:06:02
I was told the job would take several
days. I had nobody to leave him with.
:06:07
Well, this is it. The office there,
:06:09
I live up here,
the terrace is out there.
:06:12
That grotesque object so prominent
on the horizon is the Eiffel Tower.
:06:16
I had it moved there to remind me
what town I'm in.
:06:20
If it offends you,
I'll have it taken away again.
:06:23
You live through here.
It's an adjoining room,
:06:26
which no doubt to your mind
has terribly sinister connotations.
:06:29
- Not at all...
- If so, dismiss them.
:06:31
I would have got you a room
down the hall
:06:34
but the joint's filled up.
Bastille Day weekend, all that.
:06:37
It's quite alright. I once worked
for an American novelist
:06:40
who only wrote in the bathtub.
I'm used to anything.
:06:42
You can unpack. In the bathtub?
:06:45
Yes. I gave him a packet of
bubble bath and we got on swimmingly.
:06:50
I see.
:06:51
Does that imply that
the bird's name is Richelieu?
:06:54
It's inferred, I believe,
rather than implied.
:06:58
Swimmingly.
Interesting figure of speech.
:07:04
You call the canary Richelieu
because you wanted a cardinal?
:07:08
That's very funny.
:07:10
No, it isn't.
Just one of the hazards of being
:07:13
a famous international wit,
which I am. Have to keep trying.
:07:16
I can't tell you how delighted I am
by this assignment, Mr Benson.
:07:20
And to have the opportunity to work
with a screenwriter of your stature.
:07:23
I'm interested in cinema myself.
I'm sure I can learn a great deal.
:07:27
Thank you.
:07:28
Last month I worked for Roger Roussin
the New Wave director. You know him?
:07:31
I'm more of an Old Wave man.
:07:33
The picture's terribly interesting.
Very avant-garde.
:07:36
About people who go to this party
and decide not to play Scrabble.
:07:40
It was called The Scrabble Game
Will Not Take Place.
:07:44
His next one's about a girl
who won't have a birthday party -
:07:47
Blow Out No Candles.
:07:48
Roger believes what's important
on screen is what doesn't happen.
:07:52
Does your film have a title yet?
:07:54
Of course.
:07:56
The Girl Who Stole
the Eiffel Tower.