The Education of Charlie Banks Page #3

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Mick:
Yo.

Yo.

Mick Leary.

(drops backpack)

Hey. Charlie Banks.

Yeah, I remember you.

All right.

Boojie, right?

(laughs)

Right?

How have you been?

Uh, great.

Yeah.

Cool. You guys got homework?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, we have some reading.

All right, no brewing till you're done.

I ain't gonna be bad influence here.

Hey, you know what, Charlie?

You're one lucky motherf***er

you got a roommate

like Danny Bowman.

Where's the head?

I gotta take a piss.

It's down, make a left.

You'll see it on the right.

It's a co-ed bathroom,

just so you know.

Oh, yeah, that's very chic.

What the f***?

I came in from my econ exam

and he was sitting in the lobby waiting.

He just came to get out of the city

for a few days.

What was wrong with the Poconos?

Why would he come here?

Poconos? What are you talking about?

He'll get bored in a few days and split.

All right? No big deal.

We gotta help him avoid conflict

before he leaves.

Avoid conflict?

Yeah, that shouldn't be--

So whose bed do I get?

He came here to visit you,

not me.

- This one's all right.

- The best.

I'm gonna go to the Wick.

I'll do this reading later.

What?

F***!

You know how much your parents

are paying for you to go here?

Yeah.

Okay, well, then sit your ass down

and finish your f***ing homework

before you go out drinking.

Thank God you're here, Mick.

I could have ruined my entire life.

Yeah, you got that right, booje.

(loud music playing)

Hey, there's your

buddy Leo, Charlie.

No, man, forget it.

You don't want to hang with those guys.

Mick, you're gonna f***ing

love this guy, actually.

Danny, what are you doing?

Come on, we'll give the idle rich

another chance.

No, yeah yeah, come on,

he's right.

The idle rich deserve

a second chance.

If they don't,

who does, right?

That's great.

That's just-- that's great.

Hey, are you Italian?

- Irish.

- Irish?

Hey, I'm actually half-Irish,

half-Jewish.

Yeah? So what's that mean?

You get your whiskey wholesale?

(laughs)

That's good.

That's good.

That's really good.

I might steal that from you,

but I will footnote you.

Yeah, right.

Whoa, what the f***?

Okay okay okay, forget it.

Buzzy Tim, acid casualty.

Buzzy Tim, hey...

Gravity, gravity, gravitas.

Gravy.

Thanks, Buzzy.

Thanks, Buzzy.

All right, there you go.

There you go.

So you grew up with Danny?

And where are you at school?

I'm not.

I've been thinking about

taking some time off myself,

to get some real-world experience

before I graduate.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I mean, this is a great school,

but it's a little bit

of a culture shock

when you hit the job market.

Hell yeah.

Yeah, it's a culture shock

coming off the--

out of the job market

and sitting here

drinking $2 pitchers

with two smoking girls

like you.

Danny:
It's tempting.

It's tempting.

Man:
Here you go, guys.

This one's interesting.

I want to say something

out of Bukowski or Jim Carroll.

Leo, Leo,

do us all a favor

and just don't say anything.

And I mean that

in the most sincere

and affectionate terms.

Okay? Here you go.

Tobacco.

Thanks, man.

Charlie, finish your shot.

Come here.

- Love you, Charlie.

- All right.

- Cheers. Cheers.

- Okay.

Danny:
No f***ing way.

No. Terry became a florist?

Yeah yeah, he's doing good.

His uncle got sick,

so he started

running the store

and just kept on working.

Listen, you know I got

love for the guy...

Me too.

...but making orders

and changing products--

Yeah, I know, right?

He's a dim f***.

- But he puts together a nice bouquet.

- Oh, wait. Hang on.

Hey. Hey.

- Charlie.

- What?

That Mary girl is fine, right?

Yeah. Danny.

Hey, is she with anyone?

Yeah yeah, she's with some--

some older rich Wall Street guy,

I think.

She used to date

John Kennedy, Jr.

How'd she hook up with him?

Her father is a senator

from Connecticut, man.

No sh*t.

Yeah. Sh*t yeah.

Whoa.

So I guess she's

out of our league, huh?

Yeah, way.

Oh, hey...

(chuckles)

listen, what's a "footnote" mean?

(chuckles)

"Footnote"?

Yeah, "footnote."

"Footnote" means

to give credit to somebody.

- Footnote.

- Yeah.

That's cool.

Yo.

It's good to see you.

It's good to see you too, Mick.

Is this a good school?

Yeah yeah, it's a good school.

That's cool.

Hey, the chicks are fine.

Yeah, they are.

Hey, "Deviant Behavior"--

this sh*t must be a blast.

I didn't know someone wrote

a book about me.

Mick, go to sleep, all right?

Please.

Don't worry about anything.

I'll be out of here in a couple--

Yo yo yo, come on.

Go to sleep.

It's okay.

All right.

Good night, Danny boy.

Good night, Mick.

- (dishes clatter)

- Jesus.

Sneaking out alone to breakfast, huh?

What's up with that?

You and Danny looked so adorable,

I didn't want to wake you guys.

Where is Danny?

He's still sleeping.

Hey, look, it's Mary.

Let's go join her

for breakfast, shall we?

All right.

- Good morning, beautiful.

- Hey, Mick, Charlie.

- Good morning.

- I wish I could sit and eat with you,

but I have to go

hang my photos now.

I should get to the studio. Professor

Aaron will kill me if I don't get there.

- I heard that guy is ruthless.

- He's ruthless and impatient.

But why don't you come

and check it out?

I would love to hear

what you think.

- Yeah yeah, I would love to.

- Okay, great.

- Don't worry. I'll get that.

- Are you sure?

Yeah yeah, we'll get that.

Just leave it.

- I'll see you later then?

- Yeah, definitely.

- Okay, bye.

- Bye.

Charlie:
This guys is,

like, depressed

or pissed off.

He's depressing me.

Mary:
I'm not sure

I'll show him those either.

Charlie:
But these are fantastic.

These are really great.

- You like them?

- Yeah, of course.

You know, they're a lot

like Walker Evans.

Oh, wow. Thanks.

- Yeah.

- Wow.

Who are these f***ing people?

They're just regular people--

portraits.

I mean, they're not of celebrities

or serial killers

- like we see all the time.

- Right.

And people actually

buy this stuff?

They're not for sale. They're just

for my Fine Arts requirement.

I don't expect everyone to tell me

I'm the next Walker Evans.

They're great.

Okay.

Regular people, huh?

Hey, you got your camera here?

Sure.

Take a picture

of me and Charlie.

- Okay.

- We're regular, right?

Come on.

Mick:
Take this.

Mm, you know what?

The light is better over here.

- Charlie.

- That's all right.

- Come on.

- Come on, Charlie.

- Come on.

- All right, okay.

Let's do it for Mary.

Okay. That's nice of you.

- All right. Dude.

- All right, come on.

- Ready?

- Mm-hmm.

One more.

Can I have a smile this time?

- Just one, Charlie.

- Okay.

Thank you.

All right, seriously.

Hey, one more.

(claps)

Charlie!

- Good game.

- Thanks. You too.

You told me that last time.

You want to play?

All right.

- Nice block.

- Thanks.

Nice f***ing block.

Charlie:
Lucky.

What is Hannah Arendt referring to

with the phrase

"the banality of evil"?

Nia.

Well, she wrote in thinking that

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