1 00:00:30,771 --> 00:00:33,156 Mr. Chinaski! Hey! 2 00:00:33,665 --> 00:00:35,784 Come on over here! 3 00:00:38,377 --> 00:00:40,921 - You've got a drivers license, don't you? - Yeah. 4 00:00:41,088 --> 00:00:42,601 I got a driver out sick today. 5 00:00:42,602 --> 00:00:44,801 We've got some rush orders we need to get out right away. 6 00:00:44,802 --> 00:00:46,602 I need you to make these deliveries. 7 00:01:08,530 --> 00:01:10,032 Hi, Chi...! 8 00:02:40,306 --> 00:02:41,834 Feeling bad? 9 00:02:43,842 --> 00:02:45,420 I've felt better. 10 00:02:48,787 --> 00:02:52,751 I've probably slept longer than you've lived. 11 00:03:15,730 --> 00:03:18,225 Chinaski, you're fired. 12 00:04:58,808 --> 00:05:00,468 Do you have a room? 13 00:05:01,077 --> 00:05:03,730 - It's $150 a week. - All right. 14 00:05:04,138 --> 00:05:08,301 - Are you employed? - Self employed. 15 00:05:09,209 --> 00:05:13,271 - May I ask what you do? - I'm a writer. 16 00:05:15,581 --> 00:05:17,233 Have you written books? 17 00:05:17,442 --> 00:05:21,220 Well, I'm not ready for a novel... yet. 18 00:05:23,339 --> 00:05:24,599 OK. 19 00:06:24,403 --> 00:06:26,500 Now most guys think they know how to drive. 20 00:06:26,701 --> 00:06:29,601 But the fact is, very few people know how to drive. 21 00:06:30,008 --> 00:06:31,418 They just steer. 22 00:06:32,227 --> 00:06:36,848 Every day I see 2-3 people simply run through red lights like they didn't exist. 23 00:06:37,357 --> 00:06:39,720 The lives people live are driving them crazy, 24 00:06:39,721 --> 00:06:42,521 and their insanity comes out in the way they drive. 25 00:06:43,428 --> 00:06:48,392 I'm not here to tell you how to live. I'm here to teach you how to drive. 26 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,854 Now when is the only time a man can lose control of his cab 27 00:06:51,855 --> 00:06:52,955 and he won't be able to help it? 28 00:06:53,062 --> 00:06:54,840 When I get a hard on? 29 00:06:54,948 --> 00:06:58,785 Mendoza, if you can't drive with a hard on we can't use you. 30 00:06:58,993 --> 00:07:03,122 Some of our best men drive with hard ons all day long. All night too. 31 00:07:03,331 --> 00:07:05,876 Now come on: when is the only time a man can one lose control of his cab 32 00:07:05,877 --> 00:07:07,277 and he won't be able to help it? 33 00:07:07,985 --> 00:07:09,712 Yes, Chinaski? 34 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:15,842 A man might lose control over his cab when he sneezed. 35 00:07:17,051 --> 00:07:18,520 That is correct. 36 00:07:18,928 --> 00:07:22,181 Alright. When you sneeze, what do you do? 37 00:07:29,488 --> 00:07:32,032 - Are you Henry Chinaski? - Yes, sir. 38 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:33,876 Follow me. 39 00:07:38,087 --> 00:07:39,098 Sit down. 40 00:07:43,684 --> 00:07:45,862 We ran a check on you, Chinaski. 41 00:07:47,771 --> 00:07:52,010 You have 18 drunk and disorderly arrests and one for drunk driving. 42 00:07:52,111 --> 00:07:53,311 You lied to us. 43 00:07:53,618 --> 00:07:55,766 Yeah, there were two for drunk driving. 44 00:07:55,967 --> 00:07:59,067 You falsified your application. You're disqualified. 45 00:08:13,595 --> 00:08:15,390 Could you call me a cab? 46 00:09:11,415 --> 00:09:15,811 As we live we all get caught and torn by various traps. 47 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:18,755 Writing can trap you. 48 00:09:19,664 --> 00:09:23,893 Some writers tend to write what has pleased their readers in the past. 49 00:09:24,702 --> 00:09:27,480 They hear accolades and believe them. 50 00:09:28,488 --> 00:09:32,843 There is only one final judge of writing and that is the writer. 51 00:09:33,952 --> 00:09:38,325 When he is swayed by the critics, the editors, the publishers, the readers, 52 00:09:38,426 --> 00:09:39,926 then he's finished. 53 00:09:40,934 --> 00:09:44,570 And of course when he's swayed with his fame and his fortune, 54 00:09:44,979 --> 00:09:48,383 you can float him down the river with the turds. 55 00:09:50,592 --> 00:09:52,736 - A writer? - Yes. 56 00:09:53,245 --> 00:09:56,364 - Are you sure? - No, I'm not. 57 00:09:57,173 --> 00:09:59,784 Why do you want to work in a pickle factory? 58 00:10:00,784 --> 00:10:04,580 - It reminds me of my grandmother. - It does? 59 00:10:04,889 --> 00:10:10,136 She used to serve me pickles whenever I visited her. 60 00:10:11,844 --> 00:10:16,158 - What do you write? - Mostly short stories. 61 00:10:16,666 --> 00:10:20,762 - I'm half way through a novel. - What's it about? 62 00:10:21,170 --> 00:10:22,825 Everything. 63 00:10:23,126 --> 00:10:27,426 You mean for instance it's about cancer? 64 00:10:27,943 --> 00:10:29,529 Yes. 65 00:10:30,937 --> 00:10:32,649 How about my wife? 66 00:10:34,057 --> 00:10:36,328 She's in there too. 67 00:10:59,163 --> 00:11:03,707 I wrote 3 or 4 short stories a week. I kept things in the mail. 68 00:11:04,116 --> 00:11:08,029 I imagined how the editors at The New Yorker must be reacting. 69 00:11:08,238 --> 00:11:11,558 Hey, here's another one of those things from that nut! 70 00:11:13,343 --> 00:11:19,073 I sent most of them to John Martin. His magazine, Black Sparrow, I admired. 71 00:11:48,492 --> 00:11:52,221 Chinaski? You want to step in here for a minute? 72 00:12:01,195 --> 00:12:03,189 Mr. Gentry is a writer too. 73 00:12:08,059 --> 00:12:11,139 I told him that you were a writer and he wanted to meet you. 74 00:12:11,340 --> 00:12:12,740 You don't mind, do you? 75 00:12:14,248 --> 00:12:15,693 I don't mind. 76 00:12:19,587 --> 00:12:21,623 Mr. Gentry is a friend of mine. 77 00:12:52,133 --> 00:12:53,994 Do you mind if I leave? 78 00:12:55,003 --> 00:12:56,289 OK. 79 00:13:17,023 --> 00:13:19,863 That scene in the office stayed with me. 80 00:13:20,064 --> 00:13:23,064 Those cigars, the fine clothes... 81 00:13:24,430 --> 00:13:26,498 I thought of good steaks. 82 00:13:26,607 --> 00:13:31,520 Long rides up winding driveways that led to beautiful homes. 83 00:13:31,887 --> 00:13:35,357 Ease. Trips to Europe. 84 00:13:35,865 --> 00:13:37,477 Fine women. 85 00:13:45,582 --> 00:13:49,286 Chinaski, what are you doing? Get back, get back to work. 86 00:13:49,295 --> 00:13:50,815 - Your shift's not over. - I'm going out to get a drink. 87 00:13:50,824 --> 00:13:52,801 - No, no. You can't get a drink. - What? 88 00:13:52,802 --> 00:13:55,402 Come on, get back to work. Over here. 89 00:13:55,403 --> 00:13:57,103 All right, all right. 90 00:14:01,597 --> 00:14:02,807 Get off me! 91 00:14:08,328 --> 00:14:09,372 No! 92 00:14:15,151 --> 00:14:17,696 - You OK? - I'm fine. 93 00:14:18,905 --> 00:14:20,165 I don't need this! 94 00:14:32,367 --> 00:14:34,029 And then I met Jan. 95 00:14:37,037 --> 00:14:40,708 I bought her a drink and she gave me her phone number. 96 00:14:40,917 --> 00:14:44,546 Three days later I moved into her apartment. 97 00:15:04,204 --> 00:15:07,366 Jan had a 500-dollar car. 98 00:15:08,033 --> 00:15:11,545 The big trick with that car was how to turn on the headlights. 99 00:15:11,953 --> 00:15:15,874 Of course we had the advantage of broken springs. 100 00:15:43,349 --> 00:15:45,368 Jan was an excellent fuck. 101 00:15:45,976 --> 00:15:51,273 She had a tight pussy. And she took it like it was a knife that was killing her. 102 00:15:51,482 --> 00:15:53,759 Hey, I want to know what time it is! 103 00:15:54,768 --> 00:15:56,954 You said you'd fix the clock. 104 00:15:57,862 --> 00:15:59,835 All right, let's see... 105 00:16:13,635 --> 00:16:17,806 We set the clock by the TV at midnight last night. 106 00:16:18,514 --> 00:16:22,444 We know that it gains 35 minutes every hour. 107 00:16:23,210 --> 00:16:25,507 It says 7:30 p.m. right now. 108 00:16:25,508 --> 00:16:29,808 But we know that's not right because it's not dark enough yet - okay. 109 00:16:31,401 --> 00:16:33,787 That's 7 1/2 hours. 110 00:16:34,054 --> 00:16:37,190 Seven times 35 minutes... 111 00:16:37,399 --> 00:16:42,236 That's 245 minutes. 112 00:16:42,445 --> 00:16:45,899 One half of 35 is... 113 00:16:47,307 --> 00:16:51,078 17 1/2. 114 00:16:51,286 --> 00:16:53,330 It gives us... 115 00:16:53,538 --> 00:16:59,002 252 1/2 minutes. 116 00:16:59,210 --> 00:17:05,758 OK, that's... four hours and 42 1/2 minutes we owe them. 117 00:17:05,966 --> 00:17:10,471 So we set the clock back to 5:47. That's it. 118 00:17:10,679 --> 00:17:13,274 It's 5:47. 119 00:17:14,182 --> 00:17:17,561 It's dinner time and we don't have anything to eat. 120 00:17:21,455 --> 00:17:25,276 Let's open another jug of wine. Should I make some pancakes? 121 00:17:25,784 --> 00:17:27,997 I don't know if I can get another one of them down. 122 00:17:27,998 --> 00:17:29,398 Oh, come on. 123 00:17:30,705 --> 00:17:32,875 Okay, put the pancakes on. 124 00:17:37,403 --> 00:17:38,864 We're still out of butter. 125 00:17:39,873 --> 00:17:45,010 - Well, fry them dry again. - They'll be crisp. Real crisp. 126 00:17:45,619 --> 00:17:47,047 It's okay, baby. 127 00:19:09,721 --> 00:19:11,149 What was that? 128 00:19:15,618 --> 00:19:17,071 What is that? 129 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,645 Is anyone in there? 130 00:19:47,139 --> 00:19:48,641 Everybody out! 131 00:19:49,750 --> 00:19:51,404 It's just the fire department. 132 00:20:14,422 --> 00:20:18,309 I finally got hired at a Bicycle Supply Warehouse. 133 00:20:18,518 --> 00:20:21,646 I had to demean myself to get that one. 134 00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:26,192 I told them that I liked to think of my job as a second home. 135 00:20:27,101 --> 00:20:28,678 You play the horses? 136 00:20:29,886 --> 00:20:30,981 Yeah. 137 00:20:33,547 --> 00:20:35,584 Mind if I look at your paper? 138 00:20:37,793 --> 00:20:38,570 Sure. 139 00:20:48,028 --> 00:20:53,425 - My Boy Bobby ought to take the eight. - I know. They don't even have him on top. 140 00:20:53,733 --> 00:20:56,728 - All the better. - What do you think he'll pay? 141 00:20:56,736 --> 00:20:58,814 About 9 to 2. 142 00:21:03,567 --> 00:21:06,879 - What time does the last race go off? - 5:30. 143 00:21:07,946 --> 00:21:10,399 - We get off at 5:00. - We'd never make it. 144 00:21:11,308 --> 00:21:14,386 We can try. The racetrack's not too far. 145 00:21:17,288 --> 00:21:19,866 - Want to come along? - Sure. 146 00:21:20,474 --> 00:21:23,627 Keep your eye on the clock. We'll cut out at five to five. 147 00:21:38,241 --> 00:21:40,860 See, I told you we'd make it! 148 00:21:54,113 --> 00:21:57,192 $200 on My Boy Bobby to win. 149 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:14,157 My Boy Bobby's in the front. He's in the lead! 150 00:22:14,766 --> 00:22:16,702 We've hooked ourselves a winner! 151 00:22:19,145 --> 00:22:21,923 Unless some big-ass closer comes out of the back of the pack. 152 00:22:21,931 --> 00:22:26,067 Come on! Come on, Bobby! Come on! Come on! Come on! 153 00:22:26,175 --> 00:22:27,588 Yes! Yes! 154 00:22:27,689 --> 00:22:30,389 We really should have bet another $200 on that horse. 155 00:22:30,697 --> 00:22:33,342 - Oh, you're right. - Come on, let's go get a drink. 156 00:22:40,356 --> 00:22:44,053 The next day at work some of the other employees asked us 157 00:22:44,054 --> 00:22:46,154 if we would place bets for them. 158 00:22:46,562 --> 00:22:49,991 Hank, we have to take their bets. 159 00:22:51,499 --> 00:22:54,060 Manny, those guys don't have any money. 160 00:22:54,169 --> 00:22:56,664 All they've got is the coffee and chewing gum money 161 00:22:56,665 --> 00:22:58,065 that their wives give them. 162 00:22:58,172 --> 00:23:01,259 We don't have time to waste at the 2-dollar windows. 163 00:23:01,767 --> 00:23:05,630 We're not going to bet their money, we're going to keep their money. 164 00:23:06,538 --> 00:23:09,808 - Suppose they win? - They won't win. 165 00:23:09,917 --> 00:23:11,838 They always pick the wrong horse. 166 00:23:12,039 --> 00:23:15,439 They have a way of always picking the wrong horse. 167 00:23:16,756 --> 00:23:19,034 Suppose they bet our horse? 168 00:23:19,842 --> 00:23:22,070 Then we know we've got the wrong horse. 169 00:23:27,883 --> 00:23:30,336 I think she's going to do it. I think she's going to do it. 170 00:23:30,344 --> 00:23:34,197 Come on Spitfire! Let's go! Go, Spitfire! Let's go! 171 00:23:34,806 --> 00:23:37,000 Yes! Way to go! 172 00:24:07,669 --> 00:24:10,581 - You married, Manny? - No way. No. 173 00:24:11,590 --> 00:24:13,708 - Women? - Sometimes. 174 00:24:13,817 --> 00:24:17,245 - It never lasts. - What's the problem? 175 00:24:17,253 --> 00:24:21,866 A woman is like a full-time job. You have to chose your profession. 176 00:24:21,932 --> 00:24:24,670 Yeah, I suppose there is an emotional drain. 177 00:24:24,778 --> 00:24:29,215 Physical too. They want to fuck night and day. 178 00:24:30,624 --> 00:24:34,152 Well. Get one you like to fuck. 179 00:24:34,761 --> 00:24:39,115 Yeah, but if you drink or gamble they think it's a put down of their love. 180 00:24:39,424 --> 00:24:42,635 Get one who likes to drink, gamble and fuck. 181 00:24:42,944 --> 00:24:44,797 Who wants a woman like that? 182 00:24:50,492 --> 00:24:54,037 I bought some expensive clothes and a good pair of shoes. 183 00:24:54,146 --> 00:24:58,775 The owner of the bike supply warehouse didn't look so powerful anymore. 184 00:24:59,183 --> 00:25:01,778 Manny and I took a little longer with our lunches 185 00:25:01,787 --> 00:25:04,634 and came back smoking good cigars. 186 00:25:05,735 --> 00:25:08,635 The new life didn't sit well with Jan. 187 00:25:08,742 --> 00:25:14,456 She was used to her four fucks a day and also used to seeing me poor and humble. 188 00:25:25,574 --> 00:25:28,177 Mr. Horseplayer! 189 00:25:29,286 --> 00:25:31,855 Mr. Big Horseplayer! 190 00:25:32,655 --> 00:25:35,934 You know when I first met you, I liked the way you walked across the room. 191 00:25:36,242 --> 00:25:37,890 You didn't just walk across the room. 192 00:25:37,891 --> 00:25:39,791 You walked like you were walking through walls. 193 00:25:39,792 --> 00:25:42,591 Like you owned the place. Like nothing mattered. 194 00:25:42,898 --> 00:25:47,102 Now you've got a few bucks in your pocket, you're not the same anymore. 195 00:25:47,211 --> 00:25:50,355 You act like you're a dental student or a plumber. 196 00:25:50,464 --> 00:25:53,575 Don't give me any shit about plumbers, Jan. 197 00:25:55,694 --> 00:26:00,481 - You haven't made love to me in two weeks. - Love takes many forms. 198 00:26:00,490 --> 00:26:04,293 - Mine has been more subtle. - You haven't fucked me in two weeks. 199 00:26:04,502 --> 00:26:09,423 Have some patience. In six months we'll be vacationing in Rome, in Paris. 200 00:26:09,631 --> 00:26:12,420 Look at you! Pouring yourself that good whiskey 201 00:26:12,421 --> 00:26:15,221 and letting me sit here, drinking this rat-gut wine. 202 00:26:15,828 --> 00:26:20,374 - Mr. Big-Time Horseplayer! - I give you soul. 203 00:26:20,583 --> 00:26:25,212 I give you wisdom and I give you light and music and some laughter! 204 00:26:25,421 --> 00:26:29,132 By the way, I am the world's greatest horseplayer. 205 00:26:29,341 --> 00:26:30,684 Horseshit! 206 00:26:31,593 --> 00:26:34,313 No, horseplayer! 207 00:26:38,516 --> 00:26:43,320 I understood too well that great lovers were always men of leisure. 208 00:26:43,729 --> 00:26:48,042 I fucked better as a bum than as a puncher of time clocks. 209 00:27:04,256 --> 00:27:09,427 You know I tried to make a woman out of you, but you're nothing but a goddamn whore! 210 00:27:16,384 --> 00:27:20,814 If anybody here doesn't like what I just did, then say something! 211 00:27:37,579 --> 00:27:42,775 Sit down, Chinaski. You knew we were going to let you go. 212 00:27:42,784 --> 00:27:45,372 Yeah, bosses are never hard to fathom. 213 00:27:45,473 --> 00:27:48,673 You haven't been pulling your weight around here for over a month and you know it. 214 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,793 You know a guy busts his damn ass and you don't even appreciate it. 215 00:27:51,794 --> 00:27:53,894 You haven't been busting your ass, Chinaski! 216 00:27:53,902 --> 00:27:57,296 I've given you my time. Which is all I've got to give. 217 00:27:58,205 --> 00:28:01,425 All any man has. For a pitiful $6 an hour. 218 00:28:01,634 --> 00:28:05,571 You remember, you begged for this job. You said your job was your second home. 219 00:28:05,579 --> 00:28:08,211 I give you my time, so you can live in your big house. 220 00:28:08,212 --> 00:28:12,712 Anybody's lost anything on this deal, on this arrangement, I've been the loser. 221 00:28:13,820 --> 00:28:16,082 - You understand? - All right, Chinaski. 222 00:28:16,083 --> 00:28:17,683 - All right? - Yeah, just go. 223 00:28:17,748 --> 00:28:18,902 Now Listen, Mantz. 224 00:28:18,903 --> 00:28:21,603 I don't want any trouble about my unemployment payments. 225 00:28:21,610 --> 00:28:24,757 You guys are always trying to cheat the working man out of his rights. 226 00:28:25,058 --> 00:28:27,458 So don't give me any trouble or I'll be back to see you. 227 00:28:27,466 --> 00:28:31,486 You'll get your unemployment. Now get the hell out of here! 228 00:28:34,998 --> 00:28:39,460 I didn't see Manny again, and I missed the trips to the track with him. 229 00:28:39,669 --> 00:28:43,231 But I had my winnings and the bookie money. 230 00:28:43,839 --> 00:28:46,809 I just sat around and Jan liked that. 231 00:28:46,810 --> 00:28:50,720 After two weeks I was on unemployment. 232 00:28:50,887 --> 00:28:54,015 And we relaxed and fucked and toured the bars. 233 00:28:54,224 --> 00:28:57,337 And every week I'd go down to the unemployment, 234 00:28:57,438 --> 00:29:00,438 stand in line and get my nice little check. 235 00:29:02,690 --> 00:29:03,925 Hank? 236 00:29:05,234 --> 00:29:06,428 I love you. 237 00:29:35,854 --> 00:29:38,874 Here's a ten-dollar try on the four with one and two. 238 00:29:43,978 --> 00:29:48,023 The racetrack crowd is the world brought down to size. 239 00:29:48,231 --> 00:29:51,193 Life grinding against death and losing. 240 00:29:51,401 --> 00:29:55,738 Nobody wins finally, we're only seeking a reprieve. 241 00:29:55,947 --> 00:29:58,508 A moment out of the glare. 242 00:30:00,568 --> 00:30:04,223 - Sir, you're in our seats. - These seats aren't reserved. 243 00:30:04,224 --> 00:30:06,624 There are no reserved seats in this section. 244 00:30:07,232 --> 00:30:09,919 I know there are no reserved seats in this section. 245 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:11,920 But it's a common courtesy. 246 00:30:11,928 --> 00:30:15,340 You see, some people get here early. 247 00:30:15,548 --> 00:30:19,394 Poor people, like you and me, who can't afford reserved seats. 248 00:30:19,502 --> 00:30:23,956 And they lay down newspapers to indicate that these seats are saved. 249 00:30:24,306 --> 00:30:27,527 Because if the poor aren't going to be decent with one another. 250 00:30:27,528 --> 00:30:29,228 nobody else is going to be. 251 00:30:29,536 --> 00:30:31,055 I'm not poor. 252 00:30:31,963 --> 00:30:36,042 If you can't be a gentleman, at least don't be a hog. 253 00:30:36,409 --> 00:30:37,787 Jan, sit down. 254 00:30:39,695 --> 00:30:40,973 I'll stand. 255 00:30:50,430 --> 00:30:51,716 Come on four. 256 00:31:00,873 --> 00:31:02,201 Let's get a drink. 257 00:31:33,578 --> 00:31:36,047 That man in our seats, he's got nerve. 258 00:31:36,456 --> 00:31:39,342 - I don't like the guy. - He sure got your goat. 259 00:31:41,151 --> 00:31:43,687 He was just a little guy. What was I supposed to do with him? 260 00:31:43,696 --> 00:31:46,783 Oh bullshit. If he'd been big you wouldn't have done anything either. 261 00:32:05,282 --> 00:32:06,676 What do you do for a living? 262 00:32:07,484 --> 00:32:08,698 Real estate. 263 00:32:11,499 --> 00:32:13,799 I make 500,000 a year. 264 00:32:14,506 --> 00:32:17,385 Then why don't you get yourself a reserved seat? 265 00:32:17,652 --> 00:32:19,529 That's my prerogative. 266 00:32:20,538 --> 00:32:23,849 - You know, you have the nicest blue eyes. - Uh-huh. 267 00:32:23,958 --> 00:32:25,619 You got a cigarette? 268 00:32:33,716 --> 00:32:36,088 Pardon me Sir, but you're in my seat. 269 00:32:36,089 --> 00:32:38,689 Oh yeah? And what are you going to do about it? 270 00:33:00,191 --> 00:33:01,860 Pardon me. 271 00:33:03,669 --> 00:33:05,021 Come on, baby. 272 00:35:28,702 --> 00:35:30,221 How do you feel? 273 00:35:31,530 --> 00:35:33,191 I feel bad. 274 00:35:35,717 --> 00:35:37,578 I want to be alone. 275 00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:44,075 You don't have enough love. It's warped you. 276 00:35:46,435 --> 00:35:48,058 People don't need love. 277 00:35:49,459 --> 00:35:52,659 What they need is success of some form or another. 278 00:35:55,068 --> 00:35:57,313 It can be love but it doesn't have to be. 279 00:36:01,532 --> 00:36:03,887 The Bible says: 'Love thy neighbor.' 280 00:36:06,787 --> 00:36:09,349 That could also mean: Leave him alone. 281 00:36:46,815 --> 00:36:48,368 One half is yours. 282 00:36:50,744 --> 00:36:54,056 - It's another woman, isn't it? - No. 283 00:36:56,241 --> 00:37:00,312 - You don't love me anymore. - Stop that shit, would you? 284 00:37:03,214 --> 00:37:05,250 You're tired of fucking me, aren't you? 285 00:37:12,055 --> 00:37:14,425 Hank, stay with me. 286 00:37:33,666 --> 00:37:34,952 Here, take it. 287 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:50,333 You'll manage. 288 00:37:59,724 --> 00:38:00,918 Hank... 289 00:38:35,573 --> 00:38:40,478 Even at my lowest times I can feel the words bubbling inside of me. 290 00:38:41,387 --> 00:38:43,180 And I had to get the words down, 291 00:38:43,389 --> 00:38:46,926 or be overcome by something worse than death. 292 00:38:47,434 --> 00:38:51,556 Words, not as precious things but as necessary things. 293 00:38:53,264 --> 00:38:56,826 Yet, when I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, 294 00:38:57,035 --> 00:39:02,515 I simply read another writer and then I know I have nothing to worry about. 295 00:39:04,825 --> 00:39:08,729 My contest is only with myself, to do it right. 296 00:39:09,037 --> 00:39:11,539 With power and force. 297 00:39:11,748 --> 00:39:14,073 And delight and gamble. 298 00:39:47,973 --> 00:39:50,126 Yes, I'll have a scotch, please. 299 00:40:14,706 --> 00:40:16,850 Bartender, I'll have another one. 300 00:40:19,485 --> 00:40:22,123 And get the little lady whatever she's having. 301 00:40:35,742 --> 00:40:39,587 That drink was my last. I'm broke. 302 00:40:43,983 --> 00:40:45,593 Are you serious? 303 00:40:48,670 --> 00:40:52,816 - Do you have a place to stay? - No. 304 00:40:53,425 --> 00:40:57,712 And you haven't got any money, or anything to drink? 305 00:40:59,864 --> 00:41:00,799 No. 306 00:41:02,308 --> 00:41:08,146 Two Evan Williams, a six-pack of beer, two packs of cigarettes, 307 00:41:08,355 --> 00:41:14,076 some chips, some mixed nuts, some Alka-Seltzer, 308 00:41:14,585 --> 00:41:16,188 and a good cigar. 309 00:41:17,196 --> 00:41:21,033 - Cash or credit card? - Charge it to Pierre. 310 00:41:21,242 --> 00:41:22,719 I'll have to phone. 311 00:41:24,328 --> 00:41:28,182 - Where are we going? - My place. 312 00:41:34,087 --> 00:41:37,048 - It's okay. - Thank you. 313 00:42:07,626 --> 00:42:11,521 - Do you like this kind of music? - Yes. 314 00:42:15,708 --> 00:42:16,960 Swell. 315 00:42:23,407 --> 00:42:24,692 What? 316 00:42:25,501 --> 00:42:29,446 You're great. You think you're hot shit. 317 00:42:30,013 --> 00:42:32,640 - No. - Yes. 318 00:42:32,807 --> 00:42:35,176 I can tell by the way you act. 319 00:42:35,685 --> 00:42:37,104 I like you though. 320 00:42:38,813 --> 00:42:40,390 I liked you right away. 321 00:42:41,899 --> 00:42:43,669 Hike up your skirt. 322 00:42:45,778 --> 00:42:49,606 - You like legs? - Yes. 323 00:42:52,409 --> 00:42:54,988 Hey, you're not some maniac, are you? 324 00:42:55,189 --> 00:42:56,989 There's a guy who's been picking up girls. 325 00:42:56,997 --> 00:43:00,327 Cuts crossword puzzles into their bodies with a pen knife. 326 00:43:02,528 --> 00:43:03,528 No. 327 00:43:05,379 --> 00:43:09,833 I write, but I'm not him. 328 00:43:14,971 --> 00:43:18,092 Then there are guys who fuck you and chop you into little pieces. 329 00:43:19,901 --> 00:43:22,879 They find your ass in a drainpipe in the ocean. 330 00:43:23,687 --> 00:43:26,574 And your tit in a trash can downtown. 331 00:43:27,482 --> 00:43:29,878 I stopped doing that, years ago. 332 00:44:18,471 --> 00:44:19,516 Stay back from the door. 333 00:44:19,517 --> 00:44:22,117 He's got a camera that let's him see who's at the door. 334 00:44:22,124 --> 00:44:26,262 Let him just see me. And when the buzzer sounds you follow me in. 335 00:44:32,876 --> 00:44:38,371 - Sweetie, so good to see you! - Pierre, hi! 336 00:44:42,259 --> 00:44:43,963 How are you? 337 00:44:46,563 --> 00:44:50,893 - Who's that guy? - I want you to meet a friend of mine. 338 00:44:52,102 --> 00:44:54,563 Pierre, this is Henry Chinaski. 339 00:44:55,772 --> 00:44:59,025 - Good to know you, Pierre. - Come on in. 340 00:44:59,734 --> 00:45:02,730 Thank you. You're so good, Pierre. 341 00:45:02,731 --> 00:45:03,731 ############<18 342 00:45:06,665 --> 00:45:11,328 Hi girls. Hey, this is Henry Chinaski. 343 00:45:11,436 --> 00:45:14,481 - Henry, this is Grace and this is Jerry. - Ladies. 344 00:45:14,482 --> 00:45:15,982 - Hi there. - How ya doin'? 345 00:45:19,927 --> 00:45:21,460 Help yourself. 346 00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:31,914 - So, what do you do? - He's a writer. 347 00:45:32,722 --> 00:45:37,110 I need somebody to do a libretto for an opera I wrote. 348 00:45:37,318 --> 00:45:40,747 It's called The Emperor of San Francisco. 349 00:45:42,356 --> 00:45:47,402 Did you know there was one who claimed he was the Emperor of San Francisco? 350 00:45:48,011 --> 00:45:52,615 - No, I didn't. - It's a real story. It's very interesting. 351 00:45:54,124 --> 00:45:55,969 You look like you've been around. 352 00:45:58,177 --> 00:45:59,856 You look like you've got class. 353 00:46:04,376 --> 00:46:07,355 Would you like to hear some music from my opera? 354 00:46:11,007 --> 00:46:16,179 Yes, I'd like that very much, if it's OK with you? 355 00:46:18,364 --> 00:46:19,474 Great. 356 00:47:16,993 --> 00:47:19,321 He's a tight son of a bitch. 357 00:47:20,588 --> 00:47:24,600 He likes to take care of the girls in the bars who have no place to sleep. 358 00:47:25,409 --> 00:47:28,137 But all he gives them is food and a bed. 359 00:47:28,745 --> 00:47:30,356 Never any money. 360 00:47:31,465 --> 00:47:34,552 And they only have drinks when he's drinking. 361 00:47:37,070 --> 00:47:39,564 Jerry got to him one night, though. 362 00:47:40,673 --> 00:47:42,125 He was horny. 363 00:47:43,133 --> 00:47:46,345 He was chasing her around the table. 364 00:47:46,953 --> 00:47:48,347 She said 'no'. 365 00:47:48,656 --> 00:47:51,968 'Not unless you give me a thousand bucks a month for life! ' 366 00:47:56,387 --> 00:47:58,290 He signed a piece of paper. 367 00:47:59,398 --> 00:48:01,443 To give her $1000 a month. 368 00:48:03,152 --> 00:48:06,231 Even after he dies his family will have to pay her. 369 00:48:10,525 --> 00:48:13,004 Jerry is his main girl, though. 370 00:48:17,890 --> 00:48:19,418 What about you? 371 00:48:22,019 --> 00:48:23,830 Not for a long time. 372 00:48:29,051 --> 00:48:30,437 I like you. 373 00:48:34,522 --> 00:48:36,050 You do? 374 00:48:39,644 --> 00:48:41,074 You watch, watch watch. 375 00:48:41,075 --> 00:48:44,875 Tomorrow, if he comes out with that sailor's cap on, 376 00:48:45,683 --> 00:48:47,646 With that captain's cap? 377 00:48:48,647 --> 00:48:51,047 That means we're going out on his yacht. 378 00:48:51,655 --> 00:48:54,617 Doctors made him get a yacht. 379 00:48:56,025 --> 00:48:57,961 Is it a long one? 380 00:48:59,070 --> 00:49:00,339 Sure. 381 00:49:10,830 --> 00:49:12,641 We're going out on the yacht. 382 00:50:43,657 --> 00:50:46,510 - We're going back. - What for? 383 00:50:47,319 --> 00:50:51,075 Grace is having one of those moments. She won't speak to me. 384 00:50:51,376 --> 00:50:53,876 She just stands there, staring at the water. 385 00:50:54,284 --> 00:50:57,004 I'm afraid she'll jump off the boat. She can't swim. 386 00:50:57,612 --> 00:51:02,158 - Just give her 50 bucks! - No. We're going back. 387 00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:09,165 This happens every time we try to go out. 388 00:51:12,267 --> 00:51:17,163 Grace goes into one of her moods and stands there staring at the ocean. 389 00:51:17,371 --> 00:51:19,424 She's never going to jump overboard. 390 00:51:20,833 --> 00:51:22,361 She hates water! 391 00:51:27,362 --> 00:51:30,262 Pierre died shortly after that. 392 00:51:30,667 --> 00:51:35,839 Laura and I split up and I never saw any of them again. 393 00:51:52,287 --> 00:51:54,914 - Hi, mom. - Is that you? 394 00:51:55,423 --> 00:51:56,633 Yeah. 395 00:51:57,141 --> 00:51:59,878 I just need a place to sleep for a couple of days. 396 00:52:01,487 --> 00:52:03,857 Your bedroom is always waiting. 397 00:52:06,066 --> 00:52:07,660 Your father's home. 398 00:52:14,674 --> 00:52:16,210 Thanks, mom. 399 00:52:19,262 --> 00:52:20,556 Hey, dad. 400 00:52:43,659 --> 00:52:44,861 Thanks. 401 00:52:53,001 --> 00:52:54,203 You got a job? 402 00:52:55,812 --> 00:52:56,805 No. 403 00:52:57,913 --> 00:53:00,358 Any man who wants work can find work. 404 00:53:03,167 --> 00:53:04,463 Suppose you're right. 405 00:53:06,171 --> 00:53:08,182 I can hardly believe you're my son. 406 00:53:08,982 --> 00:53:12,177 You don't have any ambition. You don't have any get-up-and-go. 407 00:53:13,186 --> 00:53:15,473 How the hell are you going to make it in this world? 408 00:53:24,371 --> 00:53:25,924 Still think you're a writer? 409 00:53:27,491 --> 00:53:28,818 I'm still writing. 410 00:53:36,265 --> 00:53:39,619 If you stay here I'll charge you room and board plus laundry. 411 00:53:39,827 --> 00:53:44,232 When you get a job, what's yours we take out of your wages till you're paid up. 412 00:53:48,894 --> 00:53:50,054 You're drunk! 413 00:53:51,263 --> 00:53:52,275 Yes. 414 00:53:52,976 --> 00:53:55,376 Where do you get the money to drink? You don't have any money! 415 00:53:56,584 --> 00:53:58,428 - I'll get a job. - How? 416 00:53:59,137 --> 00:54:01,583 You know you act as if I had murdered someone. 417 00:54:01,584 --> 00:54:02,984 It's just as bad! 418 00:54:09,321 --> 00:54:10,506 Are you finished? 419 00:54:13,967 --> 00:54:15,611 Thanks for the food, mom. 420 00:54:16,419 --> 00:54:20,182 - You're not hungry? - No. I'm good, thank you. 421 00:54:41,917 --> 00:54:46,939 Hey Robert, what do you say you and I go out and have a few cocktails? 422 00:54:48,147 --> 00:54:50,793 You mean you want to go drinking in the middle of the week without a job? 423 00:54:51,901 --> 00:54:54,563 Well that's when you need a drink the most. 424 00:54:56,072 --> 00:54:57,457 I'm warning you! 425 00:54:58,366 --> 00:55:02,995 - I also need a piece of ass. - What's he saying? 426 00:55:04,204 --> 00:55:08,158 I said, I also need a piece of ass. 427 00:55:38,870 --> 00:55:42,098 Now you see the cartons. We have three different types of cartons. 428 00:55:42,399 --> 00:55:45,099 Each one printed differently. This is for our Super Durable Brake Shoe. 429 00:55:45,206 --> 00:55:46,869 This for our Super Brake Shoe. 430 00:55:47,077 --> 00:55:50,107 And those are for our Standard Brake Shoe. You run out, there's more cartons over here. 431 00:55:50,108 --> 00:55:52,008 And these are the brake shoes. 432 00:55:52,115 --> 00:55:55,260 They all look the same. How do I tell them apart? 433 00:55:55,469 --> 00:55:58,671 You don't. They're all the same. You just divide them into thirds. 434 00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:00,425 When you finish with this, you come downstairs 435 00:56:00,426 --> 00:56:02,926 and we'll find something else for you to do. Okay? 436 00:56:03,133 --> 00:56:06,895 - When do I start? - You start now. 437 00:56:12,317 --> 00:56:15,823 And absolutely no smoking. Not up here. 438 00:56:15,824 --> 00:56:17,924 You have to smoke, you come downstairs, okay? 439 00:56:18,025 --> 00:56:19,025 Got you. 440 00:56:53,505 --> 00:56:56,966 A poem is a city filled with streets and sewers. 441 00:56:58,075 --> 00:57:01,771 Filled with saints, heroes, beggars, madmen. 442 00:57:02,479 --> 00:57:05,015 Filled with banality and booze. 443 00:57:05,424 --> 00:57:09,103 Filled with rain and thunder and periods of drought. 444 00:57:09,569 --> 00:57:11,988 A poem is a city at war. 445 00:57:12,197 --> 00:57:15,367 It's a barbershop filled with cynical drunks. 446 00:57:16,075 --> 00:57:17,802 A poem is a city. 447 00:57:18,169 --> 00:57:22,048 A poem is a nation. A poem is the world. 448 00:57:25,751 --> 00:57:28,078 I decided to look for Jan. 449 00:57:28,587 --> 00:57:32,257 I toured the bars in our old neighborhood looking for her. 450 00:57:32,465 --> 00:57:35,377 Whitey Jackson, the bartender at the Pink Mule, 451 00:57:35,387 --> 00:57:40,398 told me that she was working as a chambermaid in a downtown hotel. 452 00:57:59,365 --> 00:58:01,093 Hank! 453 00:58:04,953 --> 00:58:06,130 Jan. 454 00:58:06,339 --> 00:58:09,558 Jesus! I thought I'd never see you again! 455 00:58:09,567 --> 00:58:11,936 Well, here I am. 456 00:58:15,972 --> 00:58:19,217 Well come on. Let me look at you. 457 00:58:20,525 --> 00:58:23,053 You're thin. You've lost weight. 458 00:58:23,122 --> 00:58:26,282 Well. You're looking good. 459 00:58:27,091 --> 00:58:29,201 - Are you alone? - Yeah. 460 00:58:30,310 --> 00:58:32,604 - There's no one else? - Nobody. 461 00:58:32,812 --> 00:58:34,541 You know I can't stand people. 462 00:58:37,150 --> 00:58:41,445 Well, it's good to see you working. 463 00:58:43,989 --> 00:58:45,225 Come on. 464 00:59:00,513 --> 00:59:06,218 - I'm embarrassed. - I love you, you idiot. 465 00:59:06,426 --> 00:59:09,063 We've fucked 800 times, so relax. 466 00:59:11,473 --> 00:59:14,960 - Still like my legs? - Hell yes. 467 00:59:16,927 --> 00:59:18,780 Have you finished with your work? 468 00:59:19,188 --> 00:59:23,126 All but Mr. Clark's room. Mr. Clark doesn't care. He leaves me tips. 469 00:59:25,034 --> 00:59:28,330 I'm not doing anything. He just leaves me tips. 470 00:59:33,243 --> 00:59:35,654 - Jan? - Yeah? 471 00:59:40,249 --> 00:59:42,002 I love you, baby. 472 00:59:44,311 --> 00:59:45,821 Bastard. 473 00:59:46,088 --> 00:59:49,551 When I came home one night, she had moved in with me. 474 01:00:05,472 --> 01:00:08,159 I decided to clean up the apartment. 475 01:00:08,767 --> 01:00:12,438 I thought I must be turning into a fag. 476 01:00:32,239 --> 01:00:33,341 Where is she? 477 01:00:35,049 --> 01:00:37,862 Where's the bitch who cleaned the place, huh? 478 01:00:48,020 --> 01:00:51,349 If I find her, I'm going to kill her. I swear. 479 01:00:56,411 --> 01:00:58,456 You're going to pay for this, Chinaski. 480 01:01:14,260 --> 01:01:18,640 She was continually using our arguments to justify herself. 481 01:01:20,049 --> 01:01:22,677 It was just a cover for her own guilt. 482 01:01:23,185 --> 01:01:26,363 She'd go off with anyone she met in a bar. 483 01:01:26,730 --> 01:01:30,325 And the lower and the dirtier he was the better she liked it. 484 01:01:34,771 --> 01:01:38,658 She left and I got drunk for three days and three nights. 485 01:01:39,066 --> 01:01:43,279 When I sobered up I knew my job was gone. 486 01:01:50,243 --> 01:01:54,331 Hello? I was told you might be looking for reporters. 487 01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:57,301 Please fill this out. 488 01:02:29,029 --> 01:02:30,173 Bastard! 489 01:02:37,537 --> 01:02:39,758 Apply this ointment to the invaded parts 490 01:02:39,759 --> 01:02:42,859 and wait 20-30 minutes before washing it off. 491 01:02:42,866 --> 01:02:47,329 Under no circumstances leave it on longer than 30 minutes. 492 01:02:47,838 --> 01:02:48,898 Thank you. 493 01:03:11,610 --> 01:03:14,529 Hell! 30 minutes? 494 01:03:15,037 --> 01:03:18,917 I'll leave it on all night and kill every one of these fuckers. 495 01:03:44,932 --> 01:03:46,460 Shit! 496 01:03:49,352 --> 01:03:50,546 Hank? 497 01:03:51,354 --> 01:03:53,690 - You fucking whore! - What? 498 01:03:54,399 --> 01:03:57,768 - Look what you've done to me! - God, what is it? 499 01:03:57,777 --> 01:04:00,363 Don't you know? Don't you know? 500 01:04:00,571 --> 01:04:03,302 I haven't fucked anybody else! I got it from you. 501 01:04:03,303 --> 01:04:04,503 You're a carrier. 502 01:04:04,604 --> 01:04:07,204 - A disease ridden slut! - What? 503 01:04:07,369 --> 01:04:09,921 Crabs, baby! You gave me the crabs. 504 01:04:09,948 --> 01:04:11,274 I don't have crabs. 505 01:04:11,275 --> 01:04:13,575 - Geraldine must have them. - What? 506 01:04:13,583 --> 01:04:15,895 I was staying with Geraldine, sitting on her toilet. 507 01:04:15,903 --> 01:04:19,473 Oh, don't give me that shit! You got it off a toilet seat? 508 01:04:20,881 --> 01:04:23,176 - Give me a goddamn drink. - Okay. 509 01:04:28,039 --> 01:04:30,366 Yes, what do you want? 510 01:04:31,474 --> 01:04:32,684 Yes? 511 01:04:34,602 --> 01:04:35,829 Yes? 512 01:04:36,938 --> 01:04:38,257 As a reporter? 513 01:04:40,066 --> 01:04:41,577 Not as a reporter? 514 01:04:43,585 --> 01:04:44,863 What, today? 515 01:04:46,530 --> 01:04:48,266 Okay. Thanks. 516 01:04:51,342 --> 01:04:52,469 Who was that? 517 01:04:53,578 --> 01:04:57,023 - I got a job. - I'll fix you up. 518 01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:00,653 I can't wear pants. 519 01:05:04,588 --> 01:05:07,409 - I'll wrap you up in gauze. - You think that's going to work? 520 01:05:07,410 --> 01:05:08,610 Um-hm. I do. 521 01:05:09,327 --> 01:05:12,481 All right. Easy does it. 522 01:05:15,847 --> 01:05:18,860 - Put it right around... - Easy. 523 01:05:22,229 --> 01:05:25,357 - Anybody ever tell you how funny you are? - No. 524 01:05:25,607 --> 01:05:27,294 That's understandable. 525 01:05:29,102 --> 01:05:30,730 Now, for a little tape. 526 01:05:34,324 --> 01:05:37,754 - Now, put your other leg up, lover. - Never mind the romance. 527 01:05:40,662 --> 01:05:43,633 Around your big fat thighs. 528 01:05:45,142 --> 01:05:49,712 - Not as big as your big fat ass. - No, no, be nice now. 529 01:05:50,922 --> 01:05:53,777 Now for the balls. 530 01:05:53,778 --> 01:05:56,878 Your little red balls. You're just in time for Christmas. 531 01:05:56,886 --> 01:05:58,889 Wait a minute. What are you going to do to my balls? 532 01:05:58,890 --> 01:06:01,090 - We'll wrap them. - Isn't that dangerous? 533 01:06:01,597 --> 01:06:03,018 It'll affect my tap-dancing. 534 01:06:03,926 --> 01:06:08,748 Wrap that around like that and tie it. Wrap them real nice. 535 01:06:08,756 --> 01:06:13,193 - They'll slip out. - In a cocoon. Real nice. 536 01:06:16,362 --> 01:06:21,025 - That's better. A little bit of tape. - Feels like hell. 537 01:06:21,334 --> 01:06:25,371 - Hey, don't tape my balls to my asshole. - That's the best place for them, baby. 538 01:06:25,372 --> 01:06:26,372 Yeah. 539 01:06:28,965 --> 01:06:30,326 You're as good as new. 540 01:06:30,993 --> 01:06:32,746 Now! Get up, walk around. 541 01:06:50,602 --> 01:06:51,955 This is all right! 542 01:06:54,606 --> 01:06:56,292 I feel like a eunuch, 543 01:06:57,900 --> 01:06:59,437 but this is all right. 544 01:07:01,445 --> 01:07:04,224 - Want some soft boiled eggs? - Sure, baby. 545 01:07:10,353 --> 01:07:12,739 Call for help if you need to move the lift. 546 01:07:12,748 --> 01:07:17,418 Remember, we're very proud of this guy. It's called 'Vision of Peace'. 547 01:07:46,120 --> 01:07:48,731 Why was I chosen to do this? 548 01:07:50,740 --> 01:07:53,734 Why couldn't I be inside writing editorials 549 01:07:53,743 --> 01:07:56,413 about municipal corruption? 550 01:07:57,121 --> 01:07:59,500 Give the readers my vision of peace. 551 01:08:01,367 --> 01:08:05,212 Questions like these demanded deeper consideration. 552 01:08:35,915 --> 01:08:40,178 Superintendent Barnes. Can I buy you a beer? 553 01:08:41,086 --> 01:08:43,351 You are fired, Mr. Chinaski. 554 01:08:43,352 --> 01:08:46,552 Please return your uniform and clean out your locker. 555 01:08:47,459 --> 01:08:48,895 Yes, sir. 556 01:08:55,967 --> 01:08:58,620 - Is that you, Hank? - Yeah, baby. 557 01:09:09,396 --> 01:09:11,007 I got canned. 558 01:09:12,315 --> 01:09:14,193 Caught me drinking on the job. 559 01:09:15,401 --> 01:09:16,879 What about your check? 560 01:09:18,487 --> 01:09:22,016 Funny, they didn't mention it. 561 01:09:22,825 --> 01:09:26,095 You worked almost a full day. They owe you wages. 562 01:09:27,404 --> 01:09:28,873 Yes, they do. 563 01:09:30,373 --> 01:09:35,053 We'll go get it, as soon as the office opens. 564 01:09:35,461 --> 01:09:36,989 Okay. 565 01:09:57,473 --> 01:10:00,295 Let's hit the market for some stewed meat and vegetables 566 01:10:00,296 --> 01:10:03,196 and then let's get a couple of bottles of really good French wine. 567 01:10:03,704 --> 01:10:05,875 Jan, they told me the check wasn't ready yet. 568 01:10:05,876 --> 01:10:09,176 What? They can't... It's the law. 569 01:10:09,951 --> 01:10:12,713 I don't know. They said it would be ready tomorrow. 570 01:10:12,721 --> 01:10:16,458 Oh Christ, I've walked all this way in high heels. 571 01:10:17,367 --> 01:10:19,120 - You look great, baby. - Yeah. 572 01:11:21,942 --> 01:11:27,113 It pays to be a tough son of a bitch. The world belongs to people with balls. 573 01:11:27,222 --> 01:11:29,016 Just get the check, daddy. 574 01:11:39,367 --> 01:11:41,194 I'm Henry Chinaski. 575 01:11:43,103 --> 01:11:45,831 - Yes? - Yes, I was here yesterday. 576 01:11:47,140 --> 01:11:49,126 - Yes? - Right. 577 01:11:49,234 --> 01:11:52,330 And you told me my check would be ready today. 578 01:11:54,538 --> 01:11:57,067 - Oh. - That's right. 579 01:12:03,764 --> 01:12:06,817 I'm sorry, Mr. Chinaski. Your check isn't here yet. 580 01:12:07,768 --> 01:12:09,545 But you said it would be. 581 01:12:11,512 --> 01:12:15,224 I'm sorry, Sir. Sometimes it takes a little longer for a payroll check to process. 582 01:12:15,233 --> 01:12:16,961 Look, I want my check! 583 01:12:20,262 --> 01:12:21,715 I'm sorry, sir. 584 01:12:23,324 --> 01:12:25,042 You're not sorry. 585 01:12:25,951 --> 01:12:28,764 You don't know what sorrow is. I do. 586 01:12:30,672 --> 01:12:33,718 Now, I want to talk to your boss's boss. Now! 587 01:12:41,132 --> 01:12:42,516 Mr. Handler? 588 01:12:42,625 --> 01:12:47,347 A Mr. Chinaski would like to see you about a termination payroll check. 589 01:12:49,973 --> 01:12:51,250 Right. 590 01:12:57,396 --> 01:12:58,940 Room 309. 591 01:13:00,149 --> 01:13:01,434 Thank you. 592 01:13:02,443 --> 01:13:06,013 Me and my old lady have walked down here now, two days running, 593 01:13:06,622 --> 01:13:09,701 just to be told that you don't have my check. 594 01:13:11,409 --> 01:13:14,222 Now, you and I know that that's pure crap. 595 01:13:16,873 --> 01:13:20,502 Now all I want to do is get my check and get drunk. 596 01:13:22,210 --> 01:13:25,698 Now that might not sound noble. 597 01:13:27,006 --> 01:13:29,402 But it's my choice. 598 01:13:32,887 --> 01:13:34,265 You got a smoke? 599 01:13:50,946 --> 01:13:52,215 Thank you. 600 01:14:03,123 --> 01:14:04,409 Miss Simms? 601 01:14:05,217 --> 01:14:08,763 There's a check due a Mr. Henry Chinaski. 602 01:14:10,172 --> 01:14:14,534 Yes. Henry Chinaski. I want it down in five minutes. 603 01:14:16,694 --> 01:14:18,163 Thank you. 604 01:14:22,474 --> 01:14:28,230 Listen, John, I've got two years of journalism school at L.A. City College. 605 01:14:29,523 --> 01:14:34,694 - You couldn't use a reporter, could you? - Sorry, we're overstaffed now. 606 01:14:36,203 --> 01:14:37,422 I see. 607 01:14:38,030 --> 01:14:40,017 Your check will be downstairs. 608 01:14:43,460 --> 01:14:44,654 Thank you. 609 01:15:05,622 --> 01:15:09,160 You might as well not have any goddamn ears. You never listen to me anymore. 610 01:15:09,327 --> 01:15:14,506 Well, that's because you keep saying the same damn thing over and over again. 611 01:15:14,514 --> 01:15:17,918 Okay, let's have a drink and talk about it. 612 01:15:21,070 --> 01:15:24,148 You've had your ass up in the air ever since we got back together. 613 01:16:01,232 --> 01:16:02,509 Shit. 614 01:16:05,277 --> 01:16:07,347 Come on, let's face the obvious: 615 01:16:08,447 --> 01:16:14,369 I don't need you and you don't need me. 616 01:16:20,332 --> 01:16:23,211 Yeah. I know. 617 01:16:49,618 --> 01:16:54,331 A week later Jan moved out of my place and shacked up with some rich guy. 618 01:16:56,140 --> 01:16:59,002 After that I couldn't pay the rent. 619 01:17:11,379 --> 01:17:14,884 - The landlord threw you out? - Yeah. 620 01:17:16,792 --> 01:17:18,120 Did you get the job? 621 01:17:19,428 --> 01:17:22,657 - No. They didn't want me. - How come? 622 01:17:23,565 --> 01:17:26,619 Well, I don't have an address. 623 01:17:29,638 --> 01:17:31,708 Hank, I hate it when he fucks me. 624 01:17:34,717 --> 01:17:36,687 Sure, babe. Take care. 625 01:17:40,322 --> 01:17:42,359 This is for you. It got too small for him. 626 01:17:47,454 --> 01:17:49,090 See you around, Hank. 627 01:17:58,631 --> 01:17:59,867 You'll manage. 628 01:18:28,067 --> 01:18:31,520 Amazing, how grimly we hold onto our misery. 629 01:18:32,128 --> 01:18:35,466 The energy we burn fueling our anger. 630 01:18:39,510 --> 01:18:43,031 Amazing, how one moment we can be snarling like a beast, 631 01:18:43,639 --> 01:18:47,401 then a few moments later forgetting what or why. 632 01:18:47,968 --> 01:18:52,505 Not hours of this, or days or months or years of this, 633 01:18:52,714 --> 01:18:57,151 but decades, lifetimes completely used up 634 01:18:57,560 --> 01:19:01,005 given over to the pettiest rancor and hatred. 635 01:19:01,772 --> 01:19:06,202 Finally there is nothing here for death to take away. 636 01:19:37,005 --> 01:19:39,833 All right. Sit down and we'll see if anything comes in. 637 01:19:53,361 --> 01:19:56,898 You look a little down in the mouth. You all right? 638 01:19:57,907 --> 01:19:59,502 I lost a woman. 639 01:20:01,268 --> 01:20:06,123 Yeah, well, you'll have others. And you'll lose them too. 640 01:20:07,432 --> 01:20:08,793 Where do they go? 641 01:20:11,102 --> 01:20:15,506 Try this. Ain't no women on skid row. 642 01:20:15,607 --> 01:20:16,807 Thanks. 643 01:20:18,217 --> 01:20:21,930 Don't let him see us drinking. That's the one thing he don't like. 644 01:20:24,039 --> 01:20:25,283 Keep it low. 645 01:20:34,566 --> 01:20:38,252 - Wine gnats. - Sons of bitches are hooked. 646 01:20:39,060 --> 01:20:40,406 They know what's good. 647 01:20:42,914 --> 01:20:45,026 They drink to forget their women. 648 01:20:46,034 --> 01:20:47,954 They just drink. 649 01:20:49,663 --> 01:20:50,757 Oh, shit. 650 01:20:51,458 --> 01:20:53,058 - Oh, here he comes. - All right, all right! 651 01:20:53,065 --> 01:20:55,811 Get out! Get out! Get the hell out of here, you fucking winos! 652 01:20:55,812 --> 01:20:57,112 - Let's go! Move it! - All right. 653 01:20:57,219 --> 01:20:59,964 Get out of here before I call the cops! Both of you! 654 01:21:02,475 --> 01:21:06,253 Let's go! Both of you! Out of here! Right now! Keep moving! 655 01:21:06,261 --> 01:21:09,874 Get out of here! I'll call the cops, you goddamn degenerates! 656 01:21:09,875 --> 01:21:11,075 And don't come back! 657 01:21:14,644 --> 01:21:17,889 What? This isn't a bar! 658 01:21:22,193 --> 01:21:23,245 Sun's up. 659 01:21:25,154 --> 01:21:28,615 Yeah, the sun's up good. 660 01:21:38,916 --> 01:21:39,716 Well... 661 01:21:42,836 --> 01:21:44,514 I got to get going. 662 01:21:52,037 --> 01:21:53,147 See you. 663 01:22:15,700 --> 01:22:18,461 So, what do I do with Chinaski's mail? 664 01:22:18,469 --> 01:22:21,014 Oh, he's gone. Just give it to me. 665 01:22:22,122 --> 01:22:23,350 Have a nice day. 666 01:23:01,408 --> 01:23:02,993 Dear Mr. Chinaski. 667 01:23:03,202 --> 01:23:06,980 We are returning these four stories, but we are keeping My Beerdrunk Soul 668 01:23:06,989 --> 01:23:10,667 is Sadder Than All the Dead Christmas Trees of the World. 669 01:23:10,875 --> 01:23:13,189 We have been watching your work for a long time 670 01:23:13,190 --> 01:23:15,690 and we are most happy to accept this story. 671 01:23:15,797 --> 01:23:20,718 Sincerely, John Martin, Black Sparrow Press. 672 01:23:44,865 --> 01:23:48,727 If you are going to try, go all the way. 673 01:23:49,536 --> 01:23:51,872 Otherwise don't even start. 674 01:23:52,580 --> 01:23:57,376 This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs. 675 01:23:57,585 --> 01:23:59,312 And maybe your mind. 676 01:24:00,421 --> 01:24:03,599 It could mean not eating for three or four days. 677 01:24:04,008 --> 01:24:06,660 It could mean freezing on a park bench. 678 01:24:06,869 --> 01:24:09,704 It could mean jail. It could mean derision. 679 01:24:09,771 --> 01:24:12,875 It could mean mockery, isolation. 680 01:24:16,102 --> 01:24:21,440 Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. 681 01:24:21,607 --> 01:24:23,905 Of how much you really want to do it. 682 01:24:24,006 --> 01:24:28,406 And you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. 683 01:24:28,613 --> 01:24:32,092 And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. 684 01:24:35,370 --> 01:24:39,199 If you're going to try, go all the way. 685 01:24:40,207 --> 01:24:44,611 There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. 686 01:24:44,620 --> 01:24:47,014 And the nights will flame with fire. 687 01:24:47,923 --> 01:24:51,301 You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. 688 01:24:52,509 --> 01:24:55,356 It's the only good fight there is. 689 01:29:29,000 --> 01:29:29,001 .