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Some of the best writing
in New York
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won't be found in
in books, or movies,or plays..
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...but on the benches
of Central Park.
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Read the benches
and you understand.
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Enormous things
happen in every life.
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On the other hand, some of
the worst writing in New York
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could be found at 222
East 30th Street, Apartment 3C.
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The walls of which
were decorated
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with rejection letters
from magazines
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located in 12 countries,
47 states
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and the District of Columbia.
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When I think
about those stories
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and how I didn't realize
what was missing from them
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not even tears,
rivers of shame
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come out of my eyes.
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I wasn't interested
in friends or girlfriends.
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All I did was write
and read and mumble to myself.
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It's a form
of mental illness really.
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Now, in New York, you're never
more than 20 feet away
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from someone you know, or
someone you're meant to know.
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But in my whole life,
I only crossed the street once.
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I might never have thought
of anything to say
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but then I smelled
the smoke from her cigarette.
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It was heavy,
I recognized it from outside
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a restaurant one time, it was
either French or Spanish.
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And I didn't speak Spanish.
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Shall we continue in English?
Please.
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My name is Brian.
May I ask your name?
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Arielle.
Arielle.
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Like "The Little Mermaid."
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What?
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"The Little Mermaid,"
it's a Disney film.
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The little mermaid's
name was Arielle.
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Yes, I'm familiar. Tha...
That's where your mind goes?
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She was actually
a very interesting character.
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Really?
Yes.
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A beautiful woman
who lived in the sea and..
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...had the tail of a fish,
and yet she..
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Somehow for her,
it all worked.
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Did you see it
yesterday or something?
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No. When I was 8.
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The day before yesterday.
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What's the French word for..
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Sirene.
Sirene, nice.
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Well, enchante, Brian.
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Enchante.
Will we meet again?
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I would like it very much
if that would happen.
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Well, I'm here every Friday
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at the close
of lunch in my exile.
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You would simply
have to be here as well.
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I will be then.
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Good. Until next Friday then.
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Until next Friday.
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Hi, Jim.
How are you today?
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Good.
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Work is going
very well, dad.
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Well, it's gonna sound
stupid, but the fiction editor
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from the "Atlantic"
added the word "Sorry"
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to the bottom
of my latest rejection.
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What the hell
does that mean?
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It means I got close.
It's code.
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Can we talk
about law school?
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No, thank you.
No law school.
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Any job worth having
requires a second interview.
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I thought perhaps
you wouldn't come.
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It never occurred to me.
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I mean, because of the rain.
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Is it raining?
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It was a good test.
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A woman has to know what
sort of man she's dealing with.
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What sort of man
am I dealing with?
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Damp.
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A damp sort of man..
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...but happy in his dampness.
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What sort of woman
am I dealing with?
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Une sirene.
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Thank you.
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So, Brian, what is it
you do in your life
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that leaves you free
to wander about the streets
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in the afternoons, and smoke
in nooks, and talk to strangers?
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I write.
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I'm a writer.
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Have you published?
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No, not yet.
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How old are you?
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24.
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What are your stories about?
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Various things.
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One is about..
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...baseball.
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One is about..
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...dogs.
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Dogs?
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Yes.
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Uh-huh. So, do you
have any questions for me?
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May I ask your profession?
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Are you asking me
if I'm a prostitute?
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No. No. No.
No. No. No.
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Are you... a prostitute?
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Certainly not.
How dare you?
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You brought it up.
I would have never...
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I was a model.
I stopped 8 years ago.
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Are you wondering how old I am?
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Yes.
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I'm 33.
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Back to coffee
with your friends?
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Yes.
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Until next Friday?
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Hmm, if you wish, well, I'm
free any weeknight from 5 to 7.
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Ah, those are
very specific hours.
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Yes, they are.
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Alright. Well... shall
we say Monday at 5?
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Do you like museums?
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Would you meet me
at the Guggenheim?
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I'd be delighted.
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Good.
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Till then, then.
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Till then.
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No, he... he didn't write,
"We will publish
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Is that what dad told you?
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So then, what did he write?
He just wrote, "Sorry."
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And were they sorry today?
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No, they didn't write sorry
on today's rejections.
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Well, that's
a step backward.
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It's not a step
backwards, mom.
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Progress is not linear.
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It's about death.
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I beg your pardon?
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And menace.
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It's about death and menace.
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It's a... boat.
A nice boat.
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It's near a beautiful beach
and it's... sunny.
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Is there any life
on that boat?
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No.
And what is the opposite
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Death, but...
It's like a neutron bomb
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Maybe they're
just below decks.
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And it's not just
this painting.
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Look at this one. Ha!
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This one has people in it.
Dead people.
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They're alive.
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Not really.
Look at that man.
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Is he alive?
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And the soda jerk?
Is that any kind of life?
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And the prostitute?
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Okay, she's not a prostitute.
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What is it with you
and prostitutes?
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What is she then?
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She's..
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I don't know,
she's a beautician.
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They're all dead.
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And the store across the street
is out of business.
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And no one lives
in the apartment upstairs.
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The tenants have been evicted
and the building condemned.
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This Hopper is supposed
to be the quintessential
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American painter.
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Well, if that's true,
then America is not alive.
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America is alive, okay?
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And you have a somewhat
downbeat world view.
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No, I don't.
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And prove it.
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Prove what?
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That America is still alive.
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Look around.
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They don't seem particularly
alive to me. Prove it.
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Alright.
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You may be right,
I don't know.
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Your accent is beautiful.
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Thank you,
but you're a man infatuated
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and so nothing you say
can be believed.
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What made you settle
in New York?
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I married a diplomat
who was assigned here.
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I mean, I wondered
if you'd been married.
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What happened to him?
What do you mean?
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The person
you were married to.
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Were married to?
Well, I'm married to.
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Well, nothing happened to him.
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He works at
the French Consulate.
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It's a few blocks from here.
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So... so, you're married?
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Of course,
what did you think?
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I thought you
were... not married.
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Why would you think that?
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Why would I not think that?
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For one thing, you don't
wear a wedding ring.
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So American, you need
a signpost for everything
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or you'll completely
lose your way.
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It's not just Americans.
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Many cultures have
indicators of marriage.
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Rings, piercings, dots..
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...designed to keep people
out of exactly this sort of..
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...awkward situation.
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Do you wish you were not
in that situation?
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Oh, so we seem to be
mutually pursuing one another.
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Yes, so?
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Well, I, uh..
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I would have thought
you'd mention...
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Well, must everything
be mentioned?
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Can nothing be culled
from the subtext?
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Do you not understand
the meaning of 5 to 7?
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Was my confusion about 5 to 7
somehow unclear
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because I thought I was
very clear about my confusion.
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I thought you were kidding.
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No. No.
I was actually confused.
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And what did you think
I meant when I said
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I was only free at those hours?
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I thought you had
a very busy schedule
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or you were unprepared
to spend the later
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and definitionally sexier hour
with someone you hardly knew.
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Oh... it was a code.
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A code.
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Un cinq a sept,
uh, a 5 to 7 relationship
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is a relationship
outside of marriage.
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Seriously the French actually
block out time for that?
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No.
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1 to 3 lunch,
3 to 5 conference call.
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5 to 7 commit adultery.
Look...
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Do you set aside time
to break other commandments?
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Do you covet at 9:30? Worship
false idols from 10 to noon?
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It's not literal.
It's an expression.
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It re... refers to a time
in the evening
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where a person's whereabouts
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might naturally be
a little hazy.
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Okay, I have a very good
French dictionary
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and that is definitely
not in there.
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No, it wouldn't be.
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Now, back in the day
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such things did tend to happen
from 5 to 7, I think.
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But these days,
they happen all the time
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but my husband and I,
we have found that..
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...the original hours
work very well.
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They provide a set window
and... clear boundaries.
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I guess, that makes us
old-fashioned.
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Yes, entirely.
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So, your husband does this too?
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He has a mistress.
Her name is Jane.
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And you know her?
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From time to time,
I see her at social functions.
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Well, nothing
is ever flaunted
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and so, no one
is ever embarrassed.
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And everyone is okay
with everyone.
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This is how
we've chosen to live.
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One day, I will stand
next to her at his funeral.
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Is that gonna
be anytime soon?
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I am sure what I'm saying
sounds terribly tawdry
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and hedonistic.
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A little.
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Well, it isn't.
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We have our reasons
for the choices we've made.
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Do you have children?
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Two. Would you
like to see pictures?
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Yes.
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Marc is 7
and Elodie is 6.
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They're beautiful.
Thank you.
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They are the lights of my life.
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You're really thrown
by all this, aren't you?
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I, uh, yes. Uh-huh.
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I must say that in my culture
it's not judged so harshly.
259
00:14:32,817 --> 00:14:34,917
Okay, but we're not
in your culture.
260
00:14:34,919 --> 00:14:37,520
We're in my culture
and in my culture
261
00:14:37,522 --> 00:14:39,555
if we didn't have things
to judge harshly
262
00:14:39,557 --> 00:14:41,924
we wouldn't know
what to do all day.
263
00:14:41,926 --> 00:14:45,127
Well, maybe your culture
needs to grow.
264
00:14:45,129 --> 00:14:47,249
Maybe there are other ways
to look at life.
265
00:14:50,234 --> 00:14:54,136
Maybe there are some people
you marry
266
00:14:54,138 --> 00:14:55,605
and people you love.
267
00:14:57,841 --> 00:15:02,512
Arielle, you're older
than I am, you're wiser I'm sure
268
00:15:02,514 --> 00:15:04,881
and you've seen much more
of the world.
269
00:15:06,850 --> 00:15:09,952
And you're beautiful,
and elegant
270
00:15:09,954 --> 00:15:12,922
and smart, and funny
271
00:15:12,924 --> 00:15:14,657
and interesting
272
00:15:14,659 --> 00:15:18,828
and you feel like family,
which is wonderful.
273
00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:20,997
Are you seriously telling me
that a but is coming
274
00:15:20,999 --> 00:15:22,999
at the end of the sentence?
275
00:15:23,001 --> 00:15:26,736
Yes, but... being with you
276
00:15:26,738 --> 00:15:29,038
would be... an affair
277
00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:30,239
and to me..
278
00:15:31,975 --> 00:15:33,209
...not ethical.
279
00:15:34,778 --> 00:15:35,778
Unethical.
280
00:15:36,947 --> 00:15:39,015
Not good... ethically.
281
00:15:44,187 --> 00:15:47,957
I must respect your ethics
if I ask you to respect mine.
282
00:15:52,296 --> 00:15:55,031
Should you change your mind,
I will continue to be out there
283
00:15:55,033 --> 00:15:56,566
smoking nook on Fridays.
284
00:15:58,936 --> 00:16:00,903
But if I never see you again
285
00:16:00,905 --> 00:16:02,104
do know that..
286
00:16:04,308 --> 00:16:06,388
...I will always remember you
very fondly.
287
00:16:11,782 --> 00:16:12,782
Are you okay?
288
00:16:15,686 --> 00:16:17,566
I'm sad.
It was the beginning.
289
00:16:19,256 --> 00:16:20,256
Of what?
290
00:16:23,293 --> 00:16:24,293
Belief.
291
00:16:42,846 --> 00:16:46,649
The following Friday
right about after lunchtime
292
00:16:46,651 --> 00:16:48,651
the pace of work began to slow.
293
00:16:52,990 --> 00:16:56,759
I knew where she was and it was
all I could think about.
294
00:16:58,795 --> 00:17:00,196
By the Friday after that..
295
00:17:01,999 --> 00:17:04,166
Well, look,
French girls just aren't good
296
00:17:04,168 --> 00:17:05,248
for your work habits.
297
00:17:06,703 --> 00:17:08,704
And it killed me..
298
00:17:08,706 --> 00:17:10,826
...that she was lighting
her own cigarette.
299
00:17:13,176 --> 00:17:15,177
By the Friday after that..
300
00:17:47,110 --> 00:17:49,245
I can't believe
it took you 3 weeks.
301
00:17:51,782 --> 00:17:52,782
Sorry.
302
00:17:54,985 --> 00:17:57,319
So... what happens now?
303
00:17:59,923 --> 00:18:02,391
Room 2117, 5 o'clock.
304
00:19:20,904 --> 00:19:21,904
Use your key.
305
00:19:39,156 --> 00:19:40,156
How are you?
306
00:19:41,391 --> 00:19:44,226
Very well. Thank you.
307
00:19:44,228 --> 00:19:45,961
And you?
308
00:19:45,963 --> 00:19:48,030
Very well.
309
00:19:48,032 --> 00:19:50,366
Will you have some champagne?
310
00:19:50,368 --> 00:19:51,534
Please.
311
00:19:54,104 --> 00:19:57,473
Always look the person in
the eye when you touch glasses.
312
00:19:57,475 --> 00:20:00,843
I know.
7 years of bad luck.
313
00:20:00,845 --> 00:20:03,279
Bad luck?
That's the American version?
314
00:20:03,281 --> 00:20:06,215
Yes. What's the French?
315
00:20:06,217 --> 00:20:08,951
7 years of bad sex.
316
00:20:08,953 --> 00:20:09,953
Good Lord.
317
00:20:12,155 --> 00:20:13,589
I think that
tells you everything
318
00:20:13,591 --> 00:20:16,358
you need to know
about our two cultures.
319
00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:20,496
Yes. Yours is
very optimistic.
320
00:20:20,498 --> 00:20:24,233
I mean, a lot of people after,
like, year 5 of bad sex
321
00:20:24,235 --> 00:20:27,136
they'd give up, but you guys
really hang in there.
322
00:20:27,138 --> 00:20:28,938
It's admirable.
Thank you.
323
00:20:31,441 --> 00:20:35,411
At any rate, best to look
the other person in the eye.
324
00:20:35,413 --> 00:20:36,612
Yes.
325
00:20:45,222 --> 00:20:47,122
Are you nervous?
326
00:20:47,124 --> 00:20:49,558
Oh, no.
I do this all the time.
327
00:20:51,195 --> 00:20:53,095
I am.
328
00:20:53,097 --> 00:20:54,563
What?
329
00:20:54,565 --> 00:20:56,932
Nervous.
I am nervous around you.
330
00:20:59,102 --> 00:21:00,636
That's ridiculous.
331
00:21:00,638 --> 00:21:03,272
Good nervous,
I mean, uh, like a girl.
332
00:21:05,475 --> 00:21:06,876
Well, you don't show it.
333
00:21:08,345 --> 00:21:09,385
I should hope not.
334
00:21:12,015 --> 00:21:16,619
Sometimes life
is... really something.
335
00:21:19,956 --> 00:21:22,036
Maybe you should write
fortune cookies.
336
00:22:49,713 --> 00:22:52,047
Are you alright?
337
00:22:52,049 --> 00:22:53,983
I was just thinking
338
00:22:53,985 --> 00:22:57,519
I never did a semester
abroad in college and I..
339
00:22:57,521 --> 00:23:00,656
...really regret that now.
340
00:23:00,658 --> 00:23:01,858
It was completely different.
341
00:23:03,293 --> 00:23:06,328
From your expectations?
342
00:23:06,330 --> 00:23:07,596
From the past.
343
00:23:07,598 --> 00:23:09,298
Good.
344
00:23:09,300 --> 00:23:11,300
Because I was about to say
the same.
345
00:23:13,303 --> 00:23:14,336
Really?
346
00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,075
Wow. Good for me.
347
00:23:20,077 --> 00:23:22,644
Just so you know,
you're a natural lover.
348
00:23:22,646 --> 00:23:24,966
Your body expresses beautifully
what's in your heart.
349
00:23:27,283 --> 00:23:30,319
I'm just gonna write
that down.
350
00:23:30,321 --> 00:23:32,021
Have none of the other women
you've been with
351
00:23:32,023 --> 00:23:33,322
told you these things?
352
00:23:33,324 --> 00:23:36,525
Uh, no.
353
00:23:36,527 --> 00:23:39,561
Wow. Good for me.
354
00:23:39,563 --> 00:23:42,297
How do you do that?
355
00:23:42,299 --> 00:23:43,365
What?
356
00:23:43,367 --> 00:23:46,335
Look like that,
in 30 seconds.
357
00:23:58,515 --> 00:23:59,681
Do you have to go?
358
00:24:03,620 --> 00:24:05,820
There's a fundraiser
at my children's school.
359
00:24:09,459 --> 00:24:12,561
Please don't take this
the wrong way
360
00:24:12,563 --> 00:24:16,665
but it suddenly seems..
361
00:24:16,667 --> 00:24:18,787
...impossible to me
that you have that life.
362
00:24:22,205 --> 00:24:23,539
I don't take it
the wrong way.
363
00:24:23,541 --> 00:24:25,581
Actually, it seems impossible
to me too.
364
00:24:28,244 --> 00:24:30,444
It will until the moment
I next see my children.
365
00:24:33,483 --> 00:24:36,785
I did wanna ask you
something, if you don't mind.
366
00:24:38,655 --> 00:24:40,122
What you said about belief..
367
00:24:42,592 --> 00:24:45,260
...what did you mean?
Can you say more?
368
00:24:50,533 --> 00:24:51,834
It's almost 7.
369
00:25:05,882 --> 00:25:08,484
Will I see you tomorrow?
370
00:25:08,486 --> 00:25:10,586
No. Monday.
371
00:25:10,588 --> 00:25:13,188
5. The same room.
372
00:25:13,190 --> 00:25:14,656
Hold on to the key.
373
00:25:14,658 --> 00:25:15,791
Trust me.
374
00:25:25,502 --> 00:25:28,604
Say, "Till then, then"
like you did that time.
375
00:25:30,573 --> 00:25:31,640
Till then, then.
376
00:25:35,512 --> 00:25:36,512
I like that.
377
00:25:44,321 --> 00:25:47,422
I was way, way
too happy to write.
378
00:25:50,293 --> 00:25:53,428
It was not a good weekend
for the Venetian wines.
379
00:26:04,474 --> 00:26:07,376
Can no American watch
a film without popcorn?
380
00:26:07,378 --> 00:26:09,178
That's right.
381
00:26:09,180 --> 00:26:12,247
Do you chomp popcorn
when you read literature?
382
00:26:12,249 --> 00:26:14,683
I eat sunflower seeds
and I spit the shells
383
00:26:14,685 --> 00:26:15,918
into a little cup.
384
00:26:20,356 --> 00:26:23,325
I cannot kiss you
goodbye outdoors.
385
00:26:23,327 --> 00:26:25,494
I understand.
386
00:26:25,496 --> 00:26:29,331
People can see us together.
That is permitted.
387
00:26:29,333 --> 00:26:33,535
I can take your arm,
but we cannot kiss.
388
00:26:33,537 --> 00:26:37,806
If those are the rules...
those are the rules.
389
00:26:48,819 --> 00:26:50,919
Between the hours
of 7 and 5
390
00:26:50,921 --> 00:26:53,755
I made a study
of French culture.
391
00:26:58,461 --> 00:27:01,263
They seemed to be,
uh, strange people.
392
00:27:05,635 --> 00:27:08,870
But then, I'm sure she thought
my people were strange too.
393
00:27:08,872 --> 00:27:12,407
So I lost my virginity
on Passover.
394
00:27:12,409 --> 00:27:15,377
Passover?
Yeah. Do you know
395
00:27:15,379 --> 00:27:17,512
I don't know what you..
No, what does that mean?
396
00:27:17,514 --> 00:27:19,414
It's a Jewish holiday.
Yeah?
397
00:27:19,416 --> 00:27:22,517
Where you eat matzah,
which is unleavened bread.
398
00:27:22,519 --> 00:27:23,919
Strange.
Yeah.
399
00:27:23,921 --> 00:27:26,888
How was it?
Yeah. You mean the matzah?
400
00:27:26,890 --> 00:27:28,757
Or my... the loss
of my virginity?
401
00:27:28,759 --> 00:27:30,592
The matzah.
Yeah. Now the matzah
402
00:27:30,594 --> 00:27:34,263
It, matzah doesn't really
change over the years.
403
00:27:34,265 --> 00:27:35,931
Sometimes
our two-hour interludes
404
00:27:35,933 --> 00:27:38,734
were calm and prosaic.
405
00:27:38,736 --> 00:27:41,036
Oh, no.
What?
406
00:27:41,038 --> 00:27:43,372
I have some troubling news.
What?
407
00:27:46,542 --> 00:27:49,645
I don't think the boat
we're controlling is our boat.
408
00:27:49,647 --> 00:27:50,912
Are you..
What?
409
00:27:50,914 --> 00:27:54,750
Are you kidding me?
No.
410
00:27:54,752 --> 00:27:56,918
Where is our boat?
I have no idea.
411
00:28:00,357 --> 00:28:02,791
Sometimes they were not
so calm.
412
00:28:42,899 --> 00:28:44,866
Mmm, mmm.
413
00:28:58,481 --> 00:29:00,515
Brian.
414
00:29:00,517 --> 00:29:01,983
Yes?
415
00:29:01,985 --> 00:29:04,086
Please join me.
416
00:29:04,088 --> 00:29:05,754
By all means, bring your food.
417
00:29:16,599 --> 00:29:18,199
Sh..
Mm-hmm.
418
00:29:20,703 --> 00:29:23,638
Hello, I'm Arielle's
husband, Valery.
419
00:29:25,541 --> 00:29:27,876
Enchante.
Enchante.
420
00:29:30,012 --> 00:29:33,749
Please forgive any
hot dog related moisture.
421
00:29:33,751 --> 00:29:35,884
Only if you will forgive
my intrusion.
422
00:29:38,121 --> 00:29:40,822
I...I thought we should meet.
423
00:29:42,759 --> 00:29:44,693
Arielle speaks
very highly of you.
424
00:29:44,695 --> 00:29:47,662
She does?
425
00:29:47,664 --> 00:29:48,697
To you?
426
00:29:48,699 --> 00:29:50,132
Mm-hmm.
427
00:29:50,134 --> 00:29:52,054
She says you're
a very fine person.
428
00:29:54,570 --> 00:29:56,738
Funny, naturally charming
429
00:29:56,740 --> 00:30:00,509
sincere,
extremely bright, kind.
430
00:30:00,511 --> 00:30:02,878
She suspects
you're very talented.
431
00:30:05,615 --> 00:30:07,682
Thank you.
432
00:30:07,684 --> 00:30:10,652
I'm very happy that
she has met you, Brian.
433
00:30:10,654 --> 00:30:13,889
For the little time
since she has known you
434
00:30:13,891 --> 00:30:19,494
I have seen a light in her eyes
that I had never seen before.
435
00:30:19,496 --> 00:30:22,497
And I'm so very glad of it.
I wish to thank you.
436
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,569
You're welcome.
437
00:30:27,571 --> 00:30:30,205
I would be pleased if you
cared to join us at our home
438
00:30:30,207 --> 00:30:33,041
this coming Saturday for supper.
439
00:30:33,043 --> 00:30:34,576
Really?
440
00:30:34,578 --> 00:30:37,212
Yes.
441
00:30:37,214 --> 00:30:40,849
Is there any chance that
this is a gentlemanly ploy
442
00:30:40,851 --> 00:30:43,185
designed to relax me
443
00:30:43,187 --> 00:30:45,487
before your driver turns around
444
00:30:45,489 --> 00:30:48,089
and impales me
with a fleur-de-lis?
445
00:30:48,091 --> 00:30:49,157
None.
446
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:52,093
Well, then..
447
00:30:53,629 --> 00:30:55,130
...I thank you
for the invitation
448
00:30:55,132 --> 00:30:57,732
and I look forward to attending.
449
00:30:57,734 --> 00:30:58,734
Good.
450
00:30:58,735 --> 00:31:02,037
173 East 77th.
451
00:31:02,039 --> 00:31:03,205
7:30?
452
00:31:05,808 --> 00:31:08,944
How did he find out? Was it
a credit card bill or something?
453
00:31:08,946 --> 00:31:11,179
I told him.
I beg your pardon?
454
00:31:11,181 --> 00:31:13,882
With great joy.
You just volunteered it?
455
00:31:13,884 --> 00:31:15,784
Of course.
456
00:31:15,786 --> 00:31:18,920
Why?
Because he's my husband.
457
00:31:18,922 --> 00:31:23,558
Uh-huh. And did you know
about this invitation?
458
00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,227
No. I'm not
surprised though.
459
00:31:25,229 --> 00:31:27,195
Valery does lovely things
like this.
460
00:31:27,197 --> 00:31:29,898
How is this a lovely thing?
461
00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:34,035
To me, this is a wildly,
wildly awkward thing.
462
00:31:34,037 --> 00:31:36,071
I don't know
what he has in mind.
463
00:31:36,073 --> 00:31:38,573
You must understand,
this is between you and him.
464
00:31:38,575 --> 00:31:40,175
You have your own
relationship now.
465
00:31:40,177 --> 00:31:41,943
We do?
If you want it.
466
00:31:41,945 --> 00:31:44,646
I highly recommend it
to you, by the way.
467
00:31:44,648 --> 00:31:46,047
You will come to treasure
his friendship.
468
00:31:46,049 --> 00:31:48,984
He's that sort of person.
469
00:31:48,986 --> 00:31:53,788
And somehow Saturday night will
be thoughtful and wonderful.
470
00:31:53,790 --> 00:31:55,190
You'll see.
471
00:31:59,295 --> 00:32:00,996
You don't understand
things yet, do you?
472
00:32:00,998 --> 00:32:01,998
Uh, no.
473
00:32:03,833 --> 00:32:06,701
I feel guilty.
474
00:32:06,703 --> 00:32:08,670
Why would you feel guilty
if he's happy for us?
475
00:32:08,672 --> 00:32:11,540
Because I don't
understand things yet.
476
00:32:11,542 --> 00:32:14,976
Put aside your notions
about how people are, Brian.
477
00:32:14,978 --> 00:32:17,879
The world will surprise you
with its grace if you let it.
478
00:32:20,283 --> 00:32:21,316
Unclasp me?
479
00:32:48,744 --> 00:32:51,112
Brian Bloom.
I believe I'm expected.
480
00:32:51,114 --> 00:32:52,948
What? Don't say that.
481
00:32:52,950 --> 00:32:54,683
Brian Bloom. Invited guest.
482
00:32:54,685 --> 00:32:56,651
No, no, that's silly.
483
00:32:56,653 --> 00:33:01,056
Hi. Uh, Brian Bloom
reporting for dinner.
484
00:33:01,058 --> 00:33:02,858
Please come in.
Thanks.
485
00:33:09,198 --> 00:33:11,967
Oh. Hello.
486
00:33:11,969 --> 00:33:14,369
Good evening.
May I take your coat?
487
00:33:16,272 --> 00:33:18,206
Uh, sure.
488
00:33:33,289 --> 00:33:34,389
Thank you.
489
00:33:39,095 --> 00:33:40,695
Right this way
for the elevator.
490
00:33:40,697 --> 00:33:41,697
Elevator?
491
00:33:46,769 --> 00:33:48,849
Good evening,
and welcome to our home.
492
00:33:50,339 --> 00:33:52,007
Thank you.
493
00:34:02,151 --> 00:34:04,986
Brian. Come in. Come in.
494
00:34:04,988 --> 00:34:06,421
Glad you're here.
495
00:34:06,423 --> 00:34:09,424
Your children are amazing.
Ha ha, thank you.
496
00:34:09,426 --> 00:34:11,693
Are they real or are
they from a catalogue?
497
00:34:11,695 --> 00:34:13,294
Uh, they are
from a catalogue.
498
00:34:13,296 --> 00:34:14,896
Come and meet some people.
499
00:34:14,898 --> 00:34:17,298
Everyone, this is our
dear friend, Brian Bloom
500
00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:22,037
who also happens to be one of
the most talented young writers.
501
00:34:22,039 --> 00:34:25,073
Brian, do you know
Maestro Alan Gilbert?
502
00:34:25,075 --> 00:34:26,875
Pleasure.
It's a great pleasure,
503
00:34:26,877 --> 00:34:28,343
Mr. Julian Bond.
504
00:34:28,345 --> 00:34:30,145
True honor, sir.
Delighted.
505
00:34:30,147 --> 00:34:33,048
And Mr. Daniel Boulud.
A pleasure.
506
00:34:33,050 --> 00:34:35,717
I look forward to one day
being able to afford
507
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:37,318
to eat in one
of your restaurants, sir.
508
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,988
Nonsense. Nonsense.
I'll give you my card later.
509
00:34:39,990 --> 00:34:42,757
And I'll tell Kareem to take
very good care of you.
510
00:34:42,759 --> 00:34:45,894
And this is our friend,
Jane Hastings.
511
00:34:45,896 --> 00:34:47,696
How do you do?
Nice to meet you.
512
00:34:47,698 --> 00:34:52,100
Now, Jane is an editor
at Farrar, Strauss and Giroux
513
00:34:52,102 --> 00:34:54,703
and perhaps this is the first
of many handshakes
514
00:34:54,705 --> 00:34:55,870
between you two.
515
00:34:55,872 --> 00:34:57,105
Ah, you're here.
516
00:35:01,177 --> 00:35:05,180
Ladies and gentlemen,
three of my favorite words.
517
00:35:05,182 --> 00:35:08,083
Dinner is served.
518
00:35:08,085 --> 00:35:09,125
This way, please.
519
00:35:18,428 --> 00:35:22,464
You, maestro, though immortal
are not a God but a man.
520
00:35:27,937 --> 00:35:30,505
We know God can be kind.
He can be joyful.
521
00:35:30,507 --> 00:35:32,207
But we also know
He can be annoying.
522
00:35:32,209 --> 00:35:34,976
What kind of a God
is that now, maestro?
523
00:35:34,978 --> 00:35:37,445
I've listened to my
own recordings at times
524
00:35:37,447 --> 00:35:41,082
and wanted to kill everything in
the room, myself, the composer.
525
00:35:42,119 --> 00:35:43,752
Even if the composer is dead.
526
00:35:46,455 --> 00:35:49,390
Ah, and at those times,
He can be vengeful?
527
00:35:49,392 --> 00:35:50,959
Oh, yes.
528
00:35:50,961 --> 00:35:54,262
Not if we're made
strictly in His image.
529
00:35:54,264 --> 00:35:56,164
Exactly.
530
00:36:07,910 --> 00:36:10,111
Goodnight, maestro.
531
00:36:10,113 --> 00:36:12,033
Enough already
with the maestro.
532
00:36:13,783 --> 00:36:15,450
He seemed to like it.
533
00:36:15,452 --> 00:36:18,486
I'm kidding.
534
00:36:18,488 --> 00:36:21,890
So tonight actually
happened you're saying.
535
00:36:21,892 --> 00:36:23,024
You'll get used to it.
536
00:36:29,965 --> 00:36:31,900
Julian Bond
sure didn't eat much.
537
00:36:31,902 --> 00:36:35,103
He's just very polite.
538
00:36:35,105 --> 00:36:37,972
Oh, God, should I not have
had seconds on the little hens?
539
00:36:37,974 --> 00:36:40,441
It was fine.
Alan Gilbert had seconds.
540
00:36:40,443 --> 00:36:42,811
It was fine. Don't worry.
541
00:36:49,318 --> 00:36:51,386
Split it?
Sure.
542
00:37:08,537 --> 00:37:11,940
You seem to know
the ropes very well.
543
00:37:11,942 --> 00:37:13,942
Have you been with
Valery for a while?
544
00:37:16,178 --> 00:37:18,112
A year.
545
00:37:18,114 --> 00:37:20,381
Could I ask you something?
546
00:37:20,383 --> 00:37:23,017
Do you ever think to yourself
547
00:37:23,019 --> 00:37:26,187
"What the heck am I doing?
This is crazy."
548
00:37:26,189 --> 00:37:27,488
No.
549
00:37:27,490 --> 00:37:29,424
Well, then would you tell me
550
00:37:29,426 --> 00:37:33,027
what the heck am I doing?
Because this is crazy.
551
00:37:33,029 --> 00:37:36,130
You're being happy.
Just like I am.
552
00:37:36,132 --> 00:37:38,533
But don't you want
a relationship with a future?
553
00:37:38,535 --> 00:37:40,635
I'm 25 years old.
554
00:37:40,637 --> 00:37:43,271
There's plenty of time
for a future.
555
00:37:43,273 --> 00:37:44,273
I guess.
556
00:37:45,507 --> 00:37:49,410
Life is a collection
of moments.
557
00:37:49,412 --> 00:37:54,115
The idea is to have as
many good ones as you can.
558
00:37:54,117 --> 00:37:57,118
See, I was taught that
there are no free lunches.
559
00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:00,622
That one day the rent comes due,
the other shoe drops
560
00:38:00,624 --> 00:38:04,192
and you suffer a thousand-fold.
561
00:38:04,194 --> 00:38:06,394
Who raised you?
Jews.
562
00:38:08,163 --> 00:38:11,532
Look, if you wanna be
a good writer
563
00:38:11,534 --> 00:38:13,534
then you can't have
a mediocre life.
564
00:38:16,338 --> 00:38:18,006
I'll give you
a baseball metaphor
565
00:38:18,008 --> 00:38:19,928
because Jewish writers
love them.
566
00:38:22,177 --> 00:38:23,378
Swing from the heels.
567
00:38:24,647 --> 00:38:25,680
Okay, Brian Bloom?
568
00:38:27,316 --> 00:38:28,449
Okay.
569
00:38:30,119 --> 00:38:33,488
I look forward to
the next time we see each other.
570
00:38:33,490 --> 00:38:35,530
And to the evolution
of your attitudes.
571
00:38:37,226 --> 00:38:39,227
You are a natural editor.
572
00:38:45,034 --> 00:38:47,535
Where did this idea
come from?
573
00:38:47,537 --> 00:38:52,307
Oh, you know, I'm just trying
to... swing from the heels.
574
00:38:52,309 --> 00:38:55,977
Oh, I'm so sorry I'm late.
Ah, no worries... mom.
575
00:38:55,979 --> 00:38:58,379
Ariel.
Arielle, mom.
576
00:38:58,381 --> 00:39:01,649
Arlene Bloom. How do you do?
Enchante.
577
00:39:01,651 --> 00:39:03,418
Where's dad?
Parking.
578
00:39:03,420 --> 00:39:05,586
This neighborhood
is a nightmare.
579
00:39:05,588 --> 00:39:07,455
There are plenty of garages.
580
00:39:07,457 --> 00:39:09,590
Have you forgotten
who we're dealing with?
581
00:39:09,592 --> 00:39:11,192
Dad refuses
to pay for parking.
582
00:39:11,194 --> 00:39:13,227
He says it's highway robbery.
583
00:39:13,229 --> 00:39:14,729
And he's absolutely right.
584
00:39:14,731 --> 00:39:16,264
Brian, would you ask
the waiter
585
00:39:16,266 --> 00:39:17,732
if they have a different chair?
586
00:39:17,734 --> 00:39:20,702
Sorry?
My back is killing me.
587
00:39:20,704 --> 00:39:22,603
Uh, I think all the chairs
are pretty much the same.
588
00:39:22,605 --> 00:39:26,107
Oh, excuse me.
Could I trouble you
589
00:39:26,109 --> 00:39:28,509
Excuse me?
Something with better
590
00:39:28,511 --> 00:39:30,411
I'm afraid we don't
have any other chair.
591
00:39:30,413 --> 00:39:32,447
No folding chairs
in the back?
592
00:39:32,449 --> 00:39:34,449
Mm, I don't think
we have any.
593
00:39:34,451 --> 00:39:36,985
It's fine. I'll stand.
594
00:39:36,987 --> 00:39:38,987
You'll stand?
It's fine.
595
00:39:40,356 --> 00:39:43,224
It's highway robbery
parking in this burg.
596
00:39:43,226 --> 00:39:45,093
Hi, dad.
Hiya, pal.
597
00:39:45,095 --> 00:39:47,695
I finally had to say "Oncle"
and put it in a garage.
598
00:39:49,665 --> 00:39:51,532
Your mother is standing.
I know.
599
00:39:51,534 --> 00:39:53,568
They have no
folding chairs here.
600
00:39:53,570 --> 00:39:57,338
It's The Carlyle, Arlene.
601
00:39:57,340 --> 00:39:59,540
You know when we first met,
she only sent back entrees.
602
00:39:59,542 --> 00:40:01,009
Now it's chairs.
603
00:40:02,244 --> 00:40:05,613
Dad, may I introduce
Arielle Pierpont?
604
00:40:05,615 --> 00:40:07,682
Enchante.
Oh, no.
605
00:40:07,684 --> 00:40:10,218
I am the one who is enchanted.
606
00:40:10,220 --> 00:40:12,353
That's right.
I studied your language.
607
00:40:30,739 --> 00:40:35,143
Dad, the meaning
of the verb, "baiser"
608
00:40:35,145 --> 00:40:39,447
which used to mean to kiss has
changed a bit over the years.
609
00:40:39,449 --> 00:40:41,149
It has?
Yes.
610
00:40:42,217 --> 00:40:43,518
What does it mean now?
611
00:40:45,621 --> 00:40:47,121
It means to fuck.
612
00:40:47,123 --> 00:40:48,790
Oh, God.
613
00:40:48,792 --> 00:40:51,125
Pardon my French.
Not at all.
614
00:40:51,127 --> 00:40:55,096
Seriously though, $42
for 2 hours plus tip
615
00:40:55,098 --> 00:40:57,532
and then on top of that,
after this, we have to drive
616
00:40:57,534 --> 00:40:59,600
all the way across town
to another parking lot
617
00:40:59,602 --> 00:41:02,603
We're seeing
"The Book Of Mormon."
618
00:41:02,605 --> 00:41:06,374
Not the original
cast... but still.
619
00:41:06,376 --> 00:41:08,509
Yeah.
It's the replacement Mormons.
620
00:41:08,511 --> 00:41:11,145
You know it actually might be
less expensive if we leave
621
00:41:11,147 --> 00:41:12,680
the car in the East Side,
then we take a taxi
622
00:41:12,682 --> 00:41:14,382
to the theater and back.
623
00:41:14,384 --> 00:41:17,251
Maybe could we strategize
later on the parking?
624
00:41:17,253 --> 00:41:19,620
What can I get for you?
Table water for me, please.
625
00:41:19,622 --> 00:41:21,589
Flat or sparkling?
No, just table water.
626
00:41:21,591 --> 00:41:22,657
Tap water?
Yes.
627
00:41:22,659 --> 00:41:24,225
With ice?
Yes.
628
00:41:24,227 --> 00:41:26,561
I think I'm gonna have
a vodka martini.
629
00:41:26,563 --> 00:41:28,429
You'll be passed out
by intermission
630
00:41:28,431 --> 00:41:31,699
and I'll have to sing the second
act in the car on the way home.
631
00:41:31,701 --> 00:41:34,202
I would drink, but I may
have to drive across town.
632
00:41:34,204 --> 00:41:36,170
Yes. You've mentioned that.
633
00:41:36,172 --> 00:41:38,139
Vodka martini
sounds wonderful.
634
00:41:38,141 --> 00:41:40,608
One for me too, please.
You think we'll even
635
00:41:40,610 --> 00:41:42,477
With a syringe, if you would.
636
00:41:42,479 --> 00:41:44,312
Tout de suite.
Merci.
637
00:41:44,314 --> 00:41:48,216
So, first of all,
did you ever hear anybody
638
00:41:48,218 --> 00:41:50,351
speak better school-taught
French than this kid?
639
00:41:50,353 --> 00:41:52,653
99 on the Regents Exam.
640
00:41:52,655 --> 00:41:54,789
And he knows
the current usage.
641
00:41:54,791 --> 00:41:56,591
And this is within
his whole life
642
00:41:56,593 --> 00:41:58,860
not one day out of the country.
643
00:41:58,862 --> 00:42:00,761
Something of which
I'm very proud.
644
00:42:00,763 --> 00:42:03,331
So, it's nice
the schedule worked out.
645
00:42:03,333 --> 00:42:05,900
Brian says you're only free
till 7.
646
00:42:05,902 --> 00:42:07,535
That's right.
647
00:42:07,537 --> 00:42:09,337
So, Arielle
648
00:42:09,339 --> 00:42:12,507
of whom my son
speaks in golden tones
649
00:42:12,509 --> 00:42:15,243
tell us about yourself.
650
00:42:15,245 --> 00:42:18,779
Well, I am 33, married,
and the mother of two.
651
00:42:25,921 --> 00:42:27,288
Waiter.
652
00:42:28,690 --> 00:42:29,924
Canadian Club.
653
00:42:31,293 --> 00:42:33,161
A married French woman
654
00:42:33,163 --> 00:42:36,531
33 years of age,
with two children.
655
00:42:36,533 --> 00:42:39,467
You could stop that sentence
anywhere along the way
656
00:42:39,469 --> 00:42:41,602
and have reason enough
not to be in the relationship.
657
00:42:41,604 --> 00:42:43,237
Dad...
658
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:44,939
These are the same French
who didn't let us
659
00:42:44,941 --> 00:42:46,941
fly over their country
on the way to Khadafi.
660
00:42:46,943 --> 00:42:48,643
Okay, but it's not
her Frenchness
661
00:42:48,645 --> 00:42:49,677
that's really bothering you...
662
00:42:49,679 --> 00:42:50,811
No, but I can't discuss
663
00:42:50,813 --> 00:42:53,214
her marital or parental status
664
00:42:53,216 --> 00:42:56,651
because if I do,
my pancreas will explode.
665
00:42:56,653 --> 00:42:59,921
So instead, I'm dwelling
on the relatively benign
666
00:42:59,923 --> 00:43:04,292
but still objectionable issue
of her Frenchness.
667
00:43:04,294 --> 00:43:05,294
Okay.
668
00:43:05,295 --> 00:43:06,894
In the war, the French
669
00:43:06,896 --> 00:43:08,563
couldn't wait
to give up their Jews.
670
00:43:08,565 --> 00:43:09,931
Nobody could
wait to give up...
671
00:43:09,933 --> 00:43:12,967
Also, they surrendered
3 times in the same war.
672
00:43:12,969 --> 00:43:15,269
Have you any idea
how hard that is to do?
673
00:43:15,271 --> 00:43:16,637
What does that have
to do with anything?
674
00:43:16,639 --> 00:43:18,806
Because this is who
you're dealing with.
675
00:43:20,542 --> 00:43:24,312
Mimi and Joe Fabercamp
went to Paris for their 25th
676
00:43:24,314 --> 00:43:26,914
and they said, "It was
a festival of rudeness."
677
00:43:26,916 --> 00:43:28,816
And Joe even had a phrase book.
678
00:43:28,818 --> 00:43:30,918
And his cousin, once removed
679
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:34,422
was at Omaha Beach,
unbelievable in gratitude.
680
00:43:34,424 --> 00:43:36,924
$42, please.
Jesus Christ.
681
00:43:49,504 --> 00:43:51,939
I really hope you know
what you're doing, my boy.
682
00:43:53,609 --> 00:43:57,378
I really hope this does not turn
out to be one of those decisions
683
00:43:57,380 --> 00:44:00,815
that takes a perfectly good life
and turns it for the worse.
684
00:44:02,451 --> 00:44:04,018
It won't.
685
00:44:07,289 --> 00:44:09,423
Now what the hell
is going on over there?
686
00:44:11,827 --> 00:44:12,994
Look at that, dad.
687
00:44:14,296 --> 00:44:15,563
She fucked her twice.
688
00:44:24,573 --> 00:44:27,908
Arlene... you wanna
weigh in, please
689
00:44:27,910 --> 00:44:31,579
on the subject of la femme
Robinson over there?
690
00:44:31,581 --> 00:44:33,047
Or are you just gonna
leave your husband
691
00:44:33,049 --> 00:44:34,949
to fight this battle himself?
692
00:44:34,951 --> 00:44:37,351
Just like that time
at karaoke night
693
00:44:37,353 --> 00:44:40,621
when you dropped the microphone,
walked off and left me
694
00:44:40,623 --> 00:44:43,324
because you couldn't read the
lyrics to "It Had To Be You."
695
00:44:44,826 --> 00:44:46,560
It's good you've let that go.
696
00:44:50,565 --> 00:44:54,535
I think that there
are two forces on Earth
697
00:44:54,537 --> 00:44:56,771
you never want to be fighting.
698
00:44:56,773 --> 00:44:58,906
One is Mother Nature.
699
00:44:58,908 --> 00:45:00,841
The other is love.
700
00:45:00,843 --> 00:45:03,010
What?
She's lovely.
701
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:06,881
It's not an ideal situation
702
00:45:06,883 --> 00:45:09,083
but she adores my son.
703
00:45:10,552 --> 00:45:12,787
Now how can you be
a sensible parent
704
00:45:12,789 --> 00:45:15,956
and not feel warmly towards
someone who adores your child?
705
00:45:17,926 --> 00:45:20,861
That is
practically... anti-social.
706
00:45:20,863 --> 00:45:24,832
Okay. So I'm anti-social.
707
00:45:24,834 --> 00:45:26,567
Not news.
708
00:45:26,569 --> 00:45:29,003
Besides, I'm not telling
you that I don't like her.
709
00:45:29,005 --> 00:45:30,845
I hardly know her.
Exactly.
710
00:45:33,642 --> 00:45:37,044
I hope you don't mind, Bri,
but Arielle gave me her number.
711
00:45:37,046 --> 00:45:39,013
We're gonna go shopping
712
00:45:39,015 --> 00:45:41,415
and she's gonna teach me
how to walk like her.
713
00:45:49,858 --> 00:45:52,560
I cannot tell you how little
714
00:45:52,562 --> 00:45:54,729
I wanna see a Broadway
show right now.
715
00:46:03,505 --> 00:46:07,808
It's one of two things...
or possibly both.
716
00:46:08,844 --> 00:46:09,877
What is?
717
00:46:12,514 --> 00:46:16,150
Either no one is immune
to your charms..
718
00:46:18,587 --> 00:46:22,156
...or the world really can
surprise you with its grace.
719
00:46:29,931 --> 00:46:31,065
What?
720
00:46:34,503 --> 00:46:35,503
Je t'aime.
721
00:46:37,839 --> 00:46:39,407
Just for the record.
722
00:46:49,184 --> 00:46:52,720
Okay, we'll start
very simply.
723
00:46:55,724 --> 00:46:57,758
Taste, please, this glass.
724
00:47:05,967 --> 00:47:07,168
Is it white or red?
725
00:47:10,739 --> 00:47:11,939
Red.
726
00:47:13,642 --> 00:47:15,843
My, God.
Ah! Really?
727
00:47:15,845 --> 00:47:17,044
You gotta be shitting me.
728
00:47:18,647 --> 00:47:20,848
You have the palate
of a water buffalo.
729
00:47:22,451 --> 00:47:23,784
That is about to change.
730
00:47:25,654 --> 00:47:28,823
Replace the blindfold, please.
731
00:47:28,825 --> 00:47:31,525
Take a small piece of baguette
to cleanse the palate.
732
00:47:33,462 --> 00:47:37,898
Okay. Please
drink from this glass.
733
00:47:46,541 --> 00:47:48,876
Is it the Miller High Life
or the Guinness stout?
734
00:47:50,145 --> 00:47:51,265
The Miller High Life.
735
00:47:52,981 --> 00:47:55,583
Oh, boy.
What? Merde!
736
00:47:55,585 --> 00:47:57,651
We have a lot of work to do.
737
00:47:57,653 --> 00:47:59,687
I was sure it was
Miller High Life.
738
00:47:59,689 --> 00:48:01,121
Now please take
a buffalo chicken wing
739
00:48:01,123 --> 00:48:02,990
to obliterate the palate.
740
00:48:02,992 --> 00:48:05,159
No, I was not very
741
00:48:05,161 --> 00:48:09,630
like, I had, like,
big glasses for my sight.
742
00:48:09,632 --> 00:48:12,533
And I was not very...
attractive actually.
743
00:48:12,535 --> 00:48:14,034
I find that very hard
to believe.
744
00:48:14,036 --> 00:48:16,837
Yeah?
Yes.
745
00:48:16,839 --> 00:48:20,107
I like it that you
find that very... ha ha ha..
746
00:48:20,109 --> 00:48:22,109
I find that
incredibly difficult..
747
00:48:23,912 --> 00:48:25,546
...to believe.
748
00:48:25,548 --> 00:48:27,715
That was very adventurous.
It was?
749
00:48:29,618 --> 00:48:34,088
Yes, in my culture we wait
a long time, maybe even years
750
00:48:34,090 --> 00:48:38,125
before we do...
something like that.
751
00:48:38,127 --> 00:48:40,261
Well, consider it
a cultural exchange.
752
00:48:41,930 --> 00:48:44,064
Can we do that again?
753
00:48:49,271 --> 00:48:51,839
One day when
you're a famous writer
754
00:48:51,841 --> 00:48:53,841
all these people
will know your name.
755
00:48:55,176 --> 00:48:59,113
I don't think I want
that guy to know my name.
756
00:48:59,115 --> 00:49:00,275
You will have no choice.
757
00:49:02,317 --> 00:49:07,254
Why is it that you're so much
sure of me than I am of myself?
758
00:49:07,256 --> 00:49:08,589
Maybe I've seen the future.
759
00:49:19,735 --> 00:49:20,834
Thanks.
760
00:49:21,938 --> 00:49:22,938
Excuse me.
761
00:49:26,308 --> 00:49:27,775
It's you.
762
00:49:27,777 --> 00:49:29,910
Our nanny has
a respiratory infection.
763
00:49:29,912 --> 00:49:31,211
Uh-oh.
764
00:49:31,213 --> 00:49:33,681
Valery and I
have a state luncheon.
765
00:49:33,683 --> 00:49:37,718
Is that better or worse
than a respiratory infection?
766
00:49:37,720 --> 00:49:40,988
I can't miss it and the
children cannot be left alone.
767
00:49:40,990 --> 00:49:43,324
Pas de probleme.
I have an idea.
768
00:49:43,326 --> 00:49:45,859
I don't care if you're French.
769
00:49:45,861 --> 00:49:48,629
If you're going to live here,
there are certain things
770
00:49:48,631 --> 00:49:51,031
that you're going to
have to know how to do.
771
00:49:51,033 --> 00:49:52,933
And none of them..
772
00:49:52,935 --> 00:49:54,802
...none..
773
00:49:54,804 --> 00:49:56,036
...is more important..
774
00:49:57,839 --> 00:50:00,240
...than hitting a baseball.
775
00:50:00,242 --> 00:50:04,345
Okay? Elodie, keep
your back elbow up.
776
00:50:04,347 --> 00:50:07,114
Keep your eyes on the ball
and above all..
777
00:50:07,116 --> 00:50:09,016
Don't lunge.
Exactly.
778
00:50:09,018 --> 00:50:11,752
Ne lunge pas.
Here we go.
779
00:50:11,754 --> 00:50:14,989
Oh! Oh, no, are you okay?
No, I ain't hurt.
780
00:50:14,991 --> 00:50:16,824
It didn't hurt.
What do we call that?
781
00:50:16,826 --> 00:50:18,659
Chin music.
Exactly.
782
00:50:18,661 --> 00:50:20,928
When it comes for you, you gotta
get out of the way, you know.
783
00:50:20,930 --> 00:50:25,265
Alright. Next pitch.
Do not be afraid of the ball.
784
00:50:25,267 --> 00:50:27,301
If it's coming for your head,
get out of the way.
785
00:50:27,303 --> 00:50:30,738
But otherwise, be afraid
of being afraid of the ball.
786
00:50:30,740 --> 00:50:32,740
That's the American way.
Now, hit me in the nose with it.
787
00:50:32,742 --> 00:50:34,074
Okay? Right in the nose.
788
00:50:36,011 --> 00:50:37,945
Oh! That was great.
Yay! Yay!
789
00:50:37,947 --> 00:50:40,080
That was great!
Come here.
790
00:50:40,082 --> 00:50:41,982
Throw me in the air again.
Yes!
791
00:50:41,984 --> 00:50:43,884
Three more.
792
00:50:43,886 --> 00:50:45,219
Two more.
793
00:50:45,221 --> 00:50:46,654
One.
794
00:50:49,991 --> 00:50:51,992
Brian.
Yes.
795
00:50:51,994 --> 00:50:54,995
I'm so glad that
you're my mother's boyfriend.
796
00:50:54,997 --> 00:50:58,032
Me too. We are very, very
happy to have you in the family.
797
00:51:01,236 --> 00:51:02,336
Thank you.
798
00:51:02,338 --> 00:51:04,705
My turn to bat!
My turn to bat!
799
00:51:04,707 --> 00:51:07,141
Yes. Okay.
800
00:51:07,143 --> 00:51:10,377
Uh, give your sister the... what
do we call the catching gear?
801
00:51:10,379 --> 00:51:12,346
The tools of ignorance.
Exactly.
802
00:51:12,348 --> 00:51:15,949
The tools... of ignorance.
803
00:51:15,951 --> 00:51:18,819
Alright, guys,
are you ready?
804
00:51:18,821 --> 00:51:20,988
What have I missed?
805
00:51:20,990 --> 00:51:24,058
Well, let's see.
Your daughter is Derek Jeter.
806
00:51:24,060 --> 00:51:26,994
And your son is David Ortiz.
807
00:51:26,996 --> 00:51:29,029
I don't know
what you're saying to me.
808
00:51:29,031 --> 00:51:31,065
Never mind.
Just watch this.
809
00:51:31,067 --> 00:51:32,466
Okay.
810
00:51:32,468 --> 00:51:34,902
Don't close that stance.
Very good.
811
00:51:34,904 --> 00:51:36,804
I wanna see
your front hip, okay?
812
00:51:36,806 --> 00:51:39,006
Elodie, how about
some infield chatter?
813
00:51:43,111 --> 00:51:44,778
Oh!
814
00:51:44,780 --> 00:51:46,146
Big Papi!
815
00:52:45,808 --> 00:52:49,510
I'm so proud of you.
I'm so proud of you.
816
00:52:49,512 --> 00:52:52,179
$6000 and they publish
your story.
817
00:52:52,181 --> 00:52:53,981
The story about the dogs.
818
00:52:53,983 --> 00:52:55,816
The story about the dogs.
819
00:52:55,818 --> 00:52:58,285
Which you now regret mocking,
don't you?
820
00:52:58,287 --> 00:53:00,487
No, that just proves that
if you have enough talent
821
00:53:00,489 --> 00:53:03,290
you can write about complete
bullshit and still fool people.
822
00:53:03,292 --> 00:53:05,325
But I'm so proud of you.
823
00:53:09,164 --> 00:53:12,266
You know there's a ceremony.
There's a ceremony?
824
00:53:12,268 --> 00:53:13,268
Will you come?
825
00:53:14,869 --> 00:53:17,304
It won't be between
5 and 7?
826
00:53:17,306 --> 00:53:19,239
No.
827
00:53:19,241 --> 00:53:20,574
Can we break the rules?
828
00:53:21,509 --> 00:53:22,589
We can't break them.
829
00:53:24,145 --> 00:53:25,145
I understand.
830
00:53:26,848 --> 00:53:29,349
So we will just have
to work within them.
831
00:53:32,353 --> 00:53:34,388
What does that mean?
832
00:53:34,390 --> 00:53:35,989
It means that
no force on earth
833
00:53:35,991 --> 00:53:37,524
would keep me away that night.
834
00:53:46,401 --> 00:53:47,521
Your future is starting.
835
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:15,863
One of the best parts
of my job is reading new writers
836
00:54:15,865 --> 00:54:18,198
and occasionally,
even publishing them.
837
00:54:19,568 --> 00:54:22,603
The fact is, talent happens
when it happens
838
00:54:22,605 --> 00:54:25,205
and you have to be there
when it does.
839
00:54:25,207 --> 00:54:26,974
Tonight, I'm delighted
to introduce
840
00:54:26,976 --> 00:54:29,042
6 extraordinary voices.
841
00:54:29,044 --> 00:54:32,446
New writers
for only a moment longer.
842
00:54:32,448 --> 00:54:35,148
Proceeding then
in that ever-egalitarian thing
843
00:54:35,150 --> 00:54:37,384
called alphabetical order.
844
00:54:37,386 --> 00:54:39,219
In her story,
"Kupchino Station"
845
00:54:39,221 --> 00:54:41,421
Diane Altschuler
brings to life
846
00:54:41,423 --> 00:54:44,157
the Leningrad
of the early 1980s.
847
00:54:44,159 --> 00:54:46,159
A city still bearing
the physical scars
848
00:54:46,161 --> 00:54:47,494
of the Second World War
849
00:54:47,496 --> 00:54:50,197
and now feeling the full
stifling effect
850
00:54:50,199 --> 00:54:52,900
of President Jimmy Carter's
grain embargo.
851
00:54:52,902 --> 00:54:54,434
Elainee, a refusenik
852
00:54:54,436 --> 00:54:57,137
the character is based
on the author's mother
853
00:54:57,139 --> 00:55:00,073
earns a small hourly fee
standing in line
854
00:55:00,075 --> 00:55:02,276
on behalf of
a wealthy neighbor to buy...
855
00:55:02,278 --> 00:55:04,278
I'm not comfortable.
856
00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:06,046
Shh.
857
00:55:06,048 --> 00:55:07,681
It's the husband.
She brings the husband?
858
00:55:07,683 --> 00:55:10,083
Dad, please.
I'm sorry.
859
00:55:10,085 --> 00:55:12,185
But I feel I should
get mad at somebody.
860
00:55:12,187 --> 00:55:14,988
Only I'm not sure who.
We'll discuss it after.
861
00:55:14,990 --> 00:55:17,291
All I'm saying
is that civilization
862
00:55:17,293 --> 00:55:20,494
is organized by couples...
for better or worse.
863
00:55:20,496 --> 00:55:23,230
Frequently worse, I grant you.
864
00:55:23,232 --> 00:55:24,631
But there's a reason for it
865
00:55:24,633 --> 00:55:26,300
which is that
it's not confusing.
866
00:55:26,302 --> 00:55:28,068
I'm begging you.
867
00:55:28,070 --> 00:55:29,970
Are you saying
you disagree with me?
868
00:55:29,972 --> 00:55:33,507
Would you for Christ's sake
watch your son's finest hour?
869
00:55:33,509 --> 00:55:36,343
Brian Bloom's story,
"Run From Becky"
870
00:55:36,345 --> 00:55:38,278
is about a forbidden liaison
871
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:42,082
between two Westminster
best-in-breeds.
872
00:55:42,084 --> 00:55:44,184
One, a German Shepherd
and the other
873
00:55:44,186 --> 00:55:47,054
a Nova Scotia
Duck Tolling Retriever.
874
00:55:48,957 --> 00:55:51,591
I have been reading
your magazine since my parents
875
00:55:51,593 --> 00:55:54,161
got me a subscription
when I went away to college.
876
00:55:54,163 --> 00:55:56,296
That makes me very proud.
Thank you.
877
00:55:56,298 --> 00:55:59,366
And a copy of the "New
Yorker's View Of The World"
878
00:55:59,368 --> 00:56:01,668
cover hangs in
our guest bathroom.
879
00:56:01,670 --> 00:56:05,272
A lovely tribute
and soon your son's story
880
00:56:05,274 --> 00:56:07,441
Oh, no. It's gonna hang
in the living room.
881
00:56:07,443 --> 00:56:09,176
Of course. Of course.
882
00:56:09,178 --> 00:56:11,044
But if he keeps writing
the way he is now
883
00:56:11,046 --> 00:56:12,446
he's gonna fill every wall
in the house.
884
00:56:12,448 --> 00:56:15,048
That's very kind.
885
00:56:15,050 --> 00:56:17,551
You are a very nice man.
Thank you.
886
00:56:17,553 --> 00:56:19,619
I thought
you were gonna be gruffer.
887
00:56:19,621 --> 00:56:21,355
Didn't you think
he'd be gruffer?
888
00:56:21,357 --> 00:56:24,424
I was expecting a real SOB.
Okay, then.
889
00:56:24,426 --> 00:56:27,594
Can I borrow the two of you
for just one moment?
890
00:56:27,596 --> 00:56:29,763
Yes.
Excuse us?
891
00:56:29,765 --> 00:56:31,465
The all-important
schmoozefest.
892
00:56:31,467 --> 00:56:32,599
Go. Do.
893
00:56:36,004 --> 00:56:37,504
Nice save.
894
00:56:37,506 --> 00:56:40,107
So I assume you'll be rescinding
the award now.
895
00:56:40,109 --> 00:56:42,142
What? You think
I don't have parents?
896
00:56:42,144 --> 00:56:45,112
Besides, everything I said
to you was true.
897
00:56:45,114 --> 00:56:47,147
All the winning stories
were terrific
898
00:56:47,149 --> 00:56:49,249
but yours carried with it,
I don't know..
899
00:56:49,251 --> 00:56:51,318
...the tease of greatness.
900
00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:53,687
Make of it what you will.
901
00:56:53,689 --> 00:56:55,555
Thank you.
902
00:56:55,557 --> 00:56:56,797
We'll see each other again.
903
00:56:59,460 --> 00:57:01,228
Golly.
Golly?
904
00:57:01,230 --> 00:57:04,164
You are a person
who says, "Golly?"
905
00:57:04,166 --> 00:57:06,733
It just came out.
First time in my life.
906
00:57:08,069 --> 00:57:10,037
Okay.
Listen, fast and close.
907
00:57:11,639 --> 00:57:12,672
Come here.
908
00:57:14,142 --> 00:57:17,544
Okay. My boss is upstairs
at the reception.
909
00:57:17,546 --> 00:57:19,246
He wants to meet you.
910
00:57:19,248 --> 00:57:22,082
He read your story
or at least, half of it.
911
00:57:22,084 --> 00:57:23,283
He loved it.
912
00:57:23,285 --> 00:57:25,819
He... he said
it was a little episodic
913
00:57:25,821 --> 00:57:28,455
which only means he read it
in several sittings.
914
00:57:28,457 --> 00:57:31,591
He loves your voice. Loves!
915
00:57:31,593 --> 00:57:33,727
He wants you to start a novel.
916
00:57:33,729 --> 00:57:37,197
He wants to publish you.
He... he never says that.
917
00:57:37,199 --> 00:57:38,832
He hates everything.
918
00:57:38,834 --> 00:57:41,768
He just wants to meet you
for one minute first
919
00:57:41,770 --> 00:57:44,704
and make sure that
you're not a lunatic...
920
00:57:44,706 --> 00:57:46,640
What the hell is wrong with you?
921
00:57:49,243 --> 00:57:51,845
She brought Valery.
922
00:57:51,847 --> 00:57:54,181
Of course, she did.
Rules are rules.
923
00:57:54,183 --> 00:57:58,151
So this shouldn't bother me?
It doesn't bother you at all?
924
00:57:58,153 --> 00:58:01,088
To see them here, on a night
like this, in your world...
925
00:58:01,090 --> 00:58:04,291
Okay. Get your head right.
926
00:58:04,293 --> 00:58:07,594
Get your head right right now
because you're about to have
927
00:58:07,596 --> 00:58:10,230
the most important conversation
of your life.
928
00:58:10,232 --> 00:58:12,265
And it's not just
your future here.
929
00:58:12,267 --> 00:58:14,468
It's mine too.
So can you do it?
930
00:58:14,470 --> 00:58:18,605
Can you put the French lady out
of your mind for 9 seconds?
931
00:58:18,607 --> 00:58:21,174
Please.
Just stick out your hand.
932
00:58:21,176 --> 00:58:24,544
Say, "How do you do, sir?"
like a normal human being
933
00:58:24,546 --> 00:58:27,180
so you can have the career
that you have always dreamed of
934
00:58:27,182 --> 00:58:29,483
or are you just gonna blow it
and incinerate
935
00:58:29,485 --> 00:58:32,886
and dissolve like a Kleenex
in a fat man's sneeze?
936
00:58:32,888 --> 00:58:34,688
Is... is your head right?
937
00:58:36,557 --> 00:58:38,291
Is your head right?
938
00:58:38,293 --> 00:58:40,560
Is... your head... right?
939
00:58:42,430 --> 00:58:44,631
You are much crazier
than I am.
940
00:58:44,633 --> 00:58:47,400
Is your head right?
Yes. Yes.
941
00:58:47,402 --> 00:58:48,869
My head is right.
Okay.
942
00:58:48,871 --> 00:58:50,704
Okay.
943
00:58:50,706 --> 00:58:53,707
"How do you do, sir?"
That's all you have to say.
944
00:58:53,709 --> 00:58:56,309
"How do you do, sir?
How do you do, sir?"
945
00:58:56,311 --> 00:58:59,312
"How do you do, sir?
How do you do, sir?"
946
00:58:59,314 --> 00:59:02,449
Brian Bloom, I would like you
to meet Jonathan Galassi.
947
00:59:02,451 --> 00:59:04,851
Our publisher.
How do you do, sir?
948
00:59:04,853 --> 00:59:07,187
Did Jane tell you
to say that?
949
00:59:07,189 --> 00:59:08,855
Yes. She did, sir.
950
00:59:08,857 --> 00:59:12,159
Well... over the coming years
951
00:59:12,161 --> 00:59:14,694
I want you to do
almost everything she says.
952
00:59:15,796 --> 00:59:19,266
I'm pretty sure I already do.
953
00:59:19,268 --> 00:59:22,569
I can't wait to read
what you write when..
954
00:59:22,571 --> 00:59:24,571
...you've got something
to write about.
955
00:59:25,573 --> 00:59:27,174
On that day
956
00:59:27,176 --> 00:59:29,509
I'll be honored
to publish you.
957
00:59:29,511 --> 00:59:31,444
The honor will be all mine.
958
00:59:33,581 --> 00:59:34,948
Uh, that is my happy noise.
959
00:59:46,427 --> 00:59:48,628
I don't mean to meddle,
but you don't stop
960
00:59:48,630 --> 00:59:51,631
being a parent just because
your son's name is in the paper.
961
00:59:51,633 --> 00:59:54,768
I appreciate that, dad.
Sam, he will figure it out.
962
00:59:54,770 --> 00:59:56,703
Can I finish
this conversation?
963
00:59:56,705 --> 00:59:58,238
You have finished it 8 times.
964
00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:00,440
In 30 years,
I don't remember once
965
01:00:00,442 --> 01:00:02,342
ever being able
to finish a sentence.
966
01:00:02,344 --> 01:00:04,477
Well, with your subjects,
you don't deserve predicate.
967
01:00:04,479 --> 01:00:05,912
Oh. What is that?
968
01:00:05,914 --> 01:00:09,516
A grammar insult.
A syntax barb.
969
01:00:09,518 --> 01:00:13,853
Not everyone is as lucky
as we were, alright?
970
01:00:13,855 --> 01:00:17,524
Not everyone has it simple.
I know that.
971
01:00:17,526 --> 01:00:20,327
Do you remember
how sure we were?
972
01:00:20,329 --> 01:00:23,230
And how quickly
and how little was in our way?
973
01:00:24,999 --> 01:00:27,434
Do you remember
what you said to me
974
01:00:27,436 --> 01:00:30,637
after the very fist time
we had intercourse?
975
01:00:30,639 --> 01:00:32,339
Are you hungry?
976
01:00:33,641 --> 01:00:35,275
Before that.
977
01:00:35,277 --> 01:00:37,010
Yes. I remember.
978
01:00:43,351 --> 01:00:45,952
I should go.
Why are we leaving you here?
979
01:00:45,954 --> 01:00:47,954
I'd like to walk.
Why?
980
01:00:47,956 --> 01:00:50,590
There's a lot to think about.
You could get mugged.
981
01:00:50,592 --> 01:00:52,826
By who?
An exhausted office worker?
982
01:00:52,828 --> 01:00:54,594
Arlene,
your son is a madman.
983
01:00:54,596 --> 01:00:57,764
Because he walks?
You should try it.
984
01:00:57,766 --> 01:00:59,633
I'm really glad
you guys came tonight.
985
01:00:59,635 --> 01:01:01,301
Thank you.
986
01:01:01,303 --> 01:01:03,737
Listen to me,
I couldn't be prouder.
987
01:01:03,739 --> 01:01:06,539
Me too, son.
Honestly.
988
01:01:06,541 --> 01:01:08,642
We are now officially
spending that law school money.
989
01:01:08,644 --> 01:01:10,510
Half of it.
990
01:01:10,512 --> 01:01:13,847
I love you both.
Please drive home safely, okay?
991
01:01:13,849 --> 01:01:16,049
We'll give you two and half
rings when we reach.
992
01:01:16,051 --> 01:01:18,051
Alright.
993
01:01:18,053 --> 01:01:21,588
The GW or the Tappan Zee?
994
01:01:21,590 --> 01:01:23,523
At this hour?
995
01:02:05,599 --> 01:02:07,567
Hello.
996
01:02:07,569 --> 01:02:08,735
I need your help
with jewelry.
997
01:02:08,737 --> 01:02:10,570
I beg your pardon.
998
01:02:10,572 --> 01:02:13,973
What jewelry stores
does Arielle respect?
999
01:02:13,975 --> 01:02:16,776
It's midnight.
Yes.
1000
01:02:16,778 --> 01:02:18,578
Why are you asking me this?
1001
01:02:18,580 --> 01:02:21,681
Because I'm spotty
on women's accessories.
1002
01:02:21,683 --> 01:02:24,384
Why are you
buying her jewelry?
1003
01:02:24,386 --> 01:02:26,653
Do I have to say?
1004
01:02:26,655 --> 01:02:29,089
You're gonna be my writer.
I'm going to be your editor.
1005
01:02:29,091 --> 01:02:31,124
We're going to have
this kind of relationship.
1006
01:02:31,126 --> 01:02:32,926
What kind of relationship?
1007
01:02:32,928 --> 01:02:35,662
The kind where you call me
in the middle of the night
1008
01:02:35,664 --> 01:02:38,898
asking me crazy questions
and I talk you off the ledge.
1009
01:02:38,900 --> 01:02:43,002
Could you please just tell me
where to shop for her?
1010
01:02:43,004 --> 01:02:44,838
What genre of jewelry?
1011
01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:46,639
There are genres?
1012
01:02:46,641 --> 01:02:48,375
Fun or important?
1013
01:02:50,544 --> 01:02:53,847
Important.
You can't afford important.
1014
01:02:53,849 --> 01:02:56,750
As important as I can afford.
1015
01:02:56,752 --> 01:02:58,618
Give me a dollar figure.
1016
01:02:58,620 --> 01:03:01,054
$6000, including tax.
1017
01:03:08,429 --> 01:03:09,562
Dior.
1018
01:03:14,535 --> 01:03:16,936
Okie-dokie, then.
1019
01:03:16,938 --> 01:03:20,507
I'm gonna get
some sleep now, okay?
1020
01:03:20,509 --> 01:03:21,775
I knew you'd know.
1021
01:03:27,181 --> 01:03:30,049
I wish it were
tomorrow at 5.
1022
01:03:30,051 --> 01:03:31,818
Can you stay
for another moment?
1023
01:03:31,820 --> 01:03:34,421
There's something I wanna say.
1024
01:03:34,423 --> 01:03:35,755
Of course.
1025
01:03:41,162 --> 01:03:43,596
I would like
to be a good writer.
1026
01:03:43,598 --> 01:03:45,798
And tell stories that mean
something to people.
1027
01:03:49,737 --> 01:03:52,539
But the only thing..
1028
01:03:52,541 --> 01:03:55,975
...I really want in this world..
1029
01:03:55,977 --> 01:03:58,211
...is to be the man
who walks beside you.
1030
01:04:00,915 --> 01:04:04,517
You do walk beside me.
Not just from 5 to 7.
1031
01:04:04,519 --> 01:04:07,187
It's not enough.
Not nearly.
1032
01:04:19,567 --> 01:04:21,701
Marry me, Arielle.
1033
01:04:21,703 --> 01:04:23,136
I wanna be your husband.
1034
01:04:23,138 --> 01:04:26,840
And stepfather to your children
and if you wish it
1035
01:04:26,842 --> 01:04:29,742
I want us to have
children together.
1036
01:04:31,879 --> 01:04:34,814
I am already married.
I know.
1037
01:04:34,816 --> 01:04:39,085
And that's why this is not
a conventional engagement ring.
1038
01:04:39,087 --> 01:04:41,654
That and the fact that
a conventional engagement ring
1039
01:04:41,656 --> 01:04:43,256
will require
a somewhat more
1040
01:04:43,258 --> 01:04:45,625
robust conquest
of the marketplace.
1041
01:04:47,995 --> 01:04:50,730
You know the situation.
I do.
1042
01:04:50,732 --> 01:04:52,131
You know the rules.
1043
01:04:52,133 --> 01:04:55,134
I do and I can
no longer play by them.
1044
01:04:59,807 --> 01:05:03,843
We had a trust
that you have now broken.
1045
01:05:03,845 --> 01:05:04,944
I know.
1046
01:05:06,647 --> 01:05:08,715
And I can't help it.
1047
01:05:08,717 --> 01:05:11,885
I've found the person
I wanna spend my life with.
1048
01:05:11,887 --> 01:05:15,021
That is a drive much stronger
than any set of rules
1049
01:05:15,023 --> 01:05:18,558
or any doubts about the meaning
and purpose of marriage.
1050
01:05:20,794 --> 01:05:24,764
Of course, if your... feelings
aren't as strong as mine
1051
01:05:24,766 --> 01:05:28,301
then... I completely understand.
1052
01:05:29,670 --> 01:05:31,304
They are.
1053
01:05:32,940 --> 01:05:34,274
You know that they are.
1054
01:05:35,876 --> 01:05:37,644
They are.
1055
01:05:39,079 --> 01:05:40,980
From the first moment.
1056
01:05:51,792 --> 01:05:55,028
You really think you're ready
to be a stepfather?
1057
01:05:55,030 --> 01:05:56,696
I know I am.
1058
01:05:58,799 --> 01:06:01,234
You will be growing up
in a very big hurry
1059
01:06:01,236 --> 01:06:02,969
skipping your young adulthood.
1060
01:06:02,971 --> 01:06:05,905
Frankly, it's overrated.
1061
01:06:05,907 --> 01:06:08,207
Regular adulthood
seems much better.
1062
01:06:10,644 --> 01:06:11,878
I'm 9 years
older than you.
1063
01:06:11,880 --> 01:06:13,279
I don't care.
1064
01:06:13,281 --> 01:06:15,782
When you're 34,
I will be 43.
1065
01:06:15,784 --> 01:06:19,052
Women are at their
most beautiful in their 40s.
1066
01:06:19,054 --> 01:06:20,253
Okay. That's true.
1067
01:06:20,255 --> 01:06:22,922
But 10 years after
that I'll be 53.
1068
01:06:22,924 --> 01:06:26,025
At which point I will believe
that women are at their most
1069
01:06:26,027 --> 01:06:28,962
Oh, and 10 years after that?
What are we doing, sums now?
1070
01:06:30,097 --> 01:06:31,297
No.
1071
01:06:38,138 --> 01:06:40,873
Do you believe that keeping
a marriage together
1072
01:06:40,875 --> 01:06:42,942
is always best
for the children?
1073
01:06:45,846 --> 01:06:48,648
If I believed that..
1074
01:06:48,650 --> 01:06:51,384
...I wouldn't be asking
you to do this.
1075
01:06:53,287 --> 01:06:56,656
But if you believe it,
then... you have to say no.
1076
01:07:00,628 --> 01:07:02,228
This is complicated.
1077
01:07:02,230 --> 01:07:05,732
This is very... very complicated.
1078
01:07:05,734 --> 01:07:08,201
It's not.
I mean, yes, it is.
1079
01:07:08,203 --> 01:07:10,970
Of course, it is,
but at the same time
1080
01:07:10,972 --> 01:07:13,740
it's very simple.
1081
01:07:13,742 --> 01:07:16,109
What are we willing
to do for love?
1082
01:07:45,205 --> 01:07:48,775
How did you know the size?
1083
01:07:48,777 --> 01:07:51,077
I described your hands
to the salesman.
1084
01:08:01,055 --> 01:08:02,689
Are you saying yes?
1085
01:08:23,944 --> 01:08:27,146
Meet me here tomorrow.
1086
01:08:27,148 --> 01:08:28,981
I'll bring a suitcase.
1087
01:08:28,983 --> 01:08:31,117
We will live here
for the first little while.
1088
01:08:33,954 --> 01:08:37,423
I will tell Valery tonight.
I will not be able to call you.
1089
01:08:38,926 --> 01:08:40,460
Just..
1090
01:08:42,296 --> 01:08:45,198
...be here... tomorrow.
1091
01:08:47,101 --> 01:08:49,268
At 5.
1092
01:08:49,270 --> 01:08:51,404
At 4.
At 4?
1093
01:08:54,174 --> 01:08:55,942
There are no rules anymore.
1094
01:09:43,123 --> 01:09:44,824
Yes?
1095
01:09:44,826 --> 01:09:47,426
It's Valery.
Let me in, please.
1096
01:09:51,298 --> 01:09:53,032
Apartment 3C.
1097
01:10:20,594 --> 01:10:23,162
Please come in.
1098
01:10:23,164 --> 01:10:24,831
Thank you.
1099
01:10:30,337 --> 01:10:33,172
Would you like something?
I have, um...
1100
01:10:42,483 --> 01:10:45,484
We had an understanding.
1101
01:10:45,486 --> 01:10:48,354
A clear, honorable
and tacitly acknowledged
1102
01:10:48,356 --> 01:10:50,356
set of boundaries.
1103
01:10:50,358 --> 01:10:52,925
I know.
1104
01:10:52,927 --> 01:10:55,962
I have welcomed you
into my family
1105
01:10:55,964 --> 01:10:57,597
under a certain aegis
1106
01:10:57,599 --> 01:10:59,866
and now you have betrayed
everyone involved.
1107
01:11:01,034 --> 01:11:02,635
I had no choice.
1108
01:11:06,573 --> 01:11:09,175
Are you certain
you know what you're doing?
1109
01:11:09,177 --> 01:11:11,911
Yes.
1110
01:11:11,913 --> 01:11:13,246
I'm sorry.
1111
01:11:13,248 --> 01:11:15,147
I meant no injury.
1112
01:11:17,985 --> 01:11:20,186
I know.
1113
01:11:20,188 --> 01:11:22,421
I'm sure that if the roles
had been reversed
1114
01:11:22,423 --> 01:11:24,957
I would've done the same.
1115
01:11:31,298 --> 01:11:32,965
See to her.
1116
01:11:57,257 --> 01:11:59,058
Mr. Bloom.
1117
01:12:01,695 --> 01:12:03,596
Yes?
1118
01:12:03,598 --> 01:12:05,498
Madam Pierpont
was here earlier.
1119
01:12:05,500 --> 01:12:07,466
She asked me
to give this to you.
1120
01:13:09,363 --> 01:13:12,365
I started working
when I was 11.
1121
01:13:12,367 --> 01:13:15,368
By 25, I could feel the end
of my career coming.
1122
01:13:15,370 --> 01:13:18,504
I thought, "What happens now?"
1123
01:13:18,506 --> 01:13:21,007
"What will be my life?"
1124
01:13:21,009 --> 01:13:23,175
I was terrified.
1125
01:13:23,177 --> 01:13:27,279
And so I made
an error of youth.
1126
01:13:27,281 --> 01:13:29,482
Some of the girls were lucky.
1127
01:13:29,484 --> 01:13:34,186
They had fallen in love,
but not me. Not once.
1128
01:13:34,188 --> 01:13:36,255
Even though I had been
all over the world
1129
01:13:36,257 --> 01:13:39,358
and I had met everyone.
1130
01:13:39,360 --> 01:13:42,094
That spring, I was introduced
to Valery.
1131
01:13:42,096 --> 01:13:45,131
He was then just as he is now.
1132
01:13:45,133 --> 01:13:49,335
Solid. Substantial.
And good.
1133
01:13:49,337 --> 01:13:54,106
"The salt of the Earth,"
as American like to say.
1134
01:13:54,108 --> 01:13:57,243
I felt a great affection
for him.
1135
01:13:57,245 --> 01:13:59,178
A great respect.
1136
01:13:59,180 --> 01:14:01,480
That is a kind of love.
1137
01:14:01,482 --> 01:14:05,584
I thought it was the only kind
I would ever know.
1138
01:14:05,586 --> 01:14:07,286
I didn't believe enough.
1139
01:14:08,555 --> 01:14:10,556
I didn't believe in love.
1140
01:14:14,061 --> 01:14:16,128
8 years later
1141
01:14:16,130 --> 01:14:18,330
I discovered that
I should have.
1142
01:14:20,634 --> 01:14:23,569
It has stunned me,
this new happiness
1143
01:14:23,571 --> 01:14:25,171
which came out of nowhere.
1144
01:14:28,275 --> 01:14:30,743
This secret door
that has opened in me.
1145
01:14:32,512 --> 01:14:35,247
I have never felt so alive..
1146
01:14:36,850 --> 01:14:40,619
...as when I am in your arms.
1147
01:14:40,621 --> 01:14:44,156
It is tempting, so tempting
to forget about everything
1148
01:14:44,158 --> 01:14:47,426
and just accept this gift.
1149
01:14:47,428 --> 01:14:50,663
But I cannot.
1150
01:14:50,665 --> 01:14:52,598
And not because I don't believe
1151
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:56,102
that you would be a marvelous
stepfather to Marc and Elodie.
1152
01:14:56,104 --> 01:14:58,170
And a wonderful father
to the children
1153
01:14:58,172 --> 01:15:01,373
we might have had together.
1154
01:15:01,375 --> 01:15:05,411
Not because of lifestyle
or the difference in our ages
1155
01:15:05,413 --> 01:15:09,281
or the opinions of others.
1156
01:15:09,283 --> 01:15:12,485
When Valery and I married,
we wrote our own vows.
1157
01:15:27,300 --> 01:15:29,235
He has always kept his promise
1158
01:15:29,237 --> 01:15:33,372
and I feel I must keep mine.
1159
01:15:33,374 --> 01:15:36,442
But it's more
than a matter of honor.
1160
01:15:36,444 --> 01:15:39,578
One day, Brian,
when you have children
1161
01:15:39,580 --> 01:15:43,749
you'll understand that to leave
them is to leave yourself.
1162
01:15:43,751 --> 01:15:47,520
And to injure them,
unthinkable.
1163
01:15:47,522 --> 01:15:52,191
I told you,
I'm an old-fashioned girl.
1164
01:15:52,193 --> 01:15:54,493
Please do not try
to contact me.
1165
01:15:54,495 --> 01:15:57,463
It will not change anything.
1166
01:15:57,465 --> 01:16:01,200
I am so sad to say goodbye.
1167
01:16:01,202 --> 01:16:03,569
To be parted.
1168
01:16:03,571 --> 01:16:06,805
I can't believe it, really.
1169
01:16:06,807 --> 01:16:10,543
We had so many adventures
still ahead of us.
1170
01:16:10,545 --> 01:16:13,546
Maybe... if we had had more time
1171
01:16:13,548 --> 01:16:15,414
I would have found
something about you
1172
01:16:15,416 --> 01:16:18,784
I didn't like,
really couldn't stand
1173
01:16:18,786 --> 01:16:21,687
which would be very useful
right now.
1174
01:16:21,689 --> 01:16:24,356
But I doubt it.
1175
01:16:24,358 --> 01:16:28,260
They say that
no love is perfect.
1176
01:16:28,262 --> 01:16:31,430
But then, they never met you.
1177
01:16:32,465 --> 01:16:33,966
Arielle.
1178
01:17:38,498 --> 01:17:41,734
Let me help.
No, it's okay.
1179
01:17:41,736 --> 01:17:44,336
But if I may impose
for a favor?
1180
01:17:44,338 --> 01:17:46,338
Sir.
1181
01:17:46,340 --> 01:17:48,674
Please give this
to Madam Pierpont
1182
01:17:48,676 --> 01:17:51,677
when she comes
for lunch on Friday.
1183
01:17:51,679 --> 01:17:53,712
Certainly, sir.
1184
01:17:53,714 --> 01:17:54,947
Thank you.
1185
01:19:00,714 --> 01:19:03,048
I did as she asked.
1186
01:19:03,050 --> 01:19:05,417
I didn't try to contact her.
1187
01:19:05,419 --> 01:19:08,420
I stayed out of
her neighborhood.
1188
01:19:08,422 --> 01:19:11,957
I never returned
to the St. Regis.
1189
01:19:11,959 --> 01:19:14,693
If my route was
to take me near it
1190
01:19:14,695 --> 01:19:17,529
I would go a couple of blocks
out of my way.
1191
01:20:54,961 --> 01:20:56,795
Yes?
1192
01:20:56,797 --> 01:20:59,565
It's just me. Jane.
1193
01:21:11,978 --> 01:21:14,146
How is she?
1194
01:21:14,148 --> 01:21:16,248
I have no idea.
1195
01:21:18,585 --> 01:21:20,185
What do you mean?
1196
01:21:22,489 --> 01:21:25,057
I ended it with Valery.
1197
01:21:25,059 --> 01:21:26,558
Why?
1198
01:21:28,595 --> 01:21:31,096
Because there is a certain
sadness to it now.
1199
01:21:31,098 --> 01:21:33,699
Because being around him
and around her
1200
01:21:33,701 --> 01:21:36,935
feels like I'm betraying
my friendship with you.
1201
01:21:36,937 --> 01:21:40,239
You're not.
Not anymore.
1202
01:21:40,241 --> 01:21:42,708
And because..
1203
01:21:46,279 --> 01:21:48,280
...the future has a way
of arriving
1204
01:21:48,282 --> 01:21:50,716
whether you want it to or not.
1205
01:21:54,554 --> 01:21:56,889
Eat something.
1206
01:21:56,891 --> 01:21:58,690
Smoke less.
1207
01:22:05,198 --> 01:22:07,833
Call me.
We'll go to the movies.
1208
01:22:07,835 --> 01:22:10,536
Something from
a big American studio.
1209
01:23:13,666 --> 01:23:16,335
As little as you want
to write when you're happy
1210
01:23:16,337 --> 01:23:19,838
that's how much you have to
write when you're miserable.
1211
01:23:19,840 --> 01:23:22,074
Your passions
have to go somewhere
1212
01:23:22,076 --> 01:23:25,210
and this is
the only place left.
1213
01:23:25,212 --> 01:23:27,372
Your suffering has to be
good for something.
1214
01:23:33,186 --> 01:23:36,355
It's not for me to say if
the words were worth the price.
1215
01:23:47,934 --> 01:23:49,701
What are you doing?
Where are we going?
1216
01:23:49,703 --> 01:23:51,770
Just wait a minute.
1217
01:24:24,337 --> 01:24:26,738
Smile, you asshole. Smile.
1218
01:24:38,985 --> 01:24:42,254
Come on. Come on,
we're celebrating.
1219
01:25:43,349 --> 01:25:45,217
Thousands of years ago
1220
01:25:45,219 --> 01:25:49,488
somebody came up with
the notion of impermanence.
1221
01:25:49,490 --> 01:25:53,458
Of the beauty
and inevitability of change.
1222
01:25:55,394 --> 01:25:57,514
I'm pretty sure
they had just been dumped.
1223
01:25:59,932 --> 01:26:03,935
I had a long time to consider
the value of memory.
1224
01:26:03,937 --> 01:26:06,972
And the idea that just because
something doesn't last forever
1225
01:26:06,974 --> 01:26:10,108
doesn't mean
its worth is diminished.
1226
01:26:10,110 --> 01:26:13,311
Maybe it was just
a rationalization.
1227
01:26:13,313 --> 01:26:16,281
Easier on the soul than
mourning what might have been.
1228
01:26:16,283 --> 01:26:18,483
A life unlived.
1229
01:26:18,485 --> 01:26:20,018
I honestly don't know.
1230
01:26:21,521 --> 01:26:23,555
But I chose
to believe in memory.
1231
01:26:23,557 --> 01:26:27,425
I chose to believe in her.
1232
01:26:27,427 --> 01:26:30,328
I chose to believe
that the bond was never broken
1233
01:26:30,330 --> 01:26:32,464
and that we carried each other
in our hearts.
1234
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:35,967
As a secret singularity.
1235
01:26:37,370 --> 01:26:39,538
She made me a writer.
1236
01:26:39,540 --> 01:26:42,941
She made me a man.
1237
01:26:42,943 --> 01:26:46,111
There would be other loves,
even great loves.
1238
01:26:47,146 --> 01:26:48,280
But she was right.
1239
01:26:50,316 --> 01:26:53,118
Only one remained perfect.
1240
01:27:04,130 --> 01:27:06,498
I'm gonna get a kick
out of that.
1241
01:27:06,500 --> 01:27:09,434
Carol tells me that she's
1242
01:27:09,436 --> 01:27:12,871
she's deciding to take
her work vacation.
1243
01:27:12,873 --> 01:27:14,573
Which she has.
Of course she has.
1244
01:27:14,575 --> 01:27:17,542
And as a result,
it never quite left me alone.
1245
01:27:33,259 --> 01:27:36,161
...like, you have to try...
1246
01:27:36,163 --> 01:27:39,865
I wondered if it remained
perfect for her as well.
1247
01:27:39,867 --> 01:27:42,868
Or if I was just
holding onto an idea.
1248
01:27:44,570 --> 01:27:48,373
Some questions
have to go unanswered.
1249
01:27:48,375 --> 01:27:51,376
But in New York, you're never
more than 20 feet away
1250
01:27:51,378 --> 01:27:54,045
from someone you know
1251
01:27:54,047 --> 01:27:56,007
or someone you were
meant to know.
1252
01:28:29,348 --> 01:28:30,868
Hi.
Hi.
1253
01:28:33,419 --> 01:28:35,520
Brian, lovely to see you.
Valery, how are you?
1254
01:28:35,522 --> 01:28:37,956
Nice to see you.
This is Kiva.
1255
01:28:37,958 --> 01:28:39,524
How are you?
Hello, I'm Valery.
1256
01:28:39,526 --> 01:28:41,159
Nice to meet you.
And you.
1257
01:28:41,161 --> 01:28:43,261
Very nice to meet you.
Marc.
1258
01:28:43,263 --> 01:28:46,197
And our children,
Marc and Elodie.
1259
01:28:46,199 --> 01:28:47,599
And?
1260
01:28:49,335 --> 01:28:51,703
This is Charlie Bloom.
Hi, Charlie.
1261
01:28:51,705 --> 01:28:54,205
Wanna say hi, Charlie?
Hello, Charlie.
1262
01:28:54,207 --> 01:28:57,642
He's two, right?
Yeah, he's... he is two.
1263
01:28:57,644 --> 01:28:59,978
Not talking much yet.
1264
01:29:01,447 --> 01:29:03,615
I loved "The Mermaid."
1265
01:29:03,617 --> 01:29:07,719
Oh, yes, so did I. And I must
say, all of your books.
1266
01:29:07,721 --> 01:29:11,089
Yes, we read you religiously
in our home.
1267
01:29:11,091 --> 01:29:13,391
Thank you.
I'm very glad about that.
1268
01:29:15,194 --> 01:29:17,262
Tell me, how... how is Jane?
1269
01:29:17,264 --> 01:29:19,564
Jane is brilliant.
1270
01:29:19,566 --> 01:29:22,434
Jane is Jane.
1271
01:29:22,436 --> 01:29:23,635
She is married.
1272
01:29:23,637 --> 01:29:26,671
She met a very good guy,
a cellist.
1273
01:29:26,673 --> 01:29:29,240
And they have a son.
1274
01:29:29,242 --> 01:29:31,476
Oh, that's wonderful.
1275
01:29:31,478 --> 01:29:34,479
And tell me, Mrs. Bloom,
apart from being the mother
1276
01:29:34,481 --> 01:29:37,349
of this beautiful..
1277
01:30:10,317 --> 01:30:12,083
Brian.
1278
01:30:12,085 --> 01:30:13,318
Take care...
Take care. Bye-bye.
1279
01:30:13,320 --> 01:30:15,120
So nice to meet you.
1280
01:30:16,122 --> 01:30:17,455
Bye.
1281
01:30:36,709 --> 01:30:39,511
I don't know
if I'll ever see her again.
1282
01:30:39,513 --> 01:30:41,546
I don't know
if that's a good thing
1283
01:30:41,548 --> 01:30:42,714
or a bad one.
1284
01:30:45,351 --> 01:30:48,186
But I will promise you this.
1285
01:30:48,188 --> 01:30:52,490
Your favorite story,
whatever it might be
1286
01:30:52,492 --> 01:30:55,360
was written for one reader.
1287
01:30:56,305 --> 01:31:02,937
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