,146
So how'd it go?
1460
01:38:11,189 --> 01:38:13,322
Don't grow old.
1461
01:38:13,365 --> 01:38:15,324
That's my advice.
1462
01:38:15,367 --> 01:38:16,499
[grunts]
1463
01:38:19,850 --> 01:38:21,417
Oh, dear.
1464
01:38:23,201 --> 01:38:25,334
Hey,
is something wrong?
1465
01:38:25,377 --> 01:38:27,771
My stomach.
1466
01:38:27,814 --> 01:38:29,773
Oh.
1467
01:38:29,816 --> 01:38:31,209
[exhales forcefully]
1468
01:38:33,603 --> 01:38:35,474
My body's not my own.
1469
01:38:35,518 --> 01:38:37,520
It's time to die.
1470
01:38:41,872 --> 01:38:43,743
Uh, no, it's not time
to die, Leonard.
1471
01:38:43,787 --> 01:38:45,658
It's just time
to get you to a restroom.
1472
01:38:45,702 --> 01:38:48,139
Give me your hand.
1473
01:38:48,183 --> 01:38:50,054
Come on.
1474
01:38:50,098 --> 01:38:51,969
I'm sorry to have
to put you through this.
1475
01:38:52,013 --> 01:38:54,189
Don't mention it.Thank you.
1476
01:38:54,232 --> 01:38:56,104
I don't want
to make a scene.
1477
01:38:56,147 --> 01:38:58,149
Don't worry about it,
all right?
1478
01:39:04,112 --> 01:39:08,638
I got you.
I got you.
1479
01:39:08,681 --> 01:39:11,075
Can I help you?We're fine.
1480
01:39:11,119 --> 01:39:12,990
Restroom's
for customers only.
1481
01:39:13,034 --> 01:39:16,037
All right.
We're customers.
1482
01:39:22,086 --> 01:39:25,220
Stand up on three.
Okay, Leonard?
1483
01:39:25,263 --> 01:39:28,440
One, two, three.[groans]
1484
01:39:28,484 --> 01:39:31,095
That's it. That's it.[groaning]
1485
01:39:31,139 --> 01:39:33,315
That's it. Yeah.
1486
01:39:33,358 --> 01:39:34,881
All right.
1487
01:39:34,925 --> 01:39:37,145
Stepping out. Huh?
1488
01:39:40,670 --> 01:39:42,063
That's it. Lean on me.
1489
01:39:46,806 --> 01:39:48,591
All right.
1490
01:40:00,255 --> 01:40:02,039
[Leonard]
Thank you.
1491
01:40:05,260 --> 01:40:08,915
That seems to be all I'm
able to say to you today.
1492
01:40:08,959 --> 01:40:11,701
Let that thank you
stand for all the others.
1493
01:40:13,094 --> 01:40:15,183
All right.
1494
01:40:15,226 --> 01:40:19,056
I wonder if I might be so bold
as to ask another favor of you.
1495
01:40:19,100 --> 01:40:21,189
Uh, what can I
do for you?
1496
01:40:21,232 --> 01:40:25,454
Perhaps you might
be able to find a place
to store these for me.
1497
01:40:27,586 --> 01:40:29,153
What is it?
1498
01:40:29,197 --> 01:40:31,199
Something
I've been working on.
1499
01:40:35,681 --> 01:40:39,207
Leonard,
this is your novel.
1500
01:40:39,250 --> 01:40:41,339
You've been working
on this for 10 years.
1501
01:40:41,383 --> 01:40:42,993
Yes, precisely.
1502
01:40:43,037 --> 01:40:45,039
And I've only recently
come to realize
1503
01:40:45,082 --> 01:40:47,824
why it's eluded me
for so long.
1504
01:40:47,867 --> 01:40:49,739
Why is that?
1505
01:40:49,782 --> 01:40:53,308
My characters haven't
done anything interesting.
1506
01:40:54,396 --> 01:40:57,138
I followed them faithfully
for over a decade,
1507
01:40:57,181 --> 01:41:01,707
but I finally have to admit
they never will.
1508
01:41:04,493 --> 01:41:06,973
Well, why not put it
in your closet
1509
01:41:07,017 --> 01:41:09,019
and spend some time
away from them?
1510
01:41:09,063 --> 01:41:11,804
You may be inspired
to figure out what to do.
1511
01:41:11,848 --> 01:41:14,416
I already know what to do.
1512
01:41:17,201 --> 01:41:19,203
But that would mean
starting over,
1513
01:41:19,247 --> 01:41:22,772
and I'm not so sure
I have the strength.
1514
01:41:22,815 --> 01:41:26,428
I understand,
but...all the same, I--
1515
01:41:26,471 --> 01:41:28,343
I can't imagine
Leonard Schiller
1516
01:41:28,386 --> 01:41:30,258
not working on a novel.
1517
01:41:32,216 --> 01:41:34,175
So what are you going
to do now, my friend?
1518
01:41:34,218 --> 01:41:37,091
[yawns]
Right now
1519
01:41:37,134 --> 01:41:39,397
I'm gonna go home
and sleep
1520
01:41:39,441 --> 01:41:42,008
for maybe
a hundred years.
1521
01:41:43,009 --> 01:41:45,099
Thank you, Casey.
1522
01:41:59,243 --> 01:42:03,073
[sigh]
Oh.
1523
01:42:03,117 --> 01:42:06,120
[chuckles, groans]
1524
01:42:10,950 --> 01:42:13,127
You're glowing at me again.
1525
01:42:20,221 --> 01:42:21,961
What?
1526
01:42:22,005 --> 01:42:24,050
I just talked to my dad.
1527
01:42:24,094 --> 01:42:25,922
And?
1528
01:42:25,965 --> 01:42:28,446
Let's just say you have a fan
in Leonard Schiller.
1529
01:42:28,490 --> 01:42:30,144
Yeah? What'd he say?
1530
01:42:30,187 --> 01:42:33,234
He said you held his hand
in hell.
1531
01:42:33,277 --> 01:42:37,107
Nah, not hell.
It wasn't hell.
1532
01:42:37,151 --> 01:42:39,588
Hell's Kitchen,
maybe, but...
1533
01:42:42,504 --> 01:42:44,549
Wait a second.
How'd you get in here?
1534
01:42:44,593 --> 01:42:46,116
Just 'cause I let you go
1535
01:42:46,160 --> 01:42:48,074
doesn't mean I had
to turn my key in.
1536
01:42:48,118 --> 01:42:50,164
Well,
I had to turn in mine.
1537
01:42:50,207 --> 01:42:51,687
That hardly seems fair.
1538
01:42:52,731 --> 01:42:54,168
What's fair got
to do with it?
1539
01:43:21,282 --> 01:43:22,065
[grunts]
1540
01:45:09,172 --> 01:45:10,652
[typing]
1541
01:45:14,525 --> 01:45:17,528
[typing continues]
1542
01:50:24,530 --> 01:50:27,533
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