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Do you know why I,
Viktor Taransky,
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two-time Academy Award-
nominated director--
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That was
'Short Subject.'
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--overseeing the most
cherished movie project
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of my entire career, am walking
around with-- look, look...
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pockets full
of these things?
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- I have a feeling you'll tell me.
- I'm going to tell you.
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Because Ms Nicola Anders--
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supermodel with a SAG card--
has it written in her contract
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that all cherry 'Mike 'n' Ike's'
be removed from her candy dish,
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along with strict instructions
that any room she walks into
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must have seven packs
of cigarettes waiting for her--
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three of them opened;
that there be a personal Jacuzzi
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within 80 paces
of her dressing room;
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and any time she travels, her nanny
must fly with her first-class.
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So, what's wrong
with that?
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Elaine, she doesn't
have children.
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Don't you see?
They're mocking us.
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We're at their mercy.
What happened?
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We always had movie stars, but
they used to be our stars, remember?
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We were the ones that would
tell them what to do.
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We would tell them
what to wear,
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- who to date--
- That's what you want?
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When they were under contract to us,
we could change their names at will.
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- Yeah-- more than once.
- Viktor, do you realise
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you're nostalgic for an era
you weren't even born in?
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I do remember why I got
into this business.
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- You seem to have forgotten.
- Oh, please. Come on.
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New York-- Cassavetes.
Remember?
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- Here we go.
- What were we doing?
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We were trying to make something
important. I don't know.
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- Shine a light in that darkened cinema.
- It's called a projector.
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Illuminate hearts and minds
with a ray of truth.
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- Okay.
- I thought that's what we were doing.
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I have good memories
of those days, too.
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I do, but this isn't about that--
or you, or me,
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or some high-minded ideal.
This is business.
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- Spare me.
- Look around.
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Who do you think
pays for all of this?
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This is about
investment and return.
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I'm not interested
in investment and return!
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I'm not interested in who pays for
anything! I'm trying to make a movie!
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I'm responsible
for this, Viktor.
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Those days
in New York--
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it's over, Viktor.