I Heart Huckabees Page #9

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- Okay. But look at the cracks...

between these particles and the cracks

we fall through, the holes of nothingness.

- Exactly. Because that's what

I just experienced upstairs.

- Look closer.

There are tiny particles

connecting the larger cubes.

Yeah, and then tinier cracks

between the connections.

- And even tinier connections.

- And even tinier cracks.

Yeah, but if you look close enough,

you can't tell where my nose ends...

and space begins,

because they're unified.

- See?

- So what? You can't see any of this anyway!

- Do you see anything?

- No.

But I want to debate

this particle cube thing.

You live all the time with things you can't see.

You can't see electricity, can you?

- You can't see radio waves, but you accept them.

- Trust.

- F*** trust!

- You better stay away from Caterine, Albert...

'cause she's gonna lead you

down the path of darkness.

She was our prize graduate

student till she went astray.

I think that I am gonna stay with her,

the cracks, the pain, the nothingness...

because that's more real to me,

that's what I feel.

- Word.

- Okay. We're not sweatin' it.

- No, we're gonna work with Brad.

- It'll all come back to you...

- and interconnection.

- Brad? Are you kidding me?

I'm gonna work on that prick, and it's all gonna

come back to pain and no connection!

- No.

- It's on.

- [ Sighs ]

- We'll see.

We'll see.

Ooh, damn.

Come on.

Oh, sh*t. F***.

[ Indistinct ]

Oh, look at this. Kafka.

- He's planting garbage for us.

- Kafka.

- Kafka.

- Look at that. So fishy.

- [ Voices On Headphones ]

- Ooh, she found his poem.

Oh, this is good.

I was hoping for a break like this.

- [ Brad ] Don't go in my den.

- Whoa. Whoa.

- I'm not unhappy to be with you!

- Let me see this!

''Putting on a show.

Can't say no.

Inside I'm drowning,

sighing and frowning.''

That doesn't sound very happy to me.

Does it sound very happy to you?

I only wrote ''frowning''

to rhyme with ''drowning.''

- Then why did you need ''drowning''?

- To rhyme with ''frowning.''

- There-- There's nothing in it.

- What does that mean? Look!

And why do they have to go through our yard

and go through the garbage?

- [ Clicks ]

- What is he doing? Stop that.

Why is he sniffing my blouse?

Perspiration levels indicate stress,

and that's kind of high.

- [ Dawn Sighs ]

- Brad signed a rather comprehensive contract...

allowing unfettered access

to your home.

Well, it's my home too,

and I didn't sign anything.

You're going to have to

work that out with Brad.

The mortgage is in his name,

and you're not married.

- [ Gasps ]

- Are these from this year?

Last year.

We went to Saint Bart's.

- What about this year?

- We didn't take a trip this year.

- How come?

- Too busy. A lot of work.

- Too busy to go have fun?

- Hon-- Honey, why are you involved with this?

- You don't believe in therapy.

- No, see, I don't see this as therapy.

I'm proactive.

These people are action oriented.

It's like the company retreats

at Hilton Head. Remember?

- No, hey. Get out of there. Hey! Hey!

- No. Now, unfettered access.

- Remember last year, the trust

thing? The paragliding?

- A quick look at your label.

- It's just like that.

- No, it's not like that! This is--

Actually it is. No, it is.

Everything will end up nice.

It seemed like they were helping Albert.

They can help me.

Help the Open Spaces.

Help Huckabees.

- What are you talking about?

- He did mention that in his application...

that he felt exhausted from having

to constantly charm everyone...

but doesn't see

any alternative because--

''You need to get people to like you to be

successful to get things done in this world.''

- End quote.

- Duh. Brad likes to be charming.

it comes naturally.

I only put those things

in the garbage as a joke.

- Yeah, see? That's funny.

- [ Bernard ] Back door way to charm.

That's joking as

a disguised request for approval.

That's saying, ''Joke, ''

but really love me.

-Joke, love me.

- Ms. Campbell, how have

you felt about being pretty?

- Oh, please. I don't think

of myself as being that pretty.

- [ Indistinct ]

Yes, that's changed

at Huckabees, but, you know...

I was never the pretty girl.

- Really?

- No.

I just have to keep up

with this gorgeous hottie.

- How's the sex?

- How is the sex?

- The sex?

- Come on, guys. Come on. That's private.

- That's gross.

- A preliminary surveillance...

indicates it's been infrequent and short--

eight to nine minutes...

- typically.

- Surveillance? You watched us?

- No,just listened.

- [ Brad ] So,your surveillance is wrong.

Yeah. It's quantity,

not quality.

- What?

- She meant quality, not quantity.

- i know. i was onlyjoking.

- Were you joking...

- when you said quantity and not quality?

- In regards to sex?

- We're not gonna discuss this.

- We're private about...

- our seven minutes of heaven.

- It's longer than that.

Eight minutes of heaven!

It's not quality, it's quantity!

[ Laughing ]

- You oughta see her after a couple margaritas.

- Oh, my God! I'm crying.

- Honey--

- What is it?

Why did you have to write this poem? How

come we can't discuss these things ourselves?

Where is

this relationship going, huh?

Why is marriage and kids so important?

There's an overpopulation problem.

- [ Bernard ] Whoa.

- [ Gasps ]

- That came out of left field.

- All right.

Why is having children the ultimate

performance for successful people? Why?

Well, it doesn't have

to be a performance.

You know, we don't

have to have kids.

We could just, you know,

think about it, or not.

Could just be ourselves,

Jet Skiing, whatever.

This is not why

I hired you.

Then why did you

hire them?

- Well, I have a meeting.

- [ Doorbell Ringing ]

Oh. There it is.

[ Door Opening, Closing ]

- [ Dawn ] Would you like some tea?

- [ Bernard ] With a little lemon.

So, I've never really done

anything like this before.

Um, where--

where would we start?

Now. Now.

- Did you get it?

- Yeah.

I did. I felt it.

It's hard to describe.

Very, very good.

Your turn.

[ Sighs ]

Now.

- Not so hard.

- Sorry.

Now. Now. Now.

Now!

Did you get it?

Yeah, you stop thinking.

Yes.

It's fantastic.

It's like I'm here,

but I'm not--

So, I'm not here.

It-It's just--

I-- I-- I don't know.

Do it one more time.

It's like I'm a rock

or a dish of mold.

I'm whatever else is around.

So I'm free to just exist.

This is the answer.

We just have to be this all day, every day.

- That's the answer.

- Yes.

- Do it again. Do it again.

- Now.

Careful, my young students...

you cannot stay

in this state all day.

- Why not?

- Yeah, why not?

It is inevitable that you are

drawn back into human drama.

Desire, suffering-- everything that exists

in this imperfect world.

- Sh*t.

- So we get drawn back into human drama...

and how important

we think that is.

Then we do crazy stuff.

We have to go back to the ball...

so we can get the freedom

of being like a-- like a dish of mold.

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