:21:01
Somebody just complained.
:21:03
No. I didn't.
:21:04
I mean, I did call down,
:21:07
not to complain exactly.
:21:08
I was concerned that you might...
:21:10
not that it's my business...
:21:12
might be in some kind of... distress.
:21:14
See, I was trying to work,
and it's...
:21:17
Well, it was... difficult.
:21:24
Yeah.
:21:25
I'm damned sorry
if I bothered you.
:21:28
The damn walls here...
:21:29
I just apologize like hell.
:21:31
My name's Charlie Meadows.
:21:32
I guess we're neighbors.
:21:34
Barton Fink.
:21:35
Neighbor, I'd feel better
:21:37
about the damned inconvenience
:21:38
if you let me buy you a drink.
:21:42
That's all right.
Really.
:21:44
Thank you.
:21:45
All right, hell.
:21:47
You trying to work,
:21:48
me carrying on in there.
:21:50
The liquor's good.
What do you say?
:21:52
You got a glass?
:21:53
It's the least I can do.
:21:56
Okay, a quick one.
:21:58
Sure.
:22:00
Yeah, just a nip.
:22:03
I sure do forget myself sometimes.
:22:06
I feel like a heel...
:22:08
All the carryings-on next door.
:22:10
That's okay, I assure you.
:22:12
It's just I was trying to work.
:22:15
What kind of work do you do, Barton,
if you don't mind my asking?
:22:19
Well, I'm a writer, actually.
:22:20
You don't say?
That's a tough racket.
:22:23
My hat's off to you.
:22:25
Damned interesting work, I'd imagine.
:22:27
It's not easy, but...
:22:29
Damn difficult, I'd imagine.
:22:30
And what's your line, Mr. Meadows?
:22:33
Hell, no, call me Charlie.
:22:34
Well, Barton...
:22:36
you might say I sell peace of mind.
:22:39
Insurance is my game.
Door-to-door.
:22:40
Human contact's the only way
to move merchandise.
:22:44
In spite of what you might think,
I'm pretty good at it.
:22:46
It doesn't surprise me.
:22:48
I believe in it.
:22:49
Fire, theft, and casualty aren't things
:22:51
that only happen to other people.
:22:54
Writing doesn't work out,
:22:55
you may want to look into it.
:22:57
Providing basic needs...
you could do worse.