The Last Tycoon

l'll be waiting for you there...

...in about one hour.

You can trust me.

Ah, signora.

Grazie.

Che cosa?

Go on. Go on!

The end is too gory.

Cut out one roll of the table.

Okay.

The signal was much too obvious.

lt kills the surprise. Make it shorter.

Okay, Monroe.

What else?

You wanted to see the beach scene from Dark Moonlight.

Right.

Okay, Jack.

No, no, don't go to him at all, stay on her.

You don't need him. Stay on her...

...all the way down to the edge of the sea.

She's the one we're interested in.

Remember that scene from Reaching for the Moon,

when Bebe Daniels ran out of the house, down to the lake?

This is where we shot it.

No, of course you wouldn't remember,

you're too young.

l've been here since the silent days.

l knew them all.

Did you know the Keystone Kops?

All of them!

What a bunch of guys.

Shh.

This was Minna Davis' dressing room.

She was taken ill for the last time...

...in this room.

That's her.

She was beautiful.

She was a great friend of mine.

l remember we had to call her husband.

l called him myself.

l remember that call well.

l said, "Mr. Stahr...

...l'm afraid your wife has been taken ill."

He said, "l'll be right over."

And this is where it all happened.

This is where Mr. Stahr was when l called him.

The administration building.

That's where he still is.

That's his office up there.

Oh...

Gee, it's so big!

lt's big, all right.

They don't have anything bigger in the whole world.

How did they do the earthquake in San Francisco?

The earthquake?

Well, there are various ways you can do an earthquake.

What you can do first is rock the camera.

You see?

Or if you're in a room, you can rock the set.

l mean, you can rock the room.

Then you throw in a lot of dust...

No, l wasn't asleep.

When are you coming home?

Mmm.

Oh, l'm all right.

l miss you, that's all.

Oh, she's with her grandmother.

She's fine.

She has a new tooth.

Mmm.

How did it go?

Oh, that's good.

Mmm...

When are you coming home?

Oh... good.

Beautiful baby.

And you want me to meet you?

Mmm.

Next time l'll be coming with you.

Come on, come on.

They owe me a little time off at the club anyway.

Oh...

Couldn't be more boring than being without you.

Yes, me too.

Bye, darling.

Want me to go?

Yes!

No.

Cut!

Kill the arc.

That's a print.

That was really good.

l mean, very good.

Give me a finder.

All right, take it up.

Your aspirin, sir.

Strike the sofa!

Pick up the phone, Harry.

Pull the phone back, Fred.

And watch that cable!

Makeup!

That was really very good indeed.

Makeup!

You think so?

lt was absolutely terrific.

lt was really wonderful.

lt was shit.

Here we go again, Billy.

Listen, Didi,

l have to tell you it was exquisite.

lt was fake.

lt was false.

Didn't you notice?!

l want to do it again.

You'll never do it better.

l know l can play that scene.

l want to do it again.

lt was good for me.

What?

Didi...

...trust me.

Thank you.

l'm ready.

Chief?

Let's do it again.

We're going to do it again.

Bitch.

Get it quiet now, damn it!

All right, bring it down.

Quiet! Quiet, damn it!

Good night, Frank.

Good night, Brian.

Yo.

Harry, l'm waiting!

Night, boys.

Night. See you tomorrow, Hank.

Goodnight. Bye. - See you tomorrow.

l love him.

He's a genius.

l've always wanted him to get every credit.

You know that.

But what about me?

New York has forgotten me.

No, no...

New York has forgotten me.

You want to know why?

Because l'm too generous.

lt's my nature.

l make life too easy for them.

You know what l am?

l am the strong base upon which Monroe Stahr rests.

l'm loyal to him,

and l'm loyal to New York.

New York knows you're loyal...

...and New York respects you for it.

Well, New York should be loyal, too.

New York is loyal.

To who?

To you.

All l want is recognition.

You've got it.

l want to see it.

l want to see it right here on this desk.

l want to feel it.

Just cut it out, would you?

You see that bastard touch my daughter?

Who is he?

Some goddamn writer.

You know, l went down to the writers' building this morning.

l stood there and watched them for 15 minutes.

There were two of them there didn't write a line.

You can go right in.

Thanks.

Hi.

Are you an actress?

No, l'm just Daddy's little daughter.

Uh-huh.

What are you?

Oh, l'm just a lawyer...

...from New York.

She's too intelligent to be an actress.

She's graduating from Bennington next June,

with honors.

l love actors, though.

l don't need all this.

Oh, sure you do.

What's the matter, don't you feel well?

l don't feel so good.

You want some bicarbonate?

l feel so shaky.

Here.

What were you doing with that writer?

He's all right.

Don't get too close to writers.

Jesus Christ!

Cecilia, are you all right?

Stahr!

Brady!

Brady!

Hello?