:59:01
[ Whirring ]
:59:03
[ Ronnie ]
You married or somethin'?
:59:05
I was. My wife died
unexpectedly sometime ago.
:59:10
Sorry to hear that.
:59:13
Got any kids?
:59:15
No, no, my wife was
rather older than myself.
:59:18
Oh, like me and Aud.
:59:20
Yes, indeed.
:59:26
So what's this script about?
:59:28
Script?
:59:31
Yeah, you said you were
working on a screenplay.
:59:33
Oh, yes, that.
:59:35
Oh, I couldn't subject you
to work in progress.
:59:39
Why not?
:59:42
Then, of course,
there is the risk
of copyright infringement.
:59:45
[ Laughs ]
Giles, we're old friends, huh?
:59:50
[ Chuckles ]
:59:54
[ Ronnie ]
Coffee always takes her forever.
[ Giles ] Indeed.
:59:58
Hey, Strider.
1:00:00
So what's it about?
1:00:03
Well,
1:00:07
it concerns
a young man, Ronnie,
1:00:10
about your age,
I suppose.
1:00:13
He's a deaf-mute...
1:00:15
brought up in
complete isolation.
1:00:17
His only human contact
is through the television.
1:00:21
So he has been subjected
to rather excessive...
1:00:25
and unrealistic
types of behavior.
1:00:29
He never speaks?
Oh, he cannot speak.
1:00:32
Wow.
1:00:34
Oh, yes, I'm determined
that the audience share
his subjective state...
1:00:37
rather than merely
pity him because, well,
that would be awful.
1:00:41
Yeah, yeah.
1:00:44
So what happens?
1:00:46
Understandably enough,
he yearns to enter
the real world.
1:00:51
So he surrenders himself
to the most irrational desire...
1:00:57
known to mankind.
1:00:59
Maybe you can
guess what that is?