:15:02
You can't make any money
just in big cities.
:15:05
Well, I mean,
where do you think
this is going to play?
:15:08
It's not going to appeal
to farmers or shopping malls
in Biloxi.
:15:12
Oh, I completely disagree.
I think if this picture
is mounted properly...
:15:15
it's gonna have
universal appeal.
:15:17
Where do you think
the demographics are?
:15:19
The-The demographics?
:15:22
You mean why the country
got so stupid suddenly?
:15:26
- My theory's fast foods.
- [Chuckles]
:15:29
The age group.
The age group of this film.
Where do you see it?
:15:32
The age?
This will appeal to,
you know... to, uh...
:15:37
[Coughs]
adults and teenagers,
young adults...
:15:41
and,you know, kids,
adolescents, I think.
:15:45
Toddlers, I imagine.
Newborns.
:15:48
Our marketing research
shows this film has
wide appeal for both sexes.
:15:52
Yes, I agree
and then some, actually.
:15:56
- But, the script has
some holes in it.
- Val...
:16:00
Like what?
:16:01
Well, take the climax,
for instance.
:16:04
I think the climax comes...
comes too early
is the problem.
:16:08
- It should come
after the trial scene.
- Didn't I say that?
:16:11
The inciting event
should come later.
:16:14
The character of Benny.
I feel we should shoot Benny...
:16:17
with a hand-held camera
and not a Steadicam.
:16:20
But it should be nervous.
It should, you know...
:16:22
Put the audience ill at ease,
like his inner-personality.
:16:23
I don't know
if I like that.
:16:25
It could be with a Steadicam.
You even said that.
:16:28
Let me ask you how
you'd feel about this,
and be honest.
:16:31
What if we shot
the whole picture
in black and white?
:16:34
- Why?
- Because New York City
is a black-and-white town.
:16:37
- It reeks of
black and white.
- Forget it.
:16:39
Arty. It's arty.
:16:43
Does anybody have an aspirin?
Do you have an aspirin?
:16:45
Here, try one of these.
My herbalist
gave them to me.
:16:48
I can do this picture.
I know... I got a feel for it.
:16:51
- I see it all, maybe with like
a Cole porter score?
- All right.
:16:56
Let us discuss it.
:16:59
We're talking to
a couple of other directors
and, um, we'll let you know.