:55:03
Well...
:55:05
Well, l'm glad
you came out here.
:55:07
l wanted to talk to you.
:55:08
You've got my writers
all upset.
:55:10
Keeps them from going to sleep,
:55:13
doesn't it?
:55:14
l want them awake,
but l don't want them crazy.
:55:17
Well...
:55:19
...we're simply concerned
:55:21
that they have
the proper protection.
:55:22
That's all.
:55:24
Who from, me?
:55:28
You're a very good employer,
Mr. Stahr, but, uh...
:55:33
we still think that the position
can be...
:55:37
rationalized.
:55:39
l'll tell you three things:
:55:42
all writers are children;
:55:44
50% are drunks;
and up till very recently,
:55:47
writers in Hollywood
were gag men.
:55:50
Most of them still are gag men,
:55:52
but we call them writers.
:55:55
Uh-huh.
:55:58
But, uh... they're still
the farmers in this business.
:56:02
They grow the grain,
but they're not in at the feast.
:56:06
lt looks to me like
a try for power, Mr. Brimmer,
:56:08
and l will not give them power.
:56:10
l'll give them money;
:56:11
l won't give them power.
:56:14
Anyway, they're not equipped
for authority.
:56:23
More coffee, Mr. Brimmer?
:56:27
No, thank you.
:56:29
Monroe?
:56:32
No.
:56:39
l don't get to meet
Reds very often.
:56:41
Are you a real Red?
:56:44
A real one.
:56:47
Please do.
:56:48
Well, l guess some of you
believe in it.
:56:51
Quite a few.
:56:55
Not you.
:56:57
Oh, yes.
:56:58
Oh, no.