: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.
:17:02
Maybe Irving Berlin
or something.
You bridge the...
:17:05
Well, I think
we'd have to discuss it.
:17:08
You know, if there ever was
a Val Waxman property,
boy, this is it, right?
:17:11
- We'll keep in touch.
- Does anyone have a Xanax?
:17:14
- Zantac. I've got
an ulcer too.
- NotZantac, Xanax.
:17:17
- It's a completely
different problem.
- Can I talk to you?
:17:21
[Indistinct]
:17:24
Listen, Val... Oh, sorry.
It was great seeing you again.
It was.
:17:29
- You've got an herbalist?
- Oh, yes. A genius.
:17:32
In Beverly Hills he's a genius.
If he was in New York,
he'd be considered low-normal.
:17:35
You know, we use
a completely different
rating system here.
:17:41
When we were kids, there were
like ten foreign films a week
in this city.
:17:46
- Italian, French...
- Oh, Italian films.
I love them.
:17:51
Val Waxman.
Any messages?
:17:55
You're sure?
:17:57
Okay.
:17:59
Did you see my cat?
Isn't that neat?