Manhattan Romance Page #8

Yeah, I'm gonna go.

You stay. You enjoy this.

No, I'm not gonna stay.

You're just gonna leave like...

What is going on?

I don't know what else

to say to you.

I'm done.

We all have impulses

and feelings,

but you can't act on it

just whenever you feel it.

I always feel kinda like

invisible in the world.

Do you want something

that's extraordinary

or something that's like.

Right, 'cause being

alone's not even an option.

That sounds excruciating.

Just stick with us.

Stick with us.

- Did you pack the charger?

- The charger?

- The charger.

- Phone charger?

- Yes.

- I don't have a charger.

- You had the charger.

- What do you mean?

You said you were

going to pack it!

No, you said you were.

Grace, stay away

from the railing.

I said I was gonna

pack the charger?

Oh, I'm the charger man. I see.

What's goin' on?

Nothing.

Wanna hear something?

What?

I'm a dancer.

You're a dancer?

Yeah.

What kinda dancer are you?

Jump, jump.

- Wow. That's pretty good.

- Twirl.

Oh, she's just teaching me

a little dance move.

Shh! Don't pay attention

to them.

- Are those your parents?

- No.

No, 'cause they're not

dancers like us.

They're not dancers like us?

How do you know I can dance?

I'm not that good.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

Because you are. I know that.

- You know it?

- Yeah.

Oh.

What? Ready? Here I go.

Twirl.

Jump, jump and up.

I told you a hundred times

to pack the charger!

Now you twirl me.

I am not responsible

for the charger.

It's gonna be

down the hall to your left.

- Thank you so much.

- No problem.

Thank you. We're gonna have

a Q&A with the director.

Please stick around

as I introduce Daniel Sullivan.

Um...

I don't know. I mean,

I like movies that just end.

You know, I never buy it

when they're like

tying it all up in a bow

at the end, you know?

Yeah, but there has to be

some sort of conclusion.

Does there? I don't know. Why?

Why can't it just end?

Because as an audience,

there has to be a reason

we're watching.

Because you're engaged

by what's going on

and you're interested

in the characters and...

Yeah, but there has to be

a journey to follow.

That's not my favorite word

"journey,"

but I mean, everything's

a journey, isn't it?

I mean, this conversation,

for example,

But we have to take something

from any piece of art.

But what does that have

to do with endings, really?

You can't just

stop things happening.

But I think you can.

That's what an ending is.

Then all of a sudden

there is a journey,

I think you're taking this

the wrong way.

But I felt like I was

missing something,

Right, but for me

I take that as a compliment

because I think

that life is unfinished,

and I think that art and film

should reflect that.

I think that, you know,

there are structures to a movie

but now even

in small independent

and, you know,

documentaries like this,

you have to fulfill

this preconceived idea

and if you don't hit

all these points,

somehow the audience thinks

there's something missing

and in that constantly

looking for what's missing,

we're not seeing what's there.

And, I mean, for me personally,

it's really in the looking

that we are missing.

I mean, that's just sort of

my personal thing on endings.

I don't know if that

answered your question, but...

It's an interesting

discussion anyway.

Um, I think we have time for

one more. One more question?

Yeah, I could totally fall

in love with the process.

But that was probably

I was in love with the film.

- Hi. Thank you for you coming.

- Thank you.

Yeah, have a good night.

I, uh...

Yeah, I loved everything

about it.

Um, it was great.

It was a really great process.

Thank you, guys, so much

for coming.

It was nice

to meet you all, yeah.

We'll see you later on, okay?

What are you doing here?

I come to this festival

every year.

You do not.

Oh, my God.

It's so nice to see you.

Hi.

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

I can't believe you're here.

It's so wild.

- I loved it so much.

- You did?

- Yeah, I was really...

- Are you just saying that?

Yeah. Isn't that

what I'm supposed to do?

- No, I really loved it.

- You did.

- Yeah, I was so moved.

- I'm glad you saw it.

Where were you sitting?

I didn't even see you.

I was hiding.

I was in the back.

- You hid?

- Mm-hmm.

But you have bad vision.

That's true.

I didn't have my glasses on.

- Yeah, it's awesome.

- Thank you.

And it's impressive

that you actually finished it

after all these years.

I mean, well,

apparently I didn't finish it,

according to some people.

That guy was such a douchebag.

No, really,

there's one at every Q&A,

and they're always

some frustrated filmmaker.

There's always one at every Q&A,

and you can tell.

Now that I think of it,

that's who that guy was.

Yeah, that's who he was.

But I liked what you said.

"It's in that looking

that we are missing. "

- You liked that one?

- Yeah.

I thought it was maybe

a little pretentious or...

It was totally pretentious,

but he deserved it.

It's so good to see you.

You look great.

- I do?

- Yeah.

- Do you wanna...

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

You walking out?

Let me grab my coat.

I can't believe you're here.

It's so crazy.

Where are you staying?

I don't know.

Just got into town.

Well, what are you doing

right now?

Um... I'm free.

Really? You're free?

- I'm so lucky.

- I'm available.

You're available.

Wanna get a cup of coffee?

Yeah, but I have something

kind of serious news.

What?

I quit coffee.

Get out of here.

You quit coffee?

Of all the people in the world.

Yeah.

Who are you?

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