Look Back in Anger Page #5

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I want to be there

when you grovel.

I want to be there, i want to

watch it. I want the front seat.

I want to be

there when you...

when your face is

rubbed in the mud.

There's nothing

else i can hope for.

There's nothing

else i want any more.

There's a call

for you downstairs.

Well...

it can't be anything good, can it?

What is it?

God, what's the matter with him now?

It's as if you've

done him wrong...

and you just sit there

and do nothing!

That's right. I just sit here.

What sort of

a man are you?

I'm not the district

commissioner, you know

listen, helena

this has always been a battlefield

and i'm pretty certain

that if i hadn't been here

everything would

have been over

between these

two long ago.

i love these two people very much,

and i pity

all of us.

I don't understand

you or him or any of it.

Listen, Allison,

i'm going to

call your father

huh? I'm going to ask him

to come up

and fetch you home

i see.

Now, you'll go when he

comes for you, won't you

yes, i'll go.

I expect he should

be here by 4:
00.

Perhaps, after

you've gone...

Jimmy will come

to his senses

and face up

to things.

Well, come on.

We'll be late

if we don't hurry.

What is it?

Ma tanner.

She's had a stroke.

Oh, i'm

sorry.

How bad

is she?

They didn't

say much.

I think she's dying.

Ar.

Oh, de

you ever seen

anybody die?

No, i haven't.

For 12 months, i

watched my father die

when i was

He'd come back from the

war in spain, you see.

All my mother could think

was that she was married

to somebody who

was on the...

on the wrong side

in all things.

Perhaps she

pitied him.

I was the only

one who cared.

Hour upon

hour, i...

sat in that

little room.

And he would

talk, you know.

Pour out all that

was left of his life

to a small,

frightened boy

who could barely understand

half of what he said.

All i could feel was... was the despair,

and the

bitterness,

the sweet, sickly smell of a dying man.

See, i...i learned

at an early age

what it is to be angry...angry.

Helpless.

The train leaves

in half an hour.

You're coming with

me, aren't you?

I, um...

i need you to

come with me.

Let's go.

I, ah, l-I brought you these.

You know

what done this?

Too...

many...

port...

and lemon.

You know, you're not

supposed to talk, you know.

Listen...

you've...

got...

to do...

things.

That's what you're

...made for.

nurse.

Don't...

don't...

let...

yourself down.

Nurse. Nurse.

Come quick! Quick!

Don't...

let yourself...

down.

Wait outside,

please.

Staff nurse.

Hell. Hell,

hell, hell!

My? Know what he said about mum

he said she was an overfed

overprivileged, old cow.

I see.

And what did he say about me?

He doesn't seem to mind you so much.

In fact, i think he rather likes you.

"Poor old daddy."

It's just one of those sturdy, old plan

left over from the edwardian wilderness

that can't understand...

...why the sun isn't shining anymore.

why did you ever have

to meet this young man

oh, daddy, please don't

put me on trial now.

I've been on trial every

day and night of my life

For the past 2 years.

but why should he

have married you,

feeling as he did

about everything?

Perhaps it

was revenge.

But why you-

my daughter?

Perhaps i am a...

what is it?

"An old plant left over from

the edwardian wilderness."

Ha.

I think the last time the sun shone

was when that

dirty little train

steamed out of that crowded,

suffocating indian station,

and the battalion band

playing for all it was worth.

I knew in my heart it was all over then

- everything.

You're hurt because

everything is changed,

and jimmy's

hurt because

everything

is the same.

Something's gone wrong

somewhere, hasn't it?

It looks like it, my dear.

This is a big step you're taking

Is it really what you want?

oh, i'm so sorry.

I... i was going to come

and help you pack, but, uh...

well, it looks as though

you've done it all.

Thank you.

Well, helena,

we may as well go.

Alison's mother will

be worried, i know.

She's not very well.

I'm so sorry. I hope

i didn't upset her

with my telephone call

oh, no. We were very grateful that you did.

Do be careful of

of the 2nd step.

Thank you.

Helena, what about your case?

Oh, she isn't coming with us

she's stil l playing at the theater.

Can't get into my new digs till tomorrow.

Oh, i see.

Hello, Cliff.

hello,

lovely.

Daddy, this

is cliff.

How do you

do, cliff?

How do you do, sir?

Well, i... i'd better

put this in the car.

Goodbye, Cliff

Goodbye, sir.

Oh, look.

They're coming

so you're really going then?

Really going, Cliff.

Should think jimmy'll

be back pretty soon.

You won't wait?

No.

Who's going

to tell him?

Don't you think you ought

to tell him yourself?

Bit conventional,

isn't it?

I'm a conventional girl.

This place is gonna be really

cockeyed now, you know that?

Oh, please,

Cliff.

Look after him

for me, please.

Bye.

Take care

of yourself.

Thanks for everything

oh, darling,

now, careful.

Bye-bye. Don't worry about anything

at all. Everything'll be fine.

I hope you're right, that's all.

what do you mean, i'm right?

Damned fool!

You stupid clown!

Jimmy.

What?

My.

It was jim

[vendor shouts in background]

it's him, all right.

Here. You give it to him.

O. He's all yours. Oh, no, cliff, n

and i hope he rams it up your nostrils!

Cliff!

Cliff!

One of those, is it?

How could she be

so bloody wet?

Deep loving

need of me...

she couldn't say, "rotten

swine, i hate your guts.

"I'm going away,

and i hope you rot."

What are you

doing here, anyway?

You'd better keep

out of my sight,

or i'll... i'll kick your head in.

If you'd stop thinking about

yourself for just one moment,

i'll tell you something

i think you ought to know.

Your wife is going

to have a baby.

Well, doesn't that

mean anything?

Even to you?

If you'll permit me

to interrupt your...

female wisdom...

there's something

perhaps you ought to know.

I don't care.

I don't care if she's

going to have a baby.

I don't care if

it has two heads.

Well, do i disgust you?

Go on. Slap my face.

I've just come back from

seeing somebody i love very much

go through the sordid

process of dying.

And you expect me to be overcome with

awe because some stupid, cruel girl

is going to

have a baby?

Well, now the

performance is over.

Now, you leave me

alone, and get out,

you evil-minded

little virgin!

The grace of our

lord, jesus christ,

and the love of god

and the fellowship

of the holy ghost be with

us all evermore. Amen.

Kill the lights.

That's all.

Thanks.

Thank you, darling,

have a nice weekend.

How was it?

It was a funeral-

no flowers

no word,

no sign.

What do

you mean?

I mean Alison.

The injustice of it

is almost perfect.

The wrong people

going hungry,

the wrong people...

being loved.

The wrong

people dying.

I shan't

be long.

Ugh. Why does one

spend half of sunday

reading the

newspapers?

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