:15:00
No, wait a minute,
make that a white Bentley.
:15:04
It's chicer.
:15:06
A chauffeur in white livery
leaps out and opens the door.
:15:09
From inside emerges
some classically glamorous star
:15:13
like Marlene Dietrich.
:15:17
And now she...
:15:21
Dot, dot, dot.
:15:23
She sweeps majestically
into the store and...
:15:28
That's all we see of her. Makes no
sense but Alex would have loved it.
:15:32
He could have stolen the Bentley and
afterwards charged it to the picture.
:15:38
- What d'you say your name was?
- Gabrielle Simpson.
:15:41
- How long have you lived in Paris?
- Two years.
:15:44
And you came here to write.
:15:47
Well, that, too, but mostly to...
:15:49
I don't know how to say it exactly.
Live.
:15:52
Live?
:15:54
Would you mind...?
:16:01
You were saying
you came here to live.
:16:03
Yes. For the first six months I made
a comprehensive study of depravity.
:16:09
No kidding?
:16:10
Seriously. Never got to bed
before eight in the morning.
:16:14
Who knows how many cups of
poisonous black coffee I consumed?
:16:17
I didn't drink then, so it was hard
to get totally into the spirit.
:16:22
Depravity can be terribly boring
if you don't smoke or drink.
:16:26
But a person must try to grow.
:16:28
And the guy you're dating on Bastille
Day, is he part of the process?
:16:32
No, he's just a friend.
A struggling young actor.
:16:35
An actor?!
:16:37
Ewww...
:16:39
A tragic relationship to begin with.
:16:42
I hope he's not a method actor
who scratches and mumbles and pauses,
:16:47
thereby destroying the impeccable
rhythm of the author's prose.
:16:51
No, he's a little intense
but lots of fun.
:16:54
Uh-huh? Yeah, well...
:16:58
And you and this... actor, what
do you plan to do on Bastille Day?