:16:00
Okay.
:16:03
What I'm trying
to do is better because...
:16:08
...it's an attempt
at figuring things out.
:16:11
I would like to eventually
become good enough at it
:16:15
to the point
where I can contribute--
:16:16
All right, fuck you.
:16:18
Seriously,
where I can contribute to
:16:20
a larger debate about
why this country's so fucked up.
:16:23
Like for example,
:16:24
why is it that a
50-whatever-year-old fire chief
:16:28
feels the need to get
stoned every night?
:16:32
Right? What is it
about life in America
:16:34
that's driving
that urge in him?
:16:38
He likes it?
:16:40
Fine, but then there's
something slightly wrong
:16:42
with the fact that someone
with that type of responsibility
:16:45
is constantly high.
:16:47
I'm serious. Maybe there's
something worth exploring there.
:16:50
His firehouse happens to have
the best record in the city.
:16:53
If my house was on fire,
:16:54
I wouldn't want his high ass
anywhere near it.
:16:56
Listen, man,
you are so up yourself.
:16:58
If the guy has a good record,
it's because he's lucky.
:17:01
- That's it.
- Says who?
:17:03
It's obvious, man.
He's living this big,
:17:05
luck-driven lie.
:17:07
- Get real, are you high?
- No. I'm serious.
:17:09
You're making movies about guys
who rob Popeye's Fried Chicken.
:17:13
Hey! Hey, I am telling a story...
:17:17
which aims to resonate the notion
of where our society's headed
:17:21
if we're not careful.
If it sounds a little pompous,
:17:24
it's only because I haven't
fully honed my skills yet.
:17:29
It doesn't sound pompous.
:17:30
It sounds...
:17:34
like you're talking
out of your ass.
:17:38
Why?
:17:40
Because you have no idea
where society is headed, okay?
:17:44
You are just like
everybody else, all right?
:17:47
You're just following
the latest trend which you hope
:17:50
will get you laid until that trend
switches to something else,
:17:53
at which point you'll drop the old one
and start making movies about,
:17:55
you know, whatever--
:17:56
turtles getting caught
in fishing nets.