The Time Being Page #3

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Sleep next to me, Daddy.

Okay.

Go to sleep, okay?

I'll be right here.

You gonna tell me

about getting fired?

I don't get what you're

doing with Warner.

Filming more stuff for him.

What stuff?

Sunrises,

um, museums,

and children.

Do you have any idea

how f***ed up that sounds?

Yeah!

I don't know who you are, Daniel.

You lie to me.

I don't know what you do all day.

You don't share anything with me.

I'm trying.

I'm trying!

You haven't spent a second

with your son in months.

And when you are here, you just

climb into to bed with him

when he's sleeping.

And that's for you, not for him.

I'm exhausted, Daniel,

and you're not here

even when you are.

I think you're just, you're

getting consumed by Marco.

Your identity will re-emerge

when he gets older...

This is the only time I've

had to myself all day.

And you're gonna talk to

me about my identity?

Get out of my bathroom, please.

Get the f*** out of my bathroom.

Daniel's here.

Would you help me

to the bathroom, please.

Wait out here.

I don't wanna get back

in the bed right now.

Okay.

Would you close

those curtains, please.

How was the museum?

I ran into some trouble.

But I got the footage you want.

Could you show it to me, please.

Look at those paintings.

That artist must have

lived some life.

Guess you didn't see

that in my work, huh?

I have a malignant tumor.

I have maybe two or three weeks.

I'm not gonna leave this house.

It faces east.

I'd like you to film

a sunset for me.

Go to Santa Monica on the bluff.

At the end of Wilshire there's

a bench, on that bluff.

Film it on February 25th.

Make sure it's a clear evening.

Where are you?

At my mom's.

You can't just take

off like that.

What did you tell Marco?

For now, just that

we're visiting Grandma.

Please, come home.

Daniel,

I can't live like this.

I don't know how else to say it.

Why are you doing this?

I'm not trying to hurt you,

Daniel.

Can I please talk with Marco?

He's out with my mom right now.

I'm sorry.

I'll have him call you back.

What's your favorite

part about this?

All the different

colors we get to see?

Yeah.

What are the favorite things that

we feel about watching the sunset?

Uh...

- How bright it gets? How pink it gets?

- Yeah.

Hmm?

Mmm-hmm.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Do you like when it turns orange?

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Are we in your way?

No, no.

Not at all.

It's really something, isn't it?

Yeah.

Yeah, it is.

You look familiar.

Do you work at the de

Young in San Francisco?

From time to time.

Yeah, I thought

you looked familiar.

I, uh, took your tour.

You were great.

It was fantastic.

Thank you.

I'm Daniel.

I'm Sarah Edelman.

This is my daughter, Winona.

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