:29:02
There's death a dozen times over
down that river.'
:29:05
She says, 'You promised.'
He says, 'I'm taking the promise back! '
:29:10
Silence.
:29:12
She picks up the Bible, starts reading
again, completely ignoring him.
:29:18
Now he can't take the silence any longer.
Finally he says, 'All right, miss. You win...
:29:22
...which I'm sure the crocodiles
will be happy to hear.
:29:25
Down the river we go."'
:29:32
Well, what do you think, John?
:29:35
Not bad. But you're trying
to complicate it, Pete.
:29:39
Things are always good
if they're left simple.
:29:41
No, not always.
:29:42
Always. That's what creates truly
important art, is simplicity.
:29:47
John, there are no rules to art.
:29:49
There are hundreds of rules.
Hemingway understood that.
:29:52
That's why he always reduced life
to its simplest terms.
:29:55
Whether it's courage,
fear, impotence, death.
:30:00
People's lives just sort of unfold, and things
just happen to them one thing after another.
:30:05
They were never bogged down
with that nonsense of subplot...
:30:08
...that we sweated over in the past.
:30:12
Stendhal understood that.
Flaubert. Tolstoy. Melville.
:30:17
Simplicity is what made them great.
:30:19
No, Pete. Don't complicate it.
You'll just be wasting your time.
:30:23
Wasting my time?
:30:25
I'm wasting my time trying to make the
script better? Isn't that why I'm here, John?
:30:30
And I think it's damn good.
:30:32
Well, I just wish the damn script
were finished...
:30:36
...so you and I could go on safari.
:30:39
Safari? I thought we were gonna finish
the film first and then go on safari.
:30:43
If we wait till the film is finished,
we'll never get to it.
:30:46
We'll finish the script,
then go on safari...
:30:50
...then we'll shoot the film
after we've shot our elephants.
:30:58
Damn lake flies.