1 00:00:32,087 --> 00:00:34,157 Mr. Chinaski! 2 00:00:34,367 --> 00:00:37,279 Get over here! 3 00:00:39,087 --> 00:00:41,601 - You've got a drivers license? - Yes. 4 00:00:41,807 --> 00:00:47,006 One driver's sick. We've got some rush orders. You need to make the deliveries. 5 00:01:09,247 --> 00:01:11,238 Hi, Chi...! 6 00:02:41,087 --> 00:02:44,238 Feeling bad? 7 00:02:44,447 --> 00:02:47,803 I've felt better. 8 00:02:48,007 --> 00:02:53,445 I've probably slept longer than you've lived. 9 00:03:16,447 --> 00:03:19,723 Chinaski, you're fired. 10 00:04:59,127 --> 00:05:01,561 Do you have a room? 11 00:05:01,767 --> 00:05:05,043 - It's $150 a week. - All right. 12 00:05:05,247 --> 00:05:09,718 - Are you employed? - Self employed. 13 00:05:09,927 --> 00:05:14,364 - May I ask what you do? - I'm a writer. 14 00:05:15,567 --> 00:05:18,320 Have you written books? 15 00:05:18,527 --> 00:05:21,917 I'm not ready for a novel... yet. 16 00:05:23,847 --> 00:05:26,281 OK. 17 00:06:25,087 --> 00:06:30,400 Most guys think they know how to drive. But in fact very few know how. 18 00:06:30,607 --> 00:06:32,802 They just steer. 19 00:06:33,007 --> 00:06:37,956 Every day I see 2-3 people run through red lights like they didn't exist. 20 00:06:38,167 --> 00:06:43,639 The lives people live drive them crazy, and it comes out in the way they drive. 21 00:06:43,847 --> 00:06:49,285 I'm not here to tell you how to live. I'm here to teach you how to drive. 22 00:06:49,487 --> 00:06:53,241 When can a man lose control over his cab? 23 00:06:53,447 --> 00:06:56,359 When I get a hard on? 24 00:06:56,567 --> 00:06:59,877 If you can't drive with a hard on we can't use you. 25 00:07:00,087 --> 00:07:04,239 Some of our best men drive with a hard on all day long. 26 00:07:04,447 --> 00:07:08,486 When can one lose control and not be able to help it? 27 00:07:08,687 --> 00:07:10,803 Chinaski? 28 00:07:11,007 --> 00:07:16,957 A man might lose control over his cab when he sneezed. 29 00:07:17,167 --> 00:07:19,840 Correct. 30 00:07:20,047 --> 00:07:23,278 When you sneeze what do you do? 31 00:07:30,287 --> 00:07:32,847 - Are you Henry Chinaski? - Yes, sir. 32 00:07:33,047 --> 00:07:35,880 Follow me. 33 00:07:38,607 --> 00:07:41,280 Sit down. 34 00:07:43,887 --> 00:07:47,766 We ran a check on you. 35 00:07:47,967 --> 00:07:54,315 You have 18 drunk and disorderly arrests. And one for drunk driving. 36 00:07:54,527 --> 00:08:00,557 - There were two for drunk driving. - You lied to us. You're disqualified. 37 00:08:14,487 --> 00:08:17,797 Could you call me a cab? 38 00:09:12,207 --> 00:09:17,520 As we live we all get caught and by various traps. 39 00:09:17,727 --> 00:09:20,560 Writing can trap you. 40 00:09:20,767 --> 00:09:25,397 Some tend to write what has pleased their readers in the past. 41 00:09:25,607 --> 00:09:28,997 They hear accolades and believe them. 42 00:09:29,207 --> 00:09:34,440 There is only one final judge of writing and that is the writer. 43 00:09:34,647 --> 00:09:41,837 When he is swayed by the critics, the editors, the readers, he is finished. 44 00:09:42,047 --> 00:09:45,881 And when he's swayed with his fame - 45 00:09:46,087 --> 00:09:50,080 - you can float him down the river with the turds. 46 00:09:51,287 --> 00:09:53,847 - A writer? - Yes. 47 00:09:54,047 --> 00:09:57,483 - Are you sure? - No. 48 00:09:57,687 --> 00:10:00,887 Why do you want to work in a pickle factory? 49 00:10:00,887 --> 00:10:05,677 - It reminds me of my grandmother. - It does? 50 00:10:05,887 --> 00:10:11,917 She used to serve me pickles whenever I visited her. 51 00:10:12,127 --> 00:10:17,360 - What do you write? - Mostly short stories. 52 00:10:17,567 --> 00:10:21,879 - I'm half way through a novel. - What's it about? 53 00:10:22,087 --> 00:10:26,842 - Everything. - It's for instance about cancer? 54 00:10:28,727 --> 00:10:31,321 Yes. 55 00:10:31,527 --> 00:10:34,758 How about my wife? 56 00:10:34,967 --> 00:10:39,119 She's in there too. 57 00:11:00,047 --> 00:11:02,607 I wrote 3-4 short stories a week. 58 00:11:02,807 --> 00:11:08,518 I imagined how the editors in The New Yorker must be reacting. 59 00:11:08,727 --> 00:11:12,640 Hey, here's another one from that nut! 60 00:11:14,247 --> 00:11:19,879 I sent most of them to John Martin. I admired his magazine, Black Sparrow. 61 00:11:49,207 --> 00:11:53,325 Chinaski? You want to step in here for a minute? 62 00:12:02,007 --> 00:12:04,805 Mr. Gentry is a writer too. 63 00:12:07,967 --> 00:12:13,837 I told him that you were a writer and he wanted to meet you. Do you mind? 64 00:12:14,047 --> 00:12:17,596 I don't mind. 65 00:12:20,367 --> 00:12:23,723 Mr. Gentry is a friend of mine. 66 00:12:52,847 --> 00:12:55,805 Do you mind if I leave? 67 00:12:56,007 --> 00:12:59,079 OK. 68 00:13:18,007 --> 00:13:24,845 The scene in the office stayed with me. Those cigars the fine clothes... 69 00:13:25,047 --> 00:13:27,197 I thought of good stakes. 70 00:13:27,407 --> 00:13:32,606 Long rides up winding driveways that led to beautiful homes. 71 00:13:32,807 --> 00:13:36,436 Ease. Trips to Europe. 72 00:13:36,647 --> 00:13:39,878 Fine women. 73 00:13:46,367 --> 00:13:50,406 Chinaski, what are you doing? Get back to work, your shift's not over. 74 00:13:50,607 --> 00:13:54,998 - I need a drink. - No, no. Get back to work. 75 00:13:55,207 --> 00:13:57,084 Over here. 76 00:14:01,887 --> 00:14:04,117 Get off me! 77 00:14:09,047 --> 00:14:11,561 No! 78 00:14:15,967 --> 00:14:19,482 - You OK? - I'm fine. 79 00:14:19,687 --> 00:14:22,155 I don't need this! 80 00:14:32,967 --> 00:14:36,926 Then I met Jan. 81 00:14:37,127 --> 00:14:41,803 I bought her a drink and she gave me her phone number. 82 00:14:42,007 --> 00:14:46,159 Three days later I moved into her apartment. 83 00:15:04,687 --> 00:15:08,646 Jan had a 500-dollar car. 84 00:15:08,847 --> 00:15:12,556 The big trick was how to turn on the headlights. 85 00:15:12,767 --> 00:15:17,158 Of course we had the advantage of broken springs. 86 00:15:43,967 --> 00:15:46,879 Jan was an excellent fuck. 87 00:15:47,087 --> 00:15:52,366 She had a tight pussy. And she took it like it was a knife killing her. 88 00:15:52,567 --> 00:15:55,445 I want to know what time it is! 89 00:15:55,647 --> 00:15:58,764 You said you'd fix the clock. 90 00:15:58,967 --> 00:16:14,447 All right, let's see... 91 00:16:14,447 --> 00:16:19,123 We set the clock by the TV at midnight last night. 92 00:16:19,327 --> 00:16:23,923 We know that it gains 35 minutes every hour. 93 00:16:24,127 --> 00:16:29,406 It says 7:30 p.m. But that's not right because it's not dark yet. 94 00:16:32,207 --> 00:16:34,767 That's 71/2 hours. 95 00:16:34,967 --> 00:16:38,277 Seven times 35 minutes... 96 00:16:38,487 --> 00:16:43,322 That's 245 minutes. 97 00:16:43,527 --> 00:16:47,805 One half of 35 is... 98 00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:52,159 171/2. 99 00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:54,437 It gives us... 100 00:16:54,647 --> 00:17:00,119 2521/2 minutes. 101 00:17:00,327 --> 00:17:06,846 That's four hours and 421/2 minutes we owe them. 102 00:17:07,047 --> 00:17:11,563 So we set the clock back to 5:47. That's it. 103 00:17:11,767 --> 00:17:15,077 It's 5:47. 104 00:17:15,287 --> 00:17:19,678 It's dinner time and we don't have anything to eat. 105 00:17:21,967 --> 00:17:26,358 Let's open another jug of wine. Should I make some pancakes? 106 00:17:26,567 --> 00:17:30,799 I don't know if I can get another one of them down. 107 00:17:31,007 --> 00:17:34,682 Okay, put the pancakes on. 108 00:17:37,807 --> 00:17:40,765 We're still out of butter. 109 00:17:40,967 --> 00:17:45,802 - Well, fry them dry again. - They'll be crisp. Real crisp. 110 00:17:46,007 --> 00:17:49,636 It's okay, baby. 111 00:19:10,727 --> 00:19:13,844 What was that? 112 00:19:16,527 --> 00:19:19,280 What is that? 113 00:19:42,007 --> 00:19:45,044 Is anyone in there? 114 00:19:47,847 --> 00:19:50,361 Everybody out! 115 00:19:50,567 --> 00:19:54,799 It's just the fire department. 116 00:20:15,327 --> 00:20:19,400 I finally got hired at a Bicycle Supply Warehouse. 117 00:20:19,607 --> 00:20:22,758 I had to demean myself to get that one. 118 00:20:22,967 --> 00:20:27,802 I told them that I liked to think of my job as a second home. 119 00:20:28,007 --> 00:20:30,362 You play the horses? 120 00:20:30,567 --> 00:20:33,365 Yeah. 121 00:20:33,567 --> 00:20:37,401 Mind if I look at your paper? 122 00:20:37,607 --> 00:20:40,485 Sure. 123 00:20:48,727 --> 00:20:54,518 - My Boy Bobby ought to take the eight. - And they don't even have him on top. 124 00:20:54,727 --> 00:20:57,525 - All the better. - What do you think he'll pay? 125 00:20:57,727 --> 00:21:00,605 About 9 to 2. 126 00:21:04,367 --> 00:21:08,565 - What time does the last race go off? - 5: 30. 127 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:11,998 - We get off at 5:00. - We'd never make it. 128 00:21:12,207 --> 00:21:16,086 We can try. The racetrack's not too far. 129 00:21:17,607 --> 00:21:20,963 - Want to come along? - Sure. 130 00:21:21,167 --> 00:21:24,443 We'll cut out at five to five. 131 00:21:38,927 --> 00:21:41,361 See, I told you we'd make it! 132 00:21:54,407 --> 00:21:58,286 $200 on My Boy Bobby to win. 133 00:22:11,207 --> 00:22:15,041 My Boy Bobby's in the front. He's in the lead! 134 00:22:15,247 --> 00:22:18,603 We've hooked ourselves a winner! 135 00:22:19,647 --> 00:22:23,037 Unless some big-ass closer comes out of the back of the pack. 136 00:22:23,247 --> 00:22:25,556 Come on, Bobby! 137 00:22:25,767 --> 00:22:31,000 - Yes! - We should have bet another $200. 138 00:22:31,207 --> 00:22:34,722 Come on, let's go get a drink. 139 00:22:41,447 --> 00:22:47,238 The next day some of the others asked if we would place bets for them. 140 00:22:47,447 --> 00:22:51,599 Hank, we have to take their bets. 141 00:22:51,807 --> 00:22:54,765 Manny, those guys haven't got any money. 142 00:22:54,967 --> 00:22:58,755 Only the coffee and chewing gum money that their wives give them. 143 00:22:58,967 --> 00:23:02,562 We can't waste time at the 2-dollar windows. 144 00:23:02,767 --> 00:23:07,238 We're not going to bet their money, we're going to keep their money. 145 00:23:07,447 --> 00:23:10,598 - Suppose they win? - They won't. 146 00:23:10,807 --> 00:23:15,756 They have a way of always picking the wrong horse. 147 00:23:17,167 --> 00:23:20,523 Suppose they bet our horse? 148 00:23:20,727 --> 00:23:23,878 Then we know we've got the wrong horse. 149 00:23:28,567 --> 00:23:31,843 I think she's going to do it. 150 00:23:32,047 --> 00:23:35,278 Go, Spitfire! 151 00:23:35,487 --> 00:23:38,320 Yes! Way to go! 152 00:24:08,367 --> 00:24:12,076 - You married, Manny? - No way. 153 00:24:12,287 --> 00:24:14,198 - Women? - Sometimes. 154 00:24:14,407 --> 00:24:18,036 - But it never lasts. - What's the problem? 155 00:24:18,247 --> 00:24:22,445 A woman is like a full-time job. 156 00:24:22,647 --> 00:24:26,959 - I suppose there is an emotional drain. - Physical too. 157 00:24:27,167 --> 00:24:31,001 They want to fuck night and day. 158 00:24:31,207 --> 00:24:35,359 Well. Get one you like to fuck. 159 00:24:35,567 --> 00:24:40,322 Yes, but if you drink or gamble they think it's a put down of their love. 160 00:24:40,527 --> 00:24:43,724 Get one who likes to drink, gamble and fuck. 161 00:24:43,927 --> 00:24:47,715 Who wants a woman like that? 162 00:24:51,487 --> 00:24:55,036 I bought some expensive clothes and shoes. 163 00:24:55,247 --> 00:24:59,877 The owner of the Warehouse didn't look so powerful anymore. 164 00:25:00,087 --> 00:25:03,363 Manny and I took a little longer with our lunches - 165 00:25:03,567 --> 00:25:09,642 - and came back smoking cigars. The new life didn't sit well with Jan. 166 00:25:09,847 --> 00:25:15,558 She was used to her four fucks a day and seeing me poor and humble. 167 00:25:26,287 --> 00:25:29,757 Mr. Horseplayer! 168 00:25:29,967 --> 00:25:33,167 Mr. Big Horseplayer! 169 00:25:33,167 --> 00:25:37,046 I used to like the way you walked across the room. 170 00:25:37,247 --> 00:25:43,277 Like you were walking through walls. Like nothing mattered. 171 00:25:43,487 --> 00:25:48,003 Now you've got a few bucks in your pocket, you're not the same anymore. 172 00:25:48,207 --> 00:25:51,244 You act like you're a dental student or a plumber. 173 00:25:51,447 --> 00:25:54,678 Don't give me any shit about plumbers. 174 00:25:56,607 --> 00:26:01,681 - We haven't made love in two weeks. - Love takes many forms. 175 00:26:01,887 --> 00:26:05,402 You haven't fucked me in two weeks. 176 00:26:05,607 --> 00:26:10,522 Have some patience. In six months we'll be vacationing in Rome, in Paris. 177 00:26:10,727 --> 00:26:16,324 Look at you! Pouring yourself that good whiskey and letting me drink this crap. 178 00:26:16,527 --> 00:26:21,078 - Mr. Big-Time Horseplayer! - I give you soul. 179 00:26:21,287 --> 00:26:25,917 I give you wisdom and light and music and some laughter! 180 00:26:26,127 --> 00:26:29,836 By the way, I am the world's greatest horseplayer. 181 00:26:30,047 --> 00:26:32,083 Horseshit! 182 00:26:32,287 --> 00:26:35,723 No, horseplayer! 183 00:26:39,207 --> 00:26:44,235 I understood too well that great lovers were always men of leisure. 184 00:26:44,447 --> 00:26:49,123 I fucked better as a bum than as a puncher of time clocks. 185 00:26:59,847 --> 00:27:03,203 - I've always wanted to go there. - It's quite nice, actually. 186 00:27:04,647 --> 00:27:09,846 I tried to make a woman out of you, but you're nothing but a whore! 187 00:27:17,087 --> 00:27:22,207 If anybody here doesn't like what I just did, then say something! 188 00:27:38,487 --> 00:27:43,766 Sit down, Chinaski. You knew we were going to let you go. 189 00:27:43,967 --> 00:27:49,087 - Bosses are never hard to fathom. - You've been slacking for over a month. 190 00:27:49,287 --> 00:27:54,486 - I've been busting my ass! - No you haven't! 191 00:27:54,687 --> 00:27:57,997 I've given you my time. 192 00:27:58,207 --> 00:28:02,120 For pitiful $6 an hour. 193 00:28:02,327 --> 00:28:06,161 Remember, you begged for this job. 194 00:28:06,367 --> 00:28:14,001 I give you my time, so you can live in your big house. I've been the loser. 195 00:28:14,207 --> 00:28:18,166 - You understand? - All right, Chinaski. Just go. 196 00:28:18,367 --> 00:28:22,121 Listen, Mantz. I don't want any trouble about my unemployment payments. 197 00:28:22,327 --> 00:28:27,845 You guys are always trying to cheat the working man out of his rights. 198 00:28:28,047 --> 00:28:32,484 You'll get your unemployment. Now get the hell out of here! 199 00:28:35,687 --> 00:28:40,158 I didn't see Manny again, and I missed the trips to the track with him. 200 00:28:40,367 --> 00:28:44,326 But I had my winnings and the bookie money. 201 00:28:44,527 --> 00:28:47,727 I just sat around and Jan liked that. 202 00:28:47,727 --> 00:28:51,402 After two weeks I was on unemployment. 203 00:28:51,607 --> 00:28:54,724 We relaxed and fucked and toured the bars. 204 00:28:54,927 --> 00:29:00,126 Every week I'd go down, stand in line and get my check. 205 00:29:03,407 --> 00:29:05,716 Hank? 206 00:29:05,927 --> 00:29:09,237 I love you. 207 00:29:36,767 --> 00:29:41,158 Here's a ten-dollar try on the four with one and two. 208 00:29:44,687 --> 00:29:48,726 The racetrack crowd is the world brought down to size. 209 00:29:48,927 --> 00:29:51,885 Life grinding against death and losing. 210 00:29:52,087 --> 00:29:56,444 Nobody wins finally, we're only seeking a reprieve. 211 00:29:56,647 --> 00:29:59,605 A moment out of the glare. 212 00:30:01,567 --> 00:30:07,324 - Sir, you're in our seats. - There are no reserved seats here. 213 00:30:07,527 --> 00:30:12,123 I know. But it's a common courtesy. 214 00:30:12,327 --> 00:30:16,036 Some people get her early. 215 00:30:16,247 --> 00:30:20,286 Poor people, like you and me, who can't afford reserved seats. 216 00:30:20,487 --> 00:30:24,275 They lay down newspapers to indicate that these seats are saved. 217 00:30:24,487 --> 00:30:29,925 If the poor aren't decent with one another nobody else is going to be. 218 00:30:30,127 --> 00:30:32,561 I am not poor. 219 00:30:32,767 --> 00:30:37,124 If you can't be a gentleman, at least don't be a hog. 220 00:30:37,327 --> 00:30:40,205 Jan, sit down. 221 00:30:40,407 --> 00:30:43,285 I'll stand. 222 00:30:51,047 --> 00:30:54,119 Come on four. 223 00:31:01,367 --> 00:31:04,518 Let's get a drink. 224 00:31:34,287 --> 00:31:36,960 That man in our seats, he's got nerve. 225 00:31:37,167 --> 00:31:40,762 - I don't like the guy. - He sure got your goat. 226 00:31:40,967 --> 00:31:44,277 He was just a little guy. 227 00:31:44,487 --> 00:31:49,083 If he'd been big you wouldn't have done anything either. 228 00:32:06,167 --> 00:32:07,964 What do you do for a living? 229 00:32:08,167 --> 00:32:13,878 Real estate. I make 500000 a year. 230 00:32:14,087 --> 00:32:17,966 Then why don't you get yourself a reserved seat? 231 00:32:18,167 --> 00:32:21,045 That's my prerogative. 232 00:32:21,247 --> 00:32:24,444 You know, you have the nicest blue eyes. 233 00:32:24,647 --> 00:32:27,605 You got a cigarette? 234 00:32:34,407 --> 00:32:39,606 - Pardon me, but you are in my seat. - And what are you going to do about it? 235 00:33:01,207 --> 00:33:03,880 Pardon me. 236 00:33:04,087 --> 00:33:06,840 Come on, baby. 237 00:35:29,687 --> 00:35:32,121 How do you feel? 238 00:35:32,327 --> 00:35:35,285 I feel bad. 239 00:35:36,407 --> 00:35:39,365 I want to be alone. 240 00:35:41,327 --> 00:35:45,684 You don't have enough love. It's warped you. 241 00:35:47,127 --> 00:35:54,078 People don't need love. They need success of some form or another. 242 00:35:55,767 --> 00:35:59,806 It can be love but it doesn't have to be. 243 00:36:02,247 --> 00:36:07,487 The Bible says: 'Love thy neighbor.' 244 00:36:07,487 --> 00:36:11,446 That could also mean: Leave him alone. 245 00:36:47,327 --> 00:36:50,080 One half is yours. 246 00:36:51,447 --> 00:36:55,156 - It's another woman, isn't it? - No. 247 00:36:57,247 --> 00:37:01,923 - You don't love me anymore. - Stop that shit, would you? 248 00:37:03,927 --> 00:37:07,761 You're tired of fucking me. 249 00:37:12,247 --> 00:37:15,922 Hank, stay with me. 250 00:37:34,047 --> 00:37:36,641 Here, take it. 251 00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:52,320 You'll manage. 252 00:38:00,407 --> 00:38:03,205 Hank... 253 00:38:36,367 --> 00:38:41,885 Even at my lowest times I can feel the words bubbling inside of me. 254 00:38:42,087 --> 00:38:43,884 I had to get them down - 255 00:38:44,087 --> 00:38:47,921 - or be overcome by something worse than death. 256 00:38:48,127 --> 00:38:53,565 Words, not as precious things but as necessary things. 257 00:38:53,767 --> 00:38:57,726 Yet, when I begin to doubt my ability to work the word - 258 00:38:57,927 --> 00:39:03,797 - I simply read another writer and I know I have nothing to worry about. 259 00:39:05,527 --> 00:39:09,520 My contest is only with myself, to do it right. 260 00:39:09,727 --> 00:39:12,241 With power and force. 261 00:39:12,447 --> 00:39:48,767 And delight and gamble. 262 00:39:48,767 --> 00:39:51,520 I'll have a scotch, please. 263 00:40:15,487 --> 00:40:18,559 Bartender, I'll have another one. 264 00:40:20,367 --> 00:40:24,724 And get the little lady whatever she's having. 265 00:40:36,447 --> 00:40:40,486 That drink was my last. I'm broke. 266 00:40:44,767 --> 00:40:47,486 Are you serious? 267 00:40:49,367 --> 00:40:53,918 - Do you have a place to stay? - No. 268 00:40:54,127 --> 00:40:58,723 And you haven't got any money, or anything to drink? 269 00:41:00,447 --> 00:41:02,802 No. 270 00:41:03,007 --> 00:41:08,843 Two Evan Williams, a six-pack of beer, two packs of cigarettes, - 271 00:41:09,047 --> 00:41:13,962 - some chips, some mixed nuts, some alka-seltzer, - 272 00:41:14,167 --> 00:41:17,682 - and a good cigar. 273 00:41:17,887 --> 00:41:21,721 - Cash or credit card? - Charge it to Pierre. 274 00:41:21,927 --> 00:41:24,839 I'll have to phone. 275 00:41:25,047 --> 00:41:29,279 - Where are we going? - My place. 276 00:41:34,807 --> 00:41:37,765 - It's okay. - Thank you. 277 00:42:08,527 --> 00:42:12,315 - Do you like this kind of music? - Yes. 278 00:42:15,927 --> 00:42:18,680 Swell. 279 00:42:24,207 --> 00:42:26,277 What? 280 00:42:26,487 --> 00:42:30,526 You think your great. 281 00:42:30,727 --> 00:42:33,321 No. 282 00:42:33,527 --> 00:42:36,166 Yes. I can tell by the way you act. 283 00:42:36,367 --> 00:42:39,325 I like you tough. 284 00:42:39,527 --> 00:42:42,405 I liked you right away. 285 00:42:42,607 --> 00:42:46,282 Hike up your skirt. 286 00:42:46,487 --> 00:42:50,605 - You like legs? - Yes. 287 00:42:53,127 --> 00:42:57,996 You're not some maniac? There's a guy who's been picking up girls. 288 00:42:58,207 --> 00:43:04,316 Cuts crossword puzzles into their bodies with a pen knife. 289 00:43:06,087 --> 00:43:10,842 I write, but I'm not him. 290 00:43:15,687 --> 00:43:20,602 Then there are guys who fuck you and chop you into little pieces. 291 00:43:20,807 --> 00:43:24,197 They find your ass in a drainpipe. 292 00:43:24,407 --> 00:43:27,956 And your tit in a trash can downtown. 293 00:43:28,167 --> 00:43:32,479 I stopped doing that, years ago. 294 00:44:19,287 --> 00:44:22,802 Stay back from the door. He's got a camera. 295 00:44:23,007 --> 00:44:27,876 Let him just see me. When the buzzer sounds you follow me in. 296 00:44:34,087 --> 00:44:37,875 - Sweetie, so good to see you! - Pierre, hi! 297 00:44:42,967 --> 00:44:47,447 How are you? 298 00:44:47,447 --> 00:44:52,601 - Who's that guy? - I want you to meet a friend of mine. 299 00:44:52,807 --> 00:44:56,277 Pierre, this is Henry Chinaski. 300 00:44:56,487 --> 00:45:00,241 - Good to know you, Pierre. - Come on in. 301 00:45:00,447 --> 00:45:05,237 Thank you. You're so good, Pierre. 302 00:45:07,567 --> 00:45:12,038 Hi girls. This is Henry Chinaski. 303 00:45:12,247 --> 00:45:15,796 Henry, this is Grace and Jerry. 304 00:45:20,807 --> 00:45:28,967 Help yourself. 305 00:45:28,967 --> 00:45:33,199 - So, what do you do? - He's a writer. 306 00:45:33,407 --> 00:45:38,003 I need somebody to do a libretto for an opera I wrote. 307 00:45:38,207 --> 00:45:42,359 It's called The Emperor of San Francisco. 308 00:45:42,567 --> 00:45:48,119 Did you know there was one who claimed he was the Emperor of San Francisco? 309 00:45:48,327 --> 00:45:53,321 - No, I didn't. - It's a real story. 310 00:45:53,527 --> 00:45:57,076 You look like you've been around. 311 00:45:57,287 --> 00:46:00,643 You look like you've got class. 312 00:46:05,087 --> 00:46:09,444 Would you like to hear some music from my opera? 313 00:46:11,727 --> 00:46:16,881 Yes, I'd like that very much, if it's OK with you? 314 00:46:18,447 --> 00:46:21,166 Great. 315 00:47:17,887 --> 00:47:21,004 He's a tight son of a bitch. 316 00:47:21,207 --> 00:47:25,917 He likes to take care of the girls in the bars who have no place to sleep. 317 00:47:26,127 --> 00:47:29,244 All he gives them is food and a bed. 318 00:47:29,447 --> 00:47:32,166 Never any money. 319 00:47:32,367 --> 00:47:36,440 And they only have drinks when he's drinking. 320 00:47:37,887 --> 00:47:41,163 Jerry got to him one night, though. 321 00:47:41,367 --> 00:47:43,642 He was horny. 322 00:47:43,847 --> 00:47:47,044 He was chasing her around the table. 323 00:47:47,247 --> 00:47:49,556 She said 'no'. 324 00:47:49,767 --> 00:47:53,965 'Not unless you give me a thousand bucks a month for life! ' 325 00:47:56,367 --> 00:47:59,882 He signed a piece of paper. 326 00:48:00,087 --> 00:48:03,636 That he has to pay her $1000 a month. 327 00:48:03,847 --> 00:48:08,716 Even after he dies his family will have to pay her. 328 00:48:11,007 --> 00:48:14,920 Jerry is his main girl, though. 329 00:48:18,007 --> 00:48:21,124 What about you? 330 00:48:22,607 --> 00:48:25,838 Not for a long time. 331 00:48:29,767 --> 00:48:32,839 I like you. 332 00:48:34,927 --> 00:48:38,044 You do? 333 00:48:40,327 --> 00:48:46,482 Watch tomorrow. If he comes out with that sailor's cap on, - 334 00:48:46,687 --> 00:48:52,159 - that means that we're going out on his yacht. 335 00:48:52,367 --> 00:48:56,326 Doctors made him get a yacht. 336 00:48:56,527 --> 00:48:59,360 Is it a long one? 337 00:48:59,567 --> 00:49:02,240 Sure. 338 00:49:11,327 --> 00:49:14,046 We're going out on the yacht. 339 00:50:44,447 --> 00:50:47,723 - We're going back. - What for? 340 00:50:47,927 --> 00:50:54,685 Grace is having one of those moments. She's just staring at the water. 341 00:50:54,887 --> 00:50:58,800 I'm afraid she'll jump off the boat. She can't swim. 342 00:50:59,007 --> 00:51:03,558 - Just give her 50 bucks! - No. We're going back. 343 00:51:07,007 --> 00:51:11,080 This happens every time we go out. 344 00:51:13,047 --> 00:51:17,882 Grace goes into one of her moods and stands there staring at the ocean. 345 00:51:18,087 --> 00:51:21,318 She's never going to jump overboard. 346 00:51:21,527 --> 00:51:24,644 She hates water! 347 00:51:31,647 --> 00:51:36,846 Laura and I split up and I never saw any of them again. 348 00:51:53,207 --> 00:51:55,801 - Hey, mom. - Is that you? 349 00:51:56,007 --> 00:51:57,725 Yeah. 350 00:51:57,927 --> 00:52:01,761 I just need a place to sleep for a couple of days. 351 00:52:01,967 --> 00:52:05,676 Your bedroom is always waiting. 352 00:52:06,887 --> 00:52:09,640 Your father is home. 353 00:52:15,367 --> 00:52:18,200 Thanks, mom. 354 00:52:19,967 --> 00:52:22,765 Hey, dad. 355 00:52:44,367 --> 00:52:46,881 Thanks. 356 00:52:53,687 --> 00:52:56,201 You got a job? 357 00:52:56,407 --> 00:52:58,204 No. 358 00:52:58,407 --> 00:53:01,956 Any man who wants work can find work. 359 00:53:02,167 --> 00:53:06,479 Suppose you're right. 360 00:53:06,687 --> 00:53:09,887 I can hardly believe you're my son. 361 00:53:09,887 --> 00:53:13,675 You don't have any ambition. 362 00:53:13,887 --> 00:53:17,482 How the hell are you going to make it in this world? 363 00:53:25,287 --> 00:53:28,006 Still think you're a writer? 364 00:53:28,207 --> 00:53:30,323 I am still writing. 365 00:53:36,847 --> 00:53:40,601 If you stay here I'll charge you room and board plus laundry. 366 00:53:40,807 --> 00:53:45,835 When you get a job, what's yours we take out of your wages till you're paid up. 367 00:53:49,807 --> 00:53:51,763 You're drunk! 368 00:53:51,967 --> 00:53:56,677 - Yes. - Where do you get the money to drink? 369 00:53:56,887 --> 00:53:59,924 - I'll get a job. - How? 370 00:54:00,127 --> 00:54:04,678 - You act as if I had murdered somebody. - It's just as bad! 371 00:54:10,007 --> 00:54:12,123 Are you finished? 372 00:54:14,567 --> 00:54:17,127 Thanks for the food, mom. 373 00:54:17,327 --> 00:54:21,764 - You're not hungry? - No. I'm good, thank you. 374 00:54:42,727 --> 00:54:47,642 Robert, how about you and I go out and have a few cocktails? 375 00:54:47,847 --> 00:54:52,398 Drinking in the middle of the week without a job? 376 00:54:52,607 --> 00:54:56,566 That's when you need a drink the most. 377 00:54:56,767 --> 00:54:58,837 I am warning you! 378 00:54:59,047 --> 00:55:03,677 - I also need a piece of ass. - What's he saying? 379 00:55:04,887 --> 00:55:08,675 I said, I also need a piece of ass. 380 00:55:39,767 --> 00:55:42,884 We have three different types of cartons. 381 00:55:43,087 --> 00:55:47,558 This is for our Super Durable Brake Shoe. This for our Super Brake Shoe. 382 00:55:47,767 --> 00:55:52,921 And this is for our Standard Brake Shoe. And here are the brake shoes. 383 00:55:53,127 --> 00:55:56,676 - How do I tell them apart? - You don't. 384 00:55:56,887 --> 00:55:59,355 Just divide them into thirds. 385 00:55:59,567 --> 00:56:03,640 When you've finished we'll find something else. 386 00:56:03,847 --> 00:56:07,806 - When do I start? - Now. 387 00:56:13,207 --> 00:56:19,203 And absolutely no smoking up here. If you have to smoke, come downstairs. 388 00:56:54,487 --> 00:56:57,957 A poem is a city filled with streets and sewers. 389 00:56:58,167 --> 00:57:02,957 Filled with saints, heroes, beggars, madmen. 390 00:57:03,167 --> 00:57:06,000 Filled with banality and booze. 391 00:57:06,207 --> 00:57:10,086 Filled with rain and thunder and periods of drought. 392 00:57:10,287 --> 00:57:12,676 A poem is a city at war. 393 00:57:12,887 --> 00:57:16,562 It's a barbershop filled with cynical drunks. 394 00:57:16,767 --> 00:57:18,883 A poem is a city. 395 00:57:19,087 --> 00:57:22,966 A poem is a nation. A poem is the world. 396 00:57:26,447 --> 00:57:29,086 I decided to look for Jan. 397 00:57:29,287 --> 00:57:32,962 I toured the bars in our old neighborhood looking for her. 398 00:57:33,167 --> 00:57:36,367 The bartender at the Pink Mule - 399 00:57:36,367 --> 00:57:41,316 - told me that she was working as a chambermaid in a downtown hotel. 400 00:58:00,047 --> 00:58:03,198 Hank! 401 00:58:05,647 --> 00:58:07,524 Jan. 402 00:58:07,727 --> 00:58:11,163 I thought I'd never see you again! 403 00:58:11,367 --> 00:58:14,040 Well, here I am. 404 00:58:16,887 --> 00:58:20,402 Let me look at you. 405 00:58:20,607 --> 00:58:23,758 You're thin. You've lost weight. 406 00:58:25,407 --> 00:58:27,875 You're looking good. 407 00:58:28,087 --> 00:58:30,806 - Are you alone? - Yes. 408 00:58:31,007 --> 00:58:33,316 - There's no one else? - Nobody. 409 00:58:33,527 --> 00:58:37,645 You know I can't stand people. 410 00:58:37,847 --> 00:58:42,125 Well, good to see you working. 411 00:58:44,687 --> 00:58:47,520 Come on. 412 00:59:01,407 --> 00:59:06,925 - I'm embarrassed. - I love you, you idiot. 413 00:59:07,127 --> 00:59:10,961 We've fucked 800 times, so relax. 414 00:59:12,167 --> 00:59:16,240 - Still like my legs? - Hell yes. 415 00:59:16,447 --> 00:59:19,678 Have you finished with your work? 416 00:59:19,887 --> 00:59:24,722 All but Mr. Clark's room. He doesn't care. He leaves me tips. 417 00:59:24,927 --> 00:59:29,239 I'm not doing anything. He just leaves me tips. 418 00:59:33,927 --> 00:59:36,646 Jan? 419 00:59:40,967 --> 00:59:44,198 I love you, baby. 420 00:59:44,407 --> 00:59:46,602 Bastard. 421 00:59:46,807 --> 00:59:51,756 When I came home one night, she had moved in with me. 422 01:00:05,967 --> 01:00:09,562 I decided to clean up the apartment. 423 01:00:09,767 --> 01:00:13,919 I thought I must be turning into a fag. 424 01:00:33,047 --> 01:00:35,561 Where is she? 425 01:00:35,767 --> 01:00:39,965 Where is the bitch who cleaned the place? 426 01:00:48,727 --> 01:00:53,357 If I find her, I'm going to kill her. I swear. 427 01:00:57,327 --> 01:01:01,366 You're going to pay for this, Chinaski. 428 01:01:15,167 --> 01:01:20,560 She was continually using our arguments to justify herself. 429 01:01:20,767 --> 01:01:23,884 It was just a cover for her own guilt. 430 01:01:24,087 --> 01:01:27,443 She'd go off with anyone she met in a bar. 431 01:01:27,647 --> 01:01:31,435 And the lower and the dirtier he was the better she liked it. 432 01:01:35,487 --> 01:01:39,560 She left and I got drunk for three days and three nights. 433 01:01:39,767 --> 01:01:44,477 When I sobered up I knew my job was gone. 434 01:01:50,927 --> 01:01:56,047 Hello? I was told you might be looking for reporters. 435 01:01:56,247 --> 01:01:59,205 Please fill this out. 436 01:02:29,727 --> 01:02:32,764 Bastard! 437 01:02:38,247 --> 01:02:43,162 Apply this ointment to the invaded parts an wash off after 20-30 minutes. 438 01:02:43,367 --> 01:02:48,316 Under no circumstances leave it on longer than 30 minutes. 439 01:02:48,527 --> 01:02:50,483 Thank you. 440 01:03:12,327 --> 01:03:15,239 Hell! 30 minutes? 441 01:03:15,447 --> 01:03:20,316 I'll leave it on all night and kill every one of these fuckers. 442 01:03:46,127 --> 01:03:48,766 Shit! 443 01:03:50,047 --> 01:03:51,844 Hank? 444 01:03:52,047 --> 01:03:54,880 - You fucking whore! - What? 445 01:03:55,087 --> 01:03:58,284 - Look what you've done to me! - What is it? 446 01:03:58,487 --> 01:04:01,081 Don't you know? 447 01:04:01,287 --> 01:04:07,886 I haven't fucked anybody else! I got it from you. You're a diseased ridden slut! 448 01:04:08,087 --> 01:04:10,806 Crabs, baby! You gave me crabs. 449 01:04:11,007 --> 01:04:14,079 No. Geraldine must have them. 450 01:04:14,287 --> 01:04:17,996 I was sitting on her toilet. 451 01:04:18,207 --> 01:04:21,358 You got it off a toilet seat? 452 01:04:21,567 --> 01:04:24,877 Give me a goddamn drink. 453 01:04:29,847 --> 01:04:31,963 What do you want? 454 01:04:32,167 --> 01:04:33,885 Yes? 455 01:04:35,287 --> 01:04:37,437 Yes? 456 01:04:37,647 --> 01:04:40,559 As a reporter? 457 01:04:40,767 --> 01:04:43,964 Not as a reporter? 458 01:04:44,167 --> 01:04:47,045 Today? 459 01:04:47,247 --> 01:04:50,080 Okay. Thanks. 460 01:04:51,447 --> 01:04:54,086 Who was that? 461 01:04:54,287 --> 01:04:58,326 - I got a job. - I'll fix you up. 462 01:04:59,687 --> 01:05:02,963 I can't wear pants. 463 01:05:05,287 --> 01:05:09,724 - I'll rap you up in gauze. - Will that work? 464 01:05:11,607 --> 01:05:15,361 Easy does it. 465 01:05:15,567 --> 01:05:20,277 - Put it right around... - Easy. 466 01:05:22,447 --> 01:05:26,076 - Anybody tell you how funny you are? - No. 467 01:05:26,287 --> 01:05:29,404 That's understandable. 468 01:05:29,607 --> 01:05:33,236 Now, for a little tape. 469 01:05:35,007 --> 01:05:40,639 - Put the other leg up, lover. - Never mind the romance. 470 01:05:40,847 --> 01:05:45,523 Around your big fat thighs. 471 01:05:45,727 --> 01:05:49,925 - Not as big as your big fat ass. - No, no, be nice now. 472 01:05:51,607 --> 01:05:57,364 Now the balls. Your little red balls. Just in time for Christmas. 473 01:05:57,567 --> 01:06:00,604 - What will you do with my balls? - Rap them. 474 01:06:00,807 --> 01:06:04,720 It might affect my tap-dancing. 475 01:06:04,927 --> 01:06:10,365 - Wrap that around like that and tie. - They'll slip out. 476 01:06:10,567 --> 01:06:13,877 In a cocoon. Real nice. 477 01:06:17,047 --> 01:06:22,041 That's better. A little bit of tape. 478 01:06:22,247 --> 01:06:27,082 - Don't tape my balls to my asshole. - That's the best place for them, baby. 479 01:06:28,847 --> 01:06:31,805 You're as good as new. 480 01:06:32,007 --> 01:06:35,238 Get up and walk around. 481 01:06:51,287 --> 01:06:55,075 This is all right! 482 01:06:55,287 --> 01:06:58,404 I feel like a eunuch, - 483 01:06:58,607 --> 01:07:01,917 - but this is all right. 484 01:07:02,127 --> 01:07:06,006 - Want some soft boiled eggs? - Sure, baby. 485 01:07:11,167 --> 01:07:13,727 Call for help if you need to move the lift. 486 01:07:13,927 --> 01:07:18,125 We're very proud of this guy. It's called 'Vision of Peace'. 487 01:07:47,007 --> 01:07:50,716 Why was I chosen to do this? 488 01:07:50,927 --> 01:07:53,725 Why couldn't I be inside writing editorials - 489 01:07:53,927 --> 01:07:57,602 - about municipal corruption? 490 01:07:57,807 --> 01:08:01,686 Give the readers my vision of peace. 491 01:08:01,887 --> 01:08:06,403 Questions like these demanded deeper consideration. 492 01:08:36,807 --> 01:08:41,278 Superintendent Barnes. Can I buy you a beer? 493 01:08:41,487 --> 01:08:47,960 You are fired, Mr. Chinaski. Return your uniform and clean out your locker. 494 01:08:48,167 --> 01:08:51,000 Yes, sir. 495 01:08:56,647 --> 01:08:59,923 - Is that you, Hank? - Yeah, baby. 496 01:09:10,087 --> 01:09:12,806 I got canned. 497 01:09:13,007 --> 01:09:15,885 Caught me drinking on the job. 498 01:09:16,087 --> 01:09:18,965 What about your check? 499 01:09:19,167 --> 01:09:23,319 Funny, they didn't mention it. 500 01:09:23,527 --> 01:09:27,679 You worked almost a full day. They owe you wages. 501 01:09:27,887 --> 01:09:31,087 Yes, they do. 502 01:09:31,087 --> 01:09:35,956 We go get it, as soon as the office opens. 503 01:09:36,167 --> 01:09:38,806 Okay. 504 01:09:58,487 --> 01:10:03,880 Let's hit the marked for some stewed meat and vegetables and French wine. 505 01:10:04,087 --> 01:10:09,286 - They old me the check wasn't ready. - What? It's the law. 506 01:10:10,647 --> 01:10:14,117 They said it would be ready tomorrow. 507 01:10:14,327 --> 01:10:18,161 Christ, I've walked all this way in high heels! 508 01:10:18,367 --> 01:10:22,121 You look great, baby. 509 01:11:22,847 --> 01:11:27,523 It pays to be a tough son of a bitch. The world belongs to people with balls. 510 01:11:27,727 --> 01:11:30,525 Just get the check, daddy. 511 01:11:40,087 --> 01:11:43,204 I'm Henry Chinaski. 512 01:11:43,407 --> 01:11:47,036 - Yes? - I was here yesterday. 513 01:11:47,247 --> 01:11:49,841 Yes? 514 01:11:50,047 --> 01:11:54,325 You told me my check would be ready today. 515 01:11:54,527 --> 01:11:58,156 - Oh. - That's right. 516 01:12:04,447 --> 01:12:08,235 I'm sorry. Your check isn't here yet. 517 01:12:08,447 --> 01:12:11,325 But you said it would be. 518 01:12:11,527 --> 01:12:15,725 I'm sorry. Sometimes it takes a little longer. 519 01:12:15,927 --> 01:12:19,044 I want my check! 520 01:12:20,567 --> 01:12:23,798 I'm sorry, sir. 521 01:12:24,007 --> 01:12:26,441 You're not sorry. 522 01:12:26,647 --> 01:12:31,357 You don't know what sorrow is. I do. 523 01:12:31,567 --> 01:12:35,606 I want to talk to your boss's boss. Now! 524 01:12:41,847 --> 01:12:43,405 Mr. Handler? 525 01:12:43,607 --> 01:12:49,045 A Mr. Chinaski would like to see you about a termination payroll check. 526 01:12:50,687 --> 01:12:53,042 Right. 527 01:12:58,087 --> 01:13:00,647 Room 309. 528 01:13:00,847 --> 01:13:02,917 Thank you. 529 01:13:03,127 --> 01:13:07,325 Me and my old lady walked down here now, two days running - 530 01:13:07,527 --> 01:13:11,918 - just to be told that you don't have my check. 531 01:13:12,127 --> 01:13:16,325 Now, you and I know that's pure crap. 532 01:13:17,567 --> 01:13:22,197 All I want to do is get my check and get drunk. 533 01:13:22,407 --> 01:13:27,003 That may not sound noble. 534 01:13:27,207 --> 01:13:31,485 But it's my choice. 535 01:13:33,567 --> 01:13:36,957 You got a smoke? 536 01:13:51,647 --> 01:13:54,320 Thank you. 537 01:14:03,807 --> 01:14:05,923 Miss Simms? 538 01:14:06,127 --> 01:14:10,678 There's a check due to Mr. Henry Chinaski. 539 01:14:10,887 --> 01:14:15,836 Yes. Henry Chinaski. I want it down in five minutes. 540 01:14:17,287 --> 01:14:19,482 Thank you. 541 01:14:23,167 --> 01:14:28,924 Listen, John, I've got two years of journalism at L. A. City College. 542 01:14:30,207 --> 01:14:35,406 - You couldn't use a reporter? - Sorry, we're overstaffed now. 543 01:14:35,607 --> 01:14:38,519 I see. 544 01:14:38,727 --> 01:14:41,799 Your check will be downstairs. 545 01:14:43,847 --> 01:14:46,645 Thank you. 546 01:15:06,407 --> 01:15:11,242 You might as well not have any ears. You never listen to me anymore. 547 01:15:11,447 --> 01:15:15,326 That's because you keep repeating yourself. 548 01:15:15,527 --> 01:15:19,520 Let's have a drink and talk about it. 549 01:15:21,767 --> 01:15:25,646 You've had your ass up in the air ever since we got back together. 550 01:16:01,927 --> 01:16:04,316 Shit. 551 01:16:05,967 --> 01:16:09,167 Let's face the obvious: 552 01:16:09,167 --> 01:16:15,083 I don't need you and you don't need me. 553 01:16:21,047 --> 01:16:24,926 Yeah. I know. 554 01:16:50,527 --> 01:16:56,238 A week later Jan moved out and shacked up with some rich guy. 555 01:16:56,447 --> 01:17:00,918 After that I couldn't pay the rent. 556 01:17:12,087 --> 01:17:17,081 - The landlord threw you out? - Yeah. 557 01:17:17,287 --> 01:17:19,926 Did you get the job? 558 01:17:20,127 --> 01:17:23,756 - No. They didn't want me. - Why not? 559 01:17:23,967 --> 01:17:27,721 I don't have an address. 560 01:17:30,127 --> 01:17:34,803 Hank, I hate it when he fucks me. 561 01:17:35,007 --> 01:17:39,205 Sure, baby. Take care. 562 01:17:41,007 --> 01:17:44,841 This is for you. It got too small for him. 563 01:17:48,167 --> 01:17:51,000 See you around, Hank. 564 01:17:59,327 --> 01:18:02,160 You'll manage. 565 01:18:29,047 --> 01:18:32,835 Amazing, how grimly we hold onto our misery. 566 01:18:33,047 --> 01:18:37,359 The energy we burn fueling our anger. 567 01:18:40,407 --> 01:18:44,320 Amazing, how one moment we can be snarling like a beast, - 568 01:18:44,527 --> 01:18:48,486 - then a few moments later forgetting what or why. 569 01:18:48,687 --> 01:18:52,999 Not hours or days or months or years, - 570 01:18:53,207 --> 01:18:58,042 - but decades, lifetimes completely used up - 571 01:18:58,247 --> 01:19:02,286 - given over to the pettiest rancor and hatred. 572 01:19:02,487 --> 01:19:08,084 Finally there is nothing here for death to take away. 573 01:19:38,007 --> 01:19:42,125 Sit down and we'll see if anything comes in. 574 01:19:54,047 --> 01:19:58,404 You look a little down in the mouth. You all right? 575 01:19:58,607 --> 01:20:01,883 I lost a woman. 576 01:20:02,087 --> 01:20:07,320 You'll have others. And you'll lose them too. 577 01:20:07,527 --> 01:20:10,997 Where do they go? 578 01:20:11,207 --> 01:20:16,201 Try this. Ain't no women on skid row. 579 01:20:18,927 --> 01:20:24,126 Don't let him see us drinking. That's the one thing he don't like. 580 01:20:24,327 --> 01:20:27,364 Keep it low. 581 01:20:35,247 --> 01:20:38,364 - Wine gnats. - Sons of bitches are hooked. 582 01:20:38,567 --> 01:20:42,606 They know what's good. 583 01:20:42,807 --> 01:20:46,516 They drink to forget their women. 584 01:20:46,727 --> 01:20:50,163 They just drink. 585 01:20:50,367 --> 01:20:53,165 - Oh, shit. - Here he comes! 586 01:20:53,367 --> 01:20:57,406 All right! Get out, you winos! 587 01:20:57,607 --> 01:21:00,679 Get out before I call the cops! 588 01:21:03,367 --> 01:21:06,757 Let's go! Get out of here! 589 01:21:06,967 --> 01:21:12,166 Out! I call the cops, you god damn degenerates! And don't come back! 590 01:21:15,327 --> 01:21:19,400 What? This isn't a bar! 591 01:21:22,887 --> 01:21:25,640 Sun's up. 592 01:21:25,847 --> 01:21:29,317 Yeah, the sun's up good. 593 01:21:43,527 --> 01:21:46,405 Well, I got to get going. 594 01:21:52,847 --> 01:21:55,042 See you. 595 01:22:16,407 --> 01:22:19,365 So, what do I do with Chinaski's mail? 596 01:22:19,567 --> 01:22:22,604 He's gone. Just give it to me. 597 01:22:22,807 --> 01:22:25,446 Have a nice day. 598 01:23:02,127 --> 01:23:03,685 Dear Mr. Chinaski. 599 01:23:03,887 --> 01:23:07,800 We are returning four stories, but keeping My Beerdrunk Soul - 600 01:23:08,007 --> 01:23:11,363 "- is Sadder Than All the Dead Christmas Trees of the World. 601 01:23:11,567 --> 01:23:16,800 We have been watching your work and are happy to accept this story. 602 01:23:17,007 --> 01:23:21,398 Sincerely, John Martin, Black Sparrow Press. 603 01:23:45,567 --> 01:23:50,038 If you are going to try, go all the way. 604 01:23:50,247 --> 01:23:53,080 Otherwise don't even start. 605 01:23:53,287 --> 01:23:58,077 This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs. 606 01:23:58,287 --> 01:24:00,926 And maybe your mind. 607 01:24:01,127 --> 01:24:04,517 It could mean not eating for three or four days. 608 01:24:04,727 --> 01:24:07,480 It could mean freezing on a park bench. 609 01:24:07,687 --> 01:24:10,485 It could mean jail. 610 01:24:10,687 --> 01:24:14,680 It could mean mockery, isolation. 611 01:24:16,807 --> 01:24:22,120 Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. 612 01:24:22,327 --> 01:24:29,119 Of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection. 613 01:24:29,327 --> 01:24:33,206 And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. 614 01:24:36,087 --> 01:24:40,717 If you're going to try, go all the way. 615 01:24:40,927 --> 01:24:45,398 There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. 616 01:24:45,607 --> 01:24:48,405 And the nights will flame with fire. 617 01:24:48,607 --> 01:24:51,997 You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. 618 01:24:52,207 --> 01:24:57,235 It's the only good fight there is. 619 01:25:04,407 --> 01:25:06,796 subs by kitrinipapia