Everyone Says I Love You

00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:54,280 Then you impress her with your knowledge of her favorite painter. 530 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,360 Hey, you gotta be kidding. My knowledge of art is limited... 531 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:00,160 to Kirk Douglas as Vincent van Gogh. 532 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,840 - What the hell do I know about this? - Trust me, Dad. 533 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,760 Before we leave Venice, your lips will be pressed to hers. 534 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,320 Yes. Unfortunately, I left my Chapstick in New York. 535 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:17,640 What is this? "The rapidity of his brush strokes..." 536 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,000 "Chiaroscuro outbursts of color..." 537 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,600 I told Dad everything I knew about Von... 538 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,840 and he studied his Tintoretto book. 539 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,480 I told him her likes, her dislikes, her deepest feelings, 540 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,880 everything from her passion for Bora Bora and "Mahler's Fourth Symphony"... 541 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,800 to her favorite flower: the African daisy. 542 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,720 I mean, it was everything. 543 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,880 When he showed up at the Tintoretto Museum that afternoon, 544 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,640 he could've given a course on the subject. 545 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,560 - Hello again. - Hi. Goodness. 546 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:50,000 You lived. How are you? I was concerned. 547 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,240 Oh, no, I was fine. I just went back to the hotel before... 548 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,360 and had the concierge... oil my pacemaker. 549 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,720 - - You know, I... Incidentally, my name is Joe Berlin. 550 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,840 Vonnie Sydell. 551 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,240 It's a funny coincidence I see you here. 552 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,520 You know, two New Yorkers jogging in Venice and we bump into each other. 553 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,280 - How did you know I was a New Yorker? - No, I didn't. 554 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,440 But, you know, I, like, assumed that, you know... 555 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,320 You're completely correct to ask that question. 556 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,280 It's a good question. You should not be ashamed of it. 557 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,440 Well, I live on 84th and Riverside. Where in New York do you live? 558 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,520 In Paris. Well, I-I was a New Yorker, but now I settled in Paris. 559 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,720 But I come back to New York all the time 'cause I love it there. 560 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,560 What brings you here? 561 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:38,000 Oh, I wouldn't think of being in Venice without checking out the Tintorettos, 562 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,560 because he was... he's my favorite... master in the world. 563 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,120 I just adore his work. I'm crazy about it. 564 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,040 He was a very deep genius. 565 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:50,680 The deepest. Th-The rapidity of his brush work. 566 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,880 Th-The chiaroscuro... outbursts of color. 567 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,160 His capacity for controlled gesture. 568 00:34:57,240 --> 00:35:01,520 Born in 1519, only to die again in 1594, 569 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:05,640 but that's... the way it happens to most of us. 570 00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:08,760 So you have a real appreciation of his work. 571 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,600 How could I not have an appreciation of a man who was short in stature... 572 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,560 but with a proud and obstinate nature, 573 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:19,640 who painted outside the, the academic convention... 574 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:23,320 of 16th century Venice? 575 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,280 What do you do, Mr. Berlin? 576 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:29,520 You can call me Joe. I'm-I'm-I'm a writer. Novelist, mostly. 577 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,520 Joe Berlin. I saw one of your books. 578 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,800 I did. I remember it. It had a very sexy cover. 579 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,480 It was at the stalls on Fifth Avenue, the 99-cent bin. 580 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,600 Well, you know, probably... the get-acquainted price. 581 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,680 - Oh. - They'll do that sometimes. 582 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,240 In the United States, I'm considered controversial, 583 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,680 but in Paris, where they have an ear for literature, I... 584 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,560 You know, they were quick to recognize the genius... 585 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,120 of Poe and Faulkner and myself. 586 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,520 Well, basically, you see, I'm a simple guy. 587 00:36: