لن أتمكن أبدا من إشعال النار
أبي, هل تريد الدجاج أم اللحم ؟
لا بأس بالدجاج .
هذا المقال مذهل
( نورمان )
هل قرأت مقال ( كين ) من ( الصين ) ؟
- لا, لم أقرأ - إنه مقال مذهل
أين ( كين ) ؟
إنه في البيت يشاهد مباراة ( اليانكي )
زوجك يأتي في نهار جميل هكذا في الريف ...
ويتجه مباشرة نحو التلفزيون
( كين ) تعال يا عزيزي !
من يريد الدجاج ومن يريد الهامبرجر ؟
ضربتان بعد , ثلاث دقائق
أعتقد الجميع يريد الحصول على شراب
ما رأيك بالقليل من المارتيني ؟
( جانيت ), متى ستنجبين انت و ( كين ) وتعطين فرصة لأختك !
دع ( ليزلي ) تتمرن ست ساعات في النهار
ولكن يكون الأمر سهلا
دعاها وشأنها .
جئت لأحضر الشراب للجميع
ماذا تفعل ؟ هل تريد شرابا ؟
أود ذالك ...
انت تثيرين جنوني
يجب أن نخرج من هنا
يا إلهى
ماذا, كلا سيقبضون علينا
كلهم قرب البحيرة وأستطيع رؤية كل شيء
هذا أعمق من الحديث .
مهلا ( جانيت ) قادمة
(كين)...
لا يمكنك إخافتي هكذا ,حسنا أنا اشد على أسناني
فقط لا تخوفني هكذا
كان لا شيء . كان مجرد إنذار خاطئ .
حاولي ألا تمضغي
لأن يكون الأمر أفضل لو ذهبنا إلى مكان ما لوحدنا
حيث نستطيع الإسترخاء ؟
أجل سيكون ممتعا بحق
هيا افتحي جيدا. لا احد يعرف ما قد يحصل.
هيا افتحي جيدا
(كين), أنسى المباراة وتعال إلى هنا حالا
سأفعل ذالك , أمهليني دقيقة واحدة يكاد ينتهي
يإلهي, أنا انتهيت
انت يمكنك أن تنتهي في اي وقت تريد
حقا يمكنني ذالك ؟
بهذه السرعة ؟
(ليزي), هل هذه انت ؟
هل تأخذينني إلى البحيرة عزيزتي ؟
هل تمهلينني دقيقة أيتها الجدة
أنا احضر المارتيني
الطبع عزيزتي
ريد أن أنتهي
اوه (كين)
(كين) هل هذا انت ؟
تريد الإنتهاء من ماذا ؟
تعال يا (كين)
تعال ؟
خذني إلى البحيرة
أصبحت ضعيفة بعد فقدان عيني الثانية
لا داعي للأنين بهذه الشدة
فالأمر ليس مريعا إلى هذا الحد
(كين), سيستعجل أيتها الجدة
هل تنتهي من الزيتون بسرعة ؟
يمكنك إستخدام البصل أيضا
أفضّل البصل, ألا توافقني الرأي (كين)؟
ياللهول, يبدو أنك تحب البصل كثيرا
بكم أدينك ...
لوسي ؟
أيها الوغد
سأقطع رأسك اللعين
أنت غاضبة, أليس كذالك ؟
كيف فعلت هذا ؟ ألم تكن تعلم ماذا سيحصل ؟
ماذا ؟
لا ترد علياّ أيها الوغد
انت كنت تعرف, لم تأبه قط لذالك
لماذا لا تخلعين معطفك ...
كيف لك ان تكتب هذا الكتاب
هل انت أناني لهذه الدرجة ؟
أنت أناني ومقرف ولا يهمك من تدمّر
أخبرت قصتنا بكاملها
كل التفاصيل فضحتني أمام اختي
(مارفين) تركني وذهب
كنت مبهما بعلاقتنا
لا تسخر مني أيها اللعين !
هل تظنني
متخلّفة عقليا ؟
مع ذالك عشت معك
أعرف كم كنت مبهما
ماذا تقولين لي ؟
جدتك العمياء التي ضبطتني أضاجعك في يوم من الأيام
كلا, بالطبع
أنت ضخمت الأمور كثيرا
أو كما قال النقّاد (الفكاهة المستوحاة)
لكن (جاين), انتبهت لذالك
ولم تسطع تجنب ذالك
وأدى ذالك إلى تدمير (مارفين)
(جاين)شكت فينا
لا استطيع أن أقول لك
أعرف أعرف
وانا أنكرت ذالك
وأنت أيضا أكدت لها ذالك
يعني مالذي حصل, جعلت (ليزي) أقصر قامة
أهمية كبيرة يعني ؟
لكن كله ذالك هنا
الطبيب الريفي المسكين, عازف الكمان
أختها الصغرى في (كونيتيكت) تخون زوجها
صورة النافذة من أجل المسيح
ملاحظات حول (مارفين)
بينما كان يشوي اللحوم وهو يرتدي قبعة الطاهي
وبالطبع (جاين)
أو كما قمت وبشكل مثير للشفقة بإخفاء هويتها
وجعلتها (جانيت)
إليك ما كتبته ...
"ليس أن ليزي قد ملت من الملاحظات
"الغبية التي و
"جّهها لها (مارفين)"
"وليست أيضا الصورة التي شاركت (كين) فيها"
"لتسخر من عضو (مارفين)
"التي يهتز بينما كان يسير عاريا"
"على رؤوس أصابع قدميه على أرض منزلهما المجلدة في (كونيتيكيت)"
"لإقفال نوافذ العواصف!
"بل الأمر انها لم تحبها قط "
"لكنها أرادت ان تنجب الأطفال
"لكي تنتقم من أختها الكبرى"
"التي لم يكون لديها أي إحساس بالأمومة
"وكانت (ليزي) تشعر بأنها
"كانت أنانية ومنشغلة بحبها لنفسها"
"جرى (كين) يمرّر يديه على صدر (ليزلي) الكبير
"وضاجعها من الخلف"
أيها الوغد الأحمق أعطيت (ليزلي) صدرا كبيرا
أرجوك (ليزلي)
(لوسي)
أنا (لوسي) أيها الوغد !
ولست (ليزلي)!
ماعدا باطبع أنا (ليزلي)
لأنك لم تحاول إخفاء أي شيء
لم يهمّك ذالك
لم تخف اي شيء
أرجوك يا إلهي
رحلت قبل سنتين
وحطمت قلبي اللعين
تركت زوجتك وتركتني
من أجل عاهرة صغيرة
"أنا و (جانيت)"
(جاين) (جانيت) هي الشخصية في الكتاب
الأن بعد سنتين
كتابك الأخير
من هذه الصقة الحقيرة
حيق حولّلت عذاب الجميع
إلى ذهب
وإلى ذهب أربي
مأساة الجميع, حتى أنك تسببت في عذاب الجميع
لكنك مزجت الخيمياء خاصتك وحولتها إلى ذهب
كأنك ساحر يتعاطى السحر الأسود
أعطيني فرصة
أنا من انتهى به الأمر في (بيل فيو)
-أنت تستحق أسوأ ذالك -(لوسي)!
لقد أفسدت حياتي
لقد جئت لكي أنتحر وأفجّر دماغي
ماهي مشكلتك ؟
أمامك أمام سجادتك لأنك سببت في ذالك
سأفجر دماغي اللعين أمام سجادتك
انت مجونة للغاية, هلا هدأت ؟
لهذا السبب انت اخترتني
هذا ما كان يثيرك
الأخت المجنونة لـ (جاين)
إهدئي الان لن تقتلي نفسك
كلا لن تفعلي ذالك لأنك لست من هذا النوع
انت لست من النوع المأساوي
(جاين) هي من النوع المأساوي
(جاين) هي عازفة الكمان المنفردة
إهدئي من أجل المسيح
أنت على حق
ليس لدي جرأة لقتل نفسي
كنت أعرف عندما أتيت إلى هنا
قلت كلا, ليس أنا
من الأفضل ...
أن أقتله
المعذرة ؟
أقتل الساحر الأسود
كي لا ينسج المزيد من الذهب من تعاسة البشر
(لوسي) ما مشكلتك ؟
-أسكت! -أبعديه!
أيها الوغد الفصيح
ومن غيرك استطاع إقناعي بممرسة الجنس الفموي
خلال جنازة أمي !
(لوسي) فكري بالأمر
قف مكانك !
لا تصوبي, لاتضغطي على الزناد
أنظري إذا أردت سماع ما يسرك
حياتي تعسة للغاية حاليا تركتني عشيقتي
وذهبت مع أعز أصدقائي
كل شيء سيء الأن أنا مصاب بمرض الزهري
أنفقت كل أموالي على الأطباء
النفسيين والمحامين والعاهرات
أنظري انا لن أقف هنا
على هذا السطح اللعين
وأتوسل إليك لكي لا تقتلني
إذا أردت قتلي, اقتليني
كنت أعمل ومنعتني من ذالك
إذا حياة من كنت تستغله اليوم
ستكونين سعيدة إذا عرفتي
أنا أتكلم عن سيرتي الذاتية
عن زواجي الأول
"تزوج (هارفي ستورن) يافعا"
"بشكل أساسي لكي يترك شقة والديه
حيث الذنب
والعداء والإنتقاد"
"في النهار كان يعمل بلا توقف في متجر للأحذية"
"وفي الليل كان يمضي الوقت كله مع اّّلته الكتابية الصغير"
هل ستأتي إلى السرير ؟
(روزلي) أنا في وسط إحدى الجمل وفقدت أفكاري الأن
انشعر بأنني منبوذة قليلا لأننا لم نعد ننام معا
لا أدري ماهو السبب, لكن لا اشعر بالإنجذاب إليها
هل تفعل شيئا ما بإبعادك عنها
إنه خطئي أيضا
أكذب عليها وأدعي بأنني مشغول بالعمل
لكن العكس هو الصحيح
أنا بحال الإهتياج الجنسي الدائم, لكن بيس تجاهها فحسب
تجاه من إذا ؟
تجاه أختها لديها أخت, أود أنا اضاجعها
لها شفتان ممتلئتان
صديقتها من (كولومبيا) (جنيفر) أنا احلم بها
لك اكن اعتقد بأني سأهتم بالتاريخ الإفريقي
لكنها فاتنة
في الحقيقة لا أتعرف الى اي امرأة وأرى أي إمرأة
بدون أن أتسائل عما ستكون في السرير معا
تعرفت إلى عاهرة مذهلة
عاهرة ؟
نعم جميلة
من الصين
جسدها خيالي
تملك خبرة طويلة في إسعاد الرجال
واجرتها خمسون دولارا
أليست هذه خيانة لزوجتك ؟
كلا هذه ليست خيانة, إنها عاهرة
فأنا لا أقيم علاقة غرامية
لن تشعر مع إحدى الفتيات المحترفات
مع تشعر مع زوجتك
تأتي وتفرك جسمها بزيت الزيوت
زيوت ؟
وفي السرير تأخذك إلى القمر
ثم تأخذ المال وتذهب وقد أصبحت تاريخ
لا اعرف أين أستطيع القيام بذالك
لا أستطيع احضارها الى شقتي
خذها الى غرفة في فندق
هذا ما أفعله عندما تكون زوجتي في المنزل
أنا لا أملك هذا المبلغ خمسون دولا هذا مبلغ كبير بحد ذاته
ربما قد يسمح لك أحد أصدقائي باستعمال منزله
لماذا دائما تشتكي دائما عن حياتك الجنسية
وأنا أحاول مساعدتك
وسأقول لها إنك أعطيتني رقمها ؟
كلا, كلا, كلا, لا تذكر إسمي
لاتسعمل اسمك الحقيقي
ليس الإسم الحقيقي بالظبط
اسمع تستعير شقة احد الأصدقاء
واستعمل اسمه. لأن اسمه سيكون على الجرس.
الأن ابتسم الحظ لـ(هارفي)
لأن واحد من اعز اصدقائه (ماندال بورنبام)
صدمته سيارة ...
وكان معلقّا بين الحياة والموت ...
في مستشفى في (نيويورك)
وهكذا حصل (هارفي) على شقة عازب لينفّذ غايته
بعد ارتداء رداء صديقه الحريري
أصبح (هارفي) (ماندال بورنبام)
وانتظر جواز سفره الأسيوي إلى الجنة
أنت حتما (ماندال بورنبام)
هل استمتعت بذالك ؟
هل تمزحين ؟ سأعود حالا
الى اين انت ذاهب
سوف أذهب لتفق سروالي أرى إذا كان هناك خمسون دولارا اخرى
فأنا أود القيام بالأمر مجددا
افتح
من الطارق ؟
من أنت ؟
أنا جئت من اجلك
عن ماذا تتحدث ؟
انا الموت, وانت على لائحتي
انتظر دقيقة لا بد انك مخطئ
ليس لديك دقيقة
انا لست (ماندال بورنبام)
لا تقل لي هذه التفاهات
انظر الى احرف اسمك الأولى
(ماندال), مع من تتكلم ؟
توقفا عن منادتي (ماندال)
أرجوكما انا فقط استعمل اغراضه
أجل
هناك دائما اعذار
لنذهب
أيها الوغد الصغير
كنت اقف على السطح وهي تصوب المسدس نحوي
ونحن كنا هناك في الطقس البارد وكنت مذعورا
واخبرتها عن قصة قصيرة كتبتها عندما كنت شبابا
ووجدتها مضحكة, حمدالله
وبدأت تضحك
وارتاحت قليلا. ووضعت المسدس جانبا.
وكما تعلم
إذا قصتك أنقذت حياتك
إنه شيء مذهل بالنسبة لي
والشي المثير للإهتمام بالنسبة لي
إضافة الى الذنب الجنسي
الذي شعرت به عندما كنت شابا في القصة
هو ان لا شيء تغير
فأنا وبعد عدّة سنوات
كان لدي طبيب نفساني أنذاك, ولدي طبيب نفساني الأن.
واستعنت بستة أطباء نفسانيين حتى الأن
و تزوجت ثلاث مرات
ومازلت حياتي الغرامية فوضوية
فأنا ما زلت أحب العاهرات
والشيء الجيد لي هو انك تدفع لهنّ ...
ويأتين إلى المنزل
ولست مضطرا للتكلم عن (بروست) أو الأفلام
لا أعلم بالظبط مالذي يحدث لي.
أنت تعلم, أنا لم أنضج...
أشعر بأنني , بأنه ...
أقأرن نفسي بغيري من الرجال الذين هم بسني
أفكر دائما بمضاجعة كل امرأة التقي بها.
القي بإمرأة, سواء كان في البنك أو الحافلة...
وأقول كيف هي تبدو عارية ؟
هل ممن أن أضاجعها ؟
هذا جنون
أعرف رجالا محامين وأطباء
ولديهم عائلات ومنزل
وليسوا أنت تعلم ماذا ...
مثلا رئيس (الولايات المتحدة)
هل يريد مضاجعة كل امرأة يلتقي بها ؟
انه مثل سيء
لكن لا ادري
خذ مثلا (راؤول لالنبورغ)
هل أراد مضاجعة كل نادلة في (أوروبا)؟
من الأرجح, لكن ..
أخبرني عن الحفلة التي ستكرم بها غدا.
هذا هراء
هذا مثير للسخرية الكلية نفسها التي كردتني قبل سنوات ...
تريد أن تكرمّني الأن
لماذا طردوك ؟
لأنني لم اكن مهتما بالجامعة
أردت ان أكون كاتبا
لم يكن يهمني شيء سوى الكتابة
لم يكن يهمني العالم الحقيقي
كان يهمني عالم الخيال فحسب
كمان أنني حاولت إعطاء زوجة العميد تحليلا نفسيا
لذا لم يعجبهم ذالك
لكن الشيء المحزن هو
كان عليّ قطع مسافة طويلا لكي يكرموني
وعليّ الذهاب لوحدي
لا احد يهذب معي
إنها, كما تعلم
حسنا , أنا لا استطيع
ومااذ عن فكرة أخذ بنك معك ؟
هذا ليس وقت زيارتي له
و (جون) غير مرنة للغاية
تعني انها لا تقبل تغيير مواعيد زيارتك
حتى انني لا استطيع انا اهاتفها
تكرهني
لا اعلم, ومؤخرا
ولأول مرة في حياتي, لم اعد استطيع الكتابة
هذا شيء لم يحصل لي من قبل
أبدأ بقصص قصيرة ولا استطيع انهائهم.
لا اسطتيع العمل على روايتي
لأنني اخذت بعض المال مقدما
لا اعلم
أشعر بأنني أخذت الكثير من الحبوب
ذكرتني بالقصة القصير
التي تعمل عليها منذ شهرين
الممثل
هناك مشكلة ما في هذه العدسة اللعينة
هذه أيضا, قد غيرت العدسات
التعديل البؤري معطل
لا اعلم لماذا
البؤري معطل
تفقدت كل العدسات ولا يمكن ان تكون جميعها معطلة
هيا لنتحرك
لقد تأخر الوقت . لنتحرك.
أحاول تصير (ميل), ولا أراه بوضوح.
من أين استأجرت هذه العدسات ؟
العدسات على ما يرام
اللعنة رؤيته غير واضحة
هذا ما قلته أيها العبقري
لا أعني العدسات. بل هو بحد ذاته.
دعني أرى
انت محق. رؤية (ميل) غير واضحة.
عن ماذا تتحدث ؟
الممثل غير واضح
كيف حصل ذالك ؟
هل هناك مشكلة ؟
(ميل) تعال هنا
لا اعلم كيف اقول لك هذا
لكن لا نراك بوضح
زاد وزني قليلا
لا انه ليس الوزن, نحن لا نراك بوضح
انت غير واضح
لا اعلم لماذا
هل هناك اي شيء نستطيع عمله؟
لا استطيع تعدي العدسة
انظر الى نفسك
لا يمكنك فعل اي شيء
هل انت متاكد انت بخير
الرؤية غير واضحة
أنا بخير
(ميل), خارج الصورة
هذا غريب
لا اعلم ماذا أفعل
اصبحت الساعة الرابعة تقريبا
لماذا لا نتوقف عن التصوير
نوقف التصوير ونرى ماذا سيحصل
أريدك ان تذهب للبيت وتستريح
وحاول ان توضح صورتك
عدت الى المنزل (غرايس)
مرحبا عزيزي
ماذا المشكلة تبدو غريب
لا يمكن رؤيتي بوضوح
نعم قليلا
وتبدو شاحبا
صورتك مشوّشة أبي
ربما عليك أن تنام سأحضر لك الشاهي ..
صورة أبي غير واضحة
أنا لا احتاج الى هذا, حسنا ؟
هيا كن لطيفا معه, ماذا حصل ؟
ماذا حصل لك أبي
صورة أبي غير واضحة
(روبن) توقف عن ذالك
في البدية اعتقدو ان المشكلة من الكاميرا. ثم اتضح ان المشكلة مني.
لقد أرسلونني البيت. يا للإهانة.
هل أكلت اي شيء غريب خلال الغداء, محار ؟
لا هذه ليست حساسية لاأعلم ما هي
أحتاج لليلة من النوم الجيد
وسأكون جيدا
أنا متأكدة هذا ما تحتاجه اليه
ماذا حدث لك ؟
اذهب الى نوم وغدا سيكون كل شيء على مايرام
وفي الصباح التي لم تتحسن الأحول
في الواقع زادت الأمور سوءا
أصبحت صورة (ميل) غير واضحة تماما
عليّ الذهب الى الطبيب
لم أرى اي شيء هكذا من قبل
لا تعاني أي شيء, ماعدا ان غير واضح.
مالأمر ؟
أشعر الدوار عندما أنظر اليه
لهذا أريدكم ان تجربوا هذه
لا أريد وع النظارة يا أمي
انتظر هيا
لكي تراني يا بني
هذا افضل بكثير
سوف تتمكنون من مشاهدتي
هيا ضعها وسترى أبوك بوضوح
هل تريد رؤية أبوك ؟
ضعها ولن تصاب بالصداع
لذا أجبرت الأولاد على وضع نظارات
رغم معارضتهم ذالك
تتوقع أن يتأقلم العالم مع التشويه الذي تعاني منه
انا لا اتوقع اي شيء
أنا امر بإحدى المراحل لا اعلم ماذا
ولأول مرة في حياتي, لا استطيع الكتابة .
لا استطيع المتابة
وبالنسبة إلي ...
كل ما لدي في الحياة هو مخليتي
أسف انتهى وقتنا
اتمنى لك الوقت الممتع خلال حقل التكريم
وأظن اذا أخذت ابنك معك سيكون نفعا
(جون), لم تردي على مكالماتي
دعني وشأني
هل تريدني أن اتصل بالشرطة
أريد طرح سؤال واحد عليك
لا اريد الإستماع اليك
سيكرمونني غدا في جامعتي القديمة
اريد اخذ (هيلي) معي
كلاّ, عليه الذهاب الى المدرسة
اريد استبدال موعد زيارة واحد
لدي خطط مع (هيلي)
سيكون جيدا اذا رأى
مرة واحدة ليرى تكريم والده
لا اريده ان يراك طوال حياته
سنكون في الريف, توقفي قليلا
سيمضي يوما في الريف. مالمشكلة في ذالك ؟
انه بسنّ التاسعة
ومن أين تعلم عبارات مثل "مضاجعة النساء " و "اللعنة ؟ "
مذا تقولين, تعلمها مين ؟
وهل أبدو لك غبية ؟
أعرف كيف تتحدث معاه
وسمعت عن اسبوع المدرسة المفتوح
(بيث كريمر) لم تشعر بمثل هذا الإستهجان طوال حياتها!
ابي لماذا لا يشبه قضيبي مثل قضيبك ؟
لماذا لا يشبه قضيبي مثل قضيبك ؟
لأن أنا وأمك لم نختنك
عندما كنت بسنك, هل تعرف ماذا كان يفعل الأولاد في الحي ؟
كانو يطلقون أسماء على أعضائهم التناسلية
سأسّمي عضوي (دلينجر)
(دلينجر)اسم مثالي
(دلينجر)اسم عظيم
(هيلي) أنت عبقري
(دلينجر) كان عبقريا في مهنته
مثل (والي ستان)
هل تتذكر ما ناقشناه عن (فرويد) في إحدى المرات ؟
قال (فرويد) ان اهم شيئين في لتصحل على حياة جيدة
العمل الذي تختاره والجنس
انهما الشيئين
النساء قوة إهية
أهنّ ألهة ؟
لا لا أنا لا اقول لك انهن ألهة
انهن نساء
لا ندري إذا هنّ ألهـة, لكن هنّ نساء
لكن هناك نساء, ولسن أصناما جامدة في معابد
والبعض منهم يشترين ملابس من ماركة (فكتوريا سيكرت)
(بيث كريمر) لم تصب بمثل هذه الصدمة في حياتها !
(بيث كريمر) هي عاهرة من صنف ثاني
ولا يعنيها كيف اكلم ابني
(بيث كريمر) أم محترمة وصديقة عظيمة
هـــراء
أطلب منك تغيير موعد زيارة واحدة
ماهو الشيء المخيف ؟
لا أعلم, لكنه لن يغيب عن المدرسة
ماذا لو كان مريضا ؟
لكان غاب عن المدرسة
لكنه ليس مريضا
ولم يمضي فترة العصر مع والده
المهووس والمدمن على الكحول
الذي لا يصلح ان يكون أبا
قبل سنوات ما كنت تقولي عذا عني
لم تظنين ذالك
كنت تقولين إنني لطيف وسهل المعشر ومتحرّر
ضع ذالك في الكتاب
ماذا أقول ؟ سبق وان فعلت.
تزوج (ابستن) من الطبيبة النفسانية التي كانت تداويه
اتعرف بمشاعرها لها عدة مرات ...
ويبدو انها اعتبرت ذالك تحويلا...
لكن في أحد الأيام, فاجأته
أطن من الأفضل ...
أن نوقف علاجك
وبعد ذالك أعتقد ...
وعلينا إعطاؤك بعض الوقت ...
وإذا كانت مشاعرنا متطابقة ...
أظننا نستطيع مقابلة بعضنا من جديد ...
إجتماعيا
كان ذالك بالنسلة إلى (ابستن), تقاربا أعد له في السماء.
أخيرا وجد إمرأة تفهمه
انت تعرفين كل أسراري , كل أونصة من حياتي النفسانية
اتعرفت لك بكل مشاعري خلال العلاج
حان الوقت لتعرفني
لكنك قبلت بكل شذوذي
رغبتي بان أربط, وأشاهدك مع نساء اخريات...
والإحساس بكعبك العالي في فمي
لا احد يستطيع القول بأنني لا لم أكن اعرف...
مالذي ينتظرني
كانت السنتان الأوليان مذهلتان
عاشا في شقة كبيرة في جادة (وست اند)
كان يكتب ويؤلّف
وكانت تعاين المرضى وكانت تراقب أعماله جيدا
ما يأتي للتخلص من ...
أنت منعزل تماما, وتخاف من الناس ...
وتصاب بالذعر عندما يتقرب أحدهم منك ...
لذا خياتك الحقيقة فوضوية ...
وما تكتبه أكثر ثباتا ...
ولست قادرا
نعم كلّ شيء سار على ما يرام
حتى حملت (هيلين) وانجبت
ومنذ تلك اللحظة ...
وكأنها خضعت للإلهام الإلهي
فجأة أصبحت ما أشار اليه (ابستن) بغضب ...
على انها يهودية تريد الإنتقام
أكره اليوم الذي استمعت فيه اليك ولم أختنه
هل انت مجنونة ؟
ما زلنا نستطيع ذالك
كلا , أصبح كبيرا في السن
ماهي مشكلتك
الأن أصبح كبيرا بالسن
ياإلهي كأنك من المسيحيين المتجددين
لكنك يهودية
أرى وجه أبي في (هلال)
(هيليارد)
اسمه (هيليارد)
لم نسميه (هيليارد)
لم نسميه (هلال)على اسم حاخام ما
اسمه (هيليارد ابستن)
كلا, سئمت من سخريتك
وهناك قيم وتقاليد
لك أكن عتقد انها تعني شيء
لكن ان صرت أماّ أصبح لها معنى
أنا لا أرى أي معنى فحسب في اليهودية بل جمال حقيقي
(هيلين) انت عالمة
(أينشتاين) كان عالما ...
وكان يهوديا, وكان أيضا متدينا
بدأت (هيلين) تصلي يوميا
بالطبع صلوت يهودية...
وكانت تخاف من الرب الغاضب والمنتقم ...
وكانت تحمد الرب وتشكره على كل شيء
جنس فموي ...
وذات يوم حصل المحتّم
أحد مرضى (هيلين) إسرائيلي
أتى إليها وهو بحالة يأس
بعد أن تركه زوجته
أسر قلب(هيلين)
أظن علينا إنهاء علاجك
وإعطائك بعض الوقت
وإذا ظلت مشاعرنا متطابقة
أظن أننا نستطيع مشاهدة بعضنا البعض إجتماعيا
(ريتشارد)
كأنك في حلم يقظة ...
كنت أفكّر بكتاب ألفته
-أنا بحالة سيئة -مالمشكلة ؟
أنا ذاهب إلى الطبيب
أعني من ألم شديد في صدري
أنه لا شيء
ربما كان سوء هضم, أو القرحة أو الأسيج في المعدة
هذا شيء وراثي
مات أبي بنوبة قلبية بسنّ مبكرة
وماتت أمي أيضا بنوبة قلبية
وكذالك ماتا شقيقاي قبل بلوغهما سن الخمسون بقصور الفلب.
لا اعلم لماذا تضيع وقتك في التحدث معي
يجب أن تطلب الإسعاف
-هل انت مشغول ؟ -كنت ذاهب لأرى المحّرر
اكره إجراء تلك الفحوصات لوحدي
ماتت أمي وهي تلدني
لوم يسامحني أبي أبدأ على ذالك
مضحك, اتمنى لو أنني سامحته قبل وفاته
لكنك حزين لأنك تعتقد أن تموت ولكنك لست كذالك
اليوم لديهم الليزر, وكل انواع المعدّات الطبية
انت مهتم بالعلوم, أليس كذالك ؟
أجل لا توجد أي مشكلة في العلوم
إن خيّرت بين مكيف الهواء و (البابا) ...
أفضّل مكيف الهواء
أنا خائف جدا
هل يمكننا تغير الموضوع ؟
هل تعلم انني لم اعد قادرا على الكتابة
لول مرة في حياتي ...
لم أستطيع الحصول على فكرة مفيدة
شيء ما يثير اهتمامي
أظنك تعاني من المتاعب منذ ان تركتك (فاي)
أنا عدت لأرى (فاي) مؤخرا
هذا جيد جدا
اعتقد بأنها تصلح لك
وأفضل لك ...
من أولئك المجنونات
ياإلهي! ذراعي
أقول لك, هذا لا شيء
انا لست خائفا
انت بحال جيدة, جيدة
تعاني القليل من من التكلس في ذراعك, لكن
هذا مذهل
ماذا أقول دائما ؟
أجمل الكلمات في اللغة الإنجليزية ...
ليس "أحبك , لكن "غير خبيث ."
نستطيع إجراء المزيد من الفحوصات, لكنها غير ضرورية
-هذا مذهل -قلبك بأحسن حالاته
اذيت ظهري قبل بضع أسابيع, عندما كنت افتح البراد
دعني اعطيك موعدا
دعني اشتري لك كوبا من القهوة
ليس لدي وقت
ماذا لديك غدا ؟
أنا مشغول, لماذا ؟
لأنني ذاهب إلى جامعتي القديمة لأنهم يكرمونني.
وأريد أحدهم يرافقني معي
لا أظنني أستطيع التخلف عن اعمالي لكن هذا مذهل
تهانينا
تبدو رائعا
شكرا لكـ. تبدو متعبا قليلا.
أجل لأنني أجهد لتأليف هذا الكتاب
أنفقت المال الذي دفعني مسبقا
وانا في ووضع
سبب رغبتي في تناول الشراب هو
هل استطيع الحصول على نبيد احمر مثلها من فضلك
أريد أن اخبرك قبل غيري ...
انني سأتزوج
لا تقولي ذالك
-لماذا ؟ -ماذا تعنين ؟
لنني أحبك
كيف تتزوجين
من ؟ (لاري)
نعم, انه (لاري)
علمت ذالك. أنا لا اصدق هذا
يدعي انه صديقي
انه الشيطان
كان عليّ الإمتناع من التعرف اليك
بوجود (لاري), أشمّ كبريت تحترق
هل نستطيع الحصول على بركتك ؟
كلا, حتما لا
اريدك ان تتزوجي
اريد ذالك
يجب عليّ الذهاب
كنت تلميذتك
كان (هنري هيغنز) و (أليز دوليتل)
هذا ما أجببته
لكنه لا لم ينجح الأمر. ماذا تريدينني أن اقول ؟
لماذا وقعت في حبي ؟
تكلمت كثيرا عن الحرب في العالم الغربي
لم أكن أعتقد بأنني أستطيع واعتقدت بأنني مصاب بأضرار فادحة
لكنه ليس كذالك
استيقظت ذات صباح
ونظرت اليك خلال الفطور
وقلت لنفسي يا إلهي
"هذا ما يعنونه, هذا ما يتكلمون عنه
وكل تلك التحذيرات
لأمتنع عن الوقوع في غرامك
أعرف, ثم بعد ذالك وقعت في حبك
...وقالوا بأنني سوف أضاجعك
ثم انتقل الى المعجبة التالية
لكن لم تحصل الأمور هكذا
كنت معجبة بي ومن أتباعي
ومن ثم تلميذتي, وبعد ذالك كنت شريكتي في السكن
وبعد ذالك عملت ..
تسيطرين على جهاز تغيير المحطات التلفزيونية
احببتك
كنت اعبدك
لكني لم اكن مغرمة
جامعتي القديمة
تريد تكريمي, إاذ كان بوسعك تصديق ذالك
تعالي واعطيني فرصة
امضي يوما معي
انا سأتزوج غدا
غدا ؟
في اليوم الذي سأكرم فيه ؟
انا لا اصدق هذا
غدا ستتزوجين
اجل, خططنا ذالك منذ شهر
لا تفعلي ذالك
بينما كان (غولدبرغ) نائما في احدى الليالي
دخل الشيطان الى شقته
وخطف عشيقته الشقراء
وأخذها معه الى الجحيم
في الصباح التالي
انتبه (غولدبرغ)الى رائحة احتراق الكبريت الغريبة
(هاري بلوك)
انت (كوكي)
(كوكي ويليام)
أردتني أن أتي هنا عند العاشرة ؟
لأجل, ياللهول
هل تريديننا ان نبدأ الأن ؟
ألا تريدين التحدث قليلا ؟
التكلم لماذا ؟
حقا ؟ معظم الرجال لا يقفزون الى السرير...
بدون التحدث قليلا
لأن ذالك يبدو شبيه بالأعمال
ليس أنا
أريدك أن تربطيني
مهما تريد
لكن دعنا نهتم بالمال أولا.
ثم يمكنك الإسترخاء
بالتأكيد, تريدين مئتين دولار ؟
أجل
تريدني أن اربطك
أجل, اربطيني أريدك ان تضربينني قليلا ثم الجنس الفموي.
الجنس الفموي ثم أضربك
كلا, اضربيني ثم الجنس الفموي. اريدك ان تقومي ذالك صحيحا.
وغلا لن يكون ممتعا
اربطيني, ثم اضربيني, بعد ذالك الجنس الفموي
بماذا تريدني أن اربطك
في الحقيقة خلتك سترتدين جوارب نسائية لذا
Cookie, you're a definite artist.
They should put your lips in the Smithsonian.
It took you a long time.
I didn't think you'd make it.
I was having a problem focusing.
Finally, I got the right fantasy.
I thought of a woman I saw on Sixth Avenue today...
and I coupled her with Svetlana Stalin.
It's the daughter of the dictator.
It worked for me.
What do you take medicine for?
Me? Depression.
What are you depressed about?
Depressed. Don't you ever get depressed?
Doesn't your work ever get you down?
It's OK. Beats the hell out of waitressing.
Every hooker I ever speak to tells me it beats waitressing.
Waitressing's got to be the worst job in the world.
It's unbelievable.
What are you sad about?
I'm spiritually bankrupt. I'm empty.
What do you mean?
I'm frightened.
I got no soul. You know what I mean?
Let me put it this way.
When I was younger...
it was less scary waiting for Lefty...
than it is waiting for Godot.
Aw, you lost me.
You know that the universe is coming apart?
You know what a black hole is?
Yeah. That's how I make my living.
You know, I gotta tell you, Cookie....
a great writer named Sophocles...
said that it was probably best not to be born at all.
Honey, it's a little too late for that.
I fought it.
I didn't want out. They had to come and get me.
You want another blow job?
How come?
It's on the house. No charge.
'Cause them pills you taking sure ain't working.
I'm just in a peculiar mood tonight...
'cause I had some bad news today.
Let me ask you a question. What are you doing tomorrow?
Hustlin'.
Why don't you come with me?
Where?
I'm going up to my old school 'cause they're gonna honor me.
I got nobody to share it with.
I'm serious. Come with me.
I'll give you 500 bucks for the day.
Sleep here tonight, come up with me tomorrow.
How come you got all this money?
I always keep hooker money around...
'cause I once paid by check years ago...
and the IRS killed me.
Fay, when you get this message, if it's not too late...
I don't want you to get married...
because I love you, and I want to marry you.
You...
I was looking at my last book...
the part where we met...
and I tried to exaggerate it to make it funny...
but it was actually very romantic.
She can't hear.
I'm in town to see Les Mis.
I have a free hour.
I don't know if I can.
I got our usual place at the Wyndham.
It's been almost two weeks.
We'll have to make it fast.
I can't make it believable for so long.
You'll be back in an hour.
I have to be done by then anyway.
Think I'll take a walk.
Now?
'Cause I thought that I would just...
just to get some fresh air.
Excuse me.
Are you Harry Block?
Your writing has been so meaningful to me.
Thank you very much.
Can't believe I'm in the elevator with you.
It's no big deal.
Are you staying here?
I'm meeting someone.
Oh, my God.
What is this?
It's stuck again.
If this was one of my stories...
this elevator would get stuck between floors...
and the two of us would start a major affair and fall in love.
Promise me you won't fall in love with me.
Definitely not. Not a good idea.
Why?
Because I'm too screwed up.
I have too many quirks.
I have trouble being faithful.
I have too many phobias and craziness.
But I fell in love with you before I met you...
when I read you.
But you fell in love with my work.
That's a different thing.
I love your work, your imagination.
But this is not a book.
You know what I mean?
We're not characters in a fictional thing.
So don't fall in love.
Kiss me.
Promise you won't fall in love with me.
I promise.
The subway took forever. I'm sorry.
You said you weren't coming.
We said 10:00.
I'm sure that's what we said.
I called you last night.
When did you call me?
I called you at 9:30 last night.
You were writing--
We spoke on the phone?
Of course.
My mind has been playing tricks.
This is Cookie. This is Richard.
How are you?
What's so special about this honor?
The man is being honored by the school that expelled him.
If only Hilly could see me-- he'd be so proud.
I know, and it's sad...
but short of kidnapping, he ain't coming.
-This is ridiculous. -Don't worry.
You're going to get in trouble.
Come on, boys.
Dad? What is it?
We're not going to school today.
What are you doing? Stop it!
It's an emergency.
What are you doing? Come on.
You! Stop it!
You can't do this!
Get out of the car!
Somebody stop this man!
He's a deviant!
Somebody stop him ! Somebody call the police!
When the red, red robin...
comes bob, bob, bobbin' along.
-Go faster.
There'll be no more sobbin' when he starts throbbin' his...
old sweet song.
Wake up, wake up, you sleepyhead.
Get up, get up, get out of bed.
Cheer up, cheer up, the sun is red.
Live, love, laugh, and be happy.
It's fabulous here.
It's beautiful. I love it.
A Ferris wheel.
Look at the swings.
Want to go?
Very good.
High-five.
I am going to smoke this joint. Want some?
I can't stand that stuff.
See that place there?
That Red Apple Rest?
Years ago, my then-wife Jane and I...
were coming from Connecticut-- her sister's house--
and we had this awful fight.
She was having her period.
We stopped there to get water for her Midol.
I don't want a child.
Don't bring it up, especially in front of my parents.
I don't understand you.
We've discussed it.
-Don't I get a vote? -You have a child.
Who I never get to see.
That's not my fault.
I like being a father.
I chose a different life than Lucy.
You knew that.
You're dedicated to work.
That means we can't have children.
Since when are you a family man?
Don't think I don't see you staring at Lucy.
What?
Don't play ignorant.
You watch her walk, sit.
You can't keep your eyes off her toes.
Are you nuts?
What are you suggesting?
I wouldn't put it past you...
if you weren't dying to have a thing with her.
She's a neurotic, suburban hausfrau.
I have no interest in her.
Your level of denial is intense.
You're suffering from a premenstrual nuclear meltdown.
You want a hit?
That smoke is killing me.
I'm going to the bathroom.
I'll catch you later.
Cold fish, your third ex-wife.
She never would have made a good mother.
Who are you?
It's me--Ken.
Look at this guy.
You created me. Now you don't recognize me?
I'm a little high because of her smoke.
How'd you hook up with Jane?
Jane was fine.
Jane was having her period, so she was irritable.
It wasn't just her period.
She was a cold, selfish woman.
She's so self-involved...
she doesn't realize her sister hates her.
How do you know so much?
I'm just you, thinly disguised.
You gave me more maturity and a different name.
What are you saying? That I know this?
Of course you do. That's why you picked her...
so it wouldn't work--
so you'd never have to give up sport-fucking...
and chronic dissatisfaction and grow up.
I'm not going to get lectured by my own creation.
You can't fool me.
I'm not like your shrink.
He only knows what you tell him. I know the truth.
Her sister Lucy-- another head case.
You sure can pick 'em.
Even she was better than Jane...
more maternal, and she loved you.
You weren't there the day your bomb dropped...
but take a look.
He left me.
Our marriage is finished.
I'm so sorry.
Are you shocked?
Yes and no.
Things have not been good for some time.
I knew he played around.
You never mentioned that.
I don't like to discuss my private life.
I suspected Lynn, his editor.
Then I thought it might be Allison Davis, our friend.
I even thought he might have a crush on you.
Me?
You're very beautiful.
We've spent a lot of time together.
You two get along well.
Obviously, I knew you never would in a million years...
but I imagined he longed for you.
I think I even heard him mention your name in his sleep.
My goodness.
That's absurd.
Really.
You're all red.
Are you OK?
Since we're talking openly...
I have a confession.
Life takes strange twists and turns.
It overwhelms us.
We're not responsible for our feelings.
Everybody's feelings are irrational.
But to hear from your husband that he found another woman...
He said that?
He said his future is all mapped out.
I'm going to be frank with you. Just try and hang on--
I'm being replaced.
But it doesn't have to be a nightmare...
if we're all just mature about it.
Replaced by a 25-year-old.
Excuse me?
A 25-year-old-- a wannabe writer.
Fay Sexton is her sexy name.
What's the matter? Now you're white.
Have you eaten anything today?
Have a drink.
Finish that.
Hard to believe him when he's a liar.
I'm weak.
What's wrong?
You'd think he dumped you.
I know you feel bad for me, but I can handle it.
-Air! -I'm in shock today, but--
I want to speak to Fay.
It's Harry Block. I've been trying to reach her.
This is an emergency.
I've got to talk--
Tell her to call me back.
It's the car number.
The car.
Give up. She's in love with someone else.
This guy is too old for her.
He's younger than you.
I'm much too old for her. It's ridiculous.
Because of my immaturity, I have a boyish quality that works.
Is it much longer?
We were just at the fair.
You walked, ate.
How much longer is it?
It won't be long.
My sister lives 10 minutes from here.
We'll surprise her. It'll be fun.
You can eat, walk around--
She's your half-sister.
But it'll still be 10 minutes...
not five, just because she's a half-sister.
It's wonderful.
It is so funny.
-Do you think so? -And it's sad.
I really loved it.
You're so great, so kind.
You have such a sweet, kind instinct.
Don't do that.
I count on you to be critical, to be tough.
You're too easy on me.
What was wrong with the story?
It had no energy.
I became discouraged with it.
It doesn't release any power.
It came to nothing.
I thought it was touching.
You knew when the boy grew up he would never love.
It was beautiful.
Your problem is you love too easily, too much.
I think you're beautiful and great and too kind to me...
and lovely.
But you're not in love with me.
I told you not to fall in love with me, and I meant that.
I still have not been able to figure out why.
Because l'm the boy in that story.
I can't love.
I don't want you to get into anything.
You love Hilly.
What?
Because Hilly's my son.
It's easy to love a little kid.
You love music.
You love baseball.
Baseball's also easy, because it has rules.
It has foul lines.
Women are complicated.
Happy birthday.
You're kidding.
Open it up.
You didn't have to get anything.
It's probably another sweater.
A baseball signed by the 1951 Giants.
That's so great. The '51 Giants were...
Bobby Thompson.
The one genuine miracle of my lifetime.
When he hit that home run...
that was the only hint that there may be a God.
What made you think of that?
It was easy.
You're the greatest.
It's your birthday today, so you get any wish you want.
Anything at all that would make your day special.
You are the greatest.
I don't deserve you.
You're too...
We were driving.
We thought we'd stop in to see you.
This is Richard and Cookie.
I'm your Aunt Doris.
Remember your Uncle Burt?
Would you like a cookie or something like that?
Come in the kitchen here.
I got to go to the bathroom. Where's the john?
You just go right through there.
Over there?
I thought we'd drop in.
You're the last person I ever expected to see.
Don't say that, Doris.
What's with Cookie?
Cookie's the nanny.
Where did you get her from, an agency or a massage parlor?
She's sweet. What are you picking on--
Still with the sexpots, the tramps, the vihlde chayes.
She's got a Ph.D.
I don't know how she did on her written...
but I'm sure she got an A-plus on her oral.
Give me a break.
I'm driving upstate.
I take the time to say hello.
Can you believe they're honoring me at Adair?
I can't believe it.
Not that I care, but it's great for Hilly to see me.
The last time I saw him, he was six years old.
You don't exactly contact me, either.
I know what you think of me.
Don't start in.
Am I wrong? It's all over your book--
"Jewish," "too Jewish," "professionally Jewish."
You attributed it all to your ex-wife Joan...
but you gave her the details of my life...
because you wanted to depict her with contempt.
I don't know what you're talking about.
You don't know?
You made a picture of your ex as a horror.
In order to make that picture unsympathetic--
you used some of her--
but mostly, you caricatured my religious dedication.
Because it enraged you that I returned to my roots.
What roots? You were a wonderful, sweet kid.
You got me through my childhood.
Then you go away to Fort Lauderdale...
and you meet this fanatic-- this zealot.
He fills you full of superstition.
It's tradition.
Tradition is the illusion of permanence.
You have no values.
Your whole life, it's nihilism, cynicism...
sarcasm, and orgasm.
In France, I could run on that slogan and win.
I'm a Jew. I was born a Jew.
Do you hate me because of that?
If our parents converted to Catholicism...
a month before you were born, we'd be Catholics.
They're clubs. They're exclusionary.
They foster the concept of the other...
so you know clearly who you should hate.
That's enough.
If a Jew gets massacred...
does that bother you more than if a gentile gets hurt...
or a black or a Bosnian?
It does.
I can't help it. It's my people.
They're all your people.
Burt is right about you.
You're a self-hating Jew.
I may hate myself, but not because I'm Jewish.
He says he's not a self-hating Jew...
and look how he talks about them in his stories.
Max and Dolly Pincus were married for 30 years.
They raised two children...
and there was never a family wedding or bar mitzvah...
where they were not generous participants.
Max, how are you?
Yossel, mazel tov.
For Donald.
Thank you.
Dolly, you got a private minute?
Sure.
We are leaving in a few minutes.
I don't know if I should tell you.
Tell me what?
Tell me, and I will tell you if you should tell me.
My heart is heavy.
What happened?
Nothing terrible happened to your husband Phil, did it?
He has been dead for so many years.
When I was in Florida last week...
I ran into a man...
who heard from someone who knew someone.
Anyway, it seems Max has some secret from his past.
You're talking about my Max?
A dark secret.
-What kind of a dark secret? -Dark.
What is by you dark?
I don't know.
What kind of a dark secret?
We have been married for 30 years.
You're his first wife?
Sure.
Before me, he worked for--
All right.
What?
You heard something different?
I heard only a dark secret.
Do I know what dark secret?
Who told you?
Wolf Fishbein.
Be careful.
That's all I want to say.
Dolly tried putting Elsie's words out of her mind...
but Max's dark secret plagued her.
Then one day, she ran into Wolf Fishbein...
and the truth was revealed.
Try to breathe deeply.
You were right.
Fishbein told me a tale.
Max, before I met him, he lived in Florida.
He had a store--groceries.
He was married.
Now it comes out.
To a woman with two children.
Max had other children?
The woman's children, from a prior marriage.
He began an affair with the downstairs neighbor--
a widow.
He probably had all his hair then.
Meanwhile, he got into debt deeper and deeper...
and carry on with the neighbor.
My heart.
He can't get himself out of a predicament.
What does he do?
He stole money.
I should be so lucky.
He killed his wife.
The man purchased an ax.
With an ax?
You know Max.
He's nothing with tools.
He can't even hang a picture.
I'm dropping dead.
Plus her children.
Plus a neighbor.
Four people he killed one night with an ax.
Your Max?
This is not the capper.
There's more?
More.
What more?
He ate them.
Are you talking crazy?
He devoured them.
I can't breathe.
Everything is closing in.
Whatever you do, first, hear Max's side.
Max has a side?
He kills his family and eats them up.
The man has a side?
He was a good husband and a loving father for 30 years.
You have a daughter who went to college.
You have a son who's a writer.
Maybe the best course of action is let sleeping dogs lie.
Honey, would you pass the sour cream?
You haven't touched a thing.
Nice weather!
It's OK.
It's not just OK.
It's nice!
All right, all right.
What are you getting so steamed up about?
What makes you such an authority on the weather?
Me?
All I said...
I know, I know. I know what you said.
The fish is delicious.
Wouldn't you rather have meat?
Since when do I eat meat?
Mm-hmm.
With my arteries, you gotta watch out for cholesterol.
Uh-huh.
What is the "uh-huh"?
I mean, you've been very touchy lately.
Don't interrogate me...
Mr. Max Pinchuck!
Where did you hear that name?
Did you kill your first wife with an ax?
I got a headache.
Did you chop her up along with your mistress?
If I tell you why I did it, do you promise not to nudge me?
Wolf Fishbein said in order to hide the bodies...
you ate them !
So what are you making a fuss?
Some bury, some burn.
I ate.
Enough!
I remember Max Pincus' Dark Secret.
That is a disgraceful story.
You don't see your sick view of our parents?
I wrote it when I was younger.
The first of a number of anti-Semitic pieces.
Here he is, direct from the Wailing Wall.
Disrespectful, shameful.
Jews haven't suffered enough...
without being depicted by him as homicidal cannibals.
He has no spiritual center.
He's betting everything on physics and pussy!
Excuse the expression.
Wait till he gets cancer.
He'll be the first one in synagogue...
in the front row in a yarmulke.
Why should I get cancer? I eat broccoli.
Do you care even about the holocaust...
or do you think it never happened?
Not only do I know that we lost six million...
but the scary thing is that records are made to be broken.
I know what's out there. Do you have any idea?
He creates offensive Jewish stereotypes...
Like in Der Sturmer.
Max is a version of Daddy-- a man you hated...
a man you think was guilty of being a terrible parent.
He was a terrible parent.
Thank you for dropping by.
Please come again in another four years.
Look, wouldn't it be a better world...
if not every group thought they had a direct line to God?
He thinks I'm all Jewish paranoia.
No, I don't think you're paranoid.
I think you're the opposite of a paranoid.
You go around with the insane delusion that people like you.
What's the matter?
You son of a bitch!
What's wrong?
You sick, sick, sick...
sick fucking bastard!
What's wrong?
What do you think is wrong?
You've been having an affair with one of my patients.
Who?
Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about!
Don't speak!
I just talked to her. She told me the whole thing.
Who? Who?
Mrs. Pollack. Amy Pollack.
Can I explain something?
You know Amy Pollack?
Don't explain anything, you little fucking asshole!
Will you calm down?
Don't you tell me to calm down!
-What's wrong? -What is wrong?
I treat this woman and she exits...
and you meet her and you fuck her!
Supposing I told you that my fucking Amy Pollack...
was a disguised plea for more closeness with you?
Then I'd say you are a mental case.
This is you with your first wife.
You're crazy.
You were claiming you loved her, couldn't live without her...
all the while you're having affair after affair.
My first wife, I told you, I was laying in bed with her...
I turned off her because the way the light struck her.
Suddenly she looked to me like Max Schmeling.
What do you want me to say?
Not that she wasn't pretty, but she looked like Schmeling.
I couldn't get an erection.
Stop this tap-dancing! This is bullshit!
It's not bullshit.
With you, it's different. You turned off me.
Ever since Hilly was born.
We've been living like siblings. It's been platonic.
Don't play "blame the victim"!
What are you talking about?
I'm as much a victim as you.
You think that getting a blow job...
from a big-bosomed 26-year-old is a pleasurable thing for me?
You're making me sick!
I can't believe this is happening.
You're overreacting.
I'm not overreacting!
Are you trying to tell me...
that every week for the last four months...
you've been with her in the hotel?
Oh, that's so crazy. No, of course not!
I rented an apartment.
I'm gonna kill you!
Hello, doctor. I'm sorry I'm late.
Mr. Farber.
Take off your coat. Come in.
I've been...
I've been losing sleep at night.
I can't shut my eyes at night.
I think I should quit my job...
but I can't bring myself to do it.
Maybe because my brother-in-law treats me kindly.
But working for him...
is taking its toll on me emotionally.
Could you excuse me, Mr. Farber?
What?
You fucked-up fuck!
I can't believe you fucking did this!
You fucking asshole!
You fucked my patient?
Harry, you don't fuck somebody's patient!
Fuck you!
Continue, Mr. Farber.
You lost your thread?
You were talking about quitting your job.
Oh. Right.
I discussed it with my wife.
While she seems on the surface to be supportive...
I know she'd rather I stay on.
She idolizes Gordon.
I mean, all the time...
that's all she does is spend time with him anyway.
Listen, could you excuse me just one more second?
Again?
Just continue. I can hear you from the hallway. Loudly.
I want you to get out of here.
I want you to get your goddamn stuff together...
and I want you out.
You know, I cannot understand...
why the most sophisticated of women...
can't tell the difference...
between a meaningless, hot, passionate sexual affair...
and a nice, solid, tranquil, routine marriage.
Harry, just tell me something.
Was she the only one, or were there others?
No, Amy Pollack was the only one.
May God strike me dead if I'm lying.
You're an atheist, Harry!
We're alone in the universe. Gonna blame that on me, too?
-Stop that tap-dancing! -Stop that!
You know, you turned off me first.
Oh, please!
No, I gave birth.
When women give birth, there is a time period...
when their hormones just sort of go crazy.
But they settle.
OK, so you're telling me that you're settling.
-I accept that. -You accept that?
Oh, Harry, you are so fucking nuts!
Take it easy.
Harry, if you're not happy in a marriage, you don't cheat.
And with my patient?
That is a sacred trust. My patient.
What do you want? Who else do I meet?
I'm here, working in the room, we have the baby...
you're out there practicing, we never socialize.
So now you're blaming me...
because I don't go out with you enough places...
where you can meet strangers to fuck?
I was merely explaining to you why my choice, of necessity...
is confined to your practice.
I knew you were mentally ill before I married you...
but I thought because I was a trained professional...
that I could help you.
The last thing you wanna do...
is get down on yourself as a therapist.
I want you to get your shit and get your goddamn clothes...
and I want you to get the fuck out of here!
You are the most fucking irresponsible person...
I've ever seen in my entire life!
And get out!
Continue, Mr. Farber.
Doctor...
And I mean tonight, motherfucker!
Dad, my Pepsi.
So you got even with your ex-wife...
and with your sister, and I was born?
Born? What are you saying?
From your pen. From your fertile imagination.
And I mean imagination.
I wasn't trying to get even with Joan.
You created me as the shrewish Jewish hybrid...
who goes off with another patient...
an orthodox divorcee from Tel Aviv.
My sister never should have married Burt.
This guy's turned her into a zealot.
She loves you.
It wasn't her fault your father persecuted you.
She was fine till she wound up with him--
this right-wing hawk that she's married.
Listen to him.
So she disappointed you in her choice of husbands?
Well, fuck you. She loves Burt.
She was a wonderful kid. She had a flair for physics.
Suddenly overnight, she's kosher.
She loves you still...
despite your obvious condescension towards her life.
Does she love me?
Would you like to hear what she says about you?
He's not so bad, Burt.
He really was a very good brother.
Just my father never forgave him when his wife died.
The man is not a Jewish man.
He's not a Jewish man. That's all.
All right. Poor Harry.
He was always lost.
He could just never accept the fact...
that there are things you can't know.
The man is incapable of an act of faith.
For that, I pity him.
I would like to hug him again like when we were kids.
And if I was upset, he was a comfort to me.
What happens to us?
Doris...
She can't hear you.
And as for Joan...
Joan? Joan hates me.
Well, shouldn't she?
Why should she hate me, because I was unfaithful to her?
No, because when she caught you, you weren't a man.
You turned into this double-talking...
wise-cracking, tap-dancing liar.
If she had not become so enraged...
maybe we could've patched things up.
Listen to this guy. Deluded.
Maybe it tapered a bit after Hilly was born...
but you two had sex pretty regularly.
I have no idea why I took up with that patient.
She was available, she was adorable.
And my marriage was droning on.
What you call "droning on," most people call "working."
If that's working, then marriage is not for me.
Well, it's not for everyone.
But then I get lonely.
Hey, what do you want me to say?
She gave me Hilly...
and for that I'm eternally grateful...
'cause I love him so much.
You can have any one you want here.
Can I get two?
You can get two.
Tell you what, you get any three presents.
Go through the store and pick any three presents, OK?
Yeah.
Look what I found.
Hey.
This is the chemistry set you always wanted.
Look at that. It's perfect.
No, no. Don't open it here.
Let me buy it first, OK? So I don't get into--
How you doing?
Larry, what are you doing here?
Buying my nephew a Power Ranger.
When did you get back?
A couple of days ago.
Hey, Fay.
Meet Larry. I told you about Larry.
Oh, yeah. It's nice to meet you.
Old friend, colleague, peer.
Right.
So you got back when?
Two days ago. I took a boat down the Amazon.
Really? God, that sounds exciting.
Yes, if you don't mind malaria and dysentery.
Butterflies the size of doves.
Never seen anything like it before.
I can live without that, however.
It was astounding.
It sounds it.
So you got back two days ago?
We go back a long way.
We both started out wanting to be Kafka...
and you got slightly closer than me.
Yeah, I became the insect and he...
Good. I'm amazed.
We should go out.
Why don't you come to my house in East Hampton for a weekend?
It will be great fun.
Well, let's not get hysterical.
No, I'd love to. It would be fun.
Oh, it's beautiful out there.
It's sand in the crotch. It's ticks.
To get this guy to leave his room...
He's never had a tan.
I've always wanted to learn how to snorkel.
Oh, it's great there.
Where he lives there are sharks.
You see those photographs...
of guys with stumps for legs and arms?
Am I lying?
Yes, you are. It's fabulous.
Let me buy dinner. We'll talk.
No, we'll buy dinner.
I'd love to tell you about the Amazon.
It changed my life.
It sounds amazing.
Gonna write a novel. I'll tell you.
I'm not into the Amazon. You know what the Amazon is?
The Amazon is the tiny, little heads...
with the lips sewn together.
Can you picture him this way?
That's great. We'll go to dinner tonight.
-Yeah, great. -That'd be great.
Great. I'm single, available, with the soul of a black man.
Do you smell sulfur?
Hilly, did you open the chemistry set?
Hey, look. We're almost there.
Hilly. Hilly, wake up. We're almost--
Hilly, wake up. We're almost at the university.
Your dad's gonna be honored...
limited as my curriculum was.
Richard, we're there.
Hey, honey. Wake up.
Something's wrong.
What's the matter?
I don't think he's breathing.
He's dead!
I can't believe this.
We were at the doctor's yesterday.
They said his heart was fine.
I'm scared.
There's nothing to be scared of, Hilly.
I'm fine, dad.
Remember I told you death is a natural part of life?
You have to embrace them both.
What are we gonna do?
I don't know. Get back in the car.
I don't wanna sit next to him !
Welcome to Adair University.
We certainly hope you had a pleasant trip.
Would you like to rest up?
Would you like some refreshments, perhaps?
Is he all right?
He's dead, honey. You got one of them rubber bags?
We've made arrangements...
for the body to be delivered to New York City.
I don't think he has any immediate family, actually.
If you prefer, we can call off the proceedings.
I think that's the best idea.
He'll be all right. He's here for a purpose.
You know, I...
I'll see that...
that he's, you know...
that the funeral comes off and all that.
I'll see that he's buried properly.
I understand.
Poor Richard. Oh, Jesus. The poor guy!
I'm not gonna make it. I can't go on.
Not if you keep drinking and popping pills.
Oh, Jesus. I can't believe this.
My old school wants to honor me...
I show up with a hooker and a dead body.
Take it easy.
You're getting yourself all wound up about nothing.
-Cookie, look at me! -What?
Look! Look! I'm out of focus!
You're a little pale, but you're all right.
I'm out of focus. I'm soft.
You better calm down. They'll be here any minute.
No, no. It's so humiliating.
They're gonna honor me, and I'm a blob.
You look fine. Don't worry.
I'll be sitting on the dais. They're eating.
They'll get seasick. They'll throw up.
Hold my hand. Now relax.
You drive all the way here so your son can see you honored...
and you make a jackass out of yourself.
But don't you see? I'm a huge blur.
You're gonna be all right. I'm gonna talk you down.
I have seen all kinds of guys O.D.
Heroin, acid, crack. You name it.
I didn't take any of that stuff.
Yeah, but you're a pill-popper.
That's not what it is, Cookie. It's me.
I'm O.D.ing on myself. It's that I'm a shit.
Have some black coffee.
I don't want anything.
Talk to me about something. You like sports?
Yeah. I was a pitcher.
When a guy crowded the plate, I used to throw at his head,
'cause I'm the worst person in the world.
Honey, I've seen worse.
Who's worse than me?
Hitler.
All right. Maybe Hitler.
Maybe Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels,
but I'm fourth, right behind them.
Come on, hold my hand.
Can you feel my hand?
Yes, it's warm.
See? It's just panic.
You're not a blob.
I know. I'm gonna get over this.
I'm having a panic attack. I have these attacks.
What sports do you like?
I like them all.
I like baseball. I like basketball.
I was married to a woman, Cookie, who--
she looked like Max Schmeling.
No, I'm not joking.
All right, it's time.
I can't get through this without you.
Don't worry about it. Don't worry.
If you didn't come with me today...
Don't worry about it. Straighten up.
I gotta get a tie. I gotta get my tie.
All right. Let's go.
Are you ready to be immortalized by Adair?
I teach your books.
These are some of my literature students.
We all know all your work, your characters...
even the obscure ones.
Good reading is a creative act.
So are you working on anything now?
Something we can look forward to sinking our teeth into?
I'm in the midst of writing a thing on the devil...
who comes and kidnaps a man's one true love...
and takes her down to hell, and he goes to retrieve her.
Since it's hell, I'm able to settle a lot of old scores.
What's the man like?
It's me, thinly disguised.
In fact, I don't even think I should disguise it anymore.
It's, you know, it's me.
Floor five: subway muggers, aggressive panhandlers...
and book critics.
Floor six: Right-wing extremists, serial killers...
lawyers who appear on television.
Floor seven: the media.
Sorry. That floor is all filled up.
Floor eight: escaped war criminals...
TV evangelists, and the NRA.
Lowest level. Everybody off.
What did you do?
I invented aluminum siding.
Dad.
Get me out of here! This is terrible!
You know how I could never stand hot weather.
What is this man doing here?
He's condemned to eternal suffering.
Harry, help me.
I don't understand. I demand to know the charges.
"He behaved unconscionably toward his son...
"accused the boy of committing a capital crime...
"merely by being born."
"Your wife, they told me, is dead...
"but your son, he's thriving."
Why did he fight not to be born?
Look, I forgive him.
What's over is over.
It's finished. Let him go to heaven, please?
I'm a Jew. We don't believe in heaven.
Where do you wanna go?
To a Chinese restaurant.
Take him to Joy Luck.
I love him despite everything.
Looking for someone?
I'm here to get Fay.
She's not coming with you.
What are you telling me?
Because you're the head of this whole underworld...
that you can just abduct her and get away with it?
I'm gonna kidnap her back. What are you laughing?
You dare to match your powers against mine?
You wanna know why?
Yeah, I do.
I'm sorry. Forgive me for laughing.
Why?
I'm more powerful than you because I'm a bigger sinner.
Because you're a fallen angel, and I never believed in God...
or heaven or any of that stuff.
I'm strictly quarks and particles and black holes.
All the other stuff is junk to me.
And also I do terrible things.
I've cheated on all my wives, and none of 'em deserved it.
I sleep with whores, I drink too much...
I take pills and I lie and I'm vain...
I'm cowardly and prone to violence.
Violence?
I once almost ran over a book critic with my car...
but swerved at the last second.
Did you ever have two women at once?
Yes, I did have two women at once.
And I'll tell you something else.
I didn't care that it was exploitive.
And I'll tell you something else.
-They were sisters. -Really?
Yes. Absolutely. Two blond WASP sisters.
Not the Sherman twins?
Yes, the Sherman twins. Exactly.
They're here.
-The Sherman twins are here? -Sure.
So, do you know Sandra Pepkin?
Only the best blow job in the hadasa.
So if you know Sandra Pepkin...
I fucked her best friend, the cripple, Pearl.
Oh, Pearl in the wheelchair.
Speaking of handicaps, do you know Marie Taylor?
Well, yes, but Marie Taylor I don't count.
Marie Taylor's dyslexic.
She put her tampax in her nose.
You ever fuck a blind girl?
No, that I never did. Did you?
They're so grateful.
Would you like a drink?
Could I get some tequila?
I got great tequila.
Sit down. Make yourself at home.
You want me to turn on the air conditioner?
You're air conditioned here?
Sure. It fucks up the ozone layer.
I could be very comfortable down here.
I'll tell you something, Harry.
I love it. I love it here.
I wouldn't be anyplace else.
Here you go.
You know, I've been offered a lot of jobs in your world...
but why should I be an employee?
Here I'm my own boss, and I'm free.
What kind of jobs did they offer you?
For two years, I ran a Hollywood studio...
but you can't trust those people.
I agree with you.
Better to rule down here than to serve in heaven.
That's Milton, I think.
To evil. It keeps things humming.
Oh, jeez. So you kidnapped Fay?
Yes, I did.
But some women are turned on...
by aggressive, assertive behavior.
Yeah, so if I suddenly kidnapped her back?
You kidnap? It's not your style.
You're not a fun guy. Too serious.
Fay knew that. You're too angry at life.
-I got a lot to be angry at. -Who doesn't?
But sooner or later, Harry, you gotta back off.
It's like Vegas. You're up, you're down...
but in the end, the house always wins.
Doesn't mean you didn't have fun.
Now, one thing you are not is a kidnapper.
Kidnapper!
Listen to me!
Get out of my way!
Can't you see you're walking with a fucking kidnapper?
You'll have to come with me, sir.
You're under arrest. I gotta put the cuffs on you.
You stay over there.
How can I kidnap my own son?
Hey, we got drugs in the bag.
Let me go, bitch! Just let me go!
Get off of me, bitch!
Can't I be honored and then arrested?
No, we can't do that. I'm sorry.
Kidnapping?
Prostitute in your car in possession of marijuana.
Possession of an unlicensed firearm.
I told you already about the firearm.
There was a crazy woman on my roof shooting at me.
I got the gun away from her, I put it in my car.
I was gonna hand it in.
I gotta make another phone call.
You made your call.
Yeah, I know, but that didn't count.
That was to my girlfriend's answering service.
I'm trying to keep her from getting married.
You also called your sister.
My sister wasn't in.
You called your lawyer.
My lawyer was at Canyon Ranch.
I can never get my lawyer.
Can I give you some advice?
You're in deep shit.
This time, I think you've really had it.
Hey, it was your idea to kidnap Hilly.
It was my idea? It wasn't my idea.
I made a joke.
You don't have to act out on every impulse.
You've got to tell me the truth.
Is it better being dead?
No, it's not really, but there's one good thing.
You don't get called for jury duty...
but then you have no options.
It's not for you.
Jesus. I'm no good at life.
No, but you write well.
I write well, but that's a different story...
because I can manipulate the characters and plots.
You create your own universe...
but that's much nicer than the world we have.
But I can't function in the world we have.
I'm a failure at life.
I think you bring pleasure to a lot of people.
But even that's drying up.
For the last months...
I haven't been able to come up with a meaningful idea to write.
Make peace with your demons and your block will pass.
Jesus, it sounds so trite, but I just want to be happy.
To be alive is to be happy.
Take it from me.
Hey, Block. Come on.
Some people just put up your bail.
This way.
You?
We got the message on our service.
Came right from our wedding.
You did?
We're on our way to our honeymoon.
-You got married? -You have to ask?
I can't believe it.
In the end, you chose him over me?
I can't fathom this.
You're gonna insult me after we ran from the altar...
to keep you from rotting in prison?
I know you get claustrophobic.
Plus you're the perfect punk.
You'll get buggered by every con in the cell block.
You're the guy that should be in there...
because you stole her from under my nose.
Harry, he did not steal me. I love him.
I can't fathom this.
I appreciate your coming, but I can't--
Why? Why not me?
You told me I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you.
How could you listen to me? You know how crazy I am.
Well, you were my mentor, that's why.
But you were sleeping with your mentor.
So? I've slept with my gynecologist.
What has that got to do with anything?
You're gonna snorkel down the Amazon with him...
when you could have me?
I will never be the writer you are.
You put your art into your work.
I put it into my life.
I can make her happier.
I love you.
I do. It's just that I'm in love with Larry.
I'm his wife.
I love you, too, Harry. Give us your blessing...
so that we can go and enjoy our honeymoon.
We'll be in Santa Fe about a month...
and when we come back, we'll all go out. We're friends.
This is where you're going on your honeymoon?
He's taking you to the desert?
Sand? The desert is cactus.
It's gila monsters...
whatever you call them, lizards, is the desert.
Harry, give us your blessing, please?
Give 'em your blessings...
before I throw you back in that fucking jail cell...
and I bugger you.
I don't know what to say. I love you.
This guy I've loved...
I give up. I give up.
We'll get you home, all right?
Santa Fe, you're gonna take her?
Tacos.
Harry, what about the honoring ceremony?
We haven't had the ceremony.
The police interrupted.
What, am I dreaming?
Everybody dreams.
Come on.
Professor Clark has everything planned.
Can I bring Hilly?
Well, it's your dream.
Stebbins Hall?
Everyone is waiting to honor you.
After all, you created them.
I love all of you.
Really, you've given me...
some of the happiest moments of my life...
and you've even saved my life at times.
And now you've actually taught me things...
and I'm completely grateful--
I think the author's message is to know yourself...
stop kidding yourself, accept your limitations...
and get on with your life.
It's amazing.
To me, it's a really interesting character--
a guy who can't function well in life...
but can only function in art.
It's sort of sad in a way and also funny.
But your books all seem a little sad on the surface...
which is why I like deconstructing them...
because underneath they're really happy.
It's just that you don't know it.
I feel like I'm in a dream.
This, for me, is the best dream I've had in months.
The happiest dream--
Oh, I like it.
I like it.
A character who's too neurotic to function in life...
who can only function in art.
Notes for a novel.
Opening possibility:
Rifken led a fragmented, disjointed existence.
He had long ago come to this conclusion...
all people know the same truth.
Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.
Only his writing was calm.
His writing, which had in more ways than one...
saved his life.
SUBRip by Cristo cristo@konto.pl