:15:00
We have very little money,
practically none.
:15:03
Yes, I know.
:15:05
Doctor...
:15:06
...I have a niece by marriage...
:15:08
...at a place called St. Mary's.
:15:10
I've heard of it.
:15:12
It's a custodial home for the insane.
:15:14
She suffers from something
called dementia praecox.
:15:18
From dementia praecox?
:15:19
Which is to say, she's mad
as a hatter, poor child.
:15:22
Would you like to
see Sebastian's studio?
:15:24
It's at the end of the jungle
in what used to be the garçonnière.
:15:28
An old New Orleans convenience.
:15:30
A place where the young men
could go to be private.
:15:33
You're not from New Orleans?
:15:35
No, Chicago. Actually, dementia
praecox is a meaningless phrase...
:15:39
Chicago. I've always wanted
to see two places before I die.
:15:43
Hong Kong...
:15:44
...and Chicago.
:15:47
Now I shall never see either.
:15:49
Because I must use every inch and
ounce of what little strength I have...
:15:53
...in doing just what I'm doing.
:15:55
The foundation you referred to?
:15:57
Building a memorial to my son.
:16:00
You see, Sebastian had
no public name as a poet.
:16:04
He didn't want one.
:16:07
He refused to have one.
:16:09
He abhorred the false values
that come from being publicly known...
:16:13
...from fame,
from personal exploitation.
:16:17
He'd say to me, "Violet, Mother,
you're going to live longer than me.
:16:20
When I'm gone, it will be yours
to do whatever you please with."
:16:24
Meaning, of course,
his future recognition.
:16:28
- You're very like him, doctor.
- In what way?
:16:31
Because you, a doctor, a surgeon...
:16:34
...are dedicated to your art.
:16:37
Yes, to your art.
It is an art, what you do.
:16:41
Using people the way he did.
:16:43
Grandly, creatively.
:16:45
Almost like God.
:16:48
I'm afraid my art is to help.
:16:51
Not to use, but to be used.
:16:55
Well, it comes to the same,
doesn't it?
:16:58
I mean, in the end.