An American Affair

Together we shall save our planet

or together we shall die in flames.

First comes love, / i

then comes marriage, / i

They always look like they're having more fun.

Everyone has more fun.

Obviously they have more fun than we do.

Have you seen Patricia?

They are huge!

She says she's gonna let me touch them.

Bullshit...

She said! She did! For a dollar.

To you? She said that to you?

Not exactly, not to me.

Thought so.

Carl said you were f*ggot.

So?

So - he said you were fag.

Well, what are you gonna do?

Nothing.

You can't do nothing.

Some friend you are...

- Come on, fag!

- You're the fag!

Let's see what you got.

Fight, fight!

That's for setting me up.

What... are you... doing?

Nothing sister.

God smiles on remorseful Mr Stafford,

not the impenitent.

Gentlemen, it's five o'clock.

Detention is over.

In the eyes of God all sinners

can be redeemed.

Yes, sister.

My eyes see differently.

Yes, sister.

- Jimmy, I...

- F*** you!

I didn't mean...

You're an a**hole...

Both of you.

Mom? Dad?

Son? You in there?

Yeah, I'm here.

You... working hard in there?

Leave him alone, Mike.

Poor son...

He'll go blind... grow hair on his palms...

Mike, he's 13...

he's at age.

Hey, guys.

Roger, have you seen Patricia this morning?

She's very beautiful.

Mike?

Could you hurry up?

What's the rush? King

gets arrested all the time.

I want a good seat.

The Richmond Museum of Modern Art.

Your presence is

requested at the White House

for an evening's entertainment.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Jaqueline Bouvier Kennedy & John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

To see what I have seen

see what I see.

Use with care.

George.

Catherine Caswell

Catherine.

Can I help you with something?

Yeah, I uh, I live across the street.

Yes?

I was wondering if you need

any work done. You know in the garden,

around the house.

I'm trying to earn some money.

For what?

A trip. To Europe.

With my class.

That sounds very adventurous.

Adam.

- Adam.

Are you coming in?

What can you do?

- What?

Around the house.

Oh. Cleaning, fits...

All the usual stuff.

And you want me to pay you for that?

For my trip...

To Europe?

You know him? President Kennedy?

We've met...

My mom shook hands with him once,

at a dinner.

She said it made her feeling she was naked.

You father mustn't have liked that too much.

My dad said he stole the election

by being a pretty boy on a television.

What do you think?

I don't know, I didn't see it.

I need my garden landscaped.

Can you do that?

Sure.

Have you ever do it before? Worked in a garden?

Then I'm not gonna pay you very much, am I?

I'm a fast learner.

I bet you are.

Come back tomorrow.

Right.

Tomorrow.

Made her feel like she was naked...

Sh*t.

Adam, dinner.

Alright!

Now, Adam, now.

I said I'm coming.

Just not while you're in the bathroom, right?

Adam.

Adam.

I said I'd be right there.

- Hey, Faith.

- Hi.

Hi, Patricia.

Dipshit.

F*** off, Carl.

Right... f*** off.

- Okay.

I was just wondering if... you know

you'd want to come by my house sometime after school...

And do what?

I don't know.

Talk, listen to some records...

Yeah, I'd like that.

Great, so...

Mr Stafford, is there a faintest possible reason

you might have for not being where you're supposed to be?

No, sister.

I thought not.

It's me, Adam... from next door.

- Your garden?

- Right.

I'm going to be your gardener...

Who painted these?

I did.

Do you like them?

I think so, but... they're just colors, right?

You know, aren't they supposed to mean anything?

Color is color.

What do they mean?

Whatever you want them to.

Things are what we make of them.

- Form is dead.

- What?

Form is dead.

Have you ever seen a man in building?

Broken windows, cracked doors and walls?

Sure.

From the moment that building was built

it started to fall apart,

just depends on how you choose to look at it.

Form is dead.

I like that.

Looks pretty good to me.

I want you to rip it all up.

All of it?

Everything.

Just scoop it up and throw it all away.

I want dirt, a new beginning,

nothing boxed or restrained.

Rip it all up, we'll start all over again.

Form is dead, right?

Exactly.

That might help.

You look... beautiful.

I bet you say that to all the girls.

No.

Finish up that tree then head on home.

The Cubans are never gonna forgive

Kennedy. Ever.

Well is not like it really matters.

We'll have communists living

God, Castro laughs at us.

Laughs at us.

Well, you look like you've been digging to China.

Where've you been?

Working in the garden.

What garden?

Mrs. Caswell.

Who?

Mrs. Caswell.

She moved in across the street.

Catherine Caswell?

M- hm.

Why won't you have a seat, bud?

Catherine Caswell.

She's very nice, isn't she?

Yeah, I like her.

She's a very special lady.

She is the one who has seen and done a lot of things.

Too many things.

She has had a very hard life,

she is... very emotional...

and maybe she's not the best person

for you to working for after school.

Why not?

Well, it isn't easy to explain.

She's different than we are, Adam.

She just doesn't care about the same things.

She doesn't care about her own son, for God's sake.

Addie.

She has a son?

Had a son.

Had.

What happened?

It doesn't matter what happened.

What matters is that you stay away from her.

You said...

You said to get a job, to earn some money, you said...

Fine, get a job, just not with her...

Okay, Adam, working for her

is alright.

Mike!

Just don't linger, okay?

Do what she asks, then come home.

Okay, buddy?

Okay.

What'd you do at school today?

Nothing.

Great.

All free men, where ever they may live

are citizens of Berlin,

and therefore

as a free man,

I take pride in the words:

Ich bin ein Berliner.

There are many people in the world

that really don't understand... or say they don't

what is the difference between the free world

and the communist world.

Let them come to Berlin.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

What?

So you and the president really are friends.

Of course we are.

We met at school.

What's that supposed to mean?

I was looking out my window last night and...

And saw nothing.

You saaw absolutely nothing.

Okay, sorry...

There are some things, Adam, that are private.

And they should stay that way.

Like your son?

Who told you about my son?

My parents.

Your parents...

Oh my God...

If you had a son, then you must

have a husband, right?

Ex husband.

What's he like?

He's gone, that's what he's like.

He was a, a little boy.

Just like you.

I'm not a little boy.

No, I don't suppose you are.

Where are you going?

Like if that's any of your business.

He won't talk to anyone

at Langley, Catherine?

Jack won't talk about it.

He says it's over and done with.

Perhaps you need to convince him

that the conversation must remain open.

- He said that Bobby said...

- Christ!

Bobby.

Air support.

That's what it was:

lack of air support.

Well it's always easy to second guess desicion once it's been made.

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