:07:01
If you wouldn't let
my mother seduce you...
:07:04
Now, her life would make
a fascinating book.
:07:06
Why? What's so fascinating
about her frivolous existence?
:07:10
That she left my father,
who was a wonderful man,...
:07:13
..for a gangster who beat her up?
You think that's compelling?
:07:16
Was it the shooting? That wasn't
fascinating. That was pathetic.
:07:19
Maybe it's that she's a survivor, and
the book I'm writing is about surviving.
:07:23
You're right. She went on with her life,
but I get stuck with the nightmares.
:07:27
Excuse me. Uh...
:07:30
Diane wanted some ice cubes
and you seem to be out.
:07:33
Um, there's a... there's an ice machine
just outside the back door.
:07:40
And you're wrong to think your mother
didn't suffer terribly over that whole affair.
:07:51
Right. Poor thing
:07:54
She experienced a little hearing loss
in her left ear from the gunshot.
:07:57
Noise trauma.
:07:59
The only point I wanted to make -
and I didn't mean to upset you -
:08:03
..is that some people are survivors and
some let life's tragedies annihilate them.
:08:08
- This is just one of the cruelties of living.
- And in your book that idea is moving.
:08:14
But the story of a 14-year-old girl
who kills her mother's lover is... sleazy.
:08:20
And the trial was sleazy
and he was sleazy.
:08:23
And my mother was
completely unconcerned.
:08:28
I'm sorry.
:08:30
I'm sorry. I'll get you those pages.
:08:33
And they're good, you know, despite what
you think. I won't let you tear them up.
:08:43
:08:54
- Very good. I'm very impressed.
- You liked that?