Postcards from the Edge Page #2
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- 1990
- 101 min
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Whistling pines
Call out to me
Under the stars
You'll hear the trees
- She looks fabulous.
- Who do you think did her?
Dr. Klein. He does all of them.
This is my new roommate, Aretha.
How do you do? How rude of me.
I was excited to see my daughter.
Aretha's an unusual name.
I know. I think my parents
Are you black?
No.
It's very nice to meet you.
Suzanne has told me so much about you.
I think I'll go
weave a basket or something...
...and let the two of you visit.
- She seems very unusual.
- Yeah.
I'm glad you're making new friends.
Thanks, Mom!
Have you talked to Marty?
Not yet.
- You should.
- I know.
You're supposed
to start that new film.
- I'm not doing it.
- Don't do it. I'll tell you why.
I'm not going to do it.
First:
It is not a pivotal projectin your career.
Two:
You'll need timeto rest and explore.
And C:
You should change agents. Idon't like what they're doing for you.
Careers need planning. Your big
problem is, you're too impatient.
You only want instant gratification.
- Instant gratification takes too long.
I'll handle everything while
you're in here. No pressure.
I don't want anything
hanging over your head.
I want you to be absolutely clear.
do this and look at me.
I didn't want you to see me get upset.
I hate getting upset.
I really hate that
you have to go through this.
I wish I could do it for you.
Ever since you were a little girl, I
had this feeling that I'd lose you...
...that you'd be taken from me early.
As opposed to later,
when it would be more convenient?
You are tough. You're just
like Grandma, always judging me.
- We don't need to go over this again.
- You never let me talk.
It's just that I feel like
I'm not talking to you sometimes.
It feels like I'm talking
to your drama coach.
not being so mad at me?
I'll rinse these.
I have Woolite in my purse.
- It's handy for the road.
- Leave it!
I'll have some clothes
brought by tomorrow...
...and your tape cassette thing
for your music and a quilt.
Sunday afternoon, Mary will bring
your video machine and some tapes...
...and a plant.
It's so blah in here.
I don't know how you stand it,
everything one colour.
Flowers for you, Suzanne.
Who died?
Both of us almost did, for a start.
Who are they from?
They're from the guy
who pumped my stomach.
Bullshit.
" Hope your stomach is better.
You seem to me to be
what my mother warned me about:
A beautiful and overly
sensitive person. "
He can tell from
the contents of your stomach.
I have to be sensitive to need dope.
so I can tell people how we met.
Lowell Korshack's on the phone again.
Tell him I'm detoxing.
He's a director I was working with.
I don't want to talk to him.
I'm embarrassed.
I don't have to, do I?
You don't have to do anything
you don't want to.
Except never take drugs and go to AA
meetings for the rest of your life.
Oh, I feel so much better.
What can I say?
The upshot of the whole thing is
that your being in the clinic...
...made you a high risk to do a movie.
They want me to do it.
I talked to the director.
The director is not the problem.
It's the insurance company.
They won't cover you if you do drugs.
What can I say?
I'm not doing any drugs.
We know. These are businessmen...
...with no knowledge
of creative personalities.
Actors are not treated well.
And actresses are treated like...
...I hate to use the word, but, sh*t.
I remember when I was 15 years old.
Mr. Mayer called me in for a meeting.
He was on the toilet.
We had the meeting
with him on the toilet.
You can be sure he wouldn't have done
that to John Garfield. Correct.
She doesn't like me to talk.
Doris, you better let
She'll listen to you,
you're not her mother.
Suzy, what can I say?
Other actresses and actors...
...who have not come to work
due to a drug or alcohol problem...
...cost the insurance companies a lot
of money. Can you see their problem?
I do see. I'm being punished.
If you'll let me finish,
you'll see this is not all bad news.
the insurance company this morning...
...and they'll cover you...
...if you stay with a " responsible
party" for the run of the film.
What am I supposed to do?
Go to a halfway house
If you calm down a bit,
you'll see it's not that bad.
They said they'd cover you if you stay
with one or both of your parents.
What can I say? I said
your father lives in New York.
- So, what about Doris?
- Excuse me?
She can't stay with her father.
He's worse than she is.
- Not that you're bad.
- Stay with my mother?
I'm not a teenager!
I lived with my parents until I was
Doris, please. Thank you.
Maybe it would be better to wait
a few months to go back to work.
- Go to your AA meetings...
- I want to do this film.
I can go to meetings and work.
I do better when I work.
She's exactly like me
when I was her age.
- I feel I belong, I feel necessary.
It was good therapy after
my divorce and my miscarriages.
In those days,
the material was a lot better.
Doris. So you got it right?
These are the conditions
for doing this film.
For the run of the film,
you stay with your mother.
You can have your old room.
Great.
Okay, I'll stay with her. You.
You know what they say,
" No pain, no gain. "
Well, no wonder I'm so hefty.
Hefty?
If anything, you are too thin.
Now, me. My stomach, that's hefty.
Mom, I was kidding.
I don't get your generation's humour.
I don't have a generation.
Then I think you should get one.
I got it right here.
Morning, I'm Ted. Designed to make
your life a more annoying place to be.
I'm Suzanne, designed to be annoyed.
Then we'll get along just great.
- This, of course, is your...
- My hamster cage.
- Your resting place.
I dreamed it would end like this.
Alone in a tiny room with an AM radio.
It won't end like this,
it'll just middle.
It'll end in a larger room...
...with air conditioning
and an AM/FM radio.
I have news to cheer you up.
The producer's coming to see you.
One of them.
- How many are there?
- Three.
The Father, the Son
and the Holy Ghost.
Which one am I
endearing myself to today?
- Anybody home?
- Morning.
Hi. Joe Pierce.
Just came by to welcome you aboard.
- You ready for makeup?
- Soon.
Any more people in here,
we'll need a lubricant.
Ted, thanks.
We'll see you out there.
Rob, get the door, please.
Suzanne, this is my agent,
Rob Sonnenfeld.
He came by to make sure
that we're all A-OK.
Nice to see you.
We came by to say hi and make sure
everything's up to snuff.
Yeah, everything's great.
And we'll need a drug screen.
Excuse me?
It's not for us.
We're not worried about you at all.
The damn insurance company
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