Original subtitles

( music )

( thunder and rain )

YOU LOST EIGHT POUNDS, EIGHT POUNDS.

I KNOW PEOPLE WHO WOULD KILL TO BE IN THE SHAPE YOU WERE IN.

YOU WERE RECOVERING AND YOU THREW IT AWAY.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT WEIGHT, IT'S ABOUT LUNGS.

PNEUMONIA.

WE DON'T KNOW YET. THE FUCK WE DON'T, I KNOW !

YOU MAY NOT, BUT I CAN'T BREATHE.

YOU'D BREATHE BETTER IF YOU DIDN'T HOLLER LIKE THAT.

THIS IS MY EX-LOVER'S LOVER'S MORMON MOTHER.

EVEN IN NEW YORK IN THE '80s THAT IS STRANGE.

THIS IS SERIOUS, YOU UNDERSTAND ? SERIOUS.

KEEP BREATHING, STOP MOVING, STAY PUT.

I'M GETTIN' YOU A ROOM.

I SHOULD GO.

I SAW AN ANGEL.

WEEKS AGO, I DID.

I SAW HER. I DID.

I'M NOT INSANE.

I DIDN'T SAY YOU WERE.

I SAW AN ANGEL, THAT'S INSANE.

WELL, IT'S...

INSANE, BUT I'M NOT INSANE.

BUT THEN WHY DID I DO THIS TO MYSELF ?

'CAUSE I HAVE BEEN DRIVEN INSANE BY YOUR SON,

AND BY THAT LYING...

BECAUSE EVER SINCE SHE ARRIVED,

EVER SINCE I HAVE BEEN CONSUMED

BY THIS ICE COLD RAZOR BLADE TERROR

THAT JUST SHOUTS AND SHOUTS,

"KEEP MOVING, RUN."

AND I'VE RUN MYSELF INTO THE GROUND.

RIGHT WHERE SHE SAID I'D EVENTUALLY BE.

REALLY.

SHE SEEMED SO REAL.

REALLY.

AS REAL AS YOU.

I REMEMBER EVERYTHING.

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ME ?

HELP ME.

YOU HAD A VISION.

A VISION ?

THANK YOU, MARIA OUSPENSKAYA.

I'M NOT SO FAR GONE I CAN BE ASSUAGED BY PITY AND LIES.

I DON'T HAVE PITY.

IT'S...

JUST NOT SOMETHING I HAVE.

170 YEARS AGO,

WHICH IS RECENT,

AN ANGEL OF GOD APPEARED TO JOSEPH SMITH

IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, NOT FAR FROM HERE.

PEOPLE HAVE VISIONS.

THAT'S PREPOSTEROUS, THAT'S--

IT'S NOT POLITE TO...

CALL OTHER PEOPLE'S BELIEFS PREPOSTEROUS.

HE HAD GREAT NEED OF UNDERSTANDING, OUR PROPHET.

HIS DESIRE MADE PRAYER.

HIS PRAYER MADE AN ANGEL.

THE ANGEL WAS REAL.

I BELIEVE THAT. I DON'T.

I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S REPELLENT TO ME.

SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE.

WHAT DO I BELIEVE ?

I'M A HOMOSEXUAL, WITH AIDS.

I CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT YOU--

NO, YOU CAN'T...

IMAGINE.

THE THINGS IN MY HEAD.

YOU DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ME, MISTER.

AND I WON'T MAKE 'EM ABOUT YOU.

FAIR ENOUGH.

MY SON IS...

WELL, LIKE YOU.

HOMOSEXUAL ?

MMM.

I FLEW INTO A RAGE WHEN HE TOLD ME.

MAD AS HORNETS, I ASSUMED AT FIRST IT WAS ABOUT...

HOMOSEXUALITY ?

BUT THAT WASN'T IT.

HOMOSEXUALITY.

IT JUST SEEMS SO, UH...

UNGAINLY TO ME.

TWO MEN TOGETHER.

IT'S NOT AN APPETIZING NOTION,

BUT THEN FOR ME,

MEN IN ANY CONFIGURATION IS...

THEY'RE JUST SO LUMPISH AND...

STUPID.

STUPIDITY GETS ME CRAZY.

I WISH YOU'D BE MORE TRUE TO YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE.

LIFE IS CONFUSING ENOUGH.

YOU KNOW THE BIBLE, YOU KNOW...

REASONABLY WELL, YES.

THE PROPHETS IN THE BIBLE,

DO THEY EVER REFUSE THEIR VISION ?

THERE IS SCRIPTURAL PRECEDENT, YES.

AND WHAT DOES GOD DO TO THEM ?

WHEN THEY DO THAT ?

HE, WELL HE...

FEEDS THEM TO WHALES.

( laughing )

( coughing )

HERE, JUST BE STILL, YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT.

NO, I WON'T BE.

MY LUNGS ARE GETTING TIGHTER.

THE FEVER MOUNTS AND YOU GET DELIRIOUS.

AND THEN THE DAYS OF DELIRIUM AND AWFUL PAIN AND DRUGS.

YOU START SLIPPING AND THEN...

I REALLY FUCKED UP.

I'M SCARED, I CAN'T DO IT AGAIN.

OH, YOU SHOULDN'T TALK THAT WAY.

YOU SHOULD MAKE A BETTER SHOW OF YOURSELF.

LOOK AT THIS HORROR.

SEE ?

THAT'S NOT HUMAN, THAT'S WHY I RUN.

WOULDN'T YOU ? WOULDN'T ANYBODY ?

IT'S A CANCER, NOTHING MORE.

NOTHING MORE HUMAN THAN THAT.

OH, GOD, I WANNA BE DONE.

I DON'T WANT THIS ! I REJECT THIS.

I'M SORRY.

I SHOULD, I-- STAY WITH ME, PLEASE.

JUST 'TIL MY FRIEND GETS OFF WORK, 'TIL HE...

YOU COMFORT ME.

YOU DO.

YOU STIFFEN MY SPINE.

WELL.

WHEN I GOT UP THIS MORNING,

THIS IS NOT HOW I ENVISIONED THE DAY WOULD END.

AN ANGEL IS A BELIEF

WITH WINGS,

AND ARMS THAT CAN CARRY YOU.

IT'S NOT TO BE AFRAID OF.

AND IF IT CAN'T HOLD YA UP,

SEEK FOR SOMETHIN' NEW.

LOUIS !

LOUIS ?!

( thunder )

OH...

OH MY GOD.

IT'S THE SPRING RAIN IS ALL.

IT'S HER, SHE'S...

APPROACHING.

SHE ?

SHE IS ?

OOH, THAT'S...

MODESTY FORBIDS EXPLAINING EXACTLY HOW I KNOW, BUT...

I HAVE AN INFALLIBLE BAROMETER OF HER PROXIMITY.

AND IT'S RISING.

( thunder )

( distant car alarm )

HELLO.

I'VE COME BACK.

PLEASE LET ME IN.

YOU'RE IN.

"HAVE YOU NO DECENCY, SIR ?

AT LONG LAST, HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY ?"

WHO SAID THAT ? WHO SAID--

WHO SAID, "HAVE YOU-- "

I'M HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME, LOUIS.

IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO SAID, "HAVE YOU NO DECENCY ?"

WHAT'S WRONG, WHY ARE YOU--

OKAY, SECOND QUESTION, HAVE YOU NO DECENCY ?!

GUESS WHAT I SPENT THE RAINY AFTERNOON DOING ?

WHAT ?

MY HOMEWORK, RESEARCH AT THE COURTHOUSE.

LOOK WHAT I GOT.

THE DECISIONS OF JUSTICE THEODORE J. WILSON,

SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, 1981 TO 1984.

THE REAGAN YEARS. YOU, UM, READ MY DECISIONS.

YOUR DECISIONS, YES.

THE LIBRARIAN WAS GAY, HE HAD ALL THE GOOD DISH.

HE TOLD ME THAT JUSTICE WILSON DIDN'T WRITE THESE OPINIONS

ANY MORE THAN NIXON WROTE "SIX CRISES".

OR, OR KENNEDY WROTE "PROFILES IN COURAGE".

OUR REAGAN WROTE, "WHERE'S THE REST OF ME ?"

OR YOU AND I WROTE THE BOOK OF LOVE.

LISTEN, I DON'T WANNA DO THIS NOW.

I NEED YOU TO STOP ATTACKING ME.

HEY !

THESE GEMS WERE GHOST-WRITTEN, BY YOU.

HIS OBEDIENT, EAGER CLERK.

WELL, NATURALLY I WAS EAGER TO READ THEM.

FREE COUNTRY.

AND I LOVE THE ONE WHERE YOU FOUND AGAINST THOSE WOMEN

ON STATEN ISLAND WHO WERE SUING THE NEW JERSEY FACTORY.

THE TOOTHPASTE MAKERS WHOSE ORANGE-COLORED SMOKE

WAS BLINDING CHILDREN.

NOT BLIND, JUST MINOR IRRITATION.

THREE OF THEM HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED, JOE !

UH, IT'S SORT OF BRILLIANT, IN A SATANIC SORT OF WAY,

HOW YOU CONCLUDE THAT THESE WOMEN HAVE NO RIGHT TO SUE

UNDER THE AIR AND WATER PROTECTION ACT,

BECAUSE THE AIR AND WATER PROTECTION ACT

DOESN'T PROTECT PEOPLE, BUT ACTUALLY ONLY AIR AND WATER !

AMAZING ! HAVE YOU NO DECENCY ?

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS, MY OPINIONS ARE BEING CRITICIZED

BY THE GUY WHO CHANGES THE COFFEE FILTERS

IN THE SECRETARY'S LOUNGE.

ABSOLUTE FAVORITE IS THIS !

STEPHENS VERSUS THE UNITED STATES,

THE ARMY GUY WHO GOT A DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE FOR BEING GAY.

NO, IT WAS MORE THAN JUST-- NOW AS I UNDERSTAND IT,

STEPHENS TOLD THE ARMY HE WAS GAY WHEN HE ENLISTED,

BUT WHEN HE GOT READY TO RETIRE, THEY BOOTED HIM OUT.

CHEAT THE QUEER OF HIS PENSION.

RIGHT, AND HE SUED AND HE WON THE CASE

AND HE GOT HIS PENSION BACK, SO WHAT DO YOU--

THE FIRST JUDGES GAVE HIM HIS PENSION BACK, YES.

BECAUSE THEY RULED THAT GAY MEN ARE MEMBERS OF

A LEGITIMATE MINORITY ENTITLED TO THE SPECIAL PROTECTION

OF THE 14th AMENDMENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.

EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW.

I CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW NEWS OF THAT MOMENTARY LAPSE

INTO DECENCY WAS RECEIVED.

SO THEN ALL THE JUDGES OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT WERE ASSEMBLED...

AND WE FOUND FOR THE GUY AGAIN !

BUT, BUT, BUT, ON AN EQUITABLE ESTOPPEL !

NOW I HAD TO LOOK THAT UP, I'M MR. COFFEE,

I CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO KNOW THESE THINGS.

THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THE DECISION,

THEY JUST CHANGED THE REASON FOR THE DECISION, RIGHT ?

THEY GAVE IT TO HIM ON A TECHNICALITY.

THE ARMY KNEW STEPHENS WAS GAY WHEN HE WAS ENLISTED.

THAT'S ALL, THAT'S WHY HE WON.

NOT BECAUSE IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL

TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS,

BECAUSE HOMOSEXUALS, THEY WRITE,

ARE NOT ENTITLED TO EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW.

YOU'RE BEING REALLY MELODRAMATIC, AS USUAL.

ACTUALLY THEY DIDN'T WRITE THIS, YOU DID !

THEY GAVE THIS DECISION TO WILSON TO WRITE,

WHICH SINCE THEY KNOW HE'S A VEGETABLE,

INCAPABLE OF WRITING DO-RE-MI, WAS QUITE THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

IN HIS INDUSTRIOUS LITTLE CLERK !

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BIT OF LEGAL FAG-BASHING, ISN'T IT ?!

THEY TRUSTED YOU TO DO IT AND YOU DIDN'T DISAPPOINT !

IT'S LAW, NOT JUSTICE.

IT'S POWER, NOT THE MERITS OF ITS EXERCISE.

IT'S NOT AN EXPRESSION OF AN IDEAL, IT'S REALITY !

SO, WHO SAID, "HAVE YOU NO DECENCY ?"

I'M LEAVING.

YOU MORON, HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW THAT ?

OH, GET OUT, I AM LEAVING, YOU SONOFABITCH, GET OUT OF MY--

IT'S ONLY THE GREATEST PUNCHLINE IN AMERICAN HISTORY !

OUT OF MY WAY, LOUIS ! "HAVE YOU NO DECENCY ?

AT LONG LAST, SIR, HAVE YOU NO DECENCY AT ALL ?!"

I DON'T KNOW WHO SAID IT ! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME ?

I LOVE YOU, I LOVE--

JOSEPH WELSH, THE ARMY/McCARTHY HEARINGS !

ASK ROY, HE'LL TELL YA, HE KNOWS, HE WAS THERE !

ROY COHN !

WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS DID YOU FUCK HIM ?!

DID I WHAT ?

HOW OFTEN HAS THE LATEX-SHEATHED COCK I PUT IN MY MOUTH

BEEN PREVIOUSLY IN THE MOUTH OF THE MOST EVIL, TWISTED,

VICIOUS BASTARD EVER TO SNORT COKE AT STUDIO 54 ?

'CAUSE LIPS THAT KISS THOSE LIPS,

WILL NEVER KISS MINE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT, YOU JUST GET OUTTA MY--

DID YOU FUCK HIM ?!

DID HE PAY YOU TO LET HIM--

MOVE !

YOU LIED TO ME ! YOU LOVE ME ?!

HEY, FUCK YOU, YOU CHEAP PIECE A--

OOF !

( coughing )

HE'S GOT AIDS.

DID YOU EVEN KNOW THAT ?

STUPID CLOSETED BIGOTS,

YOU PROBABLY NEVER FIGURED OUT THAT EACH OTHER--

OH !

SHUT UP.

FASCIST HYPOCRITE LYING FILTHY--

STOP, STOP, STOP !

( heavy breathing )

( gasping )

OW...

PLEASE.

SAY YOU'RE OKAY, PLEASE.

THAT HURT...

I NEVER DID THAT BEFORE.

I NEVER HIT ANYONE.

I...

CAN YOU OPEN IT, CAN YOU SEE ?

I CAN SEE BLOOD.

LET ME GET A TOWEL, JUST...

AGH ! I COULD HAVE YOU ARRESTED, YOU CREEP.

THEY'D THINK I PUT YOU IN JAIL FOR BEATING ME UP.

I NEVER HIT ANYONE BEFORE.

BUT IT'D REALLY BE FOR THOSE DECISIONS.

IT WAS LIKE A SEX SCENE IN AN AYN RAND NOVEL, HUH ?

I HURT YOU, I'M SORRY, LOUIS, I NEVER...

HIT ANYONE BEFORE, I NEVER...

YEAH, YEAH, GET LOST,

BEFORE I REALLY LOSE MY TEMPER AND HURT YOU BACK.

( gasping )

I JUST WANNA LIE HERE AND BLEED FOR AWHILE.

DO ME GOOD.

OH !

* JOHN BROWN'S BODY LIES A MOULDERIN' IN THE GRAVE *

* JOHN BROWN'S BODY LIES A MOULDERIN' IN THE GRAVE *

* JOHN BROWN'S BODY LIES A MOULDERIN' IN THE GRAVE *

* HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON *

* GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH *

* GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH... *

AW, LOOK AT THAT BIG SMILE.

WHATCHA GOT TO SMILE ABOUT, ROY ?

I'M GOIN', ETHEL.

FINALLY, FINALLY DONE WITH THIS WORLD.

MM-HMM.

AT LONG, LONG LAST.

ALL MINE ENEMIES WILL BE STANDING ON THE OTHER SHORE,

MOUTHS GAPING OPEN LIKE STUPID FISH...

WHILE THE ALMIGHTY PARTS THE SEA OF DEATH,

AND LETS HIS ROYBOY CROSS OVER TO JORDAN.

ON DRY LAND AND STILL A LAWYER.

OH, WELL I WOULDN'T COUNT MY CHICKENS, ROY.

IT'S OVER.

OVER ?

I WANTED THE NEWS SHOULD COME FROM ME.

THE PANEL...

RULED AGAINST YOU, ROY.

OH, NO, NO.

THEY JUST STARTED MEETING TWO DAYS AGO.

THEY RECOMMENDED DISBARMENT.

THE EXECUTIVE HAS TO RULE ON THE RECOMMENDATION.

THAT'LL TAKE AT LEAST A WEEK TO SORT THINGS OUT, AND--

THE EXECUTIVE WAS, UH, WAITING,

AND THEY RULED.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

THEY ACCEPTED THE PANEL'S RECOMMENDATION.

AND, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN GUYS ON THE EXECUTIVE,

HE LEANED OVER TO HIS FRIEND AND HE SAID, "FINALLY."

YEAH, "I'VE HATED THAT LITTLE FAGGOT FOR 36 YEARS."

( laughing )

BUT, UH...

THEY...

THEY WON, ROY. YOU'RE NOT A LAWYER ANYMORE.

BUT AM I DEAD ?

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

THEY BEAT YOU.

YOU LOST.

I DECIDED TO COME HERE SO I COULD SEE,

COULD I FORGIVE YOU ?

YOU, WHO I HAVE HATED

SO TERRIBLY.

I HAVE BORNE MY HATRED UP INTO THE HEAVENS

AND MADE A NEEDLE SHARP LITTLE STAR IN THE SKY OUT OF IT.

IT'S THE STAR OF ETHEL ROSENBERG'S HATRED.

AND IT BURNS EVERY YEAR,

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY.

JUNE 19.

IT BURNS...

( whispering ) acid green.

I CAME TO FORGIVE, BUT...

( sigh )

ALL I CAN DO IS TAKE PLEASURE IN YOUR MISERY.

( laughing )

HOPING I WOULD GET TO SEE YOU DIE

MORE TERRIBLE THAN I DID.

AND YOU ARE,

'CAUSE YOU'RE DYING IN SHIT, ROY.

DEFEATED.

AND YOU COULD KILL ME,

BUT YOU COULDN'T EVER DEFEAT ME...

YOU NEVER WON.

AND WHEN YOU DIE,

ALL ANYONE WILL EVER SAY IS,

BETTER HE HAD NEVER LIVED AT ALL.

MA ?

MUDDY, IS IT ?

MA ?

IT'S ETHEL, ROY.

MUDDY ?

I FEEL BAD.

WHO ARE YOU TALKIN' TO ?

IT'S ME.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, MA,

IT'S BEEN YEARS.

I FEEL BAD.

SING TO ME.

I AM NOT YOUR MOTHER, ROY.

IT'S COLD IN HERE.

MMM.

I'M UP SO LATE.

PAST MY TIME.

HMM !

DON'T BE MAD, MA.

BUT... I'M SCARED.

A LITTLE.

DON'T BE MAD.

SING ME A SONG.

PLEASE ? I DON'T WANNA, ROY.

I AM NOT--

IT'S SCARY OUT HERE.

OH GOD.

GOD...

I'M SO SORRY.

SO SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY, GOD.

SHH.

SHH...

* SHTEIT A BOCHER UN ER TRACHT *

* TRACHT UN TRACHT A GANTZE NACHT *

* VEMEN TZU NEMEN

* UM NIT FARSHEMEN VEMEN TSU NEMEN *

* UM NIT FARSHEM

* TUMBA-LA, TUM-BA-LA *

* TUM-BALALAIKE

* TUM-BA-LA, TUM-BA-LA, TUMBALALAIKE *

* TUM BALALAIKE

* SHPIL...

ROY.

ARE YOU... ?

( thunder )

( giggling )

THAT'S IT. WHAT'S UP ? DO YOU NEED...

MORE...

OH, YOU'RE... MM-HMM.

NO, I'M NOT ! I FOOLED YA, ETHEL.

I KNEW WHO YOU WERE ALL ALONG.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FELL FOR THAT MA STUFF.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD FINALLY,

FINALLY MAKE ETHEL ROSENBERG SING !

I WIN !

OH, FUCK.

( machine beeping )

NEXT TIME AROUND, I DON'T WANNA BE A MAN.

I WANNA BE AN OCTOPUS.

REMEMBER THAT, OKAY ?

A FUCKING...

HOLD--

( steady beeping )

( distant sirens )

( thunder )

( gasping )

SHE'S ON HER WAY.

OH ! TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON !

TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON !

( screaming )

I, I, I, I HAVE RETURNED, PROPHET,

AND NOT ACCORDING TO PLAN !

TAKE IT BACK !

THE BOOK, WHATEVER YOU LEFT IN ME I WON'T BE ITS REPOSITORY.

I REJECT IT !

OH, HELP ME OUT HERE ! HELP ME !

I DO, I DO... THIS IS A DREAM !

YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY THE POINT

RIGHT AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

IT WAS YOUR IDEA, REJECT THE VISION YOU SAID !

BUT, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE OF A METAPHORICAL...

YOU SAID SCRIPTURAL PRECEDENT.

YOU SAID... WHAT, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO ?

YOU...

( screaming )

YOU...WRESTLE HER.

SAY WHAT ? IT'S AN ANGEL !

YOU JUST GRAB A HOLD OF HER AND SAY...

UH, WHAT WAS IT, UH...

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, I...

YES, YOU, YOU GRAB HOLD AND YOU SAY...

( screaming )

I WILL NOT LET THEE GO EXCEPT THOU BLESS ME !

I WILL NOT LET THEE GO EXCEPT THOU BLESS ME !

AND THEN YOU WRESTLE HER, UNTIL SHE GIVES IN.

( screaming )

YOU WRESTLE HER, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WRESTLE.

( screaming )

( whimpering )

( screaming )

AH !

OH !

( groaning )

( screaming )

( thunder )

UHH...

I WILL NOT LET THEE GO EXCEPT THOU BLESS ME !

TAKE BACK YOUR BOOK !

AAH !

FREE ME ! UNFETTER ME !

BLESS ME OR WHATEVER, BUT I WILL BE LET GO !

OH GOD !

I, I, I, I AM THE CONTINENTAL PRINCIPALITY OF AMERICA !

I, I, I, I AM THE BIRD OF PREY !

I WILL NOT BE COMPELLED...

( screaming )

( breathing heavily )

ENTRANCE HAS BEEN GAINED.

RETURN THE TEXT TO HEAVEN.

CAN I COME BACK ?

I DON'T WANNA GO UNLESS--

YOU HAVE PREVAILED, PROPHET, YOU CHOOSE.

NOW RELEASE ME, I HAVE TORN A MUSCLE IN MY THIGH.

BIG DEAL, MY LEG'S BEEN HURTING FOR MONTHS.

WHAT ?

WHAT ?

YOU'VE GOT NO BUSINESS WITH ME.

I DIDN'T CALL YOU.

YOU'RE HIS FEVER DREAM, NOT MINE.

AND HE'S GONE NOW,

SO YOU SHOULD REALLY-- YOU SHOULD GO TOO.

( heavy breathing )

I'M GOING TO WAKE UP NOW.

RIGHT NOW !

THE BODY IS THE GARDEN OF THE SOUL.

( moaning )

( sigh )

( laughing )

( birds chirping )

( children laughing )

GREETINGS, PROPHET,

WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

HURRY.

OH, MY GOD, OH MY G--

OH, THIS IS TOO WEIRD FOR WORDS, IT'S ROY COHN.

IT'S SO CREEPY HERE, I HATE HOSPITALS, I--

STOP WHINING, WE HAVE TO MOVE FAST.

I'M SUPPOSED TO CALL THE DUTY NURSE

IF HIS CONDITION CHANGES, AND...

IT'S CHANGED.

TAKE OFF THOSE GLASSES, YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU ?

EXPIATION FOR MY SINS.

NOW, WHAT AM I DOING HERE ?

EXPIATION FOR YOUR SINS.

I CAN'T TAKE THE STUFF OUT MYSELF.

I HAVE TO TELL THEM HE'S DEAD AND FILL OUT ALL THE FORMS,

AND I DON'T WANT THEM CONFISCATING THE MEDICINE.

IT'S A.Z.T. NEARLY 60 BOTTLES LEFT.

I NEEDED A PACK MULE SO I CALLED YOU.

WHY ME ? YOU HATE ME.

I NEEDED A JEW, YOU WERE THE FIRST TO COME TO MIND.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU NEEDED A JEW ?

WE'RE GONNA THANK HIM...

FOR THE PILLS. THANK HIM ?

WHAT DO YOU CALL THE JEWISH PRAYER FOR THE DEAD ?

THE KADDISH ? THAT'S THE ONE, HIT IT.

WHOA, WHOA, HOLD ON.

DO IT, DO IT. THEY'LL BE IN HERE--

I'M NOT SAYIN' KADDISH FOR HIM.

THE DRUGS, OKAY, FINE, SURE,

BUT NO FUCKING WAY AM I PRAYING FOR HIM.

MY NEW DEAL PINKO PARENTS IN SCHENECTADY

WOULD NEVER FORGIVE ME.

THEY'RE ALREADY SO DISAPPOINTED.

HE'S A FAG, HE'S AN OFFICE TEMP,

AND NOW LOOK, HE'S SAYING KADDISH FOR ROY COHN.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D ACTUALLY PRAY FOR HIM.

LOUIS, I'D EVEN PRAY FOR YOU.

HE WAS A TERRIBLE PERSON.

HE DIED A HARD DEATH.

SO, MAYBE A QUEEN

CAN FORGIVE HER VANQUISHED FOE.

IT ISN'T EASY, IT DOESN'T COUNT IF IT'S EASY.

IT'S THE HARDEST THING...

FORGIVENESS.

MAYBE THAT'S WHERE LOVE AND JUSTICE FINALLY MEET.

PEACE AT LEAST, ISN'T THAT WHAT THE KADDISH ASKS FOR ?

IT'S HEBREW OR ARAMAIC OR SOMETHING.

WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S ASKING ?

I'M 32 YEARS OLD

AND I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A ROOM WITH A DEAD BODY BEFORE.

IT'S SO HEAVY AND SMALL.

I KNOW PROBABLY LESS OF THE KADDISH THAN YOU DO, BELIZE,

I'M AN INTENSELY SECULAR JEW.

I DIDN'T EVEN BAR MITZVAH.

DO THE BEST YOU CAN.

( clearing throat )

YISGADAL VE'YISKADASH

SH'MEY RABO, SH'MEY DE KIDSHOH, UH...

BORAY PRE HAGOFFEN.

NO, THAT'S THE KIDDISH, NOT THE...

UM, SHEMA YISROEL

ADONA--

THIS IS SILLY, BELIZE, I CAN'T...

B'OLMO DEEVRO CHIROOSEY VE'YAMLICH MALCHUSEY...

B'OLMO DEEVRO CHIROOSEY VE'YAMLICH MALCHUSEY...

BECHAYEYCHON UV'YOMECHECHON UVCHAYEY D'CHOL BEYS YISROEL

BECHAYEYCHON UV'YOMECHECHON UVCHAYEY D'CHOL BEYS YISROEL

BA'AGOLO UVIZMAN KORIV...

VE'IMROO OMAIN.

YEHEY SH'MEY RABO M'VORACH...

( together ) L'OLAM ULOLMEY OLMAYOH.

YISBORACH VE'YISHTABACH...

VE'YISPOAR VE'YISROMAN VE'YISNASEY VE'YIS'HADAR

VE'YISALLEH VE'YISHALLOL SH'MEY DEKUDSHO.

( together ) TUSHBCHOSO VENECHEMOSO,

DAAMEERON B'OLMO VE'IMROO OMAIN.

Y'HE SH'LOMO RABBO

MIN SH'MAYO V'CHAYIM

OLENU V'AL KOL YISROEL.

V'IMRU OMAIN.

OSEH SHOLOM BIMROMOV, HU YA-ASEH SHOLOM

OLENU V'AL COL YISROEL...

OSEH SHOLOM BIMROMOV,

HU YA-ASEH SHOLOM OLENU V'AL COL YISROEL...

V'IMRU OMAIN.

V'IMRU OMAIN.

YOU SON OF A BITCH.

YOU SON OF A BITCH.

THANK YOU, LOUIS.

YOU DID FINE.

FINE ?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT FINE ?

THAT WAS FUCKING MIRACULOUS.

( birds chirping )

( chattering )

WHERE IS IT? WHAT IS IT ?

WHAT WAS IT ?

I SAW IT.

I, I, I SAW IT.

IT WAS THERE...

I, I, I...

WHERE...

NO, NO, IT WAS THERE...

THIS IS WRONG.

I, I, I, I, I... I HAVE A COPY.

MOST AUGUST FELLOW PRINCIPALITIES,

ANGELS MOST HIGH.

I REGRET MY ABSENCE AT THIS SESSION.

I WAS... DETAINED.

AH.

THIS IS... ?

THE PROPHET, YES.

( gasping )

WE'RE WORKING.

MAKING PROGRESS.

( thunder )

I...

I WANNA RETURN THIS.

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH IT ?

IT JUST...

IT JUST...

WE CAN'T JUST STOP.

WE'RE NOT ROCKS.

PROGRESS, MIGRATION, MOTION IS MODERNITY.

IT'S ANIMATE.

IT'S WHAT LIVING THINGS DO.

WE DESIRE.

EVEN IF ALL WE DESIRE IS STILLNESS,

IT'S STILL DESIRE FOR.

EVEN IF WE GO FASTER THAN WE SHOULD, WE CAN'T WAIT.

AND WAIT FOR WHAT ?

GOD ?

( thunder )

GOD...

HE ISN'T COMING BACK.

AND EVEN IF HE DID, IF HE EVER DID COME BACK,

IF HE EVER DARED TO SHOW HIS FACE

OR WHATEVER, IN THE GARDEN AGAIN,

IF AFTER ALL THIS DESTRUCTION,

IF AFTER ALL THE TERRIBLE DAYS OF THIS TERRIBLE CENTURY...

HE RETURNED TO SEE HOW MUCH SUFFERING

HIS ABANDONMENT HAD CREATED.

IF ALL HE HAS TO OFFER IS DEATH...

YOU SHOULD SUE THE BASTARD.

THAT'S MY ONLY CONTRIBUTION TO ALL THIS THEOLOGY.

SUE THE BASTARD FOR WALKING OUT.

HOW DARE HE !

THUS SPAKE THE PROPHET.

SO, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH ME,

BUT I DON'T WANNA KEEP IT.

HE WANTS TO LIVE.

YES, I'M 30 YEARS OLD, FOR GOD'S SAKE.

I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET, I...

I WANNA BE HEALTHY AGAIN.

AND THIS PLAGUE, IT SHOULD STOP.

IN ME AND EVERYWHERE.

MAKE IT GO AWAY.

WE HAVE TRIED.

WE SUFFER WITH YOU, BUT...

WE DON'T KNOW.

WE DO NOT KNOW HOW.

THIS IS THE TOME OF IMMOBILITY.

OF RESPITE.

STAY IN HEAVEN.

DON'T RETURN TO LIFE.

SUFFER NO MORE.

YOU CHOOSE.

I CAN'T.

I STILL WANT MY BLESSING.

EVEN SICK.

I WANT TO BE ALIVE.

YOU ONLY THINK YOU DO.

LIFE IS A HABIT WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE NOT SEEN WHAT IS TO COME. WE HAVE.

WHAT WILL THE GRIM UNFOLDING OF THESE LATTER DAYS BRING,

THAT YOU OR ANY BEING SHOULD WISH TO ENDURE THEM ?

DEATH,

MORE PLENTEOUS THAN ALL HEAVEN HAS TEARS TO MOURN IT.

THE SLOW DISSOLVING OF THE GREAT DESIGN.

THE SPIRALING APART OF THE WORK OF ETERNITY.

THE WORLD AND ITS BEAUTIFUL

PARTICLE LOGIC, ALL COLLAPSED.

ALL DEAD...

FOREVER.

WE ARE FAILING.

FAILING.

THE EARTH AND THE ANGELS.

OH, WHO ASKS OF THE ORDERS BLESSING

WITH APOCALYPSE DESCENDING ?

WHO DEMANDS MORE LIFE ?

WHEN DEATH, LIKE A PROTECTOR BLINDS OUR EYES,

SHIELDING FROM TENDER NERVE MORE HORROR THAN CAN BE BORNE.

LET ANY BEING

ON WHOM FORTUNE SMILES CREEP AWAY TO DEATH

BEFORE THAT LAST DREADFUL DAYBREAK

WHEN ALL YOUR RAVAGING RETURNS TO YOU.

WHEN MORNING BLISTERS CRIMSON AND BEARS ALL LIFE AWAY.

A TIDAL WAVE OF PROTEAN FIRE THAT CURLS AROUND THE PLANET

AND BEARS THE EARTH

CLEAN AS BONE.

BUT STILL.

STILL !

BLESS ME ANYWAY.

I WANT MORE LIFE, I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.

I DO.

I'VE LIVED THROUGH SUCH TERRIBLE TIMES

AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THROUGH MUCH, MUCH WORSE.

BUT YOU SEE THEM LIVING ANYWAY.

WHEN THEY'RE MORE SPIRIT THAN BODY,

MORE SORES THAN SKIN,

WHEN THEY'RE BURNED AND IN AGONY,

WHEN FLIES LAY EGGS IN THE CORNERS OF THE EYES

OF THEIR CHILDREN, THEY LIVE.

DEATH USUALLY HAS TO TAKE LIFE AWAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST THE ANIMAL.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT BRAVER TO DIE,

BUT I RECOGNIZE THE HABIT.

THE ADDICTION TO BEING ALIVE.

WE LIVE PAST HOPE.

IF I CAN FIND HOPE ANYWHERE, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO.

IT'S SO MUCH NOT ENOUGH.

IT'S SO INADEQUATE.

BUT STILL...

BLESS ME ANYWAY.

I WANT MORE LIFE.

AND IF HE RETURNS, TAKE HIM TO COURT.

HE WALKED OUT ON US.

HE OUGHT TO PAY.

( thunder )

( breathing heavily )

OH...

I'M EXHAUSTED.

YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD.

I FEEL TERRIBLE.

WE WERE WORRIED WE'D LOST YOU.

WELCOME BACK TO THE WORLD.

FROM WHERE ?

OH...

OH...

WELL, LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S THE DAWN OF MAN.

VENUS RISING FROM THE SEA.

I'M WET.

FEVER BROKE, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN, THEY'LL BE IN TO CLEAN YOU UP--

MRS. PITT, DID SHE--

UH, THE LITTLE GIRL'S ROOM.

WHERE'D YOU FIND HER ?

WE FOUND EACH OTHER.

I'VE HAD A REMARKABLE DREAM.

AND YOU WERE THERE, AND YOU...

AND YOU !

I WHAT ?

AND SOME OF IT WAS TERRIBLE AND SOME OF IT WAS WONDERFUL.

BUT ALL THE SAME, I KEPT SAYING I WANNA GO HOME.

AND THEY SENT ME HOME.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?

THANK YOU.

I JUST SAT IN A CHAIR.

SHE SAVED MY LIFE.

I DID NO SUCH THING.

I SLEPT IN THE CHAIR.

BEING IN THE HOSPITAL UPSETS ME, REMINDS ME OF THINGS.

( clearing throat )

I HAVE TO GO NOW.

I HAD THE MOST PECULIAR DREAM.

( knocking )

CAN I COME IN ?

I HAVE TO START ROUNDS.

YOU ARE ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.

I COULD GIVE YOU A ROSE.

YOU REST YOUR WEARY BONES.

WHAT ARE YOU--

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU ?

VISIBLE SCARS.

YOU SAID--

OH, LOUIS, YOU'RE SO GODDAMN LITERAL ABOUT EVERYTHING.

I'M GOING NOW.

YOU'LL COME BACK ?

IF I CAN, I--

I HAVE THINGS I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF.

PLEASE DO.

I HAVE ALWAYS DEPENDED ON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS.

WELL, THAT'S A STUPID THING TO DO.

( laughing )

WHO'S SHE ?

YOU REALLY DON'T WANNA KNOW.

BEFORE I DEPART, A HOMECOMING GIFT.

WHAT, I CAN'T READ THE LABEL.

MY EYES AREN'T ANY BETTER.

A.Z.T. ?

WHERE ON EARTH...

THESE ARE HOT PILLS, I AM SHOCKED.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE GET WELL FUND FROM A BAD FAIRY.

THESE PILLS THEY, THEY MAKE YOU BETTER.

THEY'RE POISON, THEY MAKE YOU ANEMIC.

THIS IS MY LIFE FROM NOW ON, LOUIS, I'M NOT GETTING BETTER.

I'M NOT SURE I'M READY TO DO THAT TO MY BONE MARROW.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW.

I AM GOING HOME TO NURSE MY GRUDGES.

TA, BABY.

SLEEP ALL DAY.

TA, LOUIS.

YOU SURE KNOW HOW TO CLEAR A ROOM.

( door closing )

PRIOR.

I WANNA COME BACK TO YOU.

YOU COULD RESPOND.

YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING,

JUST SAY IT'S FINE OR IT'S NOT FINE,

BUT SURE, WHAT THE HELL, OR...

I REALLY FAILED YOU.

BUT...

IT'S HARD...

FAILING IN LOVE

ISN'T THE SAME AS NOT LOVING.

IT DOESN'T LET YOU OFF THE HOOK.

IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE FREE TO NOT LOVE.

I LOVE YOU, LOUIS.

GOOD.

I LOVE YOU.

I REALLY DO.

BUT YOU CAN'T COME BACK.

NOT EVER.

I'M SORRY, BUT YOU CAN'T.

I WANT YOUR CREDIT CARD.

THAT'S ALL.

YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF ME FROM WHERE THE CHARGES COME FROM.

IF YOU WANT TO KEEP TRACK.

I HAVE SOME THINGS TO TELL YOU.

OH, WE SHOULDN'T TALK.

I DON'T WANNA DO THAT ANYMORE.

CREDIT CARD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME WITHOUT YOU.

ONLY YOU.

ONLY YOU LOVE ME.

OUT OF EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.

I'VE DONE THINGS, I'M ASHAMED, BUT...

I'VE CHANGED.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YET, BUT...

PLEASE, PLEASE.

DON'T LEAVE ME NOW, HARPER.

YOU'RE MY GOOD HEART.

DID THAT HURT ?

YES ?

REMEMBER THAT. PLEASE.

IF I CAN GET A JOB OR SOMETHING I'LL CUT THE CARD TO PIECES

AND THERE WON'T BE CHARGES ANYMORE.

CREDIT CARD.

CALL, OR, UH...

CALL, YOU HAVE TO.

NO.

PROBABLY NEVER AGAIN.

THAT'S HOW BAD.

SOMETIMES MAYBE LOST IS BEST.

GET LOST, JOE.

GO EXPLORING.

WITH A BIG GLASS OF WATER.

* WHERE BRIGHT ANGELS' FEET HAVE TROD *

* WITH ITS CRYSTAL TIDE FOREVER *

* FLOWING BY THE THRONE OF GOD *

* YES WE WILL GATHER BY THE RIVER *

* THE BEAUTIFUL, THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER *

* GATHER WITH THE SAINTS BY THE RIVER *

* THAT FLOWS BY THE THRONE OF GOD *

* SOON WE'LL REACH THE SHINING RIVER... *

YOU LOOK A FRIGHT.

SO DO YOU. I'VE HAD A HARD NIGHT.

SO DID I.

WHERE IS... ?

I'M SURE SHE'LL BE ALRIGHT.

YEAH, WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO HER IN NEW YORK CITY ?

( chuckle ) IT'S NOT WHAT I EXPECTED.

WHICH IS THE BEST THING YOU CAN SAY FOR IT.

SHALL I MAKE SUPPER TONIGHT ?

JOE ?

( sniffling )

I'LL TRY TO WAIT UP 'TIL YOU GET HOME.

* THE BEAUTIFUL, THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER *

* GATHER WITH THE SAINTS BY THE RIVER *

* THAT FLOWS BY THE THRONE OF GOD *

NIGHT FLIGHT TO SAN FRANCISCO.

CHASE THE MOON ACROSS AMERICA.

GOD, IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I WAS ON A PLANE.

WHEN WE HIT 35,000 FEET,

WE'LL HAVE REACHED THE TROPOPAUSE.

THE GREAT BELT OF CALM AIR.

AS CLOSE AS I'LL EVER GET TO THE OZONE.

I DREAMED WE WERE THERE.

THE PLANE LEAPT THE TROPOPAUSE,

THE SAFE AIR,

AND ATTAINED THE OUTER RIM, THE OZONE.

WHICH WAS RAGGED AND TORN, PATCHES OF IT,

THREADBARE AS OLD CHEESECLOTH.

AND THAT WAS FRIGHTENING,

BUT I SAW SOMETHING ONLY I COULD SEE,

BECAUSE OF MY ASTONISHING ABILITY TO SEE SUCH THINGS.

SOULS WERE RISING, FROM THE EARTH FAR BELOW.

SOULS OF THE DEAD,

OF PEOPLE WHO'D PERISHED FROM FAMINE,

FROM WAR, FROM THE PLAGUE,

AND THEY FLOATED UP LIKE SKYDIVERS IN REVERSE.

LIMBS ALL AKIMBO, WHEELING AND SPINNING.

AND THE SOULS OF THESE DEPARTED JOINED HANDS,

CLASPED ANKLES AND FORMED A WEB,

A GREAT NET OF SOULS.

AND THE SOULS WERE THREE-ATOM OXYGEN MOLECULES

OF THE STUFF OF OZONE,

AND THE OUTER RIM ABSORBED THEM

AND WAS REPAIRED.

NOTHING'S LOST FOREVER.

IN THIS WORLD THERE'S A KIND OF

PAINFUL PROGRESS.

LONGING FOR WHAT WE'VE LEFT BEHIND

AND DREAMING AHEAD.

AT LEAST I THINK THAT'S SO.

( Louis ) THE BERLIN WALL HAS FALLEN.

THE CEACESCUS ARE OUT,

AND, UH, HE'S BUILDING DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM.

THE NEW INTERNATIONALISM.

GORBACHEV IS THE GREATEST POLITICAL THINKER SINCE LENIN.

( Belize ) I DON'T THINK WE KNOW ENOUGH YET TO START CANONIZING HIM.

THE RUSSIANS HATE HIS GUTS.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

OH...

THOMAS JEFFERSON DIED ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

WELL, YOU AREN'T THOMAS JEFFERSON.

I AM RELATED TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.

THE WALTERS ARE RELATED TO EVERYONE.

ONLY THE WHITE MEAT, DARLING.

( laughing )

SALUTE.

BUT, REMEMBER BACK FOUR YEARS AGO,

THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE FEELING EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE WAS STUCK.

WHILE IN RUSSIA, LOOK, PERESTROIKA.

THE THAW.

IT'S THE END OF THE COLD WAR.

THE WHOLE WORLD'S CHANGING, OVERNIGHT.

I WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW, THOUGH,

IN PLACES LIKE CZECHOSLOVAKIA, YUGOSLAVIA...

YUGOSLAVIA ? YUGOSLIA ?

LET'S JUST TURN THE VOLUME DOWN ON THIS, OKAY ?

THEY'LL BE AT IT FOR HOURS.

IT'S NOT THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ISN'T IMPORTANT,

IT'S JUST...

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY.

NO, IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.

THE PARTS OF IT I'VE SEEN.

ON A DAY LIKE TODAY.

A SUNNY WINTER'S DAY, WARM AND COLD AT ONCE.

THE SKY IS A LITTLE HAZY,

SO THE SUNLIGHT HAS A PHYSICAL PRESENCE.

A CHARACTER.

IN AUTUMN, THOSE TREES ACROSS THE LAKE ARE YELLOW,

AND THE SUN STRIKES THOSE MOST BRILLIANTLY.

AGAINST THE BLUE OF THE SKY,

THAT SAD FALL BLUE,

THOSE TREES ARE MORE LIGHT THAN VEGETATION.

THEY'RE YANKEE TREES, NEW ENGLAND TRANSPLANTS.

THEY'RE BARREN NOW.

IT'S JANUARY, 1990.

I'VE BEEN LIVING WITH AIDS FOR FIVE YEARS.

THAT'S SIX WHOLE MONTHS LONGER THAN I LIVED WITH LOUIS.

CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ENERGY.

WHATEVER COMES, WHAT YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE IN GORBACHEV,

IN THE RUSSIANS, IS THAT THEY'RE MAKING A LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN.

YOU CAN'T WAIT AROUND FOR A THEORY.

THE SPRAWL OF LIFE, THE WEIRD...

INTERCONNECTEDNESS. YES.

MAYBE THE SHEER SIZE OF THE TERRAIN.

IT'S ALL TOO MUCH TO BE ENCOMPASSED BY A SINGLE THEORY NOW.

THE WORLD IS FASTER THAN THE MIND.

THAT'S WHAT POLITICS IS, THE WORLD MOVING AHEAD,

AND ONLY IN POLITICS DOES THE MIRACULOUS OCCUR.

BUT THAT'S A THEORY.

MMM, WELL, YES,

BUT YOU CAN'T LIVE IN THE WORLD WITHOUT AN IDEA OF THE WORLD.

BUT IT'S LIVING THAT MAKES THE IDEAS.

YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR THEORY, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A THEORY.

GO KNOW.

AS MY GRANDMA WOULD SAY.

( clearing throat )

THIS ANGEL, SHE'S MY FAVORITE ANGEL.

I LIKE 'EM BEST WHEN THEY'RE STATUARY.

THEY COMMEMORATE DEATH,

BUT THEY SUGGEST A WORLD WITHOUT DYING.

THEY'RE MADE OF THE HEAVIEST THINGS ON EARTH, STONE AND IRON.

THEY WEIGH TONS,

BUT THEY'RE WINGED,

THEY'RE ENGINES AND INSTRUMENTS OF FLIGHT.

THIS IS THE ANGEL BETHESDA.

LOUIS WILL TELL YOU HER STORY.

UM, WELL, SHE WAS THIS ANGEL.

SHE LANDED IN THE TEMPLE SQUARE IN JERUSALEM

IN THE DAYS OF THE SECOND TEMPLE,

UH, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORKING DAY SHE DESCENDED

AND JUST HER FOOT TOUCHED EARTH.

AND WHERE IT DID A FOUNTAIN SHOT UP FROM THE GROUND.

AND WHEN THE ROMANS DESTROYED THE TEMPLE

THE FOUNTAIN OF BETHESDA RAN DRY.

AND BELIZE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE FOUNTAIN

BEFORE ITS FLOWING STOPPED.

IF ANYONE WHO WAS SUFFERING

IN THE BODY OR THE SPIRIT

WALKED THROUGH THE WATERS OF THE FOUNTAIN OF BETHESDA,

THEY WOULD BE HEALED.

WASHED CLEAN OF PAIN.

THEY KNOW THIS 'CAUSE I'VE TOLD 'EM, MANY TIMES.

HANNAH, HERE, TOLD IT TO ME.

SHE ALSO TOLD ME THIS.

WHEN THE MILLENNIUM COMES...

NOT THE YEAR 2,000, BUT THE CAPITAL "M" MILLENNIUM.

RIGHT, THE BETHESDA FOUNTAIN WILL FLOW AGAIN.

AND I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD PERSONALLY

TAKE HIM THERE TO BATHE.

WE WILL ALL BATHE OURSELVES CLEAN.

NOT LITERALLY IN JERUSALEM,

I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAVE SORT OF ZIONIST IMPLICATIONS.

RIGHT ON. ON THE OTHER HAND,

WE DO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL TO EXIST...

BUT THE WEST BANK SHOULD BE A HOMELAND FOR THE PALESTINIANS

AND THE GOLAN HEIGHTS--

WELL, NOT BOTH THE WEST BANK AND THE GOLAN HEIGHTS.

NO ONE SUPPORTS PALESTINIAN RIGHTS MORE THAN I DO...

WELL YOU'RE RIGHT, LOUIS,

LIKE NOT EVEN THE PALESTINIANS ARE MORE DEVOTED...

I'M ALMOST DONE. NO, HERE, HERE...

THE FOUNTAIN'S NOT FLOWING NOW, THEY TURN IT OFF IN THE WINTER.

ICE IN THE PIPES.

BUT IN THE SUMMER...

IT'S A SIGHT TO SEE.

I WANNA BE AROUND TO SEE IT.

I PLAN TO BE. I HOPE TO BE.

THIS DISEASE WILL BE THE END OF MANY OF US BUT NOT NEARLY ALL.

AND THE DEAD WILL BE COMMEMORATED

AND WILL STRUGGLE ON WITH THE LIVING,

AND WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY.

WE WON'T DIE SECRET DEATHS ANYMORE.

THE WORLD ONLY SPINS FORWARD.

WE WILL BE CITIZENS.

THE TIME HAS COME.

BYE NOW.

YOU ARE FABULOUS, EACH AND EVERY ONE.

AND I BLESS YOU.

MORE LIFE.

THE GREAT WORK BEGINS.

( chatting and laughing )