:17:03
"Sometimes this kind of story turns out
to be something more...
:17:07
...some glimpse of life that expands...
:17:09
...like those Japanese paper balls
you drop in water...
:17:12
...and they bloom into flowers
and the flower is so marvelous...
:17:16
...you can't believe there was a time
all you saw in front of you...
:17:19
...was a paper ball and a glass of water."
:17:21
Well, first of all, that's inconsistent.
She said she didn't care about flowers.
:17:25
- For God's sake, it's just a metaphor.
- Well, but for what?
:17:28
What turned that paper ball into
a flower? It's not in the book, Charles.
:17:32
- I don't know. You're reaching.
- Maybe.
:17:34
But I think you actually need to speak
to this woman. To know her.
:17:40
I can't.
:17:43
- Really.
- I'll go.
:17:45
I'll pretend I'm you.
:17:47
I want to do it, Charles.
:17:49
We'll get to the bottom of this.
We're gonna fix your movie, bro.
:17:55
But you've gotta be exactly me.
:17:58
I have a reputation to maintain.
:18:01
You can't be a goofball.
You can't be an asshole.
:18:03
- I'm not an asshole.
- You know what I mean.
:18:05
No flirting. No bad jokes.
:18:08
Don't laugh how you laugh.
:18:11
I'm not gonna laugh.
I get to have people think I'm you.
:18:15
It's an honor.
:18:20
So I guess I'll bring out
the big guns now.
:18:24
Do you keep in touch with Laroche?
:18:26
I felt I detected an attraction to him
in the subtext. Care to comment?
:18:35
Well, our relationship
was strictly reporter-subject.
:18:38
I mean, certainly an intimacy does
evolve in this kind of relationship.
:18:44
By definition, I was so interested
in everything he had to say.
:18:50
But the relationship ends
when the book ends.
:18:57
- Mendacious deceit.
- What?