1 00:00:11,044 --> 00:00:12,245 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:41,174 ♪ ♪ 3 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:09,035 ♪ ♪ 4 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:33,293 ♪ ♪ 5 00:01:52,212 --> 00:01:54,247 ♪ ♪ 6 00:02:02,322 --> 00:02:04,791 [indistinct chatter] 7 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:18,239 How's the light? Is it good? 8 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:20,774 Is-is the light warm enough? 9 00:02:21,108 --> 00:02:22,476 I want to look like a geisha, 10 00:02:22,509 --> 00:02:24,645 only two eyes and two little nostrils. 11 00:02:24,678 --> 00:02:28,248 All smoothed out, baby. [chuckles] 12 00:02:31,518 --> 00:02:34,288 [Jacob] The Monet, of course, Low Tide 13 00:02:34,321 --> 00:02:36,690 has a breadth to it, a sweep. 14 00:02:36,723 --> 00:02:40,427 The Manet, the flowers, less drama and scope. 15 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:41,562 [Truman] Monet, Manet. 16 00:02:41,595 --> 00:02:43,364 Let's call the whole thing off. 17 00:02:43,397 --> 00:02:45,633 [Babe and Truman laugh] 18 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:49,336 [Babe] Well, the Monet is very alluring. 19 00:02:49,369 --> 00:02:51,538 But the Manet, breathtaking. 20 00:02:51,571 --> 00:02:55,309 Two Roses, a very late picture. 21 00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:58,112 Mm, it has great freedom, Jacob. 22 00:02:58,145 --> 00:02:59,313 Mastery. 23 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:01,482 Concentrated power. 24 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:02,683 [Jacob] Well, Mrs. Paley, 25 00:03:02,716 --> 00:03:05,452 I think the thing is, he's at an age 26 00:03:05,485 --> 00:03:07,421 where he's liberated. 27 00:03:07,454 --> 00:03:10,324 Mr. Horn, it's not liberation. 28 00:03:10,357 --> 00:03:11,425 He's dying. 29 00:03:11,458 --> 00:03:12,526 Syphilis. 30 00:03:12,559 --> 00:03:14,261 We can speak the word "syphilis." 31 00:03:14,294 --> 00:03:15,496 We're grown-ups. 32 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:17,598 -Well, I'm not sure if I am. -[all laugh] 33 00:03:17,631 --> 00:03:20,634 Then came gangrene and an amputated leg. 34 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:23,470 He could no longer even handle a big canvas. 35 00:03:23,503 --> 00:03:25,339 [Jacob] Precisely. 36 00:03:25,372 --> 00:03:27,374 Exactly. Sad. 37 00:03:27,407 --> 00:03:29,543 No, not sad. 38 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:32,479 Such glorious delicacy, 39 00:03:32,512 --> 00:03:35,282 just brimming with how briefly nature lets 40 00:03:35,315 --> 00:03:37,351 beauty remain beautiful. 41 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:38,452 [chuckles softly] 42 00:03:38,485 --> 00:03:41,488 The roses telegraph their own decay. 43 00:03:41,521 --> 00:03:43,390 A memento mori. 44 00:03:43,423 --> 00:03:45,492 It has so much wall power. 45 00:03:45,525 --> 00:03:48,395 The Manet over the Monet. 46 00:03:48,428 --> 00:03:51,298 [Truman and Babe chuckle] 47 00:03:51,331 --> 00:03:52,333 Oh, I could 48 00:03:52,366 --> 00:03:53,601 fix my hair. 49 00:03:53,634 --> 00:03:56,403 Or something. Extra lipstick. 50 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:59,139 ♪ ♪ 51 00:04:06,647 --> 00:04:10,384 I didn't say only eat oysters before... [laughs] 52 00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:12,353 -One hour before? -No. 53 00:04:12,386 --> 00:04:15,222 She's telling me the secret to romance. 54 00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:16,724 [both laughing] 55 00:04:16,757 --> 00:04:21,495 My dear, what I want to know is why you love me. 56 00:04:21,528 --> 00:04:23,564 I mean, God knows I'm not easy to love. [laughs] 57 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:26,800 No, you're not. [laughs] 58 00:04:27,234 --> 00:04:31,305 I love you because you understand. 59 00:04:31,338 --> 00:04:32,573 You just catch on very quickly. 60 00:04:32,606 --> 00:04:35,409 You're like a very smart parakeet. 61 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:37,411 Mm! [laughs] 62 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:38,612 But seriously. 63 00:04:38,645 --> 00:04:41,482 Why does our friendship mean so much to you? 64 00:04:41,515 --> 00:04:43,450 We talk several times a day. 65 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:45,419 We vacation together. 66 00:04:45,452 --> 00:04:47,421 Tell the people. [laughs] 67 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:50,290 Well, um... 68 00:04:51,491 --> 00:04:54,228 I'm proud of you. 69 00:04:54,261 --> 00:04:55,496 You, uh... 70 00:04:55,529 --> 00:04:57,431 [clicks tongue, sighs] 71 00:04:57,464 --> 00:04:58,498 I-I just think it's very important 72 00:04:58,532 --> 00:05:01,602 to find something admirable about someone in order 73 00:05:01,635 --> 00:05:05,205 to love them unconditionally, which I do with you. 74 00:05:06,373 --> 00:05:07,408 I do. 75 00:05:07,441 --> 00:05:09,476 And you... 76 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:11,345 [sighs softly] 77 00:05:11,378 --> 00:05:13,247 Original. 78 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:14,448 And more than that, loyal. 79 00:05:14,481 --> 00:05:16,617 Loyalty is everything. 80 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:20,421 Uh, you can be called upon in any circumstance. 81 00:05:20,454 --> 00:05:22,423 Is that why you want to buy me a house? 82 00:05:22,456 --> 00:05:24,558 You won't let me. [laughs] 83 00:05:24,591 --> 00:05:27,394 I suggested it would be nice to have him 84 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:29,563 close on Long Island. 85 00:05:29,596 --> 00:05:33,233 What a blessing to have someone you love close at hand. 86 00:05:34,234 --> 00:05:36,203 Well, dear... 87 00:05:37,371 --> 00:05:40,073 ...for me... 88 00:05:40,607 --> 00:05:45,112 ...you know, you are just the beginning and the end. 89 00:05:45,145 --> 00:05:47,348 Hmm. 90 00:05:47,381 --> 00:05:48,682 Just... 91 00:05:48,715 --> 00:05:53,019 the absolute center of my world, you know that? 92 00:05:57,391 --> 00:05:59,393 You're gonna make me cry. 93 00:05:59,426 --> 00:06:02,162 Well, I mean it. 94 00:06:02,195 --> 00:06:04,231 [sighs] 95 00:06:11,772 --> 00:06:15,509 something about a man with a camera. 96 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:17,578 I mean a proper camera. 97 00:06:17,611 --> 00:06:18,712 Holding it like a bazooka. 98 00:06:18,745 --> 00:06:21,448 -[laughter] -To kill you with. 99 00:06:21,481 --> 00:06:23,584 -Oh. -[Slim] Are they married? 100 00:06:23,617 --> 00:06:24,651 The Maysles brothers? 101 00:06:24,685 --> 00:06:28,255 [Lee] No, and, Slim, please don't devour them. 102 00:06:28,288 --> 00:06:32,058 They're artists. 103 00:06:34,528 --> 00:06:36,630 [Truman chuckles] 104 00:06:36,663 --> 00:06:38,632 Well, if no one else is gonna say it, I will. 105 00:06:38,665 --> 00:06:41,502 I find it impossible to be one's self with that thing on. 106 00:06:41,535 --> 00:06:43,470 It's absolutely intrusive. 107 00:06:43,503 --> 00:06:45,606 You have nothing to fear but bad lighting. 108 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:47,741 -[laughter] -Good point. 109 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:50,578 [Lee] David and Albert are dear friends of mine, 110 00:06:50,611 --> 00:06:53,447 and I think it's very important that we document this. 111 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,583 Besides, Truman has 112 00:06:55,616 --> 00:06:58,319 approval over everything they shoot. 113 00:06:58,352 --> 00:06:59,486 Where are they? 114 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:00,754 Oh, mwah! 115 00:07:00,787 --> 00:07:04,491 The entire point of the film... to be clear, 116 00:07:04,524 --> 00:07:06,594 is-is not to document 117 00:07:06,627 --> 00:07:09,463 the riveting lunch habits, for God's sake, 118 00:07:09,496 --> 00:07:10,731 of New York society. [stammers] 119 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:13,500 It's an exploration, it's a celebration. 120 00:07:13,533 --> 00:07:16,570 Of the meaning of the unparalleled success 121 00:07:16,603 --> 00:07:19,340 -that Truman is experiencing. -[chuckles] 122 00:07:19,373 --> 00:07:21,475 Yes, we just want to help him... 123 00:07:21,508 --> 00:07:22,609 capture the moment. 124 00:07:22,643 --> 00:07:24,745 [Truman] This has never happened to anybody before. 125 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:28,349 The product of my immersion into that hell-- 126 00:07:28,382 --> 00:07:29,617 and it was hell-- 127 00:07:29,650 --> 00:07:33,454 captures the attention of the world and outsells the Bible. 128 00:07:33,487 --> 00:07:36,357 So that is why I am going to have 129 00:07:36,390 --> 00:07:37,725 this very special party. 130 00:07:37,758 --> 00:07:41,495 A masked ball, a Black and White Ball 131 00:07:41,528 --> 00:07:44,365 for all the most important people 132 00:07:44,398 --> 00:07:45,733 in the world. 133 00:07:45,766 --> 00:07:48,702 [Lee] You mean the kind that European royals 134 00:07:48,735 --> 00:07:51,505 used to have before being guillotined? 135 00:07:51,538 --> 00:07:53,474 [laughter] 136 00:07:53,507 --> 00:07:54,508 Where? 137 00:07:54,541 --> 00:07:57,444 As far from Monroeville, Alabama 138 00:07:57,477 --> 00:07:59,480 as you can get, baby. 139 00:07:59,513 --> 00:08:01,649 The Ballroom at the Plaza Hotel. 140 00:08:01,682 --> 00:08:05,352 And there will be a guest of honor... 141 00:08:05,385 --> 00:08:07,354 [Slim gasps] 142 00:08:07,387 --> 00:08:08,589 ...whom I will announce 143 00:08:08,622 --> 00:08:10,524 at the right moment. 144 00:08:10,557 --> 00:08:14,294 -Truman. Oh! -[Truman laughs] 145 00:08:14,628 --> 00:08:16,630 -Mm. -[Albert] So, Slim, 146 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:19,400 who do you think will be guest of honor, 147 00:08:19,433 --> 00:08:22,068 you? 148 00:08:22,602 --> 00:08:24,471 It makes the most sense. 149 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:26,373 Doesn't it? 150 00:08:26,406 --> 00:08:27,641 You see our connection. 151 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:32,446 Salinas, California is not so different to where he's from. 152 00:08:32,479 --> 00:08:33,614 These small... 153 00:08:33,647 --> 00:08:36,350 rural towns that made us. 154 00:08:36,383 --> 00:08:37,585 [chuckles] 155 00:08:37,618 --> 00:08:40,521 I taught him how to dress for this life. 156 00:08:40,554 --> 00:08:42,489 How to stand in it. 157 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:45,492 The difference between fashion and style. 158 00:08:45,525 --> 00:08:48,329 I read all the drafts 159 00:08:48,362 --> 00:08:50,330 of Cold Blood. 160 00:08:50,798 --> 00:08:53,467 What's happening with Truman right now 161 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:54,735 in this moment... 162 00:08:54,768 --> 00:08:58,472 I mean, it's not something I want, but... 163 00:08:58,505 --> 00:09:01,308 It is about what I've done here, isn't it? 164 00:09:01,341 --> 00:09:03,577 Which is? 165 00:09:03,610 --> 00:09:07,348 We made New York the capital of the world. 166 00:09:07,381 --> 00:09:10,083 The center of everything. 167 00:09:10,651 --> 00:09:14,355 And who is at the center of that center? 168 00:09:14,388 --> 00:09:17,258 I ask you. 169 00:09:17,291 --> 00:09:19,226 Who? 170 00:09:19,259 --> 00:09:21,294 Hmm? 171 00:09:24,298 --> 00:09:25,633 [laughs] 172 00:09:25,666 --> 00:09:26,734 [C.Z.] And how do you choose the guests? 173 00:09:26,767 --> 00:09:29,570 [Truman] That, my dear, is almost self-selection. 174 00:09:29,603 --> 00:09:30,671 I mean, let's face it, 175 00:09:30,704 --> 00:09:32,506 when you look at who's important in the world 176 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:34,708 right now, there is a hierarchy. 177 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:38,445 But it's not as vulgar as one of wealth. 178 00:09:38,478 --> 00:09:40,614 No, it's a meritocracy 179 00:09:40,647 --> 00:09:43,317 of those of us who have done things. 180 00:09:43,350 --> 00:09:44,485 [sighs] 181 00:09:44,518 --> 00:09:46,487 All the people my mother dreamed of 182 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,522 back in Alabama that drove her to New York 183 00:09:48,555 --> 00:09:51,324 and that she hoped to be intimate with. 184 00:09:52,492 --> 00:09:55,462 She would've been in awe. [chuckles] 185 00:09:55,495 --> 00:09:57,531 Truman, yes, he, uh... 186 00:09:57,564 --> 00:10:01,302 People think of him as outgoing, but it's an act. 187 00:10:01,335 --> 00:10:02,603 Like me, he's shy. 188 00:10:02,636 --> 00:10:05,472 But he refuses to be ruled by fear. 189 00:10:05,505 --> 00:10:07,441 So... 190 00:10:07,474 --> 00:10:09,676 he becomes central. 191 00:10:09,977 --> 00:10:12,713 [David] Truman says your only fault is that you're perfect. 192 00:10:12,746 --> 00:10:15,349 -[laughs] -What does that mean? 193 00:10:15,382 --> 00:10:16,617 I'm not perfect. 194 00:10:16,650 --> 00:10:18,485 It's a joke. [laughs] 195 00:10:18,518 --> 00:10:20,321 I try, but, no. 196 00:10:20,354 --> 00:10:22,222 Nobody is. 197 00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:23,123 [chuckles] 198 00:10:23,156 --> 00:10:24,725 There seems to be a natural connection 199 00:10:24,758 --> 00:10:27,528 between gay men and very glamorous women. 200 00:10:27,561 --> 00:10:29,530 Why do you think that is? 201 00:10:29,563 --> 00:10:32,633 Well, we see the importance of presentation. 202 00:10:32,666 --> 00:10:36,303 That's how we defend ourselves. 203 00:10:36,637 --> 00:10:38,639 Underneath, though, is someone who's 204 00:10:38,672 --> 00:10:41,308 just trying to control their environment. 205 00:10:41,341 --> 00:10:42,643 It's a defense. 206 00:10:42,676 --> 00:10:46,446 Did you offer to buy Truman a house? 207 00:10:46,780 --> 00:10:50,251 I don't see the need to discuss that. 208 00:10:50,284 --> 00:10:51,452 [stammers] 209 00:10:51,485 --> 00:10:53,454 Bill was absorbing some properties 210 00:10:53,487 --> 00:10:55,623 adjacent to us, so... 211 00:10:55,656 --> 00:10:58,459 Do you think it will be you? 212 00:10:58,492 --> 00:11:01,362 The guest of honor at Truman's ball. 213 00:11:01,395 --> 00:11:02,596 [short laugh] 214 00:11:02,629 --> 00:11:04,665 I don't need an honorary ball 215 00:11:04,698 --> 00:11:07,735 to know that Truman and I have a singular bond. 216 00:11:07,768 --> 00:11:10,771 It's, well, it's something every woman deserves, 217 00:11:10,804 --> 00:11:15,376 to be made to feel like the most important person in the world 218 00:11:15,409 --> 00:11:18,278 by a man who truly loves her. 219 00:11:18,712 --> 00:11:23,049 Of course, in my marriage I feel that way, too. 220 00:11:25,385 --> 00:11:27,287 [chuckles] 221 00:11:29,356 --> 00:11:30,591 White tablecloths? No! 222 00:11:30,624 --> 00:11:32,493 Absolutely not. 223 00:11:32,526 --> 00:11:33,794 But the theme is black and white. 224 00:11:33,827 --> 00:11:37,264 Which means you have room for a pop of color. 225 00:11:37,297 --> 00:11:38,632 Red tablecloths. 226 00:11:38,665 --> 00:11:41,468 -Yes. -You're my guardian angel. 227 00:11:41,501 --> 00:11:43,504 -[chuckles] -Barry! 228 00:11:43,537 --> 00:11:44,471 You, of course, know Mrs. Paley. 229 00:11:44,505 --> 00:11:47,441 Barry is the general manager of the Plaza. 230 00:11:47,474 --> 00:11:49,610 -Mrs. P. So good to see you. -And you. 231 00:11:49,643 --> 00:11:51,579 [Truman] And, Babe, have you met Lisa? 232 00:11:51,612 --> 00:11:54,715 She's outside council from Gallery Artists and Company. 233 00:11:54,748 --> 00:11:57,618 They help plan parties and assist with public relations, 234 00:11:57,651 --> 00:11:59,620 and Lord knows I need help there, 235 00:11:59,653 --> 00:12:01,488 because the press is hounding me for the guest list, 236 00:12:01,521 --> 00:12:02,623 absolutely braying. 237 00:12:02,656 --> 00:12:05,326 Hello. How do you do, Mrs. Paley? 238 00:12:05,359 --> 00:12:06,760 Mm. 239 00:12:06,793 --> 00:12:10,531 Lisa, share what you're planning for the tables. 240 00:12:10,564 --> 00:12:12,766 White orchids in mercury glass. 241 00:12:12,799 --> 00:12:15,569 Chicken hash, your favorite, Mr. Capote. 242 00:12:15,602 --> 00:12:17,504 And a signature cocktail, 243 00:12:17,537 --> 00:12:20,174 that daiquiri punch. 244 00:12:20,207 --> 00:12:20,874 Yes. 245 00:12:20,908 --> 00:12:23,477 It's not a Labor Day barbecue. 246 00:12:23,510 --> 00:12:26,179 Excuse me. [soft chuckle] 247 00:12:28,649 --> 00:12:30,584 [Truman] Can you wait right there? 248 00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:34,154 Can you please just excuse me? So... 249 00:12:36,623 --> 00:12:38,592 As it happens, and I didn't know this, 250 00:12:38,625 --> 00:12:41,495 the chippy in the ballroom was Bill Paley's 251 00:12:41,528 --> 00:12:44,331 latest piece of east-side ass. 252 00:12:45,299 --> 00:12:46,533 [groans] 253 00:12:46,566 --> 00:12:48,602 Sometime women need help being stronger. 254 00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:51,472 And this is something I can do. 255 00:12:51,505 --> 00:12:54,274 My advice is... 256 00:12:54,708 --> 00:12:56,577 ...dispense with the emotion. 257 00:12:56,610 --> 00:12:57,711 Play the strong wife. 258 00:12:57,744 --> 00:13:00,614 Don't let the understudy replace you. 259 00:13:00,647 --> 00:13:05,151 Life itself is a masquerade ball. 260 00:13:05,585 --> 00:13:08,489 [speaking French] 261 00:13:08,522 --> 00:13:11,392 ...baby. [chuckles] 262 00:13:11,425 --> 00:13:12,593 [Babe sobbing] 263 00:13:12,626 --> 00:13:14,495 What? Just confront him? 264 00:13:14,528 --> 00:13:16,597 Well, you have to come from a place of power. 265 00:13:16,630 --> 00:13:18,599 Get all your tears out on me. 266 00:13:18,632 --> 00:13:20,534 -Oh, Truman. -Come on. 267 00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:22,603 I thought Happy Rockefeller was the last time. 268 00:13:22,636 --> 00:13:24,705 No, it never ended. I knew it. 269 00:13:24,738 --> 00:13:26,707 The minute I saw that horrible girl, 270 00:13:26,740 --> 00:13:28,642 -I knew the rumors were true. -You have to confront it. 271 00:13:28,675 --> 00:13:30,611 Tell him to get rid of it right away 272 00:13:30,644 --> 00:13:32,646 -or there will be big consequences, divorce. -[sniffles] 273 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:34,648 -Shareholder lunches. -Show him you're not gonna stand for it. 274 00:13:34,681 --> 00:13:37,618 Yes, but those luncheons. Those shareholders alone. 275 00:13:37,651 --> 00:13:40,487 -If it were known he got a girl pregnant-- -Well, exactly. 276 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,323 [whispers] My God. We... 277 00:13:50,797 --> 00:13:53,367 I love... I mean, all of these are beautiful. 278 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,568 But I think this one... 279 00:13:54,601 --> 00:13:56,303 Albert, what do you think? 280 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:57,471 I love the blue interior, 281 00:13:57,504 --> 00:13:59,473 which is kind of dark and exciting. 282 00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:01,208 [Babe and Bill arguing in distance] 283 00:14:01,241 --> 00:14:02,342 And this... 284 00:14:02,376 --> 00:14:04,712 -[Bill] I don't! -...keep telling lies upon lies! 285 00:14:04,745 --> 00:14:06,480 -[Bill] It's not a lie, goddamn it! -[chuckles softly] 286 00:14:06,513 --> 00:14:07,615 [Babe] Go to the hotel. I don't care. 287 00:14:07,648 --> 00:14:09,483 I like the gold edge on it. 288 00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:10,584 [door slams in distance] 289 00:14:10,617 --> 00:14:13,354 [footsteps approaching] 290 00:14:13,387 --> 00:14:14,521 [door shuts] 291 00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:17,190 Hi, sweetie. 292 00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:23,630 Tell me they're not filming. 293 00:14:23,664 --> 00:14:25,799 Oh, no, don't worry, dear heart. I own every frame. 294 00:14:25,832 --> 00:14:28,502 -Nobody will see anything we don't want them to. -Okay. 295 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:31,238 Now, boys, equipment off. Equipment off. 296 00:14:31,271 --> 00:14:32,306 Thank you. 297 00:14:32,339 --> 00:14:33,040 Now, equipment off. 298 00:14:33,073 --> 00:14:35,342 Yes, he's going to the Carlyle. 299 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:36,343 For the next week. 300 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:37,410 Well, good. Hmm. 301 00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:40,214 Well, I wanted to take you through all of these-- 302 00:14:40,247 --> 00:14:41,281 Truman. 303 00:14:41,315 --> 00:14:42,249 -Oh-- [clicks tongue] -They're still recording. 304 00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:45,653 -Shut it off! David, I told you! -Please. 305 00:14:45,686 --> 00:14:47,621 -Shut it off. Please. -Oh. 306 00:14:47,654 --> 00:14:50,491 -[Babe] Shall we start? -Turn it. 307 00:14:50,524 --> 00:14:51,825 Okay. 308 00:14:51,859 --> 00:14:58,365 Invitation paper must always be 100-pound premium matte stock. 309 00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:00,300 Uh-huh. 310 00:15:00,334 --> 00:15:04,037 -[chuckles] -And have it individually cut. 311 00:15:04,371 --> 00:15:07,308 Now, this... [exhales] 312 00:15:07,341 --> 00:15:09,209 Ivory is overused. 313 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:10,377 I like... 314 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:11,478 sand dollar. 315 00:15:11,511 --> 00:15:12,780 That's what this is, I think. 316 00:15:12,813 --> 00:15:14,615 -[chuckles softly] -Now, this is just a template, 317 00:15:14,648 --> 00:15:17,585 but it should read something like... 318 00:15:17,618 --> 00:15:20,621 "Truman Capote 319 00:15:20,654 --> 00:15:23,490 "cordially invites you to a ball 320 00:15:23,523 --> 00:15:25,326 celebrating..." 321 00:15:25,359 --> 00:15:27,394 Madame X. 322 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:28,395 [Bill] That "X" is where 323 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:29,630 Babe's name goes, right? 324 00:15:29,663 --> 00:15:32,533 All will be revealed, Mr. Paley. 325 00:15:32,566 --> 00:15:35,168 [chuckling softly] 326 00:15:35,569 --> 00:15:36,737 This is so beautiful. 327 00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:40,374 It's very important to have a crisp edge. 328 00:15:40,407 --> 00:15:41,575 Never deckled. 329 00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:43,477 -Fascinating. -Yes. 330 00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:44,645 That will make it perfect. 331 00:15:44,678 --> 00:15:48,482 Everything must always be just perfect-- 332 00:15:48,515 --> 00:15:50,351 no less, no more. 333 00:15:50,384 --> 00:15:52,319 Perfect. 334 00:15:59,126 --> 00:16:03,130 You see, this moment in America's... 335 00:16:03,163 --> 00:16:07,400 This gilded age is so extraordinary. 336 00:16:07,701 --> 00:16:12,339 Nobody ever sees "society." 337 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,509 The dance of old moneys 338 00:16:15,542 --> 00:16:17,578 commingling with the new. 339 00:16:17,611 --> 00:16:19,713 All the rules they have. 340 00:16:19,746 --> 00:16:20,781 That's what this is, 341 00:16:20,814 --> 00:16:23,150 that's what we're documenting. 342 00:16:23,183 --> 00:16:29,422 An American royalty and the rituals enshrined therein. 343 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:32,692 The story's never been told. 344 00:16:32,993 --> 00:16:36,797 And the devil is in the detail, of course, 345 00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:40,501 because their lives are positively Proustian. 346 00:16:40,534 --> 00:16:42,636 If you can get in. 347 00:16:42,669 --> 00:16:44,738 Their tables, their invitations, 348 00:16:44,771 --> 00:16:46,807 their who's-whos. 349 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,144 The scandal behind the luster. Mm. 350 00:16:50,177 --> 00:16:52,746 Like when I made you shoot C.Z.'s painting 351 00:16:52,779 --> 00:16:55,583 when she wasn't in the room. [chuckles] 352 00:16:55,616 --> 00:16:57,517 -[creaking] -[whispers] Hurry. 353 00:16:59,753 --> 00:17:02,255 [door closes] 354 00:17:02,589 --> 00:17:03,690 So you see, 355 00:17:03,724 --> 00:17:08,162 even the fabulously rich are naked under their clothes. 356 00:17:08,195 --> 00:17:11,165 Before she was a goddess of the gilded cage, 357 00:17:11,198 --> 00:17:15,135 C.Z. was a free-spirited girl living in Mexico City, 358 00:17:15,168 --> 00:17:19,206 enamored of a painter named Diego Rivera, 359 00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:23,711 and aching for a bohemian life she could never have. 360 00:17:23,744 --> 00:17:25,713 The girl, like the painting, 361 00:17:25,746 --> 00:17:28,115 would ultimately have to be curated. 362 00:17:28,148 --> 00:17:30,684 Bought and paid for by her new husband, 363 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:31,719 Winston Guest. 364 00:17:31,752 --> 00:17:33,821 And hidden away here, 365 00:17:33,854 --> 00:17:37,825 a joke for the very few insiders. 366 00:17:37,858 --> 00:17:39,693 -[footsteps approaching] -She's here. 367 00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:40,694 Cameras off. Cameras off. 368 00:17:40,727 --> 00:17:43,130 C.Z., dear. [chuckles] 369 00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:45,799 Come to my rescue. I want to shoot the conservatory. 370 00:17:45,832 --> 00:17:49,369 I'm all... turned around. 371 00:17:49,703 --> 00:17:52,072 Is it-- It's this way, is it? 372 00:17:52,105 --> 00:17:55,509 -This way, Truman. -I think so. 373 00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:57,411 -To the left. -Mm. 374 00:17:57,444 --> 00:17:58,578 But... 375 00:17:58,979 --> 00:18:03,516 ...they also have great pain, these women. 376 00:18:04,618 --> 00:18:07,588 It's all a masquerade, you see. 377 00:18:07,621 --> 00:18:11,492 Because underneath the glamour: 378 00:18:11,525 --> 00:18:13,293 pain. 379 00:18:13,594 --> 00:18:14,728 Ballerina pain. 380 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:16,529 Gnarled feet. 381 00:18:17,531 --> 00:18:19,633 Because it is dance, 382 00:18:19,666 --> 00:18:21,602 requiring... 383 00:18:21,635 --> 00:18:24,437 stamina and endurance. 384 00:18:25,606 --> 00:18:28,742 And I love them for that rigor. 385 00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:32,146 But for some reason, I have to protect them 386 00:18:32,179 --> 00:18:38,451 and... maybe shock them a bit into being on guard against... 387 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:41,789 ...what the world will do. 388 00:18:41,822 --> 00:18:46,126 Because the world is a cruel audience, you see. 389 00:18:46,159 --> 00:18:47,661 [Albert] Where do you think that comes from? 390 00:18:47,694 --> 00:18:50,598 The need to protect them. 391 00:18:50,631 --> 00:18:52,499 Oh, Albert. 392 00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:54,301 [chuckles] 393 00:18:54,602 --> 00:18:56,670 Murderers, artists, 394 00:18:56,703 --> 00:18:59,740 accountants and socialites alike-- 395 00:18:59,773 --> 00:19:04,411 our mothers give us our most engrained patterns. 396 00:19:04,712 --> 00:19:06,113 And mine, 397 00:19:06,146 --> 00:19:12,319 she was the torchbearer of unbreakable patterns. 398 00:19:15,722 --> 00:19:18,391 What are you-- 399 00:19:19,493 --> 00:19:20,661 Wait. 400 00:19:20,694 --> 00:19:22,129 Slowly, C.... 401 00:19:22,162 --> 00:19:24,431 [quietly] You should be rolling on this. 402 00:19:24,464 --> 00:19:26,333 Say again? 403 00:19:26,733 --> 00:19:29,269 The IRS? 404 00:19:29,570 --> 00:19:32,272 They're coming now? 405 00:19:32,673 --> 00:19:34,074 Listen to me, C.Z., 406 00:19:34,107 --> 00:19:37,711 pour three fingers of single malt, rocks. 407 00:19:37,744 --> 00:19:40,481 I'll be there by the third. 408 00:19:40,514 --> 00:19:41,782 Come on. Get in the car. 409 00:19:41,815 --> 00:19:42,749 -[David] Where are we heading? -Get in the car. 410 00:19:42,783 --> 00:19:46,453 -Let's go. Let's go, let's go. -[stammers] 411 00:19:50,757 --> 00:19:52,793 [Albert] God, you're so good with 'em. 412 00:19:52,826 --> 00:19:54,061 How did you get so indispensable to them? 413 00:19:54,094 --> 00:19:56,630 How do you get 'em eating out of the palm of your hand? 414 00:19:56,663 --> 00:19:58,532 No one is indispensable. 415 00:19:58,565 --> 00:19:59,700 It's all conditional. 416 00:19:59,733 --> 00:20:00,834 It's a subtle contract. 417 00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:02,670 You got to give me some tips, man. 418 00:20:02,703 --> 00:20:04,772 Oh, Jesus. I play the part. 419 00:20:04,805 --> 00:20:06,607 It's all a performance. 420 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,075 You can do it. 421 00:20:08,108 --> 00:20:12,412 They pick men who are rich but who cannot act. 422 00:20:12,713 --> 00:20:15,082 And right now, with Winston and C.Z., 423 00:20:15,115 --> 00:20:18,652 if he had a clue how to play it, none of this would be happening. 424 00:20:18,685 --> 00:20:20,654 Does it give you a sense of purpose, 425 00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:23,390 being able to swoop in and fix it? 426 00:20:23,691 --> 00:20:26,459 It does, I think. 427 00:20:26,993 --> 00:20:30,164 -Goddamn it, are you filming me? -[chuckles] 428 00:20:30,197 --> 00:20:32,132 You're gonna catch something you don't want to see, 429 00:20:32,165 --> 00:20:35,603 leaving me alone in the back seat with your brother. 430 00:20:35,636 --> 00:20:37,705 [laughing] 431 00:20:37,738 --> 00:20:40,774 Now, don't worry. I won't try anything now. 432 00:20:40,807 --> 00:20:42,810 We're ten minutes away. [chuckles softly] 433 00:20:42,843 --> 00:20:45,579 [Albert] And why are we going to C.Z.'s again? 434 00:20:45,612 --> 00:20:49,383 So I can swoop in and fix it. 435 00:20:49,416 --> 00:20:50,550 As I do. 436 00:20:51,551 --> 00:20:52,586 [car door shuts] 437 00:20:52,619 --> 00:20:55,288 [soft chatter] 438 00:21:02,696 --> 00:21:05,265 -All right? -Yeah. 439 00:21:05,732 --> 00:21:08,301 ♪ ♪ 440 00:21:14,808 --> 00:21:17,510 [dog barking in distance] 441 00:21:19,746 --> 00:21:22,716 Stop. I promise it will work out. 442 00:21:22,749 --> 00:21:24,752 [sniffling] 443 00:21:24,785 --> 00:21:26,820 Pretend you're in a movie. 444 00:21:26,853 --> 00:21:27,787 -[exhales] -You've been through worse 445 00:21:27,821 --> 00:21:31,625 and made it to the top and you'll do it again. 446 00:21:31,658 --> 00:21:33,727 Winston's a silly supporting character. 447 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,329 -You were the hero. -[cries] 448 00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:38,699 The humiliation of it. 449 00:21:38,732 --> 00:21:41,535 The phones are ringing now. [sniffles] 450 00:21:41,568 --> 00:21:43,470 All over the Eastern Seaboard. 451 00:21:43,503 --> 00:21:44,805 It's gotten out. 452 00:21:44,838 --> 00:21:48,375 "G-Men at the Winston Guest's." 453 00:21:48,676 --> 00:21:50,544 Act the part. 454 00:21:50,577 --> 00:21:52,445 Joan of Arc. 455 00:21:52,746 --> 00:21:55,683 Look, my dear, 456 00:21:55,716 --> 00:22:00,487 you are gonna show up with me at the ball. 457 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,122 My arm. 458 00:22:02,155 --> 00:22:04,224 -Yes. That's right. -[sniffles] 459 00:22:04,257 --> 00:22:08,629 -[sighs] -Because everything will be about only one thing, 460 00:22:08,662 --> 00:22:10,530 and that is you. 461 00:22:11,531 --> 00:22:12,833 The swan who survives. 462 00:22:12,866 --> 00:22:15,736 [sniffles] Oh, Truman. [sighs] 463 00:22:15,769 --> 00:22:17,705 -Really? -Come on. 464 00:22:17,738 --> 00:22:18,839 -[cries] -Yeah. 465 00:22:18,873 --> 00:22:22,509 And you don't get the same support from your husband? 466 00:22:22,843 --> 00:22:27,514 Truman said men sometimes have a hard time playing the part. 467 00:22:27,815 --> 00:22:30,250 "Playing the part." 468 00:22:30,584 --> 00:22:32,686 Winston was unimpeachable. 469 00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:34,722 If Mexican Airlines nationalizes, 470 00:22:34,755 --> 00:22:36,657 that's not his fault. 471 00:22:36,690 --> 00:22:38,626 Could have happened to anyone. 472 00:22:38,659 --> 00:22:40,761 Was Truman critical of Winston? 473 00:22:40,794 --> 00:22:42,562 [Albert inhales sharply] 474 00:22:43,730 --> 00:22:46,567 Did Truman ask you to be guest of honor? 475 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,435 For the ball? 476 00:22:49,603 --> 00:22:52,405 Not in so many words, but... 477 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:57,510 As a matter of fact, this afternoon, I believe he did. 478 00:22:58,512 --> 00:23:01,248 It's just a party, but... 479 00:23:02,716 --> 00:23:06,319 God, I could really use some good news today. 480 00:23:16,697 --> 00:23:17,731 [grunts, exhales] 481 00:23:17,764 --> 00:23:20,534 [dog barks softly, whines] 482 00:23:21,501 --> 00:23:23,503 Shut this off. 483 00:23:24,638 --> 00:23:27,340 [shudders] I'm a private woman. 484 00:23:27,707 --> 00:23:31,344 [crying softly] 485 00:23:36,817 --> 00:23:37,885 [Albert] So is it official? 486 00:23:37,918 --> 00:23:40,087 C.Z.'s gonna be the guest of honor at the ball? 487 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:41,755 Oh, dear. [sighs] 488 00:23:41,788 --> 00:23:43,791 Well, yes and no. 489 00:23:43,824 --> 00:23:45,092 I intimated it, 490 00:23:45,125 --> 00:23:47,761 but don't go spreading it around. 491 00:23:47,794 --> 00:23:50,064 I have to handle the others. 492 00:23:50,097 --> 00:23:52,066 I love them, but they frighten me. 493 00:23:52,099 --> 00:23:53,100 They really do. 494 00:23:53,133 --> 00:23:55,736 You've seen what Slim is capable of. 495 00:23:55,769 --> 00:23:57,504 That temper. 496 00:23:57,537 --> 00:23:58,572 [chuckles] 497 00:23:58,605 --> 00:23:59,773 It's a long list. 498 00:23:59,806 --> 00:24:02,710 We've got a lot of work to do. 499 00:24:02,743 --> 00:24:03,744 -Carson McCullers? -[Slim] Oof. 500 00:24:03,777 --> 00:24:04,678 Cross her off the list. 501 00:24:04,711 --> 00:24:07,181 All the charm of a rusty railroad spike. 502 00:24:07,214 --> 00:24:09,516 -No intention, dear heart. -[chuckles] 503 00:24:09,549 --> 00:24:11,051 [laughing] 504 00:24:11,084 --> 00:24:13,187 Walter Hoving, the chairman of Tiffany's, 505 00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:15,723 said his wife was gonna kill herself 506 00:24:15,756 --> 00:24:16,857 if she didn't make the list. 507 00:24:16,891 --> 00:24:20,227 Tried to bribe me with a silver breakfast service. 508 00:24:20,260 --> 00:24:23,063 Well, it should have been gold. Off the list! 509 00:24:23,096 --> 00:24:24,798 -Exactly what I said. -[laughs] 510 00:24:24,831 --> 00:24:26,800 After all the free publicity I gave him. 511 00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:28,736 You know who's been hounding me? 512 00:24:28,769 --> 00:24:30,204 Jerry fucking Zipkin. 513 00:24:30,237 --> 00:24:33,507 Wait, the man with a face like a bidet? 514 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:35,575 [laughing] 515 00:24:35,942 --> 00:24:37,778 [Nora] We can make this in white, too, 516 00:24:37,811 --> 00:24:41,414 or peacock or even ostrich. 517 00:24:41,715 --> 00:24:43,517 [Truman] Danny Kaye? 518 00:24:43,550 --> 00:24:44,718 [Slim] Hmm. 519 00:24:44,751 --> 00:24:45,753 Yul Brynner? 520 00:24:45,786 --> 00:24:46,854 Ooh. Not him. 521 00:24:46,887 --> 00:24:50,524 He exposed himself to me in the hallway at Bemelmans. 522 00:24:50,557 --> 00:24:52,092 Well, well. 523 00:24:52,125 --> 00:24:53,227 I'm not afraid to say that for the camera, 524 00:24:53,260 --> 00:24:55,763 because I know you'll never use any of it. 525 00:24:55,796 --> 00:24:57,631 [chuckles] I wouldn't dare. 526 00:24:57,664 --> 00:24:59,233 -[laughing] -Yeah. 527 00:24:59,266 --> 00:25:01,735 Or you'd be cut off from all high society. 528 00:25:01,768 --> 00:25:02,736 And I know you, Truman-- 529 00:25:02,769 --> 00:25:03,937 that would kill you. 530 00:25:03,970 --> 00:25:07,207 Yul Brynner, not a man of a great many gifts down below. 531 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,044 [Truman] Well, all the men at the ball 532 00:25:10,077 --> 00:25:12,079 must be appropriately sized. 533 00:25:12,112 --> 00:25:14,782 -Out! [chuckles] -[chuckling] Out. 534 00:25:14,815 --> 00:25:17,718 And of course, no Pamela. 535 00:25:17,751 --> 00:25:20,620 [Truman] What? Pamela Harriman? 536 00:25:24,524 --> 00:25:25,793 What? 537 00:25:25,826 --> 00:25:26,827 -No. -But, Big Mama, 538 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:29,229 -I-I already sent it out. -Tell me you didn't. 539 00:25:29,262 --> 00:25:32,766 -I had to. -Oh, my God, fuck you, Truman. 540 00:25:32,799 --> 00:25:34,602 -No. -Goddamn you. 541 00:25:34,635 --> 00:25:36,604 Slim, you have to understand. 542 00:25:36,637 --> 00:25:39,173 Don't run out. 543 00:25:39,206 --> 00:25:41,709 What is there to understand? She stole my husband 544 00:25:41,742 --> 00:25:43,744 out from under my nose, blithely, 545 00:25:43,777 --> 00:25:44,878 as if it were a boulevard fucking comedy. 546 00:25:44,912 --> 00:25:49,183 -I understand you were hurt, but I... -She stole my... 547 00:25:49,216 --> 00:25:50,718 ...I had to make considerations. 548 00:25:50,751 --> 00:25:51,819 Fuck your considerations, Truman! 549 00:25:51,852 --> 00:25:55,122 Are you saying that there is no cost to this perfidy? 550 00:25:55,155 --> 00:25:58,092 "Perfidy"? Don't Shakespeare me, Slim. 551 00:25:58,125 --> 00:26:01,095 Come on, it's politics. I had to. 552 00:26:01,128 --> 00:26:03,330 I will not be the fucking entertainment 553 00:26:03,363 --> 00:26:06,800 at this party, Truman. I'm telling you, I won't do it. 554 00:26:06,833 --> 00:26:09,169 Now, you uninvite her. 555 00:26:09,202 --> 00:26:11,739 She stole my goddamn husband, and you know 556 00:26:11,772 --> 00:26:13,040 I'm still not recovered from that. 557 00:26:13,073 --> 00:26:16,543 Stop that. Stop it! For fuck's sake. 558 00:26:17,611 --> 00:26:19,579 Look. Come here. 559 00:26:19,980 --> 00:26:24,218 Sit down there. Sit down. Sit down. 560 00:26:24,251 --> 00:26:26,654 -Look in the mirror. -[Slim sighs] 561 00:26:26,687 --> 00:26:28,055 Look. 562 00:26:28,088 --> 00:26:30,423 You are being insane. 563 00:26:30,924 --> 00:26:33,761 This is not a competition. 564 00:26:33,794 --> 00:26:38,198 In life, you already won, ages ago. 565 00:26:38,231 --> 00:26:43,637 Pamela is a point on the map of our world, nothing more. 566 00:26:43,670 --> 00:26:46,540 She should be irrelevant to you. 567 00:26:48,208 --> 00:26:52,179 This is absolutely unacceptable behavior from you. 568 00:26:52,212 --> 00:26:54,048 I love you dearly, but I'm through 569 00:26:54,081 --> 00:26:56,050 discussing this with you. Clean yourself up. 570 00:26:56,083 --> 00:26:58,585 Let's go, please. I have to go. 571 00:27:04,091 --> 00:27:05,092 [Slim] I'm not coming out there 572 00:27:05,125 --> 00:27:06,660 till he's gone. Is he gone? 573 00:27:06,693 --> 00:27:08,461 -He's gone. -Okay. 574 00:27:08,929 --> 00:27:12,332 [quietly] Fucking hell. 575 00:27:17,070 --> 00:27:19,707 Could they be gone now? Goodbye, thank you. 576 00:27:19,740 --> 00:27:23,210 Have a nice day. Ta-ta. Ta. Ta. 577 00:27:23,243 --> 00:27:26,446 [Albert] Anything you want to say about the fight? 578 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,617 That was not a fight. 579 00:27:29,650 --> 00:27:31,619 [laughs] 580 00:27:31,652 --> 00:27:33,087 I was just... 581 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:35,789 I was trying to explain to Truman that, 582 00:27:35,822 --> 00:27:39,093 if Pamela comes, Leland will come, 583 00:27:39,126 --> 00:27:41,762 and he will be uncomfortable. 584 00:27:41,795 --> 00:27:46,233 It's not about me. Really. It's about Leland. 585 00:27:46,266 --> 00:27:49,737 My ex-husband wears his emotions on his sleeve. 586 00:27:49,770 --> 00:27:53,774 He's... He's not, um, strong. 587 00:27:53,807 --> 00:27:55,709 [Albert] Do you think most men are like that? 588 00:27:55,742 --> 00:27:58,045 Not as strong as women? 589 00:27:58,078 --> 00:28:01,048 I think when a man sees strength in a woman, 590 00:28:01,081 --> 00:28:05,653 it's so, so, so intimidating. [laughs] 591 00:28:05,686 --> 00:28:07,621 Mm. 592 00:28:08,789 --> 00:28:11,091 Look... [chuckles] 593 00:28:11,124 --> 00:28:13,661 ...if you are a strong, intelligent woman 594 00:28:13,694 --> 00:28:15,763 in this world, 595 00:28:15,796 --> 00:28:19,266 you have two options. 596 00:28:19,299 --> 00:28:23,203 You can dumb yourself down, which I refuse to do, 597 00:28:23,236 --> 00:28:28,075 or you can accept that you will always be 598 00:28:28,108 --> 00:28:32,613 fundamentally alone. 599 00:28:32,646 --> 00:28:33,781 [chuckles] 600 00:28:33,814 --> 00:28:37,718 You try. You try again and again, 601 00:28:37,751 --> 00:28:40,353 but nobody lasts. 602 00:28:41,788 --> 00:28:44,124 Except Truman... [laughs] ...of course. 603 00:28:44,157 --> 00:28:48,662 He felt so bad about that snafu earlier 604 00:28:48,695 --> 00:28:51,498 that he asked me-- 605 00:28:51,531 --> 00:28:52,766 shh-- 606 00:28:52,799 --> 00:28:57,471 ...to be the guest of honor. 607 00:28:57,504 --> 00:28:59,740 So, ha! 608 00:28:59,773 --> 00:29:02,243 I can handle seeing Pamela. 609 00:29:02,276 --> 00:29:06,580 Truman was right. It's about the social context. 610 00:29:07,681 --> 00:29:09,083 ♪ Twist, yeah ♪ 611 00:29:09,116 --> 00:29:12,052 ♪ Baby, twist ♪ 612 00:29:12,085 --> 00:29:15,222 ♪ Ooh, yeah... ♪ 613 00:29:15,255 --> 00:29:17,791 [Truman] He had his way-down-yonder voice, 614 00:29:17,824 --> 00:29:21,095 mushy as sweet potato pie. 615 00:29:21,128 --> 00:29:23,631 And he said, "No, little buddy, 616 00:29:23,664 --> 00:29:25,199 "I don't want to cornhole you. 617 00:29:25,232 --> 00:29:28,469 I just want to put out my cigar." 618 00:29:28,502 --> 00:29:29,703 [both laugh] 619 00:29:29,737 --> 00:29:34,041 I'm not going to explain it to you. Or do you want me to? 620 00:29:34,074 --> 00:29:38,045 Come on, I'll show you. [laughs] 621 00:29:38,078 --> 00:29:41,715 ♪ Crazy ♪ 622 00:29:41,748 --> 00:29:43,751 ♪ I've been crazy... ♪ 623 00:29:43,784 --> 00:29:47,054 [Truman] This is my secret weapon. 624 00:29:47,087 --> 00:29:49,790 I take him for one more whirl 625 00:29:49,823 --> 00:29:52,760 -at the end of the night. -[chuckles] 626 00:29:52,793 --> 00:29:56,096 Be the last ones dancing. 627 00:29:56,129 --> 00:29:59,466 Their husbands won't do it, but I will. 628 00:30:00,667 --> 00:30:02,736 I make them feel seen 629 00:30:02,769 --> 00:30:05,438 and safe. 630 00:30:05,939 --> 00:30:08,042 I feel bad for them, you know? 631 00:30:08,075 --> 00:30:11,045 Their lives... They got everything they wanted, 632 00:30:11,078 --> 00:30:14,581 -but they're so sad. -Mm. 633 00:30:15,649 --> 00:30:18,752 It reminds me of a quote, Saint Theresa of Avila. 634 00:30:18,785 --> 00:30:21,088 Something like, "More tears are shed 635 00:30:21,121 --> 00:30:25,358 over answered prayers than unanswered ones." 636 00:30:25,859 --> 00:30:32,432 ♪ Why do I let myself worry? ♪ 637 00:30:32,799 --> 00:30:38,438 Answered prayers. Answered prayers. 638 00:30:38,972 --> 00:30:45,445 ♪ What in the world did I do? ♪ 639 00:30:46,780 --> 00:30:49,449 Thank you, Albert. 640 00:30:50,651 --> 00:30:52,586 Thank you. 641 00:30:59,092 --> 00:31:01,595 [laughing] 642 00:31:07,734 --> 00:31:11,038 ♪ ♪ 643 00:31:11,071 --> 00:31:14,708 [indistinct chatter] 644 00:31:18,111 --> 00:31:21,649 ♪ ♪ 645 00:31:21,682 --> 00:31:23,583 [laughter] 646 00:31:31,124 --> 00:31:34,728 ♪ ♪ 647 00:31:41,134 --> 00:31:45,072 [indistinct conversations] 648 00:31:45,105 --> 00:31:47,207 [Truman] Well, I feel like a Christmas present 649 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,711 tied up with a big red bow. [laughs] 650 00:31:50,744 --> 00:31:52,079 Do I look flushed? 651 00:31:52,112 --> 00:31:53,213 I must have run about 40 miles 652 00:31:53,247 --> 00:31:56,216 between greeting everyone and scuffing the parquet. 653 00:31:56,249 --> 00:31:58,786 And, yes, I might have had a glass of champagne. 654 00:31:58,819 --> 00:32:00,054 Possibly two. [chuckles] 655 00:32:00,087 --> 00:32:03,090 Did you get all the arrivals, Albert, did you get them all? 656 00:32:03,123 --> 00:32:05,659 [conversating indistinctly] 657 00:32:05,692 --> 00:32:08,495 ♪ ♪ 658 00:32:10,130 --> 00:32:11,731 Bill. 659 00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:15,035 [Truman gasps] 660 00:32:15,068 --> 00:32:16,737 Oh, my goodness. 661 00:32:16,770 --> 00:32:18,205 [chuckling] 662 00:32:18,238 --> 00:32:19,740 -You're gorgeous. -Thank you. 663 00:32:19,773 --> 00:32:21,609 You're so kind. 664 00:32:21,642 --> 00:32:23,543 [laughs] 665 00:32:25,779 --> 00:32:28,582 You are incredible. 666 00:32:30,751 --> 00:32:31,652 -Perfect. -Amazing. 667 00:32:31,685 --> 00:32:32,786 [Albert] How are you feeling, Katharine? 668 00:32:32,820 --> 00:32:36,723 -Oh. Uh... Terrified. [laughs] -Having a good evening. 669 00:32:37,090 --> 00:32:41,128 Luckily, I've got Tru. And a mask, so... 670 00:32:41,161 --> 00:32:42,229 [Albert] How did you come to pick Katharine 671 00:32:42,262 --> 00:32:43,264 as your guest of honor? 672 00:32:43,297 --> 00:32:45,199 Well, in every category, you know, 673 00:32:45,232 --> 00:32:47,067 she's just tens across the board. 674 00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:49,069 There's beauty and brains, of course, 675 00:32:49,102 --> 00:32:51,772 but what it really comes down to is bravery. 676 00:32:51,805 --> 00:32:52,706 She's got a story. 677 00:32:52,739 --> 00:32:55,709 Her husband killed himself a few years back 678 00:32:55,742 --> 00:32:56,743 with a shotgun. 679 00:32:56,776 --> 00:33:00,080 It's no fault of hers. He was mentally unstable. 680 00:33:00,113 --> 00:33:02,116 But Katharine pulled herself up, 681 00:33:02,149 --> 00:33:03,384 singlehandedly raised the children, 682 00:33:03,417 --> 00:33:06,086 and now she's running the Washington Post. 683 00:33:06,119 --> 00:33:09,089 It's a true American success story. 684 00:33:09,122 --> 00:33:10,156 That's what we're here for tonight. 685 00:33:10,190 --> 00:33:15,095 It's, uh... The American dream is alive and well. 686 00:33:15,128 --> 00:33:17,464 [chuckles] 687 00:33:17,798 --> 00:33:20,600 ♪ ♪ 688 00:33:23,203 --> 00:33:26,573 [indistinct chatter, laughter] 689 00:33:34,481 --> 00:33:37,217 [Albert] What do you think of Kay as guest of honor? 690 00:33:37,250 --> 00:33:39,186 I knew it wasn't going to be me. 691 00:33:39,219 --> 00:33:41,088 It's not about that. 692 00:33:41,121 --> 00:33:42,222 Kay is a national figure. 693 00:33:42,255 --> 00:33:44,224 None of us wanted it. 694 00:33:44,257 --> 00:33:48,195 It would have sown jealousies. I didn't want that. 695 00:33:48,228 --> 00:33:51,098 You know, this evening is for Kay, as it should be. 696 00:33:51,131 --> 00:33:53,633 ♪ ♪ 697 00:33:57,504 --> 00:34:00,741 [Albert] What did you think about Kay as guest of honor? 698 00:34:00,774 --> 00:34:03,210 Oh, I-I'm very happy for Kay. 699 00:34:03,243 --> 00:34:06,113 Yes, a woman at the very top of the news business 700 00:34:06,146 --> 00:34:09,083 -in this country. Right? -That's right. 701 00:34:09,116 --> 00:34:11,051 There ought to be more Kay Grahams 702 00:34:11,084 --> 00:34:13,053 running companies, right, Bill? 703 00:34:13,086 --> 00:34:14,221 -That's right. -She deserves it. 704 00:34:14,254 --> 00:34:16,190 [Albert] But did you think it would be you? 705 00:34:16,223 --> 00:34:19,760 Well, that wasn't even a consideration, really, 706 00:34:19,793 --> 00:34:21,195 that I entertained. 707 00:34:21,228 --> 00:34:22,196 No. Why would I... 708 00:34:22,229 --> 00:34:25,099 That's enough, thank you very much, thank you. 709 00:34:25,132 --> 00:34:27,567 ♪ ♪ 710 00:34:30,604 --> 00:34:31,672 Hi. 711 00:34:31,705 --> 00:34:33,340 [Albert] Everyone is talking about who isn't here. 712 00:34:33,373 --> 00:34:36,110 Well, the point and fun of having a party 713 00:34:36,143 --> 00:34:39,780 is who you don't invite. [laughs] 714 00:34:39,813 --> 00:34:41,581 Mm-hmm. 715 00:34:44,117 --> 00:34:46,620 For example. 716 00:34:46,653 --> 00:34:48,688 ♪ ♪ 717 00:35:04,671 --> 00:35:07,474 [all cheer] 718 00:35:08,775 --> 00:35:12,179 [laughing] 719 00:35:12,212 --> 00:35:14,748 You shouldn't keep a lady waiting. 720 00:35:14,781 --> 00:35:16,784 Just offer her the light. 721 00:35:16,817 --> 00:35:18,185 Is she even old enough to smoke? 722 00:35:18,218 --> 00:35:20,687 [indistinct chatter] 723 00:35:25,292 --> 00:35:27,261 [woman 1] It's too priceless. 724 00:35:27,294 --> 00:35:30,130 The Winston Guests living in the guest house. 725 00:35:30,163 --> 00:35:31,265 [woman 2] A friend at Skadden Arps said 726 00:35:31,298 --> 00:35:33,233 they're repossessing everything. 727 00:35:33,266 --> 00:35:35,069 [woman 1 laughs] I hope she invested 728 00:35:35,102 --> 00:35:36,203 in a decent mask. 729 00:35:36,236 --> 00:35:38,606 I would not have shown my face tonight. 730 00:35:38,639 --> 00:35:41,308 ♪ ♪ 731 00:35:41,341 --> 00:35:44,712 Uh, is this the only option for supper? 732 00:35:44,745 --> 00:35:46,780 Yes, ma'am. 733 00:35:46,813 --> 00:35:48,215 But this looks like dog food. 734 00:35:48,248 --> 00:35:50,050 This can't be the only option. 735 00:35:50,083 --> 00:35:51,252 Some people flew all the way from Europe 736 00:35:51,285 --> 00:35:54,255 for this party; this cannot be supper. 737 00:35:54,288 --> 00:35:58,325 Well, so it is, fancy-pants. Grin and bear it. 738 00:35:58,358 --> 00:36:00,227 No scenes tonight, Slim, darling. 739 00:36:00,260 --> 00:36:03,130 Everyone's waiting for one, so let's not. 740 00:36:03,163 --> 00:36:05,099 But one hates to disappoint, 741 00:36:05,132 --> 00:36:06,333 and you're such a natural performer. 742 00:36:06,366 --> 00:36:09,436 Oh, here we go. Two bourbon sours, please. 743 00:36:09,469 --> 00:36:12,306 Oh, so now you've got my ex-husband on brown booze. 744 00:36:12,339 --> 00:36:14,174 Are you here looking for your next victim? 745 00:36:14,207 --> 00:36:16,110 [gasps] Is this the part when you say, 746 00:36:16,143 --> 00:36:18,078 "You stole my man"? 747 00:36:18,111 --> 00:36:20,047 And I retort, "You shouldn't have left Leland 748 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:21,248 -so unattended." -[laughs] No. 749 00:36:21,281 --> 00:36:23,183 I was just wondering why you're here. 750 00:36:23,216 --> 00:36:25,352 And then I remember no one is as familiar 751 00:36:25,385 --> 00:36:27,187 with the ceilings of rich men's bedrooms 752 00:36:27,220 --> 00:36:29,123 -as you, darling. -Oh... 753 00:36:29,156 --> 00:36:31,258 You shouldn't have come. It's a spectacle. 754 00:36:31,291 --> 00:36:33,360 And I thought you were raised so very well. 755 00:36:33,393 --> 00:36:37,231 How nice to see my wives getting on so well. 756 00:36:37,264 --> 00:36:39,233 I've waited so long for this. 757 00:36:39,266 --> 00:36:41,335 We can't seem to tear ourselves apart. 758 00:36:41,368 --> 00:36:44,705 What is this? Smells like a dead animal. 759 00:36:44,738 --> 00:36:45,772 Chicken hash. 760 00:36:45,806 --> 00:36:48,075 It's all Truman is serving. Can you believe it? 761 00:36:48,108 --> 00:36:52,445 -Can we lose the cameras now? -Hmm. 762 00:36:58,251 --> 00:36:59,353 There are two selves. 763 00:36:59,386 --> 00:37:00,454 The one we present to the world, 764 00:37:00,487 --> 00:37:02,389 and the one we keep hidden away. 765 00:37:02,422 --> 00:37:05,392 But behind a mask, all that's buttoned up. 766 00:37:05,425 --> 00:37:08,362 It's chaotic, marvelous and messy. 767 00:37:08,395 --> 00:37:11,198 It's Carnival. It's everything I've dreamt of 768 00:37:11,231 --> 00:37:12,199 since I was a little boy. 769 00:37:12,232 --> 00:37:15,035 This kind of true nakedness. 770 00:37:16,270 --> 00:37:18,239 Excuse me, Candy. 771 00:37:18,272 --> 00:37:20,441 We appear to have party crashers. 772 00:37:20,474 --> 00:37:23,777 Jesus Christ, isn't this thrilling? 773 00:37:23,810 --> 00:37:26,746 [laughs] 774 00:37:29,383 --> 00:37:32,219 Unmask yourselves, trespassers. 775 00:37:32,252 --> 00:37:33,253 Show your mortal facades. 776 00:37:33,286 --> 00:37:36,357 [woman] Well, I am the Ghost of Christmas Past, 777 00:37:36,390 --> 00:37:39,460 and he's the Ghost of Christmas Future. 778 00:37:39,493 --> 00:37:43,197 That's funny, I don't remember inviting anyone from Dickens. 779 00:37:43,230 --> 00:37:44,365 [both laugh] 780 00:37:44,398 --> 00:37:47,567 [woman] Well... 781 00:37:49,202 --> 00:37:52,373 Ann Woodward. Well, well. 782 00:37:52,406 --> 00:37:55,209 -And this must be your son. -Yes. 783 00:37:55,242 --> 00:37:57,378 -Jimmy. -Hi, Jimmy. 784 00:37:57,411 --> 00:37:59,313 [Ann] We thought it would make you laugh. 785 00:37:59,346 --> 00:38:02,316 And besides, I was practically one of your swans. 786 00:38:02,349 --> 00:38:04,251 [chuckles] No, dear, never a swan. 787 00:38:04,284 --> 00:38:06,120 A peafowl at best. 788 00:38:06,153 --> 00:38:07,321 Really, dear, do leave. 789 00:38:07,354 --> 00:38:09,223 Don't do this to your boy. 790 00:38:09,256 --> 00:38:10,257 Everyone knows. 791 00:38:10,290 --> 00:38:13,327 Everyone here knows your dirty little secret. 792 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,230 They're all whispering about it behind your back. 793 00:38:16,263 --> 00:38:19,266 My dirty little secret, Truman, 794 00:38:19,299 --> 00:38:23,203 is that I still like you. 795 00:38:23,236 --> 00:38:26,173 -Aw. -I mean, it's been frosty 796 00:38:26,206 --> 00:38:28,208 between us, 797 00:38:28,241 --> 00:38:31,378 but we were friends once, you know that. 798 00:38:31,411 --> 00:38:35,316 And you always said that I reminded you of your mother. 799 00:38:35,349 --> 00:38:38,352 Would you kick your mother out of a party like this? 800 00:38:38,385 --> 00:38:41,721 My mother was kicked out of parties like these. 801 00:38:42,189 --> 00:38:45,459 That's why she was miserable and cruel. 802 00:38:45,492 --> 00:38:49,096 And that's why she killed herself. 803 00:38:49,129 --> 00:38:50,497 Goodbye, Ann. 804 00:38:50,530 --> 00:38:54,101 Look, you know that there are at least 805 00:38:54,134 --> 00:38:55,369 a dozen people crashing here. 806 00:38:55,402 --> 00:38:57,338 Yeah, of course there are, but I like them. 807 00:38:57,371 --> 00:39:00,307 You don't have to do this. 808 00:39:00,340 --> 00:39:02,343 I came here tonight for him. 809 00:39:02,376 --> 00:39:06,213 I-I want him to be seen, to get out and... 810 00:39:06,246 --> 00:39:09,316 -I don't want him... -To be ostracized? 811 00:39:09,349 --> 00:39:12,319 Because you shot his father in the face? 812 00:39:12,352 --> 00:39:15,055 Makes perfect sense to me. 813 00:39:18,125 --> 00:39:19,493 What are they doing? 814 00:39:19,526 --> 00:39:21,528 Are you filming me? Why are you filming me? 815 00:39:21,561 --> 00:39:23,464 Mom, please, let's just go before people know... 816 00:39:23,497 --> 00:39:26,367 He can stay. Guards, show this murderess the door. 817 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,735 She told me we were invited. 818 00:39:29,136 --> 00:39:31,438 [Truman] You are like her. 819 00:39:31,471 --> 00:39:37,711 You're a rotten criminal and a lousy mother. 820 00:39:39,112 --> 00:39:41,181 What you're doing to us 821 00:39:41,214 --> 00:39:43,250 is so low. 822 00:39:43,283 --> 00:39:45,586 So poisonous. 823 00:39:45,619 --> 00:39:50,690 One day you will know what this poison tastes like. 824 00:39:51,158 --> 00:39:54,228 And remember, the only unforgiveable sin is 825 00:39:54,261 --> 00:39:56,363 deliberate cruelty. 826 00:39:56,396 --> 00:40:00,067 You wrote that, didn't you? 827 00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:02,202 Well, this is that. 828 00:40:02,235 --> 00:40:04,204 This is that. 829 00:40:04,237 --> 00:40:06,673 [sniffles] 830 00:40:18,385 --> 00:40:22,622 Well, one did write that. 831 00:40:23,223 --> 00:40:26,226 At least we know she was paying attention. 832 00:40:26,259 --> 00:40:28,228 [Frankie Trumbauer's "Taboo" playing] 833 00:40:28,261 --> 00:40:31,698 ♪ ♪ 834 00:40:38,205 --> 00:40:42,076 [indistinct chatter] 835 00:40:42,109 --> 00:40:43,710 [laughing] 836 00:40:58,792 --> 00:41:00,127 [laughs] 837 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,762 ♪ ♪ 838 00:41:04,398 --> 00:41:07,735 Don't mind if I do. [laughs] 839 00:41:07,768 --> 00:41:10,036 Oh... 840 00:41:26,486 --> 00:41:31,091 Come on, darling. Oh. What's got into your knickers? 841 00:41:31,124 --> 00:41:33,059 Oh! 842 00:41:41,468 --> 00:41:45,439 I said shut up. Just stop it. 843 00:41:45,472 --> 00:41:48,342 No, I will not. This is my party, 844 00:41:48,375 --> 00:41:50,344 and you will not quiet me into oblivion 845 00:41:50,377 --> 00:41:53,180 with your usual smug superiority. 846 00:41:53,213 --> 00:41:54,481 Oh, come on, guys. Truman, honey, 847 00:41:54,514 --> 00:41:56,450 why don't you drink some coffee? 848 00:41:56,483 --> 00:41:59,320 Okay? We were just having fun. 849 00:41:59,353 --> 00:42:00,621 It was vulgar is what it was. 850 00:42:00,654 --> 00:42:04,258 All of you flopping about like a school of diseased trout 851 00:42:04,291 --> 00:42:06,226 on a Michigan deck, 852 00:42:06,259 --> 00:42:08,395 which, of course, Jack does so naturally, 853 00:42:08,428 --> 00:42:11,231 with his common chorus boy background. 854 00:42:11,264 --> 00:42:13,267 "Okla-homo, where the winds 855 00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:15,336 come sweeping down the plain." 856 00:42:15,369 --> 00:42:17,438 -How dare you. -[Jack] It was boring in there. 857 00:42:17,471 --> 00:42:20,207 People were fleeing the party of the century 858 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:21,274 from fucking boredom. 859 00:42:21,308 --> 00:42:25,178 It was a dull party, and I was just trying to help. 860 00:42:25,545 --> 00:42:28,349 Why don't we get some of that delicious hash? 861 00:42:28,382 --> 00:42:30,317 Do you want to? Do you want to get some hash? 862 00:42:30,350 --> 00:42:31,218 Where's Johnny? 863 00:42:31,251 --> 00:42:34,221 Fingering a coat-check girl, I'm sure, 864 00:42:34,254 --> 00:42:37,023 as is his wont. 865 00:42:41,128 --> 00:42:44,331 Hi, guys, this is a private 866 00:42:44,364 --> 00:42:47,034 cocktail club conversation. 867 00:42:47,067 --> 00:42:48,335 [Jack] Bullshit. 868 00:42:48,368 --> 00:42:51,037 Nothing's private with you. 869 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:55,342 Can I just say what a joy it is 870 00:42:55,375 --> 00:42:56,309 to be included in this party? 871 00:42:56,343 --> 00:43:00,214 The best thing about being in Truman's orbit 872 00:43:00,247 --> 00:43:02,316 are just the things like this. 873 00:43:02,349 --> 00:43:07,053 The-the parties, the beautiful people. 874 00:43:08,388 --> 00:43:11,358 [whispering] But the worst part is, 875 00:43:11,391 --> 00:43:15,195 you actually have to pretend to like him 876 00:43:15,228 --> 00:43:17,731 to get in. 877 00:43:23,103 --> 00:43:26,039 ♪ ♪ 878 00:44:01,141 --> 00:44:03,677 ♪ ♪ 879 00:44:33,273 --> 00:44:37,744 ♪ ♪ 880 00:44:46,486 --> 00:44:48,455 [Albert] Come on, we're friends. Weren't you upset 881 00:44:48,488 --> 00:44:50,457 to be passed over as guest of honor? 882 00:44:50,490 --> 00:44:52,459 -Tell the truth. -[Lee] You know, 883 00:44:52,492 --> 00:44:55,329 it's always refreshing to be reminded 884 00:44:55,362 --> 00:44:58,332 of certain verities. 885 00:44:58,365 --> 00:45:00,534 So, no, I was not. 886 00:45:00,567 --> 00:45:04,204 What verities? You mean facts? 887 00:45:04,237 --> 00:45:06,340 Fact. 888 00:45:06,373 --> 00:45:07,608 [chuckles] 889 00:45:07,641 --> 00:45:11,445 We have a man, a celebrated little man, 890 00:45:11,478 --> 00:45:16,317 trying to outdo himself in a ballet called 891 00:45:16,350 --> 00:45:19,520 Dance of the Seven Trumans. 892 00:45:19,553 --> 00:45:21,522 Wherein he spins himself into butter 893 00:45:21,555 --> 00:45:24,224 for having made so many declarations 894 00:45:24,257 --> 00:45:27,328 to so many friends. 895 00:45:27,361 --> 00:45:29,630 Best friends. 896 00:45:29,663 --> 00:45:32,199 [imitating Truman] "Oh, you're my best friend 897 00:45:32,232 --> 00:45:33,500 "in the world; of course. 898 00:45:33,533 --> 00:45:36,170 "Of course you're the guest of honor, babe. 899 00:45:36,203 --> 00:45:40,074 "I mean Slim. I mean Lee. 900 00:45:40,107 --> 00:45:42,142 I mean..." 901 00:45:44,111 --> 00:45:45,446 Et cetera. 902 00:45:45,479 --> 00:45:48,482 And it's women, always, because he knows that women 903 00:45:48,515 --> 00:45:50,584 are always being betrayed in the world, 904 00:45:50,617 --> 00:45:54,321 and they are hungry for that kind of intimacy. 905 00:45:54,354 --> 00:45:56,490 Here's the fact. 906 00:45:56,523 --> 00:45:59,593 Truman takes advantage of this fear and aloneness. 907 00:45:59,626 --> 00:46:02,630 He makes us into his number-one friend. 908 00:46:02,663 --> 00:46:06,200 He makes himself out to be our great protector, 909 00:46:06,233 --> 00:46:07,601 but really, is he? 910 00:46:07,634 --> 00:46:10,471 So we all thought-- and some of us swans still think-- 911 00:46:10,504 --> 00:46:12,439 that he's our best friend. 912 00:46:12,472 --> 00:46:14,375 But here's the truth. 913 00:46:14,408 --> 00:46:17,344 To be a woman is to be very much 914 00:46:17,377 --> 00:46:19,613 out on a limb alone. 915 00:46:19,646 --> 00:46:22,516 So don't pretend that there is such a thing as a best friend, 916 00:46:22,549 --> 00:46:26,753 because even your sister will steal your man. 917 00:46:29,256 --> 00:46:32,126 Mm-mm. Hmm. 918 00:46:32,159 --> 00:46:32,993 Make it higher. 919 00:46:33,027 --> 00:46:38,265 What you're doing to us is so low. 920 00:46:38,298 --> 00:46:39,466 So poisonous. 921 00:46:39,499 --> 00:46:43,637 One day you will know what this poison tastes like. 922 00:46:43,670 --> 00:46:47,241 And remember, the only unforgiveable sin is 923 00:46:47,274 --> 00:46:49,343 deliberate cruelty. 924 00:46:49,376 --> 00:46:52,078 You wrote that, didn't you? 925 00:46:52,445 --> 00:46:55,048 Well, this is that. 926 00:46:55,482 --> 00:46:58,184 This is that. [sniffles] 927 00:47:02,389 --> 00:47:05,058 [projector shuts off] 928 00:47:11,264 --> 00:47:13,200 Albert. 929 00:47:13,233 --> 00:47:15,135 [Albert] Yes? 930 00:47:16,370 --> 00:47:18,372 Hi. [chuckles] 931 00:47:18,405 --> 00:47:20,740 [Albert] Hello. 932 00:47:22,409 --> 00:47:25,446 Can I watch that back again? 933 00:47:25,479 --> 00:47:28,048 [Albert] The whole thing? 934 00:47:28,415 --> 00:47:29,517 The Ann Woodward scene, yes. 935 00:47:29,550 --> 00:47:35,489 And then afterwards, um, the Lee Radziwill interview 936 00:47:35,522 --> 00:47:40,160 in Kenneth's salon. 937 00:47:42,262 --> 00:47:44,064 Is that okay? 938 00:47:46,667 --> 00:47:50,304 Johnson, can you play reel 25 again? 939 00:47:50,337 --> 00:47:52,706 Thank you. 940 00:47:58,211 --> 00:47:59,580 [projector whirring] 941 00:47:59,613 --> 00:48:02,349 [Truman on film] Unmask yourselves, trespassers. 942 00:48:02,382 --> 00:48:04,184 Show your mortal façade. 943 00:48:05,419 --> 00:48:08,021 [Truman] So... 944 00:48:08,455 --> 00:48:10,491 I don't think this idea 945 00:48:10,524 --> 00:48:15,195 of a documentary recording this time in my life works. 946 00:48:16,396 --> 00:48:18,198 It's... 947 00:48:18,231 --> 00:48:20,334 You see, in my opinion... 948 00:48:20,367 --> 00:48:23,169 the material's better as a book. 949 00:48:24,638 --> 00:48:27,474 Tru, we have some extraordinary footage. 950 00:48:27,507 --> 00:48:31,345 Are you worried about how other people are reflected, 951 00:48:31,378 --> 00:48:33,213 or yourself? 952 00:48:33,246 --> 00:48:35,282 A bit of both. 953 00:48:35,649 --> 00:48:38,452 -But I'm itching to write it. -[sighs] 954 00:48:38,485 --> 00:48:40,321 It needs to be written. 955 00:48:40,354 --> 00:48:42,590 It needs words, not pictures. 956 00:48:42,623 --> 00:48:47,461 It needs my clarity, my process of distilling, 957 00:48:47,494 --> 00:48:51,097 the endless jostling that I'm witness to. 958 00:48:51,398 --> 00:48:56,470 You can film it, but... not describe it. 959 00:48:56,503 --> 00:49:01,041 No, Tru. You're not just witness, kid. 960 00:49:01,342 --> 00:49:04,044 You're party to it. 961 00:49:05,245 --> 00:49:07,214 [Albert sighs] 962 00:49:07,247 --> 00:49:09,383 It will make a good book. 963 00:49:09,416 --> 00:49:12,486 You gave me a title, and for that, I am forever grateful. 964 00:49:12,519 --> 00:49:16,189 -Did I? -Answered Prayers. 965 00:49:18,525 --> 00:49:22,028 Answered Prayers. 966 00:49:24,498 --> 00:49:28,134 -[crowd chatter] -[piano plays slow dance music] 967 00:49:31,471 --> 00:49:35,742 [band joins in] 968 00:49:39,513 --> 00:49:42,583 Hmm. Now what is the purpose 969 00:49:42,616 --> 00:49:44,585 of inviting a bunch of celebrities 970 00:49:44,618 --> 00:49:48,755 if you're only going to get them to cover their faces? 971 00:49:49,189 --> 00:49:52,459 I didn't know if you got my invitation, Mother. 972 00:49:52,492 --> 00:49:56,130 I mean, where to send it? 973 00:49:56,163 --> 00:49:58,399 But here you are. 974 00:49:58,432 --> 00:50:04,037 Why would I miss the pinnacle of your existence? 975 00:50:04,404 --> 00:50:09,176 Never miss an opportunity to see or... 976 00:50:09,209 --> 00:50:12,313 to be seen, hmm? 977 00:50:12,346 --> 00:50:15,182 You're too ravishing for words. 978 00:50:15,215 --> 00:50:17,217 I'm speechless. 979 00:50:17,250 --> 00:50:19,320 Well, that is a first. 980 00:50:19,353 --> 00:50:22,022 [Truman laughs] 981 00:50:22,323 --> 00:50:25,192 Isn't this great, Mama? 982 00:50:25,225 --> 00:50:27,761 [Nina] Well, hmm. 983 00:50:28,395 --> 00:50:30,230 The décor? 984 00:50:30,263 --> 00:50:32,766 Balloons? [laughs] 985 00:50:33,100 --> 00:50:35,336 No, but... 986 00:50:35,369 --> 00:50:39,106 Truman, I am very proud. 987 00:50:39,139 --> 00:50:40,241 Oh, you are? 988 00:50:40,274 --> 00:50:41,475 Mm. 989 00:50:41,508 --> 00:50:43,611 Some of the women were upset about 990 00:50:43,644 --> 00:50:46,313 Kay Graham being the guest of honor, 991 00:50:46,346 --> 00:50:48,449 but I had to. 992 00:50:48,482 --> 00:50:51,218 [Nina] I understand. 993 00:50:51,251 --> 00:50:54,221 Shall we go be seen? 994 00:50:54,254 --> 00:50:57,023 ♪ ♪ 995 00:51:01,762 --> 00:51:07,701 The truth is, there's only one true guest of honor. 996 00:51:08,169 --> 00:51:10,471 I don't know if I ever told you this, Mama, 997 00:51:10,504 --> 00:51:13,374 -but you... -[song ends] 998 00:51:13,407 --> 00:51:15,476 -You're my best friend. -[laughs] 999 00:51:15,509 --> 00:51:17,478 [intro to Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake Waltz" plays] 1000 00:51:17,511 --> 00:51:21,348 Well, then... do take your best friend 1001 00:51:21,381 --> 00:51:23,384 for a dance, would you, please? 1002 00:51:23,417 --> 00:51:26,186 [Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake Waltz" plays] 1003 00:51:26,219 --> 00:51:28,221 ♪ ♪ 1004 00:51:56,216 --> 00:51:58,184 ♪ ♪ 1005 00:52:28,215 --> 00:52:30,217 ♪ ♪ 1006 00:53:00,213 --> 00:53:02,215 ♪ ♪ 1007 00:53:32,212 --> 00:53:34,714 ♪ ♪ 1008 00:53:52,699 --> 00:53:59,339 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org