:41:01
- I thought you said
you couldn't see.
- It's an expression.
:41:05
I don't actually mean
I see a wall.
It's in my mind's eye.
:41:09
Listen. I remember that
Ellie and I took you
to the hospital...
:41:12
You insisted on taking you
to the hospital because
you were convinced...
:41:15
- you had
hoof-and-mouth disease.
- Oh, God. Ellie!
:41:19
Look, if I die, Al,
tell Ellie I'm sorry
I said all those things to her.
:41:22
I said terrible things to her.
I called her
all kinds of names.
:41:25
- Probably because
I never stopped loving her.
- [Chuckling] You're not dying.
:41:30
Well, if I don't die,
tell her she's a tramp
and she's living with a guy...
:41:33
the best you could say
about him is sometimes
he returns phone calls.
:41:37
Oh, Dr. Koch.
It's Al Hack here.
:41:39
I'm sorry to call you at home
on holiday, but I'm sitting
here with Val Waxman...
:41:43
Okay,
you can sit back now.
:41:45
- So-So, what is the story?
- Well, your optic nerve
is normal.
:41:48
- Your eye exam is normal.
I don't see anything.
- Wonderful.
:41:51
You don't see anything?
I don't see anything either.
That's the problem.
:41:54
Any tumor large enough
to impact on his vision
so dramatically would show up.
:41:59
I only wish I was in
as good health as he is.
:42:03
This is a textbook scenario.
physically, you're 100 percent.
:42:09
But just like someone who
has an hysterical paralysis...
:42:13
a patient who's fine
but he can't walk...
:42:15
or a patient who loses
his or her voice...
:42:18
from witnessing a horrible shock
or any extreme,
stress-related trauma...
:42:23
Being a film director,
your inner-conflicts...
:42:27
have chosen to express
themselves in this
very telling fashion.
:42:31
You're
psychosomatically blind.
:42:32
- How can I get rid of it?
- By treatment.
:42:36
By understanding the roots
of your conflict...
:42:39
- there's every chance that
this blindness will go away.
- How quickly?
:42:43
Well, real growth
is always very slow.
:42:48
- [Door Closes]
- There goes my comeback.
:42:52
You cannot breathe
a word of this to anybody.
:42:55
I gotta tell 'em, Al.
You know, I just dread
telling Ellie.
:42:59
Are you nuts?
They'll fire you.