200 Cigarettes Page #8

Synopsis: New Year's Eve, 1981, the Lower East Side. Monica's having a party, but as late as 9, no one's there. She stews (and drinks). Folks are on their way, all looking for love, sex, or both. En route, paths cross, gambits misfire: a performance artist, her boyfriend until today and his long-time pal Lucy, two Long Island high-school girls, two punk rockers, a bartender, a Scottish painter who's lousy in bed, a pretty face named Jack who runs when women say they love him, his cute but clumsy date Cindy, two trendy vamps, a loquacious cabby, the man-crazed Hillary, and Elvis Costello. Nearly everybody smokes, and nearly everybody scores. And all get who and what they deserve.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Risa Bramon Garcia
Production: Paramount Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
28%
R
Year:
1999
101 min
Website
762 Views


? I don't care?

? I don't care?

? We don't care?

? I don't care?

? About this world?

? I don't care?

? About that girl?

? I don't care??

[Moans]

Eric:

Oh, yeah. That's good.

Oh, that's so good.

[Monica Whimpers]

You see,

it's all in the technique.

Most people,

they underestimate the importance

of the rotational thrust.

Eric, you're hurting my skin.

Well, that's just great!

Ow!

You know,

I don't think I'm the one

with the problem here,

Monica.

I think it's you.

I think you're blaming me

for being bad in bed

because you're clearly stunted

in some way physically.

It's not my fault you're

an emotional cripple.

Well, that's so typical

of a woman.

It's all about emotions

and intimacy...

and feelings and all that

vague ambiguous bullshit!

It's sex. That's it!

Two people in a bed getting off!

Not some ethereal thing

out there to embrace humanity.

Look, you wanted to know

why you were bad in bed,

and I told you.

You don't have to bite

my head off

just because you're inadequate.

Oh, now I'm inadequate.

Mm-hmm.

You think I'm inadequate?

Yeah.

Well, you just take

that god-awful dress off,

and I'll show you

who's adequate, honey.

What are you doing?

I'm gonna prove you wrong.

That's right.

I'm gonna have you

on your hands and knees

begging for mercy.

[Grunts]

Oh, my God!

Are you insane?

Jesus, there's nobody here yet?

Uh, Eric's here.

Eric, right. Hi.

Hi, I'm Hillary.

I just love your flowers.

My what?

Your, you know, your flowers.

Jesus, you scared me

half to death.

Wanna beer?

What are you still doing

with that package?

I thought we were

getting out of here already.

Yeah, well, Tony's not here yet,

so we'll just stick around

and see if he shows up.

Great.

Man, that's a cool party, huh?

It's retarded.

I wanna leave.

Oh, yeah? Well,

where do you want to go?

Ronkonkoma.

What?

You know, Ronkonkoma.

Yeah, well,

it's on Long Island.

Long Island, huh?

I'm from Jersey.

Congratulations.

Yeah.

So, uh, can I ask you a question?

It's a free country.

Well, did Val say something

to you about me?

Because I thought we were

really hitting if off there

for a while.

I mean, it felt like

she really liked me,

you know, and, now she's

in there making out with Dave,

and I'm just wondering,

I mean,

did I do something to offend her?

You know how it is.

Yeah.

It's like when I first met Val,

though, you know,

I was like... whoa!

This is the one!

This is the one.

Because the thing with Val is,

you know, she's different.

I mean, she's just

like this little girl,

and l, you know,

I wanted to, like,

I wanted to get near her,

and I wanted to be with her,

you know, her big eyes,

her big, round head, you know.

I just thought maybe, you know,

I was falling in...

I mean, you know,

maybe this is...

I don't know. I mean...

All right, you probably think

it's really jerky, huh?

Sayin' somethin'

'cause I just met her.

Look, can I tell you

something here?

Because this is like

the worst night of my life, OK?

I mean, I'm standing here

in a basement

on f***ing Avenue D,

so I'm sorry if you're

having troubles

finding the right girl

and everything.

But I'm just trying

to get the f*** home

before somebody kills me,

all right?

All right.

Yeah, I can see that. Yeah.

? Please?

? Don't let this feeling end?

? It may not come again?

? And I want to remember?

? How it feels to touch you?

? How I feel so much?

? Since I found you?

? Looking through

the eyes of love??

I got you some flowers.

Uh, mind if I sit down?

I'm with someone.

Wh...

You're with someone?

You understand.

What, the bartender?

He's in the bathroom.

He's going to be right back.

You know what?

You should just go home.

That's what you wanted to do.

Just go home

and don't worry about me,

'cause I'm set for the night.

Look, you just met this guy.

So?

So don't you think

it seems a little sudden

or something to be...

You are much

more judgmental

between girlfriends.

- Have you ever noticed that, Kevin?

- Fine. All right.

You want to throw yourself at some guy

you just met, it's your business.

I'm going home.

Oh.

There.

Thanks.

OK. Look...

What?

The thing is... What l...

what I want to say,

what I'm...

Yes?

Yes, Kevin?

Let's do it.

What?

I think we should do it.

You've got to be kidding.

I'm serious.

I think we should

go back to the coffee shop

and... just... do it.

What do you say?

Come on. You in?

You know what?

I can't just leave the bartender.

It's my birthday.

We're practically

obligated to do it.

You said so yourself.

Come on.

I dare you.

I dare you to f*** me.

? Ain't no big thing?

Cabbie:
Mmm, mmm, mmm.

? To wait for the bell to ring?

Deep thing.

? Tain't no big thing?

? The toll of the bell??

Hillary:

Do you mean to tell me

she actually broke up with you

on New Year's Eve?

Eric:

l... I was flabbergasted.

Well, obviously

she was threatened

by your creativity.

Your work,

it's so brilliant,

so powerful.

You think so?

Oh, absolutely.

What other reason

could there be?

See, l... I've always

been fascinated

by the female form.

Oh.

Take you, Hillary.

You would make

a wonderful artist's model.

You have an almost perfect symmetry.

I've been working out.

Ohh, I can see that.

[Burps]

You really seem

to understand my thrust.

I guess I do.

I can't believe I almost

went home earlier.

I feel exactly the same way.

Can I get you another drink?

Hillary, you should

come down to the studio

and take a look at my work

before my next show.

Really? I mean, of course.

Great.

[Both Laugh]

Taxi!

Oh, great.

Just drive right past me

like I'm not even here.

Look, can I just say something?

I'm not speaking to you, Jack.

I think you'll feel

a little better

if you hear me out.

Look, what happened between us

last night is, like,

this ongoing problem with me.

It... lt happens all the time.

I meet someone,

we go home together,

but then the next day, it's...

What? Next day what?

Well, they tell me that

suddenly they've developed

these feelings for me.

W-What are you saying?

That every woman

you go home with

falls in love with you

or something?

Yes.

It's like a curse.

It never ends.

A woman falls in love with you

and you think that's a curse?

You have no idea.

No. I don't,

because I think you're lucky.

I mean, there are some people

who wait their entire lives

for somebody to tell them

they feel that way about them,

and you,

you just throw it away

like it's nothing,

like it's a minor

inconvenience.

Well, let me tell you

something, Jack.

You are cursed,

just not the way

you think you are.

Well, then how?

Good-bye, Jack.

Where you going?

[Whistles]

Taxi.

Cindy, wait.

You can't leave.

You got dog sh*t on your back.

Your dress.

F*** me.

Will you hurry up?

There's got to be a cab

around here somewhere.

I can't. I can't go on.

No, listen to me.

Listen to me.

I'm getting to that party.

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