Like Crazy

[woman] Publications like

Rolling Stone and Spare Rib

were created to feed the need

for alternative narratives from the

established newspapers of the day.

In much the same way, the Pauper Press

of the 1790s in England was developed

out of a need for mass representation

for the popular classes.

Those magazines and fanzines

of the '60s and '70s also provided

a means of reaching

beyond the official

and thus, ultimately,

beyond the ruling classes.

The Internet, in contrast,

no longer requires there to be

any notion of the group.

Its concern is wholly

with the individual.

It is with lucrative serendipity,

or perhaps just good branding,

that Myspace is so called.

The juxtaposition suggests

that the act of the individual

in defining their cyberspace

borders is more important

than what it is filled with.

It is simply 'your space.'.

For the end of monetized

mass communication

is the end of the press baron

champagne baths.

[man] Thank you, Anna.

Very provocative. Well done.

Does anyone else

have a presentation to make?

[students chattering]

[man] All right, make sure you turn

in your final packet to Jacob.

And thank you very much.

Hi.

I don't need to give you mine,

because I've already done it.

[Jacob] Cool.

- Cool.

[chuckles]

If she comes to invite

wearing the same dress as me,

- I will completely freak out!

- Hey, yeah... yeah.

No, it was OK.

It was fine.

[woman] Sweetheart,

I really miss you so much.

Mum, can you just...

I'll speak to you in a minute. I have

someone waiting on the other line.

All right, darling. I miss you.

- I love you.

- OK, OK, OK, bye

[phone beeps]

- Hello?

[man] Hi, Anna?

- It's Jacob.

- Hi.

[Anna] It didn't freak you out?

I guess you wouldn't

be here if it had.

No, it was nice.

And it was funny.

It was kind of great. I don't think

you're a nutcase, by the way, at all.

I thought I'd better

put that, just in case.

- That was a good disclaimer.

- Yeah, I just wanted to set that out.

- "No nutcases here."

- Yeah.

[laughs]

- Whoa.

These cups are huge.

They're like reservoirs.

It's almost bigger

than my face. [giggles]

Yeah, so what do you...

What's your major?

Furniture design.

That's why you're always drawing.

Yeah. You like to write then?

Yeah, yeah. I mean,

journalism is probably what I

would want to kind of go into

when I graduate. I don't know.

Who knows what we're going

to do when we leave.

You mean permanently when we leave?

Like when we're dead? We'll be dead.

[laughs] When we leave.

When we depart this planet.

[both laugh]

So are you going to

stay in LA after school?

Yeah, I'd like to,

if I can sort out my visa stuff.

So you grew up with

your mum and dad?

- My mom.

- And your dad?

He passed away when I was ten.

[Anna] Now, that's shitty.

- Yeah. It's quite shitty.

And what about you?

Yeah, my parents,

I'm very close to them.

It's only ever been...

I'm an only child, so...

Me, too.

Yeah, so I'm quite close to them.

But it's nice being away.

I think it's important to...

to get away from where you've

grown up for some of your life.

I was thinking about

leaving right now, actually.

[laughs]

Let's go.

Where do you want to go?

Um, do you want to come up?

[whispering] She likes

to go to bed early.

Oh, no, that's terrible!

So I try not to make too much noise.

Do you want a drink?

I only have whiskey.

Yeah.

- I don't drink much... actually.

[liquid pours]

Cheers.

[exhales deeply] [chuckles]

- It's strong. [laughs]

- Mm.

- Is that the chair where you write?

- Yeah.

It's not very comfortable.

[laughs] It does the job.

- You like Paul Simon?

- Yeah.

- Do you?

- Yeah, I love Paul Simon.

- Really?

- Yeah, I love Graceland.

[laughs] Oh!

- It's so good.

- That's my favorite album.

[Paul Simon:
"Crazy Love, Vol. ll"]

Would you mind reading me something?

What do you want me to read?

Something you wrote.

OK.

- You're not allowed to laugh.

- I'm not gonna laugh.

I haven't read it out loud yet.

So you'll be the first person.

- You sure you want to hear it?

- Mmmm.

"I thought I understood it."

That I could grasp it.

But I didn't.

Not really.

Only the 'smudgeness' of it.

The pink-slippered, all-containered,

semi-precious eagerness of it.

I didn't realize it would

sometimes be more than whole.

That the wholeness

was a rather luxurious idea.

Because it's the halves

that halve you in half.

Didn't know. Don't know

about the in-between bits.

"The gory bits of you

and gory bits of me."

I like "the halves

that halve you in half."

[giggles] It's a bit childish.

- No.

No.

[music continues softly in background]

[laughs]

Bye.

[soft piano music]

[music continues, no audio]

[doorbell rings] [Anna shouts]

- Hello, darling!

[squeals] Oh, my darling!

- I know! Hello!

- All right, enough of that.

Now, let's have a hug.

Come on now.

[all laughing]

- "Go! Wait!"

[man] It's just the "L's."

[both speaking gibberish]

[woman] He's a baker.

In fact...

[Anna] Did you bring me some bread?

- I did.

- He did!

- He packed it in his suitcase.

[Anna] It's so good.

[woman] He was baking yesterday.

[man] Straight from the oven.

It's probably warmed all my shirts.

You're... you're...

you're being...

Oh, for God's sake!

Bernard, stop it. This is something

I just have to ask. I'm sorry.

- We're very open in our house.

- You don't have to answer.

- We're not that open. We are not.

- We are!

We talk... You may not be open,

but Anna and I are.

We talk about everything. I'm sorry.

I have to tell you this right now.

So don't be embarrassed.

You are being grown up?

- You are being adults?

[laughs]

[Bernard] You do not have to answer.

[Anna] Yes.

Thank you. That's all I needed

to know. That's perfect.

Jacob, do you like whiskey?

Just to change the subject completely.

- That is a very good idea.

- I'm learning. Anna's been teaching me.

She's an expert. Of course,

she learned from the master.

What's your favorite

that we've tried?

- La... Laphroaig.

[Bernard] Laphroaig!

- I love Laphroaig. It's my favorite.

- She does.

- It's great.

[Bernard] That's very sophisticated.

- Drive safe. Bye-bye.

- Bye-bye.

Bye.

[Jacob] OK. Close your eyes.

[Anna] Why?

Because. Close your eyes.

[laughs]

- Close your eyes.

Close them. Count to 60.

Fifty-eight Mississippi,

I can open them now?

I can sense you've

brought something.

Thank you. Thank you.

- It's my chair.

- Mmmm.

Look underneath.

It's your first one.

I love you...

like crazy.

[whispering] What are we going

to do after we graduate?

We... We'll sort something out.

Don't think about it now.

I'll come back

and I'll get a work visa.

I hate thinking about it.

I'm not gonna leave.

- Promise.

- OK.

Yeah. Yeah.

[mother] Sweetheart, you all packed?

[Anna] Yeah, pretty much.

I just can't believe it's tomorrow.

The time's gone so quickly.

You certainly left it

to the last minute.

Well, it's difficult,

because I won't see Jacob

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