Astor William'sgirlfriend leaves him, insecurities surface and he transforms into a wrecking ball on a stream of darkly comedic dates and misguided romantic pursuits HD ( Comedy, Drama )
Astor William'sgirlfriend leaves him, insecurities surface and he transforms into a wrecking ball on a stream of darkly comedic dates and misguided romantic pursuits HD ( Comedy, Drama )
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00:00:00It's like you're idealizing women well I
00:00:06Kissed one once but that was it I
00:00:14Saw your movie. Yeah. Yeah, Adeline Emily. Hmm. Oh
00:00:22We just met something's a lot to me
00:00:24Yeah
00:00:26It was different than I thought it was gonna be
00:00:30like
00:00:32Different having had met me before
00:00:35Yeah, I think so
00:00:39Okay
00:00:42Did I tell you that I used to date a movie producer no
00:00:48as he
00:00:49made anything I've seen or
00:00:52He made an indie movie that was like very
00:00:55Character-driven kind of like what you're going for. Oh, I've probably seen it then
00:01:01What was it called?
00:01:03medicine for melancholy
00:01:07Yeah, it sounds familiar I don't think I've seen it though
00:01:10maybe it sounds familiar just because of how the title is or
00:01:14How well did it do? Oh, no
00:01:19Well, I mean is it worth my time should I see it I
00:01:23Can't say that it's up to you. Oh, come on
00:01:28Don't be coy. I
00:01:30know it's not probably as good as my phone, but
00:01:34It's not easy to make a movie
00:01:38Come on you can tell me I'm just like a personal level which one you liked more
00:01:47Guess I liked medicine for melancholy
00:01:52You
00:02:02What you can't say that it's just an opinion it doesn't matter
00:02:10You
00:02:22Right, I'm sorry, I didn't think that would affect me so much
00:02:26I'm gonna go. No, don't go
00:02:30Why I'm sorry there. There's no recovering from that. No, there is sit back down
00:02:40Come on I'm sorry
00:02:49I said I was sorry now you say you're sorry
00:03:10I
00:03:25Am master hi
00:03:29This is David he's visiting from New York. We went to college together and Cheryl we went to high school together. Hi. Hello
00:03:36This is Astor, this is first tenor days
00:03:42Thousand I'm gonna text you right now. Yes, so you're a production designer
00:03:47She's the best what I hear. I like your outfit. Oh, thank you
00:03:51You actually look better and personally doing your pictures. I think you should get your pictures
00:03:56Thanks. My mom said it's always best to under advertise that way. You always exceed expectations
00:04:03They are
00:04:06So Timmy Thompson, okay born again married at 19
00:04:12She's like an escort
00:04:15She's like
00:04:19What do you guys think about yeah, she's going crazy, right
00:04:26Are you a feminist? No, she's not a prostitute is different than you a feminist. I
00:04:31I like this guy. He's like not a man's man. He's like a sensitive guy. I can tell that I like
00:04:39I like your shirt
00:04:44Okay, so David's in town from New York as he's directed spy the premieres next Thursday you should
00:04:51Okay
00:04:52Thanks for the invite. So you're a feminist. Oh, no, I don't believe in feminism
00:04:57No, really, I don't I think you thought about it you wouldn't either no, I'm a feminist I went to Vassar for Christ's sake
00:05:03I mean, you don't want to work though. Of course I do
00:05:09I
00:05:10Don't I mean don't get me wrong
00:05:12I'm I'm pro women and I think anybody should be able to do anything they want regardless of gender
00:05:17All I'm saying is we're animal beings who have developed over millions of years of evolution and during this whole period of millions of years
00:05:24Millions of years men have done this one very specific thing and women have done this other thing and then come 1960 something that all changes
00:05:31forever
00:05:32Is that gonna last because evolutionarily speaking?
00:05:35It's just been a black
00:05:44Hang on
00:05:47Hey, honey, wait
00:05:50Is everything all right? Yeah, I'm sorry you still up it's okay
00:06:00Did you find a job I
00:06:03Told you I'm not looking for a job. Oh
00:06:09Because I'm not interested what the world is offering me right now
00:06:14You know difficult it is for somebody like me
00:06:17I'm not gonna take some soulless job on some daytime talk show. I'm hedging my bets
00:06:26Means I'm better than what things have to offer me right now
00:06:32Okay
00:06:38I'm making a new movie
00:06:41It's stars Taylor touring
00:06:44I
00:06:51Can't even believe I'm from you too
00:06:56I
00:06:58Haven't told Valerie we're taking a break. It's none of her business, but if she knew she'd agree
00:07:15I went on a date tonight
00:07:22Well
00:07:27She's a production designer and her ex-boyfriend's Quentin Tarantino, so there's that
00:07:37No mom she didn't talk about her ex-boyfriend I googled her that's what people do now I
00:07:42Gotta go
00:07:45All right, well, I love you I
00:07:48Love you, too
00:08:14I
00:08:28Guess when I started 17, is that all right? Okay
00:08:33We just pretend this
00:08:35pretend this
00:08:37Sofa is that dumpster you guys are sitting up against and I guess Taylor if you want to start standing and walk into it
00:08:45If that works for you, okay
00:08:48So again, I know we talked about this both one on one, but what's important is just to hit the major emotional beat
00:08:53So if there's anything that doesn't seem like the way you would say it or it just isn't working for you
00:08:58Feel free to put it in your own words. It's completely fine. Okay
00:09:01You good. All right and action
00:09:08Hey
00:09:11Sit down
00:09:13Hey, everything's gonna be okay, okay, look at me look
00:09:20We're gonna call the police. All right, and we're gonna get your money back
00:09:25Everything's gonna work out
00:09:27Are you fucking kidding me?
00:09:29The police you want to call the fucking police? Do you think that the police actually care about this?
00:09:34We're just a bunch of kids. Are you serious?
00:09:39Look at me
00:09:41No, I didn't think you'd really like
00:09:50I lied about everything
00:09:54The money is everything I
00:09:57Have nothing, okay
00:10:02And I love you
00:10:12No, all right
00:10:16Thanks, that was great great that was great on this next one. Let's just do one thing a little bit different
00:10:25What's a script I am Jeffrey
00:10:28teach
00:10:30It's dyke. It's just this sci-fi thing. I wrote
00:10:35Have you heard of refrigerator play
00:10:38What's that
00:10:40Where I lock you in my refrigerator and only let you out to perform volatile sexual acts you'd otherwise be
00:10:48too embarrassed to perform
00:10:54Izzy what's matter?
00:10:57Nothing
00:11:00All right, I just don't want you to think just because we met you know tonight that you can't tell me stuff
00:11:07I think it's best just to get everything out at the beginning, you know
00:11:11Everybody's got baggage
00:11:15You're right, but I'm okay
00:11:19All right, how long you been single
00:11:25Like a month, it's not very long
00:11:35Was he a Korean guy
00:11:37No, I
00:11:41Kind of only did what I could
00:11:49What did he do he was a lawyer
00:11:55Is that he were thinking about a second ago
00:12:00Yeah
00:12:02I
00:12:10Just got bored like in what way
00:12:17Like in all the ways
00:12:21We dated for five years and we hardly ever had sex he kept saying that I was gonna get better but I
00:12:29didn't know I I
00:12:32Kind of come from this world. That's sort of backwards in a lot of ways and so I
00:12:39Don't know I didn't realize it wasn't normal
00:12:45Is that important to you to have a lot of sex
00:12:51I'm kind of a pervert. Yeah, you think I'm a pervert
00:12:59Maybe
00:13:02I
00:13:04Should I have to work early
00:13:31Ah
00:14:01Valerie I'm sorry, and I love you
00:14:26No, I
00:14:28Don't know why you left
00:14:30Please come home
00:14:35No, I don't
00:14:41I love you. I'm sorry
00:15:00Hi, you've reached Valerie leave
00:15:11You were always a rebound
00:15:30I
00:16:00Oh
00:16:05Are you or are you not back?
00:16:10How'd it go
00:16:15No, oh my god, that's amazing
00:16:19Congratulations
00:16:30Oh my god, are you serious?
00:16:43Oh
00:16:45Thank you, that is so great you want to get a drink
00:16:53With me
00:16:56Stay with me
00:17:00You know
00:17:02You'll have
00:17:04your
00:17:06With me
00:17:10Can't you see it's the destiny
00:17:26Like the flame
00:17:31Play the game
00:17:36Ignore the rumors
00:17:40They claim
00:17:45Who's to blame
00:17:48For the destiny
00:17:50And
00:18:02Within the
00:18:12So come with me escape
00:18:20Be kind be cruel only stay with me
00:18:28for
00:18:50A
00:19:01Sorry, I just gotta make that call it's in like two minutes. Okay. Do you want to do something later today?
00:19:09Yeah, maybe it depends on the call if I can I'll text you. Okay
00:19:20I
00:19:22I
00:19:24I
00:19:26I
00:19:50Hello
00:19:53Hey, all right
00:19:56What's this number
00:19:59Are you all right? No, i'm not. All right. What's this number?
00:20:06Doesn't matter
00:20:08Come on
00:20:13Come home
00:20:17Hey, you're gonna be all right, okay
00:20:19Okay
00:20:25I'm not migrants in europe face a new danger in coming winter
00:20:33What
00:20:35The migrants coming into europe through the western balkans in recent months have been resourced on a daffodil enough to slip through unfriendly
00:20:42police officers raging rivers hostile borders and razor wire fences
00:20:46But there is one thing they cannot evade and that is the living winter
00:20:51Winter's no time to be alone valerie
00:20:56You need me
00:21:00We need each other
00:21:06I'm just calling to tell you i'm coming by thursday to get my thing
00:21:11What no you can't
00:21:13What
00:21:17That's not true you didn't just don't do it it's that simple
00:21:27Have you been with anyone since I left
00:21:31No
00:21:34Have you
00:21:38No
00:21:41I'll be there at 10. No, you won't i'd appreciate it if you weren't there, okay
00:21:56These things don't ever change you can't just be a dick because of life I don't
00:22:01want
00:22:02To be a dick. No
00:22:04You don't get to say that because i've offered you a solution to get better and you completely refuse to even give it a look
00:22:09despite the fact
00:22:11That it's worked for me and my sister and my dad. Um, I have looked at it
00:22:16I don't know why because it's completely fucking crazy, but I have looked at it. So you don't get to say that
00:22:22But did you though?
00:22:24Or did you look at it with this critical pointed eye because you're so worried about what other people think of you?
00:22:28I'm, not worried about people who think of me. I just happen to
00:22:31Agree with the masses who think it's a dangerous cult who's out to take people's money by selling them snake oil
00:22:37I'm, sorry, they're doing actual harm in the world. Yeah, see you say that
00:22:42But what have you seen? What have you witnessed except for them doing good?
00:22:47You said that to me you said what you saw with your own eyes was a drastically positive experience
00:22:53That it helped you
00:22:57So, why don't you want help
00:23:01I was placating you because I don't want to lose you
00:23:05I love you
00:23:07And I want to be with you
00:23:09I just don't want to have to explain to our children why they were raised in a cult
00:23:12We're gonna fight over our hypothetical children again
00:23:16I already said they should choose for themselves
00:23:18You don't get to think for yourself when you're six and surrounded by kooky people. What is so kooky?
00:23:25Not what you read
00:23:27Not what some friends said. What have you seen except for really nice people who want to help other people and really do?
00:23:35You know how difficult your grandmother's funeral is for me, can we talk about that?
00:23:42How about that giant cross around the neck of the minister, what was that?
00:23:48It's a symbol representing the dynamics. No, it's not valerie. It's a cross a christian cross
00:23:56And you know why they use it the symbol predates christianity. No, it doesn't. Yes. It does
00:24:01No, it doesn't that's not why they use it
00:24:04They use it for a reason that was far truer probably in 1950 something when they originally picked it than even today
00:24:09They use it because it subconsciously has an effect on people based on their childhood spent in christianity. That's exploitative
00:24:16Secondly, what is that whole part where they normally read bible scriptures?
00:24:20But instead you hear this seven minute long lyrical poem by l ron hubbard. I'm, sorry, but that was complete gobbledygook
00:24:26It literally sounded like a book by doctors who spent way longer and worse
00:24:32And nobody even knows that because the whole crowd comes up to the minister afterwards and they're like lovely words
00:24:36Lovely words and he's like it's not me. It was lrh
00:24:40What the fuck?
00:24:42and then the ending
00:24:43Where people say how they remembered her. What was that? Nobody had anything real to say
00:24:47They were all just like oh if it weren't for suzy, I would have never reached ot level. Whatever the fuck
00:24:53Is that what it's gonna be like when you die?
00:24:56That's it i'm leaving. No, this is where you live. It's over
00:25:01No
00:25:02I love you. And this is your home. Where are you gonna go?
00:25:10My sisters
00:25:16And then starting by bringing awareness to the area of your heart in this moment
00:25:22And just getting a sense of if your heart feels open or closed right now
00:25:30And this is not in order to change it but in order to know
00:25:37And please remember that in loving kindness practice the intention is the most important thing
00:25:46The intention to
00:25:48Develop a more open and friendly heart towards yourself and towards
00:26:18Me
00:26:25Who is that it's me
00:26:45Esther open the door
00:26:47Not until you agree to not move out master
00:26:52Master
00:26:54That's the deal. I don't quit. It's my best quality
00:26:59You said we were gonna talk about this. We did ad nauseum
00:27:03You're only making this harder on yourself, mate. Why is he here?
00:27:07To help me move
00:27:09Fuck you for real. You're gonna bring a stranger into this
00:27:14Please open the door
00:27:25We're gonna talk
00:27:31Turn this off it's our song you become a scientologist now, too
00:27:37Don't be me
00:27:40This is so hard for me I have nowhere to go then don't go I want you here
00:27:46No, you don't
00:27:49That's not true
00:27:50Are you sleeping with him?
00:27:52He's my sister's boyfriend
00:27:55You know why we're breaking up don't you mate?
00:27:57Because I won't become a scientologist. Don't think you're not next. Hey
00:28:02Don't do this. All right, you should just step out
00:28:05Nobody's making me a scientologist, that's fine
00:28:12I'm gonna go get a mexican coke
00:28:34Yeah, come on you just talk to me for a second this isn't easy, you know
00:28:50Do you love me
00:28:51Of course I do
00:28:53But sometimes that just isn't enough
00:28:55All you need is love. No, that's a song
00:28:59Hey, you guys moving out. I know
00:29:02Ah shit, sorry, it's okay. All right. I'll see you Val. Good luck
00:29:14Come on let's just move this back upstairs. It's not too late
00:29:21You came to my grandmother's funeral and you know raised me and you pulled people aside and said they were in a dangerous cult
00:29:32So
00:29:34I'll see you at your sister's birthday party and we'll talk about it more. Okay
00:29:51Everything's gonna be all right
00:30:02Foreign
00:30:06Feeling uh lonely, okay the nuclear family. It is a it is a you know, it's a it's a cell
00:30:12It's like a prison cell most
00:30:14Societies in history of the world, uh, you have people living in the extended family unit
00:30:20It's a tribal family with multiple generations living in the same house and shared labor
00:30:24Okay, and and companionship and so on where women are going home from the office where they may have a very very prestigious job
00:30:32Hey, what's up, Esther?
00:30:34What's up, dude?
00:30:35How you doing, man? How you feeling?
00:30:41Not so good
00:30:45You want to get a drink? Uh, yeah standby. Hey Gloria, um Esther needs to grab a drink
00:30:55Yeah, you know Gloria's sick I just I don't think tonight's good just one drink man I um
00:31:02It would be what the fishing would be this mechanism was created in northern europe valerie moved out
00:31:12Valerie moved out
00:31:15And i'm pregnant
00:31:17So unless you want me to hey, man, you know just tonight's just not gonna work but later this week for sure. We'll find some time
00:31:25You know what you do you should go downstairs. Just get real fucked up
00:31:28You know what they say the best way to get over somebody is to get on top of somebody
00:31:37All right
00:31:43Too late this week. All right
00:31:57So
00:32:27So
00:32:58So
00:33:08You're a dancer
00:33:11Like at rex a modern dance company
00:33:17Okay
00:33:18and
00:33:19you're a
00:33:21survivalist
00:33:23Is that a job? Well
00:33:25It's like a little bit more of a hobby, but I think it sets a pretty solid foundation
00:33:31morally for a man, okay
00:33:35So like you have an earthquake kit
00:33:38Did you hear me? I said i'm professional survivalist. You know what that means? I have like
00:33:43four months of freeze-dried food for two 40 gallons of water a water filter for radiation iodide pills
00:33:51gold silver
00:33:52A thousand rounds of ammunition a shotgun with two
00:33:56Well, I have like a shotgun like a for the sound mainly as opposed to a handgun wait here in this house
00:34:02Are you fucking crazy?
00:34:04Oh, trust me. It's necessary. You'd like it
00:34:08As a woman, I think it would probably make you feel secure
00:34:14But why do you have all this stuff?
00:34:19It was like a hormonal response
00:34:21Uh
00:34:24I was moving in with my first girlfriend and we got this puppy
00:34:28Oh, what kind?
00:34:30Hmm. It was a french bulldog. It's so cute. I love dogs. Yeah
00:34:35So I don't know this thing just like kicked in where I realized if something bad happened
00:34:38I'd be the one responsible and I just didn't want this thing on my conscience like just call her dad up and be like
00:34:43Oh, i'm, sorry, sir. I'm a
00:34:45Pussy your daughter's dead or?
00:34:47Then I lost my dog
00:34:50That's so sad that you lost your dog, yeah
00:34:53I mean like technically
00:34:55Yeah, I mean it was a domestic dispute
00:34:59You know these things go the woman always gets the kids
00:35:03You poor thing
00:35:06You're really empathetic
00:35:11Somebody just left you
00:35:15I knew it. Ah
00:35:18There's just no other way to explain someone as pretty as you being alone at a bar and then back here so quickly with me
00:35:23i'm, just
00:35:25I mean, it's okay. Everybody gets hurt. I mean if that's what happened
00:35:31We don't have to talk about it
00:35:33I'm, sorry, I shouldn't have said anything but let me just say one more thing what I really mean what I meant to say
00:35:39Was that i'm 100 certain that he did not deserve you
00:35:47So
00:35:53You want to see my gun all right, I don't usually okay i'll be right back
00:36:18So
00:36:35What the fuck are you doing
00:36:38It's my gun. It's a real gun. You said you want to see it. Oh my god. You're a fucking psycho
00:36:42Stay the fuck away from me
00:36:44What I said, do you want to see my gun and you said yeah, I thought you were talking about your dick whoa, whoa, it's
00:36:50Logged it doesn't fire. Do not follow me
00:37:10How are things hectic, but when are they not yeah
00:37:15Um, thanks for doing this. It's no problem. I really appreciate it. Hey guys, uh, let's get started
00:37:20Thanks for coming out here today. Really appreciate it
00:37:22Um, let's just quickly go around the room introduce ourselves lawrence one of the producers henry other producer
00:37:28regina costumes
00:37:30astor william stevenson writer director
00:37:34may dp
00:37:35max pm
00:37:37Irina production designer james first ad
00:37:40All right guys, uh, thanks for trekking this far east easier on us. We're wrapping our last movie out of here
00:37:44Um want to get you guys all here together for two reasons today
00:37:48First just to put everybody in the same room together with astor talk about the big picture the vision of this film
00:37:53And second so henry here can say no to all of your budget requests or yes
00:37:57So good news. We have locked the horse track location
00:38:02So I will be available to answer logistical questions on that at the end of the meeting
00:38:08Right now I think astor's gonna say a few things
00:38:13It's real simple I just I know there's a story about young love and I know it's a story about two
00:38:21People who are damaged early in life, but I just want to make sure we're also telling a much broader story about hope
00:38:28um
00:38:29I want to show that two damaged people can actually be there for each other
00:38:34and I just
00:38:36Want to have a movie with a happy ending, you know
00:38:39so many independent films
00:38:42Almost all of them and without any sense of hopefulness for this world
00:38:47Or for love or really for anything and i'm just sick of that and I think it's bullshit
00:38:52Um, these characters are very damaged. They're sexually confused and they're coming up against a lot of obstacles
00:38:58But it's really not so much easier in real life and people are seeming to make it work every single day
00:39:06So let's show that the the more positive side of things and um
00:39:12Make it real at the same time
00:39:30Hey, hey, how's it going? How's it going? Ah, i'm good
00:39:35How are you? I'm good
00:39:38this way
00:39:39Nice, uh alpha you got there
00:39:42Thank you, thank you
00:39:45You look good. Thanks
00:39:53Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, did you just do that thing because because i'm a girl and you're a boy, uh
00:40:02I think so
00:40:04I like that
00:40:11Are you okay? Yeah
00:40:15How long have you been single for uh, like a week, oh wow, okay, how about you? Um, definitely more than a week
00:40:23So you're not even like really single yet. Well, are you kind of like worried that someone's gonna see you?
00:40:30We should just get married tonight
00:40:33Yeah, all right, maybe maybe we should like see how good the play is first
00:40:52Oh, hey, where have you been you almost made her miss the beginning of the show
00:40:55I said I couldn't go in without you. So I was just right over there getting us drinks
00:40:58You can't bring those in actually we're about to start i'm not gonna throw them away
00:41:02The lights haven't even queued yet. What about all these other they're not for me
00:41:05There's like four other shows here. We all share a lobby. All right here
00:41:10Thanks for coming though
00:41:12Mm-hmm, you know me i'm a huge supporter of avant-garde theater totally of course and I think as a director you're really gonna appreciate this
00:41:18and you go
00:41:25You want to sit over there, uh, yeah, it's fine
00:41:28I don't know why we had to rush. He's just nervous, you know, it's so it's his first night
00:41:34Secretively
00:41:35I hate stuff like this
00:41:37You know avant-garde is just just being shit
00:41:40So as you said that I was just feigning excitement to impress you
00:41:44Yeah
00:41:51Should we he wouldn't know he thinks we're gross disgusting. We are we crawl all over his clothes
00:41:58All over his bed only him only only him
00:42:03Only only him
00:42:14Me
00:42:22Me
00:42:26Me
00:42:34Me
00:42:44Me
00:42:53Us at the end of the end of the end of the world as the end of the world
00:43:01Begins
00:43:14Is
00:43:16The gimlet incredibly refreshing drink, unfortunately, it's british
00:43:22Cheers
00:43:25So good, thank you. You're welcome
00:43:29It's one of the few things I can do right that you can do right? Yeah. Oh, yeah. No so far. Yeah
00:43:35So
00:43:37Can I tell you something depends? Do you want to compliment me some more or no?
00:43:41There's no no more compliments today, okay
00:43:44Um, yeah, so my my ex is actually quitting tarantino. Oh, really? Yeah, but that's not why i'm production design. He's nice for all my
00:43:53I don't want you to think that
00:43:55of course
00:43:56of course
00:43:58That's not why I was laughing. Okay
00:44:00Okay, I didn't know. Yeah
00:44:02I I mean does it bother you that
00:44:05That I do know
00:44:07Because he's your father's age or
00:44:09No, no, I mean why would it I mean, you know, it's like
00:44:13You're a director. He's a director. He's just like a little just like a tiny bit more maybe established
00:44:19I don't know a little more successful. All right fair. Um
00:44:24Not really i'm not really the jealous type so it's fine here come here, okay, it's okay
00:44:31It's all right. Everybody makes mistakes. You forgive me
00:44:35I don't mean that. I'm, sorry
00:44:39Um
00:44:53Hey, um
00:44:56You want to sleep over
00:45:00Maybe I mean you don't have to
00:45:03Do whatever you want, but thank you
00:45:06Glad I have free will
00:45:08but if you want to
00:45:10I could
00:45:12Give you a new toothbrush. Okay, and a t-shirt of your picking a t-shirt
00:45:18You don't get to keep it. What?
00:45:20Okay
00:45:21But you can pick out your own. Can I borrow it?
00:45:24For the night. Okay. I want to I want to see these t-shirts. I'm actually very very excited about this. Yeah
00:45:30All right, i'll show it to you. Okay, can I have to make this inside? You may okay
00:45:34Okay
00:45:37Yes
00:45:41Where are you going?
00:45:44Yeah, I can't sleep over. I mean, I mean like we just met
00:45:49and
00:45:50I I have to really get some sleep because I have that new film i'm starting tomorrow. So, okay
00:45:57Is that gonna be difficult for you oh working with him, uh
00:46:03I yeah, I imagine so
00:46:06Is he gonna try to have sex with you?
00:46:09maybe
00:46:10I kind of hope so actually
00:46:13I mean i'm still in love with him. So
00:46:20So this is it
00:46:22No
00:46:24I I think like me and you could totally just we could be friends
00:46:29Or you you could like call me up in four months
00:46:40I'll walk you out. No, i'm all right. I want to come on. Um, I'd actually i'd really prefer if you didn't it's okay
00:46:56I will i'll see you
00:47:00So
00:47:25I really appreciate that. Um, that's great. Let's hug
00:47:30Hey, what's up, uh, shut the door
00:47:37How's it going
00:47:40It's going okay, you know, it's going fine, um, it all works out, you know, it always does
00:47:48Unfortunately, we didn't get the news that we were hoping for today we still haven't closed taylor's contract
00:47:53Are you serious?
00:47:55Yeah, but it's okay. I mean look this is just a game that reps like to play
00:47:58It was exactly the same on adeline and emily if you remember we closed ryan's deal two days before we wrapped
00:48:05Yet he still showed up every single day still shot your movie wasn't anything. No, you're right
00:48:09But these are teens so I need to know that they're committed. They are committed. They're in I wouldn't worry about it
00:48:15Mary taylor's manager just wants to have one more call with you with me with both of us
00:48:21Well, is it creative I don't know she didn't really say well if it is that's not appropriate at this stage
00:48:27Look, you're working on a whole new level here. You have to play their game
00:48:31Just make them feel like this is a collaboration
00:48:34But which part everything?
00:48:39All right, let's uh, let's do the phone call. All right
00:48:51I
00:48:53Love talking to people
00:48:57Mary wexler's office. Hi. Yes, laurence. Hanson and aster williams stevenson for mary, please
00:49:02Just a moment
00:49:05Lauren hey, mary. How's it going? Um, i'm here with aster williams stevenson our director if this is a good time for you
00:49:12Hey, mary
00:49:13It's aster
00:49:15Just want to say that taylor is doing amazing. She is so excited
00:49:20um
00:49:21And I just know the movie is going to be amazing with her. We're so excited to have her
00:49:26Thank you, she's very excited i'll make this quick this strong underwears last topless thing isn't going to happen
00:49:38Um
00:49:39mary just so we're clear
00:49:41you mean the pool scene right not the sex scene because
00:49:45Aster as requested has already removed all nudity from the sex scene on account of taylor being a minor
00:49:51Correct. We're talking about the pool scene
00:49:55Um, okay, so mary just for clarification
00:49:58um
00:49:59I don't know if you've read that but that's completely non-sexual scene that the state attorney general has signed off on per your request and
00:50:07It went to you and her parents for approval
00:50:10before
00:50:11it ever went to her so
00:50:14All i'm saying is we were pretty committed from the beginning to working with people that this wouldn't be a problem for
00:50:20us
00:50:22We're committed it's just the thong and toplessness we sent over alternative underwear. Did you see those?
00:50:33Standby
00:50:44Okay, um mary, uh, i'm just seeing this now this is a
00:50:50A I guess these are workout shorts, uh in a sports bra, you know
00:51:00I'm trying to imply that the character is sexually loose because of a deep insecurity not that she is in a yoga class
00:51:12We could also explore like head replacement and a body double
00:51:16I'll have to get back to you on that
00:51:19So let's move on to the second concern
00:51:22The spanking scene on page three. How exactly are you planning on shooting that?
00:51:30What do you mean the angle because it's from the side there's so there's no actual literal nudity there
00:51:37You can see that in the script. I mean in terms of the act, are you actually planning on shooting that scene?
00:51:43I mean in terms of the act, are you actually planning on having a grown man spank taylor?
00:51:50It is a it's a very low angle shot so it doesn't matter to me who spanks her
00:51:54It could be her best friend or whomever makes her feel most comfortable
00:52:00So you're planning on actually filming that
00:52:05Uh, yeah, listen mary if it's in the script i'm planning on filming it which is why it's in the script
00:52:11Um, otherwise I wouldn't put it in the script
00:52:17All right, well i'm going to circle back with her agent and we'll be back in touch. Thank you
00:52:32That
00:52:32Did not go well
00:52:34Uh, yeah, what did you want me to say then because i'm not the one changing things
00:52:38That went to her for approval way before it ever went to her client
00:52:42You know, you just have to play their game a little bit
00:52:44What would you like me to say you want me to ask her to come down here and co-direct with me? Look
00:52:48I'll call her
00:52:50I'll work it out. It will all be fine. Just me and her but you got to get it together
00:52:55This is part of your job. This is not the last time this is going to come up so you better learn to handle it
00:53:04All right
00:53:08So
00:53:11So
00:53:36Hey honey
00:53:38Hey mom, how's the movie going? It's kind of right, you know, your father has some ideas about your story
00:53:47You should listen to him I don't want to he's really good at that kind of thing
00:53:52He's a very talented artist. No, he's not mom
00:53:56He's not good at anything
00:53:59He's a delusional failure. He's a failed artist show me
00:54:04Any art that he's producing show me where it is
00:54:08You can't
00:54:10He'd literally be homeless if it weren't for the first half of his life being supported by his father and now
00:54:15Guess the second half of his life now being supported by you
00:54:21I guess you have to
00:54:23Think this or whatever to support what you're doing, but don't put it on me. Don't make me have to feel that way
00:54:29I can't be around him because you guys all pretend like he's supporting himself from god knows what
00:54:35But meanwhile i'm actually out there busting my ass trying to not be him if I were him i'd literally rather die
00:54:46Fucking delusional failed narcissist
00:55:01I'm, sorry outside of you
00:55:04It's okay
00:55:35So, um, my sister
00:55:38Is coming into town tomorrow and then I am starting my new movie
00:55:43So I may not see you for a little while
00:55:46It's okay
00:55:47I get it
00:55:51Thanks
00:55:59Sorry, no, I liked it
00:56:05I
00:56:11Hear an abortion
00:56:19I'm sorry. It was a really a stupid thing to say. I just asked it's okay. I shouldn't have
00:56:25I just haven't talked about it with anyone before so
00:56:29Even my best friend doesn't know
00:56:32How about your mom she wants to know
00:56:39You want to talk about it
00:56:43No
00:56:50You just went to planned parenthood by yourself or
00:56:56No, my high school boyfriend drove me
00:57:02He waited in the lobby with me but
00:57:05He left because he got scared
00:57:10There are people literally like protesting outside
00:57:19I'm sorry
00:57:25It's nothing i'm just being stupid
00:57:32No, you're not
00:57:34So
00:57:59Hey
00:58:01Look great
00:58:03Yes, you can put your things there if you'd like how long have you been writing it for
00:58:08Oh two years or so
00:58:12So you want this day bed because you can sleep here if you'd like but you can also have my bed no
00:58:17No, I like I like this. Okay good if you get hungry then there is three months of freeze-dried food under here
00:58:25and
00:58:26Oh some shotgun shells. So you
00:58:29Find yourself. Yeah, is that
00:58:32Preparing for the apocalypse, are we uh, yeah, it's complicated
00:58:38Hey, have you talked to mom or dad recently I talked to her yesterday and she did not say you were coming which I thought
00:58:43Was odd and you know, I don't talk to dad so
00:58:47Well, I didn't tell her I was coming and because I haven't been talking to her much, okay
00:58:57So what do you want for dinner?
00:59:00Uh, anything please tell me are you still a vegetarian
00:59:10No, ah, all right
00:59:21I really like valerie. Thanks
00:59:25Well, she's sweet and
00:59:28Really nice to me
00:59:31Thanks, why would you say that well because you said that it's maybe not over so I
00:59:39I think that you can get her back. Oh, why do you like her?
00:59:45She's just so real
00:59:47You know, like when she and her sister came to visit me in new york
00:59:51They were so together
00:59:53Like like they're pretty and cool and it's like they're not even trying it's just the way they are
00:59:59You know, it's like they're real artists. You married a muslim. It didn't work out. You shouldn't see where i'm coming from
01:00:05Yeah, that's not fair
01:00:07Muhammad and I did not separate because of religion. It was way more complicated than that
01:00:14You still talk to him
01:00:16He's my best friend
01:00:19Her whole family were scientologists
01:00:21Well, have you even looked into it no
01:00:26Yes, and no he's still your best friend we were talking about having a baby what madeline
01:00:33You can't do that. It didn't work out. You got to move on. You should be dating. I I have been dating
01:00:40And the guys are worse. Don't say that why I want to have kids
01:00:45And he is kind to me
01:00:48You don't know what it's like in new york
01:00:50Like everyone is so self-obsessed
01:00:54They're all holding out for this dream of something
01:00:58And then and then time just keeps passing and
01:01:03You know, I know these people they're all rock stars at their jobs
01:01:09And then they just end up getting old
01:01:11And staying forlorn and and then when they finally realize it
01:01:16And they try and you know find whoever's left to have kids with it
01:01:21It's too late
01:01:23Yeah, and then they're
01:01:26And then they're really just alone
01:01:29Like forever
01:01:31Jesus, no, I don't want that not for you either
01:01:42Yeah, maybe I should have fought harder for jackie no
01:01:45No, she wasn't nice. I didn't like her as much
01:01:49Well, that's the thing we kind of were the same so it worked i'm not very nice either you are though
01:01:57I I threw a beer on her at tribeca in public
01:02:04Well, she probably deserved it
01:02:07Yeah, didn't she leave you just when her tv show got picked up and she made some money
01:02:13You didn't know her that well
01:02:16it's
01:02:18It was complicated
01:02:21It doesn't seem like it
01:02:28Hey, you remember when you came and visited me in new york last yeah
01:02:36Where did you go when you didn't come home?
01:02:38I
01:02:45Don't think I can say please I think I need to know
01:03:08So
01:03:38Hello, hey jackie, right. Do you have a second? What's up?
01:04:04I guess
01:04:07I'm calling to apologize. Okay
01:04:18Things didn't work out with valerie
01:04:24And
01:04:29I guess i'm getting this age where I see it as a recurring pattern
01:04:34Mm-hmm and
01:04:36I was wondering
01:04:38Maybe you would have some advice for me having been somebody who was with me for so long
01:04:44I'm, so glad you asked me that
01:04:46It really means a lot that you're facing this head-on for the first time
01:04:50I mean
01:04:52offhand
01:04:54I can say you had some jealousy issues for sure
01:04:58But then I wasn't really into it. So
01:05:01Maybe that was founded
01:05:04You know ryan and I went through some real trust issues and we found this
01:05:09really amazing therapist
01:05:11Who has worked wonders?
01:05:30So
01:05:35Babe please don't go
01:05:40I believe there's a man don't go. Please don't go
01:05:44I believe there's a man don't go
01:05:47I believe there's a man done gone to the county farm with his lunch
01:06:00So
01:06:30Foreign
01:07:00Foreign
01:07:17Are you all right?
01:07:19Why are you here aster?
01:07:22Because you invited me a month ago when things were a bit different
01:07:25Why would you be thinking madame a butterfly at a party? I'm not invited to it's my favorite opera
01:07:30Uh, I like it
01:07:31Your sister hadn't even heard of it until I played it for her
01:07:34Which has to be the same for you because you two share the same goddamn brain, right?
01:07:37Well, I practically live in switzerland at this point because of basil
01:07:42This is italian. I find it romantic
01:07:45It's about imperialistic brutalism
01:07:47It's literally the story of an officer who leaves his wife and steals her child because she isn't white
01:07:53And she kills herself. Well, doesn't that sound familiar? No wonder. It's your favorite opera racial bigotry religious bigotry
01:07:59and by the way
01:08:00Brutalism is a form of 1950s architecture you quasi elitist prick
01:08:04And you don't need to tell us that taylor turing is in your movie because we don't give a fuck
01:08:16You guys are all in a cult
01:08:18Maybe some of you don't know that but if you're unaware, you're all slowly being sucked into a pseudo spiritual
01:08:25Global pyramid scheme and just for the record. I'm not for sale
01:08:30Why do you keep doing this to me?
01:08:32You say you want to be with me and that's what you think
01:08:35Stop calling me
01:08:38I'm, not picking up for a reason
01:08:44I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come
01:08:50I've been awful to you. I'm, sorry
01:08:54I'm sorry
01:08:56Slimy you wasted three years of her life
01:09:27So
01:09:36Action another flawless victory
01:09:39That is a great crowd. You guys are gonna have a lot of fun
01:09:43Really? Because it seemed like they hated you. I'm an artist
01:09:48Fucker
01:09:49Ready? Yeah
01:09:51Fuck them
01:09:53Sorry, you know and I looked I looked into the camera. Okay, let's do it again. We do it from the top anthony. I'm, sorry
01:09:59I just caught it. I was like damn
01:10:02Fuck them. Fuck those stupid motherfuckers
01:10:05Yeah
01:10:06Fuck them. Fuck those stupid motherfuckers. Everybody's set. Yeah, everyone's settled. Okay
01:10:13Action I need to talk to you
01:10:14Okay
01:10:15Ah
01:10:16Another flawless victory
01:10:18That is a great crowd you guys are gonna have a lot of fun really because it seemed like they hated I'm an artist
01:10:29There's no easy way for me to say this so
01:10:35Just gonna say it
01:10:39Have
01:10:41very bad news
01:10:44Got a call from jim. Who's taylor's agent
01:10:47I've never spoken to jim before i've only ever spoken to mary her manager
01:10:53Okay
01:10:56They are pulling taylor from the film effective immediately it is
01:11:06Non-negotiable
01:11:09There's nothing that we can do to change this
01:11:12To change this he is very sorry but
01:11:19The final decision
01:11:33Did you
01:11:36Did you ask why
01:11:39I did
01:11:44Do you want to know why of course
01:11:48They have lost trust in you as a filmmaker
01:11:56And also
01:12:00She no longer feels safe with you
01:12:09So
01:12:15Do you think she actually said that I don't know man. Um, i'm really sorry
01:12:28How can I say that we're 10 days away from shooting and she was fine this morning
01:12:34Look
01:12:36We will make this film we will I promise you
01:12:41It's just not
01:12:43Going to be now
01:12:45um
01:12:47And it's not going to be with her we can recast it
01:12:51We'll try again next year
01:12:58I don't understand why you're not on the phone doing something about this
01:13:02On the phone with her
01:13:04All of our financing is tied to her. There is nobody that we can recast
01:13:11That will satisfy the financier's terms
01:13:14She's not some 40 year old guy
01:13:17She's a teenage girl
01:13:19There is only one of her
01:13:25I'm very sorry, but
01:13:29Yeah
01:13:31Yeah
01:13:33So
01:14:00It's not just me
01:14:03I know you feel the same way
01:14:19I know you feel the same way
01:14:34So
01:14:39Hey, hey good you look good great you want a drink sure
01:14:47You want wine something strong, uh, whatever you're having all right sit over there
01:15:01How's your work going
01:15:03the same
01:15:05We don't have to talk about it
01:15:07How's your movie going? It's going all right
01:15:10Thanks for calling me. I know how busy you are
01:15:14Cheers
01:15:15Now you need to look me in the eye when you cheers. Otherwise, it's bad luck. Do it again
01:15:22Cheers good
01:15:31You've been a good girl
01:15:34Mm
01:15:40I I told you not to wear panties
01:15:44I'm disappointed go to the bathroom take them off and come back out here
01:16:04Okay
01:16:10Good now go over there stand over there
01:16:17Turn around and pull up your skirt
01:16:28You want some water
01:16:30Sure
01:16:39Here, thanks
01:17:01What's going on
01:17:04Nothing
01:17:10Come on
01:17:16Come on
01:17:26Come on I feel like we just always have these service interactions. You can tell me what's going on with you
01:17:30I'd like to know sometimes, you know
01:17:41Come on
01:17:52I just
01:17:55I just really like you
01:17:58I like you too
01:18:05It's not the same I get it
01:18:12Shut up i'm being stupid
01:18:14Let's have another drink
01:18:16Not water
01:18:18All right, but come on. Tell me what's going on
01:18:21Um
01:18:23If you're not gonna be honest with me, I don't know what the point of us pretending like we're having a conversation is
01:18:40I get it
01:18:43You're busy
01:18:46You have a lot going on and
01:18:48And
01:18:51You probably never think about me except for like once a month when we see each other and
01:18:57That's okay, I i'm not asking for more
01:19:03That's not fair I don't think about you just once a month
01:19:10Well, i'd see you more i've just been really busy
01:19:12You
01:19:16Listen
01:19:19You do what you need to do
01:19:22You want you want to see other women or sleep with them or whatever it's fine
01:19:28I mean
01:19:29You don't even have to keep it a secret from me
01:19:32It could like be our thing and i'd be okay with it
01:19:37Just as long as you made time for me
01:19:40Well
01:19:43I don't know what you're saying. We haven't really had a talk or anything. I just i've been busy working
01:20:03I think about you a lot
01:20:06Like
01:20:09Every day
01:20:11like every
01:20:13Hour, I mean I do a lot of things and when i'm doing these things I think about you
01:20:19But I don't tell you because I know it's not the same for you
01:20:25Well, that's not fair you really don't know me very well I know you
01:20:36I
01:20:38You really don't I I am not, uh
01:20:50This this is like a half thing you you haven't even met a real me that i'm in
01:20:57And
01:21:02Trust me this guy you've met, uh, you don't want to be with this the timing timing is off
01:21:12I know what you are
01:21:15I like this half you it's like it's it's a part of you
01:21:19It's you're like you're an artist and you're going for it. And that means the world to me
01:21:24I mean, I know what's important to you. I went to art school, but now i'm
01:21:29Selling bmws because I got scared
01:21:32Everyone gets scared, but you're not
01:21:41We can't see each other anymore forget what I said
01:21:45It's not that you know, I could support you and just for a little bit just until you made it really big and
01:21:51It'd make me happy I I gladly do it
01:22:06Just
01:22:14Forget what I said
01:22:21I
01:22:30Will never make you happy
01:22:37You think we have a deep connection, but we don't
01:22:41You're just something I call up late at night when I want to have a good time because you look different from most women
01:22:46I've slept with
01:22:49And you have some propensity for pleasing me that far exceeds my pornographic desires
01:22:59That's it
01:23:12You don't get to talk to me like a child
01:23:16I know what you are. I know what I am to you
01:23:21You made me say these things. I mean you can just have fun
01:23:32You are 29 years old
01:23:37You come from a traditional korean family
01:23:40Who wants you to marry a nice guy and you're gonna get married?
01:23:43You're your absolute prime right now both physically and in terms of anything that's deemed that going down so i'm literally
01:23:51Wasting your best asset away
01:23:55Right now is when you need to find a nice guy who's a little dumber than you
01:23:59It's gonna worship you the rest of your life
01:24:01Not 10 years from now
01:24:03Because now you can still find something that's pretty fucking good. But 10 years from now
01:24:07You're not gonna get shit
01:24:13You
01:24:19Fuck fuck you. You don't get to tell me what I want. Fuck you. I know what I want
01:24:31I've had nothing but love for you
01:24:43So
01:25:13So
01:25:43So
01:26:13So
01:26:43You