Butterflies Are Free Page #3
- PG
- Year:
- 1972
- 109 min
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Oh, God! I hope I didn't say anything.
Wait a minute.
Don't get self-conscious about it. I'm not.
- Why didn't you tell me?
- I just did.
- But I mean, when I came in.
- You didn't ask me.
Why would I ask you?
I don't walk into somebody's house,
saying:
"Hi, I'm Jill Tanner. Are you blind?"
I don't meet someone and say,
"Don Baker. Blind as a bat."
I still think you should've told me.
I would've told you.
I wanted to see how long it'd take you
to catch on.
Oh, God!
When I saw you standing at the window
all that time.
It's the coolest spot in the room.
I thought you were a peeping Tom.
That's what I call positive thinking.
You know, I nearly called the police.
Suppose I had?
Well, they would've locked you up.
You're so cool. So adjusted.
No, I'm not. I never had to adjust.
I was born blind.
It'd be different if I'd been able to see
then went blind.
For me, blindness is normal.
everybody else wasn't blind.
By then it didn't make any difference.
So, let's relax, okay?
You know, if we can have a few laughs,
so much the better.
A few laughs?
About blindness?
No, not about blindness.
Can't you forget that?
Well, you're the first blind person
I ever met.
Too bad they don't give out prizes for that.
I've seen blind men on the street,
and everything, with dogs...
but why don't you have a dog?
They attract too much attention.
I'd rather do it myself.
Don't you have trouble
getting around San Francisco?
- I mean, it's tough for me.
- No, I manage very well with my cane.
I know exactly how many steps
to the laundry, drugstore, and delicatessen.
Where's the laundry? I need one.
Near the delicatessen.
Outside, turn right,
and it's 44 steps from the front door.
- I didn't see it.
- I'll show you.
You'll show...
Wow!
What about your apartment?
Don't you bang into things?
- You could hurt yourself.
- No, I memorized the room.
Bed. Guitar.
Bathroom.
Jacket. My cane. Front door.
Bookcase.
Wine, glasses, chest of drawers.
- Linens.
- What are these books?
Braille. Dining table.
Bathtub.
Kitchen.
Ketchup. Oil. Salt. Pepper.
Sugar. Coffee.
- Gee!
- Now, if you'll just put the ashtray back.
Voila!
As long as you don't move anything
I'm as good as anybody else.
Better. I can't find anything in my place.
If you really want to see chaos,
come look at...
Oh, I'm sorry.
- I meant...
- I know what you mean.
I'm no different from anybody else,
except I don't see.
The blindness doesn't bother me
as much as other people's reaction.
If they'd only behave naturally.
which they can't...
because my mother
has that market cornered.
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