Hollywood Ending Page #9

fromthe beginning...

...andthat I was directing

the picture blind with...

...the translator's help

and with your help.

And inthe dream, I spoke

to my shrink...

...and asked him how long it would

last, and he said indefinitely.

And, and Hal got furious

with me, and...

...furious with you

for helping me.

It was just terrible.

I was, I was just screaming,

and, and...

You know, it...

I haven't really had

a good night's sleep...

...I don't know how long.

The anxiety isterrible.

Thanks for getting me back.

Al will be here soon.

Will you be okay?

I'm fine.

We had some close callstoday.

I have to tell you, I'm very

worried about Hal finding out.

- Well, I told you my nightmare.

- No, you didn't.

I told you before. Remember?

You didn't. What did you dream?

I told you.

I went into great detail.

You didn't tell me athing.

Well, it smelled like you.

It smelled like me.

What are youtalking about?

I told you my night...

I told you. Didn't I?

No. You didn't. Did you?

I don't know. Did I?

No. What are youtalking about?

Before, when I was saying

my nightmare in detail.

Oh, God! Oh, God, Val!

That journalist, Andrea Ford...

we wear the same perfume.

You didn't...? Oh, God.

Are you saying I told her?

- Did you?

- Did I?

Did I tell her?

If youtold her, that's it.

We are so... That's it.

Oh, my God.

- Lori.

- Ellie!

Val? It's... it's Lori.

Hi, Val.

Yes, I know it's Lori.

You're home unexpectedly.

You're a week early.

I got bored. But I'm almost ready

to shoot my part!

I'm so excited!

Yes, but this

is so completely unexpected.

I wastoo busy working out to call.

God, they drive you!

But look at me.

Don't I look great?

Look! It's really hard.

You can hit it. Val, help me

with my bags.

The bags?

Doesn't it look good?

No! Val, don't let your producer

lug my bags for me.

No, it's fine.

I forgot she existed. My God.

You can't stay here, Lori!

No! You can't stay. Because...

...Ellie and I have

gotten backtogether.

What?

Yes. We, we have.

We thought about it and felt

that we had made amistake and...

Val.

I can't lie to her, Ellie.

You know, it's not fair.

She can't stay. Three's a crowd.

I'm speechless.

I'm sorry.

The heart is very unpredictable.

It's not like the liver or spleen.

Am I still inthe movie?

You are. Definitely.

Definitely.

For sure.

Okay. It's okay.

I'm fine with personal rejection, really.

Thank God I kept that other apartment.

Try to understand.

No, no. It's fine. I totally understand.

I'm still inthe movie, right?

- Yeah. Sure.

- You're inthe movie!

Here, help me withthis.

Take it.

Val, come on! My incense burner's

inthere. Be careful.

We were in my apartment,

inthe bedroomtogether...

...reminiscing. It was great.

And I wanted so muchto kiss her,

but I can't see!

Why do youthink you could

have kissed her? She's engaged.

This blindness,

I got to get finished with it.

This is crazy, not just

for my work, but...

...you know,

I want to lead anormal life.

Tell me about the movie.

There's nothingto tell!

It's a...

...remake of a 1940s movie about...

...a father and son

who don't get along.

The kid grows up to be a gangster and

some people hire himto kill his father.

You have a son, don't you?

Yeah, from aprior marriage.

It's interesting...

It's very interesting...

how you never bring him up.

We don't speak.

Why not?

Because he's got, you know,

orange hair...

...with nose rings and nipple

rings and lip rings and...

...he, you know,

plays drums loud and...

Isthat any reason...?

No, but he gave a concert

and ate alive rat at it...

Still...

He hastattoos all over his body.

Once we were discussing music... he

threatenedto push me downthe stairs.

What happened?

It worked. He pushed me down

a flight of stairs.

How were you as a father to him?

I was fine. I was very nice to him.

I loved him.

I took himto sporting events

andto the ballet and opera.

I encouraged his friends and,

you know...

...let him play music

and stood behind him and...

And?

And we had a discussion and he shoved me

down a flight of stairs.

Where's his mother?

She's marriedto amillionaire in Brazil.

She's a very nice lady.

So when you live withthe plot

of this movie every day...

...and it parallelsthe situation

with your son, how do you feel?

Well, I feel angry, because...

I'm angry, you know.

I alwaysthought when he got older,

we would be friendly...

...and he would have a family,

and I'd be part of it, and...

You must miss him.

We never speak.

You've blinded yourself

to the situation.

Listen, can we not digress?

I'm here to discuss my psychological

loss of vision.

Meanwhile, Hal Yeager's coming in a week

and I don't want himto catch me.

No, he'll be staying at this suite,

as usual.

He'll have you up for one

of his man-to-mantalks,...

...so you'll be alone with him...

...for half an hour.

Straight ahead.

What if it's longer?

No, it never is. His concentration...

Sorry. My bad.

His concentration's only good

for ahalf an hour. He's abusy guy.

I'll never get downthe hall.

No, Al will get youto the front door.

I'll meet you at the door and get you

throughthe hallto the suite.

We should just start.

You go straight ahead...

one, two, three, four.

Hal's at the first chair to your right.

- I'm lost. Where should I be?

- You can't be lost yet.

If Hal'sthere, you should come

forwardtwo more paces...

...to the right of the first chair.

The desk isto your left...

that's right... four paces.

Four pacesto the... desk?

But you should start

fromthe first chair...

I can't findthe first chair!

- Where am I now?

- No, wait. That'sthe desk.

The desk? Where should I be?

Three pacesto the left

of the first chair, where Hal is...

...so the second sofa

over here would be right.

I'm getting confused. Two paces left

+of the first chair...

...to the right of the sofa,

or of the desk?

To the left... right...

of the first chair.

- So there's a chair onthis side.

- Yes, the second chair.

- There's a chair here someplace.

- Yes. One, two, three.

Did I get the chair?

If I'm facingthe first chair, is it 8

pacesto the left of the second sofa...

...or 8 pacesto...

Two pacesto the desk...

If they give you 50 years...

...I'll be waiting.

If they give youtwo consecutive

life sentences...

...I'll be waiting.

- Cut!

- What did youthink?

I knew you could do it.

I think you were great.

You like what I did with my cigarette?

Your cigarette?

That was something. That was really

something. That's just me, but...

Yeah, I thought so, too.

The cigarette was great.

Good! I rehearsed it all

last night.

- That's great.

- It shows.

Wow.

It's hardto believe youtwo

are backtogether again.

You know what? We sort of like

to keep that quiet.

Oh, don't be silly.

She knows our secret.

What's withthe...

You know.

We let the world know.

We, we, we...

We should do this again, because it'll

be a while before I get a chance to...

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