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And you and I don't see
to make worthwhile
this little competition
for who's more
"authentic," okay?
It's not about that
anymore, we're just...
We should accept the fact that
we're different from each other,
and let the friendship
go from there.
Accept the fact we're
different from each other?
- Yeah.
- Would you like to make me?
- Make you what?
- Accept that fact.
No.
- Why not?
- Because it's stupid.
- No, it's not.
- Yes, it is.
No, it's not.
How else will I know
you're different?
- You'll just have to trust me.
- No.
Prove it.
Or else what?
Or else, I'll kick your ass.
Well, I guess this means
you are potentially violent.
Only when it comes to you, John.
You know, it's funny
how you get this way
- whenever we talk about Amy Randall.
- No, I don't.
I don't even think
you realize it.
- F*** off, John.
- Okay, you know what?
- I'm out of here.
- F*** off.
- Thanks for coming.
- F*** off!
Vince!
- F*** you, John.
- Look...
about Amy Randall,
and every time you get stoned
- this comes up.
- F*** you.
It was over 10 years ago.
I've explained this to you
a million times...
That I thought it was okay
for me to be with her
because you had broken up,
and that I now have a...
better understanding as to
the fragility of human emotions.
And thus,
I would not let
what happened happen.
especially in high school.
And I'm sorry that
I hurt your feelings.
That's not what
I'm talking about.
What are you talking about?
What happened.
- So am I.
- So...
what happened?
We slept together.
How?
- What do you mean, how?
- How did you sleep together?
Okay,
so now this is
about that? Is it?
I don't know.
You tell me.
We slept together.
Yeah, how?
Vince...
- you know how.
- No, I don't.
I mean, I have an idea...
but I don't actually know,
because...
We thought it was kind of funny,
but you never exactly
told me what happened.
Okay...
- So what do you want to know?
- I want to know what happened.
We slept together.
How?
What do you mean, how?
How?
You're gonna have
to be more specific.
In what fashion...
- did you sleep with her?
- Jesus...
We had sex.
- And...
- And that was it.
Was it good sex?
I've had better since.
Was it fun?
It was all right.
Was it on the rough side?
It's hard to say...
We were both drunk.
Did you rape her?
Did I rape her?
No.
Kind of?
No.
Was it kind of like a date rape?
Was it kind of like a date rape?
Yeah. Did you kind of force her
to have sex with you?
No, man.
John?
I'm not sure
what you want me to say.
I want you to tell me
what happened, all right?
You're a filmmaker, okay?
Lay out the scene for me.
Show me the dailies.
You know what? Can we talk
about this when you're not high?
Maybe the only reason I'm high
is so that you would get high,
and for once tell me the truth,
instead of changing the subject.
Okay.
It was a little rough,
which is something
that doesn't make me proud.
- Okay?
- Did you talk to her after that?
- No.
- No? Why not?
I wouldn't know
what to tell her.
I'm a completely
different person.
- Well, maybe she is too.
- Maybe.
- Maybe she's fat.
- That's really not funny.
I didn't say it was.
- Does anybody know what happened?
- I didn't tell anyone.
Why not?
Maybe you should.
Wait...
Look, I don't actually
consider it a crime.
It was not a good thing.
It was morally
somewhat questionable...
and yeah, yeah,
I wish it hadn't happened.
to turn myself in to the police
- 10 years later.
- Nobody's talking about the police.
- What are you talking about?
- I don't know...
Her.
Maybe you should apologize.
Jesus!
You think I should
apologize to her?
Yeah, why not?
Look, it wasn't even date rape.
It was something that got
a little out of hand.
I thought you weren't sure
what date rape was.
- I'm sorry, okay?
- Don't apologize to me.
I'm not.
I'm... what
I'm trying to say...
is that 10 years ago,
I did something...
wrong.
And that when I think about it now,
the person who did that
seems like
This dumb,
drunk high school senior
who thought she was being prudish...
and needed some coercion.
It was bad. I regret it.
But it was a far cry from rape. And
I don't think she'd call it that either.
What do you think she'd call it?
- I have no idea.
- What if she called it rape?
Listen to me.
I highly, highly doubt
that she even remembers it.
You remember it.
Yeah, I remember it because
it was a pivotal thing for me.
- Your first rape?
- Don't be an a**hole.
Look, just tell me
why it was pivotal for you.
I don't know. It was one
that I looked
at myself objectively
and made a conscious decision
to try to avoid becoming
a certain type of person.
For her it may have been nothing
important one way or the other.
For me, it constituted
something more significant.
Or so you'd like to think.
Why are you suddenly
so high and mighty?
I'm not high and mighty.
I'm too high
to be high and mighty.
Besides, I'm just a lowly,
drug-dealing,
boxer-wearing scum
of the earth, right?
- You said it.
- No, actually you did.
- I didn't mean it like that.
- How did you mean it?
That you should change
your life a little.
- This coming from a rapist.
- You're an idiot.
I'm sorry. This coming
from a low-budget film maker
"Where society is possibly headed
the date rape he didn't kind of do."
You're seriously disturbed.
No, actually,
I am high and mighty.
I was wrong before.
Look, what do you
want me to say?
- I'm sorry.
- Stop apologizing to me.
I'm not!
I'm apologizing in general.
It's something
I wish hadn't happened.
I don't think
I'm an evil person.
No one's saying you're evil.
It sure as hell feels like it.
Do you think you're evil?
No.
So then, you're not evil.
I'm the evil one.
You're the morally conscious
movie-maker.
Whatever.
Whatever.
- All right, can we stop now?
- Totally.
Thank you.
Jesus.
I just think
you should call her.
- I am not going to call her.
- Why not? You should.
Just stop, okay?
To call her now would be
to trivialize the entire thing.
I mean, what do I say?
"Hey, how's it going?
How's your life?
By the way,
sorry about
the date rape 10 years ago."
So you did date rape her?
No, I didn't.
What did you do?
I coerced her
to have sex with me.
How?
Verbally.
Yeah, by applying
excessive linguistic pressure,
I persuaded her
to have sex with me.
And then, things got rough?
No, things got rough
in that, after a while,
they became
aggressively playful.
They did?
We did.
Meaning what?
Meaning that I probably thought
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