:16:01
You were saying
you came here to live.
:16:03
Yes. For the first six months I made
a comprehensive study of depravity.
:16:09
No kidding?
:16:10
Seriously. Never got to bed
before eight in the morning.
:16:14
Who knows how many cups of
poisonous black coffee I consumed?
:16:17
I didn't drink then, so it was hard
to get totally into the spirit.
:16:22
Depravity can be terribly boring
if you don't smoke or drink.
:16:26
But a person must try to grow.
:16:28
And the guy you're dating on Bastille
Day, is he part of the process?
:16:32
No, he's just a friend.
A struggling young actor.
:16:35
An actor?!
:16:37
Ewww...
:16:39
A tragic relationship to begin with.
:16:42
I hope he's not a method actor
who scratches and mumbles and pauses,
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thereby destroying the impeccable
rhythm of the author's prose.
:16:51
No, he's a little intense
but lots of fun.
:16:54
Uh-huh? Yeah, well...
:16:58
And you and this... actor, what
do you plan to do on Bastille Day?
:17:03
We'll spend the whole day together.
First, breakfast at a little café,
:17:07
then we'll dance
from one end of Paris to the other,
:17:10
opera at five, then the guards
and the singing of the Marseillaise,
:17:14
off to Montmartre for the fireworks,
:17:16
then supper and champagne
and, you know, live.
:17:19
- You really like it, don't you?
- What?
:17:22
Life.
:17:23
Every morning when I wake up
and see a whole new other day,
:17:28
I just go absolutely ape.
:17:33
I've got an idea.
:17:36
I got an idea!
The first good one in four months.
:17:38
No, I had an idea to give up
drinking - it didn't photograph.
:17:42
Now this could be good.
Very good indeed.
:17:45
A simple story
of a simple Parisian working girl
:17:48
and how she spends July 14th.
The whole picture plays in one day.
:17:52
And I've got two days to write it.
Fade in. Exterior, Paris.
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As our story begins,
it's early Bastille Day morning.