:23:00
How long have you been
interested in Thomas' poetry?
:23:06
I think I've
always read Thomas.
:23:08
After the prize,
I guess everyone does, huh?
:23:12
Not with such
sensitivity, no.
:23:18
- You're joking with me, right?
- No. I'm absolutely serious.
:23:21
It's obvious he enjoys
talking to you about his work.
:23:25
Not that he actually
writes much anymore.
:23:28
"Blocked" is a cliché
you'll never hear him stoop to.
:23:31
Oh. I wondered
about that.
:23:36
You know
he killed a girl?
:23:39
Thomas killed a girl?
:23:44
I don't understand.
:23:50
I don't understand.
:23:54
When the car accident...
his scar, you know...
:23:58
Thomas was driving.
:24:03
There was a girl
in the car with him,
:24:05
and Thomas went off
the road,
:24:07
caught his rear wheel
in a ditch and flipped over.
:24:09
She died.
They were 17.
:24:15
Was he drunk?
:24:18
Yes.
:24:20
So the poems were about her...
"The Magdalene Poems"?
:24:29
An examination...
:24:32
of a 17-year-old girl
:24:35
in the last four seconds
of her life.
:24:39
"To separate from life,
:24:43
From tantalizing mysteries
and salt spray...
:24:48
from grave gypsy eyes
:24:51
and the sacred poignant flesh
of long-limbed dancers.