Man in the Chair Page #9

I know I may be getting on

in years...

but I could still

knock you off the porch.

You get my meaning,

simpleton?

Now lay off Cameron.

He's good people.

He doesn't like me...

and I don't like him.

Well, I don't like you either,

but I love that boy.

I'm happy for you. [Chuckles]

You don't get it, do you?

You don't see his worth, do you?

But mark my words...

that boy'll make you proud...

if you just give him a chance.

Huh?

Ah, come on.

[Choir singing faintly]

FLASH:
Hey, Cameron...

we were just listing

your shortcomings.

I know, I gotta do better.

FLASH:
Oh... my God.

Mother Kincaid...

what a culinary wizard

you turned out to be.

- Well, she's the best, right?

- She is.

Thank you, honey.

Here, Floyd. Here you go.

Thank you.

So how's your movie coming?

Huh?

Oh...

It's good. We're editing now.

I'd like to see it.

Yeah, as soon as it's done.

JUD Y:
I can't wait.

- Flash is the man.

- Ah.

I could not have done it

without this man here.

And the entire west wing of

the Motion Picture Residence.

[Applauding]

Hey, the toast then, huh?

Let me think, let me think.

Even though we may fall

into misfortune...

um, still let us remember...

what it was once like here

when we were all together...

united by a good

and kind feeling...

when we were perhaps

better than we are.

Um...

Yeah, that's, that's it.

[Choir singing,

glasses clinking]

See how Hitchcock only shoots

in singles in this scene?

We never see

Barbara Bel Geddes...

or James Stewart

in the same shot.

We never feel we're, we're

watching from the outside.

We're involved.

We're in the scene.

It's like the actors

are talking to us.

I wake up at night seeing

that man fall from the roof...

and I try to reach out to him...

[?...]

CAMERON ON FILM:

Everywhere I went...

I found wheelchairs

facing the windows...

This is great, Cameron.

- This is really great.

- Thanks.

CAMERON ON FILM:
Now

they are forgotten in cages...

left to die, alone.

MOSS:

That's not the take I wanted.

Yeah, I, um, I stuck with

this take because I thought...

Put the take in

that I wanted, O. K?

I know what I'm doing.

CAMERON:
You see how we're...

- pulling back and it flows...

- [Telephone ringing]

Just make the tweaks

I asked for...

and it'll be ready

to be submitted.

MICKEY:
Today is the day.

Uh, in by 5:
00...

- no exceptions.

- No problemo.

JUD Y:
Hello? Yeah, this is she.

Cameron... it's Flash.

Oh, good. I need to talk to him.

No...

Honey, it's about Flash.

WOMAN ON P. A:

Dr. Miller to radiology.

Dr. Miller to radiology.

[No dialogue]

[Whooshing]

[Whooshing]

[Whooshing]

Cameron...

[Woman talking over P.A.]

I'll check on Mickey.

Thanks.

The man in the chair.

Hey, Flash.

Cameron Kincaid...

cool director.

Money.

Money.

How'd the rough cut go?

Rough.

[Sniffles] Very rough.

Yeah, you stick to your guns, kid.

Don't let that prick Moss

get you down.

Yeah, they call it...

"creative differences."

Yeah, you're creative,

and he's different.

Flash, Flash...

[Cameron sniffles]

I know, kid.

I know.

Before I go, I want to thank you

for being a friend.

You're my last and...

best friend.

Hey...

you opened my eyes about life.

You did, you know?

Oh, I always dreaded

this moment.

I thought I would be cold and...

Ionely and... oh, Jesus,

I was so scared.

But I'm O.K. now.

I'm warm.

I'm not alone...

'cause I'm with my friend.

[Sighs]

[Sobbing]

I'll never forget you, Flash.

ANNOUNCER:

The scholarship winner...

for the best student

short film is...

Brett Raven

from Chatsworth High School...

in Chatsworth, California.

[?...]

[?...]

CAMERON:
Brett Raven

won the scholarship.

Not a big deal.

This is my film school.

I learned more in a month

than he will in a lifetime.

And Flash was right.

Nietzsche was full of sh*t

most of the time.

There are no expendable masses

in the world.

Every person matters.

What we do, who we are

can affect a generation.

It's not the strength...

but the duration

of great sentiments...

that makes great men.

Nietzsche got that one right.

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