:16:00
Saturday Evening Post.
:16:01
The hell with the story.
:16:03
Wally Beery's a wrestler.
:16:04
Give me his hopes, his dreams.
:16:06
Naturally he gets mixed up
with a bad element
:16:09
and a romantic interest
or else an orphan.
:16:12
Lou, think Wally's too old
for a romantic interest?
:16:18
Look at me.
:16:20
A writer in the room,
:16:22
and I'm asking Lou
about the goddamn story.
:16:24
Which is it, Bart?
:16:26
Orphan?
Dame?
:16:31
Both maybe?
:16:36
Maybe we should do a treatment.
:16:39
Hell!
Let Bart take a crack at it.
:16:42
He'll get into the swing of things
:16:44
or I don't know writers.
:16:46
Let's make it a dame.
Keep it simple.
:16:48
The important thing
:16:50
is we all want it to have
that Barton Fink feeling.
:16:53
We all have that feeling,
:16:55
but since you're Barton Fink,
:16:56
I'm assuming you have it in spades.
:16:59
I like you.
:17:00
If all my writers
were like you,
:17:02
I wouldn't have
to get involved.
:17:04
Have something
by the end of the week.
:17:09
I heard about your show,
by the way.
:17:12
My man in New York saw it.
:17:15
Says it's damn moving,
a little fruity,
:17:17
but I guess you know
what you're doing.
:17:19
Thanks for your heart.
:17:21
We need more heart
in motion pictures.
:17:23
We're all expecting great things.
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[Typewriter Clacking]