Barton Fink

454 00:39:52,015 --> 00:39:54,641 so it would be a little unfair. 455 00:39:54,809 --> 00:39:57,478 Yeah, ladies do ask for attention. 456 00:39:57,896 --> 00:39:59,855 In my experience, they pretend to give it 457 00:39:59,939 --> 00:40:03,233 but it's generally a smoke screen for demanding it back with interest. 458 00:40:03,318 --> 00:40:05,819 How about family, Bart? How're you fixed in that department? 459 00:40:06,446 --> 00:40:10,157 - My folks live in Brooklyn with my uncle. - Mine have passed on. 460 00:40:11,451 --> 00:40:14,328 It's just the three of us now. What's that expression? 461 00:40:14,829 --> 00:40:17,289 - Me, myself and I. - Sure. 462 00:40:17,957 --> 00:40:19,333 That's tough. 463 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:24,046 But in a sense, we're all alone in the world, aren't we, Charlie? 464 00:40:24,964 --> 00:40:28,509 I'm often surrounded by family and friends but... 465 00:40:32,347 --> 00:40:34,306 You're no stranger to loneliness, then. 466 00:40:35,683 --> 00:40:38,519 I guess I got no beef, especially where the dames are concerned. 467 00:40:39,062 --> 00:40:41,396 In my line of work, I get opportunities galore, 468 00:40:41,481 --> 00:40:43,065 always on the wing, you know what I'm saying. 469 00:40:43,149 --> 00:40:48,195 I could tell you stories to curl your hair but it looks like you've already heard them. 470 00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:52,950 That's me in Kansas City, plying my trade. That was taken by one of my policy holders. 471 00:40:53,034 --> 00:40:56,954 They're more than just customers to me, they appreciate what I have to offer them. 472 00:40:57,705 --> 00:41:01,625 You see, her hubby was out of town at the time, and they were carrying fire and life. 473 00:41:01,709 --> 00:41:03,836 The third quarter payment was way past due... 474 00:41:04,003 --> 00:41:05,754 You know, in a way, I envy you, Charlie. 475 00:41:05,839 --> 00:41:08,715 Your daily routine, you know what's expected. 476 00:41:08,883 --> 00:41:10,467 You know the drill. 477 00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:16,807 My job is to plumb the depths, so to speak, 478 00:41:16,891 --> 00:41:18,976 dredge up something from inside. 479 00:41:19,060 --> 00:41:20,686 Something honest. 480 00:41:21,396 --> 00:41:24,356 I gotta tell you, the life of the mind, 481 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,984 there's no road map for that territory. 482 00:41:27,902 --> 00:41:30,112 Exploring it can be painful. 483 00:41:32,031 --> 00:41:35,242 A kind of pain most people don't know anything about. 484 00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:40,998 - This must be boring you. - No, it's damned interesting. 485 00:41:41,082 --> 00:41:42,666 Yeah. 486 00:41:43,376 --> 00:41:47,296 Probably sounds a little grand from someone writing a wrestling picture for Wallace Beery. 487 00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:50,716 Beery? You got no beef there. He's good! A hell of an actor. 488 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,969 Though for my money, you can't beat Jack Oakie. 489 00:41:54,053 --> 00:41:57,639 A stitch, Oakie. Funny stuff, funny stuff. 490 00:41:57,724 --> 00:42:02,019 But don't get me wrong. Beery, wrestling picture, could be a pip. 491 00:42:03,146 --> 00:42:06,064 I wrestled myself some, back in school. I guess you know the basic moves? 492 00:42:06,149 --> 00:42:10,152 No, I never even watched any. I'm not that interested in the act itself. 493 00:42:10,236 --> 00:42:12,863 Okay. But hell, you should know what it's about. 494 00:42:12,947 --> 00:42:16,283 I can show you the wrestling basics in about 30 seconds. 495 00:42:16,576 --> 00:42:20,537 You're a little out of your weight class but just for the purposes of demonstration. 496 00:42:20,622 --> 00:42:21,830 That's all right, really. 497 00:42:21,915 --> 00:42:24,333 Not a bit of it, compadre. Easiest thing in the world. 498 00:42:25,376 --> 00:42:27,336 You just get down on your knees to my left here, 499 00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:30,422 slap your right hand here, your left hand here. 500 00:42:30,506 --> 00:42:33,050 Come on, champ, you can do it. Come on. 501 00:42:33,593 --> 00:42:35,260 Come on. Come on. 502 00:42:36,804 --> 00:42:37,804 Come on. 503 00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:43,727 Okay, right there. 504 00:42:46,231 --> 00:42:47,356 All right. 505 00:42:47,941 --> 00:42:51,902 When I say, "Ready, wrestle," you try and pin me and I try and pin you. 506 00:42:51,986 --> 00:42:54,613 - And that's the whole game, got it? - Yeah, okay. 507 00:42:54,697 --> 00:42:56,657 Ready, wrestle! 508 00:42:56,783 --> 00:42:58,742 Hup, two, three. 509 00:42:58,826 --> 00:43:02,579 Damn, there I go again, gonna wake up the downstairs neighbors. 510 00:43:02,664 --> 00:43:04,831 - I didn't hurt you, did I? - It's okay. 511 00:43:05,667 --> 00:43:07,000 That's all wrestling is, 512 00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:09,753 except usually there's more grunting and squ