1 00:01:00,369 --> 00:01:02,526 Mr. Chinaski! 2 00:01:02,745 --> 00:01:05,780 Get over here! 3 00:01:07,664 --> 00:01:10,285 - You've got a drivers license? - Yes. 4 00:01:10,499 --> 00:01:15,918 One driver's sick. We've got some rush orders. You need to make the deliveries. 5 00:01:39,098 --> 00:01:41,173 Hi, Chi...! 6 00:03:14,817 --> 00:03:18,101 Feeling bad? 7 00:03:18,319 --> 00:03:21,817 I've felt better. 8 00:03:22,029 --> 00:03:27,697 I've probably slept longer than you've lived. 9 00:03:51,671 --> 00:03:55,085 Chinaski, you're fired. 10 00:05:38,687 --> 00:05:41,224 Do you have a room? 11 00:05:41,439 --> 00:05:44,853 - It's $150 a week. - All right. 12 00:05:45,066 --> 00:05:49,726 - Are you employed? - Self employed. 13 00:05:49,943 --> 00:05:54,568 - May I ask what you do? - I'm a writer. 14 00:05:55,822 --> 00:05:58,691 Have you written books? 15 00:05:58,907 --> 00:06:02,440 I'm not ready for a novel... yet. 16 00:06:04,451 --> 00:06:06,988 OK. 17 00:07:08,278 --> 00:07:13,815 Most guys think they know how to drive. But in fact very few know how. 18 00:07:14,031 --> 00:07:16,319 They just steer. 19 00:07:16,532 --> 00:07:21,690 Every day I see 2-3 people run through red lights like they didn't exist. 20 00:07:21,910 --> 00:07:27,613 The lives people live drive them crazy, and it comes out in the way they drive. 21 00:07:27,830 --> 00:07:33,498 I'm not here to tell you how to live. I'm here to teach you how to drive. 22 00:07:33,708 --> 00:07:37,621 When can a man lose control over his cab? 23 00:07:37,836 --> 00:07:40,871 When I get a hard on? 24 00:07:41,087 --> 00:07:44,537 If you can't drive with a hard on we can't use you. 25 00:07:44,756 --> 00:07:49,084 Some of our best men drive with a hard on all day long. 26 00:07:49,300 --> 00:07:53,510 When can one lose control and not be able to help it? 27 00:07:53,719 --> 00:07:55,925 Chinaski? 28 00:07:56,137 --> 00:08:02,339 A man might lose control over his cab when he sneezed. 29 00:08:02,558 --> 00:08:05,343 Correct. 30 00:08:05,559 --> 00:08:08,927 When you sneeze what do you do? 31 00:08:16,232 --> 00:08:18,900 - Are you Henry Chinaski? - Yes, sir. 32 00:08:19,108 --> 00:08:22,061 Follow me. 33 00:08:24,903 --> 00:08:27,689 Sit down. 34 00:08:30,406 --> 00:08:34,449 We ran a check on you. 35 00:08:34,658 --> 00:08:41,275 You have 18 drunk and disorderly arrests. And one for drunk driving. 36 00:08:41,495 --> 00:08:47,780 - There were two for drunk driving. - You lied to us. You're disqualified. 37 00:09:02,298 --> 00:09:05,748 Could you call me a cab? 38 00:10:02,456 --> 00:10:07,994 As we live we all get caught and by various traps. 39 00:10:08,209 --> 00:10:11,162 Writing can trap you. 40 00:10:11,378 --> 00:10:16,203 Some tend to write what has pleased their readers in the past. 41 00:10:16,422 --> 00:10:19,955 They hear accolades and believe them. 42 00:10:20,174 --> 00:10:25,628 There is only one final judge of writing and that is the writer. 43 00:10:25,844 --> 00:10:33,338 When he is swayed by the critics, the editors, the readers, he is finished. 44 00:10:33,557 --> 00:10:37,553 And when he's swayed with his fame - 45 00:10:37,767 --> 00:10:41,929 - you can float him down the river with the turds. 46 00:10:43,187 --> 00:10:45,855 - A writer? - Yes. 47 00:10:46,063 --> 00:10:49,645 - Are you sure? - No. 48 00:10:49,857 --> 00:10:53,192 Why do you want to work in a pickle factory? 49 00:10:53,192 --> 00:10:58,185 - It reminds me of my grandmother. - It does? 50 00:10:58,404 --> 00:11:04,688 She used to serve me pickles whenever I visited her. 51 00:11:04,907 --> 00:11:10,361 - What do you write? - Mostly short stories. 52 00:11:10,577 --> 00:11:15,071 - I'm half way through a novel. - What's it about? 53 00:11:15,288 --> 00:11:20,244 - Everything. - It's for instance about cancer? 54 00:11:22,208 --> 00:11:24,912 Yes. 55 00:11:25,126 --> 00:11:28,494 How about my wife? 56 00:11:28,712 --> 00:11:33,039 She's in there too. 57 00:11:54,851 --> 00:11:57,519 I wrote 3-4 short stories a week. 58 00:11:57,728 --> 00:12:03,680 I imagined how the editors in The New Yorker must be reacting. 59 00:12:03,898 --> 00:12:07,976 Hey, here's another one from that nut! 60 00:12:09,651 --> 00:12:15,521 I sent most of them to John Martin. I admired his magazine, Black Sparrow. 61 00:12:46,087 --> 00:12:50,379 Chinaski? You want to step in here for a minute? 62 00:12:59,428 --> 00:13:02,344 Mr. Gentry is a writer too. 63 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:11,758 I told him that you were a writer and he wanted to meet you. Do you mind? 64 00:13:11,976 --> 00:13:15,675 I don't mind. 65 00:13:18,563 --> 00:13:22,061 Mr. Gentry is a friend of mine. 66 00:13:52,415 --> 00:13:55,498 Do you mind if I leave? 67 00:13:55,709 --> 00:13:58,910 OK. 68 00:14:18,638 --> 00:14:25,765 The scene in the office stayed with me. Those cigars the fine clothes... 69 00:14:25,975 --> 00:14:28,216 I thought of good stakes. 70 00:14:28,435 --> 00:14:33,853 Long rides up winding driveways that led to beautiful homes. 71 00:14:34,063 --> 00:14:37,845 Ease. Trips to Europe. 72 00:14:38,065 --> 00:14:41,433 Fine women. 73 00:14:48,196 --> 00:14:52,405 Chinaski, what are you doing? Get back to work, your shift's not over. 74 00:14:52,615 --> 00:14:57,191 - I need a drink. - No, no. Get back to work. 75 00:14:57,409 --> 00:14:59,365 Over here. 76 00:15:04,371 --> 00:15:06,695 Get off me! 77 00:15:11,834 --> 00:15:14,454 No! 78 00:15:19,046 --> 00:15:22,709 - You OK? - I'm fine. 79 00:15:22,923 --> 00:15:25,495 I don't need this! 80 00:15:36,764 --> 00:15:40,890 Then I met Jan. 81 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:45,973 I bought her a drink and she gave me her phone number. 82 00:15:46,186 --> 00:15:50,513 Three days later I moved into her apartment. 83 00:16:09,824 --> 00:16:13,950 Jan had a 500-dollar car. 84 00:16:14,159 --> 00:16:18,025 The big trick was how to turn on the headlights. 85 00:16:18,245 --> 00:16:22,821 Of course we had the advantage of broken springs. 86 00:16:50,763 --> 00:16:53,798 Jan was an excellent fuck. 87 00:16:54,014 --> 00:16:59,516 She had a tight pussy. And she took it like it was a knife killing her. 88 00:16:59,726 --> 00:17:02,725 I want to know what time it is! 89 00:17:02,936 --> 00:17:06,185 You said you'd fix the clock. 90 00:17:06,396 --> 00:17:22,530 All right, let's see... 91 00:17:22,530 --> 00:17:27,403 We set the clock by the TV at midnight last night. 92 00:17:27,616 --> 00:17:32,406 We know that it gains 35 minutes every hour. 93 00:17:32,619 --> 00:17:38,121 It says 7:30 p.m. But that's not right because it's not dark yet. 94 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,708 That's 71/2 hours. 95 00:17:43,917 --> 00:17:47,366 Seven times 35 minutes... 96 00:17:47,585 --> 00:17:52,624 That's 245 minutes. 97 00:17:52,838 --> 00:17:57,297 One half of 35 is... 98 00:17:57,507 --> 00:18:01,835 171/2. 99 00:18:02,051 --> 00:18:04,209 It gives us... 100 00:18:04,428 --> 00:18:10,131 2521/2 minutes. 101 00:18:10,348 --> 00:18:17,142 That's four hours and 421/2 minutes we owe them. 102 00:18:17,352 --> 00:18:22,058 So we set the clock back to 5:47. That's it. 103 00:18:22,271 --> 00:18:25,721 It's 5:47. 104 00:18:25,940 --> 00:18:30,516 It's dinner time and we don't have anything to eat. 105 00:18:32,902 --> 00:18:37,478 Let's open another jug of wine. Should I make some pancakes? 106 00:18:37,696 --> 00:18:42,107 I don't know if I can get another one of them down. 107 00:18:42,323 --> 00:18:46,154 Okay, put the pancakes on. 108 00:18:49,411 --> 00:18:52,494 We're still out of butter. 109 00:18:52,704 --> 00:18:57,743 - Well, fry them dry again. - They'll be crisp. Real crisp. 110 00:18:57,957 --> 00:19:01,739 It's okay, baby. 111 00:20:26,255 --> 00:20:29,504 What was that? 112 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:35,169 What is that? 113 00:20:58,856 --> 00:21:02,022 Is anyone in there? 114 00:21:04,943 --> 00:21:07,563 Everybody out! 115 00:21:07,778 --> 00:21:12,189 It's just the fire department. 116 00:21:33,584 --> 00:21:37,829 I finally got hired at a Bicycle Supply Warehouse. 117 00:21:38,044 --> 00:21:41,328 I had to demean myself to get that one. 118 00:21:41,546 --> 00:21:46,586 I told them that I liked to think of my job as a second home. 119 00:21:46,799 --> 00:21:49,254 You play the horses? 120 00:21:49,467 --> 00:21:52,383 Yeah. 121 00:21:52,594 --> 00:21:56,590 Mind if I look at your paper? 122 00:21:56,805 --> 00:21:59,804 Sure. 123 00:22:08,394 --> 00:22:14,430 - My Boy Bobby ought to take the eight. - And they don't even have him on top. 124 00:22:14,648 --> 00:22:17,564 - All the better. - What do you think he'll pay? 125 00:22:17,774 --> 00:22:20,774 About 9 to 2. 126 00:22:24,695 --> 00:22:29,070 - What time does the last race go off? - 5: 30. 127 00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:32,648 - We get off at 5: 00. - We'd never make it. 128 00:22:32,866 --> 00:22:36,909 We can try. The racetrack's not too far. 129 00:22:38,494 --> 00:22:41,992 - Want to come along? - Sure. 130 00:22:42,204 --> 00:22:45,619 We'll cut out at five to five. 131 00:23:00,715 --> 00:23:03,251 See, I told you we'd make it! 132 00:23:16,848 --> 00:23:20,891 $200 on My Boy Bobby to win. 133 00:23:34,358 --> 00:23:38,354 My Boy Bobby's in the front. He's in the lead! 134 00:23:38,569 --> 00:23:42,066 We've hooked ourselves a winner! 135 00:23:43,154 --> 00:23:46,688 Unless some big-ass closer comes out of the back of the pack. 136 00:23:46,906 --> 00:23:49,313 Come on, Bobby! 137 00:23:49,533 --> 00:23:54,987 - Yes! - We should have bet another $200. 138 00:23:55,203 --> 00:23:58,866 Come on, let's go get a drink. 139 00:24:05,875 --> 00:24:11,911 The next day some of the others asked if we would place bets for them. 140 00:24:12,129 --> 00:24:16,456 Hank, we have to take their bets. 141 00:24:16,673 --> 00:24:19,756 Manny, those guys haven't got any money. 142 00:24:19,966 --> 00:24:23,914 Only the coffee and chewing gum money that their wives give them. 143 00:24:24,135 --> 00:24:27,882 We can't waste time at the 2-dollar windows. 144 00:24:28,096 --> 00:24:32,755 We're not going to bet their money, we're going to keep their money. 145 00:24:32,973 --> 00:24:36,257 - Suppose they win? - They won't. 146 00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:41,633 They have a way of always picking the wrong horse. 147 00:24:43,104 --> 00:24:46,602 Suppose they bet our horse? 148 00:24:46,814 --> 00:24:50,098 Then we know we've got the wrong horse. 149 00:24:54,985 --> 00:24:58,400 I think she's going to do it. 150 00:24:58,612 --> 00:25:01,980 Go, Spitfire! 151 00:25:02,198 --> 00:25:05,150 Yes! Way to go! 152 00:25:36,466 --> 00:25:40,332 - You married, Manny? - No way. 153 00:25:40,552 --> 00:25:42,544 - Women? - Sometimes. 154 00:25:42,761 --> 00:25:46,544 - But it never lasts. - What's the problem? 155 00:25:46,764 --> 00:25:51,139 A woman is like a full-time job. 156 00:25:51,349 --> 00:25:55,843 - I suppose there is an emotional drain. - Physical too. 157 00:25:56,060 --> 00:26:00,056 They want to fuck night and day. 158 00:26:00,271 --> 00:26:04,598 Well. Get one you like to fuck. 159 00:26:04,815 --> 00:26:09,771 Yes, but if you drink or gamble they think it's a put down of their love. 160 00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:13,317 Get one who likes to drink, gamble and fuck. 161 00:26:13,528 --> 00:26:17,476 Who wants a woman like that? 162 00:26:21,407 --> 00:26:25,106 I bought some expensive clothes and shoes. 163 00:26:25,326 --> 00:26:30,152 The owner of the Warehouse didn't look so powerful anymore. 164 00:26:30,371 --> 00:26:33,785 Manny and I took a little longer with our lunches - 165 00:26:33,998 --> 00:26:40,329 - and came back smoking cigars. The new life didn't sit well with Jan. 166 00:26:40,543 --> 00:26:46,495 She was used to her four fucks a day and seeing me poor and humble. 167 00:26:57,677 --> 00:27:01,294 Mr. Horseplayer! 168 00:27:01,513 --> 00:27:04,848 Mr. Big Horseplayer! 169 00:27:04,848 --> 00:27:08,891 I used to like the way you walked across the room. 170 00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:15,385 Like you were walking through walls. Like nothing mattered. 171 00:27:15,604 --> 00:27:20,310 Now you've got a few bucks in your pocket, you're not the same anymore. 172 00:27:20,523 --> 00:27:23,688 You act like you're a dental student or a plumber. 173 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:27,267 Don't give me any shit about plumbers. 174 00:27:29,278 --> 00:27:34,566 - We haven't made love in two weeks. - Love takes many forms. 175 00:27:34,781 --> 00:27:38,444 You haven't fucked me in two weeks. 176 00:27:38,658 --> 00:27:43,781 Have some patience. In six months we'll be vacationing in Rome, in Paris. 177 00:27:43,994 --> 00:27:49,828 Look at you! Pouring yourself that good whiskey and letting me drink this crap. 178 00:27:50,039 --> 00:27:54,782 - Mr. Big-Time Horseplayer! - I give you soul. 179 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,826 I give you wisdom and light and music and some laughter! 180 00:28:00,045 --> 00:28:03,910 By the way, I am the world's greatest horseplayer. 181 00:28:04,130 --> 00:28:06,252 Horseshit! 182 00:28:06,465 --> 00:28:10,046 No, horseplayer! 183 00:28:13,677 --> 00:28:18,917 I understood too well that great lovers were always men of leisure. 184 00:28:19,138 --> 00:28:24,012 I fucked better as a bum than as a puncher of time clocks. 185 00:28:35,189 --> 00:28:38,687 - I've always wanted to go there. - It's quite nice, actually. 186 00:28:40,192 --> 00:28:45,610 I tried to make a woman out of you, but you're nothing but a whore! 187 00:28:53,157 --> 00:28:58,493 If anybody here doesn't like what I just did, then say something! 188 00:29:15,461 --> 00:29:20,963 Sit down, Chinaski. You knew we were going to let you go. 189 00:29:21,172 --> 00:29:26,508 - Bosses are never hard to fathom. - You've been slacking for over a month. 190 00:29:26,717 --> 00:29:32,136 - I've been busting my ass! - No you haven't! 191 00:29:32,345 --> 00:29:35,795 I've given you my time. 192 00:29:36,014 --> 00:29:40,092 For pitiful $6 an hour. 193 00:29:40,308 --> 00:29:44,304 Remember, you begged for this job. 194 00:29:44,518 --> 00:29:52,475 I give you my time, so you can live in your big house. I've been the loser. 195 00:29:52,689 --> 00:29:56,816 - You understand? - All right, Chinaski. Just go. 196 00:29:57,025 --> 00:30:00,938 Listen, Mantz. I don't want any trouble about my unemployment payments. 197 00:30:01,152 --> 00:30:06,903 You guys are always trying to cheat the working man out of his rights. 198 00:30:07,114 --> 00:30:11,738 You'll get your unemployment. Now get the hell out of here! 199 00:30:15,077 --> 00:30:19,737 I didn't see Manny again, and I missed the trips to the track with him. 200 00:30:19,954 --> 00:30:24,081 But I had my winnings and the bookie money. 201 00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:27,625 I just sat around and Jan liked that. 202 00:30:27,625 --> 00:30:31,455 After two weeks I was on unemployment. 203 00:30:31,669 --> 00:30:34,918 We relaxed and fucked and toured the bars. 204 00:30:35,129 --> 00:30:40,548 Every week I'd go down, stand in line and get my check. 205 00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:46,374 Hank? 206 00:30:46,594 --> 00:30:50,044 I love you. 207 00:31:18,736 --> 00:31:23,313 Here's a ten-dollar try on the four with one and two. 208 00:31:26,991 --> 00:31:31,201 The racetrack crowd is the world brought down to size. 209 00:31:31,410 --> 00:31:34,493 Life grinding against death and losing. 210 00:31:34,703 --> 00:31:39,245 Nobody wins finally, we're only seeking a reprieve. 211 00:31:39,456 --> 00:31:42,539 A moment out of the glare. 212 00:31:44,584 --> 00:31:50,584 - Sir, you're in our seats. - There are no reserved seats here. 213 00:31:50,796 --> 00:31:55,586 I know. But it's a common courtesy. 214 00:31:55,798 --> 00:31:59,664 Some people get her early. 215 00:31:59,884 --> 00:32:04,093 Poor people, like you and me, who can't afford reserved seats. 216 00:32:04,303 --> 00:32:08,251 They lay down newspapers to indicate that these seats are saved. 217 00:32:08,472 --> 00:32:14,140 If the poor aren't decent with one another nobody else is going to be. 218 00:32:14,350 --> 00:32:16,887 I am not poor. 219 00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:21,643 If you can't be a gentleman, at least don't be a hog. 220 00:32:21,854 --> 00:32:24,854 Jan, sit down. 221 00:32:25,064 --> 00:32:28,064 I'll stand. 222 00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:39,355 Come on four. 223 00:32:46,910 --> 00:32:50,194 Let's get a drink. 224 00:33:21,220 --> 00:33:24,006 That man in our seats, he's got nerve. 225 00:33:24,222 --> 00:33:27,968 - I don't like the guy. - He sure got your goat. 226 00:33:28,182 --> 00:33:31,632 He was just a little guy. 227 00:33:31,851 --> 00:33:36,641 If he'd been big you wouldn't have done anything either. 228 00:33:54,446 --> 00:33:56,319 What do you do for a living? 229 00:33:56,531 --> 00:34:02,483 Real estate. I make 500000 a year. 230 00:34:02,701 --> 00:34:06,744 Then why don't you get yourself a reserved seat? 231 00:34:06,953 --> 00:34:09,953 That's my prerogative. 232 00:34:10,163 --> 00:34:13,495 You know, you have the nicest blue eyes. 233 00:34:13,707 --> 00:34:16,790 You got a cigarette? 234 00:34:23,879 --> 00:34:29,298 - Pardon me, but you are in my seat. - And what are you going to do about it? 235 00:34:51,811 --> 00:34:54,597 Pardon me. 236 00:34:54,813 --> 00:34:57,682 Come on, baby. 237 00:37:26,562 --> 00:37:29,099 How do you feel? 238 00:37:29,314 --> 00:37:32,397 I feel bad. 239 00:37:33,566 --> 00:37:36,649 I want to be alone. 240 00:37:38,694 --> 00:37:43,235 You don't have enough love. It's warped you. 241 00:37:44,739 --> 00:37:51,983 People don't need love. They need success of some form or another. 242 00:37:53,744 --> 00:37:57,953 It can be love but it doesn't have to be. 243 00:38:00,497 --> 00:38:05,959 The Bible says: 'Love thy neighbor.' 244 00:38:05,959 --> 00:38:10,085 That could also mean: Leave him alone. 245 00:38:47,481 --> 00:38:50,351 One half is yours. 246 00:38:51,775 --> 00:38:55,641 - It's another woman, isn't it? - No. 247 00:38:57,820 --> 00:39:02,694 - You don't love me anymore. - Stop that shit, would you? 248 00:39:04,783 --> 00:39:08,778 You're tired of fucking me. 249 00:39:13,454 --> 00:39:17,284 Hank, stay with me. 250 00:39:36,175 --> 00:39:38,878 Here, take it. 251 00:39:52,350 --> 00:39:55,219 You'll manage. 252 00:40:03,648 --> 00:40:06,564 Hank... 253 00:40:41,127 --> 00:40:46,878 Even at my lowest times I can feel the words bubbling inside of me. 254 00:40:47,088 --> 00:40:48,961 I had to get them down - 255 00:40:49,173 --> 00:40:53,169 - or be overcome by something worse than death. 256 00:40:53,383 --> 00:40:59,051 Words, not as precious things but as necessary things. 257 00:40:59,262 --> 00:41:03,388 Yet, when I begin to doubt my ability to work the word - 258 00:41:03,597 --> 00:41:09,715 - I simply read another writer and I know I have nothing to worry about. 259 00:41:11,518 --> 00:41:15,680 My contest is only with myself, to do it right. 260 00:41:15,896 --> 00:41:18,516 With power and force. 261 00:41:18,731 --> 00:41:56,585 And delight and gamble. 262 00:41:56,585 --> 00:41:59,454 I'll have a scotch, please. 263 00:42:24,433 --> 00:42:27,635 Bartender, I'll have another one. 264 00:42:29,519 --> 00:42:34,060 And get the little lady whatever she's having. 265 00:42:46,278 --> 00:42:50,488 That drink was my last. I'm broke. 266 00:42:54,950 --> 00:42:57,784 Are you serious? 267 00:42:59,744 --> 00:43:04,487 - Do you have a place to stay? - No. 268 00:43:04,705 --> 00:43:09,495 And you haven't got any money, or anything to drink? 269 00:43:11,292 --> 00:43:13,747 No. 270 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:20,043 Two Evan Williams, a six-pack of beer, two packs of cigarettes, - 271 00:43:20,255 --> 00:43:25,378 - some chips, some mixed nuts, some alka-seltzer, - 272 00:43:25,592 --> 00:43:29,255 - and a good cigar. 273 00:43:29,469 --> 00:43:33,465 - Cash or credit card? - Charge it to Pierre. 274 00:43:33,679 --> 00:43:36,714 I'll have to phone. 275 00:43:36,931 --> 00:43:41,342 - Where are we going? - My place. 276 00:43:47,103 --> 00:43:50,186 - It's okay. - Thank you. 277 00:44:22,248 --> 00:44:26,196 - Do you like this kind of music? - Yes. 278 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,829 Swell. 279 00:44:38,590 --> 00:44:40,747 What? 280 00:44:40,966 --> 00:44:45,176 You think your great. 281 00:44:45,385 --> 00:44:48,089 No. 282 00:44:48,303 --> 00:44:51,054 Yes. I can tell by the way you act. 283 00:44:51,263 --> 00:44:54,346 I like you tough. 284 00:44:54,557 --> 00:44:57,556 I liked you right away. 285 00:44:57,767 --> 00:45:01,597 Hike up your skirt. 286 00:45:01,811 --> 00:45:06,103 - You like legs? - Yes. 287 00:45:08,731 --> 00:45:13,806 You're not some maniac? There's a guy who's been picking up girls. 288 00:45:14,026 --> 00:45:20,393 Cuts crossword puzzles into their bodies with a pen knife. 289 00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:27,194 I write, but I'm not him. 290 00:45:32,244 --> 00:45:37,367 Then there are guys who fuck you and chop you into little pieces. 291 00:45:37,580 --> 00:45:41,113 They find your ass in a drainpipe. 292 00:45:41,332 --> 00:45:45,031 And your tit in a trash can downtown. 293 00:45:45,251 --> 00:45:49,745 I stopped doing that, years ago. 294 00:46:38,530 --> 00:46:42,194 Stay back from the door. He's got a camera. 295 00:46:42,407 --> 00:46:47,482 Let him just see me. When the buzzer sounds you follow me in. 296 00:46:53,955 --> 00:46:57,903 - Sweetie, so good to see you! - Pierre, hi! 297 00:47:03,210 --> 00:47:07,880 How are you? 298 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:13,251 - Who's that guy? - I want you to meet a friend of mine. 299 00:47:13,466 --> 00:47:17,083 Pierre, this is Henry Chinaski. 300 00:47:17,301 --> 00:47:21,214 - Good to know you, Pierre. - Come on in. 301 00:47:21,429 --> 00:47:26,421 Thank you. You're so good, Pierre. 302 00:47:28,849 --> 00:47:33,509 Hi girls. This is Henry Chinaski. 303 00:47:33,727 --> 00:47:37,426 Henry, this is Grace and Jerry. 304 00:47:42,649 --> 00:47:51,153 Help yourself. 305 00:47:51,153 --> 00:47:55,564 - So, what do you do? - He's a writer. 306 00:47:55,781 --> 00:48:00,571 I need somebody to do a libretto for an opera I wrote. 307 00:48:00,783 --> 00:48:05,111 It's called The Emperor of San Francisco. 308 00:48:05,328 --> 00:48:11,114 Did you know there was one who claimed he was the Emperor of San Francisco? 309 00:48:11,331 --> 00:48:16,536 - No, I didn't. - It's a real story. 310 00:48:16,751 --> 00:48:20,449 You look like you've been around. 311 00:48:20,669 --> 00:48:24,167 You look like you've got class. 312 00:48:28,799 --> 00:48:33,340 Would you like to hear some music from my opera? 313 00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:41,091 Yes, I'd like that very much, if it's OK with you? 314 00:48:42,723 --> 00:48:45,557 Great. 315 00:49:44,674 --> 00:49:47,922 He's a tight son of a bitch. 316 00:49:48,134 --> 00:49:53,043 He likes to take care of the girls in the bars who have no place to sleep. 317 00:49:53,262 --> 00:49:56,510 All he gives them is food and a bed. 318 00:49:56,722 --> 00:49:59,556 Never any money. 319 00:49:59,765 --> 00:50:04,010 And they only have drinks when he's drinking. 320 00:50:05,518 --> 00:50:08,933 Jerry got to him one night, though. 321 00:50:09,145 --> 00:50:11,516 He was horny. 322 00:50:11,730 --> 00:50:15,062 He was chasing her around the table. 323 00:50:15,274 --> 00:50:17,680 She said 'no'. 324 00:50:17,900 --> 00:50:22,275 'Not unless you give me a thousand bucks a month for life! ' 325 00:50:24,779 --> 00:50:28,442 He signed a piece of paper. 326 00:50:28,656 --> 00:50:32,355 That he has to pay her $1000 a month. 327 00:50:32,575 --> 00:50:37,649 Even after he dies his family will have to pay her. 328 00:50:40,037 --> 00:50:44,115 Jerry is his main girl, though. 329 00:50:47,333 --> 00:50:50,581 What about you? 330 00:50:52,127 --> 00:50:55,494 Not for a long time. 331 00:50:59,589 --> 00:51:02,791 I like you. 332 00:51:04,967 --> 00:51:08,216 You do? 333 00:51:10,595 --> 00:51:17,010 Watch tomorrow. If he comes out with that sailor's cap on, - 334 00:51:17,224 --> 00:51:22,927 - that means that we're going out on his yacht. 335 00:51:23,144 --> 00:51:27,270 Doctors made him get a yacht. 336 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:30,432 Is it a long one? 337 00:51:30,648 --> 00:51:33,434 Sure. 338 00:51:42,905 --> 00:51:45,739 We're going out on the yacht. 339 00:53:19,958 --> 00:53:23,372 - We're going back. - What for? 340 00:53:23,585 --> 00:53:30,628 Grace is having one of those moments. She's just staring at the water. 341 00:53:30,839 --> 00:53:34,917 I'm afraid she'll jump off the boat. She can't swim. 342 00:53:35,133 --> 00:53:39,876 - Just give her 50 bucks! - No. We're going back. 343 00:53:43,471 --> 00:53:47,716 This happens every time we go out. 344 00:53:49,766 --> 00:53:54,805 Grace goes into one of her moods and stands there staring at the ocean. 345 00:53:55,019 --> 00:53:58,386 She's never going to jump overboard. 346 00:53:58,604 --> 00:54:01,852 She hates water! 347 00:54:09,151 --> 00:54:14,570 Laura and I split up and I never saw any of them again. 348 00:54:31,622 --> 00:54:34,325 - Hey, mom. - Is that you? 349 00:54:34,540 --> 00:54:36,331 Yeah. 350 00:54:36,541 --> 00:54:40,537 I just need a place to sleep for a couple of days. 351 00:54:40,752 --> 00:54:44,618 Your bedroom is always waiting. 352 00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,749 Your father is home. 353 00:54:54,718 --> 00:54:57,670 Thanks, mom. 354 00:54:59,512 --> 00:55:02,428 Hey, dad. 355 00:55:24,943 --> 00:55:27,563 Thanks. 356 00:55:34,656 --> 00:55:37,276 You got a job? 357 00:55:37,491 --> 00:55:39,364 No. 358 00:55:39,576 --> 00:55:43,275 Any man who wants work can find work. 359 00:55:43,494 --> 00:55:47,989 Suppose you're right. 360 00:55:48,205 --> 00:55:51,540 I can hardly believe you're my son. 361 00:55:51,540 --> 00:55:55,488 You don't have any ambition. 362 00:55:55,709 --> 00:55:59,456 How the hell are you going to make it in this world? 363 00:56:07,591 --> 00:56:10,425 Still think you're a writer? 364 00:56:10,634 --> 00:56:12,840 I am still writing. 365 00:56:19,639 --> 00:56:23,552 If you stay here I'll charge you room and board plus laundry. 366 00:56:23,766 --> 00:56:29,007 When you get a job, what's yours we take out of your wages till you're paid up. 367 00:56:33,147 --> 00:56:35,185 You're drunk! 368 00:56:35,398 --> 00:56:40,307 - Yes. - Where do you get the money to drink? 369 00:56:40,526 --> 00:56:43,691 - I'll get a job. - How? 370 00:56:43,902 --> 00:56:48,646 - You act as if I had murdered somebody. - It's just as bad! 371 00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:56,405 Are you finished? 372 00:56:58,952 --> 00:57:01,620 Thanks for the food, mom. 373 00:57:01,829 --> 00:57:06,453 - You're not hungry? - No. I'm good, thank you. 374 00:57:28,302 --> 00:57:33,424 Robert, how about you and I go out and have a few cocktails? 375 00:57:33,638 --> 00:57:38,381 Drinking in the middle of the week without a job? 376 00:57:38,599 --> 00:57:42,725 That's when you need a drink the most. 377 00:57:42,935 --> 00:57:45,092 I am warning you! 378 00:57:45,311 --> 00:57:50,136 - I also need a piece of ass. - What's he saying? 379 00:57:51,398 --> 00:57:55,346 I said, I also need a piece of ass. 380 00:58:27,751 --> 00:58:30,999 We have three different types of cartons. 381 00:58:31,211 --> 00:58:35,871 This is for our Super Durable Brake Shoe. This for our Super Brake Shoe. 382 00:58:36,089 --> 00:58:41,460 And this is for our Standard Brake Shoe. And here are the brake shoes. 383 00:58:41,675 --> 00:58:45,374 - How do I tell them apart? - You don't. 384 00:58:45,594 --> 00:58:48,166 Just divide them into thirds. 385 00:58:48,387 --> 00:58:52,632 When you've finished we'll find something else. 386 00:58:52,848 --> 00:58:56,974 - When do I start? - Now. 387 00:59:02,603 --> 00:59:08,852 And absolutely no smoking up here. If you have to smoke, come downstairs. 388 00:59:45,627 --> 00:59:49,243 A poem is a city filled with streets and sewers. 389 00:59:49,462 --> 00:59:54,454 Filled with saints, heroes, beggars, madmen. 390 00:59:54,673 --> 00:59:57,626 Filled with banality and booze. 391 00:59:57,842 --> 01:00:01,884 Filled with rain and thunder and periods of drought. 392 01:00:02,094 --> 01:00:04,584 A poem is a city at war. 393 01:00:04,804 --> 01:00:08,634 It's a barbershop filled with cynical drunks. 394 01:00:08,848 --> 01:00:11,053 A poem is a city. 395 01:00:11,266 --> 01:00:15,308 A poem is a nation. A poem is the world. 396 01:00:18,936 --> 01:00:21,687 I decided to look for Jan. 397 01:00:21,896 --> 01:00:25,727 I toured the bars in our old neighborhood looking for her. 398 01:00:25,940 --> 01:00:29,275 The bartender at the Pink Mule - 399 01:00:29,275 --> 01:00:34,433 - told me that she was working as a chambermaid in a downtown hotel. 400 01:00:53,956 --> 01:00:57,240 Hank! 401 01:00:59,792 --> 01:01:01,748 Jan. 402 01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:05,541 I thought I'd never see you again! 403 01:01:05,754 --> 01:01:08,540 Well, here I am. 404 01:01:11,507 --> 01:01:15,170 Let me look at you. 405 01:01:15,384 --> 01:01:18,668 You're thin. You've lost weight. 406 01:01:20,387 --> 01:01:22,959 You're looking good. 407 01:01:23,180 --> 01:01:26,014 - Are you alone? - Yes. 408 01:01:26,223 --> 01:01:28,630 - There's no one else? - Nobody. 409 01:01:28,850 --> 01:01:33,142 You know I can't stand people. 410 01:01:33,352 --> 01:01:37,811 Well, good to see you working. 411 01:01:40,481 --> 01:01:43,434 Come on. 412 01:01:57,907 --> 01:02:03,658 - I'm embarrassed. - I love you, you idiot. 413 01:02:03,869 --> 01:02:07,865 We've fucked 800 times, so relax. 414 01:02:09,122 --> 01:02:13,367 - Still like my legs? - Hell yes. 415 01:02:13,582 --> 01:02:16,950 Have you finished with your work? 416 01:02:17,168 --> 01:02:22,207 All but Mr. Clark's room. He doesn't care. He leaves me tips. 417 01:02:22,421 --> 01:02:26,915 I'm not doing anything. He just leaves me tips. 418 01:02:31,801 --> 01:02:34,635 Jan? 419 01:02:39,138 --> 01:02:42,505 I love you, baby. 420 01:02:42,723 --> 01:02:45,011 Bastard. 421 01:02:45,225 --> 01:02:50,383 When I came home one night, she had moved in with me. 422 01:03:05,194 --> 01:03:08,941 I decided to clean up the apartment. 423 01:03:09,154 --> 01:03:13,482 I thought I must be turning into a fag. 424 01:03:33,418 --> 01:03:36,038 Where is she? 425 01:03:36,253 --> 01:03:40,628 Where is the bitch who cleaned the place? 426 01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:54,585 If I find her, I'm going to kill her. I swear. 427 01:03:58,723 --> 01:04:02,933 You're going to pay for this, Chinaski. 428 01:04:17,317 --> 01:04:22,937 She was continually using our arguments to justify herself. 429 01:04:23,153 --> 01:04:26,402 It was just a cover for her own guilt. 430 01:04:26,613 --> 01:04:30,111 She'd go off with anyone she met in a bar. 431 01:04:30,324 --> 01:04:34,272 And the lower and the dirtier he was the better she liked it. 432 01:04:38,495 --> 01:04:42,740 She left and I got drunk for three days and three nights. 433 01:04:42,956 --> 01:04:47,865 When I sobered up I knew my job was gone. 434 01:04:54,587 --> 01:04:59,923 Hello? I was told you might be looking for reporters. 435 01:05:00,132 --> 01:05:03,215 Please fill this out. 436 01:05:35,026 --> 01:05:38,191 Bastard! 437 01:05:43,906 --> 01:05:49,028 Apply this ointment to the invaded parts an wash off after 20-30 minutes. 438 01:05:49,242 --> 01:05:54,400 Under no circumstances leave it on longer than 30 minutes. 439 01:05:54,620 --> 01:05:56,658 Thank you. 440 01:06:19,425 --> 01:06:22,460 Hell! 30 minutes? 441 01:06:22,677 --> 01:06:27,751 I'll leave it on all night and kill every one of these fuckers. 442 01:06:54,653 --> 01:06:57,403 Shit! 443 01:06:58,738 --> 01:07:00,611 Hank? 444 01:07:00,823 --> 01:07:03,775 - You fucking whore! - What? 445 01:07:03,991 --> 01:07:07,323 - Look what you've done to me! - What is it? 446 01:07:07,535 --> 01:07:10,238 Don't you know? 447 01:07:10,453 --> 01:07:17,331 I haven't fucked anybody else! I got it from you. You're a diseased ridden slut! 448 01:07:17,540 --> 01:07:20,374 Crabs, baby! You gave me crabs. 449 01:07:20,583 --> 01:07:23,785 No. Geraldine must have them. 450 01:07:24,002 --> 01:07:27,868 I was sitting on her toilet. 451 01:07:28,087 --> 01:07:31,372 You got it off a toilet seat? 452 01:07:31,589 --> 01:07:35,039 Give me a goddamn drink. 453 01:07:40,219 --> 01:07:42,424 What do you want? 454 01:07:42,637 --> 01:07:44,428 Yes? 455 01:07:45,889 --> 01:07:48,130 Yes? 456 01:07:48,348 --> 01:07:51,383 As a reporter? 457 01:07:51,600 --> 01:07:54,932 Not as a reporter? 458 01:07:55,144 --> 01:07:58,143 Today? 459 01:07:58,354 --> 01:08:01,307 Okay. Thanks. 460 01:08:02,731 --> 01:08:05,482 Who was that? 461 01:08:05,691 --> 01:08:09,901 - I got a job. - I'll fix you up. 462 01:08:11,319 --> 01:08:14,734 I can't wear pants. 463 01:08:17,156 --> 01:08:21,780 - I'll rap you up in gauze. - Will that work? 464 01:08:23,743 --> 01:08:27,655 Easy does it. 465 01:08:27,870 --> 01:08:32,779 - Put it right around... - Easy. 466 01:08:35,041 --> 01:08:38,823 - Anybody tell you how funny you are? - No. 467 01:08:39,043 --> 01:08:42,291 That's understandable. 468 01:08:42,503 --> 01:08:46,285 Now, for a little tape. 469 01:08:48,131 --> 01:08:54,001 - Put the other leg up, lover. - Never mind the romance. 470 01:08:54,218 --> 01:08:59,091 Around your big fat thighs. 471 01:08:59,304 --> 01:09:03,679 - Not as big as your big fat ass. - No, no, be nice now. 472 01:09:05,432 --> 01:09:11,432 Now the balls. Your little red balls. Just in time for Christmas. 473 01:09:11,644 --> 01:09:14,809 - What will you do with my balls? - Rap them. 474 01:09:15,021 --> 01:09:19,099 It might affect my tap-dancing. 475 01:09:19,315 --> 01:09:24,983 - Wrap that around like that and tie. - They'll slip out. 476 01:09:25,193 --> 01:09:28,643 In a cocoon. Real nice. 477 01:09:31,947 --> 01:09:37,152 That's better. A little bit of tape. 478 01:09:37,366 --> 01:09:42,406 - Don't tape my balls to my asshole. - That's the best place for them, baby. 479 01:09:44,245 --> 01:09:47,328 You're as good as new. 480 01:09:47,539 --> 01:09:50,906 Get up and walk around. 481 01:10:07,633 --> 01:10:11,581 This is all right! 482 01:10:11,802 --> 01:10:15,050 I feel like a eunuch, - 483 01:10:15,262 --> 01:10:18,712 - but this is all right. 484 01:10:18,931 --> 01:10:22,974 - Want some soft boiled eggs? - Sure, baby. 485 01:10:28,353 --> 01:10:31,021 Call for help if you need to move the lift. 486 01:10:31,229 --> 01:10:35,604 We're very proud of this guy. It's called 'Vision of Peace'. 487 01:11:05,706 --> 01:11:09,572 Why was I chosen to do this? 488 01:11:09,792 --> 01:11:12,708 Why couldn't I be inside writing editorials - 489 01:11:12,919 --> 01:11:16,749 - about municipal corruption? 490 01:11:16,962 --> 01:11:21,005 Give the readers my vision of peace. 491 01:11:21,215 --> 01:11:25,921 Questions like these demanded deeper consideration. 492 01:11:57,610 --> 01:12:02,269 Superintendent Barnes. Can I buy you a beer? 493 01:12:02,487 --> 01:12:09,234 You are fired, Mr. Chinaski. Return your uniform and clean out your locker. 494 01:12:09,449 --> 01:12:12,402 Yes, sir. 495 01:12:18,288 --> 01:12:21,702 - Is that you, Hank? - Yeah, baby. 496 01:12:32,295 --> 01:12:35,129 I got canned. 497 01:12:35,339 --> 01:12:38,338 Caught me drinking on the job. 498 01:12:38,549 --> 01:12:41,548 What about your check? 499 01:12:41,759 --> 01:12:46,086 Funny, they didn't mention it. 500 01:12:46,303 --> 01:12:50,630 You worked almost a full day. They owe you wages. 501 01:12:50,847 --> 01:12:54,182 Yes, they do. 502 01:12:54,182 --> 01:12:59,257 We go get it, as soon as the office opens. 503 01:12:59,477 --> 01:13:02,227 Okay. 504 01:13:22,739 --> 01:13:28,360 Let's hit the marked for some stewed meat and vegetables and French wine. 505 01:13:28,576 --> 01:13:33,994 - They old me the check wasn't ready. - What? It's the law. 506 01:13:35,413 --> 01:13:39,030 They said it would be ready tomorrow. 507 01:13:39,248 --> 01:13:43,244 Christ, I've walked all this way in high heels! 508 01:13:43,459 --> 01:13:47,372 You look great, baby. 509 01:14:50,662 --> 01:14:55,536 It pays to be a tough son of a bitch. The world belongs to people with balls. 510 01:14:55,748 --> 01:14:58,665 Just get the check, daddy. 511 01:15:08,631 --> 01:15:11,879 I'm Henry Chinaski. 512 01:15:12,091 --> 01:15:15,873 - Yes? - I was here yesterday. 513 01:15:16,093 --> 01:15:18,796 Yes? 514 01:15:19,011 --> 01:15:23,470 You told me my check would be ready today. 515 01:15:23,680 --> 01:15:27,463 - Oh. - That's right. 516 01:15:34,019 --> 01:15:37,967 I'm sorry. Your check isn't here yet. 517 01:15:38,188 --> 01:15:41,188 But you said it would be. 518 01:15:41,398 --> 01:15:45,774 I'm sorry. Sometimes it takes a little longer. 519 01:15:45,984 --> 01:15:49,233 I want my check! 520 01:15:50,820 --> 01:15:54,188 I'm sorry, sir. 521 01:15:54,406 --> 01:15:56,942 You're not sorry. 522 01:15:57,157 --> 01:16:02,066 You don't know what sorrow is. I do. 523 01:16:02,285 --> 01:16:06,494 I want to talk to your boss's boss. Now! 524 01:16:12,999 --> 01:16:14,623 Mr. Handler? 525 01:16:14,833 --> 01:16:20,501 A Mr. Chinaski would like to see you about a termination payroll check. 526 01:16:22,212 --> 01:16:24,667 Right. 527 01:16:29,925 --> 01:16:32,593 Room 309. 528 01:16:32,801 --> 01:16:34,959 Thank you. 529 01:16:35,178 --> 01:16:39,553 Me and my old lady walked down here now, two days running - 530 01:16:39,764 --> 01:16:44,340 - just to be told that you don't have my check. 531 01:16:44,558 --> 01:16:48,933 Now, you and I know that's pure crap. 532 01:16:50,228 --> 01:16:55,053 All I want to do is get my check and get drunk. 533 01:16:55,272 --> 01:17:00,062 That may not sound noble. 534 01:17:00,275 --> 01:17:04,734 But it's my choice. 535 01:17:06,903 --> 01:17:10,437 You got a smoke? 536 01:17:25,747 --> 01:17:28,533 Thank you. 537 01:17:38,421 --> 01:17:40,626 Miss Simms? 538 01:17:40,839 --> 01:17:45,582 There's a check due to Mr. Henry Chinaski. 539 01:17:45,800 --> 01:17:50,958 Yes. Henry Chinaski. I want it down in five minutes. 540 01:17:52,470 --> 01:17:54,758 Thank you. 541 01:17:58,598 --> 01:18:04,598 Listen, John, I've got two years of journalism at L. A. City College. 542 01:18:05,936 --> 01:18:11,354 - You couldn't use a reporter? - Sorry, we're overstaffed now. 543 01:18:11,564 --> 01:18:14,599 I see. 544 01:18:14,816 --> 01:18:18,017 Your check will be downstairs. 545 01:18:20,152 --> 01:18:23,068 Thank you. 546 01:18:43,665 --> 01:18:48,704 You might as well not have any ears. You never listen to me anymore. 547 01:18:48,917 --> 01:18:52,960 That's because you keep repeating yourself. 548 01:18:53,170 --> 01:18:57,331 Let's have a drink and talk about it. 549 01:18:59,673 --> 01:19:03,716 You've had your ass up in the air ever since we got back together. 550 01:19:41,530 --> 01:19:44,019 Shit. 551 01:19:45,740 --> 01:19:49,075 Let's face the obvious: 552 01:19:49,075 --> 01:19:55,241 I don't need you and you don't need me. 553 01:20:01,457 --> 01:20:05,500 Yeah. I know. 554 01:20:32,182 --> 01:20:38,134 A week later Jan moved out and shacked up with some rich guy. 555 01:20:38,352 --> 01:20:43,012 After that I couldn't pay the rent. 556 01:20:54,653 --> 01:20:59,858 - The landlord threw you out? - Yeah. 557 01:21:00,072 --> 01:21:02,823 Did you get the job? 558 01:21:03,032 --> 01:21:06,815 - No. They didn't want me. - Why not? 559 01:21:07,035 --> 01:21:10,947 I don't have an address. 560 01:21:13,455 --> 01:21:18,328 Hank, I hate it when he fucks me. 561 01:21:18,541 --> 01:21:22,916 Sure, baby. Take care. 562 01:21:24,794 --> 01:21:28,790 This is for you. It got too small for him. 563 01:21:32,257 --> 01:21:35,209 See you around, Hank. 564 01:21:43,888 --> 01:21:46,841 You'll manage. 565 01:22:14,863 --> 01:22:18,811 Amazing, how grimly we hold onto our misery. 566 01:22:19,032 --> 01:22:23,526 The energy we burn fueling our anger. 567 01:22:26,703 --> 01:22:30,781 Amazing, how one moment we can be snarling like a beast, - 568 01:22:30,997 --> 01:22:35,123 - then a few moments later forgetting what or why. 569 01:22:35,333 --> 01:22:39,827 Not hours or days or months or years, - 570 01:22:40,044 --> 01:22:45,083 - but decades, lifetimes completely used up - 571 01:22:45,297 --> 01:22:49,506 - given over to the pettiest rancor and hatred. 572 01:22:49,716 --> 01:22:55,549 Finally there is nothing here for death to take away. 573 01:23:26,736 --> 01:23:31,028 Sit down and we'll see if anything comes in. 574 01:23:43,453 --> 01:23:47,994 You look a little down in the mouth. You all right? 575 01:23:48,206 --> 01:23:51,620 I lost a woman. 576 01:23:51,833 --> 01:23:57,287 You'll have others. And you'll lose them too. 577 01:23:57,503 --> 01:24:01,119 Where do they go? 578 01:24:01,338 --> 01:24:06,543 Try this. Ain't no women on skid row. 579 01:24:09,384 --> 01:24:14,803 Don't let him see us drinking. That's the one thing he don't like. 580 01:24:15,012 --> 01:24:18,177 Keep it low. 581 01:24:26,393 --> 01:24:29,642 - Wine gnats. - Sons of bitches are hooked. 582 01:24:29,854 --> 01:24:34,063 They know what's good. 583 01:24:34,273 --> 01:24:38,138 They drink to forget their women. 584 01:24:38,358 --> 01:24:41,939 They just drink. 585 01:24:42,152 --> 01:24:45,068 - Oh, shit. - Here he comes! 586 01:24:45,279 --> 01:24:49,488 All right! Get out, you winos! 587 01:24:49,698 --> 01:24:52,900 Get out before I call the cops! 588 01:24:55,701 --> 01:24:59,234 Let's go! Get out of here! 589 01:24:59,453 --> 01:25:04,872 Out! I call the cops, you god damn degenerates! And don't come back! 590 01:25:08,166 --> 01:25:12,411 What? This isn't a bar! 591 01:25:16,045 --> 01:25:18,915 Sun's up. 592 01:25:19,130 --> 01:25:22,747 Yeah, the sun's up good. 593 01:25:37,557 --> 01:25:40,557 Well, I got to get going. 594 01:25:47,271 --> 01:25:49,559 See you. 595 01:26:11,826 --> 01:26:14,909 So, what do I do with Chinaski's mail? 596 01:26:15,119 --> 01:26:18,285 He's gone. Just give it to me. 597 01:26:18,496 --> 01:26:21,247 Have a nice day. 598 01:26:59,477 --> 01:27:01,101 Dear Mr. Chinaski. 599 01:27:01,311 --> 01:27:05,390 We are returning four stories, but keeping My Beerdrunk Soul - 600 01:27:05,605 --> 01:27:09,103 "- is Sadder Than All the Dead Christmas Trees of the World. 601 01:27:09,316 --> 01:27:14,770 We have been watching your work and are happy to accept this story. 602 01:27:14,985 --> 01:27:19,562 Sincerely, John Martin, Black Sparrow Press. 603 01:27:44,752 --> 01:27:49,411 If you are going to try, go all the way. 604 01:27:49,629 --> 01:27:52,582 Otherwise don't even start. 605 01:27:52,798 --> 01:27:57,790 This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs. 606 01:27:58,009 --> 01:28:00,759 And maybe your mind. 607 01:28:00,969 --> 01:28:04,502 It could mean not eating for three or four days. 608 01:28:04,721 --> 01:28:07,590 It could mean freezing on a park bench. 609 01:28:07,806 --> 01:28:10,722 It could mean jail. 610 01:28:10,933 --> 01:28:15,094 It could mean mockery, isolation. 611 01:28:17,311 --> 01:28:22,849 Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. 612 01:28:23,064 --> 01:28:30,143 Of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection. 613 01:28:30,360 --> 01:28:34,403 And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. 614 01:28:37,405 --> 01:28:42,231 If you're going to try, go all the way. 615 01:28:42,450 --> 01:28:47,110 There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. 616 01:28:47,327 --> 01:28:50,244 And the nights will flame with fire. 617 01:28:50,454 --> 01:28:53,987 You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. 618 01:28:54,206 --> 01:28:59,447 It's the only good fight there is. 619 01:29:06,922 --> 01:29:09,411 English subtitles: Trine Borg