:08:04
Been here long?
:08:06
- Just since the Crash.
- Since the Crash? How'd you live before?
:08:09
We lived well.
:08:14
This is Henry Miller, the American
writer Osborn is putting up. My wife.
:08:17
- Anais Nin.
- How are you, Anais?
:08:22
Eduardo Sanchez, Anais' cousin.
:08:24
Anais, you ought to read Henry's stuff.
He's got it over D.H. Lawrence.
:08:28
- I'd love to read what you've written.
- Henry hasn't been published yet.
:08:31
And you're comparing him to Lawrence?
:08:33
I don't want to be compared to Lawrence.
He would've hated the way I write.
:08:36
- Henry writes for the man on the street.
- I don't care for his writing.
:08:40
Anais has been writing a book
about Lawrence.
:08:42
Perhaps his sexuality
is too strong for you.
:08:44
Too strong? He's childish.
He's prudish.
:08:47
The French have been writing
about this. Rabelais, Flaubert!
:08:51
I can't imagine any modern writer
not to owe a debt to Lawrence.
:08:54
We should eat.
:08:56
He makes too much out of sex.
He makes a damn gospel out of it.
:08:59
To my way of thinking,
sex is natural...
:09:02
like birth or death.
:09:04
I'm not interested in literature
or poetry as we know it.
:09:07
What are you interested in?
:09:09
- Henry writes about fucking.
- Fucking?
:09:11
I'm writing about self-liberation.
:09:13
- It's definitely about fucking.
- We should eat something.
:09:16
Amelia's waiting.
:09:22
I flipped through more pages,
and I realize...
:09:25
this is my own novel I'm reading
with some joker's name on it...
:09:28
written in French, being sold
in the best bookstore in Paris.
:09:31
- Unbelievable.
- How's that possible?
:09:35
Remember last year when some guy stole
my briefcase with my manuscript in it?
:09:39
This guy swiped my manuscript, but what
he doesn't realize is I'll get him.
:09:44
The souffle is from
an old family recipe.
:09:47
So this is a souffle!
:09:58
I hope it's substantial enough.