Next Stop, Greenwich Village Page #3

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Anita, it's Connie.

Open up.

- I'm Robert Fullmer.

- Anita!

- Larry Lapinsky. This is Sarah Ross.

- [Meowing]

- [Both] Hi.

- Anita, it's Connie. Open up.

- Connie says you're an actor.

- I'm studying.

- I'm writing a play. Let's have a chat.

- Anita.

- Great.

- Anita.

- Be my guest.

- I think it's serious.

Anita!

Anita!

Where are you?

Stop playing games, Anita.

- Anita, you crazy maniac, are you alive or dead?

- [Sniffing]

- Is this gas or cat piss?

- It's pleasant, isn't it?

- [Meowing]

- [Man] Anita.!

- Anita!

- Shh!

She's in the bathroom.

- [Bernstein] Anita!

- [Knocking]

Anita, open up.

It's Connie.

- Anita, open the door.

- Anita, this is Robert.

Open the door,

or I'll drown your cats.

I don't wanna live.

I don't wanna live.

I don't wanna live.

I don't wanna live.

I don't wanna live.

I don't want to live.

I don't wanna live.

I don't wanna live.

- Shall I call an ambulance?

- Wait, wait, wait. Get a towel.

- She'll bleed to death.

- She's got a lot of blood.

I don't think it's very deep.

Get a towel.

[Sarah] I think we should

get her to a doctor.

- Shame on you.

- [Crying]

- It's a Gillette.

- That's the same blade she used last month.

- It's superficial, very superficial.

- I don't wanna live.

- Don't wanna live. Don't wanna live.

- Do you have any iodine?

- I don't wanna live.

- Yes, my dear, but where is the iodine?

Over the sink. Don't wanna live.

Don't... [Crying Continues]

- I don't wanna live!

- Oh.

- I don't wanna live! I don't wanna live!

- It's all right. I know.

- I don't wanna live!

- Yeah.

- I don't wanna live.

- [Connie] Oh, yeah. Yes.

- I don't wanna live.

- It's gonna be okay.

I don't wanna live.

If the Rosenbergs are executed, I think

there'll be a lot of craziness in this year.

- I don't think so. I doubt it.

- How can you say that?

There'll be outrage

on the part of the liberals...

some passionate demonstrations,

famous people will rant and rave...

but nothing will happen.

I don't say that the government

will be overthrown.

- I just think something will happen.

- Two people have died.

- It's a terrible thing.

- Terrible?

Terr...

That's a terribly easy word.

Well, what word would you use?

I don't know.

I mean, it's difficult...

to find precise words

in the English language.

I'm sure you can

find one somewhere.

I don't know if I can.

The language is tricky.

- Do you remember if I left

the water boiling in my place?

- Would "tragic" be a better word?

I don't think you left the water boiling.

No, "tragic" would not be a better word.

The Rosenbergs

are pathetic figures.

- They're not tragic.

- But what's happening to them is tragic.

- But they're not tragic figures.

- I think you're full of sh*t.

That may well be, but "tragic"

and "terrible" are still the wrong words.

- Is "full of sh*t" the right word?

- [Chuckling]

That's more like what I

was looking for, yeah.

- Brava.

- [Laughing]

You all think I'm crazy,

don't you?

You think I'm just trying

to get attention, don't you?

You're wrong.

I hate my life.

Nothing feels good.

I feel sad when I

get up in the morning.

I feel sad when I go to sleep.

I really don't wanna live.

And I really don't wanna die.

I'm afraid of dying.

Afraid of living,

afraid of dying.

Men don't want me.

Not the men I want.

How do you expect to keep a man

in that filthy apartment?

- Cease.

- You cease.

One of these days,

I'm really gonna do it.

I won't call.

I promise.

- Hey, bubelah, come on. Let's go to a movie.

- Mmm!

Excellent notion.

- Those are beautiful rings you're wearing.

- Thank you, my dear.

They were given to me by my father,

who's an African prince.

Tell me. How does your father,

who is an African prince...

get along with your mother,

who is a cleaning woman?

- Royally, my dear.

- I think Zapata is playing at the Waverly.

- I saw it.

- I think it's a terribly easy film.

I think it's

terriblyJewish.

- I think you're all full of sh*t.

- Did you see Limelight?

- Is that Charlie Chaplin?

- Yeah.

I love Charlie Chaplin.

I think I left

my water boiling.

[Imitating Mother]

You call this an apartment? [Laughs]

I don't call this

an apartment.

An apartment has furniture.

This is not furniture.

[Normal Voice]

Mom. What do you mean, Mom?

I've got a record player.

I've got a lovely sling chair.

I have a fabulous print

by Breughel.

[Imitating Mother]

That is not funny, my darling son.

Not funny at all.

Ben, go down and get some cream soda.

I saw a place

on the corner.

[Normal Voice]

Mom, I don't need any cream soda.

Pop, you stay

right where you are.

Well, I need

some cream soda!

- Ben, you hear me?

- Mom!

Look, let Pop take a load

off his feet, huh?

I'll get the soda.

[Sighing]

Cream. Can you

remember that?

Sure, Mom. Cream.

[Knocking]

[Knocking Continues]

Hi, Mom. Hi, Pop.

Come on in.

[Laughs, Sighs]

Eh... Eh...

You call this an apartment?

I don't call this an apartment.

An apartment's got shelving

and curtains, uh, furniture.

- This is not furniture.

- What do you mean, Mom?

I've got a record player.

I have a lovely sling chair.

I have a fabulous print

by Breughel.

You got a toilet?

I'm dying.

- Right this way.

- Enough with the humor

and the so-called sarcasm.

Ooh, it's like

the North Pole in here.

Does the icebox work?

I've got some perishables.

Of course it works.

How do you like

the paint job, Pop?

Not bad for an actor.

That could use enamel.

- How much is the rent?

- Twenty-five a month.

- How's the job?

- It's okay.

I think it would be smart if

you got your teacher's license.

It's good to have something

to fall back on.

I don't wanna

be a teacher.

During the Depression,

I made 13 dollars a week when I was lucky.

Have you got any cockroaches?

Only when I turn the lights on

in the middle of the night.

Oh, Mr. Wise Guy.

Let me get rid

of this stuff here.

[Muttering]

You know, I got you a challah

and a rye bread and a pumpernickel.

- Your toilet's broken.

- I can't eat three loaves of bread.

Uh, here. Put the cream cheese

away before it melts.

Where's the lox?

Where's the lox?

That bastard!

He forgot to give us the lox!

- I put the lox away.

- So why couldn't you just tell me?

I got you brownies...

from Ratner's.

You love brownies.

You love...

And I got some tooth powder.

- And, oh, a chicken!

- Mom!

And here's some underwear

that you forgot.

Great. Maybe I can put the cream cheese

on the underwear and eat it.

- That's not funny. You left

your dirty underwear at home!

- Mom...

I appreciate everything

you're doing for me...

but you're stocking me with

enough food for 10 years!

- Don't scream at me!

- How the hell am I gonna cook a chicken?

You cook a chicken in a pot!

That's how you cook a chicken!

####[Man Singing

In Foreign Language]

Ben, listen.

Listen to that voice.

- Listen!

- Wonderful.

Now watch.

Watch when he hits this high note.

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