- 5/29/2025
Colin, a novelist has success with his latest novel 'Thalia'. He meets Phoebe Lee, a handsome, exotic young woman who studies literature. They fall in love. But soon Phoebe begins to act strangely. Colin becomes suspicious and wants to know what lies behind the strange behaviour of his new girlfriend. In the following events Colin's past comes back to haunt him and he has to fight for his life.
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00:00:30Which makes this the more intriguing, interesting food for speculation?
00:00:36Some even assert, and among them of course the Freudians, that he was impotent.
00:00:43What else could the plumes that sorrowfully trail in the dust symbolize, they wonder?
00:00:50Yes, Freud indeed.
00:00:51An important name to mention here is Marie Bonaparte, a French psychoanalyst who was in close contact with Freud.
00:01:00Her interpretation of Poe's work is remarkable.
00:01:04She states that Poe often repeats the situation of the ideal woman who sickens and dies, yet doesn't really die,
00:01:14but lives on in unearthly radiance, putrescent as well as ethereal.
00:01:24Virginia was 13 when they married.
00:01:28Now, we have to put this into the right perspective.
00:01:31In antebellum America, women in the South married quite young, the age of consent being well under 16, 10 or 12 to be exact.
00:01:47Poe's behavior toward women quite often shows a refusal to consider them as sexually desirable.
00:01:53He could have made the excuse to himself that Virginia was first too young, then too ill, so that his respect for her became duty.
00:02:05And when she died of tuberculosis 12 years after the marriage, it may have caused, aggravated some wish to believe, his neurosis and obsessions, eventually leading to insanity.
00:02:11A lady quite absorbed.
00:02:29Okay.
00:02:30A lady's work.
00:02:31Bo fanatic?
00:02:34Ah, hi.
00:02:34No, not really.
00:02:36I'm still evaluating.
00:02:40It's good to put things into perspective.
00:02:41This might help.
00:02:44I'm Phoebe Lee.
00:02:47Colin Ziggs.
00:02:53Cheers.
00:02:53You think it was self-punishment?
00:02:58Beg your pardon?
00:03:00Post vengeful heroines.
00:03:02Oh. Well, every trauma leaves some mark at this.
00:03:07Uh-huh. Sure. As no doubt does every obsession.
00:03:13Right. You're a student? Let me guess. Psychology?
00:03:20No. English major.
00:03:23Of course. I should have known.
00:03:26And you are a teacher?
00:03:30No. I'm a writer.
00:03:32Fiction?
00:03:33Yeah. Novels.
00:03:36Tales of mystery and imagination.
00:03:40Mystery to some extent and imagination, definitely.
00:03:44I always wondered how do writers do it?
00:03:48How does the inspiration come, I mean?
00:03:52Oh, yes. I work best at night.
00:03:55And inspiration comes unexpectedly.
00:03:58It's not like sitting down and opening some mental faucet and hallelujah.
00:04:03The prose starts flowing.
00:04:05It's more like, say, shuffling experience and memory and adding some new ingredients to it.
00:04:13Must be exciting to watch this grow.
00:04:16A mere idea into a whole story.
00:04:19Well, my latest novel was quite a success.
00:04:22No real poor hardship then.
00:04:25Let's say I endured more than enough of that.
00:04:29Until recently.
00:04:31Best seller?
00:04:32Uh-huh. Thalia. That's the title.
00:04:36It's a rather, say, unusual love story.
00:04:42Unknown to me.
00:04:44But then again, I mainly focus on literally classics.
00:04:49You made me curious, Tom.
00:04:54I'll give you a signed copy.
00:04:56You want me to write something special?
00:04:59For Phoebe, do inspiration, shuffle experience and memories.
00:05:05That's nice.
00:05:06I'll give you a signed copy right away.
00:05:07You want me to write something special?
00:05:08For Phoebe, do inspiration, shuffle experience and memories.
00:05:09That's nice.
00:05:10This makes my day.
00:05:11Thank you so much.
00:05:12I'll give you a signed copy right away.
00:05:13You want me to write something special?
00:05:16For Phoebe, do inspiration, shuffle experience and memories.
00:05:22That's nice.
00:05:23That's nice.
00:05:25This makes my day.
00:05:39Thank you so much.
00:05:41Well, goodbye now.
00:05:55Oh, damn. I knew it.
00:06:03What is it?
00:06:05Black tire.
00:06:07I don't have a spare.
00:06:13Get in here.
00:06:25Hello?
00:06:26Hello?
00:06:27Hello?
00:06:28Hello?
00:06:29Hello?
00:06:30Hello?
00:06:31Hello?
00:06:32Hello?
00:06:33Hello?
00:06:34Hello?
00:06:35Hello?
00:06:36Thank you so much.
00:06:39You saved me a lot of trouble tonight.
00:06:41What about your car?
00:06:43No problem.
00:06:44I'll find someone to fix it first thing tomorrow morning.
00:06:48How do I pay your back?
00:06:51Just read my novel.
00:06:53I didn't even pay for that.
00:06:56But I was definitely going to read it tonight.
00:07:01In bed.
00:07:02Oh?
00:07:03You read it in bed?
00:07:04Mostly.
00:07:05I was wondering.
00:07:08How about discussing my novel?
00:07:10Aren't you true?
00:07:11I don't know.
00:07:14There's that nice little restaurant in town.
00:07:17Quite special.
00:07:18Entirely themed after British and American literary icons.
00:07:22The Shelly.
00:07:23I know.
00:07:24English major.
00:07:25Of course you know.
00:07:26I'd love to invite you there.
00:07:29Go more deeper into my work.
00:07:31Okay.
00:07:32Sure.
00:07:33Sounds great.
00:07:34Just follow or email me.
00:07:39Thank you again.
00:07:44Suppose I should give you a hug.
00:07:46lost part Stefan for you.
00:07:48Makes your movie go.
00:07:49It's as good as you can actually go.
00:07:50I don't know.
00:07:51There's some weird dogs.
00:07:52That's it.
00:07:53They're a bird.
00:07:54There's staring at a hole.
00:07:55There looks like a farm.
00:07:56I know.
00:07:57But it's a Йken interview.
00:07:58About a的話.
00:07:59So very behind you,
00:08:00so very visually he can find afire one.
00:08:02Maybe that looks new.
00:08:02You get to know.
00:08:06Yeah.
00:08:07You did not find any figure.
00:08:08Let's go.
00:08:38All consuming.
00:08:48All right, Colin, wishful thinking and self-deception may very well be Siamese twins.
00:09:00I should write this down.
00:09:09No satisfaction without frustration, I guess.
00:09:30What the hell?
00:09:51Hi, Phoebe here.
00:09:56I'm not available right now. Leave a message and I'll call you back later.
00:10:12Reading in bed, all right.
00:10:20Sure, a real conversation is more fun.
00:10:24At least we've given the chance to start one.
00:10:29Oh, Colin, forget it.
00:10:39A couple more years and she could be your granddaughter from having sick.
00:10:44Here you go.
00:11:05Phenomenal success, isn't it?
00:11:07Yes, it is. It must have struck some chord.
00:11:10It has indeed.
00:11:12And screenplay is under development.
00:11:15Filming may start as early as next spring.
00:11:17Is it now? And is she going to be the victim?
00:11:21Uh, victim?
00:11:23This child on your cover, will she play the part?
00:11:26No, no, not her. It will be a professional actress.
00:11:30A professional at 12. What are you telling me here?
00:11:34Well, I'm not trying to...
00:11:36I read this. And you, sir, you have a very questionable imagination, to say the least.
00:11:42How can you even consider a sexual relationship between a 12 year old and an older man?
00:11:47Ma'am, this is a work of fiction.
00:11:48Work of fiction? And who do you think is going to read this?
00:11:51Every single pervert out there is about to get turned on by it.
00:11:55My God, what has got to happen before they put a stop to all this filth?
00:12:01Photographs, movies, novels, beauty competitions where little girls get to look like professional hookers.
00:12:08If you have been abused in some way, I'm sure there are professionals out there who can help you.
00:12:13Don't you mock me. It's people like you sending the wrong message to all those maniacs out there.
00:12:18That's if you're not one yourself.
00:12:22Madam, I'd like you to leave immediately.
00:12:25But yes, of course. Use your fig leaves called Literature and Art with a capital A.
00:12:31You too should be ashamed of yourself.
00:12:34That's it. Get out.
00:12:35Don't you touch me. And you. You, one day, sooner or later, you'll have it coming to you.
00:12:43Fire.
00:12:49What the hell was that?
00:12:52Trembling finger syndrome, I guess.
00:12:55Trembling finger?
00:12:57The accusers are struggling with their own hidden demons.
00:13:09Hi there.
00:13:11Oh, hi.
00:13:12Can I?
00:13:13Yeah, sure.
00:13:16Can I offer you something?
00:13:18Green frog.
00:13:20Green frog?
00:13:22It's a cocktail.
00:13:24Pisang ambon.
00:13:25Sprite soda.
00:13:27And lime juice.
00:13:29Okay.
00:13:31Green frog.
00:13:33Now, what a surprise to see you here.
00:13:38I've been stalking you.
00:13:41Oh?
00:13:43Just kidding.
00:13:45I happened to be shopping and I noticed you sitting here, lost in literature.
00:13:51I called you back.
00:13:53I prefer to look in the eyes of the person I'm talking to.
00:13:57Well, I can appreciate that.
00:13:59But it's so hard to detect some emotional nuances in a written message.
00:14:04Yeah, you're right.
00:14:06Nothing like face-to-face conversation, huh?
00:14:08So, here I am.
00:14:11I prefer cocoa.
00:14:13You find it rather unsettling?
00:14:18Oh, for a moment there I thought you were talking about us meeting here.
00:14:23You booked him in.
00:14:24Yeah.
00:14:25Well, yeah.
00:14:26In a way I do.
00:14:28What is that?
00:14:29It reminds me of someone I've known.
00:14:30Not exactly a similar situation, but still.
00:14:32I don't know if I want to talk about that.
00:14:33Oh, well.
00:14:34That's okay.
00:14:35Don't bother.
00:14:36Don't bother.
00:14:37But I do find your knoll very well-written.
00:14:38You do?
00:14:39I don't know if I want to talk about that.
00:14:40Oh, well.
00:14:41That's okay.
00:14:42Don't bother.
00:14:43Don't bother.
00:14:44But I do find your knoll very well-written.
00:14:47You do?
00:14:48Sure.
00:14:49What really blew me away was how believable all the characters were.
00:15:07I admire people who can do that.
00:15:09Invent people.
00:15:10That's probably the main reason why I love literature.
00:15:15Are you practicing any artistic discipline yourself?
00:15:25Not really.
00:15:27Unless you consider posing for photo shoots, that would be it.
00:15:32You're a model.
00:15:34Helps paying my studies and rent.
00:15:37What sort of photos?
00:15:39Oh, anything I'm comfortable with.
00:15:42Fashion.
00:15:43Portrait work.
00:15:45Nudes occasionally.
00:15:47Tasteful, that is.
00:15:50Yeah.
00:15:51I would like to ask you a question.
00:15:55Okay.
00:15:56Could I see where you work?
00:16:01Or is it like a sacred shrine sort of thing?
00:16:05Off limits?
00:16:06Yes.
00:16:07No.
00:16:08I mean, sure.
00:16:11No problem.
00:16:12You're welcome.
00:16:13Anytime.
00:16:15Anytime.
00:16:16I would love to use your bestseller for a dissertation.
00:16:22You know, analyze the work and author.
00:16:26That is, if you don't object.
00:16:28Hey, I would be flattered.
00:16:30Does the shelly still stand?
00:16:33You bet.
00:16:34Okay, then.
00:16:35What about a full-scale thriller?
00:16:45Sex and murder.
00:16:48Taliyah started as a sentimental story about a photographer with a crusher right.
00:16:54But it ended very much like a thriller.
00:16:59So move a couple of steps further down Homicide Lane.
00:17:03It has always been hard.
00:17:05And will always be.
00:17:07Best way to cash in on your previous success.
00:17:11If you ask me.
00:17:13Didn't you already outline a couple of thriller projects?
00:17:17Yeah, I did.
00:17:19More or less.
00:17:20Something about twins.
00:17:22Another more in the horror genre, but all a bit similar.
00:17:27And I don't want to be typed.
00:17:29No sense.
00:17:30Well, you know.
00:17:33I almost got attacked the other day during a signing session.
00:17:37Some conservative puritan hag almost accused me of child molestation.
00:17:42Oh, God.
00:17:44Let's hope he's a journalist.
00:17:47And writes a damning article.
00:17:49Anyway, a thriller by next fall would be a good thing.
00:17:54Before there's the Taliyah film release.
00:17:57Next fall?
00:17:58Wow.
00:17:59Keep up the momentum.
00:18:01Yeah, well.
00:18:02I hope the inspiration comes.
00:18:04Find yourself the right news.
00:18:09Hello.
00:18:10He may have found her already.
00:18:13Homicide, Lane.
00:18:17Well, I'll think about it.
00:18:21Teenage twins.
00:18:23One of them timid and chaste.
00:18:25The other promiscuous.
00:18:30An easy girl.
00:18:31Nymphomaniac.
00:18:32A case of mistaken identity.
00:18:37Rape.
00:18:38Murder.
00:18:39Hi there.
00:18:40First is on time.
00:18:41Come here.
00:18:42Wow.
00:18:43You read all these?
00:18:44Most of it.
00:18:45The good stuff.
00:18:46Do you have a favorite?
00:18:48The novel you would take with you to the grave?
00:18:49It's hard to tell.
00:18:50The novel you would take with you to the grave.
00:18:51It's hard to tell.
00:18:52Let me guess.
00:18:53Let me guess.
00:18:54The novel you would take with you to the grave.
00:18:55It's hard to tell.
00:18:56Let me guess.
00:18:57The novel you would take with you to the grave.
00:18:58It's hard to tell.
00:18:59From the ghost.
00:19:00It's hard to tell.
00:19:01The novel you would take with you to the grave.
00:19:06It's hard to tell.
00:19:08Let me guess.
00:19:08The novel you would take with you to the grave.
00:19:11Do you have a favorite?
00:19:13The novel you would take with you to the grave?
00:19:16It's hard to tell.
00:19:20Let me guess.
00:19:28It's an exceptional work,
00:19:30but I wouldn't consider it my favorite.
00:19:34And I'd rather prefer the bed of the grave.
00:19:41This is just so random ideas.
00:19:49And I consider it bad luck
00:19:52when someone sees it before the actual writing starts.
00:19:55Oh.
00:19:57It's just so random ideas.
00:20:01And I consider it bad luck
00:20:03when someone sees it before the actual writing starts.
00:20:06Oh.
00:20:09I'm sorry.
00:20:11That's okay.
00:20:13Just outer paranoia.
00:20:18Must be bliss
00:20:20to work and live here.
00:20:22The inspiration is palpable.
00:20:24Well, actually I don't get that much inspiration in here.
00:20:28You don't?
00:20:29But I do ride it out here.
00:20:31Where do you get it then?
00:20:33Nature.
00:20:34There are these woods about a one hour drive from here.
00:20:38With a surprise hidden deep within them.
00:20:42Sounds enchanting.
00:20:45For some reason,
00:20:46the act of walking is very productive.
00:20:50In fact, until recently,
00:20:51it was some sort of an escape.
00:20:55From what?
00:20:59The biggest thing.
00:21:02I was married, you see.
00:21:03I don't believe in marriage.
00:21:18Do you have a boyfriend?
00:21:20Not at the moment, no.
00:21:22There were a couple of guys.
00:21:25Shallow people.
00:21:26Pathetically immature.
00:21:29I've come to this point in my life
00:21:31where I need someone I can truly believe in.
00:21:34Someone who gives purpose to my life.
00:21:38So I don't feel adrift anymore.
00:21:42I want it all to have some meaning.
00:21:45Meaning?
00:21:46I want to be useful.
00:21:49Don't we all?
00:21:56You're not gonna rape me and leave me for that out here, are you?
00:22:01You inspire me in other ways.
00:22:09That's it.
00:22:11Here we are.
00:22:15Here we are.
00:22:18Here we are.
00:22:22This is beautiful.
00:22:24Bizarre, though.
00:22:25To find it in such a hidden place.
00:22:28It's a well.
00:22:30Better known as the lover's well.
00:22:33And according to the legends,
00:22:36one finds a lover at the end of the year
00:22:38when he or she stands barefoot in the water.
00:22:41And does it work?
00:22:43I didn't try it.
00:22:46I will.
00:22:56Oh my God, I'm sinking here.
00:22:59Is this okay?
00:23:00Longer than?
00:23:01I'd say another ten minutes at least.
00:23:03Stop it.
00:23:05Oh, sorry.
00:23:07I will.
00:23:09Wait, wait.
00:23:10I'll try to...
00:23:12Ah.
00:23:13What you're looking for is looking for you.
00:23:14What you're looking for is looking for you.
00:23:15What you're looking for is looking for you.
00:23:16What you're looking for is looking for you.
00:23:46So what do you consider to be the essence of the novel?
00:23:52As Matthew Starr's photographer in Thalia as a four-year-old,
00:23:56his intention to document her physical development into adulthood is quite sincere.
00:24:02As she reaches puberty, he falls in love with her,
00:24:06which is also a very sincere feeling.
00:24:09And she answers that love.
00:24:12Now, an important question here is,
00:24:14does she eventually turn rebellious because she has a problem with her relationship?
00:24:21Or is it only because he starts photographing other girls?
00:24:26Uh-huh.
00:24:27I think Thalia's jealousy may very well be evidence of a reciprocal love.
00:24:36In the end, neither of them is to blame.
00:24:39They both were victims, victims of their own vulnerability.
00:24:44And this may even be more so for Matthew than with Thalia.
00:24:50For there never occurs any sort of abuse.
00:24:53I want that constant ambiguity, though.
00:25:12I was just thinking,
00:25:17in how far does Matthew's art lead to Thalia's unfortunate fates?
00:25:21And is he directly responsible for it?
00:25:24No, he isn't.
00:25:26He's creating art, not pornography.
00:25:27It's that sick world she's confronted with,
00:25:34when she meets the wrong people and is forced into prostitution.
00:25:38Remember, this is her decision, an act of protest.
00:25:43And as he goes in search and risks his life to rescue her,
00:25:48his genuine feelings become apparent.
00:25:51No ambiguity there.
00:25:53All right.
00:25:56More a love story?
00:25:58I don't know.
00:26:00We'll have to throw out other stuff, too.
00:26:03Such as?
00:26:04The natural settlement.
00:26:06Underage nudity.
00:26:07Oh, come on.
00:26:09You kill all the poetry.
00:26:11They even opened that Bauder-Meinhof film with it.
00:26:23You kill all the poetry.
00:26:44Oh.
00:26:44Oh.
00:26:45Oh.
00:26:47Oh.
00:26:47Oh.
00:27:18Oh, well, leave me alone.
00:27:48Oh, fuck.
00:28:00Hi there.
00:28:01Great to see you.
00:28:03Come in.
00:28:04Hey.
00:28:17How are you?
00:28:20Do you think I'm an easy girl?
00:28:22Do you think I'm an easy girl?
00:28:26What?
00:28:27Why should I?
00:28:29I never was.
00:28:31I never will be.
00:28:34Hey, what's wrong?
00:28:36I came here yesterday.
00:28:40About three times.
00:28:42You weren't home.
00:28:44No, I wasn't.
00:28:47That's right.
00:28:49Why didn't you call me?
00:28:51You know why.
00:28:53Okay.
00:28:57Only the eyes can tell.
00:28:58Hey, I missed you.
00:29:03Really?
00:29:04You haven't been out of my mind since, since I pulled you off that well.
00:29:10And since you got me into your bed.
00:29:14Something is bothering you.
00:29:18Tell me.
00:29:19I am looking for so much more.
00:29:25So am I.
00:29:27I like you.
00:29:29And I like the way you're interested in my work.
00:29:32For the moment, working is impossible because I'm thinking about you all the time.
00:29:38Maybe you should go out with someone else then.
00:29:40No way.
00:29:45You wouldn't go out with someone else?
00:29:48Have dinner?
00:29:50Offer her a ride in your car?
00:29:53And enjoy her company here?
00:29:56Until the early hours?
00:30:02Oh Phoebe, Phoebe.
00:30:05You saw me with that director.
00:30:07Didn't you?
00:30:09I had a meeting.
00:30:11To discuss the adaptation of, of Thalia.
00:30:16And indeed it was way after midnight.
00:30:21It wasn't a very productive meeting at that.
00:30:24She simply wants to tell a different story.
00:30:27So, you didn't have.
00:30:33Don't you trust me?
00:30:35I knew someone a long time ago.
00:30:41He was just like you.
00:30:43And I did everything he asked.
00:30:46Absolutely everything.
00:30:48I was so in love.
00:30:50Then he ditched me for someone else.
00:30:51Someone older.
00:30:52Never do this to me.
00:30:53Will you?
00:30:54My young muse.
00:30:55What?
00:30:56What?
00:30:57What?
00:30:58What?
00:30:59What?
00:31:00What?
00:31:01What?
00:31:02What?
00:31:03What?
00:31:04Oh...
00:31:05That's my young muse.
00:31:08My young muse.
00:31:28I think water was my first love.
00:31:31A little mermaid.
00:31:33A siren back then.
00:31:35Used to be my number one pastime as a kid.
00:31:41Any photoshoes back then?
00:31:43None.
00:31:45Except for the occasional holiday snapshot.
00:31:51You still have them?
00:31:55I don't know.
00:31:56What about you?
00:31:59What?
00:32:02Did you go swimming a lot?
00:32:05As a matter of fact I did.
00:32:08One particular summer.
00:32:10Ages ago.
00:32:14With someone?
00:32:16I know.
00:32:18I'd like to hear.
00:32:20Tell me all about it in my sauna later.
00:32:30How did you two meet?
00:32:31At a resort on the Atlantic Silver Coast.
00:32:36In the summer of 1988.
00:32:40I was on holiday.
00:32:42Alone.
00:32:44There was that woman with three kids.
00:32:47Two sons and a daughter.
00:32:49Staying in the chalet next to mine.
00:32:51She was still picking up the pieces of a rather bad divorce.
00:33:04We spent a lot of time together.
00:33:07All of us I mean.
00:33:08We spent a lot of time.
00:33:11Memorable evenings on the porch.
00:33:13Endless hours in the pool.
00:33:16On the beach.
00:33:18And you know.
00:33:20Those beaches out there are.
00:33:22Absolutely stunning.
00:33:23You know.
00:33:25I never felt that close with nature ever since.
00:33:31So.
00:33:32You fell in love.
00:33:34Yeah I did.
00:33:37And became a father overnight.
00:33:39Well.
00:33:40Not quite.
00:33:42Actually.
00:33:44It was a daughter I fell in love with.
00:33:47Oh.
00:33:49Delia.
00:33:50No.
00:33:52Her name was Natasha.
00:33:56But yes my bestseller contained some say.
00:33:59Autobiographical stuff.
00:34:03Also a naturist resort.
00:34:06Yeah.
00:34:08But the age difference was not.
00:34:11That striking.
00:34:13Natasha was seventeen.
00:34:15A young woman.
00:34:17A beautiful woman.
00:34:19Just.
00:34:20Just like you.
00:34:22Still.
00:34:23You split up.
00:34:25We were together for five years.
00:34:29You see I.
00:34:31I didn't want her to be captive.
00:34:34I felt she craved the company of people her own age.
00:34:39So I let her go.
00:34:42Like a bird.
00:34:43Like a bird.
00:34:44Like a bird.
00:34:48I thought she was a bird.
00:34:50Like a bird.
00:34:51I thought she was a bird.
00:34:52I thought she was a bird.
00:34:54If you had a bird.
00:34:55Good morning.
00:35:02Fully awake?
00:35:04Turbulent night?
00:35:09Dreams.
00:35:10I hate it when it causes that sort of mental indigestion.
00:35:15Usually it leaves me upset for the rest of the day.
00:35:19Better to write them down the moment you wake up.
00:35:23Best way to grasp their symbolism.
00:35:28Do you ever use them as inspiration?
00:35:32Occasionally.
00:35:33Although they're more useful for self-analysis.
00:35:38Self-analysis?
00:35:40You do that?
00:35:42Maybe you could analyze me and use it as inspiration.
00:35:48How's that for a muse?
00:35:51Okay.
00:35:54You need a couch?
00:35:57I was on a beach with my mother.
00:36:00She was naked.
00:36:02A naturalist beach apparently.
00:36:05And there were grown men around us.
00:36:08I was still a child then.
00:36:11About 10 or 11 maybe.
00:36:14And I still didn't have hair down there yet.
00:36:18For some reason, it made me feel inferior.
00:36:23So I didn't want to go naked.
00:36:26I told my mother that.
00:36:29And she pulled out my bikini pants.
00:36:32Now comes the X-rated part.
00:36:36She started rubbing hers against mine.
00:36:40In a sort of fertilizing masturbation ritual.
00:36:45A rite of passage sort of thing.
00:36:48And when she withdrew.
00:36:50And I looked down.
00:36:51I had indeed grown the first hair there.
00:36:55Dark and shiny.
00:36:57And I touched myself.
00:37:02And was delighted by their softness.
00:37:09I was so proud.
00:37:12And we continued sunbathing.
00:37:15But when I looked at her a while later.
00:37:18She had turned into a shriveled, sun-dried corpse.
00:37:22Resembling one of those mummies.
00:37:24They dug up in Egypt.
00:37:27Wow.
00:37:31Freud would have been thrilled.
00:37:33Yeah, I bet.
00:37:36Does somnambulism run in your family?
00:37:40Somewhat?
00:37:42Sleepwalking.
00:37:45You ever done that?
00:37:47No.
00:37:49Why?
00:37:51Well, you got up last night.
00:37:54You were even talking to me.
00:37:56Not really awake.
00:37:58And I guided you back into bed.
00:38:00Safely.
00:38:02Really?
00:38:03Wow.
00:38:04That's a total blank.
00:38:06You could have done anything to me.
00:38:09Or you to me.
00:38:11As long as I was asleep.
00:38:13As a matter of fact.
00:38:16You were holding these fairy scissors in your hands.
00:38:19I was?
00:38:21Holy crap.
00:38:23A good thing that wasn't a sneaky pervert prowling the beach.
00:38:28With my mother dead and all.
00:38:31Yeah.
00:38:33Hello.
00:38:34I'm home.
00:38:35Hello.
00:38:36I'm home.
00:38:37Hello.
00:38:38I'm home.
00:38:39I'm home.
00:38:40I'm home.
00:38:59Colin?
00:39:00Are you down there?
00:39:07Colin?
00:39:08In here.
00:39:09Hi.
00:39:10Gosh.
00:39:11What is this?
00:39:12What are you doing down here?
00:39:14Welcome to my treasure trove.
00:39:29Is this all yours?
00:39:31Yeah.
00:39:32I still have to sort it out though.
00:39:34It's reference material.
00:39:37Dating back to the pre-internet age.
00:39:40It's all possible inspiration.
00:39:44In case I run out of it.
00:39:51Yuck.
00:39:52You dirty old man.
00:39:54Let me give you a bath.
00:39:57Okay?
00:40:00I can't wait.
00:40:10This is a love story.
00:40:11He's a passionate poet.
00:40:13Worshipping beauty and innocence.
00:40:16And refusing to accept loss.
00:40:18He's not a pervert.
00:40:20And even though I'm not going to write that sort of thing in the future.
00:40:25I refuse to ruin what I've created.
00:40:29Well.
00:40:32That settles it then.
00:40:35Colin.
00:40:37We clearly have a fundamental difference of opinion here.
00:40:40And I have to agree with Eleanor.
00:40:43This is not the seventies anymore.
00:40:45We are no longer living in the age when teenagers hung their bedroom walls with
00:40:49new nymphets in soft focus.
00:40:53This is another age.
00:40:55Kids are much more aware now.
00:40:57And society much more alert.
00:41:00And above all, less tolerant.
00:41:05The bottom line is, Colin,
00:41:07your novel deals with child abuse.
00:41:10No matter how nice and sweet the packaging.
00:41:13All right.
00:41:14I get it.
00:41:16So I will ask Eleanor to write the first draft of the screenplay.
00:41:21That's what we agreed upon anyway.
00:41:24Feel free to read it and give your advice once it's completed.
00:41:27Look.
00:41:41A cardboard clone.
00:41:43So weird.
00:41:45I've wished for this all my life.
00:41:47And now I don't know if I like it.
00:41:48Why?
00:41:50Success overload.
00:41:52The higher you rise, the deeper the chasm.
00:41:56You silly man.
00:41:58I'll take care of that.
00:42:03Oh, I want to see this.
00:42:05It looks super nice.
00:42:07It looks young.
00:42:08Oh, gosh.
00:42:13Come on.
00:42:14You're a big boy.
00:42:15Whoa.
00:42:28Imagine me in this.
00:42:30Whoa.
00:42:32Or maybe this one.
00:42:34Quite expensive.
00:42:43No doubt because of that huge amount of fabric, right?
00:42:47Oh, come on.
00:42:48You're a big boy.
00:42:49And a great lover.
00:42:51So...
00:42:54All right, all right.
00:42:55You're a treat for tonight.
00:43:07Don't you like my choice?
00:43:09Sure, sure.
00:43:11Except, as I said, it was a lot of money for so little fabric.
00:43:15Oh.
00:43:17I guess you're still suffering from poor hardship syndrome.
00:43:20Well, old habits die hard, I guess.
00:43:22Definitely.
00:43:23No, you see, it's not so much about the money thing.
00:43:26Don't get me wrong.
00:43:28All you chose was nice, but it's not really my style.
00:43:33No? Then what is?
00:43:35Well, as far as women's underwear is concerned.
00:43:38White.
00:43:40Elegant.
00:43:41No frills.
00:43:43I might as well have gone for kids' underwear, then.
00:43:45No, no.
00:43:46That's bunnies, strawberries, and butterflies.
00:43:49I prefer it simple.
00:43:50Nothing that diverts from, say, graceful.
00:43:54Natural?
00:43:56Yeah, exactly.
00:43:58Is that why you went to the naturalist resort then?
00:44:00Pure nudism?
00:44:02No, no, no. You see, as a kid I was timid as hell.
00:44:05Low self-esteem, very low.
00:44:08And that decision was a baptism of fire sort of thing.
00:44:12And it worked.
00:44:13You were twenty-seven.
00:44:14You were twenty-seven.
00:44:15Oh.
00:44:16You were twenty-seven.
00:44:17Raise your hand over the building.
00:44:18You were joining us all.
00:44:20Too soon.
00:44:21Tick,ick,ick,ick.
00:44:22Come here.
00:44:23I have light of blood.
00:44:24Are you like?
00:44:25I say I am adulterous.
00:44:27When I was waiting for a child, you'll see me just as a DVD.
00:44:30Sometimes and I can't remember the window, but just let go.
00:44:32True I thought this ended up to the night.
00:44:35Oh my grandfather did great.
00:44:37I've been a pure ajuste er pro courts.
00:44:38Okay, so much for mutual trust.
00:45:08Okay, so much for mutual trust.
00:47:23Dear diary.
00:47:24It's been a while since my last entry.
00:47:27But something terrible has happened.
00:47:29sex without love.
00:47:31Is that really possible?
00:47:32It's awful.
00:47:34The person I always trusted has chosen for just that.
00:47:38All I ever wished for was a real friend.
00:47:41Someone who would help me find my way.
00:47:44Is there anything left for me now?
00:47:46Death may be my only choice.
00:47:49Oh, I wish I had never been born.
00:47:59Here you are.
00:48:03Time to celebrate.
00:48:06To us.
00:48:07Yeah, of course.
00:48:08That too.
00:48:09But I've got news.
00:48:14I put my signature under contract today.
00:48:17Meaning that Thalia will go on a trip.
00:48:21Thalia?
00:48:22On a trip?
00:48:23Whatever.
00:48:24Have a story.
00:48:25That's what I have known for.
00:48:26Well, I'll be a new one.
00:48:27If I think the thing I want to do now, it's almost a damn good time.
00:48:28That's what I want to do now.
00:48:29What?
00:48:30It's all about who I want to write.
00:48:31I want to write a letter.
00:48:32I want to write a letter to the letter.
00:48:33It's the letter to the letter.
00:48:34Now, God is the letter to the letter that I want.
00:48:35I think I should have said that.
00:48:36I want to write a letter.
00:48:37I think I should start writing my memoirs.
00:48:41You need a ghostwriter?
00:48:44You really want to hear my life story, right?
00:48:47It may prove difficult.
00:48:49See, I never kept a diary.
00:48:55I would like to do that, though.
00:48:58In fact, I'm thinking of writing a book myself.
00:49:02Oh, yeah? What about fiction?
00:49:07I don't know.
00:49:09Nothing about twins, though. Don't worry.
00:49:12Maybe I'll stick to experience and memory.
00:49:18Well, a diary can be a treasure trove.
00:49:21Definitely.
00:49:23Or maybe we should write a book together.
00:49:26By the way, today I had to purge radiators all over the house, so I entered your room.
00:49:41You're reading Rebecca?
00:49:43This is my third time reading it.
00:49:46It's my favorite novel.
00:49:48That's strange.
00:49:50What is?
00:49:52You know, sometimes it feels as a dire more than real.
00:49:58Why?
00:50:00I don't know.
00:50:01I don't know.
00:50:02It's odd how perfectly fit the model.
00:50:05My model of the ideal partner, lover, muse.
00:50:11You name it.
00:50:13Jack and Jill.
00:50:15Yes, apparently.
00:50:16Bon appetit.
00:50:17Same for you.
00:50:18Now, what about Rebecca?
00:50:20And me being more than real?
00:50:25It also happened to be Natasha's favorite novel.
00:50:30So what?
00:50:31I guess it's many a young woman's favorite.
00:50:36Deliciously romantic as it is.
00:50:39Romantic in every sense.
00:50:41The novel left me with mixed feelings though.
00:50:45Why?
00:50:46The revelation at the end.
00:50:50Rebecca's demise.
00:50:52A bizarre sort of death, if you ask me.
00:50:55Quite understandable.
00:50:58Despair may leave a woman with only one option.
00:51:07Drinking?
00:51:10Suicide.
00:51:14You better watch out for this.
00:51:28Oh lady, I think it's time for a good night's sleep.
00:51:33I'm not tired.
00:51:35I'm not tired at all.
00:51:37I still want to have some-
00:51:39You never get tired of that stuff.
00:51:41Maybe I should try cocoa.
00:51:44At least keeps me sober.
00:51:47Sure.
00:51:48So you can fully rely on experience and memories.
00:51:54Maybe you should try more booze.
00:51:59Didn't they all?
00:52:01Hemingway.
00:52:02Joyce.
00:52:03Poe.
00:52:04You really become an authority on English literature.
00:52:10With Poe however, it may very well have been a hypersensitivity to alcohol.
00:52:17By the way, how is your dissertation going?
00:52:22Dissertation?
00:52:23Oh, that.
00:52:24I'm working on it.
00:52:25I see.
00:52:26No interview yet?
00:52:27Pretty soon.
00:52:28Did you buy anything today?
00:52:29No.
00:52:30But I saw a fancy watch.
00:52:31Absolutely stunning.
00:52:32Much too expensive though.
00:52:33How much?
00:52:34$550.
00:52:35$559.
00:52:36Ouch.
00:52:38There is.
00:52:39did you buy anything today no but i saw a fancy watch absolutely stunning much too expensive though
00:52:56how much 559 ouch
00:52:59there is however one flavor i prefer the green frog and i'm not at all tired tonight
00:53:17let me taste okay
00:53:29oh
00:53:50my colon's dying
00:53:59nope nothing and i'm not a mechanic
00:54:09you've got to admit this lady is close to retirement
00:54:11shit i'm gonna be late for class can i use yours i need it i got a meeting around 10.
00:54:22go fetch your things i'm gonna drive you down there
00:54:36go on move move move
00:54:48go on move move move
00:55:02go see
00:55:14go look at that
00:57:18What is it?
00:57:20Open it.
00:57:24Remember the what you were talking about?
00:57:30Go get it tomorrow before it's gone.
00:57:34Oh, wow.
00:57:36You're an angel.
00:58:48I don't know.
00:59:18I don't know.
00:59:48I don't know.
01:00:18I don't know.
01:00:48I don't know.
01:00:50Yeah?
01:00:52Colin?
01:00:52Where are you?
01:00:55I didn't get inspiration so I went for a walk.
01:01:00Where are you now?
01:01:02In the city.
01:01:04I'll be back soon, 20 minutes, go to bed.
01:01:11Okay.
01:01:12Bye.
01:01:34So, you're back.
01:02:00So, you're back.
01:02:03Yes, I am.
01:02:14What's wrong?
01:02:19How many men do you do in one day?
01:02:24What?
01:02:25You know what I mean.
01:02:33The apartment?
01:02:41Now tell me, how many?
01:02:49Not one.
01:02:53Everything I saw there tells me that you're lying.
01:02:58Oh, Colleen, you got it all wrong.
01:03:00I'm subletting the apartment to a friend of mine.
01:03:04She's living there now.
01:03:06And I'm not the one to tell her how to live her life.
01:03:12What is her name?
01:03:14Amanda.
01:03:17Why do you still have the keys there?
01:03:20It's just until the lease expires, so I could get my money back.
01:03:24The landlord doesn't know, though.
01:03:27We make copies of the key.
01:03:29I don't believe you.
01:03:32Why not?
01:03:34I'm telling you the truth, goddammit!
01:03:37Okay.
01:03:39If I remember well,
01:03:41you had never heard about me or my novel
01:03:43the first time we met, right?
01:03:49So what is this?
01:03:50What is this?
01:03:54Oh, come on.
01:03:55This is just research for my dissertation.
01:03:57Remember?
01:04:00Now tell me.
01:04:02Why do you keep all your files over there?
01:04:05I was about to bring them over here.
01:04:07Yeah, sure.
01:04:09And sweetie Amanda love green frogs too, huh?
01:04:14Oh gosh, Colleen.
01:04:16You copied my key?
01:04:19Spied on me?
01:04:21Sneaked into my apartment?
01:04:26I want to meet you in Paris.
01:04:27I want to meet you in Paris.
01:04:28I want to meet you in Paris.
01:04:30I want to meet you in Paris.
01:06:09Phoebe.
01:06:10Yeah?
01:06:11Come in.
01:06:13I finally got rid of it.
01:06:29Special request from the Arcus.
01:06:35I got another version today.
01:06:37Here, Mr. Spy.
01:06:51Why?
01:06:52Just in case you don't believe me.
01:06:54English major.
01:06:56That's a lie, isn't it?
01:06:59What's your verdict?
01:07:01Isn't that what you like?
01:07:05Pre-pubescent?
01:07:07Child of nature?
01:07:09Fresh and innocent?
01:07:11Fiction isn't fact.
01:07:14Oh, are you sure about that?
01:07:19Phoebe, this isn't working.
01:07:26I mean, the two of us.
01:07:31I've decided to end our relationship.
01:07:36You're so much younger and frankly, I don't know if I can trust you.
01:07:41You can't do that.
01:07:43Phoebe, I don't want to hurt you really.
01:07:47But if we go on like this, it will only lead to more pain and disillusionment.
01:07:52You simply can do that.
01:08:22When will you leave then?
01:08:29You still have your apartment.
01:08:30You know where to go.
01:08:33I will pay for the moving expenses.
01:08:37Would suit you well, wouldn't it?
01:08:39Just a matter of clearing your conscience.
01:08:44Now, keep in mind that if you dump me,
01:08:51you can kiss your poorly surprised and be saying goodbye.
01:08:54Forever.
01:08:56What do you mean?
01:08:59Who the hell do you think you are?
01:09:02I'm your past.
01:09:05I'm your loss.
01:09:08I'm dead.
01:09:10Remember?
01:09:11What?
01:09:13You fate all this?
01:09:15The sleepwalking?
01:09:17What the hell is wrong with you?
01:09:20Open it.
01:09:21Where did you get this?
01:09:35Striking each difference, huh?
01:09:3917.
01:09:40I very much doubt it.
01:09:4313, I'll say.
01:09:48Who gave this to you?
01:09:49Tell me.
01:09:50It's just a matter of doing enough research.
01:09:54That's impossible.
01:09:57Those, those were destroyed.
01:10:01What make much of a difference, dear, is the print of a negative.
01:10:11One of many.
01:10:13One of, say, the least indecent ones.
01:10:17Who are you?
01:10:20You give me the-
01:10:24You give me the-
01:10:43Phoebe.
01:10:45Open the door.
01:10:47Phoebe.
01:10:49What is this?
01:10:51Are you crazy?
01:10:54I know you're there.
01:10:59Open the door, Phoebe.
01:11:02God damn it.
01:11:04Come back, Phoebe.
01:11:07Come back here.
01:11:08We can talk this over.
01:11:10Fuck.
01:11:11Stupid fuck.
01:11:16Fuck.
01:11:17Stupid fuck.
01:11:40Fuck.
01:11:41Fuck.
01:11:42Fuck.
01:11:43Fuck.
01:11:44Fuck.
01:11:45Fuck.
01:11:46Fuck.
01:11:47Fuck.
01:11:48Fuck.
01:11:49Fuck.
01:11:50Fuck.
01:11:51Fuck.
01:11:52Fuck.
01:11:53Fuck.
01:11:54Fuck.
01:11:55Fuck.
01:11:56Fuck.
01:11:57Fuck.
01:11:58Dear diary.
01:11:59My lover is so sweet, but a little weird at times.
01:12:03He now wants some of my hair.
01:12:06He told me it was common practice among the 18th century upper class to keep hair of one's sweetheart as a sort of souvenir.
01:12:17He also told me, now brace yourself, that girls even give some of their pussy hair to their lovers as a token of affection.
01:12:27I asked him, jokingly, if he wanted some of mine, but he said it would be a shame to remove it, that fresh and innocent girl full of sexual promise, as he described it.
01:12:44Oh, do I love his prose.
01:12:48Phoebe, what is this?
01:12:53Now let me out of here.
01:12:56I need to go to the bathroom.
01:12:59And I'm thirsty.
01:13:02I'm not gonna let you out of there.
01:13:05I just want you to listen.
01:13:08Just let me out of here, goddammit.
01:13:12Nothing beats a face-to-face conversation.
01:13:18Didn't you tell me that once?
01:13:23Dammit.
01:13:27I've been feeling rotten all day.
01:13:30I shouldn't have given in yesterday evening.
01:13:33It was sort of exciting, the moment we did it.
01:13:37But since this morning, I feel so ashamed.
01:13:41What if someone else sees these photos?
01:13:44My mother.
01:13:45Or my brothers, for instance.
01:13:48I never had a problem with nudity.
01:13:51But this was different.
01:13:53Vulgar.
01:13:55I've been such a stupid girl.
01:14:00Phoebe?
01:14:02I've been such a stupid girl.
01:14:03I know how to get out of here.
01:14:04I know how to get out of here.
01:14:05I know how to get out of here.
01:14:06I know how to get out of here.
01:14:07And I love my eyes.
01:14:08I know how to get out of here.
01:14:09I learn how to get out of here.
01:14:10Tomorrow I'll ask him for all the photos and negatives,
01:14:11so we can forget about this.
01:14:13Pretend it never happened.
01:14:15And if he really loves me,
01:14:17he'll do that.
01:14:20I hope.
01:14:21We're written, isn't it?
01:14:22Well written, isn't it?
01:14:27I get it. This is about Natasha. I don't know where you got that information or where she is.
01:14:36But at least tell me why you're doing this to me. Did she ask you for this? Or her brother?
01:14:52Would they have any reason to? I did give the photos and negatives back. All of them. She must have kept them somehow. Did she give them to you?
01:15:09Apparently. Why? Where is she now? At least let me talk to her. Is this a sort of punishment?
01:15:19We'll get to that eventually.
01:15:49Hello? Hello? Anybody home?
01:16:04Hey! Help! Help me!
01:16:08Here! Down in the basement! Help! Help me!
01:16:18Hello? Is anyone there?
01:16:26Phoebe? Please!
01:16:38Sublimation. I may not be a psychology student, as you thought when you first met. But now, let me be one for more.
01:17:00Stop playing this game, Phoebe. Whatever the purpose.
01:17:06Freud saw sublimation as a sign of maturity. The deflection of socially unacceptable sexual urges into something more valuable.
01:17:17like art. Or literature. If only you had known that twenty-seven years ago.
01:17:30Phoebe, please give me something to drink. You're going to kill me here. Is that what you want? To be accused of murder?
01:17:39Murder?
01:17:40Murder can come in so many disguises.
01:17:53So convenient, huh? How your past and fiction perfectly suit your expectations.
01:18:01Like a story. Like a story, reading a story, reading a story. Abuse, experience, memory, inspiration.
01:18:13Okay Phoebe, okay. You're right. I did things which may be unacceptable. But I loved her. I truly loved her. Please tell her that.
01:18:28Or just let me talk to her. I would do anything to set this right.
01:18:37Anything? Would you?
01:18:41Of course. Anything she wants.
01:18:58I wonder if she wants to accept, even if I have to tell her.
01:18:59Maybe her brother, would you be at that point?
01:19:01Sure.
01:19:04Oh.
01:19:08Oh.
01:19:09Oh.
01:19:11Oh.
01:19:13Oh.
01:19:14Oh.
01:19:15Oh no.
01:19:19Oh.
01:19:24Oh.
01:19:25Oh.
01:19:26Oh, my God.
01:19:56Oh, my God.
01:20:26I found her in the bathtub. Quite ironic, isn't it?
01:20:35I couldn't understand why she did it.
01:20:39A good thing I discovered the secret diary.
01:20:41I hope I inherited her writing skills.
01:20:49You're a daughter.
01:20:51You're so full of lies.
01:20:58You didn't release her as a bird of paradise.
01:21:05You cheated on her that night the two of you went dancing.
01:21:12Remember?
01:21:15It's all in the diary.
01:21:16She was devastated when she found out about you and the two teenage hookers.
01:21:23But you know that, of course.
01:21:31And after the two of you split up, she changed.
01:21:36She became sort of a hooker herself, going with all these different men.
01:21:41And you will not force her to behave like that.
01:21:46Resulting in me.
01:21:49I don't know who my father is.
01:21:52An exotic one-night stand, apparently.
01:21:54My real name isn't Lee.
01:22:00It's Gail.
01:22:03I was born three years after you dumped her.
01:22:06And after she killed herself, I went to leave with my aunt and uncle for a couple of years.
01:22:15Then, move out to leave on my own.
01:22:19Justin Wright.
01:22:23I saw his picture in your bathroom, but I wasn't sure.
01:22:28Lost saw him when he was 15.
01:22:32Short hair, no beard.
01:22:37What about the negatives?
01:22:40I found one strip.
01:22:43Well hidden.
01:22:44Probably too well hidden.
01:22:47She always was the forgetful time.
01:22:50We can settle this, Phoebe.
01:22:53You must understand that this situation is impossible.
01:22:56Absurd.
01:22:59You committed a crime here.
01:23:02Locking me up like that.
01:23:06Just tell me what you want.
01:23:11You will never tell anyone what happened here.
01:23:16And you will have to leave with me.
01:23:19Allow me total freedom.
01:23:21And give me whatever I ask of you.
01:23:23Or I'll reveal everything about your past with my mother.
01:23:29And back it up with all the evidence I have.
01:23:35I feel bad.
01:23:38Sick.
01:23:38I need water.
01:23:51Okay.
01:23:52It's a deal.
01:23:53Phoebe.
01:23:54I have to drink.
01:24:24I have to drink.
01:24:54What is the diary?
01:24:56Those negatives.
01:24:58In a safe place?
01:25:00Oh, Colin.
01:25:02You don't think I'm that stupid.
01:25:04Do you?
01:25:10Oh, God.
01:25:12I can't come to the bathroom.
01:25:24I can't come to the bathroom.
01:25:26I can't come to the bathroom.
01:25:28Come on.
01:25:30Come on.
01:25:32Come on.
01:25:34Come on.
01:25:36Come on.
01:25:38Come on.
01:25:40Come on.
01:25:42Come on.
01:25:44Come on.
01:25:46Police?
01:25:47Colin Zygmunt here.
01:25:48Colin, God damn it!
01:25:50You tell the roof, God damn it!
01:26:15I thought I'd found her back, and in a way, I did.
01:26:24Now, honestly, did Phoebe never tell you
01:26:26about our relationship?
01:26:28I told you in court, Phoebe wasn't an easy girl
01:26:32to take care of, never got over the shock
01:26:35of finding her mother in the bathtub.
01:26:39I told you in court, Phoebe wasn't an easy girl
01:26:42to take care of, never got over the shock
01:26:44of her.
01:26:46Oh, Justin, I'm so sorry.
01:26:49I've been so selfish.
01:26:54I may never get over this.
01:26:59I got something for you in the car.
01:27:14Some inspiration may haunt us forever.
01:27:19Goodbye, Colin.
01:27:21Goodbye, Colin.
01:27:51Some inspiration may haunt us forever.
01:27:56So the inspiration may hold us forever.
01:28:26So the inspiration may hold us forever.
01:28:56So the inspiration may hold us forever.
01:29:26So the inspiration may hold us forever.
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