Return to Montauk Page #2

Synopsis: It is winter in Montauk, at the far end of Long Island. There are two deck chairs on the windswept beach. The chairs are waiting for two people who have, for a long time, been lost to each other. He is a writer and has come from Berlin. She is a New York lawyer. Many years before, they had a fling, but they were too young to know they had each met the love of their lives. Now they have come back to Montauk, filled with regret and hope. The bodies remember. It feels for them like the next day after the last one they were together. They do not know if it is possible to reverse time. In Montauk, they find out.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
Year:
2017
106 min
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as you'll see...

Thank you.

- Yeah. Hello?

Hello.

OK... so...

A lot of demands for interviews...

After a short press release.

Keep it to a minimum.

You being here

will make a lot of a difference.

IIl do my best.

Dont give my number to anyone.

What about personal calls?

Friends and family?

No I dont have any.

Well theres Mr. Walter.

Yeah. Hes the exception.

Could you call him

and invite him to the reading.

I know he wont come

but ask him for Rebeccas number.

Rebecca?

Yeah heIl know.

Its an old friend I want to invite.

Is Clara coming down?

There she is.

Good morning Lindsey.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

How are you?

- Good! How are you? - Thank you.

He loves your work.

...after this message,

we'll be talking with

the Scandinavian author Max Zorn.

Mr. Zorn.

How did you know?

Well I was told to look for a gentleman

with the distinction

of a European antique dealer.

Right this way.

Now might be a good moment

to call Walter.

Mr. Zorn as an intellectual

a poet a playwright

a novelist living in Berlin

let me ask you

do you believe that Europe will collapse

as soon as many commentators

are suggesting?

Europe is a is a culture

before its an economy

and thats something the Americans

have problems understanding.

Maybe because its a complex culture.

Our stories are anti-heroic.

If we see someone in power

or a political leader we laugh

because self-deprecation

is our first gear.

Our stories are filled

with idiots and fools

and chancers and losers.

Pinocchios and Don Quixotes.

The Emperor without clothes

or Hamlet or Don Juan...

and that is... that is the bedrock

upon which our house is built.

No matter what happens

in the short term

Europe will keep its spirit.

For years you were on the radical side

then you campaigned for the Chancellor

and now you support the Greens

and want the borders open even more.

What exactly is your position?

Well Im not a tree.

Excuse me?

A tree has roots it stands

in one place it has a position.

Im an animal.

Im wild I move I change positions

Im flexible.

OK...

So what did he say? - It was awkward.

He had me spell your name.

Thats Walter.

Then he confirmed he would not

be attending your event tonight

and finally...

he laughed out loud

when I asked for Rebeccas number.

Miss Epstein Esquire Attorney at law

he said

and asked why you didnt call yourself.

Mrs. Epstein?

Miss Epstein please.

For Mr. Max Zorn.

Hes an author.

She knows him. Its personal.

Thank you.

Ah Miss Epstein hi.

This is Mr. Zorns publicist

and hes in town for his last book

and hes just wondering

if he could see you?

Hes right here in front of me

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Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic and poet.Tóibín is currently Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester. He was appointed Chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2017.Hailed as a champion of minorities as he collected the 2011 Irish PEN Award, that same year he was named by The Observer one of "Britain's Top 300 Intellectuals" despite being Irish. more…

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