Manhattan Romance

- Excuse me.

- Yeah?

Just wondering. We're making

a little documentary.

Do you guys wants

to be interviewed?

No, I don't think so.

A dance that has no beginning

and no end.

Would you wanna talk about

your relationship on camera?

Don't move.

Let the music move you.

How do you move in silence?

If you feel it, take a partner.

Have both of you been

in long-term relationships

before you met?

- No.

- Not really, no.

So this is like your longest

relationship by far.

We've been together

for almost, what...

- 10 years.

- 10 years.

- 10 years?

- December.

In December, it'll be 10 years.

We are so much more powerful

when we are not two,

we are one.

- Yeah, I totally liked it.

- Yeah?

Doesn't it feel good?

Doesn't your body feel alive?

- I feel like free and open.

- And light.

I was not making fun.

I was just...

I was just drawing your

attention to your patterns

and your habits.

- And I appreciate it.

- Okay.

Wow. That long-haired guy

was into you.

- He was all over you.

- That's not what it's about.

But the guy I thought was gonna

put his hand down your pants.

Okay, Danny, no, no.

It's not a sexual connection.

It's like...

I just love those guys, how they

pretend they're all spiritual,

and it's really they're trying

to get ass, you know?

- I mean, it's like, come on.

- That's not what's happening.

- Come on, really?

- It's not.

No, it's not.

It's deeper than that.

Listen, I love all this stuff.

It's great. It's really great.

We're kinda pathetic

as a race, you know?

- All guys?

- All guys.

- Including you?

- Well, I'm the one exception.

That's why I notice it

when I see it in other guys.

I'm sensing a little jealous

energy from you right now.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- I'm just looking out for you.

- Oh.

It's all right.

I can handle myself.

I know you can.

That's what I like about you.

Yeah.

- You know what? I...

- What?

I think we should shift this

energy before we go to dinner.

What do you mean?

Can I hug you right now?

Yeah. What, right here?

- All right.

- All right.

Wow. That was amazing.

- Good. Feel good?

- Totally. How did you do that?

Just changing the energy

a little.

You're so good at that.

We all are, Danny.

I like it here.

It's beautiful. Beautiful spot.

Yeah, it's got a good feel.

Great place to come

after the dance.

It is! It is a good place

to come after the dance.

- It's all raw, right?

- Yeah.

Or is it some? All raw.

- Is that okay?

- Absolutely.

- You sure?

- Love raw.

It's really nice. I can't wait.

Hi.

- Hi.

- Hi, hi, hi.

Thank you.

- Hi.

- Hi.

This is Danny.

- Hi, Danny.

- Nice to meet you.

- This is Gayle.

- Hi, Gayle,

- Is everything okay?

- Yeah.

Just a moment of sadness.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- But it's passed.

- That's good.

- I haven't seen you in so long!

- I know!

- The moment's gone.

- I know.

I know, but it's so good

to see you now.

- You too.

- She is so special.

We all are. We all are.

- Green smoothie?

- Yes.

- Uh, what is it?

- Yeah. Just say yes.

Yes, I'm saying yes

to everything today.

Yes to the world.

The service here is phenomenal.

It really is.

So you wanted to know

about my open relationship?

If you're okay with that.

- Sure.

- Yeah.

So basically how it worked

is I had a primary partner,

and he had another

girlfriend in L.A.,

and he would see her

when he was there.

Wow. So you knew that

that was going on.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Wow.

It was a very open...

open relationship.

Hence the name.

And were you ever seeing

somebody at that time too?

Um...

I explored things a little

with some people, but...

nothing really stuck.

So you didn't feel jealous

or anything like that?

- No.

- That's amazing.

No, no, no.

She was really amazing.

She was great,

and she was great for him.

So this is something like

you guys would talk about.

Yeah.

Because it's sort of

totally what I'm looking for.

Oh, yeah?

No. I mean, not like that.

I mean, it sounds

interesting to me, maybe,

but just more

in terms of the film.

Like that's why I would like

to interview you on camera

and have you explain

your experience

with an open relationship.

If you'd be into that.

Sure, Dan.

All right. Let me try

and explain this to you.

I feel like

you're not getting it.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- I'm trying.

- I know.

It's like I'm here with you

right now, right?

But I'm not totally present

with you

because I feel very drawn

to that person over there.

- The guy with the book?

- Yeah.

- Really?

- Yeah.

He's your type?

Wait. Are you being serious?

Because it's not

a reality to me.

I invent some fantasy

in my mind

and follow my impulse

and see what's drawing me.

What, you mean you

really wanna do that?

Or are you making

like an example?

- Hi.

- Hey.

- How are you?

- I'm good.

- Good. I'm John.

- Theresa.

It was nice to have met you.

Thanks, John.

What the hell was that?

So that was totally not

what I thought it was gonna be.

What was it?

But now I can just, you know,

I can just let it go,

and I can be here with you.

Totally and completely.

- Wow.

- Right?

Actually, that might be a little

too much for me at the moment.

But okay.

Hey.

- Hi.

- Mmm.

- How are you?

- Good.

- Are you tired?

- Mm-hmm.

- Already?

- Yeah.

- It's so early though.

- Not that early.

- Okay.

- What?

Um, do you wanna stay

and just sleep?

Uh, is that my only option?

- Maybe tonight, yeah.

- Tonight it is.

All right, awesome.

Let's sleep.

You're that tired?

- I am.

- Oh.

Mmm!

I need to do some dreaming.

- Some dreaming?

- Yeah.

All right.

- Will you turn off the light?

- Yeah, I'm gonna do it.

That's good.

Well, all right then.

Good night.

Good night.

Blessed dreams.

Blessed dreams to you too.

Why do you torture yourself

with these women, Danny?

Is it just for the film?

Is it worth it?

It's about the film,

but she's a nice person.

The film is just an extension

of where I'm at lately.

And yeah, maybe I'm getting

a little involved with her,

but it's sort of

part of the work.

Right, but it's like this

girl's got your brainwashed.

If she doesn't wanna

have sex, then...

suddenly you

don't wanna have sex.

Obviously I would like

to have sex more than I do.

I think you're better

than this situation.

Well, thank you.

I appreciate you saying that,

but I feel more connected

sometimes

when we don't have sex.

But I know what you're saying

because at the same time,

there's like...

I would really like to get...

Your cock sucked?

It might be nice.

This is what I'm saying!

There comes a time

when, you know,

every woman knows

you gotta suck a cock!

How would you know that?

'Cause I've done it before?

You've sucked a cock.

Yeah.

When was this, and how come

I didn't know about it?

My man days.

You know about my man days.

No, I don't. You had man days?

- Does Emmy know about it?

- Yeah.

She does?

And she's cool with it?

Well, she can't

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