:17:02
That's bullshit.
:17:04
The same school that
threw me out years ago...
:17:07
now wants to honor me.
:17:08
Why'd they throw you out?
:17:10
Because I was not
interested in college.
:17:13
I wanted to be a writer.
Writing was all I cared about.
:17:16
I did not care about
the real world.
:17:19
I cared only about
the world of fiction.
:17:21
Plus I tried to give...
:17:23
the dean's wife and enema.
They didn't like that.
:17:28
The sad thing is...
:17:29
I've gotta drive way
upstate to be honored...
:17:32
and I have to go alone.
I got nobody to go with...
:17:41
What about bringing
your son with you?
:17:43
I can't. It's not
my visiting time.
:17:45
Joan is completely
inflexible, so...
:17:48
She won't trade dates with you?
:17:50
I can't even get her
on the phone.
:17:52
She hates me and...
:17:56
for the first time in my life
I have writer's block.
:17:59
Now this, to me, is unheard of.
:18:01
I start these short stories
and I can't finish them.
:18:05
I can't get into my novel...
:18:07
because I took an advance.
:18:11
I don't know.
:18:13
I find I'm taking more pills
and medicine and...
:18:17
You remind me of that story
you were working on...
:18:20
two months ago...
:18:22
"The Actor"...
:18:24
Something's wrong with this lens.
:18:26
This one, too? I changed lenses!
:18:28
What do you mean?
Focus is off!
:18:30
-I don't know why it's a problem.
-The center's out of focus.
:18:33
I checked all the lenses,
they can't be soft.
:18:36
Let's move it. It's late.
:18:37
I'm tryin' to shoot Mel
and he's soft.
:18:40
What?
:18:41
-Where do you rent these lenses?
-The lenses are fine!
:18:45
-Mel's out of focus!
-That's what I said.
:18:48
Not the lens.
I mean Mel himself.
:18:50
Let me see!
Get the hell out.
:18:52
You're right. Mel's out of focus.
:18:54
What are you saying?
:18:55
I said the actor's out of focus.
:18:57
How can this be?
:18:59
Is something wrong?