- 7/9/2025
At a coffee shop, Michael runs into Father Tom, the priest who abused him as a child. The encounter sends him on a twisted journey through his past.
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00:01:37Winter in New England is a time to slow down and go within.
00:01:41It's a time to reflect on things past and how to move forward.
00:01:44The weather won't generally allow for much else.
00:01:48The weather won't generally allow for much else.
00:02:18I wear a rubber band around my wrist in case I get too lost in these reflections.
00:02:30Some call it dissociation, but with one quick snap of the rubber band, I'm back in the present moment.
00:02:48For me, it's not a time of rest.
00:03:06It never is.
00:03:09It's a time to embrace the dark or be consumed by it.
00:03:12Like Robert Frost said,
00:03:37The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
00:03:48Sometimes it can be the smallest thing.
00:04:00A certain scent of decay in the air.
00:04:04The sun at the right angle.
00:04:06The coolness of the breeze.
00:04:08One of these elements, or maybe the perfect combination of all of them, hyper-awareness sets in.
00:04:16Then the adrenaline kicks in, and you start to wonder what it was that happened that made these simple pleasures now seem dangerous.
00:04:28Or maybe you do your best to ignore it.
00:04:34Other things too, like the smell of a cigarette, or whiskey.
00:04:39It's taste, even though you hadn't had a drink in years.
00:04:46You swallow, and there it is.
00:04:50A coffee.
00:04:51How about you, Michael?
00:04:53The usual?
00:04:54Yes, please.
00:04:55I know.
00:04:56I know.
00:04:57Boring and predictable, but...
00:04:58So, what do you do for work, predictable man?
00:05:02Insurance search man?
00:05:04Something like that?
00:05:05I'm an artist.
00:05:06Oh, I didn't expect that.
00:05:10What kind of art?
00:05:11Graphic design?
00:05:12No, um, figurative work.
00:05:15You know, um...
00:05:16I'm Beatrice.
00:05:18Beatrice Sofia.
00:05:19Beatrice Sofia...
00:05:21Beatrice Sofia...
00:05:22What?
00:05:25Beatrice Sofia what?
00:05:27What do you mean what?
00:05:29Is that it?
00:05:31That's your whole name?
00:05:32Yes, that's it.
00:05:33That's my name.
00:05:34Oh, um...
00:05:36Sorry, it just seemed...
00:05:39Seem what?
00:05:40I, uh...
00:05:42I don't know.
00:05:43Incomplete.
00:05:44Incomplete?
00:05:45Do I appear incomplete?
00:05:47No, no.
00:05:48Not at all.
00:05:49It's, uh...
00:05:50It's just that your...
00:05:51Your surname is the same as the first name.
00:05:53Surname.
00:05:54What is the surname?
00:05:56Last name.
00:05:57Uh...
00:05:58Family name.
00:06:00Ah, thank you.
00:06:02And not a moment too soon.
00:06:04I will blame Black Coffee for my ignorance and my rudeness.
00:06:07Oh, really?
00:06:08And what's your excuse the rest of the time?
00:06:10Ignore her.
00:06:12She is my sister.
00:06:14I'm Michael.
00:06:16Michael George.
00:06:17Michael George?
00:06:19Michael George...
00:06:21Incomplete.
00:06:23Very.
00:06:24Incomplete.
00:06:25So we both have sir...
00:06:27Surnames.
00:06:28Surnames as our family names.
00:06:30Apparently.
00:06:31Michael George, eh?
00:06:33Too bad not George Michael.
00:06:35You are like the bizarro world George Michael.
00:06:39Bizarro world George Michael?
00:06:41Yeah, see.
00:06:42It's like in Seinfeld's show.
00:06:44Uh...
00:06:45You are the opposite of George Michael.
00:06:47Especially in the men's room.
00:06:49Sometimes it isn't the smallest thing.
00:07:04Sometimes it's something much larger than from out of nowhere.
00:07:10Wham!
00:07:11There was a time when Michael was a man of great faith.
00:07:19It's good to see you, Michael.
00:07:22Father Tom?
00:07:24You are a priest.
00:07:31Father Tom, we've seen the reports.
00:07:34We know about your intimate and exclusive predilection for experiences with young boys.
00:07:43And we don't...
00:07:45We don't need that kind of trouble visited on the doorstep of the bishop.
00:07:50We're going to reassign you?
00:07:55Yeah.
00:07:56Are you still...
00:07:58Yes.
00:07:59Of course.
00:08:00I'm a priest.
00:08:01It's my calling to serve the Lord.
00:08:04Father Tom, we've seen the reports.
00:08:07We know about your predilection for companionship and affection for young boys.
00:08:16And...
00:08:17We don't...
00:08:18We don't need that visited on the bishop or in this church.
00:08:23We're going to ask that you be reassigned.
00:08:27So what brings you back here?
00:08:29A funeral.
00:08:30My sister passed away.
00:08:32I'm very sorry for your loss.
00:08:38Grazie, grazie.
00:08:39Che bello.
00:08:40Cento vite.
00:08:41Sego Roma?
00:08:42Si, yes.
00:08:43Ah, Roma.
00:08:44El splendore del Vaticano.
00:08:45Magnifico.
00:08:46Minakamoto.
00:08:47Eh si, Roma è così bella.
00:08:49Mi manca la Fontana di Trevi, Galleria Borghese.
00:08:51Ah, the Borghese Gallery.
00:08:53Big fan of Bernini.
00:08:54The statue of David is.
00:08:55Fa' us also?
00:08:56Yes, si.
00:09:23I'm sorry about your sister.
00:09:38Coming from you, Michael, that means the world to me.
00:09:42The world to me.
00:09:44Do whatever to me...
00:09:45I have seen the greater true sexual That means the world to future.
00:09:46In the world to you.
00:09:47Yeah.
00:09:48I do.
00:09:49I do.
00:09:50I am sorry.
00:09:53I do rupee.
00:09:54Don't know how I'm how I'm going to buried Because of the man, a man.
00:09:59If I just stay in the environment, I'm sure God's going toet a poem.
00:10:31Okay, well, um, I should probably be going.
00:10:39Back to your predictable life.
00:10:42What?
00:10:44You said it this morning when you ordered your coffee yourself.
00:10:47Predictable.
00:10:48Predictable and incomplete.
00:10:52But then again, we've always known that, haven't we?
00:11:01Predictable and incomplete.
00:11:31Predictable and incomplete.
00:11:33Don't you?
00:12:23Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see you standing there.
00:12:32Uh, I should probably be going.
00:12:35Oh, no. That's too bad. I would like to learn more about your art.
00:12:40My art?
00:12:43See, yes. It's not usual to meet someone discussing Bernini.
00:12:48It makes me curious about your work.
00:12:51My work's nothing like his.
00:12:53Sculpture is beyond me.
00:12:57No, my work is dark.
00:13:00I don't know. Brooding, maybe?
00:13:04Morbid. I use a lot of charcoal.
00:13:07But you are familiar with his work.
00:13:10Oh, yeah. Thematically, I find him interesting.
00:13:13He was commissioned by the Pope.
00:13:15And, you know, he would do things like the ecstasy of St. Teresa and the rape of the...
00:13:20The rape of the Proserpina, a marble statue by Bernini, depicts the abduction of Proserpina by Pluto and taken to the underworld.
00:13:32It was commissioned by Cardinal Borghese in 1621.
00:13:36He was the nephew of Pope Paul V, who was the first to warn Galileo that it was heresy to speak about the Copernican view that the earth revolved around the sun.
00:13:47Heresy was pretty deadly in the days of the Inquisition.
00:13:55Unless you were a cardinal.
00:13:58Well, it's one thing we have in common is commissioned work.
00:14:01Ah.
00:14:02Portraits.
00:14:03Portraits? That doesn't sound brooding or morbid.
00:14:07Sometimes they're portraits of people who have recently died.
00:14:15Thank you, Michael.
00:14:18I can't tell you how much this means to me.
00:14:22To all of us.
00:14:31Sometimes I use their ashes.
00:14:37Use a lot of hand sanitizer.
00:14:44Well, I should probably get going, get to my studio and get to work.
00:15:11I just want to say it was a pleasure meeting you.
00:15:15It was very nice to meet you, too.
00:15:16I want to say it was very nice to meet you.
00:15:46I don't know.
00:16:16This isn't your first time.
00:16:39Expecting different results?
00:16:42Don't worry about it.
00:16:44People never hear the message you're supposed to hear the first time.
00:16:49You know what to do.
00:16:52It's funny.
00:16:57You don't look like a fool.
00:17:01It's funny.
00:17:02You don't look like a fool.
00:17:03Relax.
00:17:04I'm just playing.
00:17:05Do you know what this means?
00:17:08It's funny.
00:17:09You don't look like a fool.
00:17:11It's funny.
00:17:12You don't look like a fool.
00:17:14It's funny.
00:17:15You don't look like a fool.
00:17:20Relax.
00:17:21You don't look like a fool.
00:17:22You don't look like a fool.
00:17:23Do you know what this means?
00:17:24You don't look like a fool.
00:17:29He has just taken his path.
00:17:33He doesn't do it.
00:17:35He has inside...
00:17:37... a inner wisdom,
00:17:39... which is what he really needs.
00:17:43Even the sun illumines the path.
00:17:48You have to take your path.
00:17:53Something stops you.
00:17:59You think?
00:18:01What do you think?
00:18:05You'reeties...
00:18:07... what you think,
00:18:07you're all in prayer.
00:18:10Vladimir...
00:18:12Gary?
00:18:13....
00:18:14...
00:18:20Unterschiedener all these...
00:18:22...
00:18:54Ah, a fan of the world, are you?
00:19:20I gotta say, the man shorn you how to capture a mood.
00:19:24He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet he shall live.
00:19:29I'm guessing that group wasn't in the believeth club.
00:19:34Disparaging our friend, Ruo again?
00:19:37I'm not disparaging.
00:19:39You just resent that he's considered a folkist.
00:19:42Do you see any color in that at all?
00:19:44This is not his only series.
00:19:46But it's his masterpiece, even in its dark and brooding way.
00:19:49It does reflect the human condition at that time period, and he juxtaposed it with Christ's suffering for our redemption.
00:19:55But Chagall...
00:19:57Chagall isn't a folkist.
00:19:58I never said he was, because he wasn't.
00:20:00That goes without saying.
00:20:01Well, somebody had to say it, so you could keep your shirt on.
00:20:05Keep my shirt on.
00:20:06Yes, keep your shirt on.
00:20:08I don't even know what that means, keep my shirt on.
00:20:10Just because I think you're wrong about Ruo, I'm going to take off my shirt here in the gallery when we have a customer.
00:20:17Keep your shirt on is a cliche.
00:20:19It means relax a minute.
00:20:20Like you were taking your shirt off to fight.
00:20:23Fight.
00:20:23Fist fight.
00:20:24We're a little old for that.
00:20:26A young woman didn't happen to come in here, did she?
00:20:30Possibly.
00:20:31Yeah, possibly.
00:20:33Possibly.
00:20:35Give me your daughter.
00:20:36Hey, people come in and out here all the time.
00:20:38It's a gallery.
00:20:39He was setting up our new exhibit.
00:20:46Ruo focuses on Christ's suffering, whereas Chagall shines a bright light on his gift.
00:20:52But he still suffered.
00:20:53What's wrong with showing that?
00:20:55Too Catholic.
00:21:02Where did you get these?
00:21:04This is our new exhibit.
00:21:06Of my work.
00:21:07Your work?
00:21:08You must be mistaken.
00:21:10This is my work.
00:21:11I did all of these paintings.
00:21:13I thought you only did portraits of dead people.
00:21:16Well, some of these people could be dead.
00:21:18Jesus is.
00:21:19That's blasphemous.
00:21:20Well, he's dead, isn't he?
00:21:22Good Friday, on the cross, buried in a tomb.
00:21:26I suppose you have a point.
00:21:28That's Mary.
00:21:29This is her exhibit.
00:21:31Yes, this is my exhibit.
00:21:34But this is my work.
00:21:37Yes.
00:21:37Yes, it is.
00:21:40I don't understand.
00:21:41You don't own it anymore.
00:21:45I do.
00:21:54No, no.
00:21:55It's good.
00:21:56Have you ever heard of civic coffee?
00:21:59It's the most refined coffee in the world.
00:22:05Coffee berries from Indonesia are eaten by toddy cats and then defecated.
00:22:11So someone sifts through cat poop to find undigested coffee beans?
00:22:19To find gold.
00:22:20Beans sell for $50 an ounce.
00:22:24Just like this work.
00:22:25Sometimes you have to go through...
00:22:28No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
00:24:40Hello.
00:24:41I didn't see you come in.
00:24:43Are you alright?
00:24:45Yeah, I'm fine.
00:24:52Ah, a fan of Rewald, are you?
00:24:59I have to say, the man could sure capture a mood.
00:25:03He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet he shall live.
00:25:09I'm guessing that group weren't members of the Believeth Club.
00:25:16Disparaging our friend Mr. Rewald again?
00:25:19I'm not disparaging him.
00:25:21You just resent that he's considered a focus.
00:25:23Do you see any color in that at all?
00:25:25This is not his only series.
00:25:27But it's his masterpiece, even in its dark and brooding way.
00:25:30It does reflect the human condition at that time period, but he juxtaposed it with Christ's
00:25:35suffering for our redemption.
00:25:36What are you doing?
00:25:37You just had this argument.
00:25:40We have this argument all the time.
00:25:42Frequently.
00:25:43Every two minutes.
00:25:44Well, not that often.
00:25:46Twice a year.
00:25:47You just had this argument moments ago.
00:25:51We did?
00:25:53Yes!
00:25:54Where?
00:25:55Right here!
00:25:58The two of you were standing right there and having this very argument.
00:26:03It's impossible.
00:26:05I'm only here, just now.
00:26:07Patricia?
00:26:08Patricia!
00:26:09Patricia!
00:26:10Patricia!
00:26:11Patricia!
00:26:12Patricia!
00:26:13Patricia!
00:26:28Cup of coffee?
00:26:29Love one, then I'll have to go.
00:26:32Have you seen this new piece?
00:26:34It's kind of blasphemous, isn't it?
00:26:38Because he's so well endowed.
00:26:39What's he trying to say? Jesus was well hung?
00:26:42Nailed that one, didn't you?
00:26:44Well, it's got a bit of life in it.
00:26:46It's not morbid like his other one.
00:26:48Like that red stripe thing.
00:26:50You find that morbid?
00:26:51What, you don't?
00:26:52It's like he's singing in the shower.
00:26:54Singing in the shower? He's all twisted and contorted.
00:26:56Maybe it's a song by Leonard Cohen.
00:27:04She then realized that man is canned soup.
00:27:08Hard on the outside and full of shit.
00:27:10Just add water.
00:27:15We're going to take a short break
00:27:17and then we'll be back with tonight's main attraction.
00:27:21Just remember, God never gives you more than you can handle.
00:27:37As long as you remember your safe word.
00:27:39Michael, how are you?
00:27:41What's with the mask?
00:27:43This thing, it's what I do.
00:27:48It's my gimmick.
00:27:49Your gimmick?
00:27:51Yeah, like a priest wears a dress on Sunday.
00:27:54Gimmick.
00:28:00So I haven't seen you in a group in a while.
00:28:02How are you?
00:28:03I'm fine.
00:28:06By the way, I brought that book for you.
00:28:08Hey, Nick.
00:28:09Can you grab that book for me?
00:28:10Which one?
00:28:11The big one.
00:28:12Big.
00:28:13This thing's friggin' huge.
00:28:14Here it is.
00:28:17I don't understand why you're so enamored with this guy.
00:28:21I mean, his work is brilliant, but...
00:28:23I know, I know, I know.
00:28:26You both paint Jesus.
00:28:28But this guy is a crazy believer.
00:28:30You, not so much.
00:28:32Well, most people only know my portrait work.
00:28:34Only a few of you have seen my personal stuff.
00:28:36And most of you I would not consider to be believers.
00:28:41Well, for one, I'm grateful I'm not.
00:28:44If it wasn't for our shared experiences, I could be just like them.
00:28:48Going to church every Sunday.
00:28:50Following the Catholic League.
00:28:53I'm glad of that.
00:28:56Funny thing is, no one reads the Bible.
00:28:59Do you know what it says in the Bible?
00:29:01And do not call anyone on earth Father.
00:29:04For there is only one Father.
00:29:06And he is in heaven.
00:29:08Hello, Michael.
00:29:10Hi, Susan.
00:29:22It really says all that?
00:29:23Matthew 23, 9.
00:29:25How do they reconcile that?
00:29:28It's like Ruo said.
00:29:30I'm a believer and a conformist.
00:29:32Anyone can revolt.
00:29:34It is much more difficult to obey our inner promptings.
00:29:38Everyone just conforms.
00:29:41Quoting artists and the Bible.
00:29:43No wonder nobody drinks here.
00:29:44I know.
00:29:45I know all of this, Phil.
00:29:47You know?
00:29:48Sometimes I feel like you.
00:29:49You know?
00:29:50Liberated.
00:29:51A lot of times I just feel robbed.
00:30:00Hey, Michael.
00:30:01Hey.
00:30:02How you been?
00:30:03Good.
00:30:04Good.
00:30:05I haven't seen you here in a while.
00:30:06No.
00:30:07Looks like everyone is really happy to see you here.
00:30:12Yeah, I should probably get going.
00:30:14See?
00:30:15All this Catholic talk and people head for the door.
00:30:17Can we talk about sports?
00:30:19Sports?
00:30:20Yeah, sports.
00:30:21Have you ever a sports bar?
00:30:22Television is on the wall.
00:30:24That market is oversaturated.
00:30:26This market strives a bone.
00:30:28So, Nick, what do you want to talk about?
00:30:30I don't know.
00:30:31Anything.
00:30:32Just small talk.
00:30:33Like the Seinfeld episode about shrinkage.
00:30:36That was a good one.
00:30:37Well, the humor is base, but still funny.
00:30:40I guess all you could do is laugh, really.
00:30:43What do you mean?
00:30:44Looks like when I go to my tailor.
00:30:45You don't go to the tailor.
00:30:46And he asks me to which way does it hang.
00:30:48And I say hang is a very generous word for what this thing does.
00:30:52Mostly just is.
00:30:54I call it the quantum physics penis.
00:30:55It has leapt from this realm of existence.
00:30:57And I'm just waiting for it to return.
00:30:59But only my dick could get stuck in a wormhole.
00:31:09Yeah, like I said, I should probably get going.
00:31:12Don't forget your book.
00:31:22Right.
00:31:23Thanks.
00:31:28Listen, I get it.
00:31:30Alright, I know what you did back there.
00:31:33It's okay, I guess.
00:31:35I know you have your boundaries and you felt crowded.
00:31:39I just, I'm uncomfortable around women.
00:31:43Around people.
00:31:46I don't know how to act.
00:31:47You know, this is, uh, this is safer for me.
00:31:52I know.
00:32:02I have a black dog who once was well fed.
00:32:05I have a black dog who used to be fat.
00:32:09Now he's meatless.
00:32:10He's weightless.
00:32:11A heart beating skin drum.
00:32:13Heavy only with snarls and a dark eye shine.
00:32:17He jumps from the rug where he sleeps while I'm sleeping.
00:32:21And lands in my bed looking to chew me.
00:32:25I hate him.
00:32:26I love him.
00:32:27I own him.
00:32:28I fear him.
00:32:29I sing him a lullaby to get him to heal.
00:32:30C'est tu.
00:32:31C'est tu.
00:32:32C'est tu.
00:32:33Is French for that's all.
00:32:34Basta, basta.
00:32:35Italian for enough.
00:32:36I can't give you my heart for my heart is too tough.
00:32:38C'est tu.
00:32:39C'est tu.
00:32:40Basta.
00:32:41That's all.
00:32:42That's enough.
00:32:43The mother.
00:32:44The father.
00:32:45The lovers.
00:32:46The brothers.
00:32:47The liars and smilers who've drained all the colors.
00:32:51Whose once red appetites are still salty on the wounds from the end.
00:33:04Of a cutlass one could scarcely imagine.
00:33:07They come to my bedside, push me to the floor.
00:33:12I speak to their shadows cast by one good spell.
00:33:16C'est tu.
00:33:17C'est tu.
00:33:18Is French for that's all.
00:33:20Basta, basta.
00:33:22Italian for enough.
00:33:24I won't give you my soul for my soul is too rough.
00:33:29C'est tu.
00:33:30Basta.
00:33:31That's all.
00:33:32That's enough.
00:33:33Ho mai creduto che sarebbe stato facile.
00:33:37Ho mai creduto che potesse essere ignorato.
00:33:42Ho mai creduto che potesse divenire polvere o vento o racconto di fantasmi.
00:33:49O fiaba.
00:33:50O essere dimenticato.
00:33:52Lo essere dimenticato.
00:33:53I awake in the morning.
00:33:54Or even the evening.
00:33:55There's breakfast.
00:33:56Or supper.
00:33:57There's something to do.
00:33:58I stand up.
00:33:59I move.
00:34:00I don't see the dog.
00:34:02If there's a question to be answered here, I know what to say.
00:34:03C'est tu.
00:34:04C'est tu.
00:34:05C'est tu.
00:34:06C'est tu.
00:34:07Is French for that's all.
00:34:08Basta.
00:34:09Basta.
00:34:10Italian for enough.
00:34:11I can't give up.
00:34:12My heart.
00:34:13My heart.
00:34:14My heart.
00:34:15My heart.
00:34:16Is too tough.
00:34:17C'est tu.
00:34:18C'est tu.
00:34:19Is French for that's all.
00:34:20C'est tu.
00:34:21Is French for that's all.
00:34:22Basta.
00:34:23C'est tu.
00:34:24Is French for that's all.
00:34:25Basta.
00:34:26Basta.
00:34:27Italian for enough.
00:34:28I can't give up.
00:34:29My heart.
00:34:30My heart.
00:34:31My heart.
00:34:32My heart.
00:34:33Is too tough.
00:34:34C'est tu.
00:34:35Basta.
00:34:36That's all.
00:34:37That's enough.
00:34:38C'est tu.
00:34:39C'est tu.
00:34:40Is French for that's all.
00:34:43Basta.
00:34:44Basta.
00:34:45Italian for enough.
00:34:47I can't give up.
00:34:48My heart.
00:34:49My heart.
00:34:50Is too tough.
00:34:51C'est tu.
00:34:52Basta.
00:34:53That's all.
00:34:54That's enough.
00:34:56God never gives you more than you can handle.
00:35:10As long as you remember your safe word.
00:35:13Our safe word is Amen.
00:35:16Amen.
00:35:21La Luna.
00:35:24The moon.
00:35:27You're afraid.
00:35:29Non ha niente di cui preoccuparti.
00:35:33Il matto ha una saggezza interiore e ha il sole alle sue spalle che gli illumina la via.
00:35:41Va tutto bene.
00:35:44Questo è un nuovo percorso per te.
00:35:47No.
00:35:48You have it within you.
00:35:51I can sense it.
00:35:53Just follow the path.
00:35:58When the Puritans settled in New England, it was the law that if you wanted to start a new village, you had to first build a church in the center of town.
00:36:07With the old growth force of the time, it was easy to make them out of wood and make them simple and quaint.
00:36:16The only town that blatantly disregarded this was Provincetown, an outlaw city from the beginning.
00:36:23When the potato famine hit Ireland, they came to New England and brought with them the Roman Catholic Church.
00:36:29And churches began to take a more European feel.
00:36:35And that's not to say the Puritans weren't from Europe. They were.
00:36:38But, like Rouault and Chagall, they both liked to honor their gods differently.
00:36:43One with supposed humility and the other with shame.
00:36:50The poet Horace once said that it is the false shame of fools to try to conceal the wounds that not yet healed.
00:36:57Catholics hide in the beauty of guilt.
00:37:03St. Augustine said that repentant tears wash away the stain of guilt.
00:37:09But that requires effort.
00:37:12I prefer Annie Youngman's philosophy.
00:37:14If you're going to do something tonight that you're going to feel sorry for in the morning, sleep late.
00:37:28In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:32Amen.
00:37:33May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
00:37:39And also with you.
00:37:40And also with you.
00:37:41Please be seated.
00:37:42Amen.
00:37:43Amen.
00:37:44Amen.
00:37:45Amen.
00:37:46Amen.
00:37:47Amen.
00:37:48Amen.
00:37:49Amen.
00:37:50Amen.
00:37:51Amen.
00:37:52Amen.
00:37:53Amen.
00:37:54Amen.
00:37:55Amen.
00:37:56Amen.
00:37:57Amen.
00:37:58Amen.
00:37:59Amen.
00:38:00Amen.
00:38:01Amen.
00:38:02Amen.
00:38:03Amen.
00:38:04Amen.
00:38:05Amen.
00:38:06Amen.
00:38:07Amen.
00:38:08Amen.
00:38:09Amen.
00:38:10Amen.
00:38:15Amen.
00:38:25Ah.
00:38:27It's a recital.
00:38:33Not too many people here.
00:38:36I can't speak for anyone else.
00:38:38I'm here to see my daughter.
00:38:41Oh, which one is she?
00:38:44Which one is young enough to be my daughter?
00:38:49Young enough?
00:38:51Or old enough, you take your pick.
00:38:58Ah.
00:39:00She's cute.
00:39:02Um, what's her name?
00:39:05What's her name?
00:39:06Yeah, what's her... name?
00:39:11None of your business.
00:39:15What?
00:39:17Or maybe you didn't hear me.
00:39:19I said none of your goddamn business.
00:39:21Now why would you want to know her name?
00:39:23I was... I was just trying to make conversation.
00:39:27Sure, yeah.
00:39:29You wanna... you wanna familiarize yourself with her.
00:39:33Know her name so that someday when nobody's around, you can come up to her and say,
00:39:39Hey, Amy.
00:39:41That's not her name, by the way.
00:39:42Now, just...
00:39:43I'm just using it as a case and point.
00:39:44Okay, okay.
00:39:45Just wait a second.
00:39:46You can say, Hey, Amy.
00:39:49I'm a friend of your dad's.
00:39:51We were sitting together at the recital.
00:39:53No, I... I...
00:39:54Because...
00:39:55As you noted, there's nobody else here but you and I.
00:39:58I was just making conversation.
00:40:03Yeah.
00:40:04Your dad phoned Amy.
00:40:06He said...
00:40:08He said you might need a ride home.
00:40:11I'll give you a ride home.
00:40:13Everyone here looks old enough to ride... to drive here.
00:40:15Yeah, I'll give you a ride home.
00:40:17After you helped me find my puppy.
00:40:22Is that your game?
00:40:23No.
00:40:24No.
00:40:25No game.
00:40:26Okay?
00:40:27I...
00:40:28We're just making conversation.
00:40:29Sure.
00:40:30I can't even tell who she is.
00:40:32That's why you said she was the one that was cute.
00:40:35It just...
00:40:36It seemed like a safe thing to say.
00:40:39I gained my trust.
00:40:42I know how you people think.
00:40:44No.
00:40:45No.
00:40:46No.
00:40:47I'm...
00:40:48I'm not like that.
00:40:53No.
00:40:59Everyone always denies it.
00:41:00Until they're caught.
00:41:02And they're so sorry.
00:41:04Ask for forgiveness and such.
00:41:07Real contrite.
00:41:08We've heard it all before.
00:41:10No, it's not...
00:41:12Like that.
00:41:13I just...
00:41:14Came in here to find Beatrice.
00:41:16Is she a friend of yours?
00:41:20I just met her this morning.
00:41:23So you're stalking her then.
00:41:25Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:41:27Sit right down.
00:41:30Welcome to the feast of...
00:41:31Eh, it's just a feast.
00:41:53I don't know.
00:42:23We have to stop this.
00:42:53Hi, sweetie.
00:42:58Love you.
00:42:59Hold your breath, Michael.
00:43:27You need me.
00:43:28You need me.
00:43:28You need me.
00:43:29You need me.
00:43:30Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.
00:44:00I don't know.
00:44:30You can go now.
00:44:39You should never leave now.
00:45:00You should never leave now.
00:45:30You should never leave now.
00:46:00Don't be afraid.
00:46:16It's all right.
00:46:19Did you know that the Prinastina fort was built in 1880?
00:46:28I mean, shortly after the unification of Italy, and up until 1871, Italy, as we know, it didn't
00:46:38even exist.
00:46:39It was just a lot of small states.
00:46:42Rome became the capital.
00:46:47The citizens built the forts to protect themselves.
00:46:51Napoleon was still on their minds.
00:46:54After World War I, Mussolini used the forts to secure himself and his protection.
00:47:01After World War II, it was all in ruins.
00:47:10Do you know what it feels like to be in ruins?
00:47:15To be in buildings, in life, incomplete.
00:47:33This is wrong.
00:47:42This is all wrong.
00:47:45This is all wrong.
00:47:45We shouldn't be doing this, mother.
00:47:53It's father.
00:47:54It's father Tom.
00:47:55Don't worry, Michael.
00:48:03I'll be around to help out your mom when your baby sister comes, even while your dad's
00:48:08away.
00:48:08And, you know, one day, I'll take you to Rome with me.
00:48:15What?
00:48:16Yeah.
00:48:17With your mother's permission, of course.
00:48:31Social center now?
00:48:34I know.
00:48:36Do you need me now?
00:48:37No.
00:48:38No, no.
00:49:07No.
00:49:07No.
00:49:08No.
00:49:09No.
00:49:10No.
00:49:11No.
00:49:12No.
00:49:13No.
00:49:14No.
00:49:15No.
00:49:16No.
00:49:17No.
00:49:18No.
00:49:19No.
00:49:20No.
00:49:21No.
00:49:22No.
00:49:23No.
00:49:24No.
00:49:25No.
00:49:26No.
00:49:27No.
00:49:28No.
00:49:29No.
00:49:30No.
00:49:31No.
00:49:32No.
00:50:03Oh, la torre.
00:50:18Non è così impressionante come sembra.
00:50:22Vedi?
00:50:24Vedi tutte queste luci?
00:50:26Queste rappresentano la distrazione di tutti i vecchi concetti sulla relazione tra il conscio e l'inconscio.
00:50:37L'illusione è...
00:50:43Shattered.
00:50:45It's not as horrifying as it looks.
00:50:49See that lightning?
00:50:50It represents the destruction of all the old notions of other relationship between the self-consciousness and the subconsciousness.
00:50:57The illusion is shattered.
00:51:00The illusion is shattered.
00:51:08Mike, you don't believe in all this garbage, do you?
00:51:11The church did.
00:51:12You don't know what you're talking about.
00:51:14In 1377, a Dominican monk named Johann von Reinfelden used them in his teachings.
00:51:20A Dominican monk?
00:51:22Tarot?
00:51:23Tarotkin?
00:51:24Tarotkin?
00:51:25Whatever.
00:51:27Look, you can't prove something like this without spiritual study and scientific study.
00:51:33Carl Jung did.
00:51:34Oh, Christ, Jung.
00:51:36No such thing as coincidence, including the cards that are pulled.
00:51:40It's not random.
00:51:42It's a synchronistic message from the collective subconsciousness.
00:51:45So, Michael, let me ask you a question.
00:51:49Are you young at heart?
00:52:01Tear it down.
00:52:15Tear it down.
00:52:25Today's reading is from the New Testament.
00:52:29Matthew, chapter 18, verses 1 through 9.
00:52:34At that time, the disciples came to Jesus and asked,
00:52:37Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
00:52:40Then, he called a little child to him and placed the child among them.
00:52:45And he said, Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children,
00:52:49you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
00:52:53Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child
00:52:56is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
00:53:01And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.
00:53:05And everyone who commits an offense against one of these little ones
00:53:11who believe in me,
00:53:14it would be better for them
00:53:15to have a large millstone hung around their neck
00:53:19and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
00:53:24Woe to the world because of the things
00:53:26that cause people to stumble.
00:53:30Such things must come.
00:53:32But woe to the person through whom they come.
00:53:34If your hand or your foot cause you to stumble,
00:53:38cut it off and throw it away.
00:53:41It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled
00:53:43than to have two hands or two feet
00:53:46and to be thrown into eternal fire.
00:53:52And if your eye causes you to stumble,
00:53:55gouge it out and throw it away.
00:53:59It is better for you to enter life with one eye
00:54:02than to have two eyes
00:54:05and be thrown into the fire of hell.
00:54:14Please be seated.
00:54:15We don't read that passage very much.
00:54:34People may ask questions.
00:54:36But seeing how most of you don't read the Bible anyway,
00:54:42no harm, no fall,
00:54:46as far as you're all concerned.
00:54:47I was trying to remember when we first met.
00:54:59It was so long ago.
00:55:01And if I remember correctly,
00:55:04he introduced us.
00:55:06Right?
00:55:06Right?
00:55:06He introduced me to a lot of people.
00:55:20You?
00:55:22No.
00:55:24Too bad.
00:55:26You could have used more friends.
00:55:31Matt was a horrible reading.
00:55:32He's stumped with a sermon,
00:55:36so he just stands there gawking.
00:55:40Funny thing is,
00:55:42it always ends up being the children
00:55:45who tie the millstones around their necks,
00:55:47not those that commit an offense against them.
00:55:51Nope.
00:55:53They stand dry on the shore,
00:55:55smiling,
00:55:57always smiling,
00:55:59watching.
00:56:00So,
00:56:03you're breaking up with me
00:56:05because you like a girl.
00:56:12How old are you?
00:56:14Sixteen?
00:56:16Well,
00:56:16I suppose this had to happen.
00:56:18I was considering ending this relationship anyway.
00:56:22To be honest with you,
00:56:24you're just not that good.
00:56:27You're inadequate in
00:56:28technique.
00:56:30And size.
00:56:34So,
00:56:35you like a girl.
00:56:37What's her name?
00:58:10It feels like almost daily.
00:58:13I try to just be an outside observer, but I feel the pain like it's happening all over
00:58:20again.
00:58:22Like Sisyphus.
00:58:23Yes.
00:58:24Prometheus.
00:58:25It was Prometheus that had his liver eaten every day.
00:58:29Come on, Michael.
00:58:30You know that.
00:58:31I taught you that when I took you to Greece.
00:58:34You went to Rome.
00:58:35Same difference.
00:58:36That's right.
00:58:37That's right.
00:58:38Sisyphus was doomed to push a rock up this hill, only to watch it roll back down again.
00:58:54And then he had to do it all over the next day.
00:59:01Don't let me live in this.
00:59:04Like we have no choice.
00:59:08Albert Camus thought differently.
00:59:10He thought Sisyphus had a way out.
00:59:11What's that?
00:59:12Suicide.
00:59:13What's that?
00:59:14Suicide.
00:59:15What's that?
00:59:16Suicide.
00:59:17Suicide.
00:59:18I don't know.
01:00:18Do you need me now?
01:01:18Thank you, Michael.
01:01:29I can't tell you how much this means to me.
01:01:31To all of us.
01:01:33I can't wait to show this to Father Tom.
01:01:47He loved her so much.
01:01:51Just like he loves you.
01:02:17Funny thing, this millstone story.
01:02:36It's a misquote.
01:02:37But there weren't any millstones then.
01:02:41There weren't any mills.
01:02:44They were grinding stones.
01:02:47Used to ground wheat mostly.
01:02:49Grains.
01:02:50We've been doing it forever.
01:02:51Grinding seems more of an appropriate word in this case, don't you think?
01:03:01Just kidding.
01:03:03Maybe industrial mills were named after the stones.
01:03:06What do I know?
01:03:07As hard as I tried, I could never get the knot tied around your neck.
01:03:16We had the millstone in place and everything.
01:03:18I just needed you to pick up the stone to give me some slack.
01:03:24You almost never did.
01:03:28Except for that once.
01:03:29You'd had enough.
01:03:36Nightmares kept you awake.
01:03:38So you had a prescription to sleeping pills.
01:03:41They were easy to get.
01:03:43And you took all of them.
01:03:46Simply because you read his name in the paper.
01:03:49But instead of dying, you woke up groggy the next morning.
01:03:54Not even remembering taking the pills.
01:03:56Until later, in the shower.
01:04:00It was then you realized why you were so groggy.
01:04:05Without a second thought, you went to work as if nothing happened.
01:04:10And I mean nothing.
01:04:12Not even a coma.
01:04:15Nothing.
01:04:17No break from reality for you.
01:04:26No break from reality for you.
01:04:27No break from reality for you.
01:04:28No break from reality for you.
01:04:29No break from reality for you.
01:04:30No break from reality for you.
01:04:31No break from reality for you.
01:04:32No break from reality for you.
01:04:33No break from reality for you.
01:04:34No break from reality for you.
01:04:35No break from reality for you.
01:04:36No break from reality for you.
01:04:37No break from reality for you.
01:04:38No break from reality for you.
01:04:39No break from reality for you.
01:04:40No break from reality for you.
01:04:41No break from reality for you.
01:04:42No break from reality for you.
01:04:43No break from reality for you.
01:04:44No break from reality for you.
01:04:45No break from reality for you.
01:04:46No break from reality for you.
01:04:47No break from reality for you.
01:04:48No break from reality for you.
01:04:49No break from reality for you.
01:05:20This is a new card for you, Michael.
01:05:26It is the devil.
01:05:32No, no, no.
01:05:33It is supposed to be upside down now.
01:05:36You are indifferent to the devil.
01:05:38He no longer has power over you.
01:05:47It is time.
01:05:48Tear it down.
01:06:07You're twitching?
01:06:11No, nothing.
01:06:13No.
01:06:14No.
01:06:14No.
01:06:16No.
01:06:16No.
01:06:16No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:06:46No, no, no, no, no.
01:07:16No, no, no, no.
01:07:46No, no, no, no, no.
01:08:16No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:18No, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:20No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:22No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:24No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:26No, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:28No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:30No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:32No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:34No, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:40Michael.
01:08:42Michael, you always, always make a mess.
01:08:46I always have to clean up after you.
01:08:50Michael.
01:08:52Michael.
01:09:02Michael.
01:09:04Michael.
01:09:06Michael.
01:09:08I don't know.
01:09:38I don't know.
01:10:08I don't know.
01:10:38I don't know.
01:11:08I don't know.
01:11:38I don't know.
01:11:40I don't know.
01:11:42I don't know.
01:11:44You have to stop projecting yourself as an adult in that situation.
01:11:48You weren't.
01:11:50Projecting yourself is just a way for you to carry the guilt and shame that we've all carried.
01:11:56Wrongfully.
01:11:57As painful as it is, you have to remember it as it was.
01:12:05You were a child.
01:12:07There was nothing you could have done.
01:12:09You were a good it up.
01:12:10Now, you're not!
01:12:10You're not.
01:12:11You're not.
01:12:12I don't know.
01:12:13I don't know.
01:12:14You're not.
01:12:15You're not.
01:12:16You're not.
01:12:17You should.
01:12:19You're not.
01:12:19You're not.
01:12:20You're not.
01:13:22It becomes time to confront the monster that now resembles a man.
01:13:27He's mortal, and he needs to be reminded of that fact.
01:13:31As the old Italian proverb says, when the game is over, the king and the pawn go back
01:13:37in the same box.
01:13:38I make a mess of things.
01:13:49I make a mess of things.
01:13:51You, you have made a mess of everything.
01:13:58How many different parishes have you moved to?
01:14:01How many?
01:14:02How many different dioceses, states, countries, and a mess left at everyone?
01:14:12Whose fault is that?
01:14:15Theirs?
01:14:17Mine?
01:14:18Oh, God.
01:14:27Michael, I know how you must feel.
01:14:30But, you wouldn't be the person you are today if it were not for me.
01:14:35What is this, a boy named Sue?
01:14:36Are you kidding me?
01:14:37Who encouraged your pursuit of the arts?
01:14:39Hmm?
01:14:41Not your school, and certainly not your family.
01:14:44Fuck you!
01:14:45Who took you to Rome?
01:14:46Yeah, that might interest a federal prosecutor, but not me anymore.
01:14:49Who took you to the Borghese?
01:14:52Who taught you of Caravaggio, Bernini?
01:14:59Who encouraged your artwork and to pursue the life of an artist?
01:15:05I do portraits of dead people with their dead ashes.
01:15:09Art is to reflect life.
01:15:11Mine only reflects death.
01:15:12Mike, Mike, you make something beautiful out of death.
01:15:19You wouldn't be the person you are today if it were not for me.
01:15:25Yeah, you're right.
01:15:28If I hadn't met you,
01:15:30I might know how to be complete.
01:15:35But I'm not.
01:15:37I don't know how.
01:15:41You haven't tried.
01:15:45Get out.
01:15:46Get out.
01:15:47Get out right now.
01:15:50Michael's too polite.
01:15:51He's always trying to rise above pieces of shit like you.
01:15:54But you know what?
01:15:55I'm not.
01:15:56I will happily kick your ass if you don't get out of here right now.
01:15:59I must say
01:16:11that this is no way to treat a grieving old man.
01:16:18Let him go.
01:16:20It's what he wants.
01:16:21I know.
01:16:22I know.
01:16:23It's over.
01:16:27Free refill?
01:16:27No thanks.
01:16:30I should probably go.
01:16:31I should probably go.
01:16:32I know.
01:16:33I know.
01:16:33I know.
01:16:34I know.
01:16:34I know.
01:16:34I know.
01:16:35I know.
01:16:35I know.
01:16:35I know.
01:16:35I know.
01:16:36I know.
01:16:36I know.
01:16:37I know.
01:16:37I know.
01:16:37I know.
01:16:38I know.
01:16:38I know.
01:16:38I know.
01:16:38I know.
01:16:39I know.
01:16:39I know.
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