I've, you know, gone
places since I married him.
I'm not who I was.
He's still Bobby ballgame.
You always say how good he is
with the kids.
Well, that's his life,
relating to children.
They may be 20 years old and
break the eastern conference
passing record, but they're
still little boys.
Extended adolescence in
America.
Right.
I wanted to ask what's-her-name,
professor Brennan about that in
class last night.
I get shy.
What do you mean?
Well, I'm just in awe of any
woman around here who isn't
typing her husband's doctoral
thesis.
Thanks.
No, I didn't mean--
I've still got the calluses.
When Bob was in junior
college I used to have to tutor
his entire starting defensive
line.
All together?
Guards on Monday, tackles on
Wednesday, and this 350-pound
center every Friday.
It's true!
And he fell in love with me,
this guy, Willie Joe Purvis.
I knew it the minute he started
calling me "Sandy" instead of
"Mrs. Coach."
What happened?
What do you mean,
"what happened?"
He was in love with the
coach's wife.
That's like having carnal
designs on the virgin Mary.
He passed his exams and he made
all-state junior college.
What's so funny?
I keep flashing on him
sitting in your kitchen with the
shoulder pads on, mooning like
a calf when you come in.
You're a real sport, lianna.
You think your kids are out yet?
Probably, we better go see.
Woman: * maybe I'm right,
maybe I'm wrong ♪
♪ maybe I'm weak
and maybe I'm strong ♪
♪ nevertheless, I'm in love
with you ♪
♪ maybe I'll win,
maybe I'll lose ♪
♪ maybe I'm in
for crying the blues ♪
♪ nevertheless, I'm in love
with you ♪
♪ somehow I know at a glance
the terrible chances
I'm taking ♪
♪ fine at the start,
then left with a heart
that is breaking ♪
♪ maybe I'll live a
life of regret ♪
♪ maybe I'll give
much more than I get ♪
♪ nevertheless, I'm in love
with... you... ♪
Man: I've heard people
complaining about Flaherty
staging his footage, about how
this is some kind of betrayal,
that there's such a thing as
"pure" documentary.
Well, there's a law in physics
that the act of observing an
event can't help but change that
event, and a documentary
filmmaker not only observes,
but edits.
Now, I'm sure you've been
wondering all through class what
this, uh, little message on the
board is all about.
Take a good look.
"Allowing your workers to be
swayed by such propaganda, you
are surrendering them to the
forces that have kept eastern
Europe in chains for three
decades, the evil forces of the
world, communist conspiracy.
These people are ruthless, they
have nothing to lose.
But if we unite behind the
banners of christianity and
democracy, they cannot prevail."
Who do you suppose wrote that?
Woman: Jerry falwell.
Woman 2: Reverend moon?
Well, the fact of the matter
is, it doesn't make any
difference.
This is just our raw footage.
First we select the parts we
want to keep.
Anything that doesn't agree with
our idea of what the story
should be, it goes on the
cutting room floor.
There we go.
Now, we change the order of our
bits of film, taking it out of
real time and into film time,
and splice them together for
effect...
And now what do we have?
"Workers of the world unite.
You have nothing to lose but
your chains."
But that's distortion.
That's lying.
Yadda-yadda-yadda,
that's all, folks.
See you Thursday.
Lianna: I came to
pick you up.
I noticed.
I know you don't like me
coming into the classroom, but
I was afraid you'd get stuck
in a conversation with some
eager beaver student if you
didn't see I was here.
Uh-huh.
What's the matter, afraid to
let them see you playing
husband?
Are the kids in the car?
I didn't think you'd want me
to bring them in.
Thank you.
Sodium phosphate, sodium
ascorbate, sodium carbonate...
Girl: Do I have to eat
my peas? >> Calcium carbonate...
Yes.
Why?
Because I am bigger than you
are, that's why.
Spence, what's that you're
chattering at us?
I brought the boxes from
everything we ate yesterday into
consumer affairs class.
This is what we've been eating.
Disodium inosinate,
disodium...
What did we do to deserve
him?
We learned they were supposed
to grow out of it by the time
they were 18. >> Citric acid...
You going tonight?
Mm-hmm. I've got to pick
Sandy up in a little while.
Bob is using their car.
...partially hydrogenated
vegetable oil.
How long before you're 18,
Spence?
Five years.
Dextrose...
I think I'll start scratching
the days on the wall like the
count of monte cristo!
...cheese culture, carob bean
gum...
I thought that was really
good in class, about the
editing.
Oh, yeah.
They were going on about the
purity of documentary film the
other day.
Thought I'd shake the little
bastards up a bit.
Can I eat in front of the TV?
There's a movie I want to see.
No, finish your dinner.
But the movie'll be over in
an hour or so.
The food'll still be here.
No. >>
how's your honors class
coming?
It's not an honors class.
There isn't a film major.
How's it going anyhow?
My best student is doing her
thesis on audie Murphy,
America's tragic hero.
That's my best.
Spencer, go eat in front of
the TV, quick.
Girl: Do I have to
eat my peas?
Yes. >> Why?
Ours is not to reason why,
ours is but to clam up and eat.
Professor Brennan said that
they had the same trouble with
child psychology at first.
All the least practical students
wanted to get into it.
That's right, she's a
professor.
What's that mean?
Child psych is an easy ride.
She must've got into it when it
was getting respectable.
Don't be jealous.
When you get tenure...
The only way I get tenure
is if a half-dozen old farts
in the English department bite
the dust.
They'd be crazy to pass
you over.
You know who they want me to
teach next semester?
William Dean howells.
They wouldn't do that to someone
they were expecting to keep.
Girl: Do I have to eat
my peas?
Yes, theda.
You have to eat your peas.
Why?
What is this, the riddle of
the sphinx?
Have the peas changed from what
they were three minutes ago?
They got a half-life or
something?
Spence, what's that you got on
in there?
Spence: It's called
battleground.
It's a William wellman we're
doing next week.
I better give it a look.
[Gunshots and explosions
continue from TV]
Don't you want to go watch
the movie?
No, I want to stay here
with you.
I'll eat half
your peas.
Good.
How many is that?
I thought you were counting.
No, you have to.
Now you got to start from the
beginning.
Monkey, you'll have me here
all night.
Let's start from 50, o.K.?
O.k.
Betty, we haven't heard anything
from you.
What do you think?
I've never read anything
about it, or maybe I have and
forgot.
Well, what do you think?
How many children do you have?
Five.
Oldest is 18.
And they're all pretty
good kids? >> Yeah.
Well, they didn't get that
way all by themselves.
I've got as much to learn from
you as you have from me.
Now, how would you say being in
a big family has affected your
children?
Oh, they can blow off steam
on each other without turning it
all on me.
And then sometimes they're like
friends with each other, which
is nice.
That makes me feel good.
And when herb and me fight,
well, I think the bunch of them
can absorb it a lot better than
if there was just one.
We'll be hollerin' and they come
out to complain we're drowning
out their TV show.
I have a question on that.
Yes.
Um, if the parents of a child
are having problems, and let's
say they're really careful to,
you know, not fight in front of
the child... do you think it's
possible that the child won't be
affected?
If I had an ex-husband or a
lover who you all knew about,
and you knew we were having a
real rocky time with each other,
and he started coming into
class, just sitting-- not saying
anything, just being here,
watching me all through class--
how would you feel when you
walked in here?
Little knots in the stomach.
Exactly, and you're not even
my children.
Sandy: I think you've got
a crush on her.
What?
Oh, I don't mean a Willie Joe
Purvis crush.
I mean the kind that Ellie
and theda have on their teacher
Mrs. Strack.
Oh, come on, Sandy.
I'm really interested in the
subject.
Uh-huh.
For Christ's sake,
I am 33 years old.
I don't have crushes.
* teacher's pet,
I wanna be teacher's pet. ♪
Give me a break,
come on!
I'm out at class two nights a
week, two lousy nights.
What's wrong with that?
Nothing. It's just that you
said you didn't have time to
look that stuff up for me.
It isn't the time.
I said I'd be too tired.
I'm interested in this,
so it won't be tiring.
You're not interested in what
I do?
I'm interested in
what you do.
But I'm not interested in
looking up who is the assistant
clapper boy on the silent
version of a star is born.
They didn't have clapper boys
on silent pictures.
The purpose of the clap is to
register on the soundtrack.
You know what I mean.
When I'm really excited about
something it gives me more
energy.
Energy, huh?
Want to work some of it off with
your old man?
I'll go put the thing in.
The counselor said we should
try to do more things together,
so Bob offered to come shopping.
It wasn't exactly what I had
in mind.
Well, at least he's willing
to try.
Are you going to the party at
the loomises tonight?
No. I get nervous there ever
since Ellie broke her collarbone
on the jungle gym.
I doubt the festivities will
use the backyard.
You weren't at their last
party.
Some little grad student chased
Jerry Carlson out of the
teeter-totter.
Did she catch him?
Jerry knows when to slow
down.
So I've heard.
Anyway, we have class
tonight, remember?
Dick's gonna want me to be at
the party.
He thinks my missing so many
makes it looks like we're having
trouble, and that's bad for his
standing in the department.
Oh, I hate that.
You would think how he was in
class would be enough.
Doesn't Bob want you to go
with him?
Bob? He hates faculty parties
worse than I do.
He always ends up with his back
against the wall, explaining why
football gets a bigger budget
than women's track.
Why does it?
Shh!
Man: It is a delicate piece
of machinery.
You treat it well, it'll treat
you well.
Today we're going...
What's up?
You wanted me to let you know
if I was coming tonight or not.
You weren't in your office.
So?
I want to go to class, o.K.?
It's your time.
Please, don't get mad.
I get to miss one of these
things once in a while, don't I?
I'm not mad.
It's just that I think that once
in a while--
lianna, hi.
Come on with us.
We're gonna shoot some footage.
You can be our star.
The last star
was a cockroach.
Is that character still
following you around?
Uh-huh.
Are you going to the party
tonight?
I don't think so.
If you don't come, who am I
gonna corner in the kitchen?
From what I hear you'll find
somebody.
Oh, children, children.
They're mere children.
I need a mature woman, someone
who has seen enough of life to
appreciate me.
You need a cold shower.
And maybe that one from child
psych will be there.
I can talk to her about my early
experiences, my blankie, my
Teddy bear, my first wet dream.
My parents had it bronzed,
you know.
You're out of luck, Jerry.
She's teaching class tonight.
That's where lianna's going.
The night school thing,
right.
Maybe I should come with you.
I could lecture on the plight of
the unwed father.
She said we could bring
children if we didn't have a
sitter around.
Ahh! You just blew your film
career.
Hi.
I...
I wrote down these short
stories.
They have to do with children.
You've probably read most of
them, but if you haven't,
I thought they might be good to
use in a course sometime or...
Thank you.
I'm not familiar with most of
these.
You read a lot?
I started out as an English
major.
Started out?
What did you end up as?
A wife.
Aw, come on.
A mother?
I do stage lighting for a dance
company, as a volunteer.
I take classes.
This is my favorite one so far.
Thank you.
You know, I was wondering, on
your study, if you need any kind
of an assistant or...
Are you interested?
Uh-huh.
Good. We should talk about
it... have dinner or something.
Sure.
See you.
I'll drop you at the loomises
after class?
No. It's just up the hill.
I'll cut through backyards.
Be careful.
In this neighborhood?
No, I mean once you get to
the loomises'.
Who know what point they'll have
reached?
Yeah, I'll try and stay off
the jungle gym.
Woman:
O.k., here I come!
Woman: Ooh!
[General conversations,
party music continue...]
Woman: Oh!
Dick: Cheer up, cheer up,
Gail.
Gail: Where do I start?
Oh, come on...
How was class?
I got out early.
Oh?
I figured the party would
still be going.
Hmm?
But I didn't feel like going
anymore and I came home.
Oh.
How was the party?
O.k., I guess.
The usual.
A lot of students, like always
at the loomises', trying to
score their brownie points.
Mm-hmm.
How many do you get for a
fuck in the sandbox?
Huh?
Brownie points.
How many do you get for a fuck
in the sandbox?
Lianna: ...You promised me!
Dick: Oh, come on, lianna!
You promised me you weren't
going to do that again.
You lie to me and you lie to me!
We were just playing around!
You are so full of shit!
Don't talk to me that way!
I'll talk to you any goddamn
way I want to!
You're gonna wake
the kids up.
...says to write about
something and so I wrote a play
instead of a story, and it's
called the Thanksgiving Turkey.
"The Thanksgiving Turkey.
I think it's fine that
everybody comes together
at Thanksgiving.
But aren't you
worried, Tom?
I mean, about dinner?
Why should I be?
I love to eat."
And then I say my part,
you don't seem to
get it, Tom Turkey.
You are for dinner on
Thanksgiving.
It's going to be you they
gobble up.
What? They're going to
eat me?
Why didn't you tell me before?
When is the next train out of
here?"
Theda, honey, could you read
that a bit later?
Your father's got a headache.
O.k.
Yeah, that time, you see, you
walked so far away that I had
to... sort of go like
that to stay with you.
Think of it more as down than
away, and then add away.
Am I supporting you here?
No, just lean.
[Conversation continues,
indistinct]
When they're through, stick
reds in all the ones along the
back wall.
You got it.
Man: What do you think?
Woman: Nope.
Lianna?
Lianna, hi.
Profess-- Ruth!
Don't look so surprised.
It's just the first time I've
seen you out of context.
Out of context, am I?
Hmm.
What are you looking for?
Here? Um, just browsing
around.
I don't think I'll buy anything.
Sometimes when I'm depressed it
helps just to look at stuff.
You mind if I join you?
Being depressed?
Browsing.
In my freshman year, it was
still a bit of a scandal.
We both agreed it would be
awkward for him being married
to a student, so I stopped
being a student.
Gets pretty complicated
sometimes.
I read your book.
Oh-- it wasn't required
for the course.
I liked it a lot.
Thank you.
Did you...
Ever want kids of your own?
That's just one of those
things that never worked out
for me.
Is there anything that you
always wanted to do that you
haven't done?
What?
Nothing... just a thought.
Come on, what is it?
I don't know.
Lots of things.
...did you pack the aspirin?
Aspirin?
Last time you went to a film
festival, you got a headache
during the eastern Europeans and
nobody had any aspirin to spare.
Right, I'll take some.
Are you going to be staying
in the same place?
No, it was full already,
but they're all the same.
It'll give us time to think,
lianna.
We had time to think after
the last time this happened,
remember?
Look, if I were going to
leave you, I wouldn't start
by going to Toronto.
So don't worry, o.K.?
No, I won't.
...so, besides being bright and
witty and looking like one of
Charlie's angels, what else is
your new English teacher like?
Is she married?
No, she lives with a guy.
How do you know that?
She told us.
Seems like a strange thing
to tell a junior high class.
It's no big deal.
I mean, it's not like
back in your day.
My day.
As far as I'm concerned,
it still is my day.
I won't argue with you.
How old is she?
26-- she said she just got
her master's.
Probably did her thesis
on Jerry Lewis.
Thomas man, whoever he is.
Mahn.
Theda, dinner's ready.
Coming!
How'd she end up telling you
all this?
She said she wanted us to be
open and honest with her and it
wouldn't be fair if she wasn't
the same with us.
With ideas like that,
how'd she end up teaching
in public school?
The pay was better.
She's starting at 12,000 a year.
What's her bra size?
Mommy!
She doesn't wear one.
Spencer!
Hey, she just asked me.
Don't be such a prude.
All right, you guys,
I want you to clean up the
dishes when you're through.
I'm going upstairs to change.
About time we had a change
around here.
Save those for
what's-her-name.
I'm sure they'll go over big.
Theda: No...
Yes.
They don't.
They couldn't.
They do-- everyone does.
You're just saying that
to get me.
Hey, did I write this book?
Did I draw these pictures?
They're just drawings.
Here-- photographs.
Oh, gross.
I'm gonna be sick.
That's what they do-- you
might as well get used to it.
Like that? With their
tongues? Ick...
Everyone does it,
even mom and dad.
Lianna: You guys ready?
Sandy'll be here any minute.
I'm not going.
Theda's going
and you're going.
Ellie is theda's best friend.
There's nothing for me
to do there.
You can play with Tex.
Tex is two years old.
He'll be in bed.
Well... Bob likes you.
Every time he sees me,
he pinches my arm muscle
and asks me if I know who
Arnold Schwarzenegger is.
Come on, I'm old enough to stay
home without a babysitter.
We'll ask your father
when he gets home.
What's the matter with you?
Can't you make a decision
by yourself?
You watch your tongue
with me, Spencer.
No.
Another evening with knute
rockne, all-American.
Spencer... >> He'll probably
make me lift weights.
He's got 'em, you know,
every shape and size.
They're all in the cellar.
It's like a torture chamber
down there...
All right, you can stay,
but... keep the doors locked
and don't use the stove
for anything, you hear?
It's probably Sandy.
It's her.
Come on, theda!
Don't keep her waiting!
Liar... she never did that.
Theda and Spencer?
Theda's for theda bara and
Spencer's for Spencer Tracy.
Dick was already getting
into his movie thing
when we had Spence.
And Spencer's how old?
13.
He's in the monkey gland stage.
He's all hot and bothered
about this young girl teacher
who's come in.
Hmm... are you jealous?
I guess I am a little.
Well, it's not an age where
he's likely to want his mother
to be his best friend.
I'll get you some more.
Thanks.
My mother really was my best
friend for the longest time.
I wasn't hers, thank god, but I
know she liked my company.
I'd pretend we were sisters.
Is your mother still living?
Up in alberta.
We offered to find her a place
down here, but all she can
think of is street creeps and
the son of Sam. >>
she plays a lot of bridge
and calls me once a week.
Were you pretty
when you were a girl?
I looked like I'd been raised
these big staring
eyes and pale skin.
Well, you're very pretty now.
Thank you.
More than anything else
in the whole wide world...
I wanted to be pro basketball
player. >> You're kidding.
Oh, it was so exciting--
all those beautiful arms and
legs, everybody sweating,
all the drama...
I used to get tingles
watching the games.
Tingles?
You know, tingles.
I wasn't sure quite what they
were, but I knew I shouldn't
tell the nuns about them.
I think being an adult is
realizing that you're never
gonna make the celtics.
I grew up the day after
I got married. >> Really?
Mm-hmm.
It's funny.
Just a ceremony,
nothing physical, but it
really can change the way
you look at things.
I guess if you haven't been
through it, it's hard to
fathom... >> I've been married.
You have?
One whole year.
What happened?
It was just a mistake.
We said "I'm sorry"
to each other and went on
to other things.
Oh.
So how was it different
after you were married?
...my biggest fantasy
was to build a raft
which actually floated.
I was always making these rafts
out of 2x4s, climbing on them
and getting soaked.
Did you have a lot of crushes
on boys when you were that age?
I suppose-- don't all the
girls? >> Do they?
You're the child expert.
Right.
Do you remember
your first crush?
My first crush...
I used to go to camp up north
in the summer.
There was this one counselor.
She was... 15, maybe 16.
I was so glad when I got
her squad.
She taught us field hockey.
I had a sort of crush on her.
No...
I was in love with her.
The girl I bunked with,
her name was Virginia dobbs.
She was skinny.
About as unattractive as I was.
She discovered that this
counselor was sneaking out of
the cabin late every night,
so we started following her.
She'd meet this guy.
He was a lifeguard from the boys
camp-- he came in a canoe.
Virginia and I hid by the
boathouse and we watched them
on this little strip of beach.
We could see his bare bottom
shining white in the moonlight.
I couldn't believe her breasts.
We kept trying not to giggle.
Not that we thought anything was
funny, just that nervous kind of
giggling when you're scared and
fascinated at the same time.
When we got back to the cabin...
Virginia and I would slip under
the covers together in the
bottom bunk-- my bunk--
and we'd cuddle and whisper...
And Virginia would show me
how they did it. >>
and it was like playing at
first... Virginia calling out
the lifeguard's name...
Then we'd start to get excited
and I'd pretend Virginia
had breasts.
I haven't thought about that
in a really long time.
[Mix of female voices
whispering indistinctly
in English and French ...]
[Faint moaning and sighing,
whispering continues...]
Touch me...
Touch me... touch me...
Lianna...
Yes... yes...
Yes...
Do you sleep with
a lot of women?
A lot? No.
I've been at it a while, though.
This is my first.
No... >>
how you doing?
Great.
You sleepy?
No.
What time is it?
3:30.
Oh, my god.
What's wrong?
I let Spencer stay home
alone-- he'll know if I don't
come back!
He must be asleep by now.
Oh, no... oh, god, I hope
so... what if he fell asleep and
left the oven on or if Sandy
called and I'm still not home...
Sandy calls you this late?
No, but there's always
a chance...
Oh, god...
I'm panicking, aren't I?
Just a little.
Don't worry, there's nothing
written indelibly on your face.
No one has to know.
I still have to get home.
Ruth... >> Hmm?
When you first touched me
on the couch...
Were you sure that I'd want...
I had a feeling,
but I wasn't sure.
Were you scared?
Terrified.
If I had been wrong
and it got around class...
Well... a lot of people
overreact.
Why did you take the chance?
I really wanted you.
I wanted you that much.
I'm so glad.
Mom...
Spencer, you scared me.
What are you doing up?
I was just watching
the late movies.
Mm-hmm.
Well, they go on all night,
you know.
Well, it didn't seem
like you were gonna get home
after it got to be 1:00.
Well, these research
projects... get pretty
complicated sometimes.
Professor Brennan had a lot of
details to explain to me.
We got pretty...
Wrapped up in it.
What was on?
Oh, uh... battleground.
It's a war movie.
I thought you saw that
last week.
Well, I missed the beginning.
I saw it from the start tonight.
Then this other one came on.
Japanese horror flick...
You better get to bed.
You've got school tomorrow.
I'll turn the TV off.
No, no, I'll get it.
My god, he's had an orgy.
...smoked oysters, artichoke
hearts, imported chocolate...
Oh, my god, macadamia nuts!
Ruth: Huh?
This is all the stuff you
can't afford on a family budget.
My one big indulgence.
I started when I gave up
smoking.
What do Portuguese cuttlefish
taste like?
Try one.
Look like squid.
Huh?
I said it's fun eating
over at your house.
Why don't you call your
children and ask if you can
stay for dinner?
Lianna: Hi.
Hi.
I wish I could touch you.
If we were at the beach, we
could play with suntan lotion.
Be nice to hold hands
or something.
I haven't held hands with anyone
in years. >> Mm-hmm.
I want to kiss you.
Can't here-- that's part
of the package.
We should go to a beach
where no one can see us.
We will sometime.
When?
Sometime.
Ruth?
Mm-hmm?
I'm kissing you.
I'm kissing you back.
I'm touching the back of your
neck with my lips... lightly.
You can feel my breath
warm against your neck.
You can feel my tongue...
My teeth...
You feel my fingertips brushing
the backs of your legs...
Soft... on the tender parts.
Now sliding up the insides
of your thighs.
When do your kids get out?
3:00.
Would you like to come home
with me right now?
Yes, I would.
And this is Spence.
He's giving the camera his
"leave me alone" look.
That was taken a couple of
months ago.
He looks older than 13 here.
Well, actually, he's been 13
for six years now.
They're keeping him back till he
finally does it right.
How does he get on with dick?
Lately not so well.
They both have the same kind of
sense of humor and it gets to be
a battle for the spotlight.
Neither one wants second billing
to the other's act.
Dick wins, of course.
He gets back tonight?
Mm-hmm.
And we have to be at a party--
typical.
An English department thing.
I thought I'd try and make
a gesture by going with him.
Are you gonna tell him
about us?
I don't think so.
Who are these people?
Some of Jerry karlson's
students-- he gave them an
assignment to come here and
shoot whatever was interesting.
>> I think
they're wasting their time
with this bunch.
From what I hear,
they should have been at the
loomises' last party.
Mm-hmm...
Women on recording: * he will
play the pinball
10 times straight ♪
♪ one thin dime
always kept him up late ♪
♪ Mr. Cool, what's there to do
when there's no work
and there's no school? ♪
♪ Mr. Cool... ♪
...the girl obviously
can't drink.
[General conversation,
song continues indistinctly...]
It's the point where film and
reality intermingle, the point
where the celluloid is life, but
at the same time it's more than
life, it's more than a
reflection of life.
It becomes hard to tell
whether events and attitudes in
the real world are influencing
what goes on the screen or the
other way around.
Take the case of audie Murphy...
You're the one!
What?
You're the one--
my husband told me.
He did?
Audie Murphy.
Oh... oh, my thesis.
Audie Murphy.
Audie Murphy was the most
decorated soldier
in world war ii.
He was a simple, honest,
hometown boy who was brought
to Hollywood and dragged
through the whole bit.
The marriages, the money
problems, the low-budget
pictures, the publicity
gimmicks, and finally...
That symbolic plane crash.
He's America's perfect
tragic hero.
He's the tragic hero
of your generation.
My generation?
Try again.
James Dean?
Give me a break.
Elvis.
Well, tragic hero might be
going a little far,
but you're getting closer
in the age department.
What was your name again?
Kim.
My friends call me Kimmy.
Perfect.
I mean, it was sort of my
responsibility to stay.
I'm sorry, I thought you
might want to come home
and talk to me.
I thought you'd be tired
from your trip.
I am tired, but it's part of
my job, you know that.
Parties are where all the
teacher evaluation goes on.
You're exaggerating.
I'm not ex...
Forget it.
So, what did you do with
yourself while I was off viewing
Lithuanian masterpieces?
Nothing.
I had an affair.
Oh...
Congratulations.
Anyone I know?
Not really.
Good.
Jerry karlson was acting
kind of strange tonight.
I'd hate to think that he had
anything on me.
An affair, huh?
Feel like you've gotten even?
That's not why it happened.
Was it worth it?
Was it the man of your dreams?
It wasn't a man.
Huh?
I said it wasn't a man.
What's so funny?
You've come a long way
from alberta.
How was it?
Like a drugstore paperback?
None of your business.
I don't see what you're feeling
so humorous about.
Well, it's just different
than if it had been a man.
Why? She touched me
the same way...
I don't want to hear
what you did in bed, damn it.
Who is it?
Ruth Brennan.
Aha...
The pieces fall into place.
I always thought there was
something fishy about her.
There's nothing fishy
about her.
She engaged in an unnatural
act with my wife-- I think
that's pretty damn fishy.
Professor Brennan, huh?
That's right.
So you're still fucking
your teachers.
And you're still fucking
your students.
At least they're
the right sex.
What did she do, come on to
you after class, offer you a
friendly shoulder to cry on?
Tell me-- I'm interested
in how they operate.
Who's "they"?
The campfire girls-- who the
hell do you think I mean?
Why are you being this way?
You're making everything worse.
What the hell, you said it
was no big thing.
I never said that, dick.
It is a big thing?
I know it's probably never
occurred to you, but it is
possible that I might fall
in love with somebody.
With somebody else.
With somebody.
Well, don't let me
stand in your way.
I don't intend to.
You gonna keep seeing her?
If she wants me to.
The hell you are!
Not while you're living with me.
O.k., if that's what you
want, we'll get a separation.
Where do you think you're
gonna live? How do you think
you're gonna support yourself?
What do you mean?
Move in with the professor
if you want, whatever...
But I want you out of here
tomorrow. >> The hell I will.
Did you ever consider what
the kids are gonna think?
Or our friends and neighbors
here in faculty land?
You're not telling the kids.
No.
I'll leave that up to you.
You'll have to think of
something to explain
why you're moving out.
Why are you being this way?
You've given me a perfect
escape route, honey.
I'm taking it, that's all.
You fucker, you prick...
That's it, lianna,
let it all out.
You always have to win,
don't you?
And if you lose, you make
the other person lose more.
Very good-- your psych
classes are finally paying off.
Must be all that
private tutoring.
You made up your mind
in Toronto, didn't you?
You came back to ask for a
separation and then I dumped it
right in your lap.
I did a lot of thinking
while I was in Toronto.
You're not taking the kids
from me, dick.
That depends on you and
whether you're a true convert to
the fold or just hot for the
first friendly piece of ass...
God damn you!
I'll hit you back,
lianna!
I will!
No matter how much you think
you can hurt me,
I can hurt you more!
Understand?
For a woman...
Sandy: Professor Brennan?
Mm-hmm.
An affair?
Yes.
You mean like a love affair?
Yes.
Oh, god.
What's the matter?
Well, i'm...
I'm just... surprised.
I... how did...
What did you do?
What do you mean?
We got to know each other and...
You know...
It happens.
You're not...
Telling dick, are you?
He knows.
I have to see if I can stay
with Ruth.
What are you gonna do
if you can't?
I haven't thought that far.
Tex, get off that.
I hope you get to know her,
Sandy-- she's really wonderful.
Yeah...
Uh-huh...
Ruth?
Hi.
We've got to talk.
I told him. >> Oh, my god...
I'm moving out.
I told him, we had a fight
and he kicked me out.
Where are you gonna stay?
Well, I thought with you...
For a while, anyway.
Oh, lianna, we can't do that.
This is worse than
a small town here.
I've got to work
with these people.
You think it would hurt you?
I have to talk parents here
into letting me run psych
experiments with their children.
What do you think would happen
if word got out about it?
I guess I haven't
thought it all out.
Right now I want to
put my arms around you.
If we were straight friends,
I would have.
But that's not the way
the world works.
What am I gonna do?
I don't know.
I... what did you think was
gonna happen when you told him?
It felt right.
Oh, honey...
I'll do what I can but...
I really wasn't ready for this.
I thought when I found
somebody, everything would be
all right.
Oh, lianna...
We're gonna live apart...
And that's what we decided
was best for everybody.
We just want you to know...
That...
We still love you
as much as we did before.
This isn't gonna
change that, o.K.?
It's a problem between
the two of us... and...
You have to be understanding...
And help us to work it out.
But why do you have to leave?
It's the way your father
and I decided to do it.
I'm not leaving.
See me every day if you want.
Why can't I come with you?
Because I need some time
alone to think about
everything, honey.
And I'm gonna be busy.
I'll be out looking for a job.
Why doesn't dad support you?
Isn't that the law?
We wanted to do this
our own way.
It's not gonna be as bad
as it seems right now...
I promise.
You'd better go in.
Your father's waiting
to talk to you.
Why can't I stay with you?
You can't, honey...
Not for a while.
Now, try to help me with this,
o.k., please?
Do what I ask you.
You a student?
No.
A teacher?
No... I go to night school.
Do you work?
I'll be out looking for work.
I'm here to be near my family.
You familiar with this
neighborhood?
No, not really.
Well, it's the best you'll
find for the sort of rent
you have in mind.
Can I move in right away?
Soon as the ink is dry.
First, last and $100
security deposit.
No pets or children,
like it says in the ad.
And I don't want no men up here.
I may live across town
but I know what goes on.
No men.
...I've always wanted
a room of my own.
...yes.
I've had gas before.
I don't know if it was
under my name.
No... no, it wasn't, but I can
give you the address.
You what?
Good. Good.
No, they're putting the phone
in now.
I don't know what the number's
going to be.
What?
...i don't know if I'll take
this-- they'll be eating
a lot of scrambled eggs.
I can always buy another one.
Let dick do the buying.
I don't want to be like that.
Suit yourself.
I'll go get your bathroom stuff.
Hello?
Oh, mom, hello.
No, nothing's wrong.
No, I haven't been in.
I wrote you a letter, mom.
Probably hasn't got to you.
Dick and I...
We're separating.
No.
No, we both decided on it.
Ruth: Hi!
Hi.
I'm helping lianna
move her things.
I see.
Don't let her forget her teapot.
She drinks tea after lunch.
Right, I'll remind her.
Would you like to come in?
See you in class?
Of course I've got friends.
Right, Sandy, I've got Sandy.
Listen, mom, you can't afford
all this.
You've got to save
for the plane trip.
You'll get my letter...
And I'll call you as soon as I
get my new phone number, o.K.?
Bye, now.
You take care...
And don't worry.
Don't you worry.
It's all fine.
That's right, Christmas.
Bye, mom.
Social security number here
and at least two references.
Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
How long have you
been looking?
Only a few days.
Well, I hope you hit on
something right away.
Job market's pretty grim.
How long have you
been looking?
A month and a half.
That's terrible.
It's this town.
All those graduate student wives
floating around putting their
husbands through school...
It overloads the market.
There's even faculty wives
out looking.
They don't need to work, they
just... need something to do,
like a hobby.
The school should take care
of their own people and leave
the rest of us alone.
Yeah, maybe they should.
How many words did you type
on the test?
73.
Ooh... not much hope there.
I think they're cutting off
at 100.
It's like a factory here.
Insurance forms?
I've gotta do something.
Don't we all?
And that's when he said
she ran off with one of your
film students.
What else did he say?
That's when I popped him.
O.k.... you're gonna hear
this sooner or later.
It might as well be from me.
You know how sometimes...
You'll have a really good
friend, and, uh...
They'll be the same sex as you,
like you and Richie.
Before I busted his face.
Yeah.
And sometimes people get to be
more than friends-- grownups--
and, uh, they live together.
You mean like homos.
Well, I wouldn't phrase it
that way, but... yeah, that's
what I'm getting at.
And when this happens
between women...
They're called lesbians.
Yeah, that's right.
But let's not use that word...
O.k.?
Theda, do you know
what we're talking about?
No.
O.k., I'm gonna go into this,
but I want you to remember that
your mother is still the same
person she always was.
She still loves you
the way she always has.
It's just... things between her
and me that are... different.
O.k.?
Lianna?
Mm-hmm?
I think it'd be better if you
didn't call me Ruth in class.
No?
It's sort of a professional
thing.
I have to keep a certain amount
of... I don't know...
Not authority, but...
Distance?
That's not what I mean.
I don't know,
I guess I'm just nervous.
I'll try to remember.
At least I haven't called you
ruthie.
Thank you.
I've been thinking about the
research... for the book.
What about it?
I think it'd be better
if you didn't do it.
Why?
I think it'd be
better for us.
I don't think it's good for you
to take another position where
you're... subservient to me.
Like what?
Well, I'm your teacher,
I'm older than you...
A few years.
I have a profession.
It's like too many of the things
that you said were wrong
with you and dick.
But I want to help you.
Yeah, but I don't feel right
having you work for me
now that we're lovers.
Something feels wrong about it.
O.k.... if you think so.
Anything else I should know?
There's a woman back home.
Her name is jan.
Are you going back to her?
I don't know.
We've had our troubles.
I don't know what I should
ask for.
What do you need to make?
I just can't afford to do
this for free anymore.
What if she doesn't have
anything in the budget?
Then I'll probably be getting
a promotion.
Ledbetter...
Leonard...
Lermontov...
Lerner...
Lesbian.
See "homosexual".
Woman: * tonight,
ohh, tonight ♪
♪ ohh, tonight ♪
♪ tonight you will be mine,
signed, sealed and delivered ♪
♪ tonight you just might find
the taker, not the giver ♪
♪ tonight ♪
♪ ohh, tonight... ♪
But they're all women.
Come on, you asked me to
show you someplace.
I don't know if I can
handle it. >> Why not?
I'm, I'm not good with
strangers.
Oh, come on!
What if I meet someone who
knows me?
I thought you were afraid of
strangers.
All right.
Woman: * ...A time for taking
chances ♪
♪ tonight ♪
♪ ohh, tonight ♪
♪ tonight, ohh...
We're making love ♪
♪ tonight is right
for living what
you're dreaming of ♪
♪ tonight you will be mine... ♪
Everybody's staring at me.
Don't flatter yourself.
You want to dance?
Huh?
You know, on the
floor, to the music, with me?
Oh, dance.
O.k.
You're right; They are all
staring at you.
Maybe if you tried bending your
knees just a little.
I'm sorry.
I'm really a good dancer...
Usually.
You know...
I used to do this all the time,
in youth club at home.
My friend Patty.
I mean, I always thought it
should bother me more I didn't
have a boy to dance with.
Woman: * little darling,
my little darling ♪
♪ I'm in love with you
and only you ♪
♪ your eyes
have got me mesmerized ♪
♪ I don't know what to do... ♪
What are you looking at?
How do I know what you like?
You danced with her.
Her name is Barbara and
she's...
Oh, my god.
That woman in the corner, in the
green dress, I think I know her.
She saw me.
The one with the red hair
that looks like a dye job?
My god, that's her.
I was in a p.T.A. Committee
with her.
I know that she saw me.
What's she doing?
She's making a beeline for
the restroom.
She's afraid you've seen her.
This is awful.
What's she doing here?
Same thing you
are, honey.
The same thing you are.
Woman: * women of the world,
at last you know that you are
free ♪
♪ women of the world,
you are the only one you need ♪
♪ this is the moment
that you Mark as the beginning ♪
♪ this is the battleground,
you stand a chance of winning ♪
♪ women of the world,
at last you know that you
are free ♪
♪ women of the world,
you are the only one you need ♪
♪ This is the moment
that you Mark as the beginning ♪
♪ now is the time... ♪
♪ This is the battleground,
you stand a chance of winning ♪
♪
♪ at last you know
that you are free ♪
♪
♪ you are the only one you need,
yeah ♪
♪ Women of the world... ♪
♪ ...the only one you need ♪
♪ women of the world... ♪
♪ At last you know, you know,
you know that you're free,
yeah ♪
♪ women of the world... ♪
♪ Free at last, at last... ♪
♪ Women of the world... ♪
♪ Ohh... yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ women of the world... ♪
♪ You know, you know
you are free. ♪
Woman: * somehow I know
at a glance
the terrible chances
I'm taking ♪
♪ fine at the start,
but left with a heart
that is breaking ♪
♪ maybe I'll win,
maybe I'll lose ♪
♪ maybe I'm in for
crying the blues ♪
♪ nevertheless, I'm in love
with you... ♪
Hi, how are you?
Hi!
Easy, now.
This is the real world out here.
I'm happy to see you.
I know, but let's try to keep
it to ourselves a little, o.K.?
Hi, how are you? >> Hi.
I didn't you were into this
kind of stuff.
I'm taking the kids to see
the matinee.
Christ.
Dick asked me.
I guess his work is backed up.
He could've called me.
He said he didn't want to
bother you.
My ass.
You're helping him get off
the hook.
Is he supposed to be on one?
He keeps doing this big
number about how he can provide
for the kids himself.
They wanted to see a movie.
I tried to call you at your
new place last night but you
weren't in.
Listen, I got to get the
tickets, it starts in a minute.
Hi!
Spence: Hi.
Hey, what's the matter?
You forget me already?
Hi, Ellie.
Would you take Tex over to your
mother for a minute?
I want to talk to theda and
Spencer, o.K.?
Thanks.
What is this?
Did your father say something
about me?
God...
Theda, honey, let me--
goddamn him.
Goddamn him.
Spence: She kept asking why
it was you who had to move out.
She asked him if you were in
love with someone else.
He had to say something.
And what do you say?
So my old lady's a dyke,
big deal.
Spencer!
I'm not your old lady,
I'm your mother.
Sorry.
I'll...
Talk to you both about it later,
o.k.?
Yeah, I am sorry.
Don't worry about it.
Hurry up.
You'll miss the coming
attractions and I know how you
hate to do that.
See ya.
The children have been given
the same questionnaire through
their schools.
I don't think there's been
enough studies made of how
values are passed on.
Be sure to answer what you
believe, not what you think you
should believe.
This is a survey, not a test.
Also, I have to be back at
school to clear up some things
with my department head, so I
won't be here Tuesday session
next week.
If you can just fill these out
and hold onto them, I'll see you
next Friday.
So, what's this about you
leaving?
I'm sorry.
I didn't decide on it until this
morning.
You mean you don't really
have to go.
I... I do.
I, uh, have some personal things
that I have to deal with.
Then this isn't about your
department head.
Actually, it is.
She's who I have to see.
It's jan.
Oh.
I didn't know you worked with
her too.
I didn't think this was going
to happen.
I figured you being married and
having kids--
what, that I'd be easier to
leave?
I didn't think that I...
I thought I could keep it under
control.
I'm scared.
So am I.
Woman on TV: ...That explains
the fainting spells...
The incidents of blindness.
What are you going to do?
Man on TV: What can I do?
I have to stand by her.
After everything she's put
you through...
She's my wife!
But what about Rachel?
What are you going to tell her?
She'll, she'll have to wait,
that's all.
She'll understand.
She can only wait so long.
I have to take that risk.
Joan needs me.
Jerry: Hi, gorgeous.
Jerry, come in!
Hi, how you doing?
Fine.
Hey, you've done a real nice
job in here.
Thanks.
Take a seat.
Which one?
Would you like a beer or
something?
Yeah, a beer would be great.
O.k.
I'm not interrupting
anything, am I?
No, I was just reading.
Reading...
Oh, yeah, those funny little
lines on paper, what they had
before film?
What are you reading?
The well of loneliness.
Sounds like a riot.
How much do you pay for this?
Too much.
$275 without the utilities.
I was kind of pressed for time.
Thank you.
So, how's it been?
Not too bad.
I've been a little lonely
lately.
I felt it in my bones,
that's why I came over.
You could make a living with
bones like that.
You get much sun in here?
In the afternoon.
It's nice.
In the morning it comes in
through my bedroom window.
Good, I like that.
What?
I said I like that.
It's a nice way to wake up.
Oh.
Have you been, um, seeing
anybody since you and dick had
your falling out?
If you're asking did I leave
him for somebody...
No, not really.
I should've done it long ago.
Good.
Jerry, are you
intimating what I think you are?
I don't intimate, lianna,
you know that.
I'd like to sleep with you.
You don't waste
any time, do you?
I figure it's been a while
since you and dick split, and
you said there wasn't another
guy involved.
You're a grown, healthy woman.
I figured I'd come over and...
Help me out, like the welcome
wagon.
Um...
You know, I've been interested
in you since I've known you and
I know you've been interested
in me.
I'm not interested in you.
Not in sleeping with you.
I'm sorry
if I came at you a little
sudden, but... my technique must
be getting ragged.
I really like you and--
I'm not interested in you,
Jerry.
Not at all.
O.k.?
Sure.
Welcome wagon knows when it's
not welcome.
Of course you're welcome.
I'm really glad to see you.
I just don't want to sleep with
you, o.K.?
Yeah.
So how are your courses
going?
Have any of your students
finished their films?
Oh, they're fine, yeah.
As a matter of fact, I, I...
Should probably go help out in
the cutting room tonight,
I forgot.
I thought you were all set to
spend to the night.
Well, I got this kid, she's a
bit of a loose wind,
she could use a hand.
Jerry, you don't have to--
I'm sorry, I, I made
a mistake.
Good night, Jerry.
I'll see you around, o.K.?
Dick gave me your number.
I'll give you a call.
Good night.
Take care.
Excuse me.
Got enough soap there?
Oh...
I'm used to buying for a family.
You moved to the second
floor, huh?
That's right.
We're right above you.
If it gets too loud, feel free
to tell us.
I will, thank you.
Liz, that's my roommate.
Her boyfriend comes over and
plays music on our stereo
sometimes.
He's into volume.
I think his eardrums are shot.
Does he have to sneak in?
Sneak?
Oh, our landlady.
Mrs. Hennessy talks a good game
but she can't back it up.
She just comes over to rent a
place when it's vacant and scare
you with that "no men" rap.
Hey, you don't rat on me,
I don't rat on you.
Oh, I... I...
I...
I'm gay.
Oh.
I'm Sheila.
What's so funny?
Come on, let me in on it.
Jesus, you're not gay,
you're hysterical.
What's so funny?
I...
I don't know why I said that.
I don't even know you.
I'm going nuts.
It isn't true?
Oh, oh, I think it's true.
It's true.
I'm into men, physically,
anyways.
Don't apologize.
Well, if you'd been through
some of the turkeys I have you'd
want to apologize too.
Gay, huh?
Oh, Jesus, Mrs. Hennessy would
fall over dead if she found out.
I know!
I don't think she knows it
exists.
You'd be surprised.
Do you go to school?
When I can't find anything
better to do.
I have a few credits to go.
Liz has a b.A. In religion.
She's working as a dental
technician.
What else do you do besides your
laundry?
I'm looking for work.
I just separated from my
husband.
Oh.
Listen, what's your name?
Lianna.
That's pretty.
Anyway, you need anything, uh...
A cup of soap, a bucket of
sugar, whatever, feel free to
call on us.
I will, thanks.
It stinks.
And now I hold all
the cards and if you throw a
scene in there, I'll have your
girlfriend on the witness stand.
Goddamn you.
Come on.
And watch your step.
Since your
mother has decided to leave
home...
Lianna: Since I'm leaving
your father and this is a
faculty house and he's faculty--
although she's left us, your
mother will still be visiting.
You know if I had my choice
I'd be staying with you.
We've decided on Thursdays
and sundays.
You know that, don't you?
Hey, there.
Hi.
How have you been?
Business as usual.
Is Sandy home?
Uh, no, no.
She took the kids to get shoes.
How you making out over there?
Fine, I'm managing.
Lianna, uh, Sandy told me
what's up with you.
Did she?
Yeah... and, uh, it doesn't
make any difference to me.
I mean, it's not the same as...
It's different when it's women.
She misses you, Sandy does.
She does?
A lot.
She's afraid, though.
I don't know.
I had a player once,
a halfback, a hell of a runner.
Anyhow, I found out in the
middle of the season that he,
uh, you know, he, uh,
liked guys.
I'd recruited this kid out of
high school, watched him develop
four years and I had no idea.
I mean, he was a black kid.
I didn't even know they had 'em
that way.
The thing was, he was most of
our running game and did a good
hunk of the receiving.
I didn't want to bother him or
hurt his concentration,
so I never said a thing to him
about it.
Kept an eye on him, though.
You know?
Never changed my opinion of the
kid, he was still a hell
of a kid.
Give you 100%, good leader,
everything.
Goes to show you--
you didn't worry about him
walking around in the shower
with the other guys?
He had more
important things on his mind.
What?
Football.
Yuck.
Oh, hi.
Hi.
You were expecting
somebody else?
I thought it might be another
one of my husbands'
so-called friends.
I've had two calls and a visit
so far offering to help me out.
Divorce vultures.
I remember when my parents split
up, my mother was suddenly the
most popular girl in town.
Would you like to come in?
Uh, actually, Liz and I were
going to go to a movie over at
the college and we thought you
might want to come along.
Is it "the magnificent
ambersons?"
You've already seen it.
No, but my husband--
it's for his film course.
He'll be there to introduce it
and lead a discussion group
and all that.
I really don't want to see him
right now, not even
in an auditorium.
Massey, is that your husband?
Have you taken something
with him?
Uh, no, Liz has.
"Religion in cinema".
She said he was really good.
Oh, he's a really
good teacher.
As a husband, he leaves
something to be desired.
I'm sorry, maybe some
other time.
Well, we were actually just
casting around for something
to do.
Would you like to come up and
watch TV or something?
Oh, don't let me change
your plans.
Plans? What plans?
Come on, we'll make popcorn.
...Liz, it's all settled.
TV and junk food.
This is lianna from
the laundry room.
Lianna, Liz.
Hi. Say, "ah."
Ahh.
Ah, you're from Canada.
How'd you guess?
Miracle of modern dentistry.
Pleased to meet you.
You're so quiet down there we
thought you moved away.
Oh, I'm still there.
I thought we'd treat lianna
to some fine American cuisine.
How does popcorn sound?
Sort of like rain falling
on a tent.
Get into the kitchen, Turkey.
It's your turn to cook.
I'll have to see what Craig
claiborne says about this.
Use the mazola,
not the olive oil.
Have a seat.
See what the networks have
stacked against us.
Liz: Lianna, we've got beer,
tab, Pepsi and milk.
What would you like?
Pepsi, please.
Coming up.
Sheila: Another assault on
the brain cells.
Hey, lighten up.
It's just Laverne and Shirley.
Woman: * they say
love is magic ♪
♪ they say
love is true ♪
♪ but it's true that magic
can end ♪
♪ I know that it's madness
to keep waiting for you ♪
♪ but I'm mad for that magic
again ♪
♪ Scarlett O'Hara
waited at Tara,
Josephine waited in France ♪
♪ it's a sad state
when all you do is wait ♪
♪ 'cause waiting can
waste a real man ♪
♪ sometimes I get so lonely,
just waiting for you ♪
♪ every night
feels cold and dark ♪
♪ just want to paint the town
blue... hoo... ♪
Hi. >> Hi.
Can I buy you a drink or
something?
I've already got one.
You can stay and talk if you
like, though.
I've been watching you for
about an hour.
There have got to be
easier ways.
Yeah.
What's your name?
Lianna.
That's real pretty.
Thank you.
My name's Cindy.
Hello, Cindy.
Hello, lianna.
Cindy? >> Uh-huh?
Before when we were talking,
you said something about being
in the service.
Uh-huh.
What did you mean, exactly?
Service.
You know, the women's air corps.
Oh, the service.
I'm a second lieutenant.
We're stationed in New Jersey
right now.
Do you like it?
Oh, I love it.
Not New Jersey, the service.
I think you're really beautiful.
Thank you.
You got any kids or anything?
They live with their father.
Good.
I mean, you know, I'd like it if
you could stay the night
with me.
Sure.
I've never done that before.
Come over and tried to pick
somebody up.
Usually you're just around
people for a while and things
happen, you know?
Mostly they don't happen.
When you told me to stay and
talk, I just about wet my pants.
Do you get crushes on the
other girls, the women in the
army with you?
Air corps.
I'm usually stuck on somebody.
But then, when you work
with them, it...
It isn't professional.
Jesus.
What?
I can't believe I really
got you.
Why?
We don't have much in common.
We have enough.
Cindy?
Yeah?
Will you make love with
me again?
You like me, huh?
I like you a lot.
Let's go real slow this time.
I want to remember everything.
[Alarm clock rings...
Stops]
Radio announcer: Partially
cloudy this morning with
temperatures rising from the
mid-40s up to--
lianna massey eats pussy.
My Ernie, he's got a bad back
and he gets compensation.
It's not like a real salary and
it means he's around the
house all day.
It's worse than having
the kids home.
Harold's better than the
boys, I'll say that much
for him.
He doesn't throw his clothes
on the floor or put a jam knife
in the mayonnaise and he's off
to work days.
"Get me this, get me that,"
all day long.
It's a relief to come here and
get away from him.
He's got this thing about
his underwear.
Wants 'em put in the drawers
so the elastic faces out, so he
can just step right into 'em.
The boys all got them damn
skateboards now.
Tears the hell out of their
clothes when they fall.
You got any kids, honey?
Yes, two.
Theda and Spencer.
Spencer, you don't hear
that much.
It's for Spencer Tracy.
Oh, now there was a man.
All right, two minute drill.
Let's go!
Player: Down, set, hut!
Watch that lens!
They think they can dive
for fumbles with a camera.
She said it wasn't new.
That she'd always felt that way.
Yeah, I can see where that
would be a bit of a shock,
all right.
I think about times like when
we'd go to the beach and we'd
undress together.
That bothers you?
Sure it does.
I didn't know.
Yeah.
I guess.
Who's the quarterback?
Saddlemeyer.
He's only a sophomore.
He shouldn't drift out of the
pocket like that.
One time... she was having a
rough period with dick and we
had this long talk.
And afterward, I walked all the
way back to the student union
building holding her hand.
My god, Sandy.
You think you can catch it?
I'm serious.
It seemed so nice and friendly
at the time, but I think about
it now and I wonder.
I don't think it's fair to
Spencer and theda.
I don't even like to think of
the two of them together.
Well, I'm from California.
That kind of stuff doesn't
phase me.
Kid's got an arm.
So how did she take it?
Take what?
When you told her about us?
She expected it.
Built up her defenses.
I was the one that got
out of control.
Oh.
It's been so long since
I've been on my own.
How did you leave things?
I told her I would, uh...
Make a decision this week.
I, I just still love
her so much.
Oh my god.
...I've never been in this
position before.
I feel so much pressure
from you.
I don't mean to pressure you,
I just feel totally isolated.
There's no need for you to
feel so isolated.
There are a lot of other women
you can talk to.
I don't want a support group.
I want you.
You're still afraid of the
words, aren't you?
You love women, lianna,
not just me.
Lianna, hi!
Oh, hi.
How ya doing?
Fine, good.
See ya around. >> Yeah.
Who's that?
Someone I know from before.
Oh.
Hey.
Hi, Jerry.
Listen, I wanted to apologize
about the other night.
Don't bother.
I... I fucked up.
It's o.K.
I, uh, heard about you
and Ruth.
Who hasn't around here?
She seems real nice.
You, uh... really, uh...
Let the air out of my tires,
there.
I wanted you to know it wasn't
just a pick-off attempt or
anything, I really think
a lot of you.
I hope your thing with
her works out.
Thank you.
Can I go now?
This is making me real nervous.
Bye, Jerry. >> Take care.
O.k.
Woman: So, he's fooling
around with a girl he met on the
unemployment line and she still
thinks he's the greatest thing
that ever wore levis.
She took courses on how to be a
victim, this girl.
I mean, everybody in town is
wise to the guy, he practically
advertises.
She walks around with a big
smile on her puss.
Tell ya, ignorance is bliss.
Kim: Oh, hi, Mrs. Massey.
Hi.
Did you forget something?
Hi!
Hi.
You got out of work early.
What were you doing with her?
You know her?
She's a film student.
Well, I needed someone for
that book research.
I advertised in the student
newspaper.
Did you sleep with her?
What?
I'm sorry.
I'm getting paranoid.
Did you sleep with her?
No! With her?
But you slept with somebody,
didn't you?
While I was gone.
Yes.
Well.
How was it?
Nice, exciting.
We have to straighten some
things out.
Are you going back to her?
I don't know.
I have to think.
I've been through so much
with her.
Besides, you can be in love with
more than one person at
the same time.
You're the only person I've
ever been in love with.
What am I gonna do?
You got me into this and--
I got you into this?
I warned you every step
of the way.
And the minute I told you
I loved you, you started
backing away.
How could you do that to me?
Lianna.
You don't understand.
Sometimes women, straight women,
they'll have an affair with
another woman just to see what
it's like.
How could I tell?
I'm proud that I love you.
Nobody could ever make me feel
bad about that.
Oh, lianna.
I'm so sorry.
Don't leave me.
Lianna: Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't even know where
I was going.
What the hell am I apologizing
to you for?! >> Huh?
Is somebody paying you to do
this or is just your mission in
life to hound me wherever I go?
What?
Forget it.
I am responsible for the way
they turn out!
What do you mean,
"the way they turn out"?
It's a matter of role models.
Your girlfriend is a child
expert, she must have taught you
that much.
I can't have them around
while you're bringing women
into the house.
I bring a woman
into the house?
What about you?
What happens when the kids come
home early from school and
there's daddy in the sack with
the sweetheart of sigma chi?
I never brought anyone home.
Where did you do it then?
In here?
Does it look like
there's room?
Well, you wait to get your
department head.
You can have an office with a
fold-out bed and make
everything nice and cozy.
Didn't you hear?
Hear what?
They already made the
arrangements for the department.
Jerry Carlson is heading it.
I'm still in English.
Oh, dick.
They decided they wanted a
department as separate as
possible from English.
Jerry is bringing in all kinds
of technical people from the
film business to run it.
No way I get tenure now.
You deserved it.
You're such a good teacher.
Doesn't matter.
Hey look, I really don't think
we have to go to court on this
thing with the kids.
Don't we?
You deserve your share of
time living with them.
In other words, you can't
handle them alone.
If that's what you want to
believe, go ahead.
It's a real drag on your love
life, isn't it?
Sure.
How are things with
the co-ed population?
I want my career to go well.
I want a family.
I want to have a rich and
rewarding sex life.
What's that, the playboy
philosophy?
It's from your girlfriend's
book, the potentials of
motherhood.
Just because you can argue
better doesn't mean that
you're right.
...I've already told Spencer
about it.
He says it's o.K. With him.
What do you think?
I'm still your mother, you know.
I know.
You'll be going to the same
school and everything.
You'll just be spending a lot of
the time with me, when I get my
new place.
Sure.
Your hair looks kind of
snarly.
Would you like me to brush it
for you?
If you want to.
I'll sit beside you.
What's the matter, honey?
It hurts, the tangles.
I'll go real slow, and you
tell me when it starts to pull.
We'll work it out, o.K.?
And I hope some of you will
want to go on with the study.
Child psychology is still our
psychology.
It affects us no matter how old
we think we are.
What are you going
to do next?
I'll be going home to, uh,
work on my book, and then in the
fall, I'll have my old teaching
job back again.
I wish you could stay here.
That's very nice of you
to say, thank you.
But there are plenty of other
people you can learn from...
Plenty of other people.
Otis Redding: * I've been
loving you
too long, long
to stop now ♪
♪ you were tired
and you want to be free ♪
♪ my love is growing stronger
as you become a habit to me ♪
♪ ooh, and loving you...
A little too long, long ♪
♪ I don't want to stop now ♪
♪ oh ♪
♪ with you, my life
has been so wonderful, oh ♪
♪ I can't stop now ♪
♪ you were tired
and your love is growing cold ♪
♪ and my love
is growing stronger
as our affair,
affair grows old ♪
♪ I've been loving you...
A little too long, long ♪
♪ I don't want to stop now ♪
♪ oh ♪
♪ oh, oh ♪
♪ I've been loving you...
A little too long, long ♪
♪ I don't want to stop now ♪
♪ oh ♪
♪ oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ and don't make me stop now ♪
♪ oh, baby ♪
♪ I'm down on my knees,
please don't make me stop now ♪
♪ I love you,
I love you ♪
♪ I love you with all my heart
and I can't stop now ♪
♪ please, please,
please, yeah ♪
♪ don't make me stop now,
yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ I cry out loud
from my heart and soul
that I love ya, I love ya,
I love ya, I love ya ♪
♪ good god, almighty,
I love ya... ♪
Will you write to me?
Of course.
You want me to write to you?
Yes.
You won't forget me?
No.
Will you hold me?
...I'm sorry, I'll fix that on
the slip.
Are you o.K., dear?
I'm fine, I'm sorry.
Sheila?
Are you home?
Liz?
["The star-spangled banner"
playing on TV...]
Lianna: Hi.
Hi.
Could I sit down?
Sure.
I haven't seen much of
you lately.
Yeah.
I've missed you.
Listen...
I have thought about this a lot
and...
I don't want...
I mean, I'm not interested in
women, you know, for sex.
And I don't understand
women who are...
But I really love you, you know.
I love you too.
She left you?
Yes.
How are you?
I feel awful.
I just feel so awful, I...
Oh, honey, honey.
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
Woman: * maybe I'm right,
maybe I'm wrong ♪
♪ maybe I'm weak
and maybe I'm strong ♪
♪ nevertheless, I'm in love
with you ♪
♪ Maybe I'll win,
maybe I'll lose ♪
♪ maybe I'm in
for crying the blues ♪
♪ nevertheless, I'm in love
with you ♪
♪ somehow I know at a glance
the terrible chances
I'm taking ♪
♪ fine at the start,
then left with a heart
that is breaking ♪
♪ maybe I'll live a
life of regret ♪
♪ maybe I'll give
much more than I get ♪
♪ nevertheless, I'm in love
with you ♪
♪ Somehow I know at a glance
the terrible chances
I'm taking ♪
♪ fine at the start,
then left with a heart
that is breaking ♪
♪ maybe I'll live a
life of regret ♪
♪ maybe I'll give
much more than I get ♪
♪ nevertheless, I'm in love
with... you... ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪