: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.
:43:02
Fire me?
I obviously can't
direct the picture.
:43:06
What are you talking about?
How can you blow this shot?
:43:08
What are you talking about?
I'm blind.
:43:11
- Nobody knows.
- What the hell does that mean?
What are you suggesting?
:43:16
If you pull out
of this project now
because psychological stress...
:43:19
has caused you
to lose your sight,
you'll never work again.
:43:21
- They'll burn your union card.
- Maybe they could postpone it.
:43:25
Oh, yeah,
because you're blind?
:43:27
Val, direct this picture
and bring in a hit...
:43:30
or I leave you
with two words: homeless man.
:43:33
- I can't direct...
How can l...
- I'm telling you how.
:43:36
You're going
to muddle your way through
until your sight returns.
:43:40
Al, I can't direct
a picture. I'm blind.
:43:42
Have you seen some
of the pictures out there?
:43:46
The first five minutes
they'll catch me.
:43:48
Maybe they will,
maybe they won't.
:43:50
If they do, you're no worse off
than if you confess...
:43:52
because you're finished
in the business anyway.
:43:56
You gotta be joking.
I'll take one step on the set,
I'll break my neck.
:43:59
No, no, no.
I'll come with you.