White Hunter Black Heart
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:29:02
There's death a dozen times over
down that river.'

:29:05
She says, 'You promised.'
He says, 'l'm taking the promise back!'

:29:10
Silence.
:29:12
She picks up the Bible, starts reading
again, completely ignoring him.

:29:18
Now he can't take the silence any longer.
Finally he says, 'All right, miss. You win...

:29:22
...which l'm sure the crocodiles
will be happy to hear.

:29:25
Down the river we go.'''
:29:32
Well, what do you think, John?
:29:35
Not bad. But you're trying
to complicate it, Pete.

:29:39
Things are always good
if they're left simple.

:29:41
No, not always.
:29:42
Always. That's what creates truly
important art, is simplicity.

:29:47
John, there are no rules to art.
:29:49
There are hundreds of rules.
Hemingway understood that.

:29:52
That's why he always reduced life
to its simplest terms.

:29:55
Whether it's courage,
fear, impotence, death.

:30:00
People's lives just sort of unfold, and things
just happen to them one thing after another.

:30:05
They were never bogged down
with that nonsense of subplot...

:30:08
...that we sweated over in the past.
:30:12
Stendhal understood that.
Flaubert. Tolstoy. Melville.

:30:17
Simplicity is what made them great.
:30:19
No, Pete. Don't complicate it.
You'll just be wasting your time.

:30:23
Wasting my time?
:30:25
l'm wasting my time trying to make the
script better? lsn't that why l'm here, John?

:30:30
And l think it's damn good.
:30:32
Well, l just wish the damn script
were finished...

:30:36
...so you and l could go on safari.
:30:39
Safari? l thought we were gonna finish
the film first and then go on safari.

:30:43
lf we wait till the film is finished,
we'll never get to it.

:30:46
We'll finish the script,
then go on safari...

:30:50
...then we'll shoot the film
after we've shot our elephants.

:30:58
Damn lake flies.

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