Deconstructing Harry Page #7

Suppose l told you that|my f***ing Amy Pollack...

was a disguised plea for|more closeness with you?

l'd say you're a mental case!

This is like your first wife.|You claimed you loved her.

All the while, you were|having affairs.

My first wife. l told you...

we were in bed one night.|l turned off her...

because the way the light was,|she looked like Max Schmeling.

What do you want me to say?

She was pretty, but l couldn't|get an erection after that.

Stop this tap-dancing.|This is bullshit, understand me?

With you it's a different story.|You turned off me!

That's what happened|since Hilly was born.

We live platonically,|like brother and sister.

Don't play "blame the victim"!

What are you talking about?

l'm as much a victim as you!

You think getting a blowj*b...

from a big-bosomed 26 year old|is pleasurable for me.

You're making me sick!|l can't believe this!

-You're overreacting.|-l'm not overreacting!

Are you telling me that|every week for 4 months...

you've been with her in a hotel?

That's so crazy.|No, of course not!

l rented an apartment.

l'm going to kill you!

Hello, Doctor.|Sorry l'm late.

Mr. Farber.

Take off your coat.|Come in.

l've been losing sleep at night.

l can't shut my eyes at night.

l think l should quit my job,|but l can't bring myselfto do it.

Maybe because my brother-in-law|treats me kindly.

But working for him is taking|it's toll on me emotionally.

Could you excuse me?

What?

You f***ed-up f***!

l can't believe you did this.|You f***ing a**hole!

You f***ed my patient!|You don't f*** somebody's patient.

F*** you!

Continue, Mr. Farber.

Lost your thread? You were talking|about quitting yourjob.

Right.

l discussed it with my wife.

While she seems to be supportive...

l know she'd rather l stay on.

She idolizes Gordon.

All she does is spend time|with him anyway.

Excuse me one more second,|Mr. Farber.

Again?

Continue. l can hear you|from the hallway. Loudly.

l want you to get out of here.

Get all of your|goddamn stuff together...

and get out of here.

l 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.

Tell me, was she the only one,|orwere there others?

Amy Pollack was the only one.|May God strike me dead if l lie.

You're an atheist, Harry!

We're alone in the universe.|Gonna blame that on me too?

You turned off me first.

Oh, please!

No. l gave birth.|When women give birth...

there's a period when|their hormones go crazy.

But they settle.

So, if you're telling me|you're settling, l accept that.

You accept that!

You are so f***ing nuts!

Take it easy!

lf 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 l meet?

l'm working here. We have the baby.|You're always practising.

We never socialize.

So now you're blaming me...

because we don't go out|enough places where you can...

meet strangers to f***!

l was merely explaining...

why my choice, of necessity,...

is confined to your practice.

l knew you were mentally ill|before we were married...

but l thought, as atrained|professional, l could help you.

Now, please don't get down|on yourself as a therapist.

Get your sh*t and your|goddamn clothes...

and get the f*** out of here!

You are the most|irresponsible person...

l've seen in my entire life!

Get out!

Continue, Mr. Farber.

Doctor!

And l mean tonight,|motherf***er!

Dad! My Pepsi!

So you got even with your|exwife and sister and l was born.

What do you mean?

From your pen. From your|fertile imagination.

And l mean, imagination.

l wasn't getting even with Joan.

You created me as the|shrewish, Jewish hybrid...

who goes off with a patient.

An Orthodox divorcee|from Tel Aviv.

She shouldn't have married Burt.|He's turned her into a zealot.

She loves you. lt's not her fault|your father persecuted you.

She was fine until|she wound up...

with this right-wing hawk.

So she disappointed you|in her choice of husbands?

F*** you! She loves Burt.

She was a great kid.|She had a flair for physics.

Suddenly, she's kosher.

She loves you still...

despite your condescension|towards her life.

Does she love me?

Want to hearwhat|she says about you?

He's not so bad.|He was a very good brother.

But Father never forgave him|when his wife died.

The man is not aJewish man,|that's all!

All right!

Poor Harry, he was always lost.

He never accepted there are|some things you can't know.

The man is incapable|of an act of faith.

Forthat, l pity him.

l'd like to hug him,|like when we were kids.

lf l was upset, he was|a real comfort to me.

What happens to us?

She can't hear you.

And as for Joan...

Joan hates me.

Shouldn't she?

Why? Because l was unfaithful?

No, because when she caught you,|you weren't a man.

You turned into this|double-talking,

wise-cracking, tap-dancing liar.

lf she hadn't been so enraged,|we might have patched things up.

Listen to him delude himself!

Maybe it had tapered a bit|after Hilly was born...

but you had sex pretty regularly.

l've no idea why l|took up with her patient.

She was available and adorable.

My marriage was droning on.

What you call "droning on",|most people would call "working".

lf that's "working",|marriage isn't for me.

lt's not for everyone.

But then l get lonely.

What do you want me to say?

She gave me Hilly and for that|l'm eternally grateful...

'cause l love him so much.

You can have any one you want.

Can l get two?

Tell you what,|you can get three presents.

Pick any three presents you want.|Satisfied?

Look what l found.

lsn't that cool?

This is the chemistry set|you always wanted. lt's perfect.

Don't open it yet.|Let me buy it first.

Larry! What are you doing here?

Buying my nephew|a Power Ranger.

-When did you get back?|-A couple of days ago.

This is Larry.|l told you about Larry.

He's an old friend,|colleague, peer.

-So you got back, when?|-Two days ago.

l took a boat trip|down the Amazon.

-Sounds exciting.|-Unbelievable.

lf you don't mind malaria.

Butterflies the size of doves.|Never seen anything like it.

l can live without that.

lt was astounding.

Sounds it.

So you got back two days ago?

We go back a long way.

We both wanted to be Kafka.

You got slightly closer|than l did.

Yeah. l became the insect.

l'm very excited.|l'm amazed.

We should go out.

Why not come to my house|in East Hampton for a weekend?

Let's not get hysterical.

-l'd love to. lt'd be fun.|-lt's beautiful.

lt's sand in the crotch, ticks...

You get this guy|to leave his room.

He's never had atan.

l've always wanted|to learn how to snorkel.

Snorkel! Where he lives,|there are sharks.

You see photos of guys|with stumps for legs and arms.

-Am l lying?|-Yes. lt's fabulous there.

l'll take you to dinner.

No! We'll take you to dinner.

l'll tell you about the Amazon.

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