:34:02
you might at least create
the illusion of a smile.
:34:05
That being somewhat of a disaster,
he really has to turn on the charm.
:34:10
Do you know the word serendipity,
he asks. She shakes her head.
:34:14
- What does it mean?
- Why, Miss Simpson, I'm surprised.
:34:17
It means opening your eyes
each morning
:34:20
and looking at the bright new day
and going absolutely ape!
:34:23
- Serendipity?
- Right.
:34:26
- Are you making it up?
- No, serendipity's a real word.
:34:29
Actually, it means the ability
to find pleasure, excitement
:34:32
and happiness
in anything that occurs.
:34:34
No matter how unexpected.
:34:36
Serendipity!
:34:38
He explains the word, in a much more
fascinating way than I did,
:34:42
and at the right moment proposes
:34:44
a glorious lunch in the Bois.
She's tempted.
:34:47
But don't you think...?
:34:48
Miss Simpson, he's not asking her
for a weekend at a motel
:34:52
in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
He's inviting her to lunch!
:34:55
Now, don't you think if he were
terribly terribly charming, she'd go?
:34:59
- Well...
- Serendipity.
:35:01
Alright, maybe. If he promises it's
just lunch and that's absolutely all.
:35:04
He promises. Unless she can think of
something she'd like to do after.
:35:08
- Which she won't!
- Seren... Alright, then.
:35:11
He hails a horse and carriage and
they go off to the Bois. Settled?
:35:16
Settled. And now I suppose
we ought to write it.
:35:20
Not at all.
The audience is ahead of us.
:35:22
They've known she'll have lunch
with him for an hour.
:35:25
But how do we get from the square
:35:27
through the charm and serendipity
you do so brilliantly?
:35:30
In motion pictures
we have a simple device
:35:33
which takes care of
exactly this situation. The dissolve.
:35:36
Over the years,
the audience has been conditioned
:35:39
to understand
that when a scene fades away,
:35:42
like an old soldier,
before their very eyes,
:35:45
and another scene gradually appears
to take its place,
:35:48
a certain amount of time has elapsed.
So, Miss Simpson,
:35:52
we dissolve...
:35:55
We dissolve slowly
and lingeringly...
:35:59
...to the Bois.