"[Woman] Can I tell you something in confidence?" "I find my husband so goddamned irritating that I'm planning to leave him." "And that's a fact." "♪♪ [bell clanging]" "♪ You can dance ♪" "♪ You can make me laugh ♪ [dog barks]" "♪ You got X-ray eyes ♪" "♪ You know how to sing ♪" "♪ You're a diplomat ♪" "♪ You got it all ♪" "♪ Everybody loves you ♪" "♪ You can charm the birds ♪" "♪ Out of the sky ♪" "♪ But I ♪" "♪ I've got nothing ♪" "[barks] [barks]" "♪ You have always known just what to say ♪" "♪ And when to go ♪" "♪ But I've got faith in you ♪" "♪ You can see in the dark ♪" "♪ But I got one thing ♪ [crunching]" "♪ I loved you better ♪" "♪ Ooh, ooh ♪" "♪ Send it up ♪" "♪ Watch it rise ♪" "♪ See it fall ♪" "♪ Gravity's rainbow ♪" "♪ Send it up ♪" "♪ Watch it rise and fall ♪" "♪ Gravity's angel ♪" "[Man on radio] Well, good morning." "7 a.m., and it's gonna be another really hot day." "Sorry, folks, but we're gonna have some showers, too," "I'm afraid, so bring your umbrellas." "[Woman, narrating] Let's begin at the beginning." "[Man on radio laughs]" "Yesterday afternoon," "I was sitting in the kitchen, quietly reading a magazine, when my fucking pig of a husband suddenly came in and asked me where his goddamned, horrible, piece-of-shit," "200-year-old typewriter was." "I threw your typewriter out, you goddamned, fucking, incredible pig." "I threw it out because it makes too much noise." ""Get yourself a nice little computer that doesn't make any noise," I told him." "You goddamned son of a bitch." "You idiot." "You shit." " Get yourself a nice little computer - [snoring]" "That doesn't make any noise, you worthless piece of cock-sucking turd." "[snoring] [sighs]" "I'll tell you... frankly..." "I'm fed up with this asshole." "I've had it up to here, and I'm gonna fucking well leave him and see how he likes it." "Do you hear me?" "I hate my life with you." "Don't you get it?" "I hate it!" "Oh." "Oh." "Ohh..." "Hello, darling." " No." "No." " Is it time to get up?" "No." "Oh, God, please." "Don't wake up." "Ohh." "Look, do you..." "do you have to just lie there in a disgusting heap?" "If you're gonna get up and start wrecking my whole fucking day, would you please get out of bed and get some of that filth out of the sink and make me some breakfast?" "Now!" "Now!" "Now!" "I said now!" "It was a miserable summer." "And it was hot." "We didn't have jobs." "We were running out of money." "We didn't have anything to read that was good." "It was all worthless shit." "I had the flu the whole time." "[dog barks] [barking continues]" "So, uh, darling, I found some rolls." " Great." " [horn honks]" "Just great." "What happens now, eh, honey?" " They were saying..." " Eh, honey?" "Eh, honey?" "What happens now, eh, honey?" "Uh, well, actually, darling, I've been planning to leave rather early today." "You see, Roger and I thought we might have a quick lunch together." "Oh, wow!" "Lunch with Roger. wow!" "The world's most fascinating person." "Boy, I wish I could be around for that lunch." "Ooh." "Gosh." "Wow." "Lunch with Roger." "Jesus." "Think he'll tell you some of those great ideas he has about disposable sewage in the 19th century?" "Ooh, boy!" "Roger." "What a brain he has." "Oh, God." "I love to listen to Roger when he gets into his groove." "Do you know what I mean?" "Just so enlightening to hear his ideas come crawling right out of his very own mouth." "Oh, my God." "Roger, he's... he's really great." "Darling, I really think I'd better get ready" " to meet Roger now because..." " You know," "I am just the teeniest bit jealous to think that you went ahead and made plans with my favorite person, just leaving me here at home to think about all the marvelous insights I won't be hearing." "But I forgive you because I know you men need time alone just to suck each other off in your own little way." "But you won't mind, will you, my love, if I just shave a bit and brush my teeth now?" "You didn't need to use the bathroom, did you?" "Am I getting in your way?" "Why, no." "Not at all." "Getting in my way?" "As if that could happen." "[laughing] You get in my way?" "What a funny idea." "Oh, God." "You are really funny." "All right, then, darling." "I'll see you in a moment." "[sighs deeply]" "When I told him about the typewriter, he went downstairs, and he looked in the street." "And he looked, and he looked, but he couldn't find his filthy little machine." "So then he came upstairs in his torn little sweater, and he put his head on my chest, and he cried." "And he cried, and he cried, and he cried, and he cried, and finally, I thought, "Well," "I really have to leave you."" " [sobbing] - "I mean..."" "[sobbing]" ""...you're a fine little man." ""You're not a bad little man," ""but, I mean, I really have to leave you," ""and I..." "I really have to leave you, and there's really nothing else to say."" "And that's when I decided I had to leave him." "♪♪ [classical piano]" "Hi, darling." "Hi, Bruce." "Do you think we should throw out this coffee or keep it one more day?" "Oh, I don't know, Bruce." "What would you say about it?" "Let's hear your opinion." "Keep it for a day, or just toss it out?" "Well..." "Well, why don't I make you a fresh pot right now, just so you'll have some?" "Oh, why, Bruce, how thoughtful." "I didn't know you were a saint." "That's really just terrific." "You make a perfect saint." "Oh." "Well." "Thank you, uh, darling." "I'll just do this quickly." "[sniffing]" "Bruce, darling," "I think I can smell something, dear." "I think I can smell urine, sweetheart." "I think your trousers have urine on them, dear." "Do you think you should change them?" "Darling, I'm trying to concentrate on making this coffee." "Is that all right with you, sweetheart?" "Please don't disturb me." "But, Bruce, sweetheart, your trousers have urine on them today, dear." "I think they should be changed, don't you?" "I'm doing my best, darling." "I'm doing my best..." "simply the best that I can." "Simply my best." "Simply the best that I can." "Now, these are not the trousers that I'm planning to wear." "I'm planning to change them, but I need my concentration." "I need to pay attention to the thing that I'm doing." "Do you follow me, darling?" "Yes, Bruce, I think I do, dear." "I think I do, dearest." "We had arranged to go to Frank's for a party that evening." "Frank was a friend." "I wanted to stay home." "I had to talk to Bruce." "You know, Bruce, sweetheart, do you think we really need to go to Frank's tonight, darling?" "Why don't we just stay home for the evening?" "I need to talk to you, sweetheart." "It's been so long since we've talked." "I really have to talk to you about various things." "Well, darling, I know we haven't had much of a talk in a very long while, and that would be so nice, but, you know, I just don't see how we can avoid going over to Frank's" "at this point, really." "But, Bruce, do we really need to go?" "Well, darling, he's invited use" "And as a matter of fact," "I really don't feel like going there at all, but I think we just have to." "I mean, he did invite us, and we said we would go there." "We said we would go there." "So at this point," "I just don't see how we can avoid going there now, you see?" "But the thing is, we can just stay briefly, and then we can have dinner someplace pleasant, and we can talk all we like." "Now, doesn't that sound nice?" "Well, all right, Bruce." "Whatever you want." "Shall I meet you at Frank's, then?" "Oh, yes." "Why don't you, darling?" "Why don't you just meet me there?" "And then afterwards, we'll go someplace nice, and we'll have a bite to eat, and then we can just talk all we like." "Now, is that all right, darling?" "I love you, sweetheart." "Good-bye, darling." "Coffee's almost ready." " Good-bye, Bruce." " Good-bye, darling." "I was tired." "I was sick." "I had thrown out his typewriter, and now I planned to leave him." "It would be awful to tell him, awful to finally kill the life we'd had together... taking my things out of these rooms which had once seemed so nice... but then it would be over with," "and everything would change." "I'd leave the apartment, the neighborhood, the street." "[water running]" "♪ Maybe he doesn't make me high ♪" "♪ Maybe he doesn't find me hot ♪" "♪ Maybe he doesn't make me sigh ♪" "♪ Maybe he makes me wonder why ♪" "♪ Maybe I'm in love with you ♪" "♪ Maybe I could love him, too ♪" "♪ If you don't know what to say ♪" "♪ Maybe... ♪" "God, you're looking fabulous." "Well, thank you." "Thanks." "You, too." "No." "No, but, really." "That jacket is completely new, isn't it?" "Well, I have to admit that it is." "Something happened to the gray one, you know." "I'm not sure." "I think it was because I was leaning up against this green wall in this new place that..." "You know, there's this new place in my neighborhood where you can get these just amazing quantities of vegetables very, very cheaply." "But the thing is, you have to be willing to get really a lot of the same vegetable." "I mean, you know, they'll sell you a bag of cauliflower that's about, you know, this big." "And, you know, I..." "It's just exciting." "♪ Yes, I do ♪" "[sighs]" "♪ Yes is smart ♪" "♪ Yes makes me laugh ♪" "♪ Yes says "Baby, be right back" ♪" "♪ Maybe isn't calm and cool ♪" "♪ Maybe better stay in school ♪" "♪ If you don't know what to do ♪" "♪ Maybe it's good-bye to you ♪" " ♪ Yes is funny, yes is rich ♪ - [thunderclap]" "I mean, you know, by that time, nearly every country in Europe had a municipal department specifically directed toward the construction of enormous tunnels underneath the street." "Massive tunnels." "I mean, they'd figured out this was one municipal problem that was never going to go away." " Massive tunnels in Rome and Paris." " Uh-huh." "Anyway, that very same year, you suddenly find a Bavarian public works commissioner... one Klaus Kretz..." "coming up with a rather novel idea." "I'm absolutely serious." "Because his memo is legendary." "I think you can actually still see it framed in the Museum of Municipal Affairs." "Anyway, this Kretz was working as a merchant marine long before he worked in the municipal government, and he'd been to India, and he wrote this memo which said, you know," ""When I was in the Indian city of Bangalore" ""during my stint as a merchant marine," ""I happened to notice the streets were filled with these rather enormous, terribly well-fed pigs."" "[both laughing]" "No." "[siren wailing, distant]" "[Dog barking, distant]" "♪ Maybe doesn't turn me on ♪" "♪ Maybe's not the love I know ♪" "♪ If your answer's "I don't know" ♪" "♪ Maybe, I will let you go ♪" "♪ Yes is friendly, yes is true ♪" "♪ Yes says "Baby, I love you" ♪" "♪ Yes, I do ♪" "Uh, hey, you remember Bradley Congris, don't you?" "Uh, sort of thin guy..." " Used to be Bill van Veen's roommate?" " Yes." "Well, this is unbelievable." "He's working for Thorpe now." " Really?" " It's incredible." "So I called Thorpe the other day, and this rather officious guy says he isn't in, and is there anything I can do for you?" "And I figure, you know, why not?" "So I ask him a couple of pretty simple questions, and he is really annoying." "I mean, he's acting like I'm sort of stupid for asking, you know?" "So finally, I say "Whom am I speaking to exactly?"" " Mm-hmm." " And he says, rather reluctantly, "Um, well, Bradley Congris."" " [chuckles]" " And I say," ""Bradley Congris, Bill van Veen's old roommate?"" "And he said," ""What?" "Who are you?"" "So after a while, you know, we ended up having lunch together, and he turned out to be this rather charming fellow." "And the weirdest thing of all..." " Guess who he's married to." " Who?" " Natalie Nauman!" " Ooh!" " No!" "Impossible!" "Oh, my God!" " [laughing]" "And she said, "I'm serious." ""There's a cow that's escaped next door, and I have to go put the cow back."" " 'Cause she lived in Wisconsin." " Really?" " Yeah." "Yeah." " Wow." " Well, it was great to see you." " It was wonderful." "It was just great." " Okay." " Okay." "Okay." "Great." "♪♪ [Woman singing in foreign language]" "Whoa!" "What's in that sandwich?" "It's roast veal..." "with tomatoes." "Oh, yeah?" "[Chuckling]" "[Dog barking]" "[Barking continues]" "[Barking continues]" "It was a long time before I had to be at Frank's so I decided to walk there by an indirect route." "Why had a dog come out of nowhere to find me?" "[Bell ringing]" "At first, he was following me." "But after a while, I started following him." "We didn't seem to go fare" "We were walking on streets I'd somehow never ran across before." " [child yells] - [Laughter]" "[Barking]" "Wait!" "Stop!" "[creek babbling]" "The sound of the water was intoxicating." "He felt it, too." "We sat on the grass and listened to the water." "[chuckles]" "[Man, Woman arguing, muted]" "Do you have a room available?" " Certainly, sir." " [Woman] Get out of here!" "Go on!" " Fucking asshole!" " [Man] Shut the fuck up!" " You asked for it!" " Fuck it!" "I'm out of here." "Go!" "Good!" "Do you have any luggage?" "No, no." "No luggage." "[Woman screaming, distant]" "[Knocking, distant]" " [People arguing, distant] - [Man] This place is fucking great!" "[Woman] I don't give a shit!" "I don't give a shit!" " [Woman screams]" " What's that?" " What's that?" " [Baby crying]" "[Arguing continues]" " [Woman screams] - [Baby continues crying]" " [Woman] What is that?" " [Man] Stop!" "Okay?" "[Woman] Sure I'll stop!" "[Man] The next one's going to hurt!" "[arguing continues]" "[Siren wailing, distant]" "[Exhales slowly]" "I woke up." "It was cold." "It was time to get to Frank's." "It was time to meet Bruce and finally tell him that I had to leave him." " [barking] - [Thunderclap]" "♪♪ [Salsa]" "[Doorbell buzzes]" "[Buzzes]" "♪♪ [Man singing in foreign language]" "[Laughter, chatter]" "Hey, you made it!" " Yes." "Gosh." " Well, come on in." "Always room for one more, I hope. [laughing]" "Well, here." "We'll just toss this in here." "[Woman] Are you okay?" "[Man] I'm fine." "I really wish you wouldn't do this in front of all these... [woman laughs]" "Bruce obviously wasn't there yet." "I kept telling myself that he promised we'd only stay briefly, and then we'd go out to dinner and talk." "Hey." "What can I get you?" "I'm not sure." "In that case, try a Martian Tuesday." "That's great." "Thank you." "[Woman] I can't stand that there are babies dying because they were brought up on milk that was intentionally mislabeled." "There are old men and women that could be our parents that can't even afford to buy underwear." "I mean, these are people with pride, and they... they need all the money they have" " just to survive and pay rent." " [Man] I know." "[Woman] But they don't have anything to complain about." "Jean, I understand." "Please." "My only point was that people can do what they want." "They can learn how to play the guitar..." " Oh, that is fucked." " ...and the tambourine and be..." "He's just insane." "I mean," "I've done everything I can for this guy." "I mean, I've helped him." "I've worked very hard for the guy for three whole years, but it's driving me bananas to the point where I really don't know what to do." " Do you see what I'm saying?" " Sure." "He's insane." "I'm just..." "I'm really just trying to help you." "[Man] I mean that I'm in a situation which I don't like and I have to get out of it, and I'm not sure how to get out of it." "What if I just might not be able to find anything else?" "[Chatter continues]" "[Man] No." "It's brightness and just bigness." "[Woman] You like this, don't you?" "You like the drama." " [Bruce] Bettina." "Great to see you." " Hey, Bruce!" "You, too." " Good to see you, man." " Yeah." "Hi." "Frances." "Frances, oh, you look..." "you look fantastic." "Cassandra!" "Hey, gorgeous dress." "Oh, hon, it's nice to see you." "I seem to be a little late." "I'm so sorry." "Have you been here long?" " Not really." " No?" "Oh, no." "That looks like a bar over there." "He looked like a prince." "He was handsome." " He looked like a god." " Um, this one." " Ooh, very wise choice, sire" " Oh, good." "I hope so." " Hey, Bruce." " Oh." "Janet." " Hi." "How've you been?" " Hello." "How are you?" " I've been just fine." "You?" " I'm great." "You look gorgeous." " This is a lovely party." " Thank you very much." "[Bruce] Did you put salt on it?" "[Bartender] There's just a little bit of salt." "Let's go sit here." "He gave me the job, and I started out..." "On salary, too?" " Hie" " Hie" " You work with Frank, don't you?" " No, I don't." "Oh, I thought I once saw you over at his office." "I sell them stuff sometimes." "Actually, I never know who I'm going to see over there because Rosemary keeps reorganizing the departments all the time." "I always thought that's a rather inefficient way to run..." "[Man] I don't think it's a safe piece." "Yeah?" "Yeah." " You all right?" " Yeah." "Well, yeah, I'm fine." " I mean, you go to a lot of parties?" " [Laughter]" "Sometimes, yeah." "Very delicious." "I think I'll get plowed." "What a party." "The people here are great." "Really, really fantastic." "Really delightful." "Janet in particular, eh, darling?" "Janet?" "Janet?" "What?" "Are you joking?" "Janet?" "Janet?" "Well..." "Well, yes, Janet is an unusual woman, darling." "I mean, did you know that she's actually a dancer?" "But really, darling." "Well, she's very attractive." "Yes, well..." "Yes." "Yes, she is." "She is very attractive, but not to me." "You see, darling, not to me, darling." "A little overheated, though, by her, sweetheart." "It..." "What?" "You must be crackers." "I'm as..." "I'm as sound as a bell, if you get my... my meaning." " Oh." " Ohh." " Spilled the drink, eh, darling?" " Oh, hey." " Wow." "Wow." " Oh." "Got to watch the angle of those fucking... those... those fucking..." "Bruce, sweetheart, you seem a little tight, a little high." "Listen, are you kidding?" "You are in very good hands tonight, darling, believe me." "Believe me, I am in very good shape." "I am really in very good shape." "And you're not in bad shape yourself, you know, darling." "I mean..." "I mean, fuck Janet." "You are really looking very attractive... very, very attractive, darling." "I'm really not kidding." "I really..." "You really look great." "I mean, your hair, darling, and that marvelous lipstick." " Well, Bruce..." " No, I..." "Really, darling." "I'm really being serious." "The people at this party are very excited by you, darling." "I've been watching the way they look you over." "Hon, I mean, these people would really like to have you." "They'd really like to have you." "I mean, they really want you, if you get my meaning." "Well, Bruce..." "Darling, your hands are..." "are awfully cold." " Why is that?" " I'm not sure." "But why are your hands cold, darling?" "Are you sick?" "Are you?" "I..." "I don't think so, Bruce." "Darling, listen to me." "You..." "You don't think it's possible..." "What?" "I mean, you don't think that..." "No, no, darling." "I was referring..." "I was referring to the flue" "I mean, I-I'm sure that you're... that you're all right." "You just looked a little bit..." " a little bit peaked." " [gasps]" "But now why don't you sit here quietly?" "And I'll get you a drink." "You need another drink now, darling." "What?" "[Grunts]" "[Grunts]" " [Grunting] - [Man] Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Let me get this part straight in my head before we go any further." "You seem to be saying that pretty soon, children won't need to learn to read." "[chuckles] Isn't that really your point?" " No, I didn't..." " Oh, I'm sorry." "I thought that was what you just finished saying." "No, I really didn't say children don't need to read." "[Frank] What?" " Slap me, hit me..." " Oh, the TV show." "I don't watch television." " Oh." " I'm afraid I don't watch television." "I needed to get us out of there, but Bruce seemed to be having the time of his life." "Soon they'll be machines on the market... and sooner than we think..." "that will be capable of sending virtual messages directly to our brain." "Oh, what a marvelous man." "Oh, he's so extraordinary." "He's so remarkable." "And I've just been sitting there, day after day, just taking it all in." "That's fine." "That's wonderful." "But the fact happens to be that the guy is really driving me bananas." " Right." " Sure." "This is..." "This is the man that you work for?" "Yes." "I mean, the guy's insane." "He's fucking insane." "He comes to my office..." "I mean, books will just be out." "I mean really, no more books." "No more books of any kind because they really won't be needed." "So why should anyone learn to read?" "Why should they?" "I mean, isn't that really what the whole situation comes to?" "[Woman] Coming into your space..." "That's not..." "I don't think that's appropriate." "It's just, uh, impossible." "And I work for the guy." "I've done what I can for the guy." "I've worked very hard for the guy for three whole years." "I've worked my ass off, and he just can't leave me alone." "And it's reached the point..." "Well, I, uh..." "I've just really reached the point where it's just driving me bananas." "[general chatter]" "[Man] It's the dumbing down of everything." " ♪♪ [country] - [Sighs]" "Excuse me." "Well, here you go, darling." "Here's that drink." "And here's one for me." "Oh, good Christ, I like these." "Are you all right, darling?" "I mean, you look just great." "Just great." "Great." "So why don't you tell me?" "Be frank with me, darling." "Let's be absolutely true to what we feel." "I mean, really, darling, do you care for me at all?" "I mean, let's talk frankly." "Do you actually like me?" "What do you feel?" "Why not just tell me?" "Do you love me, darling?" "Do you actually love me?" "Well, Bruce, I find you very attractive, if that's what you mean." "You're a very beautiful man, Bruce." "You're a very beautiful man." "You have a very beautiful body, actually." "Well, darling, do you really find me handsome?" "You're a very handsome man, Bruce." "You're a very, very attractive man." "That's very exciting." "I like that, darling." "I really do like it." "Only..." "[chuckles]" "Only you should fuck me more often, then, darling." "I mean, if you find me so handsome..." "Bruce, really..." "No, really." "I mean it." "You should fuck me more often." "Because, I mean, you can be sort of a cunt, darling, at certain times, when you refuse to fuck me." "Anyway, I'm just saying you should fuck me more often." "I hear you, Bruce." "Well, I'm being an asshole." "I know." "I mean, sometimes, that's my way." "Sometimes I seem to be an asshole." "I mean, other people aren't, but I am one somehow." "An asshole, I mean." "I mean, you know me, darling." "I'm an asshole." "Bruce, really..." "But..." "I need another drink." "I really do like the way they're making these drinks here tonight." "They're just extremely decently prepared." "Shall I get you one, sweetheart?" "I'll bet you'd like another drink, wouldn't you?" " I'll bet you would." " [groans]" " [Dog barking]" " Ohh." "Weird." "[Man] I'm drawing a connection between two completely different things." "I mean, the fact that these machines have been invented doesn't really have much to do with my opinions about popular music." "Well, didn't you just say that?" "Didn't you say children should listen to popular music in school?" " Maybe I didn't quite follow you." " Coming through." "Hot soup." "No." "I'm curious as to why you feel it's important, in any way..." "I mean, it was a weird night that we... [chatter continues]" "[Dog barking]" "[Barking continues]" "[Woman] Okay, can I just ask you, why did you phone him back?" "[Chatter continues]" "[Bird chirping]" "[Man] I mean, what are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "If you were doing something that is, perhaps... [chatter continues]" "[Man] It's so hard to deal with a guy like this on a day-to-day basis, 'cause you really don't want to hurt his feelings." "But on the other hand, you really want to do certain things that would probably really hurt him." "And you really should do them, but you just don't want to." " Right." " You're trying to be nice, but he makes it impossible." "There are times when you just have to be brutal with people like that." "No." "I understand what you're saying." "But I mean, isn't it possible for people to just sometimes not feel what they actually do feel?" "What?" " Do you know what I mean?" " Sure." "I mean, they may actually feel a certain thing, but they don't really know that they do because in their own conscious minds, they're so incredibly involved in what they think that they feel that they don't really feel the thing at all." "Do you see what I'm saying?" "I mean, like, for example, a very common example is when you're supposed to feel pleased by something." "[Woman] Right." "Like when somebody gives you a present, and you're supposed to feel pleased." "But actually you don't because the thing is something that actually you hate, or you actually already have the thing." "Well, then, you're not supposed to say [echoing] "Well, I really hate this."" "[becoming distorted] You're supposed to say," ""Boy, that's great, I really like it."" "Well, here's that drink now, my love." "Oh." "Thank you, Bruce." "I feel really sick." "Oh." "Well, you can rest right here, darling." "You can even fall asleep." "I won't disturb you." "I think I'm going to close my eyes for a minute." "Very enjoyable for all concerned." "The..." "The exquisite dishes, the languid conversations." "Oh, my God, of course, we loved it all." "It was utterly sublime." "The embroidered napkins, the little bars of soap in the guest bathrooms." "If anyone tells you that we didn't adore it, they're simply a liar." "The inside walls of those limousines were lined with some kind of a beige moleskin that made you feel somehow as if the outside world [voice fading away] Was barely... [wind blowing]" "Come." "Join use" "We're having one of Margaret's special stews tonight." "It's spring squash with pea shoots and tomatoes." "[Man] Gwendolyn was just telling us about a ceremony she attended." "Yes, well, I was just saying that by this time, most of us had drunk from the rushing river." "And, of course, we were naked." "[soft laughter]" "And then, the woman with the necklace reached into a little bag and took out a jewel that looked like a blue marble." "See, I brought one back with me." "Ooh." "[guests murmuring]" "Oh." "Oh." "And then the woman with the necklace... picked one of the people and did something like this." "[giggling]" "[Chandelier clinking]" "[Soft laughter]" "It's so beautiful." "[applause continues]" "[Man] Come one" "[Woman] You can do it." "[Woman] Maybe they're just too tired for..." "[Man] I'm not saying I know the whole story." "I'm not saying I know more than you do." "I've been there, of course, but I've never really lived there." "I don't really know about the way things work there." "I've read certain articles..." "[Woman] Maybe it isn't so incredibly absurd." "[Man] I've read certain articles, talked to some people who know more than I do, and the fact happens to be that I happened to be there at the very odd moment when some of the things I've read about happened to be occurring." "[Woman] You were there yourself?" "[Voice fading away] Or are you saying that people..." "[Man coughing]" "[Coughing continues]" "[Man] Why do you think... [coughing]" "Why do you think the thought of popular music bothers you so much?" "It doesn't bother me a bit." "Don't you think there's anything to be learned by listening to them?" "Well, I saw that man being pressed between two panes of glass," " and it was horrible, horrible." " [Woman screaming]" "I mean, you can't imagine." "The way his tongue was hanging to one side." "He looked just like a slaughtered beast." "But why are you telling me this?" "[Man] These are the articles." "These people..." "Don't you see?" "This is what I was trying to explain to your brother." " [Woman] Don't bring him into this." " [Man] Don't what?" "[Woman] Don't bring my brother into this!" "[Man] Oh, he's already in it." "He is involved in this." "He is involved in it." "He's in the field we're discussing." "Don't tell me not to bring him into it." "He's in it." "[Man on television] No limits on their demands or appetites... [chatter]" "[Man] Ultimately, the idea of anything gourmet, specifically, sort of disgusts me." "[Woman] That's sad." "Well," "I was sitting over there in the other room." "I had to sit down and rest for a minute because I'd had quite a few of those margaritas." "And I started thinking back over the day I'd had, and I realized I'd really had quite a day." "I really had." "First, lunch with Roger, which was enjoyable, as always." "And then I had some shopping to do." "So I started to walk through some unfamiliar parts of town." "Then I really had such an interesting walk." "I walked through different sorts of streets, and even down by a waterfront somewhere." "And, eventually, I got thirsty." "And I went into a café, where they made me a delicious drink made of freshly squeezed orange juice and soda." "Well, I was sipping my drink when, all of a sudden, there was a blaze of sunlight from the street outside." "And young woman came in and sat down right next to me." "She almost immediately reached into her bag, and, with great precision, brought out a sheet of newspaper and started to read it." "I could see it was an article about a horrible murder that had happened recently." "And I thought to myself," ""Something had gone wrong in this person's life." ""She's lost." "She's searching for something."" "Her face was intense, desperate, with a wild restlessness." "I thought, "I'm going to start a conversation with here" "And then, I'm going to go to her apartment and fuck here" "Thank you." "Wait." "That meat is hot." "What did you just say?" "I was..." "You have to be careful not to burn yourself." "I realized that a sexual encounter might unlock a terrible grief in here" "She might become unstable, even hysterical." "I looked at her feet." "They seemed dirty." "I decided to masturbate instead." "Can I have a check, please?" "[Woman screaming]" "[Knocking on door, distant]" "[Muffled moaning]" "I went to a sordid hotel which looked out on an alley." "But across the passageway, a stranger appeared in a window." "Was she aware of me?" "She showed herself to me, expecting nothing in return." "I felt she was warm and loving, and I was moved, overwhelmed." "I watched, and I felt nourished." "I felt replenished." "[clatter, glass breaks]" "[Man yelling indistinctly]" "My God." "I was already supposed to be at Frank's." "And there was still something I wanted to buy on the way." "After I left the store, I didn't want to rune" "I was afraid of sweating." "I walked with big strides, rapidly, controlling the sweat." "[chatter]" "Bettina, great to see you." "Great to see you, too." "[Man] Good to see you." "I made it to Frank's just a little bit late." "[Marie] I slept so soundly." "My body seemed to sink into the sofa so heavily, so far, like an object falling in water." "When I woke up again, I felt really sick." "Bruce was sitting right next to me." "Well, darling, I'm glad to see you awake." "You had me worried for a while." "I wish you could've heard the conversation" "I was just having with Jack." "There were some amazing things about the treatment of certain illnesses that he was explaining to me." "I mean, did you know that one time, vomiting was considered an expression of sadness, rather than..." "Bruce, did you slap me when I was sleeping?" "Why, of course not, darling." "What do you mean?" "Are you crazy?" "I don't feel normal." "God, darling, you..." "Do you think you might be..." " I mean, what's going on?" " [Groaning]" "Are you mentally ill?" "I mean, what is it?" "Do you think you might actually be crazy now?" " Oh, Bruce..." " Darling, I really hope not." "Oh, Bruce, please." "Oh, I've had this..." "this terrible feeling lately that something was going to happen somehow." "Just talk to me, Bruce." " Help me." "Hold me." " Oh." "Oh, God, well..." "Well, let's see." "Do I..." "Do I have anything to say to you?" "Well, I had a marvelous lunch with Roger." "Prawns and peas." "It was absolutely great." "Aw, darling, I'm sick." "Yes, uh, and then, uh, oh." "Oh, yes." "Gloria and I were just having the most fascinating conversation." "We were talking about the whole question of people having servants." "And I was saying that it really seems to me sort of a shame that the whole tradition of people having servants has gone out of style because, I mean, the whole point of it was that servants were people" "who could be counted on to really care about your welfare, and sort of respect you, whether you deserved it or not." " [groaning]" " I just think that's..." "I just think that's so nice." "Oh, darling, I'm..." "I'm boring you." "I'm..." "I'm so sorry." "Really, how dreadful." "Bruce, please." "It's just... just awful." "I really am sorry." "Well, I'll get you another drink." "And meanwhile, you can just rest here." "I have to have a talk with Grace over there." "With who, Bruce?" "Well, you remember, darling." "The friend of Chuck's." "The brunette." "The woman who went fishing in her panties." "What?" "Actually, uh, you know, actually, darling," "I spent the night with her once, about 11 years ago." "And I have to say, she was..." "She was really amazing." "I mean, pardon me, darling, but her vagina was just incredibly tight, you know?" "It was like being gripped by a hand." "And I remember when we were done, my penis was just absolutely bright rede" "I mean, it looked like a raw piece of meat or fish." "And I felt absolutely drained." "My testicles were as dry as bones." "They ached for a week." "God, it was great." "It was really something." "Darling, I'm sick." "Darling, why is it that whenever we have a conversation you always feel sick?" "I mean, you ask me to talk to you, and then I do, and then you feel sick." "Have you ever really noticed that?" "Because it's really sort of a pattern with you, darling." "And, I mean, it's kind of upsetting." "It actually gives me a pain in my ass, if you want to know." "All right, Bruce." "And, I mean, really, darling, the faces you make sometimes," "I mean, the people here are going to think you're an absolute nut." "All right, Bruce." "I said all right." "All right!" "[Woman] ...where they tie the guy up with the rattlesnakes?" "Do you remember that?" "Did he tell you about the rattlesnakes?" "And they injected him with amphetamine, and they gave him an hour to get out." "Do you remember that?" "We had been at the party for a really long time." "I decided it was time to leave." "I went to Frank's bedroom to get my coat." "[phone rings]" "[Ring]" "[Ring]" "[Ring]" "Hello?" "[Man] Hey, who's this?" "Jane?" "[Static]" "I'm not..." "I don't feel very well, so I can't..." "I can't talk right now." "Calm down." "Please." "Who is this?" "[Static]" "Should I get Frank for you?" "This is Willy." "Willy?" "I'll go get Franke" "[chatter]" "[Marie] I went to find Franke" "I was feeling very sick." "I finally found Bruce." "He went to get his coat, and then we left." "We walked to a restaurant." "I picked it." "I like it." "I used to go there all the time when I was single." "We ate dinner in silence." "The restaurant was cold." "Thank you." "Darling, you seem to be drinking a lot of coffee, sweetheart." "Do you think that's wise?" "I mean, I, uh," "I wonder, darling." "I mean, sometimes it makes you a bit nervous." "Don't you think so?" "What?" "What?" "Are you telling me something?" "Well..." "Well, you know, darling, I was only talking." "I mean, you know me, darling." "Sometimes I say things." "No, I mean, darling," "I was only saying that sometimes..." "I mean, you seem to be a little bit nervous already tonight, darling." "And I sometimes notice that sometimes when you actually already are feeling nervous, you seem to like to drink coffee." "And sometimes that can actually have the effect of actually making you more nervous than you already were before." "So that's really all I was trying to say, actually, darling." "I'm sorry." "I don't mean to upset you." "Look, Bruce, there's a reason I wanted to talk to you, something I needed to say." "What is it, sweetheart?" "Bruce, do you know I never really loved you?" "I never loved you." "I never loved you." "Well, I don't..." "I pretended to you." "Sometimes I even pretended to myself." "Most of the time, I didn't even do that." "You see, I don't even like you." "Not at all." "I don't like you." "I don't respect you." "You're nothing but shit, as far as I'm concerned." "Do you think we should just have our dinner for the moment?" "Darling, I mean, perhaps we should go into all this when we've finished our meal." "I-I don't enjoy your company," "I don't enjoy being with you." "You're pitiful." "You're pathetic." "You're actually one of the least interesting people" "I've ever met in my life." "Yes, well, my darling, what do you think?" "Are we going to have our meal here or not?" "I mean, this was the restaurant that you wanted to go to." "And personally," "I would've rather had something cheap, and this is not my favorite kind of food." "But if we are going to be here, then it seems somewhat absurd if all we're going to do is have an unpleasant conversation." "Bruce..." "I had thought that we were going to have a nice evening together." "I know you're unhappy." "But we could discuss your unhappiness and still have a very nice evening together." "I hate you, Bruce." "That's why I have to leave you." "I'm very, very sorry." "[door opens]" "[Man] Hey, Fred." "We're both going to have the scungilli." "I've been feeling worse and worse for several days." "I mean, I feel just fine." "And then I eat, and I get this sensation that somehow the food was just rotting in my stomach." "I mean, something was not happening correctly." "And then, suddenly, I get these sharp, shooting pains, like a short of flash, like lightning, along the entire length of my asshole, somehow." "Oh, and then, by Friday, whole new sensation." "My stomach starts to give these little leaps, these lurches, like, this, like... bup!" "Bup!" "And I feel like I really have to go to the bathroom, very badly." "And then two seconds go by, and it goes away, and I feel all right." "And I don't have to go to the bathroom anymore." "Well..." "[slurps]" "Finally, late in the afternoon," "I get one of these lurches, and I sort of really rush to the bathroom, and I sit right down on the toilet and then, right then, suddenly," "I begin to feel dizzy and faint." "I really feel awful." "I actually think, I'm going to throw up." "God." "There's a kind of burning sensation along my whole rectal area, so it's very painful to shit." "But the horrible thing is that..." "Excuse me, uh, sorry." "Excuse me, you see..." "You see, we're eating our meal." "You what?" "I say, we're eating our meal." "And your conversation, uh, we couldn't help hearing it." "What?" "What?" "We can't, uh..." "We're eating." "Is this guy trying to tell me I'm talking too loudly?" "Well, sir, uh..." "Pardon me." "Can I make a suggestion?" "Would you mind?" "I'd like you to return to your table." "That way, we won't have any kind of trouble." "Oh." "I see, y-yes." "Oh, yes, well, if that's the way you feel about it..." "Well, yes." "I see." "Uh-huh." "All right." "Fine, fine." "Well, all right." "Yes." "Oh, yes." "Uh-huh." "You eat shit, Bruce." "Yes, well, okay, okay." "I'm sorry I met you." "I'm sorry I knew you." "Of all the men I knew, you turned out to be the worst." "It's very sad." "Our dinner was spoiled, and my life was spoiled, all because I met you." "I wish I hadn't." "I wish I hadn't." "Yeah, it's a shame." "You horrible shit." "Yeah, that's right." "You horrible shit." "Well, darling, would you like to leave now?" "I mean, I don't imagine you'll be wanting any dessert." "No?" "Well, I..." "Well, fuck you, Bruce, maybe I'd like some." "Oh, well, great." "Well, that's great." "We'll, have some, yes." "Uh, sire Sire" "We'll have that thing, that thing with the pears." "Right away, actually." "Oh, all right." "Yes, that would be great." "Yes, that would be great." "Must you always mock me, darling?" "Bruce, I'm afraid I can't help it." "You're just so mockable." "You're my mockable boy." "[laughter]" "[Woman] Funniest thing I've ever seen." "[chatter]" "So, Bruce, do you actually not care at all that I'm leaving you?" "Oh, are you leaving me, darling?" "Yes, I'm planning to leave you." "[sighing]" "Well, darling, I..." "I think it's a little funny just to tell me that, isn't it?" "I mean, what brings this up right at this moment, you see?" "I mean, what have I done?" "I've just gone to a certain restaurant for dinner, and I'd understood it to be one that you like, and as far as I can tell, it's lived up to expectations at least 100 percent, I would say." "Bruce, you're funny." "You really are." "So you actually don't care at all that I'm leaving you, then." "Well, you're not really leaving me, darling." "I mean, you feel that you would like to, but you really aren't actually leaving, if you see what I mean." "You don't think I'm leaving?" "Well, are you?" "Yes, I am, Bruce." "I really am." "But, darling, I mean, don't you know you can't leave me?" "I mean, don't you know that I love you, darling?" "Love me?" "Love me?" "Bruce, it's ridiculous for you to even use that word because you have no idea what it stands fore" "Don't you know you're not a living person?" "I'm sorry, darling." "I thought I was one." "Well, what am I, then?" "I mean, I run around like a living person." "I say things." "I talk to people." "I even have certain feelings, believe it or not." "Bruce, I don't feel well." "I try to be decent." "No." "Bruce, listen to me." "You are not human, you are not a person." "You have no connection to me or to any other person, and you never will have one, and you never can have one, and that is why, to me, you are nothing but a filthy piece of shit" "that's attached to me physically." "So I am cutting you off me." "See, I am cutting you off me." "I am cutting you away from me." " Marie, please..." " No, don't you see?" "Your face isn't really even a face, because there is nothing behind it, because you are dead, dead." "You're a horrible, dead piece of meat." "Oh, God, it is awful." "I am sitting with someone who isn't even alive, and that is why it's so easy." "It's so easy, it's so easy to leave!" "I'm so sorry!" "I'm so sorry." "Darling?" "What?" "Darling, do you know what I did today?" "I bought a new typewriter for myself." "It's right here in the box." "It was made in Romania, and it was remarkably cheap." "But the incredible thing is it's really very well designed." "It's almost silent." "I tried it out at the store, and it worked like a charm." "I really love it." "I'll show you when we get home." "It's just not noisy." "It won't bother you at all." "You bought a new typewriter?" "Yes, I did." "But do you think you'll miss your old one?" "Well, you know, I really don't think so." "We finished our dessert, and then I took him home." "By the time we left the restaurant, he was drunk again." "We went home in a taxi." "Bruce was giving his thoughts on the subjects of the day." "I can't believe they're closing all those nightclubs." "I mean, if it bothers them so much, that music playing on their block and people dancing and enjoying themselves, why don't they go live in the country?" "Why don't they go live on a farm?" "I know." "It's true." "People come to the city to have a good time." "Let them go and live on a farm with some sheep if they feel that way." "I really agree." "Marie." "It's all right, Bruce." "Oh, God." "Things are really spinning." "It's all right." "As we rode, he hugged me tightly." "He hugged me as we went around corners." "He hugged me when the taxi went faster." "When we got home, the apartment was cool." "There was a breeze." "[door unlocking]" "There's this incredible new place that sells fruit behind the laundromat." "Oh, yeah." "Mrs. Katz told me about it." "[keys clacking]" "Isn't that amazing?" "[Clacking]" "[Bell dings]" "[Clacking continues]" "I made some hot milk, and we sat in our chairs, and we drank it." "And then I put him to bede" "Bruce, come on, sweetheart." "I stayed up for a while." "I took a shower." "I read a newspaper." "Then I went to bed myself." "It was warm under the sheet." "I watched the shadows moving on the wall." "I listened to the cars rushing by outside the window." "[thunder, rain falling]" "Then it started to rain again." "It began very gently, very lightly." "And then the sound of the rain grew stronger and heavier." "And I sank down farther into the darkness of my pillow... farther and farther and farther, and I slept." "♪♪ [Woman singing in foreign language]" "Subtitled By J.R. Media Services, Inc." "Burbank, CA"