The Current War

470 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,713 I'll build her an elevator. 471 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:38,720 Mr. Edison, 472 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:44,077 what your wife needs, no man can build. 473 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,911 What my wife needs, according to you, 474 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,553 is a simple pair of spectacles. 475 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,472 Nature will take its course. 476 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:57,509 I, uh... 477 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,474 I have to leave for New York tonight. 478 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:03,794 It can't be avoided. 479 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,994 <i>I will attend to her while you're away, but...</i> 480 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,034 <i>Don't linger.</i> 481 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,511 Ohio is going with Westinghouse. 482 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,677 <i>- Columbus, Zanesville. - Zanesville?</i> 483 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,956 - Give it to him. - That isn't funny. 484 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,074 We don't know something is a pattern until it happens again, 485 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,152 which I sincerely hope it does not. 486 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,870 Now, you tell me, what is he doing right that you're doing wrong? 487 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,872 He is successfully selling machines 488 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,431 that will result in the accidental deaths of human beings. 489 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,456 - Where are these deaths? - Where are these deaths? 490 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,416 Why don't we switch now and then you get to shoulder 491 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:44,954 the inevitable suits of manslaughter? 492 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,520 I think that people aren't dying 493 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,990 because it's not as dangerous as you wish it were. 494 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:52,319 All right, he's beating us on costs 495 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:53,914 but that is a temporary advantage. 496 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,957 You give me enough time, I'll make ours so cheap 497 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:57,838 that only the rich will burn candles. 498 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,116 And until then, you bleed cities to Westinghouse. 499 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,079 - I'm not a bank. - That is exactly what you are. 500 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,356 We could have had this conversation by telephone 501 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:06,755 instead of you wasting my time. 502 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,456 Well, when I want to see someone, he comes. 503 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:09,914 Eye to eye. That's how it works. 504 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,397 No, here's how it works. I build miracles, 505 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,439 and you continue to give me as much goddamn money as I want. 506 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,716 Oh, what? Did I squander another town? 507 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:21,840 All right, what did I lose? 508 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,776 <i>- What's a bureau? - It's what's under your barrette.</i> 509 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,176 <i>It's started. Say something.</i> 510 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,920 <i>Can I get you to promise on here that you'll build me a fence?</i> 511 00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:30,155 <i>The ground's frozen. Needs to thaw.</i> 512 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:33,474 <i>Look, you're missing it!</i> 513 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,913 <i>- What's a bureau? - It's what's under your barrette.</i> 514 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,593 <i>It's started. Say something.</i> 515 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,912 <i>Can I get you to promise on here that you'll build me a fence?</i> 516 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,678 Can I get you anything, sir? 517 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,354 A time machine. 518 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,040 Yes, well, if I ever find one, 519 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:13,136 I'll travel back to this moment 520 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:14,514 and give it to you. 521 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:17,234 Did you read over the proposal? 522 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:21,155 I'm not diverting what I've got left of my resources in lighting up a fair. 523 00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:22,799 It's much more than a fair, sir. 524 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,236 A third of this country will get on trains to Chicago 525 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,119 to try and see this city of light. 526 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,157 Every window, every streetlamp, 527 00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:33,074 a sign that says the race is over and we won. 528 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,076 Why spend your final dollars traveling this country 529 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:37,594 to show everyone your electricity 530 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,717 when they're all traveling to the same place 531 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,234 to try and see it anyway? 532 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:42,880 Because in a year, they'll rip it down. 533 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,515 Only after 30 million people