1 00:00:55,707 --> 00:00:59,519 BASED ON THE NOVEL MY YEAR WITH SALINGER 2 00:01:00,921 --> 00:01:04,524 I grew up in a quiet town north of New York. 3 00:01:05,008 --> 00:01:07,902 On special occasions, my father brought me to the city 4 00:01:07,969 --> 00:01:11,239 and we had something in the Waldorf or the Plaza. 5 00:01:12,140 --> 00:01:14,450 I loved looking at the people around us. 6 00:01:14,517 --> 00:01:16,328 Their lives seemed exciting. 7 00:01:17,604 --> 00:01:18,830 I wanted to be like them. 8 00:01:19,105 --> 00:01:23,960 I wanted to write novels, speak five languages ​​and travel. 9 00:01:25,362 --> 00:01:26,838 I didn't want to be ordinary. 10 00:01:29,324 --> 00:01:31,134 I wanted to be extraordinary. 11 00:01:34,496 --> 00:01:36,765 That memory came back last year, 12 00:01:36,831 --> 00:01:39,351 when I came to New Yorkto see a friend. 13 00:01:39,834 --> 00:01:43,855 I was planning to stay a few daysand return to Berkeley, 14 00:01:44,214 --> 00:01:46,316 where my boyfriend was waiting for me. 15 00:01:49,261 --> 00:01:50,653 But I changed plans. 16 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,281 I want to stay here for a while. 17 00:01:54,599 --> 00:01:56,743 A time? What a time? 18 00:01:56,810 --> 00:01:57,869 And the course, what? 19 00:01:57,936 --> 00:02:01,331 That's the issue. I'm fed up to analyze other people's works. 20 00:02:01,398 --> 00:02:02,398 I want to write. 21 00:02:03,233 --> 00:02:04,292 In New York? 22 00:02:04,526 --> 00:02:05,526 Yeah. 23 00:02:08,238 --> 00:02:09,238 In New York. 24 00:02:11,241 --> 00:02:13,301 Don't they do that? new writers? 25 00:02:13,368 --> 00:02:16,304 Living in cheap apartments, writing in coffee shops... 26 00:02:17,831 --> 00:02:18,831 Okay, now. 27 00:02:19,374 --> 00:02:20,683 But I wanted to. 28 00:02:24,963 --> 00:02:30,276 DREAMS OF A WRITER IN NEW YORK 29 00:02:34,764 --> 00:02:39,285 NEW YORK, FALL 1995 30 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,303 My boss says that paper is no longer used. 31 00:02:57,579 --> 00:02:58,763 Only emails. 32 00:02:59,247 --> 00:03:00,765 They make me hysterical. 33 00:03:00,832 --> 00:03:02,851 People send them happily. 34 00:03:02,917 --> 00:03:06,020 They tell you: "thank you", or worse: "you're welcome." 35 00:03:06,087 --> 00:03:09,649 A colleague asks me by email what time I stop to eat. 36 00:03:09,716 --> 00:03:12,318 I hope it ends going out of fashion. 37 00:03:12,802 --> 00:03:14,404 I missed your fights. 38 00:03:15,430 --> 00:03:17,407 In Berkeley they are uptight. 39 00:03:17,891 --> 00:03:19,701 Everyone is running and wearing sandals. 40 00:03:20,143 --> 00:03:21,411 Don't fuck with me. 41 00:03:22,270 --> 00:03:26,541 I'm like a storm East Coast stalking California. 42 00:03:26,608 --> 00:03:28,626 Because you destroy everything. 43 00:03:29,527 --> 00:03:30,795 That's how I am. 44 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:33,631 And Karl is the same? 45 00:03:38,161 --> 00:03:39,804 For him it is different. 46 00:03:40,288 --> 00:03:42,390 He's been there for a couple of years. 47 00:03:43,166 --> 00:03:45,393 They treat him like a star. 48 00:03:46,336 --> 00:03:47,437 Oh. 49 00:03:47,754 --> 00:03:49,063 Hey, Jenny... 50 00:03:50,423 --> 00:03:53,610 I don't know exactly how much I'll stay in New York. 51 00:03:54,511 --> 00:03:55,653 Peaceful. 52 00:03:56,179 --> 00:03:57,655 Make yourself at home. 53 00:03:57,931 --> 00:03:59,032 Eat if you want. 54 00:04:01,559 --> 00:04:02,559 Okay. 55 00:04:04,562 --> 00:04:06,247 SELECTION AGENCY 56 00:04:10,860 --> 00:04:14,547 A master's degree in English literature by the University of London. 57 00:04:15,031 --> 00:04:18,635 I guess that will make you attractive to some publishers. 58 00:04:19,077 --> 00:04:20,345 More less than more. 59 00:04:21,871 --> 00:04:23,139 Have you published... 60 00:04:23,623 --> 00:04:24,623 poetry? 61 00:04:24,999 --> 00:04:27,101 Yes, yes. In The Paris Review. 62 00:04:27,627 --> 00:04:29,145 I have won your contest. 63 00:04:29,754 --> 00:04:30,648 Skip that. 64 00:04:30,672 --> 00:04:32,524 The publishers They don't want authors. 65 00:04:34,509 --> 00:04:36,319 Well, I want to be a writer. 66 00:04:37,178 --> 00:04:38,446 Some day. 67 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:40,658 I know. 68 00:04:40,682 --> 00:04:41,950 No editorials. 69 00:04:42,475 --> 00:04:45,370 What do you think a literary agency? 70 00:04:47,230 --> 00:04:48,230 Brilliant. 71 00:04:48,356 --> 00:04:49,832 The oldest in New York. 72 00:04:49,899 --> 00:04:51,000 Do you know how to type? 73 00:04:51,860 --> 00:04:53,962 I studied typing at school. 74 00:04:54,028 --> 00:04:55,005 Then no. 75 00:04:55,029 --> 00:04:57,423 It will ask you if you know and you will tell him... 76 00:04:59,284 --> 00:05:00,284 "Yeah". 77 00:05:01,494 --> 00:05:02,637 Sixty per minute. 78 00:05:10,128 --> 00:05:12,438 But do you know how to type? 79 00:05:13,673 --> 00:05:16,526 It's very different from writing. with one of those computers. 80 00:05:17,719 --> 00:05:18,719 Yeah. 81 00:05:21,139 --> 00:05:22,198 What do you like to read? 82 00:05:26,728 --> 00:05:27,728 Of everything. 83 00:05:28,688 --> 00:05:30,206 Lurie, Hammet, 84 00:05:30,648 --> 00:05:31,958 Donald Westlake. 85 00:05:32,192 --> 00:05:35,878 I have finishedEducation sentimentaland I loved it. 86 00:05:35,945 --> 00:05:37,964 The topic is still current. 87 00:05:38,031 --> 00:05:39,008 Gustave Flaubert. 88 00:05:39,032 --> 00:05:42,135 That's very good, honey, but in this sector 89 00:05:42,202 --> 00:05:44,095 you will have to read living authors. 90 00:05:45,079 --> 00:05:46,472 I love Flaubert. 91 00:05:47,248 --> 00:05:48,433 And I to Westlake. 92 00:05:49,626 --> 00:05:50,626 It's fun. 93 00:05:52,670 --> 00:05:54,939 you can start after Christmas. 94 00:05:55,298 --> 00:05:56,524 We'll talk about Jerry later. 95 00:05:57,717 --> 00:06:00,069 -Jerry... - You may have heard that he is crazy, 96 00:06:00,136 --> 00:06:03,031 or senile or who is a misanthrope. Lies. 97 00:06:03,097 --> 00:06:04,324 The problem is not him. 98 00:06:04,641 --> 00:06:07,660 They are all those who They call asking for your address, 99 00:06:07,727 --> 00:06:10,872 your phone or the form to contact him, 100 00:06:10,939 --> 00:06:12,332 or even with me. 101 00:06:12,982 --> 00:06:16,085 Journalists, students, university deans, 102 00:06:16,152 --> 00:06:17,253 producers... 103 00:06:17,403 --> 00:06:19,047 They can be persuasive, 104 00:06:19,113 --> 00:06:20,381 manipulators. 105 00:06:20,532 --> 00:06:21,674 But... 106 00:06:21,741 --> 00:06:23,718 never ever, in your life, 107 00:06:24,118 --> 00:06:25,762 reveal your address. 108 00:06:26,162 --> 00:06:27,764 Has it been clear to you? 109 00:06:28,873 --> 00:06:29,873 Very clear. 110 00:06:30,416 --> 00:06:31,416 Good. 111 00:06:31,793 --> 00:06:32,894 Remember: 112 00:06:32,961 --> 00:06:36,898 You're not the only one just graduate who wants this position. 113 00:06:39,008 --> 00:06:40,985 Get ready for intense days. 114 00:06:42,095 --> 00:06:43,196 Pam will give you a key. 115 00:06:44,264 --> 00:06:45,823 Pam. Very good. 116 00:06:46,766 --> 00:06:50,078 Thanks a lot. Is quite an honor and an adventure. 117 00:06:50,311 --> 00:06:51,621 An honor, either. 118 00:06:51,688 --> 00:06:53,247 An adventure, maybe. 119 00:06:53,565 --> 00:06:55,333 Margaret is an adventure. 120 00:06:58,486 --> 00:06:59,962 I'm Daniel, by the way. 121 00:07:13,209 --> 00:07:14,477 That Jerry... 122 00:07:21,050 --> 00:07:25,279 I wasn't clear what it was a literary agency, but... 123 00:07:25,597 --> 00:07:28,658 I was one step closer from the world of writers. 124 00:07:29,767 --> 00:07:34,247 I would be surrounded by legends of literature. 125 00:07:34,856 --> 00:07:37,625 Surely have them so closewould inspire me. 126 00:07:44,449 --> 00:07:45,508 Good. 127 00:07:46,075 --> 00:07:48,052 Congratulations on the work. 128 00:07:49,078 --> 00:07:50,221 Take your key. 129 00:07:51,164 --> 00:07:52,557 Don't lose it. 130 00:07:52,999 --> 00:07:56,477 We are waiting for you on time on January 8 at 8:00. 131 00:08:00,298 --> 00:08:01,941 I did not return to Berkeley. 132 00:08:02,008 --> 00:08:03,776 New York would be my new home. 133 00:08:03,843 --> 00:08:06,696 I would write about my new lifeand my new job. 134 00:08:06,763 --> 00:08:07,763 Hello! 135 00:08:09,807 --> 00:08:12,243 Hello, sit with us. 136 00:08:12,518 --> 00:08:14,412 - Hello. - Guys, this is... 137 00:08:14,479 --> 00:08:15,663 I'm Joanna. 138 00:08:16,522 --> 00:08:18,458 - This is Mark and Lisa. - A pleasure. 139 00:08:18,524 --> 00:08:20,835 They just got engaged. We are celebrating it. 140 00:08:20,902 --> 00:08:23,588 - How strong. Congratulations. - It's false. 141 00:08:24,364 --> 00:08:26,507 Sit with us. 142 00:08:26,991 --> 00:08:29,135 The office is amazing. 143 00:08:29,202 --> 00:08:31,637 It seems that there is not played since 1927. 144 00:08:32,163 --> 00:08:33,163 AND... 145 00:08:33,915 --> 00:08:35,308 Do you know who he represents? 146 00:08:35,375 --> 00:08:36,559 -Anne Rice? - To the Pope. 147 00:08:36,626 --> 00:08:37,626 To Thomas Pynchon. 148 00:08:38,503 --> 00:08:39,520 To J.D. Salinger. 149 00:08:39,587 --> 00:08:41,063 - What are you saying? - Is he still alive? 150 00:08:41,130 --> 00:08:42,273 Of course. 151 00:08:42,340 --> 00:08:45,234 Lives in New Hampshire totally isolated from the world. 152 00:08:45,301 --> 00:08:48,112 Journalists try catch it in restaurants 153 00:08:48,179 --> 00:08:49,697 and sneak into his house. 154 00:08:49,764 --> 00:08:52,492 I prefer Franny and Zooey to The catcher in the rye. 155 00:08:52,558 --> 00:08:55,244 My friend Kat worked a time in his publishing house. 156 00:08:55,395 --> 00:08:58,664 One night it became late. It would be one. 157 00:08:58,731 --> 00:09:02,042 The office telephone It started ringing non-stop. 158 00:09:02,110 --> 00:09:05,170 When he picked it up, he heard the other next to someone screaming. 159 00:09:05,238 --> 00:09:07,423 The manuscript is fine! 160 00:09:07,490 --> 00:09:11,426 I saved the book from the fire! 161 00:09:11,494 --> 00:09:12,553 Salinger? 162 00:09:12,620 --> 00:09:14,555 His house had burned down. 163 00:09:14,622 --> 00:09:18,810 He called them in the middle of the night, knowing there would be someone. 164 00:09:18,876 --> 00:09:19,853 How strong, right? 165 00:09:19,877 --> 00:09:22,563 They say he still writes, but he doesn't want to publish. 166 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:25,566 Writers write, not they publish. That's selling out. 167 00:09:26,050 --> 00:09:27,902 Don, don't be crazy. 168 00:09:27,969 --> 00:09:31,072 The way is being paved in case you never sell a novel, 169 00:09:31,139 --> 00:09:33,032 if you finish any. 170 00:09:33,099 --> 00:09:35,618 I will do it, but today It's Joanna's day 171 00:09:35,685 --> 00:09:38,663 and of his passing to the side dark of the publishing world. 172 00:09:38,896 --> 00:09:40,498 Health. - Health. 173 00:09:40,565 --> 00:09:41,565 Thank you. 174 00:09:42,692 --> 00:09:46,337 I met Don a few days before, in the bookstore where he worked. 175 00:09:48,865 --> 00:09:50,716 Have you ever come? 176 00:09:51,075 --> 00:09:54,011 Won't you do internships in The New Yorker 177 00:09:54,996 --> 00:09:58,099 In addition to combating capitalismand class struggle, 178 00:09:58,166 --> 00:10:01,310 Don liked the boxing,Norman Mailer and... 179 00:10:01,377 --> 00:10:02,562 I write a novel. 180 00:10:02,628 --> 00:10:05,022 I was determined to be a writer. 181 00:10:05,423 --> 00:10:06,607 I admired his confidence. 182 00:10:07,049 --> 00:10:09,026 Do you know Café Panama? 183 00:10:09,677 --> 00:10:12,405 It's on Eighth Avenue. It's a writers' bar. 184 00:10:12,472 --> 00:10:14,615 - Clear. Do... - Poetry readings. 185 00:10:17,143 --> 00:10:19,287 Love is hard to find. 186 00:10:19,562 --> 00:10:21,789 Love in your mind investigates. 187 00:10:21,981 --> 00:10:24,041 Love is the food of the soul. 188 00:10:24,358 --> 00:10:26,669 You can't let love escape. 189 00:10:27,820 --> 00:10:29,088 But wait a second. 190 00:10:29,155 --> 00:10:33,259 There are hundreds of ways to contain and retain it. 191 00:10:33,326 --> 00:10:35,303 Will you still be able to zoom in? 192 00:10:35,620 --> 00:10:37,638 Will it continue to land it? 193 00:10:46,464 --> 00:10:47,773 Where the hell were you? 194 00:10:48,216 --> 00:10:52,486 Since you don't cut the grass once, I'll sell you the damn car. 195 00:11:02,438 --> 00:11:03,915 Dear Mr. Salinger, 196 00:11:04,315 --> 00:11:07,251 I have read three times The catcher in the rye. 197 00:11:07,652 --> 00:11:08,753 It is a work of art. 198 00:11:08,986 --> 00:11:11,964 You should be proud. Well, it sure is. 199 00:11:13,741 --> 00:11:17,970 The garbage they write today Nowadays it disgusts me with laziness. 200 00:11:18,329 --> 00:11:21,724 Few people are capable of writingsomething so sincere. 201 00:11:21,791 --> 00:11:24,810 And it's not that I think that everyone understands his book. 202 00:11:24,877 --> 00:11:25,895 They would like more. 203 00:11:26,420 --> 00:11:27,897 Almost no one understands it. 204 00:11:28,548 --> 00:11:31,859 I could put a million on it of examples, but I pass. 205 00:11:33,636 --> 00:11:34,636 Fuck. 206 00:11:35,304 --> 00:11:37,365 I'm sure you laugh at this, 207 00:11:37,431 --> 00:11:39,533 but I think I understand it. 208 00:11:40,309 --> 00:11:41,309 Or maybe not. 209 00:11:45,982 --> 00:11:47,083 Hello. 210 00:12:04,458 --> 00:12:06,602 Come on, have you arrived yet? 211 00:12:07,169 --> 00:12:08,169 Well yes. 212 00:12:08,754 --> 00:12:10,523 You type, very well. 213 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,275 But have you used a dictaphone? 214 00:12:14,844 --> 00:12:15,844 Get comfortable. 215 00:12:16,929 --> 00:12:20,408 At first it costs a little, but you'll get the hang of it. 216 00:12:21,684 --> 00:12:26,205 Play, rewind, and I think adjust the speed. 217 00:12:26,272 --> 00:12:27,272 Hugh will help you. 218 00:12:27,523 --> 00:12:29,834 - Hugh? - You can start with this. 219 00:12:33,154 --> 00:12:35,965 This is ours electronic zone. 220 00:12:36,115 --> 00:12:37,967 All cutting-edge technology. 221 00:12:38,284 --> 00:12:42,179 Here you have a Xerox, for photocopy my correspondence. 222 00:12:42,246 --> 00:12:45,850 I think this is the button to make photocopies. 223 00:12:45,917 --> 00:12:49,228 Has he already given you the turra with the demons of the digital age? 224 00:12:49,295 --> 00:12:51,522 Max, this is Joanna, my new assistant. 225 00:12:51,589 --> 00:12:54,483 - Hello, Joanna. A pleasure. - Nice to meet you. 226 00:12:56,844 --> 00:12:58,279 Don't you have computers? 227 00:12:58,763 --> 00:13:00,865 We prefer not to use them. 228 00:13:00,932 --> 00:13:03,868 I have seen them running and They give more work than they take away. 229 00:13:03,935 --> 00:13:05,202 They steal our time. 230 00:13:06,812 --> 00:13:07,812 In the end. 231 00:13:08,314 --> 00:13:09,540 As you can see, 232 00:13:09,732 --> 00:13:12,626 we work in an environment cordial and relaxed. 233 00:13:12,818 --> 00:13:16,839 You can't come with dungarees, sneakers, t-shirts, sweatshirts... 234 00:13:16,906 --> 00:13:18,466 and with the hooded ones, less so. 235 00:13:19,033 --> 00:13:20,384 No open shoes. 236 00:13:20,451 --> 00:13:23,596 but you can take jeans even if you are a woman. 237 00:13:23,663 --> 00:13:25,848 And you don't have to carry stockings in summer. 238 00:13:26,165 --> 00:13:28,059 you can take legs in the air. 239 00:13:28,125 --> 00:13:30,436 If Jerry calls, you say: 240 00:13:30,503 --> 00:13:33,022 "Yes, Jerry, now I let my boss know." 241 00:13:33,547 --> 00:13:34,547 Jerry Salinger? 242 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:36,609 Of course Jerry Salinger. 243 00:13:37,259 --> 00:13:39,653 And you can't call him under any circumstances. 244 00:13:39,971 --> 00:13:42,073 Why would I call to Jerry Salinger? 245 00:13:42,598 --> 00:13:46,410 Jerry doesn't care if you love it The Catcher in the Rye, 246 00:13:46,477 --> 00:13:48,913 and he doesn't want to read your stories. 247 00:13:49,188 --> 00:13:50,956 - I don't have stories. - Good. 248 00:13:51,315 --> 00:13:53,501 The writers are bad helpers. 249 00:13:54,276 --> 00:13:55,276 To work. 250 00:14:09,709 --> 00:14:13,020 By the following, the author grants to the publisher... 251 00:14:14,755 --> 00:14:18,317 As of the date of this agreement, for the following... 252 00:14:18,384 --> 00:14:20,736 I'm Hugh. You must be Joanna. 253 00:14:21,470 --> 00:14:23,155 Yes, hello. Nice to meet you. 254 00:14:23,222 --> 00:14:25,366 If you need anything, there you have me. 255 00:14:25,433 --> 00:14:28,869 I manage contracts, legal issues, rights... 256 00:14:28,936 --> 00:14:30,204 The coolest thing. 257 00:14:31,897 --> 00:14:34,667 letters to Salinger, from his fans. 258 00:14:35,067 --> 00:14:37,837 you have to respond with help... 259 00:14:38,070 --> 00:14:39,213 from this. 260 00:14:40,114 --> 00:14:42,133 There is one for each request type: 261 00:14:42,199 --> 00:14:47,054 adaptation, autobiography, autograph, photograph, interview... 262 00:14:49,206 --> 00:14:50,432 or auction. 263 00:14:52,877 --> 00:14:55,521 "Salinger does not wish to receive letters from his readers. 264 00:14:55,588 --> 00:14:58,023 We cannot send you your letter." 265 00:14:58,299 --> 00:14:59,692 From 1963? 266 00:15:00,009 --> 00:15:02,570 The year he left to answer himself. 267 00:15:02,636 --> 00:15:06,031 you have to copy this to the letter, 268 00:15:06,098 --> 00:15:07,491 no changes. 269 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:10,411 Salinger doesn't like do your letters arrive? 270 00:15:10,478 --> 00:15:11,954 Not one. Destroy them. 271 00:15:12,396 --> 00:15:13,873 In the destroyer. 272 00:15:13,939 --> 00:15:15,082 You have to read them all. 273 00:15:15,816 --> 00:15:16,816 Yes, exactly. 274 00:15:17,151 --> 00:15:18,151 Just in case. 275 00:15:18,194 --> 00:15:19,194 Just in case. 276 00:15:19,820 --> 00:15:20,963 Just in case, what? 277 00:15:21,238 --> 00:15:24,550 We are careful from Mark David Chapman incident. 278 00:15:24,742 --> 00:15:26,260 John Lennon's murderer. 279 00:15:26,786 --> 00:15:29,930 When the police arrived at the Dakota, Chapman was on a sidewalk, 280 00:15:29,997 --> 00:15:32,474 reading quietly catcher in the rye. 281 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,353 At trial, Chapman said that a big part of it was... 282 00:15:36,420 --> 00:15:37,479 Holden Caulfield. 283 00:15:37,671 --> 00:15:39,607 And the rest was... 284 00:15:42,968 --> 00:15:44,028 the demon 285 00:15:50,351 --> 00:15:51,744 Had he written to Salinger? 286 00:15:52,228 --> 00:15:55,247 We will never know, because we throw away the mail. 287 00:15:56,732 --> 00:15:58,876 Read them all carefully. 288 00:15:59,235 --> 00:16:00,961 Use your judgment. 289 00:16:28,931 --> 00:16:30,324 I think about Holden a lot. 290 00:16:31,934 --> 00:16:34,870 First, always I smile like an idiot. 291 00:16:36,188 --> 00:16:38,332 I remember how funny it is. 292 00:16:40,192 --> 00:16:42,336 But then I get down. 293 00:16:43,863 --> 00:16:46,799 I only think about Holden when Emotions overwhelm me. 294 00:16:48,492 --> 00:16:50,427 My emotions are many. 295 00:16:53,372 --> 00:16:55,432 "My emotions are many." 296 00:16:57,835 --> 00:16:59,019 How sincere. 297 00:17:00,421 --> 00:17:02,273 He looks like a jerk to me. 298 00:17:03,591 --> 00:17:05,067 Don't say that. 299 00:17:05,301 --> 00:17:06,986 - It's true. - It's a charm. 300 00:17:08,304 --> 00:17:10,155 It's a little strange, but charming. 301 00:17:10,222 --> 00:17:12,700 He worries a lot. I can't answer you: 302 00:17:13,142 --> 00:17:15,536 "Dear child, to Mr. Salinger doesn't care about you, 303 00:17:15,603 --> 00:17:17,079 Please go that way." 304 00:17:18,189 --> 00:17:19,915 This is from Holland. 305 00:17:20,482 --> 00:17:23,252 "My wife and I follow the Holden's steps through New York. 306 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:26,380 Did you know that Central ducks Park stay in winter?" 307 00:17:26,780 --> 00:17:30,175 What a fabric, nice Lots of fanatical geeks. 308 00:17:35,998 --> 00:17:38,350 I haven't readThe Guardian in the rye. 309 00:17:38,876 --> 00:17:39,876 What's up? 310 00:17:41,128 --> 00:17:42,980 I haven't read anything by Salinger. 311 00:17:45,549 --> 00:17:46,526 Oysters. 312 00:17:46,550 --> 00:17:48,944 Everyone has read The Guardian. 313 00:17:49,011 --> 00:17:50,011 Yeah, well... 314 00:17:50,554 --> 00:17:54,783 At the risk of disappointing you, I There are several writers left to read. 315 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:56,618 I'm freaking out. 316 00:17:57,770 --> 00:18:00,205 And this aunt wants sleep with him. 317 00:18:01,232 --> 00:18:03,499 - He is seventy years old. - Don't be naive. 318 00:18:03,776 --> 00:18:06,462 Literature is a powerful aphrodisiac. 319 00:18:09,573 --> 00:18:12,009 I had not lived the Salinger phase. 320 00:18:12,076 --> 00:18:15,179 In class they didn't ask me to read The Catcher in the Rye, and... 321 00:18:15,246 --> 00:18:18,849 later, I preferred a more difficult and crude literature. 322 00:18:18,916 --> 00:18:19,916 Hello, heaven! 323 00:18:21,126 --> 00:18:23,020 Jenny hasn't returned yet. 324 00:18:23,837 --> 00:18:25,397 I'll be in the kitchen. 325 00:18:25,464 --> 00:18:28,025 I thought that books of Salinger were... 326 00:18:28,384 --> 00:18:32,863 insufferably cloying, cumbersome and arrogant. 327 00:18:33,681 --> 00:18:36,825 I didn't want to be entertained, but they would provoke me. 328 00:18:59,081 --> 00:19:02,267 My shoulder hurts upload manuscripts. 329 00:19:03,168 --> 00:19:04,478 Hello, Joanna. - What's up? 330 00:19:06,588 --> 00:19:08,607 I have signed Max an author of the stack. 331 00:19:08,674 --> 00:19:12,486 His stories are great. Last night reading them I ended up crying. 332 00:19:18,350 --> 00:19:19,743 What is that stack? 333 00:19:19,893 --> 00:19:20,893 The battery? 334 00:19:21,645 --> 00:19:24,915 The most exciting part and horrible of our work. 335 00:19:25,316 --> 00:19:27,459 The manuscripts that no one wants to read. 336 00:19:27,526 --> 00:19:29,628 They are unsolicited letters, 337 00:19:29,695 --> 00:19:32,131 of people who write without references. 338 00:19:32,573 --> 00:19:34,925 The vast majority are paranoid. 339 00:19:34,992 --> 00:19:37,469 Although some are milk. 340 00:19:37,536 --> 00:19:41,432 But very occasionally, something fascinating appears. 341 00:19:41,957 --> 00:19:42,957 Already. 342 00:19:43,959 --> 00:19:45,185 Doesn't your boss give them to you? 343 00:19:46,670 --> 00:19:48,021 I could read manuscripts, 344 00:19:48,422 --> 00:19:50,065 in case there is something interesting. 345 00:19:50,132 --> 00:19:52,109 At home, in my free time. 346 00:19:53,010 --> 00:19:54,010 Manuscripts? 347 00:19:56,889 --> 00:19:57,889 No. 348 00:20:00,893 --> 00:20:02,703 Bad tabs. 349 00:20:02,770 --> 00:20:03,787 Bad margins. 350 00:20:04,188 --> 00:20:05,706 Bad proper names. 351 00:20:05,773 --> 00:20:07,291 It's all wrong. 352 00:20:08,067 --> 00:20:09,626 You can now repeat everything. 353 00:20:10,402 --> 00:20:11,402 And take. 354 00:20:11,612 --> 00:20:14,423 The extra bonus. The today's transcript. 355 00:20:15,407 --> 00:20:17,759 - Okay. - Forget the manuscripts. 356 00:20:18,369 --> 00:20:20,053 You have to do it right. 357 00:20:24,333 --> 00:20:25,333 Is it on? 358 00:20:26,460 --> 00:20:27,478 No. 359 00:20:27,544 --> 00:20:28,544 Okay. 360 00:20:28,879 --> 00:20:33,650 As you know, I believe that computers They give more work than they take away. 361 00:20:33,717 --> 00:20:36,570 But I have agreed to install one in the office, 362 00:20:36,637 --> 00:20:38,322 in a trial period, because... 363 00:20:38,389 --> 00:20:40,282 It is black and elegant. 364 00:20:40,808 --> 00:20:45,621 Because Hugh has discovered that there are some strangers 365 00:20:45,687 --> 00:20:48,332 they don't have anything better what to do with your life 366 00:20:48,399 --> 00:20:52,252 than dedicating yourself to publishing all of Salinger's works 367 00:20:52,611 --> 00:20:55,255 on their own websites. 368 00:20:55,531 --> 00:20:56,548 In their blogs. 369 00:20:57,366 --> 00:20:59,009 "Their blogs." This is ridiculous. 370 00:20:59,076 --> 00:21:01,762 It is violation of the copyright. 371 00:21:01,829 --> 00:21:06,308 We will have to trace everything the global network to put an end to it. 372 00:21:06,667 --> 00:21:09,937 And that will be the only one computer function. 373 00:21:10,003 --> 00:21:11,021 Sorry to interrupt. 374 00:21:11,463 --> 00:21:13,065 I was passing by here. 375 00:21:14,133 --> 00:21:15,609 I don't want to bother. 376 00:21:19,179 --> 00:21:20,739 We can now turn it off. 377 00:21:20,806 --> 00:21:22,950 It's already off. 378 00:21:23,016 --> 00:21:26,495 Very good. Cover it with that layer from the movies. 379 00:21:26,562 --> 00:21:28,705 Thanks, Max. - We don't have any capes. 380 00:21:31,775 --> 00:21:33,377 There were hundreds of us. 381 00:21:33,444 --> 00:21:34,753 Thousands, perhaps. 382 00:21:35,154 --> 00:21:39,341 Girls working in literary or publishing agencies. 383 00:21:40,242 --> 00:21:44,680 We answered calls, we received authors, we served water... 384 00:21:45,164 --> 00:21:49,017 without leaving aside that also we wanted to be writers. 385 00:21:49,751 --> 00:21:53,855 We were talking about the lucky ones, who were mentored by their bosses. 386 00:21:53,922 --> 00:21:57,317 Those who could managebooks or clients. 387 00:21:57,593 --> 00:22:00,195 Those who broke the rulesshowing initiative. 388 00:22:03,265 --> 00:22:05,492 The ones he was most excited about. 389 00:22:06,185 --> 00:22:10,622 Here are two copies of the contractwith the Saint-Martin publishing house. 390 00:22:12,107 --> 00:22:13,667 Speaking clearly, 391 00:22:14,026 --> 00:22:15,294 she was a secretary. 392 00:22:41,970 --> 00:22:42,947 Say? 393 00:22:42,971 --> 00:22:44,656 Hello? Hello? 394 00:22:44,723 --> 00:22:45,907 Hello. 395 00:22:46,642 --> 00:22:47,868 Who am I talking to? 396 00:22:47,935 --> 00:22:49,369 I'm Jerry. 397 00:22:50,938 --> 00:22:52,414 Hello, Mr. Salinger. 398 00:22:53,190 --> 00:22:54,333 Who are you? 399 00:22:54,399 --> 00:22:55,626 My name is Joanna. 400 00:22:56,151 --> 00:22:57,151 How? 401 00:22:57,694 --> 00:23:00,047 Joanna. I'm the new one Margaret's assistant. 402 00:23:01,156 --> 00:23:02,633 Margaret's assistant. 403 00:23:02,699 --> 00:23:05,344 It's a pleasure, Suzanna. Do you like your new job? 404 00:23:05,410 --> 00:23:06,410 I love it! 405 00:23:06,662 --> 00:23:09,765 I'm glad. I want talk to your boss. 406 00:23:09,998 --> 00:23:13,769 He's not here right now. Shall I tell you something on your behalf? 407 00:23:14,795 --> 00:23:16,188 No, I'll call again. 408 00:23:16,547 --> 00:23:20,442 I guess you're busy. Nice talking to you, Suzanna. 409 00:23:20,509 --> 00:23:22,611 I'm looking forward to meet you in person. 410 00:23:23,220 --> 00:23:24,220 Likewise. 411 00:23:25,847 --> 00:23:26,741 Good morning. 412 00:23:26,765 --> 00:23:27,765 Goodbye. 413 00:23:33,814 --> 00:23:36,249 - I never say goodbye like that. -Jerry? 414 00:23:37,568 --> 00:23:38,568 He is deaf. 415 00:23:38,610 --> 00:23:40,921 An explosion in the war. Did it just come out? 416 00:23:41,613 --> 00:23:42,507 Yeah. 417 00:23:42,531 --> 00:23:43,757 Go tell her. 418 00:23:51,331 --> 00:23:52,331 Runs. 419 00:23:56,878 --> 00:23:57,938 Margaret! 420 00:23:58,547 --> 00:23:59,648 Sorry. 421 00:23:59,881 --> 00:24:02,359 Sorry to bother you. He just called... 422 00:24:03,051 --> 00:24:04,277 It was your client. 423 00:24:05,429 --> 00:24:06,738 I wonder which one. 424 00:24:07,431 --> 00:24:08,782 I have to attend to him. 425 00:24:09,141 --> 00:24:11,243 Forward. I'll wait for you in the restaurant. 426 00:24:12,811 --> 00:24:14,162 Very well done. 427 00:24:14,438 --> 00:24:16,873 Salinger wants publish a book 428 00:24:19,985 --> 00:24:22,087 The press will go crazy. 429 00:24:22,154 --> 00:24:23,154 No press. 430 00:24:23,196 --> 00:24:24,673 We won't let it be known. 431 00:24:25,490 --> 00:24:27,175 So you were writing? 432 00:24:27,242 --> 00:24:29,720 Not at all. It's a old story, Hapworth. 433 00:24:30,162 --> 00:24:32,597 Editor Clifford Bradbury 434 00:24:32,664 --> 00:24:35,726 He proposed to publish it as a standalone book. 435 00:24:36,251 --> 00:24:38,937 He's been thinking about it for eight years. 436 00:24:39,004 --> 00:24:41,606 The editor contacted with him in 1988. 437 00:24:41,757 --> 00:24:44,818 Jerry liked that I typed to him. 438 00:24:44,885 --> 00:24:47,112 Where did you get your address from? 439 00:24:47,179 --> 00:24:50,157 He wrote: "To J.D. Salinger, Cornish, New Hampshire. 440 00:24:50,223 --> 00:24:51,223 And it arrived. 441 00:24:52,809 --> 00:24:53,869 How strong. 442 00:24:53,935 --> 00:24:55,662 Stop the car, Margaret. 443 00:24:56,521 --> 00:24:58,290 What publisher are we talking about? 444 00:24:58,357 --> 00:25:01,668 If it were Little Brown or another Importantly, they would have called you. 445 00:25:01,735 --> 00:25:03,086 That's the best, Max. 446 00:25:03,278 --> 00:25:07,591 It's a small publishing house in Virginia. Managed by one man. 447 00:25:07,658 --> 00:25:09,801 Merrygold Press. 448 00:25:10,410 --> 00:25:11,511 Merrybell Press? 449 00:25:12,371 --> 00:25:13,430 Yes, exactly. 450 00:25:14,206 --> 00:25:15,206 Do you know her? 451 00:25:15,499 --> 00:25:16,558 Publish poetry. 452 00:25:16,625 --> 00:25:18,143 I like their poets. 453 00:25:20,253 --> 00:25:21,480 Are you kidding? 454 00:25:21,963 --> 00:25:24,316 A man with a publisher is going to publish 455 00:25:24,383 --> 00:25:27,569 the first book of Salinger in 30 years? 456 00:25:27,636 --> 00:25:28,529 Don't fuck around. 457 00:25:28,553 --> 00:25:31,740 Post Salinger is different from publishing poetry. 458 00:25:31,807 --> 00:25:34,993 - Thank you. - We have to act carefully. 459 00:25:35,060 --> 00:25:39,164 You have to find out everything possible about Clifford Bradbury. 460 00:25:39,231 --> 00:25:40,231 I'll call you. 461 00:25:40,273 --> 00:25:41,958 I won't say anything about Salinger. 462 00:25:42,025 --> 00:25:44,961 I will ask you for a catalog and copies for our archive. 463 00:25:45,862 --> 00:25:46,862 Good idea. 464 00:25:47,489 --> 00:25:50,592 Hugh, bring me the contract with The New Yorker 465 00:25:54,746 --> 00:25:55,806 What is Hapsworth? 466 00:25:56,957 --> 00:25:59,851 It was published by The New Yorkerin 1965. 467 00:26:00,669 --> 00:26:02,604 It took up almost the entire magazine. 468 00:26:03,547 --> 00:26:05,273 Back then, it wasn't unusual. 469 00:26:05,590 --> 00:26:07,984 They did Esquire, Cosmopolitan... 470 00:26:08,260 --> 00:26:09,861 That's how I started. 471 00:26:10,721 --> 00:26:12,823 Buying stories for a magazine. 472 00:26:13,306 --> 00:26:14,658 Cosmopolitan? 473 00:26:15,851 --> 00:26:16,851 Playboy. 474 00:26:18,019 --> 00:26:20,330 How did it end working at Playboy? 475 00:26:21,064 --> 00:26:22,874 The talk is over, Joanna. 476 00:26:22,941 --> 00:26:24,125 To work. 477 00:26:24,651 --> 00:26:26,586 Hello, are you Clifford Bradbury? 478 00:26:27,696 --> 00:26:32,092 Hi, I'm Joanna Rakoff. I work at the AandF literary agency. 479 00:26:32,159 --> 00:26:35,720 An agent works searching opportunities for your clients 480 00:26:36,204 --> 00:26:37,204 But, 481 00:26:37,456 --> 00:26:38,932 regarding Salinger, 482 00:26:39,124 --> 00:26:40,892 the procedure was the other way around. 483 00:26:40,959 --> 00:26:43,854 We had to protect it from the outside world. 484 00:26:44,296 --> 00:26:47,691 We reinforced their reputation as a hermit. 485 00:26:47,758 --> 00:26:48,758 Thank you. 486 00:26:48,925 --> 00:26:52,362 But Hapworth's publication it would attract a lot of attention. 487 00:26:52,429 --> 00:26:54,406 No one understood that change of mind. 488 00:26:55,307 --> 00:26:56,616 Good evening, Jerry. 489 00:26:56,767 --> 00:26:59,870 Maybe I believed that he understood it. 490 00:27:00,228 --> 00:27:03,915 Perhaps he had seen that He didn't wantwhat he thought. 491 00:27:06,026 --> 00:27:07,586 I said to him: "Really?", 492 00:27:07,652 --> 00:27:11,214 and she: "Yes, it doesn't stop come see me in dreams. 493 00:27:11,281 --> 00:27:12,883 You have a message for me." 494 00:27:12,949 --> 00:27:15,552 I have looked around in case anyone heard us. 495 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,200 What do you write? 496 00:27:57,828 --> 00:27:59,930 A regrettable poem. 497 00:28:05,043 --> 00:28:06,043 Listen, 498 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,772 Bret and I have talked and... 499 00:28:11,842 --> 00:28:12,842 Look, 500 00:28:14,094 --> 00:28:17,906 when you came to new York and I invited you to stay, 501 00:28:19,015 --> 00:28:22,035 I thought you would come back to Berkeley with Karl. 502 00:28:24,104 --> 00:28:25,104 Are you kicking me out? 503 00:28:26,773 --> 00:28:27,791 No, I... 504 00:28:28,608 --> 00:28:30,961 I'm glad to have you here, and... 505 00:28:31,611 --> 00:28:33,546 you can stay if you want, but... 506 00:28:33,613 --> 00:28:35,131 what plans do you have? 507 00:28:35,490 --> 00:28:36,591 Do you have options? 508 00:28:42,163 --> 00:28:44,849 We have disinfected the entire floor. 509 00:28:46,042 --> 00:28:49,437 The previous tenant I had seven cats. 510 00:28:50,213 --> 00:28:52,941 But some recently married like you... 511 00:28:53,592 --> 00:28:55,568 you will take good care of him better, right? 512 00:28:55,719 --> 00:28:56,987 We are not married. 513 00:28:57,220 --> 00:29:02,075 If you need it, the neighbor makes small arrangements. 514 00:29:02,976 --> 00:29:04,452 - Thank you. - He's Mexican. 515 00:29:04,644 --> 00:29:05,996 He is an alcoholic. 516 00:29:06,229 --> 00:29:08,289 But very hardworking. 517 00:29:08,815 --> 00:29:09,833 How much does it cost? 518 00:29:11,276 --> 00:29:12,276 560 dollars. 519 00:29:12,736 --> 00:29:13,962 We will think about it. 520 00:29:14,821 --> 00:29:15,922 We keep it. 521 00:29:17,532 --> 00:29:18,675 Deal done. 522 00:29:18,992 --> 00:29:21,177 You're Jewish, right? - I? 523 00:29:21,661 --> 00:29:25,515 No. - I like it. Very responsible. 524 00:29:26,207 --> 00:29:27,600 Pay on time. 525 00:29:28,293 --> 00:29:30,562 Let's sign the paperwork. 526 00:29:30,629 --> 00:29:32,981 We will put the contract in your name. 527 00:29:36,676 --> 00:29:38,737 Couldn't we Let's think about it a little? 528 00:29:38,803 --> 00:29:40,405 You're in New York, young lady. 529 00:29:40,805 --> 00:29:43,199 Wake up. - I earn 300 dollars a week. 530 00:29:43,266 --> 00:29:45,201 No, wait. we will go half-assed, stupid. 531 00:29:45,477 --> 00:29:46,911 I'll pay you my share. 532 00:29:47,270 --> 00:29:48,955 I didn't want it See my history. 533 00:29:50,607 --> 00:29:53,084 But I'll take care of it of the furniture, okay? 534 00:29:53,151 --> 00:29:54,151 There is no sink. 535 00:29:55,862 --> 00:29:56,756 As? 536 00:29:56,780 --> 00:29:58,089 The kitchen does not have one. 537 00:29:58,490 --> 00:30:00,258 Something was squeaking at me on the floor. 538 00:30:00,325 --> 00:30:02,927 and I fall now: there is no sink in the kitchen. 539 00:30:03,912 --> 00:30:06,056 we have rented a flat without a sink. 540 00:30:06,122 --> 00:30:08,683 Well we will scrub in the bathtub. It's not that big of a deal. 541 00:30:09,209 --> 00:30:10,209 It has a bathtub. 542 00:30:10,293 --> 00:30:11,293 Peaceful. 543 00:30:30,188 --> 00:30:33,875 Dear Mr. Salinger, excuse my bad language. 544 00:30:34,067 --> 00:30:38,755 I work at night. I like because I don't talk to people. 545 00:30:39,906 --> 00:30:41,382 My heart hurts, 546 00:30:41,741 --> 00:30:45,595 like Holden Caulfield's. - Holden is like my grandfather, you know? 547 00:30:45,954 --> 00:30:47,138 He doesn't go around. 548 00:30:48,415 --> 00:30:50,558 It made me see the human nature. 549 00:30:51,084 --> 00:30:53,937 He warned me that people would disappoint me. 550 00:30:54,004 --> 00:30:58,608 It would be a great honor for you to read at our next graduation. 551 00:30:58,675 --> 00:31:02,362 We would provide accommodation in a wonderful inn, 552 00:31:02,429 --> 00:31:03,696 where your privacy, 553 00:31:03,888 --> 00:31:05,740 I know you care a lot, 554 00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:08,034 would be scrupulously respected. 555 00:31:08,184 --> 00:31:09,327 Fishing helps me. 556 00:31:09,853 --> 00:31:11,913 It takes me away from my nightmares. 557 00:31:13,189 --> 00:31:15,291 It's been 27 years since Vietnam. 558 00:31:17,318 --> 00:31:18,878 They only get worse. 559 00:31:20,405 --> 00:31:21,881 I see my friends dead, 560 00:31:22,866 --> 00:31:24,259 with the guts out. 561 00:31:25,744 --> 00:31:28,638 You will understand me, being a veteran who... 562 00:31:28,705 --> 00:31:31,182 "...does not wish to receive lettersfrom his readers. 563 00:31:31,249 --> 00:31:33,810 We cannot send you your letter. 564 00:31:34,294 --> 00:31:37,313 Thank you for take an interest in your book. 565 00:31:37,839 --> 00:31:39,566 My daughter has died of leukemia. 566 00:31:40,008 --> 00:31:41,776 She was a very good writer. 567 00:31:41,968 --> 00:31:44,904 I'm going to create a magazine literary in his memory. 568 00:31:44,971 --> 00:31:47,740 I wanted to ask permission to call it Banana fish, 569 00:31:47,807 --> 00:31:48,867 Salinger was his... 570 00:32:06,451 --> 00:32:08,303 The titles have no rights. 571 00:32:09,037 --> 00:32:12,223 I can title my novel The Great Gatsby if I want. 572 00:32:12,290 --> 00:32:15,768 Your magazine can be called Banana fish 573 00:32:16,544 --> 00:32:18,062 - Good. - But... 574 00:32:18,421 --> 00:32:21,274 the agency does not you can tell them. 575 00:32:21,716 --> 00:32:22,901 As always. 576 00:32:22,967 --> 00:32:23,967 Oh really? 577 00:32:24,010 --> 00:32:27,113 Yes. I just told you said as curiosity. 578 00:32:27,180 --> 00:32:30,074 Submit the form and finish that. - It's absurd. 579 00:32:30,141 --> 00:32:31,201 Of course yes. 580 00:32:31,267 --> 00:32:34,579 When I hang up the phone He will start yelling at me. 581 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,874 As always, a pleasure talking to you. 582 00:32:38,233 --> 00:32:39,250 Bye bye. 583 00:32:40,527 --> 00:32:41,753 Damn. 584 00:32:42,195 --> 00:32:43,546 Hugh! - Yeah? 585 00:32:43,613 --> 00:32:45,965 Do you have the Salinger contract? 586 00:32:46,032 --> 00:32:47,091 Yes, it's almost there. 587 00:32:47,450 --> 00:32:49,552 Let Pam ask for a messenger. 588 00:32:49,619 --> 00:32:52,388 I want it inThe New Yorkerbefore 6:00 p.m. 589 00:32:52,622 --> 00:32:53,681 The New Yorker? 590 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:55,017 Yeah. 591 00:32:55,041 --> 00:32:57,185 Better take it myself, right? 592 00:33:01,673 --> 00:33:05,235 I grew up reading The New Yorker, following my father's ritual. 593 00:33:05,635 --> 00:33:09,322 It started with the criticism of cinema, became the voice of the city, 594 00:33:09,389 --> 00:33:11,157 and then the headlines. 595 00:33:11,766 --> 00:33:12,825 At uni, 596 00:33:12,892 --> 00:33:14,744 everyone read The New Yorker. 597 00:33:19,983 --> 00:33:21,000 Hello. 598 00:33:21,442 --> 00:33:24,254 My boss wants me This arrives on time. 599 00:33:24,445 --> 00:33:25,445 Thank you! 600 00:33:31,369 --> 00:33:33,763 Can I help you with anything else? - No. 601 00:33:33,830 --> 00:33:34,830 No. 602 00:33:34,914 --> 00:33:36,516 No, that's all. Thank you. 603 00:33:52,515 --> 00:33:55,451 I was on the Algonquin, serving him a Martini. 604 00:33:56,227 --> 00:33:59,580 I had entered with my Cosmopolitan credential. 605 00:34:00,023 --> 00:34:03,584 I recognized the agent, but not him to me. 606 00:34:03,651 --> 00:34:06,921 We spent the afternoon talking of the tragic death of William 607 00:34:06,988 --> 00:34:08,131 and the agency. 608 00:34:08,198 --> 00:34:09,091 AND...? 609 00:34:09,115 --> 00:34:13,469 And I lost my job at Cosmo because not showing up the next morning. 610 00:34:14,746 --> 00:34:16,431 But I kept his card. 611 00:34:16,831 --> 00:34:20,560 A year later, it I called the agency... 612 00:34:21,377 --> 00:34:22,377 Hello. 613 00:34:22,670 --> 00:34:23,938 And he hired me. 614 00:34:24,297 --> 00:34:26,733 And the rest is history. Joanna, what do you want? 615 00:34:26,799 --> 00:34:27,799 Is something wrong? - No. 616 00:34:27,842 --> 00:34:29,152 I have seen her pass. 617 00:34:29,469 --> 00:34:32,238 It seemed frozen, dejected and sad. 618 00:34:32,597 --> 00:34:33,656 I have invited her. 619 00:34:33,848 --> 00:34:35,950 Joanna, sit down. - I don't want to bother. 620 00:34:36,017 --> 00:34:37,160 Don't be stupid. 621 00:34:37,727 --> 00:34:39,704 - This is my wife, Helen. - A pleasure. 622 00:34:39,771 --> 00:34:41,080 We told anecdotes. 623 00:34:41,147 --> 00:34:43,124 Battles of the lost generation. 624 00:34:43,191 --> 00:34:46,127 Hemingway, Fitzgerald... Do you know that the agency represented you? 625 00:34:46,194 --> 00:34:47,420 Of course. 626 00:34:47,528 --> 00:34:50,465 And to Dylan Thomas, Langston Hughes, Agatha Christie... 627 00:34:50,531 --> 00:34:52,592 You've read all his works, right? 628 00:34:52,659 --> 00:34:56,637 Yes, but my boss told me Recommended to read living authors. 629 00:34:57,205 --> 00:34:59,599 Speaking of living authors, 630 00:34:59,666 --> 00:35:01,642 Does Rachel Cusk sound familiar to you? 631 00:35:01,709 --> 00:35:04,520 - Don't bite, Joanna. - No. Of course! 632 00:35:04,712 --> 00:35:07,607 His first novel, The Agnes's salvation, was a success. 633 00:35:07,674 --> 00:35:09,192 I think he won the Whitbread, 634 00:35:09,926 --> 00:35:11,527 and we read it all over London. 635 00:35:11,594 --> 00:35:14,405 It was basically our life. It was my life. 636 00:35:15,265 --> 00:35:16,449 What was it about? 637 00:35:19,269 --> 00:35:20,995 From entry to maturity. 638 00:35:21,354 --> 00:35:26,584 Talk about the need of women to overcome the hatred towards his body. 639 00:35:26,651 --> 00:35:30,129 I would say that it counts how patriarchy imposes 640 00:35:30,196 --> 00:35:33,508 rigid and horrible ideas of femininity in young women, 641 00:35:33,574 --> 00:35:37,178 until paralyzing them and deprive them of all dignity. 642 00:35:37,245 --> 00:35:40,431 I don't know. I don't It seemed so educational. 643 00:35:40,915 --> 00:35:43,976 It is a very novel introspective, not a social critique. 644 00:35:44,043 --> 00:35:46,020 Well, Joanna, 645 00:35:46,170 --> 00:35:47,730 This is Rachel Cusk. 646 00:35:48,798 --> 00:35:49,798 Hello. 647 00:35:49,841 --> 00:35:50,841 No. 648 00:35:50,883 --> 00:35:51,883 Very sorry. 649 00:35:51,926 --> 00:35:54,487 Peaceful. Nice to meet you to know you 650 00:35:54,846 --> 00:35:56,572 Are you also a novelist? 651 00:35:56,639 --> 00:35:58,199 Joanna is my assistant. 652 00:35:58,265 --> 00:36:01,619 I don't hire writers, I'm very strict with that. 653 00:36:01,686 --> 00:36:04,205 Oh really? I believed that all the helpers 654 00:36:04,272 --> 00:36:05,790 They wanted to be writers. 655 00:36:05,857 --> 00:36:07,959 If you can write while you serve coffee 656 00:36:08,026 --> 00:36:09,876 to a tyrant like Margaret, good luck. 657 00:36:09,944 --> 00:36:11,295 You have to be passionate about it. 658 00:36:11,361 --> 00:36:14,506 You have to want it more than anything in the world. 659 00:36:14,574 --> 00:36:18,760 It's more than a boyfriend or a closet with pretty dresses, 660 00:36:18,828 --> 00:36:21,931 or a job that is the envy of everyone. 661 00:36:22,831 --> 00:36:27,395 You have to be willing to reject invitations to parties. 662 00:36:27,461 --> 00:36:30,815 You have to be willing that your parents hate you. 663 00:36:31,424 --> 00:36:34,318 Joanna, do you have transcripts to finish? 664 00:36:34,385 --> 00:36:35,385 Yes, it's true. 665 00:36:35,595 --> 00:36:36,612 Margaret. 666 00:36:36,679 --> 00:36:39,574 The contract circular Saint Martin has to leave now. 667 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:40,617 - Clear. - Good. 668 00:36:40,641 --> 00:36:42,452 Nice to meet you. Thank you. 669 00:36:42,518 --> 00:36:44,328 Goodbye, Joanna. It has been a pleasure. 670 00:37:24,769 --> 00:37:25,828 Hello. 671 00:37:27,522 --> 00:37:28,539 You have a letter. 672 00:37:29,482 --> 00:37:31,751 From your high school boyfriend, Karl. 673 00:37:35,321 --> 00:37:36,797 Do you know about us? 674 00:37:39,367 --> 00:37:40,676 Yes, I told him about it. 675 00:37:40,743 --> 00:37:42,470 Joanna, have you broken up with him? 676 00:37:42,537 --> 00:37:45,515 In a decent way: "Dear Karl: It's not you, it's me. 677 00:37:45,581 --> 00:37:47,141 "Sorry, it's over." 678 00:37:47,208 --> 00:37:48,476 Typical, you know. 679 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,978 We haven't spoken for three months. 680 00:37:51,129 --> 00:37:52,939 You know not I will return to California. 681 00:37:56,384 --> 00:37:59,737 Have you told the home about the heating? 682 00:38:00,763 --> 00:38:04,325 What do you want stoves for? We will warm ourselves with love. 683 00:38:15,069 --> 00:38:20,383 DEAR JO 684 00:38:34,881 --> 00:38:37,191 I thought I would get a space to answer me. 685 00:38:37,758 --> 00:38:39,860 I guess you get many letters. 686 00:38:40,887 --> 00:38:44,740 With your permission, I wanted write to you again, because... 687 00:38:45,224 --> 00:38:47,034 I have a crazy depression. 688 00:38:47,268 --> 00:38:49,537 It seemed like the most honest thing to me. 689 00:38:51,314 --> 00:38:55,167 Its characters are the only ones with whom I identify. 690 00:38:55,902 --> 00:38:59,130 They take action. They do not consider committing suicide. 691 00:38:59,197 --> 00:39:01,465 They take a gun and they shoot themselves. 692 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:03,718 He's challenging Jerry. 693 00:39:04,035 --> 00:39:06,345 It's a bluff, and has made it bite. 694 00:39:06,412 --> 00:39:09,932 The boy deserves an answer decent, not that trash. 695 00:39:10,082 --> 00:39:11,082 Whitebait? 696 00:39:12,835 --> 00:39:15,688 You are confusing the criteria 697 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:16,981 with empathy. 698 00:39:17,465 --> 00:39:20,484 I have read hundreds of cards like this. 699 00:39:21,135 --> 00:39:22,987 I know it's hard sometimes, 700 00:39:23,679 --> 00:39:25,698 but do your job. 701 00:39:37,276 --> 00:39:39,170 Have you sent him my letter to Salinger? 702 00:39:39,237 --> 00:39:40,880 Have you given my letter to Salinger? 703 00:39:40,947 --> 00:39:42,965 You have no right to keep it! 704 00:39:44,325 --> 00:39:46,344 Don't read letters to others. 705 00:39:46,410 --> 00:39:48,471 At least I hoped your confirmation. 706 00:40:02,468 --> 00:40:03,986 Dear Mr. Salinger. 707 00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:05,720 I hate school, 708 00:40:06,514 --> 00:40:07,907 especially English. 709 00:40:08,641 --> 00:40:11,661 The catcher in the rye it's the only book I like. 710 00:40:11,727 --> 00:40:13,788 My teacher wants to search me. 711 00:40:14,021 --> 00:40:18,292 He says I'm going to repeat course,and it would be a big mess. 712 00:40:19,068 --> 00:40:21,087 I have asked him What can I do? 713 00:40:21,487 --> 00:40:25,925 "Write to J.D. Salinger, and get him to answer you. 714 00:40:26,367 --> 00:40:28,344 If you answer, I'll give you a ten." 715 00:40:30,246 --> 00:40:33,307 Please answer me to get a ten. 716 00:40:36,752 --> 00:40:40,314 "An excellent doing trapdoesn't mean anything. 717 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,485 You will soon see that the young women they often encounter double standards 718 00:40:44,552 --> 00:40:46,028 when they seek success. 719 00:40:48,764 --> 00:40:53,786 Show yourself and your teammates that you don't need special treatment. 720 00:40:54,604 --> 00:40:57,623 If you want a ten, or a pass, 721 00:40:57,690 --> 00:41:00,042 you have to do your homework. 722 00:41:00,526 --> 00:41:04,046 And if you want to honor Holden's spirit, 723 00:41:04,113 --> 00:41:07,091 don't worry about what they think of you. 724 00:41:07,158 --> 00:41:09,552 You will have to be more humble, 725 00:41:09,619 --> 00:41:11,679 but it's the only way. 726 00:41:11,871 --> 00:41:14,306 Sincerely, Joanna Rakoff." 727 00:41:21,380 --> 00:41:24,900 You are made an expert in what Salinger would say. 728 00:41:25,301 --> 00:41:28,237 "If you want to honor the Holden's spirit..." 729 00:41:28,888 --> 00:41:30,740 Have you already read The Guardian? 730 00:41:32,850 --> 00:41:34,285 Not yet? 731 00:41:36,646 --> 00:41:37,646 Incredible. 732 00:41:44,612 --> 00:41:46,797 They have accepted Bret at Case Western. 733 00:41:47,281 --> 00:41:48,799 Didn't you prefer Brooklyn? 734 00:41:49,241 --> 00:41:50,384 He's from the Midwest. 735 00:41:50,826 --> 00:41:52,052 He misses him. 736 00:41:53,204 --> 00:41:54,764 And will you wait for him here? 737 00:41:55,456 --> 00:41:56,599 Of course not. 738 00:41:57,249 --> 00:41:58,350 I'm going with him. 739 00:41:58,918 --> 00:42:00,561 We're engaged, remember? 740 00:42:01,712 --> 00:42:02,712 Wait. 741 00:42:03,506 --> 00:42:04,506 Are you moving? 742 00:42:06,258 --> 00:42:08,694 I thought you I loved your work. 743 00:42:09,011 --> 00:42:10,011 That's how it is! 744 00:42:10,137 --> 00:42:12,281 But Cleveland is a good city. 745 00:42:12,348 --> 00:42:14,492 we are looking house in Shaker Heights. 746 00:42:16,268 --> 00:42:17,268 Oh. 747 00:42:18,104 --> 00:42:19,104 The suburbs. 748 00:42:22,024 --> 00:42:23,417 Are you still writing? 749 00:42:25,736 --> 00:42:27,379 The truth is that not anymore. 750 00:42:28,823 --> 00:42:32,468 I know we've always said that we wanted to be writers, but... 751 00:42:32,993 --> 00:42:34,386 you liked it more. 752 00:42:34,620 --> 00:42:35,805 It's happened to me. 753 00:42:40,251 --> 00:42:41,602 You talk like it's... 754 00:42:42,211 --> 00:42:43,211 a phase. 755 00:42:44,130 --> 00:42:45,130 Wasn't it? 756 00:42:45,589 --> 00:42:47,942 I don't understand. It You leave everything for Bret? 757 00:42:48,634 --> 00:42:49,944 Joanna, stop. 758 00:42:50,886 --> 00:42:51,987 I don't want to write. 759 00:42:52,555 --> 00:42:55,282 And you say yes, but you work hours and hours 760 00:42:55,349 --> 00:42:58,118 for other writers while Don writes at home. 761 00:42:59,061 --> 00:43:00,061 I also write. 762 00:43:00,438 --> 00:43:02,081 We support each other. 763 00:43:02,148 --> 00:43:04,083 Well, I'm happy for you. 764 00:43:04,734 --> 00:43:06,126 You be happy for me. 765 00:43:10,531 --> 00:43:11,632 I'm sorry. 766 00:43:17,580 --> 00:43:18,639 Why not... 767 00:43:19,123 --> 00:43:20,683 Did we have something at the Waldorf? 768 00:43:21,667 --> 00:43:23,602 I want the cake very expensive cheese. 769 00:43:23,669 --> 00:43:26,564 Maybe we caught me boss with her Martinis. 770 00:43:26,756 --> 00:43:27,815 I go back to work. 771 00:43:41,312 --> 00:43:43,414 - Is everything to your liking? - Yes, thanks. 772 00:44:21,435 --> 00:44:24,330 THE GUARDIAN AMONG THE RYEFIRST EDITION 773 00:44:33,030 --> 00:44:34,465 Shall I ask you for a taxi? 774 00:44:35,199 --> 00:44:37,384 It's very good day. I'll go for a walk. 775 00:44:37,535 --> 00:44:38,802 It's a beautiful day. 776 00:44:39,161 --> 00:44:39,971 Enjoy. 777 00:44:39,995 --> 00:44:40,995 Thank you! 778 00:44:51,131 --> 00:44:52,025 Say? 779 00:44:52,049 --> 00:44:54,485 Hello, Suzanna. How are you today? 780 00:44:54,635 --> 00:44:57,696 Great, what about you? What What's the weather like in Cornish? 781 00:44:57,888 --> 00:44:59,239 Very nice. 782 00:44:59,306 --> 00:45:01,075 Tell me something, Suzanna. 783 00:45:01,141 --> 00:45:05,704 I've been looking at the books That Clifford guy from Virginia. 784 00:45:05,771 --> 00:45:07,456 Merrybell Press? 785 00:45:07,523 --> 00:45:09,291 - Yes. - What do you think? 786 00:45:10,943 --> 00:45:13,128 The design is not nothing from the other world. 787 00:45:13,195 --> 00:45:16,548 I think it wouldn't suit them wrong to hire a designer. 788 00:45:17,449 --> 00:45:20,260 Regarding the books, I've only read a couple 789 00:45:20,703 --> 00:45:22,846 but I like them some of his poets. 790 00:45:23,247 --> 00:45:24,556 Do you read poetry? 791 00:45:25,124 --> 00:45:26,433 Yes, very often. 792 00:45:26,792 --> 00:45:28,477 Do you also write poetry? 793 00:45:28,544 --> 00:45:29,544 Yeah. 794 00:45:30,629 --> 00:45:31,772 I'm very happy to hear that. 795 00:45:31,839 --> 00:45:35,442 Poetry is food of the soul,don't forget it. 796 00:45:36,093 --> 00:45:37,111 Suzanne... 797 00:45:37,636 --> 00:45:39,780 The food of the soul, understood. 798 00:45:40,723 --> 00:45:41,824 Suzanna, 799 00:45:42,099 --> 00:45:44,576 you have to write all the days, do you understand? 800 00:45:45,769 --> 00:45:46,954 I will take it into account. 801 00:45:47,938 --> 00:45:50,207 Jerry wants to meet Clifford. 802 00:45:51,025 --> 00:45:52,084 Oh... 803 00:45:53,193 --> 00:45:55,713 We'll look for a discreet place. - It won't be necessary. 804 00:45:56,030 --> 00:45:58,841 Jerry is going to Washington on Wednesday. 805 00:45:58,908 --> 00:46:01,885 They will meet in a cafeteria Georgetown University. 806 00:46:02,202 --> 00:46:04,596 That's horrible. Awful. 807 00:46:05,706 --> 00:46:07,641 Do we trust this Clifford guy? 808 00:46:08,208 --> 00:46:09,208 Don't know. 809 00:46:09,627 --> 00:46:12,354 Are we assuming...? 810 00:46:12,421 --> 00:46:16,316 That will not leak that the author loneliest in the world, 811 00:46:16,383 --> 00:46:19,737 who barely leaves the house and does not has given interviews in years, 812 00:46:19,803 --> 00:46:21,488 has left to eat 813 00:46:21,555 --> 00:46:24,658 at the University of Georgetown on Wednesday? 814 00:46:24,725 --> 00:46:25,725 Yeah. 815 00:46:26,185 --> 00:46:29,580 Have you mentioned that possibility to Jerry? 816 00:46:29,730 --> 00:46:32,499 Well no. Jerry lo consider a companion. 817 00:46:33,067 --> 00:46:36,587 If I say something negative, He won't take it well. 818 00:46:37,321 --> 00:46:38,922 Anyway, to work. 819 00:46:40,950 --> 00:46:41,950 Oh, Joanna, 820 00:46:42,910 --> 00:46:44,636 tell me what you think of this. 821 00:46:47,706 --> 00:46:48,766 Judy Blume? 822 00:46:49,041 --> 00:46:49,976 Do you know her? 823 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:51,268 Of course! 824 00:46:52,086 --> 00:46:55,355 When I was little I loved them his books. Everyone adores her. 825 00:46:55,422 --> 00:46:58,150 She was a client of mine predecessor, Claire. 826 00:46:58,467 --> 00:47:00,486 He hasn't written for a long time. 827 00:47:00,552 --> 00:47:01,779 Have you read his books? 828 00:47:02,429 --> 00:47:04,948 No. I don't read children's literature. 829 00:47:05,349 --> 00:47:06,658 But they are amazing! 830 00:47:06,725 --> 00:47:07,993 I don't doubt it. 831 00:47:08,185 --> 00:47:10,120 Claire had impeccable taste. 832 00:47:12,106 --> 00:47:13,165 Shall we go out for a while? 833 00:47:13,941 --> 00:47:15,000 We are poor. 834 00:47:15,943 --> 00:47:17,252 And? 835 00:47:17,861 --> 00:47:19,338 We'll split a beer. 836 00:47:21,323 --> 00:47:23,133 There is an open microphone in the KGB. 837 00:47:24,910 --> 00:47:26,053 That? 838 00:47:27,079 --> 00:47:28,138 Take a poem with you. 839 00:47:28,872 --> 00:47:31,016 They will love it. - It's not funny. 840 00:47:32,126 --> 00:47:33,393 It wasn't the intention. 841 00:47:35,045 --> 00:47:36,563 Your poems are good. 842 00:47:37,881 --> 00:47:39,775 I have a manuscript by Judy Blume. 843 00:47:39,842 --> 00:47:40,984 Judy Blume? 844 00:47:42,469 --> 00:47:43,904 Judy Blume for real? 845 00:47:45,055 --> 00:47:47,741 I loved it Maybe I won't. 846 00:47:47,808 --> 00:47:50,119 - Do you like Judy Blume? - Yeah. 847 00:47:50,436 --> 00:47:52,955 I have also been a child. And like the protagonist, Tony, 848 00:47:53,022 --> 00:47:55,666 lower class, I moved to a middle class neighborhood. 849 00:47:56,066 --> 00:47:58,919 Talk about social classes. - It's not true. 850 00:48:01,113 --> 00:48:03,632 Does it make you like me ordinary things? 851 00:48:04,616 --> 00:48:05,616 Yes, huh? 852 00:48:21,717 --> 00:48:23,735 Take care of the new book by Judy Blume 853 00:48:23,802 --> 00:48:27,156 it was like going from benchto hit a home run. 854 00:48:28,599 --> 00:48:30,659 He had managed to get his head in. 855 00:48:33,228 --> 00:48:34,955 - Well? - I like it. 856 00:48:35,439 --> 00:48:36,439 Really? 857 00:48:36,940 --> 00:48:38,250 What do you think? 858 00:48:39,693 --> 00:48:40,693 What do you mean? 859 00:48:40,944 --> 00:48:42,963 It's not a book childish, right? 860 00:48:43,113 --> 00:48:44,113 No no. 861 00:48:44,531 --> 00:48:47,801 It's a book for adults about the friendship of two girls. 862 00:48:47,868 --> 00:48:51,180 Will adults buy books about children? 863 00:48:51,371 --> 00:48:52,764 Will I be able to sell it? 864 00:48:55,959 --> 00:48:57,811 many children They star in books. 865 00:48:58,504 --> 00:48:59,439 Oliver Twist! 866 00:48:59,463 --> 00:49:01,023 This is not Oliver Twist. 867 00:49:01,882 --> 00:49:03,233 Would you buy it? 868 00:49:03,884 --> 00:49:04,884 I do. 869 00:49:07,179 --> 00:49:08,179 And many people. 870 00:49:10,057 --> 00:49:14,494 There is the nostalgia factor. My generation has grown up with Blume. 871 00:49:15,979 --> 00:49:16,979 Can. 872 00:49:17,231 --> 00:49:18,290 I'm sure. 873 00:49:21,860 --> 00:49:22,837 Very good. 874 00:49:22,861 --> 00:49:24,004 You had fun. 875 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:30,344 You have more tapes on the table. 876 00:49:31,036 --> 00:49:32,054 Close the door. 877 00:49:41,171 --> 00:49:42,356 I have closed the deal. 878 00:49:42,714 --> 00:49:44,524 Seriously, I was very happy. 879 00:49:44,591 --> 00:49:45,859 Judy. 880 00:49:46,426 --> 00:49:47,819 Margaret is waiting for you. 881 00:49:50,013 --> 00:49:51,448 Coffee? - No. 882 00:49:51,515 --> 00:49:52,783 How exciting! 883 00:49:52,933 --> 00:49:53,933 Yeah. 884 00:49:55,102 --> 00:49:56,102 What's happening? 885 00:49:56,395 --> 00:49:58,705 -Judy Blume is here. - Shit! 886 00:49:59,648 --> 00:50:01,750 Michael, wait a second. 887 00:50:02,484 --> 00:50:03,710 Was it today? 888 00:50:04,069 --> 00:50:05,796 I thought we had more time. 889 00:50:06,572 --> 00:50:08,382 You'll tell him to go to hell, right? 890 00:50:08,699 --> 00:50:09,699 I think so. 891 00:50:11,201 --> 00:50:12,344 Hello. 892 00:50:12,411 --> 00:50:15,180 We are reforming, changing everything around. 893 00:50:15,247 --> 00:50:19,142 That's why we have your books scattered down there. 894 00:50:19,209 --> 00:50:20,602 Don't worry. 895 00:50:20,669 --> 00:50:24,648 I'm Joanna, your assistant. Margaret and a big fan of hers. 896 00:50:24,965 --> 00:50:26,900 - You're very kind. - It's a real pleasure. 897 00:50:26,967 --> 00:50:28,026 Judy! 898 00:50:28,844 --> 00:50:31,446 I'm glad to see you. Come to my office. 899 00:50:32,389 --> 00:50:33,389 Good... 900 00:50:34,516 --> 00:50:35,516 Sit down. 901 00:50:37,477 --> 00:50:38,477 Here... 902 00:50:39,605 --> 00:50:40,605 Well? 903 00:50:57,915 --> 00:51:01,059 I don't know if it will attract to the readers... 904 00:51:02,377 --> 00:51:03,395 Joanna? 905 00:51:05,464 --> 00:51:07,149 Why don't you pick up the phone? 906 00:51:07,216 --> 00:51:09,735 Is there someone at reception asking about you 907 00:51:09,801 --> 00:51:10,861 For me? 908 00:51:19,269 --> 00:51:20,412 Are you Joanna Rakoff? 909 00:51:20,771 --> 00:51:22,372 - Yeah. - Is that your real name? 910 00:51:22,648 --> 00:51:24,207 It's ridiculous, it seems fake. 911 00:51:27,027 --> 00:51:29,504 You don't have to keep Salinger's letter. 912 00:51:29,905 --> 00:51:31,548 Sorry. Who are you? 913 00:51:31,615 --> 00:51:33,550 I'll fail English because of you! 914 00:51:33,867 --> 00:51:35,177 - Is everything going well? - No. 915 00:51:35,244 --> 00:51:36,470 - Yes, yes. - No. 916 00:51:37,412 --> 00:51:39,389 I invite you to a coffee downstairs, okay? 917 00:51:40,540 --> 00:51:41,767 Joanna? 918 00:51:44,211 --> 00:51:47,022 - Why aren't you in class? - Who did you think you were? 919 00:51:47,214 --> 00:51:49,316 Work responding to Jerry's email. 920 00:51:49,591 --> 00:51:51,234 Do you call him Jerry? 921 00:51:51,468 --> 00:51:52,527 Is this your sugar daddy? 922 00:51:53,303 --> 00:51:54,404 No, I... 923 00:51:54,805 --> 00:51:56,490 I don't even know him, okay? 924 00:51:57,266 --> 00:51:59,659 Mr. Salinger does not wants to receive letters. 925 00:51:59,726 --> 00:52:02,287 so you give me lessons, like my mother. 926 00:52:03,438 --> 00:52:05,082 You're right, okay? 927 00:52:06,149 --> 00:52:07,149 I'm sorry. 928 00:52:07,359 --> 00:52:08,359 Forgive me. 929 00:52:09,027 --> 00:52:10,379 Your letter was different. 930 00:52:10,445 --> 00:52:12,381 I thought you deserved a decent answer 931 00:52:12,447 --> 00:52:15,801 instead of our: "No We can send you your letter." 932 00:52:16,827 --> 00:52:18,887 That's why I wrote to you something more personal. 933 00:52:20,455 --> 00:52:23,392 Why does your advice Does it look better than that shit? 934 00:52:26,795 --> 00:52:28,438 I'll have to go to review. 935 00:52:29,131 --> 00:52:31,441 Thank you very much, Miss Rakoff. 936 00:52:46,565 --> 00:52:50,627 Have you written a personalized letter to a fan and she came angry? 937 00:52:53,363 --> 00:52:54,840 My mother. 938 00:52:55,782 --> 00:52:57,259 My mother. 939 00:52:59,745 --> 00:53:01,930 Do you have any idea how many times 940 00:53:01,997 --> 00:53:05,475 I wanted to respond to some letter from Salinger? 941 00:53:06,376 --> 00:53:08,562 - Oh really? - Of course! 942 00:53:08,628 --> 00:53:11,106 "Dear Sir: become obsessed with another author. 943 00:53:11,173 --> 00:53:13,817 They say Kurt Vonnegut answers himself." 944 00:53:13,884 --> 00:53:17,821 And sometimes you just want to say: "Look, linnet...". 945 00:53:18,722 --> 00:53:20,449 And then there are others... 946 00:53:22,059 --> 00:53:23,493 captivating. 947 00:53:23,643 --> 00:53:25,954 you need to fight for them, right? 948 00:53:26,146 --> 00:53:27,789 Yes, yes! Exact! 949 00:53:30,817 --> 00:53:32,419 But you've gone too far. 950 00:53:32,819 --> 00:53:36,465 It's an eggplant, ethically and legally. 951 00:53:37,074 --> 00:53:38,884 I'm taking away Salinger's email. 952 00:53:38,950 --> 00:53:39,761 - No. - Yeah. 953 00:53:39,785 --> 00:53:41,511 Hugh, please. 954 00:53:41,578 --> 00:53:43,972 I love those cards. I won't do it again. 955 00:53:44,039 --> 00:53:45,056 I promise. 956 00:53:46,458 --> 00:53:47,642 Judy? 957 00:53:50,295 --> 00:53:51,295 Shit. 958 00:53:52,964 --> 00:53:54,441 - It's over. -Judy? 959 00:53:54,633 --> 00:53:55,817 He leaves us. 960 00:53:55,967 --> 00:53:57,068 By whom? 961 00:53:57,552 --> 00:53:58,695 What difference does it make? 962 00:53:59,096 --> 00:54:00,780 If I were Judy, I'd do the same. 963 00:54:01,973 --> 00:54:02,991 Joanna. 964 00:54:04,184 --> 00:54:05,184 Because? 965 00:54:07,229 --> 00:54:09,080 Tell me, out of curiosity. Why would you leave? 966 00:54:09,147 --> 00:54:11,917 Very sorry. I wasn't serious. 967 00:54:11,983 --> 00:54:12,919 It's just that I... 968 00:54:12,943 --> 00:54:16,588 I'm sorry that go away, nothing more. 969 00:54:16,655 --> 00:54:17,655 Very good. 970 00:54:17,906 --> 00:54:21,593 If you don't want to enlighten us with your wisdom, 971 00:54:21,660 --> 00:54:23,970 you can continue transcribing the recordings. 972 00:54:24,496 --> 00:54:27,682 And pick up the recipes to Daniel when you finish. 973 00:54:29,709 --> 00:54:30,709 Close the door. 974 00:54:51,982 --> 00:54:54,876 Do you think that men lovers don't look at others? 975 00:54:55,735 --> 00:54:57,087 Well I have bad news. 976 00:54:57,154 --> 00:54:59,548 All men look at all the women 977 00:54:59,614 --> 00:55:02,342 and they think if they could... - Fuck her? 978 00:55:03,618 --> 00:55:05,929 It's sexy, right? 979 00:55:07,372 --> 00:55:11,184 Don, I advise you Don't open that melon. 980 00:55:11,251 --> 00:55:12,686 Do you think we don't? 981 00:55:13,420 --> 00:55:14,313 Well yes. 982 00:55:14,337 --> 00:55:15,855 Even with women. 983 00:55:16,423 --> 00:55:18,275 Only we don't drool. 984 00:55:21,720 --> 00:55:22,720 Boba? 985 00:55:23,096 --> 00:55:24,096 Boba. 986 00:55:24,431 --> 00:55:26,700 I just drool over you. 987 00:55:29,978 --> 00:55:30,978 White wine? 988 00:55:31,354 --> 00:55:32,956 No, thanks. I... 989 00:55:33,023 --> 00:55:34,165 I have to go. 990 00:55:36,902 --> 00:55:38,044 I already know. 991 00:55:38,778 --> 00:55:41,798 I have come to give you this. 992 00:55:42,032 --> 00:55:43,032 What is this? 993 00:55:43,074 --> 00:55:44,074 It's from Karl. 994 00:55:44,659 --> 00:55:47,304 Will travel to Washington to give a concert. 995 00:55:47,496 --> 00:55:48,888 He wants you to go. 996 00:55:49,289 --> 00:55:51,016 Are you in contact with Karl? 997 00:55:51,917 --> 00:55:54,269 He sent you a letter, but you didn't answer. 998 00:55:59,674 --> 00:56:01,484 Wednesday in Washington? 999 00:56:01,843 --> 00:56:03,069 Yeah. 1000 00:56:04,971 --> 00:56:06,114 What's happening? 1001 00:56:06,723 --> 00:56:10,368 Someone would have to go Washington for the meeting with Clifford. 1002 00:56:10,936 --> 00:56:13,288 To make sure what is prepared 1003 00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:15,332 and explain our protocol. 1004 00:56:17,067 --> 00:56:19,252 He seemed nervous on the phone. 1005 00:56:20,237 --> 00:56:23,048 I can't leave New York, but I could send... 1006 00:56:23,114 --> 00:56:24,114 Me! 1007 00:56:24,991 --> 00:56:26,134 - To you? - I'm coming. 1008 00:56:28,119 --> 00:56:29,119 Because? 1009 00:56:30,205 --> 00:56:32,641 To take notes and help Clifford. 1010 00:56:34,042 --> 00:56:35,894 I want to do it for the agency. 1011 00:56:39,673 --> 00:56:41,858 Well, you're going to Washington. 1012 00:56:42,133 --> 00:56:46,446 You will be the eyes and ears of the agency. Find out who Clifford is. 1013 00:56:46,513 --> 00:56:49,240 Meet beforehand with him and inform me. 1014 00:56:49,307 --> 00:56:51,284 But don't let Jerry see you. 1015 00:56:51,476 --> 00:56:54,621 You have to think that they are the two alone. Understood? 1016 00:56:55,438 --> 00:56:56,706 You won't regret it. 1017 00:56:57,023 --> 00:56:58,041 We'll see. 1018 00:57:03,238 --> 00:57:04,238 Wait. 1019 00:57:04,906 --> 00:57:06,966 I have a gift for you. 1020 00:57:08,326 --> 00:57:10,095 My birthday was two months ago. 1021 00:57:11,705 --> 00:57:13,682 birthdays are for capitalists. 1022 00:57:14,082 --> 00:57:15,082 Is... 1023 00:57:16,209 --> 00:57:17,227 It's my novel. 1024 00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:20,021 Have you finished it? 1025 00:57:21,131 --> 00:57:22,357 Don't you want to read it? 1026 00:57:24,884 --> 00:57:26,236 Yes of course. 1027 00:57:27,804 --> 00:57:28,804 Thank you! 1028 00:57:30,515 --> 00:57:31,515 Congratulations! 1029 00:57:51,119 --> 00:57:53,763 TRAVEL COMPANION 1030 00:58:05,925 --> 00:58:07,152 Mr. Bradbury? 1031 00:58:07,927 --> 00:58:08,863 Yes. Joanna? 1032 00:58:08,887 --> 00:58:10,196 - Hello! - Hello. 1033 00:58:10,639 --> 00:58:12,115 - It's a pleasure. - Likewise. 1034 00:58:12,182 --> 00:58:14,033 I've expanded the spine, see? 1035 00:58:14,100 --> 00:58:16,619 I wanted to add to the book because it is very short. 1036 00:58:17,395 --> 00:58:20,498 I have rewritten the version of The New Yorker, unscanned. 1037 00:58:20,565 --> 00:58:23,209 And I have done well. There was some typo. 1038 00:58:24,235 --> 00:58:26,087 The New Yorker It has no typos! 1039 00:58:26,154 --> 00:58:29,048 Yes it does, for small as they are. 1040 00:58:29,407 --> 00:58:31,676 Salinger is very thorough. 1041 00:58:31,868 --> 00:58:33,553 I have made two models. 1042 00:58:33,870 --> 00:58:35,805 - Oh. - Should I have done more? 1043 00:58:35,997 --> 00:58:36,997 No. 1044 00:58:37,332 --> 00:58:39,350 Yes, I should have done more. 1045 00:58:39,668 --> 00:58:40,727 Mr Bradbury, 1046 00:58:41,044 --> 00:58:42,270 will do great. 1047 00:58:42,754 --> 00:58:43,813 You... 1048 00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:45,940 Forget everything knows about Salinger. 1049 00:58:46,007 --> 00:58:48,026 As you will see, he likes to get to the point. 1050 00:58:48,968 --> 00:58:50,779 You just have to be yourself. 1051 00:59:28,508 --> 00:59:29,984 ONANIST 1052 00:59:35,724 --> 00:59:37,992 CAN YOU TEAR MY PANTIES OFF 1053 01:00:20,977 --> 01:00:21,977 What has happened? 1054 01:00:24,147 --> 01:00:25,832 Salinger invited me to lunch. 1055 01:00:26,357 --> 01:00:27,500 How has it been? 1056 01:00:28,985 --> 01:00:30,712 We agree on everything. 1057 01:00:30,779 --> 01:00:31,796 Brilliant! 1058 01:00:34,616 --> 01:00:35,967 I haven't arrived on time. 1059 01:00:36,034 --> 01:00:37,218 Except for the typos. 1060 01:00:37,494 --> 01:00:38,553 What does it mean? 1061 01:00:38,787 --> 01:00:40,305 He doesn't want me to correct them. 1062 01:00:40,747 --> 01:00:42,891 He has been bothered by a little that he did. 1063 01:00:42,957 --> 01:00:46,060 It seemed like it was going to to say, "Look, let it be." 1064 01:00:46,127 --> 01:00:47,520 Has he told you why? 1065 01:00:48,087 --> 01:00:50,899 Want to publish a replica of The New Yorker, 1066 01:00:50,965 --> 01:00:53,276 as if the typos were intentional. 1067 01:00:53,593 --> 01:00:54,777 It doesn't make sense. 1068 01:00:55,428 --> 01:00:56,428 Listen. 1069 01:00:57,180 --> 01:00:58,656 Do not correct typos. 1070 01:00:58,932 --> 01:01:00,450 Don't tell anyone. 1071 01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:02,827 Don't do interviews. It would ruin everything. 1072 01:01:03,478 --> 01:01:05,079 Yes, and that can't happen. 1073 01:01:06,064 --> 01:01:07,248 Very good, Bradbury. 1074 01:01:07,315 --> 01:01:09,459 My boss will be very happy. 1075 01:01:09,818 --> 01:01:10,818 Bye bye! 1076 01:02:00,201 --> 01:02:01,844 - Ho! - Hello! 1077 01:02:05,582 --> 01:02:07,058 You got my invitation. 1078 01:02:08,793 --> 01:02:09,793 Yeah. 1079 01:02:12,505 --> 01:02:14,941 I'm glad you have come. You're great. 1080 01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:16,800 You too. 1081 01:02:23,683 --> 01:02:26,619 Good to see you, Jo. I wanted to apologize to you. 1082 01:02:27,437 --> 01:02:28,437 That? 1083 01:02:29,606 --> 01:02:33,334 I wrote to you very angry. I told you things I didn't think. 1084 01:02:33,401 --> 01:02:36,170 Don't apologize. you did good to get angry. 1085 01:02:36,738 --> 01:02:38,589 It makes me angry that don't be angry. 1086 01:02:38,656 --> 01:02:41,968 Well I'm not angry, and that doesn't make sense. 1087 01:02:45,288 --> 01:02:47,849 you hurt me and I needed to vent. 1088 01:02:48,458 --> 01:02:51,644 I deserved a breakup in conditions. 1089 01:02:53,504 --> 01:02:54,897 "Karl, I'll leave you." 1090 01:02:55,548 --> 01:02:56,899 You know, typical. 1091 01:02:57,800 --> 01:02:58,800 Yeah. 1092 01:03:01,054 --> 01:03:02,155 Typical. 1093 01:03:03,139 --> 01:03:05,700 When you left, the floor was falling on me. 1094 01:03:08,186 --> 01:03:09,186 I didn't read... 1095 01:03:09,312 --> 01:03:10,371 I didn't read your letter. 1096 01:03:11,230 --> 01:03:12,665 That? Because? 1097 01:03:14,150 --> 01:03:15,168 Because... 1098 01:03:17,236 --> 01:03:18,546 I couldn't get past "Jo". 1099 01:03:20,698 --> 01:03:22,467 No one else calls me Jo. 1100 01:03:26,454 --> 01:03:28,347 I want you to come back into my life. 1101 01:03:29,999 --> 01:03:33,519 Although I only call from time to time. 1102 01:03:34,879 --> 01:03:36,606 You were my best friend. 1103 01:03:39,050 --> 01:03:40,485 I miss you, Jo. 1104 01:04:10,540 --> 01:04:11,599 And I you. 1105 01:04:53,458 --> 01:04:56,811 I have realized that, although it may sound hypocritical, 1106 01:04:57,211 --> 01:05:01,315 you can't go around showing your fucking emotions to the world. 1107 01:05:01,758 --> 01:05:04,026 For the majority, it usually care little 1108 01:05:04,302 --> 01:05:06,904 what you may think or feel, 1109 01:05:07,263 --> 01:05:08,263 i guess. 1110 01:05:09,557 --> 01:05:11,701 And if you see any weakness in you... 1111 01:05:12,268 --> 01:05:15,997 Since when is it a weakness show what you feel? 1112 01:05:16,856 --> 01:05:19,125 They're on you, right? 1113 01:05:20,735 --> 01:05:23,212 Everyone He throws it in your face, 1114 01:05:23,404 --> 01:05:24,404 and... 1115 01:05:25,323 --> 01:05:28,843 he gloats that have feelings 1116 01:05:34,165 --> 01:05:35,165 It's good? 1117 01:05:36,751 --> 01:05:37,644 That? 1118 01:05:37,668 --> 01:05:39,103 Is the manuscript good? 1119 01:05:42,548 --> 01:05:43,566 It's interesting. 1120 01:05:45,051 --> 01:05:46,051 But you hate it. 1121 01:05:48,763 --> 01:05:49,906 What's up? I don't hate it. 1122 01:05:51,682 --> 01:05:53,075 Or maybe yes, 1123 01:05:53,559 --> 01:05:55,369 and that's why it's good. 1124 01:05:57,355 --> 01:05:58,748 It's attractive... 1125 01:05:59,190 --> 01:06:00,167 But... 1126 01:06:00,191 --> 01:06:02,126 I don't want to read about his sex life. 1127 01:06:02,193 --> 01:06:03,836 Nobody wants to read that. 1128 01:06:07,281 --> 01:06:09,675 Maybe I His indifference pisses off. 1129 01:06:11,536 --> 01:06:12,678 Or what... 1130 01:06:18,042 --> 01:06:19,393 He writes, and I don't. 1131 01:06:54,412 --> 01:06:55,513 I understand. 1132 01:07:02,420 --> 01:07:03,420 What's happening? 1133 01:07:04,422 --> 01:07:06,023 You're already telling us. 1134 01:07:06,549 --> 01:07:07,549 Thank you. 1135 01:07:15,141 --> 01:07:16,701 He shot himself. 1136 01:07:18,227 --> 01:07:19,745 Who are you talking about? 1137 01:07:19,812 --> 01:07:21,289 From Daniel, Joanna. 1138 01:07:22,106 --> 01:07:23,582 Daniel has committed suicide. 1139 01:07:24,775 --> 01:07:25,876 Our Daniel? 1140 01:07:26,694 --> 01:07:28,004 In the living room, 1141 01:07:28,613 --> 01:07:30,965 with Margaret in the room. 1142 01:07:31,032 --> 01:07:32,383 It just can't be! 1143 01:07:32,783 --> 01:07:34,343 Daniel is wonderful. 1144 01:07:34,410 --> 01:07:36,804 He is good, kind and... 1145 01:07:38,164 --> 01:07:39,432 It just can't be! 1146 01:07:41,334 --> 01:07:42,601 But it was good. 1147 01:07:42,668 --> 01:07:43,728 He was bipolar. 1148 01:07:43,794 --> 01:07:46,105 Margaret was in charge of him for years. 1149 01:07:46,464 --> 01:07:47,565 Was it your brother? 1150 01:07:47,757 --> 01:07:48,757 His lover. 1151 01:07:50,009 --> 01:07:51,009 For 20 years. 1152 01:07:52,845 --> 01:07:54,739 Are we talking from Daniel himself? 1153 01:07:55,264 --> 01:07:57,575 Daniel was married with Helen, as you know. 1154 01:07:58,142 --> 01:08:02,913 I lived half a week with Helen and the other half with Margaret. 1155 01:08:03,898 --> 01:08:05,791 They took care of him between the two of them. 1156 01:08:06,734 --> 01:08:08,044 They shared it. 1157 01:08:11,697 --> 01:08:14,759 Did Margaret share man with another woman? 1158 01:08:15,576 --> 01:08:18,804 Joanna, if someone calls, say who is working from home. 1159 01:08:18,871 --> 01:08:20,431 Write down the message, 1160 01:08:20,748 --> 01:08:22,767 but don't mention anything. 1161 01:08:23,376 --> 01:08:24,894 What if it's Jerry? 1162 01:08:24,961 --> 01:08:26,771 Especially if it's Jerry. 1163 01:08:55,491 --> 01:08:57,051 Can you do it later? 1164 01:08:58,536 --> 01:08:59,536 Clear. 1165 01:09:04,208 --> 01:09:05,208 Thank you. 1166 01:09:29,025 --> 01:09:30,918 Margaret's office. I'm Joanna. 1167 01:09:31,444 --> 01:09:33,629 Joanna, it's Jerry. How are you? 1168 01:09:33,696 --> 01:09:35,756 Hello! Very good. And you? 1169 01:09:35,823 --> 01:09:37,299 How's the weather going there? 1170 01:09:37,366 --> 01:09:38,426 Suffocating. 1171 01:09:38,743 --> 01:09:40,344 Is your boss there? 1172 01:09:40,411 --> 01:09:42,138 I'm afraid he's out. 1173 01:09:42,580 --> 01:09:44,682 Lately, he's always away. 1174 01:09:45,875 --> 01:09:49,395 Yes, she's busy. He has many meetings. 1175 01:09:50,379 --> 01:09:51,981 Can I help you with something? 1176 01:09:52,298 --> 01:09:54,733 I want to ask you a question 1177 01:09:55,051 --> 01:09:57,486 about Clifford Bradbury. 1178 01:09:57,970 --> 01:09:59,738 -Tell me. - What do you think? 1179 01:10:00,056 --> 01:10:01,056 I like him. 1180 01:10:01,349 --> 01:10:04,201 I think it gives too many back to things. 1181 01:10:04,810 --> 01:10:06,328 He doesn't want to let you down. 1182 01:10:07,480 --> 01:10:09,206 Do you write every day? 1183 01:10:09,857 --> 01:10:11,041 Almost all. 1184 01:10:11,734 --> 01:10:14,587 I have more and more responsibilities here, so... 1185 01:10:14,987 --> 01:10:16,464 I already read manuscripts! 1186 01:10:17,615 --> 01:10:19,925 You're a writer, Joanna, right? 1187 01:10:20,576 --> 01:10:24,180 You are not an agent, nor a secretary. 1188 01:10:25,748 --> 01:10:26,748 Don't know. 1189 01:10:27,249 --> 01:10:30,644 Excuse me? I can't hear you. I'm a little deaf. 1190 01:10:31,796 --> 01:10:32,897 Yeah! 1191 01:10:33,172 --> 01:10:34,190 Yeah. 1192 01:10:35,716 --> 01:10:36,734 I am a writer. 1193 01:10:37,093 --> 01:10:38,110 Then write. 1194 01:10:38,761 --> 01:10:41,864 Even if it's only 15 minutes every morning. 1195 01:10:41,931 --> 01:10:44,241 Protect your sanctuary, OK? 1196 01:10:44,767 --> 01:10:47,953 Don't just stand there answering on the phone, Joanna. 1197 01:10:48,229 --> 01:10:49,246 You are a poet! 1198 01:11:18,634 --> 01:11:21,237 ANNUAL PARTY OF INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS 1199 01:11:22,387 --> 01:11:23,387 Mark... 1200 01:11:34,775 --> 01:11:37,210 What is it like to work for The New Yorker 1201 01:11:38,737 --> 01:11:39,714 Well, 1202 01:11:39,738 --> 01:11:42,382 what if you spend a day and we show it to you? 1203 01:11:43,324 --> 01:11:44,927 I'd love to! 1204 01:11:45,953 --> 01:11:47,179 Do you also write? 1205 01:11:50,124 --> 01:11:52,892 Peaceful! I don't know We'll tell your boss. 1206 01:11:53,043 --> 01:11:55,771 I have published two poems in The Paris Review. 1207 01:11:55,837 --> 01:11:57,523 Now I'm with something new. 1208 01:11:58,841 --> 01:12:02,361 Well we would love to see your material when you are ready. 1209 01:12:03,721 --> 01:12:06,322 It would be great. It would be wonderful. 1210 01:12:06,389 --> 01:12:07,575 Let's drink to it. 1211 01:12:07,641 --> 01:12:08,641 Okay. 1212 01:12:09,185 --> 01:12:11,161 I like the satirical part. 1213 01:12:11,436 --> 01:12:14,081 But the fiction ofThe New Yorkeris pitiful. 1214 01:12:14,148 --> 01:12:16,708 And that corny the voice of the city? 1215 01:12:17,692 --> 01:12:18,669 Gift! 1216 01:12:18,693 --> 01:12:19,693 I'm sorry. 1217 01:12:20,112 --> 01:12:22,381 I know you like all that stuff: 1218 01:12:22,448 --> 01:12:26,343 "We have met at the Algonquin. "I'd love for you to come." 1219 01:12:26,410 --> 01:12:27,553 Disgusting. 1220 01:12:31,123 --> 01:12:32,390 When is the wedding? 1221 01:12:37,296 --> 01:12:39,440 On the October long weekend... 1222 01:12:40,007 --> 01:12:40,984 TRUE? 1223 01:12:41,008 --> 01:12:43,402 Or am I making it up? 1224 01:12:44,220 --> 01:12:45,696 Next weekend, Don. 1225 01:12:46,222 --> 01:12:47,531 Joanna, you're coming, right? 1226 01:12:48,224 --> 01:12:49,224 Yes, yes... 1227 01:12:50,476 --> 01:12:51,476 Excellent! 1228 01:12:54,396 --> 01:12:56,749 You are an asshole, that you know. 1229 01:13:01,111 --> 01:13:04,548 I knew that if I told you, You would come to me with plans. 1230 01:13:04,949 --> 01:13:07,968 Search for a car, a pension, what to wear... 1231 01:13:08,035 --> 01:13:10,804 you would have bought clothes, you would have made plans 1232 01:13:10,871 --> 01:13:13,849 and you would have been pissed off know that I want to go alone. 1233 01:13:18,087 --> 01:13:20,522 Will you go to the wedding alone of your best friend? 1234 01:13:21,340 --> 01:13:24,276 I don't have to give you explanations, okay? 1235 01:13:24,593 --> 01:13:26,487 - Oh really? - Seriously, silly. 1236 01:13:26,845 --> 01:13:30,032 All my friends will go Hartford. It will be the end of an era. 1237 01:13:30,099 --> 01:13:33,285 I don't want to worry whether you're having fun or not. 1238 01:13:38,065 --> 01:13:39,166 Okay. 1239 01:13:39,567 --> 01:13:43,295 Let's see if you know a blonde babe, you rip off her panties, 1240 01:13:43,362 --> 01:13:46,298 you fuck it and write another illegible story. 1241 01:13:47,366 --> 01:13:48,425 That? Oh! 1242 01:13:48,492 --> 01:13:49,551 What's that for? 1243 01:13:49,868 --> 01:13:52,096 And the sweet girl who met at Christmas? 1244 01:13:52,162 --> 01:13:54,431 I wish he would come back, silly. 1245 01:13:54,498 --> 01:13:56,433 Don't call me stupid, okay? 1246 01:13:56,625 --> 01:13:57,726 And I'm not a child! 1247 01:13:58,127 --> 01:14:00,187 I call you silly because I love you. 1248 01:14:01,171 --> 01:14:03,065 My grandmother calls my mother that. 1249 01:14:05,634 --> 01:14:06,611 Do you love me? 1250 01:14:06,635 --> 01:14:07,635 Well of course. 1251 01:14:08,762 --> 01:14:10,364 Would I be here if not? 1252 01:14:11,807 --> 01:14:14,618 I had never lived with nobody. You have changed me. 1253 01:14:17,479 --> 01:14:18,497 you want me, 1254 01:14:19,189 --> 01:14:21,291 but you don't want let him go to the wedding. 1255 01:14:21,358 --> 01:14:22,358 Exact. 1256 01:14:30,034 --> 01:14:32,094 Look, I'm older than you. 1257 01:14:32,161 --> 01:14:34,888 I try not remind you, but that's how it is. 1258 01:14:35,247 --> 01:14:38,016 someday you will be my age and you will see that two people 1259 01:14:38,083 --> 01:14:40,185 they can love each other and not agree on everything. 1260 01:14:40,794 --> 01:14:42,855 You don't have to do everything together. 1261 01:14:58,979 --> 01:15:00,456 Should I wear a tie? 1262 01:15:04,526 --> 01:15:05,526 Boba. 1263 01:15:05,778 --> 01:15:07,254 You're good at this. 1264 01:15:07,613 --> 01:15:10,048 I don't have a suit, should I... 1265 01:15:10,407 --> 01:15:13,051 Wear only a shirt and tie? 1266 01:15:15,537 --> 01:15:16,638 You are depressed. 1267 01:15:18,707 --> 01:15:21,560 I assure you. I know the symptoms. 1268 01:15:21,627 --> 01:15:23,896 I'm the same when emotions overwhelm. 1269 01:15:24,546 --> 01:15:25,546 AND... 1270 01:15:25,923 --> 01:15:27,691 My emotions are many. 1271 01:15:28,967 --> 01:15:30,110 I'm not depressed. 1272 01:15:32,346 --> 01:15:33,572 I am very happy. 1273 01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:35,640 That? 1274 01:15:37,059 --> 01:15:38,059 Nothing. 1275 01:15:44,108 --> 01:15:45,417 Will you give me a kiss? 1276 01:15:54,243 --> 01:15:55,243 Well okay. 1277 01:15:55,536 --> 01:15:56,595 Goodbye, Joanna. 1278 01:16:28,485 --> 01:16:30,128 "I think about Holden a lot. 1279 01:16:30,904 --> 01:16:34,508 First, always I smile like an idiot. 1280 01:16:34,575 --> 01:16:36,134 I remember 1281 01:16:36,618 --> 01:16:38,679 how funny what it is and all that. 1282 01:16:39,037 --> 01:16:41,723 But then I get down. 1283 01:16:42,624 --> 01:16:46,186 I only think about Holden when Emotions overwhelm me. 1284 01:16:47,963 --> 01:16:50,148 My emotions are 'mute'." 1285 01:16:50,549 --> 01:16:55,779 MY EMOTIONS ARE "MUTE" 1286 01:16:56,889 --> 01:16:58,740 And that's how my emotions were. 1287 01:16:59,808 --> 01:17:01,493 They were mute. 1288 01:17:13,071 --> 01:17:15,048 Dear Winston-Salem boy. 1289 01:17:16,408 --> 01:17:18,468 I ask your forgiveness with all my heart 1290 01:17:18,702 --> 01:17:20,512 for having written to you so late. 1291 01:17:21,747 --> 01:17:23,932 I've been months thinking about your letters. 1292 01:17:25,292 --> 01:17:26,560 I guess... 1293 01:17:27,920 --> 01:17:29,938 my emotions too... 1294 01:17:30,130 --> 01:17:32,399 They can be mute at times. 1295 01:17:35,469 --> 01:17:36,469 You're right, 1296 01:17:38,180 --> 01:17:41,074 you can't show your damn emotions to the world. 1297 01:17:42,726 --> 01:17:45,412 But if we don't share our feelings, 1298 01:17:45,479 --> 01:17:47,039 what do we do with them? 1299 01:17:47,523 --> 01:17:49,082 How do you move forward? 1300 01:17:51,360 --> 01:17:52,360 I... 1301 01:17:55,364 --> 01:17:57,299 I just feel like crying. 1302 01:18:47,499 --> 01:18:48,517 Joanna? 1303 01:18:48,792 --> 01:18:49,851 What's happening? 1304 01:18:49,918 --> 01:18:52,354 Has something happened at the agency? - No no. 1305 01:18:52,421 --> 01:18:53,480 Everything is going well. 1306 01:18:54,882 --> 01:18:56,024 I brought you this. 1307 01:18:56,091 --> 01:18:58,151 And a Mangia soup. 1308 01:18:58,218 --> 01:19:00,112 The one you like with mushrooms. 1309 01:19:01,305 --> 01:19:02,614 How thoughtful. 1310 01:19:04,224 --> 01:19:06,326 You are very attentive, right? 1311 01:19:20,365 --> 01:19:23,010 You have done very well about contracts. 1312 01:19:23,994 --> 01:19:26,638 Electronic rights 1313 01:19:27,706 --> 01:19:30,058 will mean the end of the publishers. 1314 01:19:32,210 --> 01:19:34,563 But answer to jerry fans 1315 01:19:34,630 --> 01:19:38,066 It was irresponsible, immature and dangerous. 1316 01:19:38,133 --> 01:19:39,110 Did you know? 1317 01:19:39,134 --> 01:19:41,778 I have fired others helpers for less. 1318 01:19:42,971 --> 01:19:44,364 Why not me? 1319 01:19:44,890 --> 01:19:48,869 Because it would be difficult for make the same mistake again. 1320 01:19:49,061 --> 01:19:50,787 Besides, Jerry likes you, 1321 01:19:50,854 --> 01:19:53,582 and I don't like it alter routines. 1322 01:19:53,941 --> 01:19:55,459 I don't want to be a routine. 1323 01:20:00,781 --> 01:20:01,840 Have... 1324 01:20:03,951 --> 01:20:05,802 a couple of stories 1325 01:20:06,620 --> 01:20:09,347 from some old clients. 1326 01:20:10,165 --> 01:20:11,308 Read them, 1327 01:20:11,875 --> 01:20:16,271 value for what magazines are suitable 1328 01:20:16,505 --> 01:20:17,505 and send them. 1329 01:20:23,261 --> 01:20:24,488 What if I don't like them? 1330 01:20:24,554 --> 01:20:26,531 You will have to find out who does. 1331 01:20:27,516 --> 01:20:28,516 Good. 1332 01:20:29,476 --> 01:20:30,619 Thank you. 1333 01:20:33,188 --> 01:20:34,831 I go back to the office. 1334 01:20:35,816 --> 01:20:37,626 Why did Judy Blume leave? 1335 01:20:39,027 --> 01:20:40,712 I'm sorry I said that. 1336 01:20:40,779 --> 01:20:41,838 No please 1337 01:20:42,030 --> 01:20:45,258 I want you to say what you think. 1338 01:20:56,211 --> 01:20:57,729 When you got Judy, 1339 01:20:58,797 --> 01:21:00,649 Did you talk about how he writes? 1340 01:21:01,341 --> 01:21:04,402 The quality of your work was not relevant. 1341 01:21:06,638 --> 01:21:09,991 Maybe I didn't want to a promotional talk. 1342 01:21:11,435 --> 01:21:12,869 Maybe I wanted... 1343 01:21:14,813 --> 01:21:16,790 know what you thought of his story, 1344 01:21:17,774 --> 01:21:19,126 what had you felt, 1345 01:21:21,153 --> 01:21:23,713 or if you liked them books as much as her. 1346 01:21:24,990 --> 01:21:28,635 I don't know if my love for books It was relevant to the conversation. 1347 01:21:29,578 --> 01:21:31,263 Maybe for her, yes. 1348 01:21:34,958 --> 01:21:36,309 For me, it would have been. 1349 01:21:42,674 --> 01:21:46,236 When I sold my first book, I was in my twenties. 1350 01:21:47,012 --> 01:21:51,324 It was about a young journalist in the Spanish civil war. 1351 01:21:51,725 --> 01:21:53,743 It was written by a man. 1352 01:21:54,936 --> 01:21:56,663 But the author understood... 1353 01:21:57,314 --> 01:21:58,314 perfectly 1354 01:21:59,066 --> 01:22:01,001 how would it have been meaning that woman. 1355 01:22:01,777 --> 01:22:02,777 In the end... 1356 01:22:03,070 --> 01:22:04,171 I sold the book. 1357 01:22:04,821 --> 01:22:09,342 So my boss commissioned me that would represent the author. 1358 01:22:09,743 --> 01:22:11,511 I agreed immediately, 1359 01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:15,765 but at the moment, I They attacked the nerves. 1360 01:22:16,124 --> 01:22:17,475 I panicked. 1361 01:22:18,335 --> 01:22:19,335 And if...? 1362 01:22:20,545 --> 01:22:23,064 What if the author Was he disappointing as a person? 1363 01:22:24,257 --> 01:22:26,318 What if I liked it his work but not him? 1364 01:22:28,762 --> 01:22:31,907 Three weeks later, we meet to eat 1365 01:22:31,973 --> 01:22:33,283 at Elaine's, 1366 01:22:33,975 --> 01:22:34,975 and... 1367 01:22:35,644 --> 01:22:37,495 At 9:00 p.m. we were still there. 1368 01:22:38,647 --> 01:22:40,165 We laugh, 1369 01:22:40,232 --> 01:22:41,374 we chat, 1370 01:22:42,651 --> 01:22:45,003 we talk about our aspirations and... 1371 01:22:45,612 --> 01:22:47,255 of our love for music 1372 01:22:48,532 --> 01:22:50,091 and for the books. 1373 01:22:53,870 --> 01:22:54,870 Daniel? 1374 01:22:57,082 --> 01:22:58,082 Yeah, 1375 01:22:59,501 --> 01:23:00,501 Daniel. 1376 01:23:09,886 --> 01:23:11,488 I'm so sorry, Margaret. 1377 01:23:12,514 --> 01:23:14,074 I'll get going. 1378 01:23:59,895 --> 01:24:02,747 I had been getting excited for months with anonymous fans. 1379 01:24:03,732 --> 01:24:06,668 With your desire to connect with Salinger. 1380 01:24:09,029 --> 01:24:10,922 His letters had changed me. 1381 01:24:14,618 --> 01:24:17,971 The time had come to find out why they felt that way. 1382 01:24:25,545 --> 01:24:29,107 NINE TALES 1383 01:24:29,174 --> 01:24:32,235 FRANNY AND ZOOEY 1384 01:24:33,845 --> 01:24:35,113 Salinger is not... 1385 01:24:36,431 --> 01:24:37,782 as I expected. 1386 01:24:37,933 --> 01:24:38,933 Not at all. 1387 01:24:39,851 --> 01:24:41,286 It's brutal. 1388 01:24:41,645 --> 01:24:43,330 Brutal and fun. 1389 01:24:44,314 --> 01:24:45,249 I love it. 1390 01:24:45,273 --> 01:24:47,167 My favorite is Franny and Zooey. 1391 01:24:48,318 --> 01:24:50,545 At a certain point, the boy from princeton 1392 01:24:50,612 --> 01:24:52,672 wait for Franny at the station, 1393 01:24:52,739 --> 01:24:54,507 with the letter in his pocket. 1394 01:24:54,991 --> 01:24:56,217 Franny's letter. 1395 01:24:56,534 --> 01:24:58,887 He has read it thousands of times. 1396 01:24:59,079 --> 01:25:00,388 He knows it by heart. 1397 01:25:00,455 --> 01:25:03,391 But when she comes down of the trainand asks: 1398 01:25:04,376 --> 01:25:05,810 "Did you receive my letter?" 1399 01:25:06,253 --> 01:25:07,270 He says: 1400 01:25:07,337 --> 01:25:08,337 What letter? 1401 01:27:06,915 --> 01:27:08,224 Hello, silly. 1402 01:27:10,502 --> 01:27:11,769 Are you not working today? 1403 01:27:13,004 --> 01:27:14,439 I have the morning free. 1404 01:27:16,716 --> 01:27:18,318 I missed you, silly. 1405 01:27:30,980 --> 01:27:32,123 Are you going somewhere? 1406 01:27:34,484 --> 01:27:35,752 I leave you, Don. 1407 01:27:41,449 --> 01:27:43,843 I get it now. This It's for the wedding. 1408 01:27:43,910 --> 01:27:47,138 - I have noticed your absence. - Why do you take it like that? 1409 01:27:47,205 --> 01:27:49,057 I saw it while you were gone. 1410 01:27:49,124 --> 01:27:51,684 - That you never commit? - I didn't miss you. 1411 01:27:51,751 --> 01:27:56,064 - That? - I haven't thought about you for a second. 1412 01:27:56,131 --> 01:27:59,025 so you needed time alone. I understand. 1413 01:27:59,092 --> 01:28:01,528 You keep the floor. It you need more than me. 1414 01:28:01,886 --> 01:28:04,989 Are you going to spill the beans on me? of: "It's not you, it's me"? 1415 01:28:05,432 --> 01:28:07,116 I should have left you sooner. 1416 01:28:07,851 --> 01:28:09,160 I'm not in love. 1417 01:28:09,686 --> 01:28:10,686 I'm sorry. 1418 01:29:51,037 --> 01:29:53,640 LAZING IS PROHIBITED 1419 01:30:01,673 --> 01:30:02,982 I knew you could. 1420 01:30:04,133 --> 01:30:05,069 I knew it! 1421 01:30:05,093 --> 01:30:06,110 Come with me. 1422 01:30:06,177 --> 01:30:07,177 Hugh! 1423 01:30:08,054 --> 01:30:09,697 Stop what you're doing! 1424 01:30:10,014 --> 01:30:11,991 Max, we enter your sanctuary. 1425 01:30:12,517 --> 01:30:14,869 I have news to give you. - What's happening? 1426 01:30:15,061 --> 01:30:18,164 Joanna has sold a story I gave you this summer. 1427 01:30:18,231 --> 01:30:19,582 Congratulations! 1428 01:30:19,649 --> 01:30:22,126 No wonder! Very good! 1429 01:30:22,193 --> 01:30:24,087 - You're on the right track. - I already believe it! 1430 01:30:24,153 --> 01:30:28,049 Since you walked through the door, I knew you were agency material. 1431 01:30:28,116 --> 01:30:31,594 You can now start own client list. 1432 01:30:31,786 --> 01:30:34,931 The greatest emotion for an agent, right, Max? 1433 01:30:34,998 --> 01:30:37,225 for once, I agree with Margaret. 1434 01:30:37,584 --> 01:30:39,310 We will celebrate it at food. 1435 01:30:39,460 --> 01:30:40,853 I hope you drink Martini. 1436 01:30:40,920 --> 01:30:42,855 You'll get used to it. 1437 01:31:22,670 --> 01:31:26,941 Know? we have some authors who would rather be with you 1438 01:31:27,008 --> 01:31:28,735 rather than with an old woman like me. 1439 01:31:30,178 --> 01:31:31,988 People you might like. 1440 01:31:34,932 --> 01:31:35,932 What's happening? 1441 01:31:36,768 --> 01:31:38,119 I apreciate it. 1442 01:31:38,686 --> 01:31:40,788 I appreciate it very much. 1443 01:31:46,319 --> 01:31:47,462 You leave. 1444 01:31:48,696 --> 01:31:51,048 I wanted to talk about it with you this week. 1445 01:31:51,324 --> 01:31:53,551 But with how well you do it... 1446 01:31:54,202 --> 01:31:58,014 You have potential to become a great agent. 1447 01:31:58,623 --> 01:32:01,517 You have a lot of instinct and heart. 1448 01:32:02,168 --> 01:32:03,186 Thank you. 1449 01:32:04,879 --> 01:32:06,105 Thank you, Margaret. 1450 01:32:08,383 --> 01:32:09,525 It's decided. 1451 01:32:11,010 --> 01:32:14,655 Obviously I'll stay until you have someone. 1452 01:32:17,600 --> 01:32:19,577 Do you have other aspirations? 1453 01:32:21,437 --> 01:32:22,437 Exact. 1454 01:32:24,065 --> 01:32:25,917 We have never talked about anything 1455 01:32:27,735 --> 01:32:29,462 that was not the agency. 1456 01:32:31,489 --> 01:32:32,548 It's true. 1457 01:32:39,497 --> 01:32:41,265 But I like working with you. 1458 01:32:42,083 --> 01:32:44,393 I like it very much work here. 1459 01:32:45,878 --> 01:32:46,878 Just... 1460 01:32:46,921 --> 01:32:48,564 I want to do other things. 1461 01:32:49,173 --> 01:32:50,173 AND... 1462 01:32:51,676 --> 01:32:53,986 If not now, I will never do them. 1463 01:32:59,726 --> 01:33:00,743 I understand. 1464 01:33:47,899 --> 01:33:50,543 COMPILATION OF POEMS 1465 01:34:06,292 --> 01:34:07,292 Hello. 1466 01:34:07,835 --> 01:34:10,521 Kevin told me that I would bring this whenever I wanted. 1467 01:34:10,922 --> 01:34:12,690 Do you want to give it to him yourself? 1468 01:34:12,840 --> 01:34:13,983 I think it's here. 1469 01:34:15,134 --> 01:34:16,193 It would be great. 1470 01:34:16,260 --> 01:34:17,260 Thank you. 1471 01:34:28,397 --> 01:34:29,397 Hello. 1472 01:34:30,691 --> 01:34:32,084 Guess who's here. 1473 01:34:38,282 --> 01:34:40,718 Will we have enough time? 1474 01:34:41,077 --> 01:34:42,470 I'm worried about the cover. 1475 01:34:42,954 --> 01:34:45,723 - The cover? - Yes. What do you think? 1476 01:34:57,844 --> 01:34:58,903 Say? 1477 01:34:58,970 --> 01:35:02,073 I've been thinking yes I would write about myself 1478 01:35:02,139 --> 01:35:04,158 and publish The Guardian in the rye, 1479 01:35:04,225 --> 01:35:06,702 I would shit on him idiot who wrote to me 1480 01:35:06,769 --> 01:35:08,371 pretending to do the same. 1481 01:35:08,855 --> 01:35:09,855 Do you follow me? 1482 01:35:58,529 --> 01:35:59,506 Jerry. 1483 01:35:59,530 --> 01:36:01,090 I present to you... -Joanna! 1484 01:36:02,283 --> 01:36:04,260 I'm glad to finally meet you. 1485 01:36:41,489 --> 01:36:44,675 DREAMS OF A WRITER IN NEW YORK 1486 01:36:49,997 --> 01:36:52,683 BASED ON THE NOVEL MY YEAR WITH SALINGER