The Happy Film Page #6

Schlep myself and force

myself to go running.

This is four days now

of lexapro.

And I definitely feel

Less energetic.

I sleep more.

Today I even had blotchy skin.

There's actually absolutely

No betterment whatsoever.

there might be one thing

That we could alter slightly,

Rather than having to abandon

The experiment completely.

And that would be to

Change the medicine

To a nighttime dose.

- Oh, excellent.

Meaning that I get lame

at night and lethargic,

And have the energy

during the day?

- right.

- Perfect.

In all my lethargy, one

wonderful thing happened

Though and it was that

A very wonderful interviewer

came over

To set up an interview for

Some german arty magazine.

And...

We just hit it off.

There was ample time to talk.

And she seems so positive.

And so, we just came

Back onto the roof

And stayed up

Until the sun came up.

And I'll see her

for dinner again tonight.

Okay, who are you?

- Who am I?

- What do you have

to say about happiness?

- I enjoy being happy.

How I came about it is

that I definitely realized

That I'm not so much in control.

I'm happy to experience it,

you know,

There might be moments

where I don't,

They're not the most

Desirable moments,

But at the moment,

I'm doing quite well.

So I would say bring it on.

- What I loved

about the book was

That he very clearly states

that in his experience,

Three things work the best.

And I am now speaking

to you on drugs.

I started this regimen

two weeks ago

And I truly hated it.

And then four days ago

I met a girl.

And that changed everything.

So, when you're in

between drugs and girls,

No competition.

No competition.

My favorite statistics.

There's one comparing

companionate love

To passionate love.

So, clearly,

I am now in the top level.

But jonathan says

that in his research,

This lasts for six months.

If you look at the whole thing

From a 60 year perspective,

The passionate lovers

look pretty silly.

It looks like

a flash in the pan.

While the companionate lovers

Are really the ones that stayed.

So, if by November, I'm

not so passionate in love

With the girl

that I met five days ago,

I don't have to wonder about

it, because it's natural.

Because if I would have

those kind of dopamines

In my body for longer

than six months,

It would actually be

very unhealthy for me.

- Like, so many people thought

That it was a performance,

That it was not real,

that I made you up

Basically for the talk.

- Like the whole thing

was kind of, like,

too good to be true.

- I told you, I was not

lying when I was telling you

That the pharmaceutical

company hired me.

It's all business, hun.

You know, like, and I will

expire in three months.

- Well, I can

tell you that

I love big pharma,

I love big pharma.

- I have to download

a song from nick cave

Called into my arms.

And I knew, wow,

it's all so cheesy,

But that's gonna be our song.

I just knew.

and I don't believe in

the existence of angels

but looking at you I

wonder if that's true

to each burn a candle

for you

to make bright

and clear your path

and to walk like

christ in grace and love

and guide you into my arms

into my arms, o lord

into my arms, o lord

into my arms, o lord

- Happy?

into my arms

but I believe in love

- I asked veza yesterday

If she wants to get married

To me and she said yes.

- I love the idea of

committing to each other.

And being married to oneself

And being also married to

A partner who you truly love.

And I see that in you.

You're the first man

who definitely

Sweeps me off the ground.

And definitely

takes my breath away.

And, you know, makes my

Heart go boom, boom, boom.

Yeah.

You know, I really love you.

I really do.

So, enough now.

- I love you back.

- on three.

One, two.

- I used to say

that this is so stupid,

Expecting the girl

to be great in bed,

Be kind, be intelligent,

Funny, beautiful.

The crazy thing

is that she is it.

I didn't think that

there was somebody

That perfect out there.

I've never been

so in love in my life.

Never.

I asked her to marry me

and she said yes.

This is all after 10 days,

And this is the first woman

in my life

That I've ever asked

to marry me.

- Oh, my gosh.

- so, it's,

suddenly there is that,

Even though I never expected it.

Or at least not consciously

expected it.

I think unconsciously

Of course I wanted it.

- right.

- And that's just

eerie in a way.

- Well, I mean, it may or

may not be a coincidence

That you met the perfect woman

During this medication trial.

You, over the last 49 years

Have been anxious and

sort of tightly wound.

This is the first time

You ever tried anything

That took away that anxiety.

So maybe it's opened you up.

I'm much more sharing.

I talk much more

than I normally would.

I stopped eating, I lost

15 pounds in the meantime.

I sleep very little, between

three and five hours a day.

And I have incredible energy.

Like, my work

is going fantastic.

- are you using

more caffeine?

Yeah, I mean, yesterday I'm

sure I had 15 espressos.

- 15?

- yeah.

can I see this on you?

- oh, sure.

- Yeah, smaller one it is.

Number six.

- No, I think just

espresso, just as it is.

- What's this?

You've gotta be kidding me?

- well, let's see.

- So, it's official now, yeah?

- Uh huh.

- It's beautiful.

- I'm having

all of her birthmarks

Tattooed on my arm.

And she's having all of

mine tattooed on hers.

- okay, can you hear?

- can you hear us?

- Are we all ready?

I can hear us fine too.

- Yeah, check, check, one, two.

- check,

yep, we're good.

How do you feel about

all the filming?

- Me, personally?

Very comfortable.

I think it feels

very natural to me

Because I really wanna

support stefan's happiness,

And of course I wanna

support him in his work.

And it's been a big

topic for me, happiness.

- veza,

you said you know

About these three experiments.

- so, we've done

two of the experiments.

And here we are

amidst the third.

- Which I ruined, basically.

- tell me about it.

Fall out of love with you

because the whole thing

Could be a drug induced--

- Not at all.

- but I've only known

you the way I've known you.

How is it for you guys

to see me with stefan?

I think this is actually

interesting to ask you guys.

- I've never seen stefan

as happy as he's been.

Almost recklessly happy.

- do you think

that's lexapro?

- Do I think it's lexapro?

This, you're concerned.

- no, I'm not concerned.

- I just saw it in your face a little bit.

- - no.

- I mean,

you clearly have

Doubts about all of this.

- I'm just trying

to ask the questions

That I think you would ask

If you were standing

where I was standing.

- what would

you think if you heard

Three months ago

I started taking lexapro,

I was terribly depressed

for a week.

I met a woman,

I fell completely in love,

And we're going to get married.

- Oh, crazy.

Another person, crazy.

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