:37:01
You know,
if I wasn't a little drunk,
I wouldn't bring this up.
:37:05
- Bring what up?
- The dailies.
:37:07
- What dailies?
- Val's dailies.
:37:09
- The City That Never Sleeps.
- Well, I'm hopeful,you know?
:37:14
You can't ever judge
a film by the dailies.
:37:16
It's just a bunch
of little bits and pieces
out of sequence.
:37:20
You really have to wait
until the whole thing's cut...
:37:21
Well, I was
very disappointed.
:37:23
- You sawthem?
- That's just between us?
:37:26
- How?
- I was somewhat disappointed.
:37:28
I can't believe you.
I can't... He trusted you.
:37:31
Honey, I didn't get
to run a studio...
:37:33
by kowtowing to
the temperamental demands...
:37:35
of every director
who thinks he's Orson Welles.
:37:38
But you gave him your word
that you were not gonna do that.
:37:41
Honey, unless this guy has
some vision of how to cut
this thing in his head...
:37:45
- we're on some very
shaky ground here.
- Well, I disagree.
:37:48
I disagree. I-I-I...
You know what?
:37:51
- I think that the dallies are...
- The dailies are what?
:37:53
Nothing makes sense.
:37:55
The angles,
the performances, the coverage.
:37:57
- There is no coverage.
- Well, I trust his instinct.
:37:59
Honey, this was supposed to be
a nice, middle-of-the-road,
commercial picture. That's it.
:38:04
And the deal was also
that you were not gonna
look at his work...
:38:07
- until he was ready to show it to you.
- I gave in to those demands
to please you.
:38:10
I mean, he could've come in
and begged for the job...
:38:13
and he wouldn't
have gotten it, for Christ's sakes.
:38:16
The point of this is
that you said...
:38:18
you said one thing
to his face and then
you go right around...
:38:21
and do something else
behind his back.
:38:23
You make it sound sinister.
I'm responsible for a very
huge chunk of money.
:38:27
- I know.
- I have a studio to run.
:38:29
Yes, I know.
I know. Okay.
:38:32
If you're disappointed,
then I guess it's me that
you should be disappointed in.
:38:36
What's that
supposed to mean?
:38:37
Because, well, I saw
some of the footage.
You know.
:38:42
And I was a little
baffled, okay?
:38:45
But you know what?
:38:47
But, look, maybe I should
have told you ab...
:38:50
Maybe I should have told you.
I don't know.
:38:52
But half of it was
in the can anyway, and...
:38:54
Look. Listen.
He's the genuine
talent here, okay?
:38:58
You know, who says
that we're right?
The guy's a genius.