:23:00
It's when you became
creative as a hypochondriac,
that was it.
:23:02
- Hey, all those attacks
were for real.
- Oh, yeah?
:23:06
- Yes.
- The Black plague, Val?
:23:09
An allergy to oxygen?
Elm blight?
:23:12
Only trees get Elm blight...
Elm trees.
:23:14
Can I sum it up?
You cheated on me. You lied.
You dumped me...
:23:18
[Stammering]
Business. We're here
to discuss business.
:23:21
- That's right.
- Can we discuss it?
:23:22
- I wanna keep this absolutely
on a professional level.
- Absolutely.
:23:25
I think that we should rework
the script a little bit...
:23:28
because I think
it doesn't have to be
middle-aged people.
:23:31
We could make the character
of Kelly Swain, you know,
maybe coming out of college.
:23:35
- That's true.
You mean out of law school?
- Law school, yeah.
:23:38
I think they'd like that at
Galaxie. That way we could cast
somebody like Terry Tyler...
:23:42
- Great.
- or maybe find... there's a
lot of talented kids out there.
:23:46
You are such a shallow jerk!
I can't get my mind around it.
:23:48
That you would leave me
for a guy who is the opposite
of everything I am.
:23:52
You know, with his ski lodge
in Aspen and his collection
of vintage cars.
:23:56
If I drove around in
a 1939 Mercedes, people
would think I was Himmler.
:24:01
Hal's very smart, and he's
a brilliant deal maker.
:24:04
Yes, I know.
He's been audited by the best.
:24:06
He has made some pretty
financially successful
American films.
:24:09
That should tell you
all you need to know about him.
:24:12
He's the white line
down the middle of the road.
:24:13
You had your little flirtations
too. There was that-that
Italian model.
:24:19
No. You were the only one
that I was serious with. My God.
:24:24
Until you suddenly became
noncommunicative, nonresponsive
and you dumped me...
:24:29
[Stammering]
The movie is going to be
a fun movie to do, I think.
:24:33
Um, and I have a lot
of ideas that I think
we should discuss.
:24:36
Good. Absolutely. I just
wanted to assure you that once
the studio agreed to you...
:24:40
you'll have their
full support and...
[Heavy Breathing]
:24:43
Well, thank you very much.
I want a... I think I want
a foreign cameraman.
:24:47
- That's no problem.
- Because they get a texture
into the work...
:24:50
that you would never get
with an American cameraman.
:24:53
They have a certain mobility.
I remember coming home
and I picked up the extension...
:24:57
and there you are
on the other end of
the extension with this guy.
:24:58
I'm calling and I hear my wife
in a lovey-dovey with her lover,
saying she misses her lover.